I can’t get my iPhone and my new iPad to link via Bluetooth
How to get my iPad to link with my cell phone via Bluetooth
iPad, iOS 9
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How to get my iPad to link with my cell phone via Bluetooth
iPad, iOS 9
What, specifically, are you attempting to achieve by pairing an iPhone and iPad over a Bluetooth connection?
Whilst it is technically possible to do so, for the majority of applications, Bluetooth pairing of an iPad and iPhone is entirely pointless. If your intention is to use Cellular Hotspot features of your iPhone, this link is optimally achieved using the native WiFi hotspot connection - this being a largely automated process. Hotspot connections over WiFi offer substantially greater throughput, range and reliability.
How to set up a Personal Hotspot on your iPhone or iPad – Apple Support
If you still wish to pair your iPad and iPhone over Bluetooth, you first need to manually enable the hotspot feature on your iPhone:
Settings > Mobile Data > Personal Hotspot > Allow Others to Join - set to ON
Next, Bluetooth for both the iPad and iPhone must be placed in Discovery mode:
Settings > Bluetooth (accessing this page will automatically place the device in Discovery mode)
Whilst both iPad and iPhone are in Discovery mode, you can mutually pair the devices.
Again, I must stress, unless you have an unusual “edge case”, pairing of iPad and iPhone over Bluetooth is largely pointless.
I want my eye pad to mimic everything my cell phone does. If I take a pic on one or I erase a pic or a contact I want that to happen on the other. I can’t get them connected by Bluetooth. It keeps saying “ connection failed”.
Well I finally got the point you all were making. I’ll try to connect both devices to the cloud. This is the first time I have tried to get help from this sort of online community. Thank you for your help.
What are you hoping to accomplish by linking?
No you have to select it and tell what device they want to share, but I doubt it will be instant.
You can't do that
you need icloud not bluetooth
Why won’t they connect?
Because you can't do that
aren’t both devices automatically connected to iCloud? I’m very obviously new to this business.
I can’t get my iPhone and my new iPad to link via Bluetooth