MicroSD slot on hotspots

[freakshow85]

Just curious if anyone knew what the MicroSD card slots were for on hotspots. For example, I have a ZTE 228L that has a slot for a MicroSD card. Is it nothing more than an SD adapter for your computer if you plug the hotspot in via USB? I've searched around here and there... nothing really about it that I saw. I'm probably overthinking it, as if it was anything to do with caching to increase performance, etc., it'd be a lot more like common knowledge.

 

[Hadron]

I'm a bit confused by your post. What do you mean by "hotspot"? To me that's a WiFi station, but that doesn't make much sense for the rest of the post, so I'm going to guess that you meant to write "handset" instead. Please accept my apologies if you really do mean hotspot, but in that case can you explain in a bit more detail what you are asking?

The SD slot in a phone is just for storage on that device. If you connect the phone to a computer via USB you should be able to copy data to/from the card. That's it.

Caching to a removable SD card would do the opposite of improving performance - microSD cards are slower than the internal storage, and a lot slower than RAM. The phone just keeps apps cached in RAM, clearing them if the space is needed for anything else.

 

[funkylogik]

I think he's talking about those mifi type portable hotspot boxes mate but I don't know the answer

 

[EarlyMon]

I think he's talking about those mifi type portable hotspot boxes mate but I don't know the answer

He is, and the sd card/usb is used for file sharing within the Hotspot intranet.

 

[Hadron]

Thanks. I did try searching for the "ZTE 228L" but couldn't find anything on it, just (naturally) lots of specs for different ZTE phone models.

 

[EarlyMon]

They seem to have a boatload of model numbers for what looks like the exact same device to me - so I grabbed guide and cheated.

 

[freakshow85]

He is, and the sd card/usb is used for file sharing within the Hotspot intranet.

Thanks, early. It's the first hotspot I've seen with an SD slot. Although, I'm sure it's not the first. I'll have to test it out.

 

[EarlyMon]

Thanks, early. It's the first hotspot I've seen with an SD slot. Although, I'm sure it's not the first. I'll have to test it out.

Here's the guide I found, others look about the same -

http://www.uscellular.com/uscellular/pdf/ZTE_Unite2_File_sharing.pdf

 

[freakshow85]

Here's the guide I found, others look about the same -

http://www.uscellular.com/uscellular/pdf/ZTE_Unite2_File_sharing.pdf

Thanks, again. I've searched all through my hotspot's interface through the web browser for anything to do with the microSD card slot previously, and now, again. I can't find anything to do with using the microSD card on my particular ZTE 228 model, but I can browse the card if plugged into my PC via USB. So, I guess my model doesn't have the fancy WiFi sharing option :-(
Of course, I've been known to overlook things right under my nose.