ColdWater@lemmy.ca to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 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-square63fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-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 · 8 days agomessage-square63fedilinkfile-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-squarefluxion@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoTotally useless for 99.999% of users (not even exaggerating). Would be nice to have the option though but would mostly just confuse users with was would appear to most to be a totally useless option.
minus-squaremexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoIt is useful for LAN games so not 99.999% but more like 90%
minus-squarefluxion@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoMaybe 90% back in the good ol’ days 🥲
minus-squareu/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.orgcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 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.”
Totally useless for 99.999% of users (not even exaggerating). Would be nice to have the option though but would mostly just confuse users with was would appear to most to be a totally useless option.
It is useful for LAN games so not 99.999% but more like 90%
Maybe 90% back in the good ol’ days 🥲
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.”