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-squareB0rax@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·3 days agoHave you literally not heard of WiFi repeaters? It is a whole device category.
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoI’m not sure that a phone can repeat wifi beyond a few metres. There’s a reason that there’s some dedicated hardware for this.
Have you literally not heard of WiFi repeaters? It is a whole device category.
I’m not sure that a phone can repeat wifi beyond a few metres. There’s a reason that there’s some dedicated hardware for this.