I have a question for everybody! Is it possible to connect to the internet with a smartphone (in my case LG P500) via bluetooth using an ordinary phone ( Sony Ericsson Elm). I'm wondering if it's possible to use an android phone instead of a computer. I know it's much easier to swap the sim cards between those two phones, but I don't actually have a good network coverage in my countryside and i use to put the SE Elm somewhere outside of the house near by the window and use bluetooth to connect with my laptop from inside of the house Thanks! Cheers!
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I am trying to use a ZTE AC2726 modem with Android 4 (Zenithink C91 and Ainol Novo 7 Elf). I can enter the APN settings but not save them on both tablets.
Has anybody else experienced the same problem or even better has somebody found a solution?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I have same problem with Acho C906 tablet pc
Actually untill and unless the network is detected you can not save the apn .
Check the activity in terminal using radio command if the network is detected or not.
FerrumLogic said:
I have same problem with Acho C906 tablet pc
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Hi Ferrum
Hmmm I have gone through a few 3G modem since I wrote that post and lets just get real here. Android and 3G is not a straight forward thing.
When you read the specs most Tablets say that they support 3G dongles. Most of them are in fact telling the truth but some of them don't tell which dongles they support. So you receive this sexy little thing in the post and want to connect it to the Internet and ......
After too many trials and errors here is what I found.
There is no golden rule about which modems works with which tablet. I at least have modems that works with one tablet and not with another.
If you want to be sure that a modem works then you should buy the modem where you buy the tablet (and make sure they guarantee that it work)
The following modems works with most Tablets (some of them with all tablets that I have tried)
Huawei E220
Huawei 1750E
Huawei 156G
Huawei E173 (not all versions)
ZTE MF637U
Based on the manufacturers specs Huawei 1750E seems to be the safest choice.
Even when you have a modem that is recognized by the tablet you might have to configure it which has it own challenges.
An easy way to overcome the problem with 3G dongles is to buy a Tablet with built in SIM slot like the W1107. You still need to configure it but you are sure it works on all networks and you don't have to carry a dongle.
When everything is done you have the freedom to access the Internet from everywhere (where there is 3G coverage), but there are a few hurdles that you need to deal with first.
One solution that I stumbled over today is MiFi. There was a nice article about this in the March issue of IT-Depot's Android Newsletter.
Seems to be a great way to connect all you devices to one 3G Bundle. In Kenya the unlimited 3G bundles are quite affordable so if I can share one 3G dongle with all my devices I will not only resolve the issue with Android and 3G dongles once and for all but also save money on my Internet Connections.
Having Android tablet with 3G and capable of making phone calls I wonder if I could use small standard GSM phone as bluetooth dialer for tablet? This is to avoid using bulky device for phone calls.
Yes, there is selection of bluetooth dialers from $30 and up on ebay, but could I use small plain GSM phone with bluetooth (and without SIM) for that purpose? Or some tiny Android smartphone?
Thanks for any tips
Hello everybody!
Today I have read about connecting 3G modem to Android tablet via OTG USB.
So, can't we, owners of non-4G S III, connect 4G modem to S III and make it working?
Maybe, is there a way to take a case, which will cover back of the phone, and to hide under case a 4G dongle,and connect it via cable with charging-and-OTG-in-one. After that we put one sim-card without internet to phone, and one sim-card with 4G internet to this dongle.
May we make 4G dongle working on Android, especially S3?
P.S. Yes, I know, that it's better to buy another phone, but I want to do some experiments with this device.
Sure, go right ahead and let us know how you get on.
You can buy a 4g phone, better spec than the s3 for £150 with lollipop included.
zms01 said:
Hello everybody!
Today I have read about connecting 3G modem to Android tablet via OTG USB.
So, can't we, owners of non-4G S III, connect 4G modem to S III and make it working?
Maybe, is there a way to take a case, which will cover back of the phone, and to hide under case a 4G dongle,and connect it via cable with charging-and-OTG-in-one. After that we put one sim-card without internet to phone, and one sim-card with 4G internet to this dongle.
May we make 4G dongle working on Android, especially S3?
P.S. Yes, I know, that it's better to buy another phone, but I want to do some experiments with this device.
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Your tricks sound like Project Ara to me! That's technically impossible!
Hi All,
I am looking to convert my unlimited data (Samsung Galaxy S3) to a wifi signal but have some hurdles... 1) No hotspot feature included on cell, 2) Hotspot apps trigger an "additional fee" message from carrier and 3) don't want to brick cell by trying to root. We are currently using Easytether which is working great but are limited by the USB cable.
Is it possible to connect a cell directly to a wireless router (via USB cable) or through a desktop? Could a dongle or external adapter help us? Could we somehow adjust the built-in wireless card to connect to the Easytether adapter in the Network Center?
I realize this is probably apples to oranges but am hoping someone has a work around. I have done my homework as a noob but my head is pounding with this one. Thank you everyone in advance. ps...I do have someone who can follow your instructions
Desktop/Win 7 Home,
Old EeePc netbook/Win XP
RCA Viking Pro Android 5 Lollipop
Being a new member, I'm limited on where I can post. Hope I'm in the right area I found this site and it looks like someone here would be the most likely to give some insight to my question.
I've been through several "rugged" smartphones in the last few years. They all have held up to their claims of being rugged but fail on the least likely areas. I'm now looking at the Kyocera Duraforce. I need a GSM phone for my area. I can get a new one reasonably priced but I sure do like the hotspot feature when it's called for. I'm on an unlimited plan from my local provider. It looks like the unlocked ones from AT&T are designed to not allow the hotspot to work on any other network other than AT&T.
So my question is if anyone has found a way to make this possible on an unlocked Duraforce phone? My last phone died the other day and my wife is nagging that I NEED A PHONE. I was late picking up our youngest at the bus stop the other day Hope someone could offer a potential solution? I'm a techie by trade, but I admit Android is a mystery to me.
I used the PdaNet+ app available on the Google Play store to get around the hotspot restriction on my AT&T Duraforce E6560 so I could use it as a hotspot on the Telus network in Canada. You can try the app for free, but costs US$10 to remove the trial restrictions.
PdaNet+ can enable USB tethering and/or create a Wi-Fi Direct hotspot on the phone. You have to install a small app on your computer to connect to the hotspot or USB. So it wouldn't provide a hotspot for a TV or game console unless you could set up a proxy on the device.
I haven't tried the USB tethering, but the hotspot works fine with my Windows 10 laptop.