How to tether a Nexus 7 to a Torch 9800

**alecjmccartney** · 12-16-2012, 04:34 AM

Hi everyone,

Does anyone know how I can tether my new Google Nexus 7 to my BlackBerry Torch 9800?

I've read it can be done via a wifi hotspot, but my 9800 can't make a wifi hotspot. So that just leaves bluetooth. It does connect via bluetooth, but that doesn't let me use the 9800 as a data connection for the Nexus 7.

Anyone know how to do this? Maybe it can be done via a cable? That would be a bit old school, but better than nothing!

Alec

**Shane8750** · 12-16-2012, 05:52 AM

Its because nexus only supports PAN BT profile whereas BB uses DUN BT profile. You can try bluevpn for android they say it can make a VPN tunnel through BT to connect to network but I never got it to work properly.

Its a pain, I had to upgrade to 9790 2 months ago just for the hotspot function.

Hope it helps

**alecjmccartney** · 12-16-2012, 06:06 AM

Thanks, I'll try it...

**alecjmccartney** · 12-16-2012, 06:16 AM

It worked! Downloaded and installed BlueVPN on the Nexus 7. Connected it to my 9800. It took about two minutes to sort itself out, then worked perfectly!

Thanks Shane8750, you are a hero!

**Baraka Gitari** · 12-20-2012, 01:59 AM

thank you, this helped me too

**cpBB2** · 01-23-2013, 03:42 AM

I am trying BlueVPN on the Nexus 10 with bb9860.

What other steps besides bluetooth coneecting and running BlueVPN did you need to do?

Thanks.

**Steve Oram** · 02-09-2013, 03:23 PM

I was able to connect my Telus BB 9900 to Nexus 7 with BlueVpn app. First paired the devices and modifed a few Bluevpn settings:

Check marked Modem Compatibility - Use single line AT commands
Phone Number - Dial up phone number : *99#
Access Point - Provider access point: bb.telus.com
Authentication: Password Authentication
Username and password: left both blank

On BB 9900 justed used the default settings. Options -> Device -> Advanced System Settings -> TCP IP
APN Enabled
APN: bb.telus.com
Authentication Enabled
Username and password: both blank