Can I stream from iphone 3g to apple tv

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Can I stream from iphone 3g to apple tv

I Just moved and cannot get cable/internet for another week. Soo... My iphone has internet (duh!) but cannot support a wireless hotspot. I also have at my disposal a MacBook Pro and an airport express. What I would like to do is stream from my iphone to my 3rd gen Apple TV. Can I somehow setup a network for sharing without having the iphone try to use the wifi for internet. Or could it be possible to connect the MacBook Pro to the Apple TV via a wifi network then stream the phone to the MacBook Pro via Bluetooth?

Apple TV (3rd generation)

Posted on Mar 30, 2015 4:09 PM

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Answer 1

ckuan

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Mar 30, 2015 4:14 PM in response to deven09

You cannot stream using your old iPhone 3G.

Read here: Use AirPlay to wirelessly stream content from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support

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deven09 Author

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Mar 30, 2015 4:17 PM in response to ckuan

The network is 3G it's an iphone 4 and it does stream to the Apple TV when a normal wifi network is working

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ckuan

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Mar 30, 2015 4:32 PM in response to deven09

Read the link I've provided in blue above.

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deven09 Author

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Mar 31, 2015 7:42 AM in response to ckuan

This does not answer my question. Please see the link below.

Revised: can I stream internet content from a cell phone network to the apple tv?

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Mar 31, 2015 8:17 AM in response to deven09

You can't use the cellular connection to stream data from the web and then share it using a wifi hotspot on your phone to use AirPlay if that is what you are after.

You can however set up a proper wifi network using a router if you want without having an outside connection and use it to Airplay content on your phone you downloaded from your cellular network.

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