ColdWater@lemmy.ca to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoI hate Samsung and their dumb software design choices, and this is one of them. Why do I need a SIM card to enable a hotspot whereas every other phone works without one?lemmy.caimagemessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up15file-text
arrow-up15imageI hate Samsung and their dumb software design choices, and this is one of them. Why do I need a SIM card to enable a hotspot whereas every other phone works without one?lemmy.caColdWater@lemmy.ca to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square15fedilinkfile-text
This phone is broken (broken screen) and was given to me, so I figured I’d use it as a WiFi extender, but I guess I can’t.
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoHotspots share your phones mobile data as a local wifi access point. If you don’t have a sim, you don’t have mobile data, and so, no hotspot.
minus-squareVictoria@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoyou can do “wifi sharing” which shares the phones wifi connection.
Hotspots share your phones mobile data as a local wifi access point. If you don’t have a sim, you don’t have mobile data, and so, no hotspot.
you can do “wifi sharing” which shares the phones wifi connection.