I phone to |I pad ?

whalster

anyone who can help , recently my daugher got her first phone ,she is 11 and have resisted up to now , anyway she now has a i-phone 3 which is cheap on contract for £13 a month .We baught her an I-pad when they first came out which is not mobile internet my question is can we somehow connect the mobile to the i-pad so we can browse on a larger screen rather than it being tiny on a phone, via cable or something?

penrhyn

Dunno, even if you could you will end up paying loads in data charges.
Whats wrong with the built in wifi?

jb66

Yes, it's called tethering, or mobile hotspot under the settings menu

whalster

I will look at this tethering , but yes I know it has wi fi but say we are in the middle of nowhere the i phone screen is very small we need the phone internet capability kind of transfering to the i pad so we can use the larger screen possible?

TadleyBaggie

jb66 wrote: »

Yes, it's called tethering, or mobile hotspot under the settings menu

Apple only support that on iPhone 4 and later, OP says they have a iPhone 3 (probably 3GS) and tethering is not officially supported. It can be done if the device is Jailbroken using 3rd party apps.

whalster

Thanks for the reply

Buzby

Most mobile data networks block or charge a premium to tether (as it is an additional service). Watch out for this!

StuC75

what IOS version is on the iphone - 'out of the box' tethering is dependent upon the phone software not the hardware version...

jailbroken - has other means of unlocking this..

TadleyBaggie

StuC75 wrote: »

what IOS version is on the iphone - 'out of the box' tethering is dependent upon the phone software not the hardware version...

Wrong: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3574

StuC75

TadleyBaggie wrote: »

Wrong: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3574

err bit of a fail on your part..

read the link you posted and you will find 3G & 3GS support bluetooth connectivity for hot spot sharing; this is more secure than wifi anyway.. and covers why i currently share my 3gs connection with my 2 ipads..

TadleyBaggie

Fair enough, I hadn't heard of Bluetooth tethering, only Wifi. Reading the requirements for Bluetooth tethering it seemed to suggest a PC or Mac needed to be involved.

So where in settings do you set up Personal Hotspot? I have a 3GS running 5.1.1 and it shows up nowhere!