ColdWater@lemmy.ca to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 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.caexternal-linkmessage-square63fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkI 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 · 19 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-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-218 days agoBut if the phone gets wifi… then why doesn’t the other gadget? Edit: someone described a few plausible edge cases lower in the thread. I guess it’s not common, but it could come in handy sometimes.
minus-squareAabbcc@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·18 days agoYou can set a phone down and walk away
minus-squareB0rax@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·18 days agoHave you literally not heard of WiFi repeaters? It is a whole device category.
But if the phone gets wifi… then why doesn’t the other gadget?
Edit: someone described a few plausible edge cases lower in the thread. I guess it’s not common, but it could come in handy sometimes.
You can set a phone down and walk away
Have you literally not heard of WiFi repeaters? It is a whole device category.