- Setting Up Your Wi-Fi Network Connection
- Setting Up Your 3G/4G Connection
- Syncing with iTunes
- Syncing Using iCloud
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
Setting Up Your 3G/4G Connection
If you have an iPad with 3G/4G capabilities, you can set it up to use AT&T, Verizon, or any other compatible network. You can purchase a monthly data plan or purchase service in shorter increments.
- Tap the Settings icon on the Home screen.
- Tap Cellular Data on the left.
- Turn on Cellular Data. In addition, if you have a 3rd generation iPad mini, turn on Enable LTE for the faster 4G connection.
- Tap View Account.
- Next, you are prompted to create an account with a service. The service will be either AT&T or Verizon in the U.S., depending on which iPad model you own. You’ll need to enter all your basic information and specify an email address for your account and a password.
- Choose a data plan.
- Enter your credit card information. When you are done, you have to approve the service agreement and confirm your purchase. Still, it beats going to the mall and dealing with a salesperson at a mobile phone store, right?
- Tap OK. It may take a few more minutes for your 4G service to activate.
- After establishing 4G service you can view your usage and renew your plan at any time by following steps 1, 2, and 4 again. Then you can see your play details and status. Tap Add Data or Change Plan to renew or increase your data plan.
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Working with Wi-Fi and 3G/4G
After you establish a 3G/4G plan, your iPad should still connect to your Wi-Fi networks when it is in range and use 3G when it cannot find a Wi-Fi network. You can also return to Settings and turn on or off Cellular Data to specifically prevent your iPad from using the 3G network. This is handy when you are completely out of mobile data range but have local Wi-Fi; for instance, you might be on an airplane flight. Of course, for take-off and landing, you will most likely be asked to use the Airplane Mode available in the Settings as well. That mode comes in handy when you want to quickly take your iPad “off the grid” and have it connected to absolutely nothing.
Looking at the top-left corner of your iPad’s screen, you can tell which sort of connection you are currently using. The first image shows an iPad with no 3G/4G connection at all, only Wi-Fi. The second shows an iPad with a 3G/4G connection, but currently a Wi-Fi connection is being used for data. In this case, all data is coming from Wi-Fi and you are not using your mobile data bandwidth at all. The third image shows an iPad that is using the 3G/4G connection for data at the moment.
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