Ipad 2

[ferr5175]

Is there any way to get free wifi when I am out without jail breaking my iPhone or anything else? Hate the fact that most places I can not really use my iPad when I'm out because of no wifi!!

 

[thewitt]

Jail breaking and wifi are unrelated.

You can only get free wifi if you are in a location where someone has put up a wifi router and allows access...

Most coffee shops and fast food places now offer free wifi, as do hotel lobbys and libraries...

-t

 

[ferr5175]

Most places I go have secured wifi. Is there any other way possible?

 

[thewitt]

Only if you want to bring a wifi connection with you by tethering your phone, or using mifi or something similar.

There is no simple way to simply crack the security of every wifi router you encounter...

-t

 

[Irish Rose]

Most places I go have secured wifi. Is there any other way possible?

It sounds like to me what you want to do is use your iPhone as a wireless hotspot, which isn't going to happen unless; a) you pay an extra tethering fee each month to your wireless carrier, b) jailbreak your iPhone and download either one of these two tethering apps from Cydia; MyWi ($19.99), or PDANet (free). I jailbroke my iPhone 4 and am using the free PDANet tethering app from Cydia which allows me to use my iPad 2 when I'm out and about with no WiFi access.

 

[ferr5175]

I can't tether because it is a extra monthly fee for that when u have AT&T like me. Plus I will lose my unlimited data plan. I guess there is no way out of this situation.

 

[Stefx]

Most places I go have secured wifi. Is there any other way possible?

Secured wifi and jailbreaking have nothing to do with one another.

Perhaps you should consider 3G

 

[ferr5175]

That cost a extra monthly fee too!

 

[Irish Rose]

That cost a extra monthly fee too!

Jailbreaking is free and so are a lot of the apps.

 

[ferr5175]

Are there apps that can get me free wifi no matter where I am?

 

[iFrog]

Please read the rules.... Pretty soon you can get into stuff that you should not be talking.

iFrog - Sent from my iPad2 using iPF

 

[Irish Rose]

I can't tether because it is a extra monthly fee for that when u have AT&T like me. Plus I will lose my unlimited data plan. I guess there is no way out of this situation.

True, if you switch to the tethering plan with AT&T, you would lose your unlimited data plan. However, you lose nothing by jailbreaking and using the PDANet app. There is a switch that you can turn on in that app, that hides the fact that you are tethering with your iPhone.

Why do you not want to jailbreak?

 

[Irish Rose]

Are there apps that can get me free wifi no matter where I am?

I already mentioned one; PDANet. There are no apps in Apples app store that will do this.

 

[ferr5175]

True, if you switch to the tethering plan with AT&T, you would lose your unlimited data plan. However, you lose nothing by jailbreaking and using the PDANet app. There is a switch that you can turn on in that app, that hides the fact that you are tethering with your iPhone.

Why do you not want to jailbreak?

Because I don't want to accidentally damage my phone, plus I won't be able to update anymore if I jailbreak.

 

[SweetPoison]

True, if you switch to the tethering plan with AT&T, you would lose your unlimited data plan. However, you lose nothing by jailbreaking and using the PDANet app. There is a switch that you can turn on in that app, that hides the fact that you are tethering with your iPhone.

Why do you not want to jailbreak?

Because I don't want to accidentally damage my phone, plus I won't be able to update anymore if I jailbreak.

Not true. And of course you can update.