Spudulike Posted 11 December 2014 Share Posted 11 December 2014 I want a gaming device that doesn't have wifi for a child but can't find one. In the absence of such I thought it would be possible to get an app or something to disable wifi but it seems that said child only needs to uninstall it and hey presto. Anyone got any ideas ?? Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beliall Posted 11 December 2014 Share Posted 11 December 2014 as long as said child doesnt know the wifipassword theres no problem surely. changing it is a piece of cake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spudulike Posted 11 December 2014 Author Share Posted 11 December 2014 as long as said child doesnt know the wifipassword theres no problem surely. changing it is a piece of cake. True, when child is at home... but what about when the tablet is taken elsewhere ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fynwy Posted 11 December 2014 Share Posted 11 December 2014 If it is only going to be used in the home can't you block the tablets Mac on the router or join the network and set a rule so that it never has internet access? Just seen your second post so ignore my comments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
potter3 Posted 12 December 2014 Share Posted 12 December 2014 Why no Wi-Fi access? If it's purely for playing games then perhaps something like the Nintendo 3DS would be a better option? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingcarr21 Posted 12 December 2014 Share Posted 12 December 2014 What sort of tablet are you thinking. You can just turn the wifi off in the settings on an Ipad. I would have thought also that you can put a parental control that means you having to put a password in in order to access the settings so child cant turn it back on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexikokopops Posted 12 December 2014 Share Posted 12 December 2014 I want a gaming device that doesn't have wifi for a child but can't find one. In the absence of such I thought it would be possible to get an app or something to disable wifi but it seems that said child only needs to uninstall it and hey presto. Anyone got any ideas ?? Cheers iPad has parental controls and I assume other tablets do. I'm not sure about blocking wifi but if you managed to find an app that did what you're after you could stop your child from deleting it. You can also do controls for installing apps and in-app purchases, and block use of Safari, so you might be able to do everything you're after without having to block the whole wifi. http://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201304 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB11 Posted 12 December 2014 Share Posted 12 December 2014 Depend what Operating System you want it to run. Either make use of parental controls or install an app to disable Wifi and then just parental controls to prevent the uninstalling of said app. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spudulike Posted 12 December 2014 Author Share Posted 12 December 2014 I'm thinking of a cheapish Android tablet so if I can find a suitable wifi blocker app and use parental controls to prevent it being uninstalled it will do the trick. Thanks chaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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