trents_blog/docs/posts/instructions-for-tethering-from-phone.md

title	date	draft	tags	authors
Instructions For Tethering From Phone	2020-12-17	false	android tethering	trent

date: 2020-12-17

Instructions

Part One

1. Turn off blutooth on computer
2. Turn off blutooth on phone
3. Turn off Wifi on phone

Part Two

1. Turn on wifi hotspot or usb tethering

ACHTUNG Do Not!

1. DO NOT turn on ethernet tethering
   • you probably don't have the physical equipment available to do that
2. DO NOT turn on blutooth tethering
   • $#?# DUH!!
3. DO NOT turn on blutooth
   • Your phone's radio hardware already has enough to do, trying to simultaneously maintain an LTE uplink to your mobile carrier and a wifi downlink to your computer
4. DO NOT turn on wifi
   • Don't let your phone try to connect to something that isn't working right now
5. DO NOT forget to turn off blutooth
   • Your phone's radio hardware already has enough to do, trying to simultaneously maintain an LTE uplink to your mobile carrier and a wifi downlink to your computer
6. DO NOT forget to turn off wifi
   • Don't let your phone try to connect to something that isn't working right now

Blutooth

If you leave blutooth on while trying to tether, you phone could get hot, your battery could go dead, and your hotspot could fail to work properly. Be surprised it it doesn't crash and soft-reboot.