Vodafone Live! on Iphone (how to configure the proxy settings)

Bob24 · 26-03-2008 11:19pm

TrueDub wrote: »

Thanks - have done some research (should have done this before posting here! apologies) I've got to the point where my WinSCP constantly gives me a "Connection refused" message. Any ideas as to how to fix this? I'm on 1.1.3

Can you connect to the iPhone via SSH? If not it is probably a problem with OpenSSH. I guess you have done it already, but if not try to reboot the iPhone.

Also, you are trying to connect as root right? (the password is "alpine")

Bob24 · 27-03-2008 10:24am

Hey. Here is a quick tutorial I wrote on how to make it work. Based on Mac OS as I have a Mac, but but as long as you have a Windows SCP client for Windows, it also gives you and idea of what to do.

TrueDub · 27-03-2008 10:41am

Bob24 wrote: »

Can you connect to the iPhone via SSH? If not it is probably a problem with OpenSSH. I guess you have done it already, but if not try to reboot the iPhone.

Also, you are trying to connect as root right? (the password is "alpine")

I realised that SSH was probably switched off, so I installed BossPrefs and used this to switch this on. I then connected to the phone, followed the instructions in this thread and Vodafone Live is working fine now.

Thanks for your help.

Bob24 · 27-03-2008 11:35am

Good stuff

Bob24 · 30-03-2008 11:28pm

For those of you who are having the same issue as me with the Gmail sessions, here is the solution (tested and approved): http://www.ben.geek.nz/iphone-google-reader-gmail-facebook-cookie-fix/

The problem doesn't actually have anything to do with Vodafone, but with wrong permissions on the cookies files on firmware 1.1.4.

validis_ · 31-03-2008 9:36am

Great , thanks for that,

The Gambler 101 · 03-04-2008 11:58am

Hi

Just got the i-phone 1.1.4 8gb as a present, its unlocked and all.

Was on to vodafone yesterday and im getting connected to their broadband on the 14th of this month. Im going for the 15mb for €10 a month.

Not really great with computers or technology so dont really understand the above thread.

Can any one tell me will it be difficult to get it working on the phone and is it a good service?

Thanks

validis_ · 03-04-2008 12:01pm

Its not that hard to get working , but we are getting 500mb for 9.99 a month.

The Gambler 101 · 03-04-2008 12:07pm

how is that?

marvstrav · 03-04-2008 4:05pm

The Gambler 101 wrote: »

Hi

Just got the i-phone 1.1.4 8gb as a present, its unlocked and all.

Was on to vodafone yesterday and im getting connected to their broadband on the 14th of this month. Im going for the 15mb for €10 a month.

Not really great with computers or technology so dont really understand the above thread.

Can any one tell me will it be difficult to get it working on the phone and is it a good service?

Thanks

Dear Gambler,

See above comments about isp.vodofone.ie versus live.vodafone.com

live.vodafone.com gives you 500MB (upload and download capacity) for €9.99. Ask for vodafone live package for 10 Euro not the isp package which is a total rip off. With the isp.vodafone.ie 15 Euro for 10MB package you'll use it up in less than a week of doing anything with your iphone.

Phone Vodafone 1907 and ask for the Vodafone Live package for €9.99 per month add-on for 500 MB of usage.

For getting it to work on your iPhone do the following steps.

If you have a text editor on your pc you can do this... I used TextEdit on my Macintosh, but any text editor will work.

1. Take this proxy.pac code and copy it.

function FindProxyForURL(url, host)
{
if (isInNet(myIpAddress(), "10.0.0.0", "255.0.0.0"))
return "PROXY 10.24.59.100:80";
else
return "DIRECT";
}

2. Open a text editor (make sure that all documents in your text editor are PLAIN TEXT ONLY - Not rich text.

3. Open a plain text document in your text editor.

4. Paste - the copied proxy.pac info into your text editor.

5. Save - the text document as proxy.pac to an easily found folder on your PC

6. Now you must find your preferences.plist file on your iphone.

7. If you unlocked your iphone you have Installer application on it. This will allow you to download loads of apps including Open SSH or AFPd (for Macs). I use AFPd because it shows up pretty easily in my file browser.

8. Once you can see the files on your iPhone you need to navigate to private/var/root/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist

9. Copy this file to a safe location onto your Mac or PC.

Duplicate it somewhere safe on your HD just in case you screw this up.

10. Open the preferences.plist into a text editor as a plain text file.

11. Do a scroll down the file until you see
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>com.apple.CommCenter</key>
<dict>

NOTE: if you do FIND TEXT or SEARCH TEXT and enter "ip1" without quotes it will take you to the proper area of the preferences.plist file very quickly.

NOTE 2: There is NEARLY identical text, prior to the lines of text that has "ip2" Make sure you do not insert the new code in the "ip2" area as it will not work properly.

12. Insert the following blue text in the lines of text below as shown.

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:///var/mobile/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>gprs.qtel</string>
<key>password</key>
<string>gprs</string>
<key>username</key>
<string>gprs</string>
</dict>
<key>Version</key>
<integer>1</integer>
</dict>
</dict>

NOTE: The preferences.plist is much longer than the code above. The code above is simply listed here for reference as to where to insert the code.

NOTE 2: Try to indent or Tab the newly inserted lines to match your existing preferences.plist lines.

13. Save - the new preferences.plist file as preferences.plist somewhere safe. Do not overwrite your "Safety" copy.

14. Using OpenSSH or AFPd connect to your iphone and
place your proxy.pac file in
/var/mobile directory

15. Take your preferences.plist file and place it in:
/private/var/root/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist

16. Take your preferences.plist file and also place it in:
var/preferences/systemConfiguration/

17. The prefences.plist will point the iPhone to your proxy.pac file for live.vodafone.com

18. Then go to your iPhone settings / General / network / EDGE and insert the following:
APN live.vodafone.com
Username dublin
Password dublin

19. Restart your iPhone and you should be able to connect to vodafonelive once you've subscribed to their service.

You must sign up with Voddafone for the Vodafone Live 500MB for €9.99 per month for this to work. It must also be activated...

Also don't freak out if you can't get this... or it doesn't work right away.
You can always do a RESTORE iPhone - Re-Jailbreak your iPhone and try it again.

Good Luck

Marv

The Gambler 101 · 03-04-2008 5:37pm

Cheers Marv, thanks for the help, i only ordered the 15mb for €10 yesterday but they said it wont be activated till the 14th so going ring up and get thme to change it over.

redmaurader · 03-04-2008 8:53pm

hi guys have been reading this with great interest since i got an unlocked iphone for a present, thing is i havent got a clue where to start and i mean not a clue, i've got an iphone and a computer and limited computer knowledge, i would be most greatful and willing to pay for someones time if they could really dumb this down for me and i mean really dumb it down step by step thanks in advance i hope

ant043 · 03-04-2008 9:30pm

i do everything right. I think i have it cracked but it keeps saying edge is not connected. It really is doing my head in. Does it mess up settings in the phone if you keep doing it constantly without success

marvstrav · 04-04-2008 1:02am

ant043 wrote: »

i do everything right. I think i have it cracked but it keeps saying edge is not connected. It really is doing my head in. Does it mess up settings in the phone if you keep doing it constantly without success

Dear ant043,

Don't give up... be patient, precise and thorough. Make sure you copy and paste the "required" lines for the preferences.plist in the section of your preferences.plist AFTER the text lines "ip1"

Make sure you place it EXACTLY where I illustrated above.

Check out the steps I've outlined above.

Also you will be placing the file on your iphone and saving it over your existing preferences.plist on your iphone so if you'd tried it several times... you might have a pretty screwed up preferences.plist file.

Try doing a Restore of your iPhone and then re-jailbreaking it. It only takes about 10 minutes. I did this the second time I tried and everything worked out well. Read this thread thoroughly and place the files on your iPhone precisely where stated.

The proxy.pac file goes in one place but the preferences.plist file should be place in two individual folders on your iPhone. One folder will already have an un-altered preferences.plist, the other folder most likely will not have anything.

Good luck... don't give up... it's worth a bit of work, to get this to function, believe me... the code works and vodafonelive is great when wifi is not available.

If all else fails and you feel you're better off giving up... you can sign up to O2 as a regular non-iPhone handset (maybe your old phone), then use your iphone with the appropriate settings. I have several friends who have done that and purchased the 250MB add on for €7.50.

Marv.

redmaurader · 04-04-2008 9:40am

the main problem i seem to have getting the grasp of is how to access my iphone from my computer i think i can probably locate the files locations for the proxy settings, but how do i acces my phones files from the computer

marvstrav · 04-04-2008 10:50am

redmaurader wrote: »

the main problem i seem to have getting the grasp of is how to access my iphone from my computer i think i can probably locate the files locations for the proxy settings, but how do i acces my phones files from the computer

Dear Redmaurader,

You'll need to read the other contributions to this thread, they are quite helpful.

If you've Jailbreaked your iphone, you have the Installer application on your iPhone.

This allows you to download loads of applications and install them. Two such applications are OpenSSH and AFPd. AFPd is a Macintosh application that creates an Apple File Protocol on your iPhone so you can access it through the finder on your Apple Mac computer. If you don't have an Apple Mac you can still do this through setting up a very basic server on your your iPhone and FTPing your files to the locations specified... again read the threads above and check out the alternative websites for transferring files to and from your iPhone. This is too off topic to really go into detail here.

A little knowledge of networking is helpful. You'll need to know that you have a stable wifi network and your computer and iphone are both connected to the same network. Also that each of the devices have ip addresses within the same network range. For Connectivity you need to have a basic server on your iphone communicating with your computer or vice versa.

For more details on OpenSSH you can check here:
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/guide/short-and-sweet-ssh-guide-for-the-iphone-300323.php

Or
http://justanotheriphoneblog.com/wordpress/2008/04/01/how-to-connect-to-your-iphone-via-ssh/

or

http://blog.psmxy.org/pkg-info/openssh/

If this doesn't help... google OpenSSH and iphone in the same search

Good luck.

Marv

POINTS · 04-04-2008 11:25am

Folks, What settings do I need for vodafone.ie mail setup, ie Incoming server and outgoing srver etc. I'm using firmware 1.1.4 and none of the previous info seems to be working for me. Can someone please give me an idiots guide to setting it up? Thanks

ant043 · 04-04-2008 6:28pm

thanks marv will do a restore and try again you never know. I am on 1.1.3. will i have better luck on 1.1.4 ??

ant043 · 05-04-2008 12:31am

dunno any advice guys about upgrading to 1.1.4 ??

kin9pin · 06-04-2008 3:09pm

Thanks for the instructions. Did this on my 1.1.3 using IphoneBrowser (not too confident with SSH) and worked first time.

marvstrav · 06-04-2008 10:20pm

ant043 wrote: »

dunno any advice guys about upgrading to 1.1.4 ??

Hi,

I'm on 1.1.4, 8GB Iphone - no problems whatsoever, other than some of the third party software hasn't been revised for 1.1.4 but that's not a big deal for me.

Marv

ant043 · 06-04-2008 10:24pm

yep i have got it working. maps stocks work fine. any idea how to get the mail application working with it ?

Thanks for all help

marvstrav · 06-04-2008 10:44pm

ant043 wrote: »

yep i have got it working. maps stocks work fine. any idea how to get the mail application working with it ?

Thanks for all help

Hi Ant43,

Glad to hear you got it working!

No idea as of yet about the email packages... but I haven't really wanted to do that...

I'm happier using webmail (gmail) and getting it through Safari. This is especially true because of the slow speeds of 2.5G/Edge/GPRS whatever you want to call it.

All the best,

Marv

Zith · 08-04-2008 11:41am

Thanks for the summary marvstrav. Got my 16G up and running now.

Proud of myself coz I did it through the terminal and vi

Now to get my Wifi fixed.

SkinJob · 12-04-2008 5:31pm

Hi all,

I've trawled my way through the various threads regarding APN settings (live & isp) and the proxy.pac method and I see a lot of various views on how to get the internet working on the iPhone through our chums in vodafone.

I can get safari working through isp.vodafone.ie just fine but data charges are brutal. For example, I downloaded the "to do list" application and it cost a nice bit given its size. My ignorance in such matters is setting me up for a tasty bill at the end of the month.

Would those of you in the know recommend that I change my package to the 15/25 MB monthly package? Would this cover me for browsing/mail and application downloads such as the above using isp.vodafone.ie (without daylight robbery by vodafone naturally)? I am not a particularly heavy user of it anyway.

I am currently on the 500MB mobile internet package.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Cheers.

v10 · 13-04-2008 4:18pm

I just used the proxy.pac method and then I can use the €9.99/500mb package you have .. works fine except for email (which isnt allowed through the live access point). I also have the 'Swirly MMS' program which work perfect for sending & receiving MMS with Vodafone.

SkinJob wrote: »

Hi all,

I've trawled my way through the various threads regarding APN settings (live & isp) and the proxy.pac method and I see a lot of various views on how to get the internet working on the iPhone through our chums in vodafone.

I can get safari working through isp.vodafone.ie just fine but data charges are brutal. For example, I downloaded the "to do list" application and it cost a nice bit given its size. My ignorance in such matters is setting me up for a tasty bill at the end of the month.

Would those of you in the know recommend that I change my package to the 15/25 MB monthly package? Would this cover me for browsing/mail and application downloads such as the above using isp.vodafone.ie (without daylight robbery by vodafone naturally)? I am not a particularly heavy user of it anyway.

I am currently on the 500MB mobile internet package.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Cheers.

KRB · 13-04-2008 11:26pm

Hi - I just activated my 1.1.4 iPhone for Meteor, and listed the details here: http://www.kenbenoit.net/?p=21. In short, the settings are:

APN: wap.mymeteor.ie
Username: my
Password: wap

And proxy.pac needs to be:

function FindProxyForURL(url, host)
{
if (isInNet(myIpAddress(), “10.0.0.0″, “255.0.0.0″))
return “PROXY 10.85.85.85:8799″;
else
return “DIRECT”;
}

and preferences.plist needs to be modified as described previously (see for instance the excellent http://web.taillard.net/iphonevoda which helped me get this working).

What still does not work is mail, specifically my IMAP access to gmail through the Mail app. This works fine over WiFi but not through EGDE. I assume this is a port/proxy issue and can be fixed through a similar change to proxy.pac and preferences.plist. Anyone have any ideas here?

KRB

Bob24 · 14-04-2008 12:12am

KRB wrote: »

(see for instance the excellent http://web.taillard.net/iphonevoda which helped me get this working).

Thanks, good to know it is usefull

Just one thing though: with Meteor you'd better use the ISP APN instead of the WAP one. This is for 2 reasons:
1) It is cheaper. Check here: WAP is 2c per KB (€20 per MB) whereas ISP is €4.92 per MB
2) You won't actually have to use any proxy server so your problems with mail will go away

But remember that whichever one you use it will be extremely expensive. I think I am an average user and I use about 5 MB a day ... which would be 25 euros/day with Meteor ISP if you don't have a data bundle.

I wrote the Vodafone tutorial as I first tested my iPhone with my company mobile simcard which is Vodafone, but now I am using my own one which is Meteor. I was on prepaid and I had to switch to bill pay to be able to subscribe to a data bundle (the one which give you 250MB/month for €10). It is really not a good idea to use the Internet on a regular basis if you don't do that: each single time you are opening a webpage it will cost you something like 10 cents to 1 euro depending on how big the page is.

KRB · 14-04-2008 8:00am

But remember that whichever one you use it will be extremely expensive. I think I am an average user and I use about 5 MB a day ... which would be 25 euros/day with Meteor ISP if you don't have a data bundle.

I wrote the Vodafone tutorial as I first tested my iPhone with my company mobile simcard which is Vodafone, but now I am using my own one which is Meteor. I was on prepaid and I had to switch to bill pay to be able to subscribe to a data bundle (the one which give you 250MB/month for €10). It is really not a good idea to use the Internet on a regular basis if you don't do that: each single time you are opening a webpage it will cost you something like 10 cents to 1 euro depending on how big the page is.

Ouch! I just realized that my limited experiments yesterday browsing a New York Times page while setting up my iPhone cost me about 8 euros! So it looks like I will be tied back to a monthly plan after all. Any recommendations?

Also what would the EDGE settings be for the "isp" option? Finally, will I need to remove the proxy settings that I set up in preferences.plist for the wap method?

Many thanks this has been super useful!

Bob24 · 14-04-2008 11:05am

No pb

The ISP settings are:
APN: isp.mymeteor.ie
Username: my
Password: isp

The ISP APN is not enabled by default on prepaid account and you will need to call them to do that, which can somethimes be a pain. If they don't know what you are talking about tell them you want to use your phone as a modem for Internet access with your computer.

You won't need a proxy with that so you will need to undo all you rwork (sorry to tell you that :-) ). If you want to keep the option of changing it back easily you can leave it the way it is and just disable the proxy by replacing <integer>1</integer> by <integer>0</integer> in the text you added to preferences.plist.

With Meteor your cheapest option is to go for "Talk 60" and the €10 data bundle which will cost you €30/monts with 60 minutes call, 30 text messages, and 250MB data transfer included.

Hope this helps.

redmaurader · 06-05-2008 9:52am

finally got this working seems i had a software issue with 1.1.3 which ment my wifi signal kept dropping out and i couldn't ssh my iphone but its working excellent now.
I downloaded swirly mms for send mms but need to set it up, does anyone know what the settings are for vodafone mmsc & the proxy settings

freddy99 · 11-05-2008 2:33pm

I have been using the vodafone live proxy from above for months and have been very happy with it.
About 4 days ago, the web applications stopped working properly. They will only download date about 10% of the time. Most of the time the safari, weather and stocks don't successfully receive data, but sometimes they do. There doesn't seem to be any pattern to the behaviour.
Does anybody else have this ptoblem ?
I have tried a "reset network settings" and reloaded the proxy pac and preferences.plist, but that hasn't worked.
Thanks

redmaurader · 12-05-2008 3:48pm

unbelievable i've only just got this working for over the last week and mine has gone the same way too freddy, tried everything loke yourself but no luck, anyone else, do you think maybe its vodafone

kin9pin · 16-05-2008 12:08pm

Apologies in advance if this has been answered somewhere. Has anyone managed to get Fring working over the vodafone live APN? I have no problem connecting through wifi, just get a "reconnecting" message when out and about.
Thanks

Bob24 · 27-05-2008 3:09pm

Bob24 wrote: »

Hey. Here is a quick tutorial I wrote on how to make it work. Based on Mac OS as I have a Mac, but but as long as you have a Windows SCP client for Windows, it also gives you and idea of what to do.

Note: the page has moved here.

v10 · 27-05-2008 9:01pm

Just so you's know Vodafone released a new broadband add on today for €29.99 per month. It is effectively the same package the 3G modem use. 5GB cap and works with isp.vodafone.ie or hs.vodafone.ie, so it'll work with the iPhone's mail program or in theory when the iPhone has 3G it should work with the skype application. No Proxy's required.

Reganovski · 28-05-2008 5:36pm

Using proxy.pac with vodafone. Anyone have a problem accessing the vodafone website? I can access using wifi but not without it! Anyone have a similar problem?

Regan

validis_ · 09-07-2008 12:28pm

Mail has been working for me the past few days on the 9.99 account, I am using the live.vodafone.ie account.

Has mail started to work for anyone else?

lotas · 09-07-2008 3:10pm

hmmm.... i have just checked mine and i am getting imap email from gmail! working grand! SWEET! hopefully this is not a "issue" that vodafone are working on "fixing"

validis_ · 20-07-2008 3:02pm

I upgraded the iphone to 2.0 and I am playing with Mobileme. On first glance it does not seem to sync over the vodafone dataconnection. Email is still working fine , I used my back up from my previous 1.1.4 firmware , and that seems to have brought the roxy settings over.

validis_ · 20-07-2008 4:31pm

Further testing with a 1.1.4 IPhone upgraded to 2.0: the same settings apply to get the vodafone 9.99 package working.
The easiest way to set it up if you have not installed it before is to install the T-Zones app from the installed, install Open SSH, and then ssh to the Iphone and update the proxy.pac to the correct ip address: PROXY 10.24.59.100:80

Imap is currently working, but mobileme push syncing does not work.
Web, weather etc are all working.
Data does not work in some of the new apps inc Facebook app and the Cydia installer.

If I use the isp.vodafone.ie username vodafone password vodafone then everything inc mobileme works.

Pataman · 21-07-2008 11:00pm

When i try to connect to my iphone using SSH it asks me for a username and password. I have tried various combinations of alpine (1.1.4) but still cant connect. I want to install the proxy pac. I have got the ip off the router. Any ideas?

v10 · 22-07-2008 12:28am

Theres no need for the proxy pac anymore .. just use Vodafone's new €10 per month 1GB isp addon and use isp.vodafone.ie access point .. it'll allow web, mail and skype through no need for any mods.

Reganovski · 22-07-2008 9:09am

v10 wrote: »

Theres no need for the proxy pac anymore .. just use Vodafone's new €10 per month 1GB isp addon and use isp.vodafone.ie access point .. it'll allow web, mail and skype through no need for any mods.

Is that for bill pay? Can't find it for prepay? Link?

v10 · 22-07-2008 9:27am

Reganovski wrote: »

Is that for bill pay? Can't find it for prepay? Link?

Oh right sorry .. thats on bill pay only.

validis_ · 22-07-2008 9:28am

When you are ssh into the phone use ssh root@the ipaddress of the iphone, password if asked is alpine.

Pataman · 22-07-2008 9:30pm

validis_ wrote: »

When you are ssh into the phone use ssh root@the ipaddress of the iphone, password if asked is alpine.

Thanks I will give it a go. The new add on from vodafone looks like it will solve the problems.

japasca · 04-09-2008 4:46pm

Hello,

I am after traveling to Denmark for 2 weeks and i got a Vodafone sim to take advantage of the 99c data and cheap roaming charges while here. (prepay sim)

I have not been able to get my iPhone 1.1.2 4gb working with Vodafone. I used the APN live.vodafone.com, and used dublin for the username and password (as found on boards) but it still wont work. Is there an easy solution to my problem? Can it be fixed without using a computer, as its back in Ireland?

All help really appreciated,

Cheers,
John

J-blk · 20-09-2008 12:53pm

v10 wrote: »

Theres no need for the proxy pac anymore .. just use Vodafone's new €10 per month 1GB isp addon and use isp.vodafone.ie access point .. it'll allow web, mail and skype through no need for any mods.

Sorry to dig up an old thread but I've had an iPhone for a year now with no data package and I'm thinking of getting an unlocked 3G and staying on Vodafone. I'm on billpay - can anyone confirm that the "1GB ISP Promo" can be used with the iPhone with no mods, for pretty much everything (Google Maps, mail, web, etc)? Thanks.

v10 · 20-09-2008 1:25pm

J-blk wrote: »

...I'm thinking of getting an unlocked 3G and staying on Vodafone. I'm on billpay

Can the 3G iPhone be unlocked yet ?

J-blk wrote: »

...can anyone confirm that the "1GB ISP Promo" can be used with the iPhone with no mods, for pretty much everything (Google Maps, mail, web, etc)? Thanks.

Yeah it will, just stick in the settings

Vodafone Live! on Iphone (how to configure the proxy settings)

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