Make iPad mini Retina a real phone?

[gregornz]

Is it possible to install the native ios phone app on a jailbroken 4G retina mini?

 

[GGJstudios]

Is it possible to install the native ios phone app on a jailbroken 4G retina mini?

I don't know about that, but even on a non-jailbroken iPad you can make and receive phone calls with apps such as TextMe (link opens in App Store). Be aware that the reception doesn't work as well as the iPhone, so you may get more calls broken up, harder to hear and be heard, etc. As long as you have a good connection, it works well.

 

[gregornz]

Thanks for the reply.

Right now I use a galaxy tab 7.7, which is legitimately a phone and tablet.

I want to 'upgrade' to the mini, but I also want to keep my cellular phone number. I figure I could just jailbreak the ipad, install the ios phone app, insert my sim card, and good to go?

 

[GGJstudios]

Thanks for the reply.

Right now I use a galaxy tab 7.7, which is legitimately a phone and tablet.

I want to 'upgrade' to the mini, but I also want to keep my cellular phone number. I figure I could just jailbreak the ipad, install the ios phone app, insert my sim card, and good to go?

That won't work. For one thing, the Galaxy uses a microSIM card and the iPad Mini uses a nanoSIM card, so it won't fit.

 

[gregornz]

Yeah, but changing the sim card is no big problem.

I'm interested in whether it is possible or not to run that native phone app on an ipad.

 

[GGJstudios]

Yeah, but changing the sim card is no big problem.

I'm interested in whether it is possible or not to run that native phone app on an ipad.

I seriously doubt it.