Connecting Kindle Fire HD and iPhone 3GS

01/06/2014 03:52:52 PM · #1

Please help me before I throw both out of my window: it seems that they can connect by wi-fi and or bluetooth. If I try via wi-fi Kindle Fire can't see the iPhone wi-fi, basically there's no visible network on the connections list on the Kindle Fire.

If I use bluetooth Kindle can see iPhone and it seems that they connect each other but when I try to open an internet page on the browser it says that there's no wi-fi connection - of course, it's connected via bluetooth!!!!!

Aaaaaargh!

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01/06/2014 04:50:47 PM · #2

Oh, help me to understand your goal here.

Are you trying to connect the Kindle to the phone so that the Kindle can use the Phone's internet connection?

giantmike

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01/06/2014 04:50:52 PM · #3

What end result are you trying to achieve?

It sounds kind of like you want to tether these for shared internet. Tethering basically means that the iPhone is connected to the internet via 3G, and other devices use that 3G connection.

To do this, your carrier needs to support tethering, and you need a wireless plan that allows tethering. Some more information here: //support.apple.com/kb/ht3574

If you have support for tethering, this should help: //support.apple.com/kb/HT4517

01/06/2014 04:56:25 PM · #4

Exactly what you said guys. It seems that the bluetooth works because I can see the blue bar on top of my phone and Kindle says it's conncted, but when I try to open a page on the browser on the Kindle it says I need to verify my wifi connection.

Message edited by author 2014-01-06 16:57:56.

01/06/2014 05:10:48 PM · #5

FYI, I eventually said screw it and purchased a 3rd party tethering application on my Droid, not sure what the Apple equivalent is, but I'm betting you'll find a good 'app for that'... :D

01/06/2014 05:13:18 PM · #6

Originally posted by Cory:

FYI, I eventually said screw it and purchased a 3rd party tethering application on my Droid, not sure what the Apple equivalent is, but I'm betting you'll find a good 'app for that'... :D

Tethering surely works on the iPhone. I'm now conncting my computer (I'm away from home) via iPhone hotspot. The problem should be with Kindle.

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01/06/2014 05:20:26 PM · #7

Originally posted by Alexkc:

Originally posted by Cory:
FYI, I eventually said screw it and purchased a 3rd party tethering application on my Droid, not sure what the Apple equivalent is, but I'm betting you'll find a good 'app for that'... :D

Tethering surely works on the iPhone. I'm now conncting my computer (I'm away from home) via iPhone hotspot. The problem should be with Kindle.

Ok, this is an interesting clue.

I wonder if:

1. The kindle uses a different (incompatible) WiFi standard?
2. The kindle is set to Ad-Hoc mode?

giantmike

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01/06/2014 05:22:45 PM · #8

Originally posted by Alexkc:

Ok, the second link I posted has a table under Connecting Other Devices.

Seems like the bluetooth tethering works to a computer or another iOS device. But you need wi-fi based tethering for other devices. And the first link indicates that the 3GS cannot do wi-fi tethering.

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01/06/2014 05:33:45 PM · #9

Originally posted by giantmike:

Originally posted by Alexkc:

Originally posted by Cory:
FYI, I eventually said screw it and purchased a 3rd party tethering application on my Droid, not sure what the Apple equivalent is, but I'm betting you'll find a good 'app for that'... :D

Tethering surely works on the iPhone. I'm now conncting my computer (I'm away from home) via iPhone hotspot. The problem should be with Kindle.

Ok, the second link I posted has a table under Connecting Other Devices.

Seems like the bluetooth tethering works to a computer or another iOS device. But you need wi-fi based tethering for other devices. And the first link indicates that the 3GS cannot do wi-fi tethering.

I assume there's no solution for that... isn't it?

giantmike

Canon EOS R6

01/06/2014 05:34:51 PM · #10

Originally posted by Alexkc:

Originally posted by giantmike:

Originally posted by Alexkc:

Originally posted by Cory:
FYI, I eventually said screw it and purchased a 3rd party tethering application on my Droid, not sure what the Apple equivalent is, but I'm betting you'll find a good 'app for that'... :D

Tethering surely works on the iPhone. I'm now conncting my computer (I'm away from home) via iPhone hotspot. The problem should be with Kindle.

Ok, the second link I posted has a table under Connecting Other Devices.

Seems like the bluetooth tethering works to a computer or another iOS device. But you need wi-fi based tethering for other devices. And the first link indicates that the 3GS cannot do wi-fi tethering.

I assume there's no solution for that... isn't it?

The solution is upgrading to an iPhone 4 or later :)

01/06/2014 05:39:32 PM · #11

Originally posted by giantmike:

Originally posted by Alexkc:

Originally posted by giantmike:

Originally posted by Alexkc:

Originally posted by Cory:
FYI, I eventually said screw it and purchased a 3rd party tethering application on my Droid, not sure what the Apple equivalent is, but I'm betting you'll find a good 'app for that'... :D

Tethering surely works on the iPhone. I'm now conncting my computer (I'm away from home) via iPhone hotspot. The problem should be with Kindle.

Ok, the second link I posted has a table under Connecting Other Devices.

Seems like the bluetooth tethering works to a computer or another iOS device. But you need wi-fi based tethering for other devices. And the first link indicates that the 3GS cannot do wi-fi tethering.

I assume there's no solution for that... isn't it?

The solution is upgrading to an iPhone 4 or later :)

Can I hate Apple right now?

01/06/2014 05:56:36 PM · #12

Originally posted by Alexkc:

Can I hate Apple right now?

If you'd like I can start a thread. They've always been a favorite target of mine.