Ipads won't 'Bluetooth' each other.

[King Herald]

I have two identical iPads, and set them up to try and Bluetooth to each other. They have both been turned on, both say 'available', both say 'searching for devices', but nothing more happens.

Anything else I need to do anything else, turn on WiFi, location or anything? we don't have WiFi out on my ship.

And if i can get them to see each other, can I move stuff back and forth or is it locked up in the usual apple/iTunes complexities?

[King Herald]

I'm not actually trying to transfer anything yet, just playing with them to see what can be achieved by Bluetooth. If it worked, then I would have had a go at transferring maybe books, between kindle apps, or maybe even video between player apps.

I assume Airdrop uses wifi to transfer stuff, which is no good to me here as we have no wifi on my ship. Our satellite connection is also so slow I can't even open the Airdrop link.....feel my pain....

[King Herald]

Mine are iPad 2's, just one is newer and bigger than t'other. I didn't see anything about Airdrop anywhere in the menus.

I think one is dying, the display keeps stuttering and playing up, so I was thinking i could transfer stuff across to the new one if necessary. I'll experiment more later on.

[King Herald]

Easier ways to transfer stuff, all involving a computer and iTunes, no doubt?

[King Herald]

ecsrobin said:

Except the OP is at sea with limited internet.

And no Wi-Fi either.