Hot Spot with cell. phone?
How do you use a cell. phone as a hot spot? Does it require extra equipment?
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donn0128 wrote:
If you have a dumb phone you cant.
Why not?..... Until I got my first smartphone.... I used my LG 8350 as a hot spot..... Did it for several years..... It was dial up speed but it worked.... It used the phone as a modem so it didn't require a data plan....
Years ago... Verizon sold a mobile office kit with VZ navigator software....- I tether my Iphone 6 with the normal charging cable hooked to my laptop. then turn on hotspot...part of our plan...and select USB...works great and no Wifi.
I'm using it now...this is the only internet we have.
You can also use the Wifi - I often use my iPhone as a hot spot using charging cable plugged into computer. works quite well. Do not have to worry about battery discharging as it charges from the computer while plugged in.
- Thanks for all the reply's,I learned something today!
- If your phone can't run as a hot spot for 3-4 hours on battery, then you need a new battery.
New batteries are usually 99 cents including shipping on ebay. Of course, if you have an Apple phone you may be SOL. Naio wrote:
If your phone can't run as a hot spot for 3-4 hours on battery, then you need a new battery.
New batteries are usually 99 cents including shipping on ebay. Of course, if you have an Apple phone you may be SOL.
I prefer factory batteries from the retailer or Amazon Prime factory batteries. I don't want the chance of an exploding battery next to my skin.
The older LG dumb phones were capable of hotspot. Some models could do it. It also topped off at 3g speeds.- Gave up internet, TV and phone in house and use only hot spot through AT&T with IPhone 5 (30 Gig Plan). Two people can use this amount a month if stream a few movies a week so be wary of your data usage as the cost is high if you go over.
96Bounder30E wrote:
donn0128 wrote:
If you have a dumb phone you cant.
Why not?..... Until I got my first smartphone.... I used my LG 8350 as a hot spot..... Did it for several years..... It was dial up speed but it worked.... It used the phone as a modem so it didn't require a data plan....
Years ago... Verizon sold a mobile office kit with VZ navigator software....
Well.. You can in some cases.. But a Dumb Phone usually does not have the ability to use Wi-Fi in any way mean or form
Some of them can be "Tethered" using a USB or RS-232 cable (Depending on the model) or an adapter.. But they do not wi-fi.
If it's USB tetherable you may be able to use a CradlePoint or TP-link to set up a hot spot.. but that is the reason.
WI-Fi is normally only present on "Smart" phones and then not always.
My Galaxy's can both use Wi-Fi (Mine is using the house network as I type) and provide it (Hotspot) depending on the needs and what is out there (Here Park WiFi feeds house WiFi feeds Phone.. Towers not so much.. Elsewhere.. Towers feed phone, Phone feeds computers via hot spot.- Depends on the phone and carrier. Details of turning on hotspot vary with the device and operating system, whether the service needs to be added to your data plan depends on your plan.
On my iPhone 5C it is an option within Settings, but I need the carrier to turn on the service if I am going to use it. Some earlier iPhones didn't have the capability.
