Asus Transformer Wi-Fi Tethered to iPhone 4

I already knew how to do it via Bluetooth, this time I did it via wi-fi which is much faster.

You have to jailbreak the iphone before doing this, I have a video showing how to jailbreak iOS version 4.3.3:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6FLif-Dw1c&feature=channel_video_title

If your iPhone 4 is already jailbroken, then this is easy as pie.

I believe Android smartphones are even easier to tether to. I don't know anything about Blackberry.

In the past MyWi created an ad-hoc hotspot so I wasn't able to tether via wi-fi but now they updated it and the TF is able to recognize it as a wi-fi hotspot.

tethering lets you use a wi-fi tablet as a 3G tablet, since you're connecting to the 3G internet of your smartphone. That way, you can access the internet on the go using your wi-fi tablet.

Let me know if you have any questions.

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[dakid192]

if i do this with my iphone for on my pc/laptop is this an unlimited connection to the internet or does it stop working after a certain amount of time

[alextamulis]

@dakid192 it's unlimited but be careful not to go over your data plan limit if you're tethering using your provider's 3G data. The connection might fail every now and then depending if you're in tunnels and areas with satellite connection issues.

[48MrJeffrey]

Hi. I did as you said, but when I connect to the iPhone 4, I get wifi, but don't connect to the Internet. In fact, instead of blue wifi bars on the Asus Transformer, it has white ones. Help!

[alextamulis]

@48MrJeffrey I just tested it again today and I got blue bars when I connected to my iPhone. Did you download the right version of mywi on the cydia app store? i don't know why you're not being able to do it if you followed my steps, doing the wi-fi tethering should be pretty straight forward, easier than the bluetooth one.

[JumboSquid]

Can I do this with Galaxy S instead of Iphone 4?

[alextamulis]

@JumboSquid I don't see why you couldn't since it's an Android smartphone. You just need to find an app that transforms your Galaxy S into a wi-fi hotspot and then you can easily tether, but if you can't find the app, you would have to ask your provider to enable internet tethering on your phone and they'll charge for that :(... look up android wi-fi tethering and I'm sure they already have something similar for Android :)

[TaiLNeT]

Hi! thanks for the tutorial, I do have a problem though. I am broadcasting my iphone's MyWi, my windows 7 laptop can see the network, but my Toshiba Thrive (3.1 Android) Tablet doesn't see it, i even tried manually adding and connecting. Any suggestions?

[LAHAL1]

@JumboSquid Your Galaxy S can do this out of the box. No Rooting or Jailbreaking required. Go to you Wireless and Network Setting and click on Mobile AP, then just Click the Check Mark and your done.

[ommack]

@magicsmack that's correct, from wiki " The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a space-based global navigation satellite system (GNSS) that provides location and time information in all weather"

[ommack]

I'm not sure why you're saying that we need to jailbreak the iphone...i have an iphone 4 and have been tethering to my tf with no problems using the personal hotspot option in settings. It creates a recognizable wi-fi access point and runs smooth as ever (one difference is that the dl/ul rate doesn't show though)

[pianotutorials123]

you sound like an acter

[48MrJeffrey]

I have the legitimate $20 version, updated. The odd thing is that when I connect my old iPhone to the MyWi, it works, but the tablet doesn't. What ports, etc. do you have for MyWi? (what Wi-Fi MyWi settings)?