You may be already aware of this, so just skip on by if so. However, if you’re not phone savvy like me and are interested to find out more, do stay with me. I find this useful when I’m away on the Isle of Wight and the mobile Internet device we have on our computer isn’t working properly.
You need a 4G phone signal on your iPhone for starters. Go into ‘Settings’ and then ‘Mobile Data’. Turn on ‘Personal Hotspot’, which gives a password for anyone to use that wants to log in to your computer (you can change this password if you like to something more memorable). When you turn on your computer and check out the Wifi available, then the iPhone’s details will come up for you to put in the personal hotspot’s password. You are now working on your computer via Internet provided from your phone.
Hope I’ve explained this properly? It may increase your phone bill, so don’t use it unless you really have to!
Signing off now to pack ready to go home tomorrow and do a thousand and one domestic duties. Don’t really want to go home. If I knew how to put a sad face here, I would…
dgkaye said:
Good idea Stevie. I did know that. I also know it can be expensive unless you have a generous data plan. 🙂 Oh and your sad face emoji – : plus( : ( = 😦
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Stevie Turner said:
Lol. Thanks Debby. x
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Phil Huston said:
Here’s a scary thought about Africa – something like 20% of the population has clean water, 93% have cell phone service…
Glad you found the phone workaround. When it really sucks is when there’s no cable/fiber/wifi AND no cell service and you’re in the California wine country! Probably some subversive phone company thing to cut down on texting of sponatneous drunken selfies.
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Stevie Turner said:
Just drink enough wine and you’ll forget about WiFi…
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Phil Huston said:
I saw that on a Midsomer, no…on the last season of 35 Days. Too bad about the brown water. More Champagne?
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robertawrites235681907 said:
Thanks for sharing, Stevie. We are still using our back up Wifi as the fibre service provider has not come. The service in South Africa is dismal.
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Stevie Turner said:
Sorry to hear that. It’s patchy here on the Island too.
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