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rgb192
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8/11/2016
phone asking for sim card before hotspot
Samsung galaxy s5
Sm-g900p
Asking for sim card before tethering
Boost mobile does not have sim card
Everything works except mobile hotspot which i have on my plan and worked on my gakaxy s3 phone before this
Android
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8/22/2022 - Mon
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rgb192
8/11/2016
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yes i have boost wifi hotspot plan
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rgb192
8/16/2016
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Under "Network mode"
What is your setting? LTE and CDMA, or CDMA... Change it to CDMA, restart phone and try tethering again.
i changed to cdma and still does not work without sim card but i have sim card now so runs
rgb192
8/16/2016
ASKER
sim card worked. thanks for teaching me about phone
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