Tether iPad to HTC phone

db

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as per the ipad 3 thread, i'm this close to buying one*, so was just wondering - how easy is it to access the internet by tethering it to your phone? specifically, an HTC Sensation?

the Sensation has a "wi-fi hotspot" app, which (unsurprisingly) allows the phone to act as a WAP.. presumably one can just use this to connect the ipad to it and use the 3G connection on one's phone? or is it not as simple as that?

i'd rather not faff about with rooting my phone/the ipad, although i have rooted HTCs before so it wouldn't be the end of the world if i had to..



* if you're going to tell me not to, please 1) give a better reason than just "apple are teh gayzor/expensive/etc." and 2) do it in that thread, so that this one is kept to deets about tethering kthnx :keke:
 

tek-monkey

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Well the phone should appear as any normal router, so can't see an issue. Pretty sure you can't tether to an iphone, but AFAIK the ipad can't tell what it is connecting to as its just a portable hotspot?

Tethering rocks, my GF uses that £5 contract phone I posted last year and doesn't have to get a BB connection for her office :D
 
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MyCult

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how easy is it to access the internet by tethering it to your phone? specifically, an HTC Sensation?

Very easy. Have iPad (1) and a HTC Desire HD works like a charm.

the Sensation has a "wi-fi hotspot" app, which (unsurprisingly) allows the phone to act as a WAP.. presumably one can just use this to connect the ipad to it and use the 3G connection on one's phone? or is it not as simple as that?

It is that simple.
 
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proactive

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I connect my iPad 3 via the wifi hotspot app on my Sensation. Follow the setup wizard on the app then you just set the ipad up to connect to it as you would for any other wireless network.
 
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