How to Enable Carrier Bundle Support in iTunes 8.2 (Windows)

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Posted June 18, 2009 at 1:07am by iClarified

These are instructions on how to enable support for carrier bundles in iTunes 8.2 for Windows.

You'll notice if you try to update your iPhone carrier settings using the final version of iTunes 8.2 the .ipcc files are greyed out. In order to re-enabled access to these files you will need to follow the simple steps below.

Step One
Quit iTunes

How to Enable Carrier Bundle Support in iTunes 8.2 (Windows)

Step Two
Press Windows Key + R to open the run dialog. Enter in cmd then click OK

Step Three
Enter the following command into the Command Prompt window.

"C:Program FilesiTunesiTunes.exe" /setPrefInt carrier-testing 1

Step Four
Connect your iPhone and click to launch iTunes from your Start Menu.

Step Five
Select your iPhone from the list of devices on the left then hold down the Shift key and click the Check for Updates button.

Step Six
Notice you can now select your .ipcc file as it is not greyed out.

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leo78 - March 25, 2016 at 10:59am

yeah is still works in 2016 but where to get the configurations file?

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kyle123 - September 1, 2015 at 2:52pm

use this in cmd "%ProgramFiles%\iTunes\iTunes.exe" /setPrefInt carrier-testing 1

bloostoocool - September 1, 2013 at 6:45am

'C:\Program' is not recognized as an internal or external command :P any help?

michael conde - September 30, 2009 at 12:17pm

after doing whats stated above itunes restarts itself instead of me restarting it. Also when i shift-click to update the ipcc it doesnt show and only ipsw files show. Help would be appreciated.

DERICK - September 30, 2009 at 1:06pm

hey michael, If u are usiag windows u have to start itunes first, and then do all the steps, after type all that on the cmd u can go back to itunes and u'll see that now u have the option to look for .ipcc files

trickyduck - November 13, 2009 at 3:43am

hi guys for me works very well, just follow exactly the instruction on this page.

Derick - September 16, 2009 at 3:33pm

My itunes starts itself, and doesn't give the option for .ipcc files jus for .ipsw, what do i have to do

XmasBlood - August 13, 2009 at 9:30am

I still cant see the ipcc after doing all stated. BTW , after inputting the command and press enter , my itunes will be started automatically . Help pls..

Uday - August 9, 2009 at 7:14am

I can't see "Check for updates" on the summary page, but only can see "Update" button. How can I update the carrier settings?

Brandon - June 18, 2009 at 3:56pm

This is the error I get when I try to update my iphones carrier string. The iphone could not be updated. An unknown error occured (-27)

Brandon - June 18, 2009 at 11:38am

This does not work for me it gives me an error and does not let me update the carrier string

Aaron Wright - June 18, 2009 at 11:41am

Make sure that iTunes is not running while you initiate the command. ALSO make sure you leave the parenthesis a.k.a. " in place right where they are, or you will fail. ALSO make sure you reboot your iphone after the changes, Assuming you are able to update the IPCC file correctly.

Brandon - June 18, 2009 at 12:24pm

itunes is not running when I do the command and it doesn't fail because it goes to the next line just as in the picture but as soon as I try and update with the carrier it gives me an error

Brandon - June 18, 2009 at 12:26pm

aaron can you hit me up on aim and try and walk me through this

todisciple - June 22, 2009 at 11:46pm

receiving an error while loading the IPCC file

iamkushal - June 18, 2009 at 2:50am

hey Guys! CAn anyone of you tell me what is this for. Is this a jailbreaking thing or Unlocking thing...... I haven't Updated to iphone 3.0, i was expecting to wait till friday.... 19th........

Aaron Wright - June 18, 2009 at 11:39am

WOW GUY! Try Google, its kind of an innovative technology that lets you research many many things! Other than that, this only updates your carrier settings, has nothing to dod with jailbreak, or unlock. This ONLY UNHIDES the MMS and Tethering OPTIONS for your iPhone 3G. follow http://blog.iphone-dev.org/ if you wanna kno more about jailbreak. Also TRY GOOGLE! I should have invested stock 10 years ago!

Aaron Wright - June 18, 2009 at 2:22am

Thanks for posting my comment in a tutorial! I cant take fll credit for it though, I found this on a website somewhere, I had to tweak it a little to get to actually work, but I hope this helps alot of people! AT&T USERS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO USE MMS, THE FUNCTIONALITY WILL BE THERE, JUST NOT THE ABILITY.

Nick - June 18, 2009 at 8:43am

Hey, where can I download the USA AT&T carrier bundles to enable the mms and tethering feature on my iPhone? Thanks!

Aaron Wright - June 18, 2009 at 11:42am

You will have to Google (or whatever your fave search engine is) it. Just search for MMS & Tether AT&T US Carrier bundle, there are plenty of them out there.