ColdWater@lemmy.ca to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours 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-square42fedilinkarrow-up1120arrow-down133file-text
arrow-up187arrow-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 hours agomessage-square42fedilinkfile-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-squarevaryingExpertise@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·10 hours agoIf you just want a local network with DHCP and WPA to do whatever, no uplink is necessary.
minus-squareHubertManne@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 hours agoYeah but he said wifi extender.
minus-squarefluxion@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·8 hours agoTotally useless for 99.999% of users (not even exaggerating). Would be nice to have the option though but would mostly just confuse users with was would appear to most to be a totally useless option.
minus-squaremexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·4 hours agoIt is useful for LAN games so not 99.999% but more like 90%
minus-squarefluxion@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoMaybe 90% back in the good ol’ days 🥲
If you just want a local network with DHCP and WPA to do whatever, no uplink is necessary.
Yeah but he said wifi extender.
Totally useless for 99.999% of users (not even exaggerating). Would be nice to have the option though but would mostly just confuse users with was would appear to most to be a totally useless option.
It is useful for LAN games so not 99.999% but more like 90%
Maybe 90% back in the good ol’ days 🥲