evermire Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 My wife and I just purchased a 2011 SEL with MFT, Nav, and Vista Roof over President's weekend. So far we love the car, even though I swore I would never drive a Ford The more time I spend going through the menu's the more I find it can do, pretty good for a car under 40G. So my question is, has anyone successfully created a usable WiFi hotspot for use by passengers in the car while driving? I have been able to custom name the wireless signal being broadcast from the Edge (Pretty cool it has built in WiFi module!) and set a WPA2 password and even connect with a laptop and my iPad. The problem I am having is with getting a usable internet signal to share. I have tried tethering my iPhone 4 via USB cable and via BT. I have gone through the settings and selected PAN and some other settings I am not 100% familiar with but nothing. I have an app for jailbroken iPhones called MyWi that I am using for the tethering and I know that when I connect the phone to a computer it has to install a driver to work, which may be the reason why MFT and the Edge isn't working (no driver to install). Has anyone had success getting an internet connection from any phone via BT or USB connection? It would be awesome to be cruising the highway with everyone online using my outdated unlimited iPhone data plan Thanks for any ideas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dahone Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 I'd love to find this out as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cal3thousand Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 I've tried to do it with my Android as well. Trying it as an RNDIS USB modem does not work. I think that it is certainly possible, but something has to happen on the MFT side to allow it. I think we are all waiting for a big update that will include this function. Hopefully they will open it up and allow tethering from smartphones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pefozzy Posted May 31, 2011 Report Share Posted May 31, 2011 I've tried to do it with my Android as well. Trying it as an RNDIS USB modem does not work. I think that it is certainly possible, but something has to happen on the MFT side to allow it. I think we are all waiting for a big update that will include this function. Hopefully they will open it up and allow tethering from smartphones. I've also tried with my Droid (origional) with USB tethering turned on- no go there, MFT says its an unsupported device. I'd love to get it to work- it would be a fantastic feature to have up and running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyB Posted June 1, 2011 Report Share Posted June 1, 2011 I've tried using the Verizon USB dongle that ive seen in the MFT demo. Once I plug it in MFT says unsupported device. So, it looks like this is yet another feature that isnt supported at this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cal3thousand Posted June 1, 2011 Report Share Posted June 1, 2011 I've tried using the Verizon USB dongle that ive seen in the MFT demo. Once I plug it in MFT says unsupported device. So, it looks like this is yet another feature that isnt supported at this time. Apparently only Sprint one's work right now.... and a limited few at that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbrks2 Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 My wife and I just purchased a 2011 SEL with MFT, Nav, and Vista Roof over President's weekend. So far we love the car, even though I swore I would never drive a Ford The more time I spend going through the menu's the more I find it can do, pretty good for a car under 40G. So my question is, has anyone successfully created a usable WiFi hotspot for use by passengers in the car while driving? I have been able to custom name the wireless signal being broadcast from the Edge (Pretty cool it has built in WiFi module!) and set a WPA2 password and even connect with a laptop and my iPad. The problem I am having is with getting a usable internet signal to share. I have tried tethering my iPhone 4 via USB cable and via BT. I have gone through the settings and selected PAN and some other settings I am not 100% familiar with but nothing. I have an app for jailbroken iPhones called MyWi that I am using for the tethering and I know that when I connect the phone to a computer it has to install a driver to work, which may be the reason why MFT and the Edge isn't working (no driver to install). Has anyone had success getting an internet connection from any phone via BT or USB connection? It would be awesome to be cruising the highway with everyone online using my outdated unlimited iPhone data plan Thanks for any ideas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbrks2 Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 try the blackberry Z10 or Z30 and teather off of that. the sync computer uses qnx which is owned by blacberry. thats whu iphones and droids kinda.......stink. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
normcloutier Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 I know this doesn't answer your question but why not just create the hotspot on your mobile device and let them connect to that. No reason to do a hop through MFT to get to your phone. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 the sync computer uses qnx which is owned by blacberry. thats whu iphones and droids kinda.......stink. The NEW MFT will use qnx but sync/MFT uses a Microsoft OS right now. And qnx has NOTHING to do with blackberry - they just bought the company. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drpepper Posted August 1, 2014 Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 and what is the latest inside update on that- the qnx ? Will it be avail for 2011,2012,2014 models Will it debut with 2015? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted August 1, 2014 Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 No word yet other than it should be backwards compatible with previous MFT vehicles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drpepper Posted August 1, 2014 Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 OK wondering since it is 3 or so days away from last years v3.6 release...so.....we are long over due to see something fresh.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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