Why spend $19.99 for T-Mobile’s unlimited internet when you can get the same service using T-Mobile’s $5.99 T-Zones Plan. It is fairly easy to get the $5.99 T-Zones plan to work on your iPhone, you just have to follow a few easy steps below. Everything will work just as it does over Wi-Fi, such as, You-tube, mail, maps, weather, and stocks.
UPDATED for firmware 2.0-2.1: Go to Settings -> General -> Network -> Cellular Data Network -> Enter epc.tmobile.com for the APN and leave the username and password blank.
For firmware 1.1.4 and below: just add the LEI installer source and have installer install the hack for you. Please follow the guide to add https://limitededitioniphone.com/lei.xml
Guide To Install Limited Edition iPhone’s Source
First: Enter APN, username and password Go to ‘Settings’ -> ‘General’ -> ‘Network’ -> ‘Edge.’ For the APN field enter wap.voicestream.com. Make sure the username and password fields are empty.
To Start you will need to copy a file called “Proxy.pac“. You can download and unzip or
You can create this file by opening a notepad and cut and copy this code
function FindProxyForURL(url, host)
{
if (isInNet(myIpAddress(), "10.0.0.0", "255.0.0.0"))
return "PROXY 216.155.165.50:8080";
else
return "DIRECT";
}
Now name it as proxy.pac
PLEASE DO NOT SAVE THE FILE AS proxy.pac.txt but proxy.pac
and upload it to: /private/var/root
(if by exploring your phone you dont see the change in file name ,download mobile finder on your mobile thorugh ibrickr and rename it on your iphone itself….)
After Copying download the file below:
http://rapidshare.com/files/55487664/preferences.plist.html
Or
http://files-upload.com/files/507698/preferences.plist
Or create your own and save it as preferences.plist and make sure its NOT preferences.plist.txt:
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>CurrentSet</key> <string>/Sets/590C7F8E-66F4-47C8-8094-978C51F78E76</string> <key>NetworkServices</key> <dict> <key>34C2DD45-CE10-4F80-9E97-E1E2AC32095F</key> <dict> <key>Interface</key> <dict> <key>DeviceName</key> <string>ip2</string> <key>Hardware</key> <string>com.apple.CommCenter</string> <key>Type</key> <string>com.apple.CommCenter</string> </dict> <key>com.apple.CommCenter</key> <dict> <key>AllowNetworkAccess</key> <integer>0</integer> <key>Available</key> <integer>1</integer> <key>Setup</key> <dict> <key>apn</key> <string>acds.voicemail</string> <key>password</key> <string></string> <key>username</key> <string></string> </dict> <key>Version</key> <integer>1</integer> </dict> </dict> <key>67D14362-B948-48DF-BF15-E88C95AC39AE</key> <dict> <key>AppleTalk</key> <dict> <key>ConfigMethod</key> <string>Node</string> <key>__INACTIVE__</key> <true/> </dict> <key>DNS</key> <dict/> <key>IPv4</key> <dict> <key>ConfigMethod</key> <string>DHCP</string> </dict> <key>IPv6</key> <dict> <key>ConfigMethod</key> <string>Automatic</string> </dict> <key>Interface</key> <dict> <key>DeviceName</key> <string>en0</string> <key>Hardware</key> <string>AirPort</string> <key>Type</key> <string>Ethernet</string> </dict> <key>Proxies</key> <dict> <key>ExceptionsList</key> <array> <string>*.local</string> <string>169.254/16</string> </array> <key>FTPPassive</key> <integer>1</integer> </dict> <key>SMB</key> <dict/> <key>UserDefinedName</key> <string>AirPort</string> </dict> <key>F7FAC254-50FE-4A86-B07B-4533D90AB215</key> <dict> <key>Interface</key> <dict> <key>DeviceName</key> <string>ip1</string> <key>Hardware</key> <string>com.apple.CommCenter</string> <key>Type</key> <string>com.apple.CommCenter</string> </dict> <key>Proxies</key> <dict> <key>ProxyAutoConfigEnable</key> <integer>1</integer> <key>ProxyAutoConfigURLString</key> <string>file:///private/var/root/proxy.pac</string> </dict> <key>com.apple.CommCenter</key> <dict> <key>AllowNetworkAccess</key> <integer>1</integer> <key>Available</key> <integer>1</integer> <key>Setup</key> <dict> <key>apn</key> <string>wap.voicestream.com</string> <key>password</key> <string></string> <key>username</key> <string></string> </dict> <key>Version</key> <integer>1</integer> </dict> </dict> </dict> <key>Sets</key> <dict> <key>590C7F8E-66F4-47C8-8094-978C51F78E76</key> <dict> <key>Network</key> <dict> <key>Global</key> <dict> <key>IPv4</key> <dict> <key>ServiceOrder</key> <array> <string>67D14362-B948-48DF-BF15-E88C95AC39AE</string> <string>F7FAC254-50FE-4A86-B07B-4533D90AB215</string> <string>34C2DD45-CE10-4F80-9E97-E1E2AC32095F</string> </array> </dict> </dict> <key>Interface</key> <dict> <key>en0</key> <dict> <key>AirPort</key> <dict> <key>JoinMode</key> <string>Automatic</string> </dict> </dict> </dict> <key>Service</key> <dict> <key>34C2DD45-CE10-4F80-9E97-E1E2AC32095F</key> <dict> <key>__LINK__</key> <string>/NetworkServices/34C2DD45-CE10-4F80-9E97-E1E2AC32095F</string> </dict> <key>67D14362-B948-48DF-BF15-E88C95AC39AE</key> <dict> <key>__LINK__</key> <string>/NetworkServices/67D14362-B948-48DF-BF15-E88C95AC39AE</string> </dict> <key>F7FAC254-50FE-4A86-B07B-4533D90AB215</key> <dict> <key>__LINK__</key> <string>/NetworkServices/F7FAC254-50FE-4A86-B07B-4533D90AB215</string> </dict> </dict> </dict> <key>UserDefinedName</key> <string>Automatic</string> </dict> </dict> <key>System</key> <dict> <key>System</key> <dict> <key>ComputerName</key> <string>Shawns Phone</string> <key>ComputerNameEncoding</key> <integer>134217984</integer> <key>HostName</key> <string>Shawns Phone</string> </dict> </dict> </dict> </plist>
and go to
/private/var/root/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/ and backup preferences.plist. Then transfer your new preferences.plist you downloaded or created.
YOU DO NOT NEED TO TOUCH THE EDGE SETTINGS OR APN SETTINGS. JUST REBOOT YOUR iPHONE AND YOU ARE DONE!!
Don’t check your edge settings after the hack. It does something to the plist file and everything stops working!!
Everything should be working with the $5.99 t-zones plan. Speeds are just as good as the $19.99 plan.
You can check you speed by going to: iPhone NetWork Test on your iPhone
-Thanks Wizkid
UPDATE: Here is a different tutorial if the other one did not work for you:
first on your phone go to Settings/General/Network/EDGE/
set your APN to wap.voicestream.com
leave user and pass blank
the copy this code into notepad/ text edit and save it as proxy.pac (PLEASE DO NOT SAVE THE FILE AS proxy.pac.txt but proxy.pac)
Code:
function FindProxyForURL(url, host)
{
if (isInNet(myIpAddress(), "10.0.0.0", "255.0.0.0"))
return "PROXY 10.23.8.3:8080";
else
return "DIRECT";
}
connect via SSH and save this on your iphone in “/private/var/root”
next you want to find “private/var/root/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist”
on your iphone and copy it to your desktop.
make a backup, and then open the file and search in it until you see
Code:
key>DeviceName</key> <string>ip1</string> <key>Hardware</key> <string>com.apple.CommCenter</string> <key>Type</key> <string>com.apple.CommCenter</string>
and right there you want to add this
Code:
<key>Proxies</key>
<dict>
<key>ProxyAutoConfigEnable</key>
<integer>1</integer>
<key>ProxyAutoConfigURLString</key>
<string>file:///private/var/root/proxy.pac</string>
</dict>
so the whole thing looks like this
Code:
<key>DeviceName</key>
<string>ip1</string>
<key>Hardware</key>
<string>com.apple.CommCenter</string>
<key>Type</key>
<string>com.apple.CommCenter</string>
</dict>
<key>Proxies</key>
<dict>
<key>ProxyAutoConfigEnable</key>
<integer>1</integer>
<key>ProxyAutoConfigURLString</key>
<string>file:///private/var/root/proxy.pac</string>
</dict>
<key>com.apple.CommCenter</key>
then save this back to where you got it “private/var/root/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist”
now you should be able to connect to tzones!
Don’t check your edge settings after the hack. It does something to the plist file and everything stops working!!
People are reporting that if you delete and re-upload the files a few times it will eventually work.
If you are still having problems, download services from installer. Turn off edge and then turn it back on. Select the T-zones option that pops up. It should be working again.
I was getting an internal error and 502 error while Safari said COMVERSE. Services fixed that for me.
thanks the only way I can actually browse is if I turn on the data roaming will I get charged ?
no you will not get charged.
sweet !!!!! thanks for ur help
I have called 5 different t-mobile people to activate t-zones and they keep telling me there is no way to activate tzones anymore on a prepaid plan.
I guess it is over for new people trying to get the $5,99 plan to iphones.
It seems to me there is a new policy for this.
Unfortunately the cheapest option is to get There is no way to get internet access with Tmobile Prepaid and the Iphone.
The best deal is to get Tmobile FlexPay ($29.99, no contracts,300 minutes,unlimited weekends) + the $5.99 TZones (unlimited with the “hackâ€)
Saddly but true.
dude i have tried everything you have told me and i cant get it to work i got a iphone 2g with the 2.1 software do you have ant ideas or any thing that can help me
i gotta 2nd gen iphone with firmware 2.0 and i downloaded the hack everything works but is there any way to get youtube goin???
i had the internet working with the epc apn
and everything is fine now i cant get the e to come back and i cant browse. i lost it some how
i tried a different apn but still nothing i have the data roaming turned on. will be something with the cydia or installer that is on my phone i dont know what to do to get the edge service to come back.
when i just had the installer on my phone everything worked fine but once i put that cydia on there this happened but it worked for a while with the cydia idk lol im confused why its not working.
anybody have any suggestions ?
I don’t think Cydia has anything to do with it. epc.tmobile.com was working on my phone and it just dies out today also. the APN must have changed or something. Anyone — please advise
It isn’t woking for me either. I belive they have changed the apn. If anyone knows a APN that works, please let us know.
i have 3g iphone tmobile with 19.99 internet plan i’ve attempted to add all the apn’s listed above i’ve spent several hrs on phone with tech support can anyone please help
i have 3g iphone tmobile with 19.99 internet plan i’ve attempted to add all the apn’s listed above i’ve spent several hrs on phone with tech support can anyone please help i get error “cannot open page safari cannot open the page becauss it is not connected to the internet.”
rosa use internet2.voicestream.com. Make sure you uninstall the tzones hack if you have it installed. Also turn data roaming on.
yes i’ve turned on roaming, turned off wi-fi, and entered internet2.voicestream.com i’ve even reset network setting and rebooted several times also turned 3g off and on still no sucess. is there another setting other than the apn i need to change “what is the vpn address” do i need one
Your sim adapter may not support edge. Make sure you are using an actual TurboSim and not a knockoff.
SSH into the iphone using WinScp and change the preferences.plist. You can get the file from the above postings from truehybrid
I have iphone 2g with 2.1 with tzone, Now i put epc.tmobile.com and thats it? or i need change the proxy etc….?
I still use wap.voicestream.com. I changed the proxy & preferences.plist. & i’ve also installed the tzones hack through cydia. Mine has been working effortlessly for the past 6 mos.
Is there any way to e-mail me a step by step on this? Including how to backup? The instructions to me seem a bit scattered and I don’t wanna mess up my phone. I’m on a 2g phone running 2.1
watch the video up top. thats all you have to do. Just enter epc.tmobile.com for the apn
hello, i updated to 2.1 used quickpwn to unlock, i entered epc.tmobile.com for apn and nothing really. what i dont understand is i went to go to safari and entered tmobile and it takes me to google search tmobile, i click on tmobile.com and it goes thru, but i can’t go on yahoo or any other website just tmobile.com
thanks
I am SUPER lost. I have no knowledge on any of this.
I have a 3g iphone on tmobile and it was unlocked with a sim. I currently have the sidekick lx net plan but NOTHING works at all. I called and they want me to get the 34.99 plan. Is there anything more affordable than that? My sister also have an iphone but the 2g and she has the 35 plan and NOTHING works either. So i dont want to get off my 20 plan for no reason. CAn anyone help me?
T-Mobile no longer has tzones. You can get the web2go plan for 9.99. The sidekick plan does not work on the iPhone.
it doesnt let me add the 9.99 plan to my account. howcome?
Switch your phone to a razar on the website.
Hi Limited Edition iPhone:
I have a hacked iPhone 2.1 with Cydia. I used wap.voicestream.com for the APN and EDGE worked fine with these settings (TZONES)….until today. All of a suddent EDGE no longer works. I tested my SIM in another phone (Sony Ericsson K850i) and I can get webpages fine. I see you said TMOBILE no longer has TZONES. What do you mean by that? I currently have the 4.99 plan. Do you know how I can fix this on my IPHONE without resetting it? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
Andy uninstall the Tzones hack in Cydia. Reboot. Change your APN to epc.tmobile.com. Reboot and you should have internet again.
Thank you! I actually just upgraded to 2.2 and then I installed the Tzone Hack from Cydia then changed the APN then rebooted. It FINALLY works! I lost all my apps and contacts since i didn’t have my computer with me that has an old back up on it, but I’ll deal. Thanks again.
hi, i have an iphone 2nd gen , and it is jailbroken and unlocked for tmobile, i entered apn info u had on video and it worked, i do not want to change my data plan because i switch back and forth from my g1 and iphone, is it ok to not switch my plan, even though i would save more if i was on 5.99 i am currently on 34.99. I would be charged for anything, are u not sure.
The G1 plan will work fine with the iPhone!
Hello Limited Edition iPhone,
Since Tmobile has stopped TZone and replaced it with Web2Go, can we still use your setting and enjoy the UNLIMITED INTERNET or do we have to stick with 100mb limit which comes with Web2Go plan?
Thank you Sir…
No you would have to purchase the unlimited plan.
Oops bad news…
That means there no much savings there.
If you have contracted Tzone, will it still continue to work or it will stop working?
Thanks
the internet isnt working and im getting ‘Error 500 Internal Server Error’
i tried turning it off on service and on but my iphone just freezes when i do that so what should i do then? plus internet doesnt work like the unlimited and yes i did follow the guide up there
ok now it’s saying ‘Safari can’t open the page because it can’t find the server’ and it also says ‘Could not activate EDGE: You are not subscribed to EDGE’ which my EDGE is turned on… and wifi off
If you just added edge to your plan it can take a few days to activate. Also make sure you ate following the video and not the old guide.
but ive had EDGE on the iphone for couple of days now though… and does epc.tmobile.com work for firmware 1.1.4 and lower? and i thought video was for iphone with the 2.0 firmware and up? 🙁 (i have the $9.99 data plan for tmobile, EDGE, iphone, proxy, preference) so yeah what else do i need now?
kenny read 12 comments up. Epc.tmobile will work with any firmware. Uninstall the tzones hack. Reboot. Enter epc.tmobile.com. Reboot.
wait so uninstall everything that says Tzone hacks? or the the hacks under tzone?
under tmobile*
my wife has the g1 and she has the g1 plan to make her internet work. Just the other day I changed her sim card and put it on mine and just a couple of posts before it says that the g1 plan should work with the iphone, but it didnt work. now what should i do to make it work with the g1 plan? should i install the tzones hack?
please help!…
oh by the way i have the iphone 3g and version 2.2…
@ lencho….. do you have the tzone data plan still on the sim card you was trying to use in the g1? Let me know if so I think we can play with it….I can give you the setup to try.
I can’t seem to find the T-Zone option from the T-Mobile’s website so I can’t add it. I don’t want to call them.
Any idea?
I too can’t find the T-Zone option from tmobile website. Does anyone have the link? Going crazy scouring the site for the t-zone option. Thanks!
Web2go is your only option now.
Thanks dude! Hey one question…my iphone 3g 2.2 is jailbroken and unlocked with yellowsnow. Am I good for awhile or is there a jailbreak for 2.2.1 I don’t know about? Thanks for the speedy response back.
Ok, I had unlimited texting for 14.00 bucks. I just got rid of the unlimited texting and got the 100mg internet with unlimited texting for 19.00. 5 buck increase. Not bad. Now if I want to make my internet connection faster, do I apply one of these scripts or leave APN blank?
ept.tmobile.com
wap.voicestream.com
internet2.voicestream.com
internet3.voicestream.com
I added ept.tmobile.com to my APN and left my pass and user blank. I could not locate : /private/var/root. Where can I find this? Thanks.
I have 2g iphone and just updated to FW 2.2 from FW 2.1. I have had tzones for quite some time now and it worked fine on FW 2.1. Now with 2.2, tzones has not been working. I changed the APN to epc.tmobile.com and the internet works fine, but I cannot download anything from Cydia. I get a HTTP error -2096. Has anyone else had a problem with this?