ColdWater@lemmy.ca to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 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-square40linkfedilinkarrow-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 · 17 days agomessage-square40linkfedilinkfile-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-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·17 days agoHotspots share your phones mobile data as a local wifi access point. If you don’t have a sim, you don’t have mobile data, and so, no hotspot.
minus-squareelvis_depresley@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·17 days agowhat if you want to use the wifi hotspot for a LAN party in a plane?
Hotspots share your phones mobile data as a local wifi access point. If you don’t have a sim, you don’t have mobile data, and so, no hotspot.
what if you want to use the wifi hotspot for a LAN party in a plane?