This phone is broken (broken screen) and was given to me, so I figured I’d use it as a WiFi extender, but I guess I can’t.

  • kassiopaea
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    8 hours ago

    That sounds like a hardware limitation more than anything. Is it normal for standard consumer wifi chips to be able to receive and broadcast simultaneously on two different networks? I know that’s definitely not something you can usually do with PC hardware.

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      8 hours ago

      That sounds like a hardware limitation more than anything.

      According to one of OP’s follow-up comments, he says that it works if he puts a random SIM in without service on it, so it’s not a limitation on his phone, at any rate.

      EDIT: Actually…hmm. Now that I think about it…was I using Bluetooth tethering on my phone at the time rather than a WiFi hotspot? I was just remembering being startled that the phone would link the laptop to a WiFi network, and I’d used multiple approaches (WiFi, Bluetooth, USB) to link the phone at the time.