Carrier Billing on a Tablet

feelgoodinc27

I don't have a smartphone but I have an android tablet, if I got the loan of an android phone would it be possible to setup carrier billing on my google play store account so I purchase apps on my tablet?

Alternatively from googling I see that its possible to connect a 3g dongle to a tablet via a usb otg cable, but I haven't seen it used for carrier billing.

the-ging

For carrier billing you need to be connected to the mobile network. So connecting your tablet to your dongle should work (Presuming that you are on Three, as Vodafone and Eir don't support carrier billing for Google Play).

ED E

According to news from 2014 when they added tablet support it doesnt need to be connected to the network directly, no instructions though.

Kavrocks

the-ging wrote: »

For carrier billing you need to be connected to the mobile network.

Do you mean using mobile data as opposed to WiFi or just having the SIM card in your phone/tablet?

the-ging

You will need to be using mobile data, if your tablet is connected to a mobile mi-fi dongle then you should be ok.

Kavrocks

the-ging wrote: »

You will need to be using mobile data, if your tablet is connected to a mobile mi-fi dongle then you should be ok.

You don't need to use mobile data. I personally have mobile data always turned off and have never had an issue with carrier billing. I don't ever remember having to turn mobile data on to set it up either.

OP to answer your question, I think it is possible to set up carrier billing as you've suggested. I vaguely remember reading somewhere recently that changes were made to carrier billing so that it would work in situations as you've described. I could be wrong but it can't hurt to test it out can it?

feelgoodinc27

Thanks for the replies, I'll try connecting the tablet to a dongle.