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Over the past few days I've upgraded from Pay & Go SIM only, to Pay Monthly 30 days with 100MB data then to Pay Monthly 30 days with 500MB data. I did all of this because I wanted to set up my Blackberry Curve 9300 as a WiFi hotspot, and I did so after taking advice from the live chat support service who told me that I could not get this on Pay & Go. I upgraded to the minimum Pay Monthly tariff then found out that I could not get it on that because I needed to have 500MB of data per month. I've finally got the most recent SIM working after much hassle only to find that I CAN'T use my device as a WiFi hotspot - I can only use it as a modem. Sick of it all now and don't need to be paying £15 a month for 500MB of data and 500 minutes of calls as I rarely use my phone! I just wanted to be able to use the WiFi hotspot with my iPad mini on the rare occasion when I'm out and about and need to get online. How do I get out of this situation? Help please.

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@Anonymous wrote:

I have found a thread on the BB forum ( that is very very similar to ours?)that says it cant be done slight_frown the phone cant take more than BB OSv6... so if they r right it cant be done...Sad

 

 

http://supportforums.blackberry.com/t5/BlackBerry-Curve/curve-9300-as-wifi-hotspot/m-p/1710625#M160285

 

Yes this is the thread that I found yesterday slight_smile

 

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Yes, unfortunately as we had already said, it isn't possible with your phone.
Good excuse to upgrade phone though slight_smile ?
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Thanks all for your help slight_smile

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A good discussion thread.

Hopefully the content has helped.

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@Anonymous I have a later bb curve that's why it was confusing me how can I do it and u can't? then noticed on the BB website that the software updates for the 9300 were just v5/v6 and then did a search and found the link :smileysad:...  new phone?

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