HT201471: Identify your iPad model
Learn about Identify your iPad modelQ: My wife got an ipad air model A1474 (WIFI only) in an airport shopping centre. She needed connectivity what can we do now to corre ... My wife got an ipad air model A1474 (WIFI only) in an airport shopping centre. She needed connectivity what can we do now to correct this mistake as the model is a mismatch for our environment in Nigeria where WIFI is not common more
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Jan 3, 2014 2:27 AM in response to Theresa.Emetoby snozdop,Options:
1) Take it back to where it was bought and see if you can exchange it
2) Buy a Mi-Fi device to create a WiFi network from a 3G mobile Internet connection
3) Buy a Wi-Fi router to create a WiFi network from a wired Internet connection
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Jan 10, 2014 1:39 AM in response to snozdopby Theresa.Emeto,Option is a little difficult because this item was bought in Ben Gur Airport while we are here now and resident in Lagos. Except apple has a way of exchanging
or replacing the item through its chain. The item we actually needed should have been model A1475 with network connectivity especial Mobile Sim cards
I donot understand Option 2 . Can it it be explained. How can it be purchased.
Cheers and thanks
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Jan 10, 2014 7:14 AM in response to Theresa.Emetoby imobl,★HelpfulContact your local wireless providers to see if they offer MiFi and what
the details are.
Perhaps this link will help explain MiFi
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Jan 10, 2014 7:39 AM in response to Theresa.Emetoby Phil0124,★HelpfulTheresa.Emeto wrote:
I donot understand Option 2 . Can it it be explained. How can it be purchased.
A Mifi device is small portable device that connects to a cellular/mobile network using a mobile sim card , and then creates a small Wifi network to share that connection to other devices.
It can be purchased at most cellular network stores. Contact your preferred provider for purchase, device and plan details.
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Jan 12, 2014 11:44 PM in response to Theresa.Emetoby Theresa.Emeto,Thanks but this means carrying another mobile device apart from the cell phone and the ipad. Does apple store chain network have a way of replacing/ exchanging an item in a circumstance as this a least for some cost?
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Jan 12, 2014 11:45 PM in response to Theresa.Emetoby snozdop,No. The only way is to sell your current device to someone and use the money towards buying another.
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Jan 13, 2014 12:16 AM in response to Theresa.Emetoby bobseufert,Why not use the iPhone as a hotspot for your iPad ?
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Jan 13, 2014 8:22 AM in response to Theresa.Emetoby Phil0124,Mifi devices are usually quite small. Think Credit Card size, and maybe slightly thicker. So not really a big device you need to carry around.
In any case if you are still within the 14 day return period you may be able to return it to an Apple retail store. It needs to be an Apple Owned store, not sure Authorized Resellers will let you do it.
Other than that, bob points out, you may want to try to use the iPhone as a hotspot for the iPad. If your Carrier supports it. Like the Mifi device, the iPhone will share its cellular internet connection out to other devices over a Wireless network the iPad can use.