@ColdWater@lemmy.ca to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish • 5 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-square64fedilinkarrow-up1168arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1168arrow-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.ca@ColdWater@lemmy.ca to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish • 5 days agomessage-square64fedilinkfile-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-square@AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish3•edit-23 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-square@AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•3 days agoPreposterous. When’s the last time you saw anyone do that?
minus-square@B0rax@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglish1•3 days agoHave you literally not heard of WiFi repeaters? It is a whole device category.
minus-square@AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•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.
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
Preposterous. When’s the last time you saw anyone do that?
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.