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.

  • AnUnusualRelicEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    But if the phone gets wifi… then why doesn’t the other gadget?

    Edit: someone described a few plausible edge cases lower in the thread. I guess it’s not common, but it could come in handy sometimes.

    • B0rax@feddit.orgEnglish
      11·
      1 year ago

      Have you literally not heard of WiFi repeaters? It is a whole device category.

      • AnUnusualRelicEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I’m not sure that a phone can repeat wifi beyond a few metres. There’s a reason that there’s some dedicated hardware for this.