[HOWTO] Bluetooth tether S3 and iPad

[SteelyEyed]

Do you have a new iPad without a cellular connection as well as your S3? You already know you can make the S3 into a personal wi-fi hotspot but that can use lots of juice and you want the S3 to last the full day, did you know that you can connect the two using a BT PAN profile on the S3? No, here’s how…

First setup your S3:

1. Assign a BT name – Settings -> Bluetooth -> (menu) Device name
2. Enable BT – Settings -> Bluetooth = 1

Note: I needed to reboot the S3 at this point to make the new device name effective but YMMV

1. Enable BT PAN (tethering) – Settings -> More Settings -> Tethering and portable hotspot. Check “Bluetooth tethering”
2. Set S3 to BT discoverable – Settings -> Bluetooth. Check “[S3 BT name] Only visible to paired devices”

Pair iPad and S3:

1. On iPad: Settings -> General -> Bluetooth. Bluetooth = On
2. On iPad: Choose [S3 BT name] and pair devices

Note: You can initiate the pairing from either device but if you do it from the iPad end you don’t need to enter a PIN

That’s it – you should see a “chain-link” icon in the upper left of your iPad (same place you would see a wi-fi indicator) and you’re good to surf, visit the “App Store” or “iTunes”.

 

[m33ts4k0z]

Why to use BT?

Use WiFi Hotspot instead and its much faster.

BT is really slow for HSDPA+ connections.

I use my iPad and I connect it to the mobile network using S3 as a WiFi Hotspot. It's working really great.

 

[SteelyEyed]

In a word or two - battery life - BT is significantly lower power consumption than running a wi-fi hotspot. Yes it's bandwidth is limited but it's higher than I see on an HSPA+ connection here in the East Midlands, UK.

 

[celluser7]

i tried this but my GS3 pops up a screen notifying me to call my provider to activate this service….

 

[Dviper]

Thank you very much!

:good:

Do you have a new iPad without a cellular connection as well as your S3? You already know you can make the S3 into a personal wi-fi hotspot but that can use lots of juice and you want the S3 to last the full day, did you know that you can connect the two using a BT PAN profile on the S3? No, here’s how…

First setup your S3:

1. Assign a BT name – Settings -> Bluetooth -> (menu) Device name
2. Enable BT – Settings -> Bluetooth = 1

Note: I needed to reboot the S3 at this point to make the new device name effective but YMMV

1. Enable BT PAN (tethering) – Settings -> More Settings -> Tethering and portable hotspot. Check “Bluetooth tethering”
2. Set S3 to BT discoverable – Settings -> Bluetooth. Check “[S3 BT name] Only visible to paired devices”

Pair iPad and S3:

1. On iPad: Settings -> General -> Bluetooth. Bluetooth = On
2. On iPad: Choose [S3 BT name] and pair devices

Note: You can initiate the pairing from either device but if you do it from the iPad end you don’t need to enter a PIN

That’s it – you should see a “chain-link” icon in the upper left of your iPad (same place you would see a wi-fi indicator) and you’re good to surf, visit the “App Store” or “iTunes”.

 

[ShenaCat]

The funny thing is, I don't have an option to tether via BT on my S3 in that settings menu. Only wi-fi or USB.

 

[eboosted]

Hello, Bluetooth pairing is not possible between iPad and android. Seems that this feature was removed recently

 

[ochoa515]

does this still work? I get a message on my s3, then data connection is lost. Is there a workaround?

 

[Samarthgupta]

Just a easy solution

You can easily make a wifi hotspot on your samsung galaxy S3 and share the wifi with your ipad