Can an older smartphone without a contract make calls with skype?
eta: if wi-fi enabled.
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DCJensen - Nov 16, 2011 5:02:44 pm PST #18530 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.
§ ita § - Nov 16, 2011 5:11:32 pm PST #18531 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Skype operates over wi fi, so if you have that, you're good. Phone or computer.
§ ita § - Nov 16, 2011 6:43:27 pm PST #18532 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Grr. I'm trying to set up a shortcut to turning on tethering on my phone. Currently I have to fire up Apps/Settings/Wireless & Networks/Tethering & portable hotspot/Portable Wi-Fi hotspot. Too long. And if I set up a shortcut to Wi-Fi, it's actually one step too deep in the wrong direction. In the previous release of Android, I could have a shortcut, but in Gingerbread, I can't work out how.
I downloaded Elixir 2, because it's supposed to let you make a shortcut to anything and everything, but same old same old--I can't work out how to go down the correct fork in the tree, just Apps/Settings/Wireless & Networks/Wi-Fi Settings.
eta: Never mind. Found QuickTeth, an app which is a shortcut to that setting page.
Liese S. - Nov 16, 2011 7:49:25 pm PST #18533 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Huh. It seems like you should just be able to, you know, tether.
§ ita § - Nov 17, 2011 5:19:05 am PST #18534 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It's just a matter of getting to it without hitting a million key. My next step is to automatically turn on a wifi hotspot under certain circumstances.
omnis_audis - Nov 17, 2011 7:56:59 am PST #18535 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Has anyone jailbreak an AppleTV 2g? It's tempting. But it looks like I gotta boot from computer to do it every time, which would get real annoying. Just curious if I'm understanding the tethered thing right.
§ ita § - Nov 19, 2011 6:24:12 am PST #18536 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm trying to work out how to extend my parents' wireless network world. Currently they have a 4 port Wi Fi bridge in the area that gets the most traffic, and wired connections to the guest room (in the middle of the house) and my father's office (the far end of the house). I want to be able to provide them with at least one repeater to extend signal into places not so plagued my mosquitoes.
Here's what's on the label of their box (it's complicated because the stuff is labelled with the cable provider's stuff):
Cable & Wireless
Zhone
6218I2000JA
MAC ID:EOCB4EFF2796
S/N:248 7462
ADSL 2+ 4 port Wi Fi bridge
What can they plug into the guest room to extend the wireless signal on a compatible protocol? There isn't as much need for wireless in my father's office.
Gudanov - Nov 19, 2011 7:04:27 am PST #18537 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping
I don't know why any old wireless g/n repeater wouldn't work.
Vortex - Nov 19, 2011 9:24:28 am PST #18538 of 25501
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
My TiVo won't connect with my iPad, grrr! It's done it before, so I'm not sure what the problem is. I think that it's the network here. Feh. Actually, it's kind of moot, because the TiVo isn't getting a picture anyway. I think that it's a digital thing.
§ ita § - Nov 19, 2011 9:50:12 am PST #18539 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Thanks, Gud. There's not much flexibility with experimentation, since I've got to buy here and take it there, but I'll try that.
I'm having some Locale issues.
In conjunction with plugins, it's supposed to turn off Wi Fi hotspot tethering when it hits the location of Home. But because hotspot tethering limits the accuracy of locations, it still thinks it's at Bev Mo ...motherfucker.
Maybe I need to try a situation of pure Wi Fi SSID identification, and no location determination. But, seriously, if the phone logs into a Wi Fi network, I want it to drop tethering, because then the tablet can use the Wi Fi network to get to the internet itself.
I am puzzled about how to work around this without coding for every single eventuality.