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.caexternal-linkmessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up1170arrow-down143file-text
arrow-up1127arrow-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 · 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-squareSaltySalamander@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down2·4 days agoThe device can just connect to whatever wifi network the tablet is connected to. There’s no reason to “share the wifi connection”.
minus-squareNutinButNet@hilariouschaos.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 days ago I could see this being very popular on flights and cruises where they charge you per device to pay for this one device and then share with other devices.
The device can just connect to whatever wifi network the tablet is connected to. There’s no reason to “share the wifi connection”.