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I got a new Ipad2 32GB 3G version and i have 4.3.3 OS updated , however i cant see Personal hotspot feature I can see that in my iphone 4 but not with Ipad 2.
I need to share my Ipad 2 Connection with my laptop because i have a better data plan with ipad 2 . why is it PHotspot Locked in Ipad 2 ?
iPad 2
There never has been a hotspot feature for the iPad. You can only tether from your iphone.
The personal hotspot is only available on the iPhone.
but you can share the iphone hotspot with your computer.
pjl123 wrote:
but you can share the iphone hotspot with your computer.
The original poster wrote, "because i have a better data plan with ipad 2
I don't have a gr8 plan on iPhone for data , however I have a 15 gb plan on my iPad 2 can you please let me know I'd iPad 2 locked to sim of you buy it through contract in UK? This is not a very good thing to disable personal hotspot on iPad 2 . I am sure this may be done intentionally but why ?? This is my first jump to apple devices and it's upsetting me already , however iPhone 4 is not doing bad
Is there any way to suggest the personal hotspot feature to be enabled in iPad 2 may be in future updates?
Post a suggestion on http://www.apple.com/feedback
The hotspot feature wasn't "disabled"; it never had one. Its not an iPhone.
I specifically bought a 3G iPad 2 for this functionality because of this: (This link is the link you go to from Apple.com when you click "More info" on the rate plans)
AT&T to Sell iPad 2 on March 11
Customers Get First Month Free When Activating New Postpaid Plan
Dallas, Texas, March 10, 2011ShareThis
AT&T* today announced it will sell iPad 2 in its retail and business channels beginning Friday, March 11 at 5 p.m. local time. Online sales will be available at http://www.att.com/iPad at 1 a.m. pacific time. AT&T offers several convenient billing options, none of which require a long-term contract. Customers can choose between AT&T’s prepaid billing options, which are charged to a credit card account, or recently announced postpaid plans that can be added to customers’ existing monthly wireless statements. For a limited time, customers who activate a new postpaid $25/2 GB plan will receive the first month free**.
“We are thrilled to offer iPad 2 in our stores and give customers several easy ways to connect to the nation’s fastest mobile broadband network,” said Glenn Lurie, president—Emerging Devices, AT&T Mobility & Consumer Markets.
Customers may choose from the following options.
Both options are month-to-month and do not require a long-term commitment.
The Personal Hotspot feature being introduced with iOS 4.3 is also available to customers who choose the $25 plan plus a $20 tethering option that provides an extra 2 GB of data.
AT&T retai
AT&T really should have added ...."on your iPhone" at the end of that sentence. Looks like they are mixing iPad plans and iPhone plans without being clear about it.
In any event, if you want to complain to someone, I'd complain to AT&T about it (since it is their press release) and they are the ones who have been preventing and holding back hotspot features, not Apple.
I got an iPad 2 on a 24 month Vodafone plan to tether my Mac Airbook. I specifically asked Vodafone if this was possible and was told yes. You might wonder why I didn't buy direct from Apple who would have given me accurate advice? Well that's because I'd already bought my iPhone outright and took a sim only plan from Vodafone - only to find I'm not allowed to enable Personal hotspot on a sim only Vodafone plan. So either way Vodafone have got me! I'd really appreciate some practical suggestions because i need Internet access to work and if I can't get 3G access my only remaining option is satellite.
I would complain to Vodafone since you were given inaccurate information.
Joe Bailey wrote:
Post a suggestion on http://www.apple.com/feedback
By the amount of visits to this post and pure logic, I would guess there is a great need for this feature. Please post a suggestion as Joe recommended!
KallieHarie wrote:
Joe Bailey wrote:
Post a suggestion on http://www.apple.com/feedback
By the amount of visits to this
9 month old post.
This can be done with the Verizon iPad 3 and it looks like AT&T is working on it.
Chris CA,
With the launch of iPad 3 the prices of iPad 2 dropped somewhat. So I guess there might be a few cheapskates like me who only get the iPad 2 now. Thus, there might be a few more unhappy customers making this dissapointing discovery 9 months after the rest of you.
I don't know why this is available through a jailbreak but not as a standard feature.
No Personal hotspot feature in Ipad 2 iOS 4.3.3?? :(((
