I have the Galaxy s2 and I just wondering if anyone knows how to tether with an macbook pro , my network im trying to use is 3 , any help would be good as its all new to me , thanx

Menu > Settings> mobile networks > internet tethering ( select tick box)

or wifi tethering ( turn your phone into a wifi hotspot )

Thanx yes I got that far, but how do i connect to the mac ? what settings do i need , or what do i look for on my mac ?

Are you currently connected to the Internet on your MacBook Pro with WiFi at the moment?

If so, head over to the menu bar on the right hand side (where the clock etc is) and look for the Airport icon.

If you click on that and you've got WiFi tethering enabled; the Samsung Galaxy S2 should appear in there.

I'm only clutching at straws as I haven't got the phone or the laptop myself.

Kind of a rude reply. You didn't tell us how far you got, so he just assumed you didn't know how to set it up on your phone.

For ease of use, use your phone as a wireless hotspot.
It's somewhere like... Settings > Mobile Networks And Wireless > Wireless AP.
Go in there and tick the box to turn it on (Note: you cannot use your phone's wifi while this is on and it does drain the battery a heck of a lot)
The phone will show you what the wireless network (made by the phone) is called and the password, so you go to the Network selector thingy on Mac (Sorry, don't own a Mac), select the right network then enter the pin. That should do it.

Any one know how to tether with a blackberry. 8520 I've got a toshiba vista

http://btsc.webapps.blackberry.com/b...%200%201132277

Have you checked the small print on your 3 contract - most do not allow tethering to be set against your allowance

I believe 3 provide lower connection speeds to phones rather than dongles. Mind you I have seen a 3 dongle running at double digit bps speeds in London E2. Estimated time to download a Windows update was measured in months!

Do Vodafone allow you to do this?

Just wondering about this subject " tethering " and i'm curious to know if I have blackberry on contract with o2 and i get 500 megs off internet can i tether it to a tablet to use up the 500 meg i have, or is it a no-no!!..

Which tariff do you have?

O2's older tariffs do not include tethering. To tether with them without violating the contract requires paying extra.

O2's new tariffs (where data is done separatately as a bold-on) include tethering as standard, as part of the £3/£6/£10 (100MB/500MB/1GB) data packages.

Matt D
Took my contract out last august with a blackberry pearl 9105 3G Phone. If i'm not allowed to tether, how much would a bolt on cost me..

Sorry not replied , had a bit of trouble with my mac, I tried to teather via the galaxy but it asks for use number and passcode, , i know the number is mobile number, but passcode ? , I dont know what that would be. so ill try the wifi approach, ill give it a try now.

Ok this is where i get stuck again, i went into wifi direct setting on my galaxy s2, under configure wifi direct the name and password are on there fine. status is disconnected .

I have wif on my mac but it does not show up the Galaxy s2 when I scan for wifi devices for some reason, shows bt etc but not the galaxy. Also when I do a wifi direct scan in my Galaxy my mac does not show up in the wifi direct devices lists, and thats where Im upto , at the moment ?

You'll need to get your Mac to refresh its wireless devices. Just keep doing it until the hotspot shows up.

Also, your Mac won't show up as a wi-fi device because it's not broadcasting anything. It doesn't need to. It just wants to recieve signals.