[alecjmccartney]

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]

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]

Thanks, I'll try it...

[alecjmccartney]

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]

thank you, this helped me too

[cpBB2]

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]

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