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

    • KairosEnglish
      2•3 months ago

      Can custom ROMs hide hotspotting?

      • @Fondots@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4•3 months ago

        I don’t know the current state of things, it’s probably more than 10 years since I’ve bothered with rooting and custom rooms and such.

        But back then I remember my phone company tried to make me pay extra for tethering and there were a few tricks using root to get around it. I think there were a few apps out there that would work on the stock room that needed root, and I think it just worked out of the box with a custom ROM.

        IIRC, at that time, my carrier had disabled the tethering options in the phone settings, and to tether you had to use their pre-installed app. My memory may be fuzzy on that though.

        • KairosEnglish
          1•3 months ago

          Neat

          • LoudWaterHombreEnglish
            2•3 months ago

            Yes, if you spend a little time on it you can slowly phase out all of the fucked up software with better alternatives. I could also help you if you have questions.

            • KairosEnglish
              1•3 months ago

              I was planning on getting a pixel with Graphene OS because that’s the only one that seems reasonable.

      • @Zikeji@programming.devEnglish
        1•3 months ago

        Yes and no. A custom kernel with a patch usually referred to as a “ttl fix” can, but a good amount of ROMs have that in their kernel by default.