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you can use your android phone as a wifi card! (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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yes you heard right, I recently find out that one can use an Android feature called "USB tethering" to get internet through an Android device. which is really cool since now you don't have to worry about your wifi card not working in linux since you can just use your old Android device as wifi access point and have internet. not only it's supported in Linux but it's also supported in BSD world too. this can enable people in trying out distros like Guix, Parabola etc which doesn't provide non-free firmware.

just wanted to share this amazing feature I didn't know :)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (5 children)

There was a nifty feature in one of my older android phones where you could share the wifi as another wifi Hotspot, extremely useful while at a hotel or something so you can connect the chromecast or other devices that can't "sign in"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (4 children)

You can still do that. Idk if it's device specific but I do it all the time on my S24

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Last time I tried to find it on my fold I couldn't find it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

It has existed on every Pixel I've ever owned under the label "Hotspot." This includes the one I'm using to write this comment.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago

Ah Samsung hid it in advanced https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Fold-Flip-Phones/Wi-Fi-Sharing-no-longer-under-Hotspot-settings/td-p/3107614

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