What's the easiest way for my iPad2 to connect to the 3G signal on my iPhone?
May 14, 2011 11:51 AM Subscribe
What's the easiest way for my iPad2 to connect to the 3G signal on my iPhone?
I have to admit here, I'm pretty dense when it comes to concepts like tethering and jailbreaking. Googling around, I still can't seem to find the information I need in a language I can understand.
Basically I have an older iPhone 3. I recently bought an iPad2, but opted to not get G3 for it, but sometimes regret it. Sometimes I'd like to be able to leech the signal from my iPhone but not sure if it's legal or what the technical hurdles are. Thanks for any advice on this newb-ish question.
I have to admit here, I'm pretty dense when it comes to concepts like tethering and jailbreaking. Googling around, I still can't seem to find the information I need in a language I can understand.
Basically I have an older iPhone 3. I recently bought an iPad2, but opted to not get G3 for it, but sometimes regret it. Sometimes I'd like to be able to leech the signal from my iPhone but not sure if it's legal or what the technical hurdles are. Thanks for any advice on this newb-ish question.
T.D.'s right - without jailbreaking one or the other (actually, probably both...), by design you can't do this. I have iPad1 with 3G and I have never once regretted springing for the onboard connection. If you purchased your iPad at an Apple retail store within the past 30 days or so, I'm willing to bet Apple would let you return the WiFi version and get a 3G by paying the difference...
posted by OneMonkeysUncle at 12:08 PM on May 14, 2011
posted by OneMonkeysUncle at 12:08 PM on May 14, 2011
Assuming you have a 3GS or later iPhone, you can subscribe to internet tethering for $25/month.
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I realized it was probably time for a MyFi. Then realized I didn't even know how to spell that, let alone what it meant.
posted by AaRdVarK at 12:10 PM on May 14, 2011
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I realized it was probably time for a MyFi. Then realized I didn't even know how to spell that, let alone what it meant.
posted by AaRdVarK at 12:10 PM on May 14, 2011
Oh, sorry. I didn't see that you had an iPhone 3G. Tethering won't work with that.
posted by AaRdVarK at 12:10 PM on May 14, 2011
posted by AaRdVarK at 12:10 PM on May 14, 2011
Response by poster: Ack sorry, I do have 3GS! Didnt know it made a difference.
posted by critzer at 12:20 PM on May 14, 2011
posted by critzer at 12:20 PM on May 14, 2011
Best answer: Yea, if it is still connected to service, AT&T or Verizon (or probably your local carrier, if you're outside the US) would happily sell you tethering for $20 or $25 a month.
posted by raf at 1:42 PM on May 14, 2011
posted by raf at 1:42 PM on May 14, 2011
Best answer: If you jailbreak your iPhone (these guides are decent) and use Cydia to install MyWi OnDemand, you can turn your iPhone into a hotspot so that your iPad can connect to it over WiFi.
posted by dreamyshade at 1:45 PM on May 14, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by dreamyshade at 1:45 PM on May 14, 2011 [2 favorites]
FYI, AT&T are blocking tethering from jailbroken phones. You'll need to go the legit route, or trade the iPad in for a 3G model.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 2:43 PM on May 14, 2011
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 2:43 PM on May 14, 2011
Drea is right but you don't even need the hotspot; with MyWi it'll talk over Bluetooth automagicly when there's not a wifi signal handy.
Jailbreaking has some downsides but for turning my wifi iPad into always-on it's been fantastic.
posted by phearlez at 2:52 PM on May 14, 2011
Jailbreaking has some downsides but for turning my wifi iPad into always-on it's been fantastic.
posted by phearlez at 2:52 PM on May 14, 2011
AT&T Tells Free Tethering Customers It’s Time to Pay Up
On the iPhone, for example, the hack MyWi has been a popular tool for “tethering” the handset’s internet connection for free, and just recently users of MyWi reported receiving text messages and e-mails from AT&T requiring them to “update” their plans.
“Well, that was fun while it lasted,” a MyWi user posted in a forum. “It was a good 3 years. Goodbye iPhone tethering.”
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 2:59 PM on May 14, 2011
On the iPhone, for example, the hack MyWi has been a popular tool for “tethering” the handset’s internet connection for free, and just recently users of MyWi reported receiving text messages and e-mails from AT&T requiring them to “update” their plans.
“Well, that was fun while it lasted,” a MyWi user posted in a forum. “It was a good 3 years. Goodbye iPhone tethering.”
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 2:59 PM on May 14, 2011
For what it's worth, I've continued to use MyWi since AT&T started "catching" it and have never received a notification from them, and I do not have a tethering plan.
I have two guesses as to why:
1. The whole story is totally overblown and AT&T only detected some people or something
2. Because I primarily, like 80% of the time, use the tethering only for my iPad, AT&T can't detect another iOS device as being "tethered," and when I have used it for my laptop I was just lucky?
posted by Patbon at 1:58 PM on May 15, 2011
I have two guesses as to why:
1. The whole story is totally overblown and AT&T only detected some people or something
2. Because I primarily, like 80% of the time, use the tethering only for my iPad, AT&T can't detect another iOS device as being "tethered," and when I have used it for my laptop I was just lucky?
posted by Patbon at 1:58 PM on May 15, 2011
Same here. Still using MyWi and have not heard from AT&T. Again mostly use it for iPad, occasionally laptop. Also stream pandora on my iPhone for 2-6 hours a day at work so my data usage has always been high.
posted by UMDirector at 6:06 PM on May 15, 2011
posted by UMDirector at 6:06 PM on May 15, 2011
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posted by T.D. Strange at 12:01 PM on May 14, 2011