Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Frank Slootweg Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: Shortcut to Bluetooth Tethering? Date: 5 Jan 2025 10:36:06 GMT Organization: NOYB Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: <0c2m4lxaho.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <8too4lx549.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> X-Trace: individual.net ivmqJWXV+Ek6UIMnAjArQg21zemE1vfUuHhbyIqBjmGUad1CTX X-Orig-Path: not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:bnSpNTGGxOWCHUBak15uvmijkkI= sha256:1rhga2j6m6Rydx+GP4ZrtpOvJWrvgLW78JL9MeAeY+M= User-Agent: tin/1.6.2-20030910 ("Pabbay") (UNIX) (CYGWIN_NT-10.0-WOW/2.8.0(0.309/5/3) (i686)) Hamster/2.0.2.2 Xref: csiph.com comp.mobile.android:146244 Carlos E.R. wrote: [...] > I have two identical tablets. One fell from the bed, the screen cracked, > doesn't read the finger, so I bought another tablet. Then I tried to > have the first one repaired; the shop said they could not, but that I > would be able to use the tablet with a mouse (over BT). So I did. I use > that old tablet in the sitting room to cast Amazon Prime videos to the > Google dongle on my TV set (which is not smart). I had the same problem with my very first (Samsung 10.1") tablet. I used a wired mouse with a USB On-The-Go adapter to connect it to the MicroUSB port of the tablet. Later a 'computer' shop 'fixed' it. They could not find anything wrong with it, but apparently taking it apart, reseating all the connections and reassembling it, fixed it. Cost 25 Euro. Not bad IMO. Ten years later, the tablet still works, but with Android 5 and little storage and RAM, it's not very useful. Fun tidbit: Recently I used it as a 'media center', mainly for streaming audio (Spotify, etc.) to my soundbar/subwoofer, but because it was mostly working badly, I turned off Wi-Fi and Bluetooth when not in use (instead of powering it off). In this mode, the tablet used less than 1% battery capacity *per day* (including waking up the screen to check the percentage). Impressive! I don't think my current phone will manage that (with all its radios off). [...]