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Connecting an iPad Air to an Android phone with a cable |
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Connecting an iPad Air to an Android phone with a cable
In short can it be done? Say if I wanted to go online with my iPad Air using tethering on my S4 but for whatever reason it had to be connected by a cable instead of the iPad's wifi, would that be possible? I'm presuming not, seeing how difficult it appears to be to find a lightening port to micro USB cable.
For the absence of doubt it would not be for any purpose considered 'illegal' etc |
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In short can it be done? Say if I wanted to go online with my iPad Air using tethering on my S4 but for whatever reason it had to be connected by a cable instead of the iPad's wifi, would that be possible? I'm presuming not, seeing how difficult it appears to be to find a lightening port to micro USB cable.
For the absence of doubt it would not be for any purpose considered 'illegal' etc |
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It's not illegal, it just won't work. You can't attach and iPhone to an iPad, or an Android phone to an Android tablet by a cable and allow the tablet to use the data connection. Years ago you could attach a phone to a PC via a cable, but nobody does that now. It's done by Bluetooth or wifi.
I guessed as much, I just get a little over-paranoid with Bluetooth and wifi sometimes. Clearly I'll just have to suck it up in future ![]() Cheers though. |
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.....Years ago you could attach a phone to a PC via a cable, but nobody does that now. It's done by Bluetooth or wifi.
Think it will catch on? ![]() But yes, USB tethering is not really used anymore, being of limited point from the start. |
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