Tether iphone 4 on vodafone

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#71224 6-Nov-2010 08:47

Can a vodafone iphone 4 be setup as a wireless hotshot without jail breaking it or do you have to use bluetooth and dialup networking?

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#401063 6-Nov-2010 09:15

You can tether via the cable or bluetooth but if you want to set it up as a wifi hotspot you would need to jailbreak.

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#401093 6-Nov-2010 11:00

That's interesting since before I asked the question I looked up some online guides. It appeared that in IOS4 there is a Tethering Option but I couldn't find it on my phone which is surprising given it's unlocked. Presumably the carrier can request Apple to provide some sort of OS update to enable that option?

I guess BT modem will have to do.

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#401094 6-Nov-2010 11:01

you need to put an apn in for internet tethering in the apn setup, if you don't do that, the option won't appear.

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#401097 6-Nov-2010 11:06

I see that now. But it still seems there is no wifi tethering option so I presume IOS doesn't have that? I am just used to my Nexus One and I was trying to get the same functionality on my wife's iPhone4. Guess it's not as functional in this area.

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#401099 6-Nov-2010 11:10

ios doesn't support wifi tethering, you need to jailbreak and use myWi (which i hear drains battery a lot) or use itether on a jailbroken client to use the bluetooth tether option (which uses less battery).

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#401100 6-Nov-2010 11:15

mikerussellnz: ios doesn't support wifi tethering, you need to jailbreak and use myWi (which i hear drains battery a lot) or use itether on a jailbroken client to use the bluetooth tether option (which uses less battery).

You can tether using the cable AND bluetooth without jailbreaking. I have used both on a stock standard iphone 4 and both work fine.

You need to go to settings/network and scroll down and turn on tethering. The instructions for both methods are shown on screen.

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#401101 6-Nov-2010 11:17

Thanks. I had hoped to be able to share the Internet on the phone but I guess I can't now. Still for this particular need was - to be able to access the Internet from a connected PC, this should work fine.

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#401126 6-Nov-2010 13:16

I share the internet from the iPhone to the iPad AND 2 other devices - amazing.

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#401161 6-Nov-2010 15:22

I jailbroke and tried out mywi (to connect my non-3G ipad) for three days and mywi worked great. Since I was indoors I just left the iphone plugged into a wall charger. If you needed that functionality a lot it's worth the cost. Apple should really get this going in the itunes store or build it into the phone.

Tethering to a laptop is easy and built in to the phone.

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#401248 6-Nov-2010 22:19

Well my first attempt didn't work. Using the Toshiba BT stack on a Win7 laptop all I got was some error about the iPhone rejected the PAN request. I guess I need to spend more time on it. Plus the first time I turned on tethering on the iPhone, it locked up requiring a power reset. Not nice!

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