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.
Do you normally have SIMless service? 🤨
The hotspot function basically just lets you connect other devices to the Internet through the phone’s cell service. No service == no hotspot.
Apps may allow you to use it as a range extender tho.
My phone will hotspot when it’s connected to WiFi. I can even tether it to a desktop PC and use it as a WiFi adapter.
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.
The device can just connect to whatever wifi network the tablet is connected to. There’s no reason to “share the wifi connection”.
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.
