Dongle and phone type question

[Rotary-Motion]

ok folks

this is my Q, i got an unlocked dongle and a giffgaff sim for internet only! no phone stuff

now can i use this sim that fits in the dongle in my phone so when im out and about, the phone becomes a WIFI piont so i can wifi my satelite box to my phone?

hope i got that across right?

[BANDIT2]

nope, havn't got a scooby what your on about but I am a pooter tard,
Ask a landrover question,I knows lots about them cos I got one and it likes to break down quite a bit.

[Rotary-Motion]

hehe

i will keep ya in mind as they do pop up now and again...

 

[BANDIT2]

Oh, I am also a phone tard too-soz

[BANDIT2]

perhaps if you strapped yer dongler to your water rocket you may get more wiffy range-i dunno.

[Rotary-Motion]

perhaps if you strapped yer dongler to your water rocket you may get more wiffy range-i dunno.

yeah may be best rather than dropping a couple feet 

[greasemonkey]

I think not. I've asked questions along similar lines to the telecos. The answer comes back that the dongle sim is different to a phone sim. Also, when a phone is connected to the web, it is using the telephone signal, and when  a dongle is connected to the web, is is using a dongle specific signal. This is why some websites have to be altered or modified in some way to view on a phone, where as with a dongle, you see the same site as with a landline.
Also why I have perfect voda signal on my phone, and nowt on a voda dongle.

The way I understand it, you need a far more sophisticated operating system to use the Dongle signal, something most phones don't have.

[Rotary-Motion]

hmmm not good

plan is to try get internet into my icecrpyt box, it will or can use wifi (buy wifi dongle/stick) so need to wifi it to something which i thought the phone may do. as can set it to tether and become wifi.

[therecklessengineer]

Sorry greasemonkey, but I don't think that's correct. There is no difference between a phone and dongle SIM. The difference is in how the operator expects them to behave - they won't expect (or probably allow) a dongle SIM to make phone calls for example.

Website alter themselves for phones to ensure that they are displayed correctly to the user, and in some cases will be optimised for a touch screen.

What phone have you Squidward?

(Seeing as your icecrypt box is running Linux, you could probably persuade it to use a 3G dongle directly. But that involves Linux magic, and will probably void the warranty if you go poking around in the OS)

[Rotary-Motion]

warranty im not worried, kill it for all i care...

my phone is samsung ace, could that work?

[Rotary-Motion]

ok could i do this?

put the ethernet cable (from box) into the laptop ethernet with dongle in usb slot for net?

[therecklessengineer]

Here's the easy way: http://androidflip.com/how-to-tether-samsung-galaxy-ace-as-a-wi-fi-hotspot/

[Rotary-Motion]

Here's the easy way: http://androidflip.com/how-to-tether-samsung-galaxy-ace-as-a-wi-fi-hotspot/

will that work with the giffgaff sim? hmmm infact not sure if phone is unlocked from orange?

[greasemonkey]

Sorry greasemonkey, but I don't think that's correct. There is no difference between a phone and dongle SIM. The difference is in how the operator expects them to behave - they won't expect (or probably allow) a dongle SIM to make phone calls for example.

Website alter themselves for phones to ensure that they are displayed correctly to the user, and in some cases will be optimised for a touch screen.

 

[therecklessengineer]

Here's the easy way: http://androidflip.com/how-to-tether-samsung-galaxy-ace-as-a-wi-fi-hotspot/

will that work with the giffgaff sim? hmmm infact not sure if phone is unlocked from orange?

Should do, although you might run into problems if the phone is locked to a network.