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.

  • NutinButNet@hilariouschaos.com
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    16 hours ago

    Might be someone wanting to share the WiFi on something like a tablet. Or someone using an Android phone as an “iPod Touch”, basically everything the phone has minus cellular capabilities but still wanting to share the WiFi with other devices.

    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.

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      15 hours ago

      The device can just connect to whatever wifi network the tablet is connected to. There’s no reason to “share the wifi connection”.

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        14 hours 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.