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Sep 22nd, 2016, 10:49 | #1 |
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How to turn on a phone's Wi-Fi hotspot automatically
This post describes how to automatically link your car to the internet using your Android phone's Wi-Fi hotspot without having to enable/disable the hotspot every time you use the car.
The Automate app essentially allows you to write a small program (or subroutine) by drawing a flowchart of the required actions. The app is potentially very powerful so if you're unfamiliar with the concepts involved I'd advise caution. Before you start ensure that the car and phone have already been paired via Bluetooth.
EDIT: I should've said that when you first drag the boxes onto the flow the text in them will be different as screen 5 is a snapshot of my flow already set up. _ Last edited by Lexman8; Sep 22nd, 2016 at 10:58. Reason: Additional info |
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Excellent post. Really well explained. Thanks
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Sep 22nd, 2016, 21:26 | #4 |
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Thanks Lexman, I will give it a go.
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your signature for fuelly is really cool.
Is it automated for your T8? or do you have to enter everytime you fill the tank?
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I should've added that for those who can't (or don't want to) use Wi-Fi to connect the car to the net, Bluetooth tethering is just as good for most car uses and doesn't have to be enabled each time you use the car.
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Not sure if there is a practical answer to this but. anyone have a rough guide on how much data is being used for the basics on the satnav. Trying to understand if I am going to have to upgrade my data plan.
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Since I installed Automate a few days ago and therefore have RTTI and the Weather app online all the time, I've used a total of about 20MB of data on the phone. Some of this is other use (emails, etc). I've probably driven the car for a total of 2 hours during this time so it looks like data consumption for RTTI plus the Weather is fairly trivial. I'm going to keep monitoring it over the next month.
Obviously, TuneIn or Spotify would whack up data use considerably. |
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Isn't there a problem that you cannot make or receive calls via Bluetooth whilst using Bluetooth tethering ? |
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