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I have a (non-rooted) Sony Xperia Z3 with default Lollipop installed. One challenge I often run into is that I can connect to a WiFi network, and my friends with iPhone cannot (I've also encountered the opposite, but that's another topic). It seems the hotspot functionality only works with connection to a telephone network, and not as a regular WiFi-WiFi hotspot. Do any of you know of a built in functionality that will do this, or an app I can download that will solve this issue for me? Thanks :)

Pedery
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    Yes there is one app of late that does the job: see this post https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/173875/what-is-the-functionality-concept-behind-wi-fi-sharing-aka-wi-fi-profile-share – xavier_fakerat Jul 25 '17 at 13:08
  • Definitely interesting. Thanks for sharing and for necromancing this thread :) – Pedery Jul 26 '17 at 09:08

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Unfortunately you can't, at least with today's hardware standard. To be able to do that (connecting to a WiFi and tether that through WiFi again), you would need two WiFi beacons on your phone. Since this is not the case, it is not possible to do so.

Syakur Rahman
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  • But it would be possible to tether using Bluetooth or NFC (or even USB) between the mobile devices? And use the handset with connection to the WiFi as a router? – Pedery Sep 04 '15 at 05:05
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    Using wifi for the connection and tether it using Bluetooth or USB is possible. – Syakur Rahman Sep 04 '15 at 05:09
  • That is interesting. However, this wasn't intended as a yes/no question :) Do you know of any specific apps that can do this? – Pedery Sep 08 '15 at 00:09