Tethering iPad to Cellphone via Bluetooth PAN keep disconnecting

ignaurus13 wrote:
Seems I am the only person trying to tether a WinMO to an iDevice. 😟

Well, I've tried it but got no success either, so I didn't bother posting. Also, I've only tried on WM6.0 & 6.1. I don't have a WP7 phone so I don't know if that newer OS would work, as what was called "Windows Mobile" is quite old.

ignaurus13 wrote:
Apple has implemented a nonstandard Bluetooth tethering solution requiring the use of an iPhone and no other cell devive. This would not be very cool and hope it's not true.

Let me get this straight... you're crying foul because the feature that you are trying to use, which isn't advertised as a feature to begin with, isn't working?

Maybe it's unadvertised because they couldn't get it to work reliably. Maybe in a future version of iOS.

Bluetooth tethering does work with other phones, not just iPhones now. I don't have an iPad, but I do have an iPod touch 4G, never jail broken, with the new iOS4.3 update. I'm able to tether it to my SonyEriccson TM717, which is a non-smartphone, through Bluetooth PAN. It works reasonably well, and stays connected longer then 30 seconds. So far it has stayed connected, as long as I have wanted to, so long as I have a decent 3G/Edge signal. So far the only thing that doesn't seem to work, using the BT tethering, is the location services on the iPod, other then that it's great.

My carrier is T-Mobile, but not sure if that makes a difference.

Since the iPad and iPod touch are both running the new iOS4.3, and tethering with Bluetooth PAN, my setup is similar to yours, and I wouldn't think the Bluetooth hardware in both devices would be that different.

It may be something about the type of Bluetooth hardware your phone has, or the Windows OS it runs, but Bluetooth tethering definately works with non iPhones.

Just wanted to add my Bluetooth tethering experience using a non iPhone cellphone.

I do have such an issue as well, with Windows Mobile phone. Looks like it is initiated on WM side, because when I was experimenting with Windows Mobile registry, sometimes WM phone hung up and personal tethering icon remained active for more than 30 seconds (though, there were no internet connectivity).

I successfully connect MacBook to this phone via PAN, without such an issue.

I found that connection is actually lasts for 20 seconds (+- a second).

I to have discovered this problem. I was surprised to see this work, but annoyed that it cut off very quickly. I can't determine for sure if it is my Windows Mobile 6.1 that kills the connection or my 1st Generation iPad.

Usually if the cell connection drops, I get an error on Internet Sharing, but I don't see anything this time. I have tethered my Windows 7 laptop to this phone many times before, and based on what I see, I think the iPad is disconnecting the bluetooth link. When I turn off bluetooth on my laptop, Internet Sharing on the mobile would simply close the connection, and be ready for me to hit connect again. This is exactly what I see happening here.

Its a race against the clock to access what I need to see. Anyone have any ideas?

I also have the same problem, Windows Mobile 6.1 and a 1st gen iPad. Bluetooth disconnects after about 30 seconds.

To check and make sure it was the iPad and not my phone (Treo Pro) I bluetooth tethered from my phone to a Macbook Air, and connection lasted several minutes before I manually disconnected. While connected with the bluetooth tether, I tested the Macbook at 1mb down and 200kb up on speedtest.net. Sprint network. That's only a little slower than tethering from the phone to the Macbook Air using wifi.

Would be nice for Apple to get this fixed, I think the phone battery might last longer using bluetooth instead of wifi.

ignauras13:

You are not alone. I'm experiencing the same issue. Thank you for your posts.