Keyboard VagabondAndroid is adding a new Wi-Fi hotspot option that maximizes speed and compatibility
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6 GHz really makes sense for a hotspot. Typically, both devices will be quite near. And 6 GHz has plenty of channels available for optimal performance.
If only my cell carrier (Verizon) didnāt paywall mobile tethering
If you use Lineage, a fork of Lineage (iode, /e/), Calyx (out of commission), Graphene, or plain root and set the TTL of hotspot packets to 65 you can bypass the limit
They really donāt like that though. Like close your account immediately donāt like. Only reason I still have mine is because I had no issues previously and I fained Ignorance while calling them.
Feigned is such an uncommon word Iām not surprised to see it spelt like that. Iām all for fixing English spelling, it really is a mess of broken rules
I knew I was spelling it wrong I just couldnāt figure out how lmao.
Ive been doing it for years with no issue. š¤·
Really? If I can ask, how much data do you usually use?
Anywhere between 20 to 50 gigs a month depending on how out and about i am
Ah yeah I used like 500 lol.
You can EASILY get around thatā¦buy an unlocked phone off swappa and the hotspot works perfectly on Verizon. Iāve been doing this for years
Hmm interesting! My Samsung S24 is factory unlocked but when I try to activate the mobile tethering feature it says āPlease wait while verifyingā and then āyour plan doesnāt support mobile tethering.ā
Iām not sureā¦.all I know is when I buy a device thatās unlocked from swappaā¦.wait a minute, is the S24 model you have Verizon exclusive? I had an S10 5G that was Verizon specific that didnāt work, but ā¦. unlocked on swappa always work and I have the same problem as you. Other workaround is Pixel with Graphene OS.
secret things is ātether dunā.
Maybe, its time to switch service providers. Or perhaps the software if its not working for you.
I just want to be able to use the 2.4 and 5GHz radios independently.
I have been able to do that atleast in realmeUI and Oneui phones.
Thatās kind of dumb. Devices have had 5 GHz support since something like 2013, so why not do 5 and 6 instead of 2.4 and 6?
Because 2.4 GHz has a better range.
I think that depends on where youāre at. If youāre in the middle of nowhere, yeah, youāre probably right. If youāre in the middle of a city apartment building, probably not.
It can often still have better range, even within an apartment building, since 2.4GHz will penetrates walls easier.
However, interference can be different, because 5Ghz has more channels, and many devices still primarily operate on 2.4GHz instead of 5GHz, meaning 5GHz can be interfered with less than 2.4GHz.
At the end of the day, it will depend on your environment, as interference can be a big factor, but regardless, youāll almost always find you have better, consistent signal range with 2.4GHz than 5GHz, because itās just that much better at penetrating solid objects, irrespective of interference.
Correct me if Iām wrong, but I believe that 5ghz can use higher signal power than 2.4ghz which would diminish this advantage by some, anyway. If I remember correctly, the 2.4 GHZ band is limited to 0.1W while the 5 GHZ band is 1W.
Edit: With that said, Iām betting that a phone hotspot limits both of them to a very low power in order to keep battery life because blasting out one watt would kill your battery quite quickly.
The allowed transmit power can vary by country, but I doubt any phone will use 1000mW for itās mobile hotapot.
Like the last guy said, all about penetration. Higher frequencies just plain interact with stuff more, itās why you only hear the bass from outside a concert and why people were worried about 5g giving em cancer. My 5ghz stuff goes to shit when it rains while the 2.4ghz doesnāt even notice. If youāre rural and connecting stuff between buildings/through vegetation 2.4 is still where itās at, if everyone in apartment buildings switched to 6 theyāre interfere with each others stuff less and all have better signal
It is less about range and more about interference. 2.4GHz only has a few channels so it is very congested
Low end 2.4G only devices still exist
Hotspot is pretty nice if you are trying to get an old device online temporarily
Has better range
And as an anectode, l still see at least one 2.4G only device every month.
itās nice that your Kindle isnāt just collecting dust in a drawer