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Make iPhone 4 Facetime Video Calls Work over 3G

by norman on Aug 4, 2010

One of those really cool iPhone 4 features that we wish wasn't restricted is FaceTime calls being limited through Wi-Fi. It sort of becomes pointless to have such a feature and not be able to use it in every scenario thinkable. Well, for those of you who've already taken the Jailbreak plunge, you'll be happy to know there's a way to get it working with a little help from Cydia.

As it turns out, the Jailbreak doesn't really liberate FaceTime to work through 3G form the start, but Cydia offers an app called My3G which tricks the phone into thinking it's got Wi-Fi when it's really connected through 3G. The result is having FaceTime work implicitly through 3G because the phone thinks it's using Wi-Fi once My3G is running. Here are the steps to get it working:

1) Jailbreak your iPhone 4 via www.jailbreakme.com .

2) Download and upgrade to the latest Cydia package.

3) Open Cydia, Go to Manage then Sources.

4) Click...Read More >>