When the fuck did a mobile hotspot become something you have to pay extra for?
When the fuck did a mobile hotspot become something you have to pay extra for?
It's my goddamn motherfucking mobile data and MY PHONE. I should be able to use it however I want. My wifi went down because the greedy, cunt-faced shitbags at Comcast stole taxpayer subsidies to enrich themselves instead of actually providing the service we're paying for. I tried to switch to a mobile hotspot and my phone refuses to open one. Everyone responsible for this shit should be fed to alligators locked away in a fucking gulag. We have no rights and live in a corporate plutocracy.
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I have a "legacy" unlimited plan and they are now adding $3 per line per month to my bill because of mobile hot spot access. 2 of the 3 phones on my plan are pixels that don't even have the ability to be a hot spot.
What pixels can't hotspot?
What phones cant hotspot? If have had some really cheap bottom of the barrel phones and never had one that couldnt hotspot
@waterbogan @Goatastic it's not the phone, it's the carrier. Some plans allow it, some don't.
I have Verizon. When I turn on my hotspot, it comes up with a message saying checking subscription status, and then after that it will allow me to use my hotspot. Last week they apparently were doing an "update" that they didn't let anyone know about that killed the service for the entire day. That sucks when you really plan on having your hotspot.
Maybe the older pixels? My pixel 4 could and I use my hotspot on my 7a all the time.
Every Pixel ever could create a hotspot. I've used the feature on every Pixel I ever had, and on every Nexus I owned before that.
any of the a's. my 3a, 6a, and wife's 5a cannot hot spot. it's one of the downsides of the cheaper phones
What? I have a 4a (non-5g even) and it can hotspot, it's arguably cheaper than the 5a and 6a so i don't think that is the issue
what are you talking about? I have a 6a and 3a, literally just used my hotspot last night to watch streaming services on my roku.
Why would they have tutorials on how to turn it on and off too? https://www.verizon.com/support/knowledge-base-302085/
https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/2812516?hl=en
maybe do 30 seconds of research before you make such a silly statement?
never heard of this before
My wife had a 3a and it had hotspot
I bought it unlocked, not sure if it makes a difference
I've never had problems with hotspotting on all my pixels. I think this only occurs when you get the handset from the network rather than unlocked and off plan. After all only the phone knows where each packet came from.
My 6a can hotspot without issue on AT&T...
6a phone. Can hot spot.
My old 3a and my current 5a can hotspot anytime I want. You must be buying carrier locked phones.
https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/2812516?hl=en
ummm you sure about that hoss?
Wait WHAT? You can't hot spot on Pixel even if carrier allows it? Which models?