iPad 2 Personal Hotspot Limitation

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iPad 2 Personal Hotspot Limitation

Any reason even a iPhone 3GS can do Personal Hotspot, while a much more powerful iPad 2 can't? What changes made into the new iPad that allows this?

Looks to me like artifical limitation from Apple, but would love someone else to show me the real issue. Any changes in iOS 6 that could change this?

It makes much more sense for an iPad 3G to have hostspot than an iPhone, from a carrier data plan perspectice. Since iPads cant be used as phone, they usually have plans more related to data consumption, and thats what you want on a hotspot.

iPad 2, iOS 5.1.1

Posted on Aug 15, 2012 10:14 AM

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Answer 1

Aug 15, 2012 10:37 AM in response to JoeCob

Apple has never made a statement about why the new iPad supports the Personal Hotspot feature and the iPad 2 does not. Unless and until they do, no one here can tell you why. There has been no indication that this will change with iOS 6.

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Aug 15, 2012 10:40 AM in response to IdrisSeabright

Thanks for the reply.

I was wondering that, like the lack of Audience tech on iPad2 vs iPhone4&New iPad affects Siri, something else was known from the community about some missing piece on iPad2 that could affect this.

Being just an artificial software limitation on this feature would be a real waste.

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Sep 23, 2012 8:20 AM in response to JoeCob

Well my iPad 2 did use personal hotspot via my iphone earlier this year which means that apple won't be able to sell 3G iPads for an extra £100 which is obviously why they have taken away personal hotspot access from the iPad 2 which I 100% definitely had this year

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Sep 23, 2012 8:56 AM in response to JoeCob

The answer is via blue tooth which I have just done

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Sep 23, 2012 10:14 AM in response to GaryR1234

GaryR1234 wrote:

Well my iPad 2 did use personal hotspot via my iphone earlier this year which means that apple won't be able to sell 3G iPads for an extra £100 which is obviously why they have taken away personal hotspot access from the iPad 2 which I 100% definitely had this year

You are confused. Your iPad could have connected to the internet via the iPhone's personal hotspot feature. In fact, it still can. The iPad 2, however was never capable of generating a hotspot for other devices to use to connect to the internet.

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