What is the difference between cellular data being used on my phone and cellular data being used on my notebook? Data is data.

  • HelloThere@sh.itjust.works
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    8 months ago

    How do they know if the source of data is hotspot? I’d imagine there is a way to stop your phone grassing on you.

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      8 months ago

      There’s different internal network configs (APNs), and hotspot uses a different one than regular mobile data. ( or at least it used to). Those can be configured and metered separately from the carrier’s end.

      LineageOS, and maybe some other custom ROMs, wouldn’t do that and would put the hotspot and mobile data on the same APN to get around that.

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            8 months ago

            You can lock the bootloader again after the flashing process is done(because it will add the signing key of the new OS), but unfortunately the NFC Payments in Google Pay still won’t work because Google only allows it on ‘certified’ Android systems (aka only the preinstalled OS)