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-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 months agoDo you normally have SIMless service? 🤨 The hotspot function basically just lets you connect other devices to the Internet through the phone’s cell service. No service == no hotspot. Apps may allow you to use it as a range extender tho.
minus-squarezurohki@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoMy phone will hotspot when it’s connected to WiFi. I can even tether it to a desktop PC and use it as a WiFi adapter.
minus-squareLH0ezVT@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-22 months agoMy phone does that just fine. It’s a Samsung limitation. All it does is create an access point and forward traffic via its default route.
minus-squarestarlinguk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoYour phone works without service?
minus-squareLH0ezVT@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 months agoOf course it does(*). (*): assuming you mean “works” in the sense of “turns on, lets me use it just fine, does everything that does not require an active cell connection”
Do you normally have SIMless service? 🤨
The hotspot function basically just lets you connect other devices to the Internet through the phone’s cell service. No service == no hotspot.
Apps may allow you to use it as a range extender tho.
My phone will hotspot when it’s connected to WiFi. I can even tether it to a desktop PC and use it as a WiFi adapter.
My phone does that just fine. It’s a Samsung limitation. All it does is create an access point and forward traffic via its default route.
Your phone works without service?
Of course it does(*).
(*): assuming you mean “works” in the sense of “turns on, lets me use it just fine, does everything that does not require an active cell connection”