Phone SIM in a 3g Dongle???

snedie · 18 Aug 2013 at 22:13

SO my Alcatel OneTouch Evo7 is refusing point blank to use my Iphone 4 Hotspot connection to do any web related activities (Connects, gets IP, doesn't do anything there after). I have a Huawei E5220 3G dongle with a 1GB/m data limit, I also have an unlimited data plan on my Iphone SIM.

Is there anything to stop me buying a microsim adapter and using my phone sim in the dongle?

Also any info on why the tabled won't connect is also welcome.

PardonTheWait · 18 Aug 2013 at 22:17

Your network are likely to spot it being used in a device that's not a phone and kill your 3G until you put it back. It'll work until they do that though.

mrgubby · 18 Aug 2013 at 23:03

PardonTheWait said:
Your network are likely to spot it being used in a device that's not a phone and kill your 3G until you put it back. It'll work until they do that though.

I've been using a T-Mobile PAYG phone SIM in my dongle for 2 years without a problem

dasyad · 18 Aug 2013 at 23:45

I get the impression Three are usually quick to clamp down on non-phone usage of a phone SIM

httk · 19 Aug 2013 at 00:52

snedie said:
Also any info on why the tabled won't connect is also welcome.

Check to see if it's DNS related. Put an IP address into the browser on your tablet rather than a web address and see if that works.

An easy way to find IP addresses is to go into the command line on your PC, ping a website and it will return an IP (in most cases).

Em3bbs · 19 Aug 2013 at 07:54

dasyad said:
I get the impression Three are usually quick to clamp down on non-phone usage of a phone SIM

Yes they even block tablet use - an ex colleague of mine bought a Three SIM for his Nexus 7 and it only lasted a few days before them cutting it off for not being a 'Smartphone'.

snedie · 23 Aug 2013 at 19:02

httk said:
Check to see if it's DNS related. Put an IP address into the browser on your tablet rather than a web address and see if that works.

An easy way to find IP addresses is to go into the command line on your PC, ping a website and it will return an IP (in most cases).

I tried applying a custom DNS server to the IP settings the tablet gets from the Iphone (my ISP's DNS, Google DNS and a few others) with no luck. The tablet says it is connected, even gets DHCP assigned IP but simply will not browse the internet.

Given the lack of any sort of troubleshooting tools I can't track the problem down.

ANDARIAL · 24 Aug 2013 at 22:18

mrgubby said:
I've been using a T-Mobile PAYG phone SIM in my dongle for 2 years without a problem

Same here but with a 12 month sim from the bay.great for use when out and about with my tab