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From: Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android
Subject: Re: hotspot unfriendly settings
Date: 8 Feb 2025 11:10:34 GMT
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bad sector <forgetski@_invalid.net> wrote:
> On 2/7/25 14:32, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> > bad sector <forgetski@_invalid.net> wrote:
> >> I use my phone to provide a hotspot which tends to work but often stops
> >> working after I've done a bit of fumigating here and there. I haven't
> >> yet acquired the discipline to recheck the hotspot funcionality after
> >> every settings change so I wonder if anyone can suggest of short list of
> >> those most likely to monkeywrench my efforts. As far as I'm concerned if
> >> anything has made the hotspot (or any other optional feature) unusable
> >> then that switch should be ghosted, something I have never seen it do.
> > 
> >    The one which bit me was an unexpected data limit, specifically for
> > the hotspot.
> > 
> >    As you have a Sumsung - *always* mention your brand, model and Android
> > version -, I probably can give you somewhat specific instructions:
> > 
> >    Settings -> Connections -> Mobile Hotspot and Thethering -> Mobile
> > Hotspot -> Configure -> Advanced -> Set mobile data limit
> > 
> >    HTH.
> 
> It's a zFlip5, One-UI-6.1.1 & Android-14 (what's the diffeence beteween 
> 1UI and Android?) Provider data limit is high, phone data limit and 
> phone data-warning are OFF. What I meant was that after initial setup 
> and launch, with no data limit reached and internet connection working 
> very nicely, one or more OTHER settings eventally cause the hot-spot to 
> stop connectiong to the internet. That at least is what I suspect 
> because at such times a factory reset fixes the problem. If I can flag 
> any such settings then I might be able to manage them.

  Yes, I fully understood all that. The *point* is that there is a
*seperate* data-limit setting, just for the hotspot feature. So it does
not matter if your "Provider data limit is high" and "phone data limit
and phone data-warning are OFF". If the *hotspot* data-limit setting is
set, the hotspot will disconnect when *that* limit is reached.

  However the fact that a factory reset 'fixes' the problem indicates
that this setting is probably not the problem, but check it anyway, so
you can rule it out.

  BTW, One UI is Samsung's User Interface, mainly for the Home screen
and Apps screens. It sits - sort off - on top of Android. Often a
particular One UI version goes with a particular Android version, but it
can't hurt to mention both. For example I have Android 13 and One UI 5.1.