Android tablet pc with a Nokia phone 3G data connection

masiboo picture masiboo · Apr 3, 2013 · Viewed 8.6k times · Source

This is technical question to check the possibilities of the scenario. Is it possible to use Nokia phone's (Lumia, N9, symbain phone, S40) 3G data connection with a Android tablet pc?

Or any way to use phone's 3G data connection with tablet pc?

I have a unlimited data connection for my phone. But I don't use it that much. So I'm planning to use it with the tablet pc.

Answer

user1725145 picture user1725145 · Apr 7, 2013

Yes, it's possible to use your phone as a modem, connected to the tablet via a USB cable, as long as you have
(1) an APN from your network operator to make a data connection via their network, and
(2) suitable device drivers for the phone. On Windows, smartphones are plug and play, but I don't have any experience using them with Android.

On the tablet, you also need some software to control the modem - something like the Mobile Broadband Connect 3.0 application listed on here

You can write a simple connection app yourself using the Android Telephony Manager.

Alternatively, you could connect manually, using AT commands with a suitable AT command program (in Windows, it would be Hyperterminal). This thread describes a possible equivalent for Android. Standard AT commands to make a data connection are described in the 3gpp TS27.007 specification. There are a lot of variations for different manufacturers, but making a simple connect should be possible using the standard commands.