ColdWater@lemmy.ca to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days 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-square69fedilinkarrow-up1169arrow-down143file-text
arrow-up1126arrow-down1imageI 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 · 4 days agomessage-square69fedilinkfile-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-squareu/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoSo is ADB, and Bluetooth tethering, and wired Ethernet, and OTG,… This can be solved with a warning like “You are not connected to the internet, hotspot will only allow access within local network.”
minus-squarefluxion@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoAnd then you get a billion tickets about why you get that message when you tey to tether to your phone for Internet access
So is ADB, and Bluetooth tethering, and wired Ethernet, and OTG,…
This can be solved with a warning like “You are not connected to the internet, hotspot will only allow access within local network.”
And then you get a billion tickets about why you get that message when you tey to tether to your phone for Internet access