Airplay support on iPhone 3GS??

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Airplay support on iPhone 3GS??

So I've updated to 4.2.1 on my 3GS, but I cannot find an Airplay button on my 3GS when playing video or audio. I have an iMac & 2 x AppleTVs all wireless. I can re-direct output from my iMac to either of my AppleTVs, but nothing on the 3GS...any ideas anyone? Also, although I have a shared printer the 3GS cannot find the printer either...feeling a bit like a damp squib to me at the moment... 😟

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.5), iPhone 3GS (4.2.1)

Posted on Nov 22, 2010 11:21 AM

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Ed marv

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Nov 22, 2010 11:29 AM in response to cienzo

Same Here, i just installed iOS 4.2.1, but no trace of the AIRPLAY button 😟

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Answer 2

Nov 22, 2010 11:31 AM in response to cienzo

Hi
I have a small icon appear next to the forward play control on my 3GS which allows me to stream through my airport express, and that's about it, doesn't work with my old atv, pretty disappointing upgrade if u have 3GS the find my iPhone which is now free is only for iPhone 4!

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Answer 3

Nov 22, 2010 11:33 AM in response to Ed marv

AirPlay is working fine on my 3GS to my AppleTV 2 - it's pretty cool actually.

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Jdog1234

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Nov 22, 2010 11:35 AM in response to cienzo

Same here I have a iphone 4 and no airplay and wont find my printer. I called apple support twice and each person put me on hold an then hung up on me

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cienzo Author

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Nov 22, 2010 11:52 AM in response to cienzo

Just thought I'd update my position. So most of my kit is hard wired, so I've removed the wired cabling from my AppleTV (1.0) and went wireless and switched from wired ethernet on my iMac 21" to Airport and still nothing on my iPhone. The only thing I've noticed on these posts so far is that the only successful post appears to have an Airport Express...dunno if that's the significant difference, but starting to think that this upgrade was a waste of time...not much point in having a Print button on my emails if you can't find the printer!

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KingSean

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Nov 22, 2010 9:46 PM in response to cienzo

For iPhone 3GS you have to update to iOS 4.2.1 and also there is an update available for ATV2. It wall works very gooderly after you do both. 🙂

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Answer 7

Nov 22, 2010 10:26 PM in response to cienzo

Print sharing was pulled from the release, support only for HP Eprinters

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Answer 8

Dec 22, 2016 3:22 PM in response to Jdog1234

Hi there,

The Airprint functionality is limited at the moment. It's not a bug it's by design. Unless you have one of the new HP printers that support Airprint out of the box download an app that supports shared printers on networks, Airprint will not work. It's possible Apple may implement that functionality in the future but it's not guaranteed.

Hope that helps

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Answer 9

Dec 22, 2016 3:22 PM in response to cienzo

As per your post, I'm assuming you have the Generation 1 AppleTV, not the new AppleTV that was released last month. If that's the case, Airplay is not supported on the AppleTV (Generation 1) and most likely won't be. So you're gonna have to purchase the new Apple TV to get Airplay functionality.

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Answer 10

Nov 23, 2010 2:43 AM in response to cienzo

I have 3gs and tried switching ALL equipment off and then back on and it all works fine.

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cienzo Author

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Nov 23, 2010 11:32 AM in response to Community User

Hi yes, Apple in their ultimate wisdom have decided to conveniently forget all of us who supported AppleTV from the outset and who shelled 3 times the amount for the tech. Funnily enough I was about to buy an AppleTV 2 for another room, now I'm not going to out of principle.

I've always laughed when Apple "stretched" the facts a bit, but this time Airplay & Airprint working with just a few clicks (but only if you've bought a new AppleTV or one of 6 HP printers??). Come on Apple, don't forget about those loyal customers who helped get you where you are today.

If Microsoft had done this the whole world would be crying foul today. Don't get me wrong here, I'll keep going with my Apple kit, but it's gonna be a while now before I buy any new hardware unless this gets fixed soon.

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sdp77

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Nov 23, 2010 11:43 AM in response to thehellhecould

I was frustrated too I have a 3GS and appletv2 and I had no supper buttons anywhere, I just about gave up and found this post, a simple power off did the trick I can do photos and music not sure about video as I font have any ATM on my 3GS

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Answer 13

Nov 23, 2010 8:29 PM in response to cienzo

I had this same problem. Restart your Iphone. Power it down completely then power it back up. It worked like a charm. If you think about it you probably never powered down your Iphone since updating which you should always do after updating software.

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JLuca

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Nov 25, 2010 11:03 AM in response to steelcitymike

I had the same problem and your solution worked!

Thank you.

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Nov 26, 2010 5:41 AM in response to cienzo

Same problem.
I wonder if the button just shows up when there is a supported device available.
Actually I see the orientation-lock button, the 3 ipod buttons and the ipod icon, but there is no trace of the airplay button.

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