If you have an iPhone running iOS 4 or later, you can share your cellular Internet connection with other devices, such as an iPad. Essentially, your iPhone converts its cellular Internet connection into a Wi-Fi signal for your iPad to pick up. You must first activate this feature on your cellular account; then you can turn on the feature in your iPhone’s settings. Once the feature is on, you can connect your iPad to the signal. Writer Bio

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