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Re: "Did you know that phones can theoretically transfer..."

In: u/Sm0key

I'm in the EU too so this is probably not a thing where you are, but my phone can bluetooth tether to my PC to share its cellular connection too. Works great on Arch! It *is* handy sometimes...

🍄 Ruby_Witch

Jul 02 · 6 months ago

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🐝 Addison · Jul 03 at 18:11:

What would the advantage of this be over conventional Wi-Fi tethering?

🦂 akrabu · Jul 11 at 21:30:

You can sometimes root / jailbreak your phone, and enable USB tethering regardless of your telco. Of course, if they catch on, they might penalize you. Some specific apps have features to "hide" this from your telco, though. YMMV.

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🔥 Sm0key

Did you know that phones can theoretically transfer internet data through USB to another device effectively becoming hotspots? I do, and it irritates me to no end that my cellular provider locks this feature unless I upgrade my data plan. like come on data limit it if you have to but just a few megabytes of cell data can go a long way for me please just let me use the data I pay for how I see fit.

💬 4 comments · 1 like · Jul 02 · 6 months ago