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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    1 year ago

    It’s Google.

    I think there’s a misunderstanding. I was trying to convey in my previous comment that Google does not allow me to create a hotspot with my mobile data turned off.

    I put my SIM in my backup phone, a OnePlus Nord N10, to prove it to you. I can create a hotspot with my mobile data turned off on it.

    I can’t do so on my Pixel 6a.

    EDIT: Apparently it’s working for others on Pixels. See this comment further below in the chain. Not sure why its disabled for me.

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      1 year ago

      Did you buy your Pixel directly from Google? If you got it from your cell carrier, they probably have the option to lock certain settings. I have a Pixel 5a from Google and I can tether all I want.

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        1 year ago

        Bought from the Google Store. Running Android 13.

        Which Android version are you on? And just to confirm, you’re trying tethering with your mobile data off, right?