I have a plain iPad 2 with just wi-fi capability and am considering getting the iPhone 5. The determining factor is can I tether the iPad 2 to the iPhone 5 so that I can use the internet, etc. when I am out of contact with wi-fi? Thanks for the help here. Dan.
iPhone 5, iOS 6, iPad2 without cellular capabilities
understanding personal hotspot http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4517
I have seen that answer before, but it does not cover my situation. I do not have a 3rd generation iPad, it is an iPad 2, so the answer does not help. Thank-you, anyway for your help. I want to tether an iPad 2, not an iPad 3 to an iPhone 5. Can this be done normally?
It does answer your question, since it states that it only work for iphone 3GS and up and ipad 3, then the regular ipads won't work for hotspot.
Yeh, ok. Thanks.
Not the way I read the link. The link refers to the case where the iPad 3 is the hot spot device, NOT the tethered device. What it says is that everything from the 3GS onwards for the phones and the iPad 3 onwards (as long as it has a mobile data capability like 3G) can be used as a hotspot device. It does not say that the iPad2 can not be a tethered device to the iPhone 5 acting as a hotspot. My understanding is that it is possible to do what the OP wishes, since the tethering is not a function of the receiving (tethered) device which just sees a wifi signal, but the capability of the hotspot device, in this case the iPhone 5 which definitely can be a Hospot device. The OP should remember that tethering is only possible by the agreement of your data provider.
If i am not mistaking, you can turn the bluetooth on, on both devices and turn hotspot on and should be able to connect. Maybe I am wrong, but I believe I did this on one of my Ipads and it worked.
can I use iPhone5 as hotspot for iPad2
