Comment on I have unlimited cellular data on my phone but not if I use it as a hotspot.

loudWaterEnjoyer@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• LodeMike@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Can custom ROMs hide hotspotting?

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  • Fondots@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I don’t know the current state of things, it’s probably more than 10 years since I’ve bothered with rooting and custom rooms and such.

    But back then I remember my phone company tried to make me pay extra for tethering and there were a few tricks using root to get around it. I think there were a few apps out there that would work on the stock room that needed root, and I think it just worked out of the box with a custom ROM.

    IIRC, at that time, my carrier had disabled the tethering options in the phone settings, and to tether you had to use their pre-installed app. My memory may be fuzzy on that though.

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  • loudWaterEnjoyer@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yes of course, it’s a software thing.

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    • LodeMike@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Neat

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      • loudWaterEnjoyer@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Yes, if you spend a little time on it you can slowly phase out all of the fucked up software with better alternatives. I could also help you if you have questions.

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  • Zikeji@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yes and no. A custom kernel with a patch usually referred to as a “ttl fix” can, but a good amount of ROMs have that in their kernel by default.

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  • CrayonRosary@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Probably, but all you really need is an app called EasyTether. I wrote a big comment about it on this post.

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