Using smart phone as a hot spot
Using smart phone as a hot spot I am getting ready to dump Sprint and go to Verizon with a Galaxy 7 for a hot spot, eliminating the need for my curing Spring hot spot and cell phone. I was reedy to...
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Jayco-noslide wrote:
OK but how do I use it as a hot spot, exactly. I have a Samsung with Android. The phone is only about 3 months old but was not the most expensive one through Cricket wireless. Do I connect my laptop to th phone or what?
Cricket is a re-seller, not a service provider. Hot spot service is usually enabled by the service provider, under contract. I know some pay as you go re-sellers offer hot spot, sometimes an extra cost option, but I don't know about Cricket. You need to talk to Cricket.
Also, the specific phone has to be able to operate both mobile data and WiFi at the same time, and have software to operate as a router and server IP addresses to the WiFi clients. These features are usually included in more recent Galaxy S phones and iPhones, but not every Samsung phone is in the Galaxy S class.
