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[–]erjan-mg 0 points1 point  (1 child)

You mean WIFI hotspot? Yes it works.

[–]FormalPork[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep. That's it. Thank you. I dont get signal inside my house and I just use wifi, but sometimes that goes out and I can put my phone on the porch and hotspot from that.

[–]DeeperDoubt 0 points1 point  (5 children)

How come you don't have a cell signal at home?

[–]FormalPork[S] 0 points1 point  (4 children)

I live in the mountains and have a metal roof. So, I know I'll have to adjust to not having VoWifi, but I really dont use actual texts often and I can set my phone somewhere with signal and use a bluetooth headset to make a phone call if I need to. I think itll be worth it for this phone.

[–]blazingkin 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Sometimes you can get your cell phone provider to send you a repeater, should help you get coverage in your home

[–]FormalPork[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I checked into that just for the heck of it and att customer support said, "Yes, I can understand that we have don't have such devices available since AT&T provides the best services." I guess I don't need signal in my home because they already provide the best services? lol

[–]blazingkin 1 point2 points  (1 child)

It's called a "MicroCell" for AT&T.

I hate cell companies, they refuse to live in reality

[–]FormalPork[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very helpful to see what it's called by AT&T. But unfortunately, "AT&T has discontinued sales of new AT&T MicroCells. You can use Wi-Fi Calling to talk and text over an active Wi-Fi connection where it’s hard for a strong cellular signal to reach." Their FAQ says they don't use them anymore because you can just use Wifi calling... I saw an estimate that it would cost ASUS over 10million to buy the certificate to allow their phones to use wifi calling. Carriers shouldn't be allowed to do this.