Looking for a Samsung tablet

[Agent Smith]

Within the $150 price range or cheaper if at all possible. I'd like a tablet to have cellular connectivity as well. Not too sure what I should be looking at. All I know is I want Android and I prefer Samsung.

Question: I have Cricket for my cell phone. Could I just insert my current sim card into an unlocked or AT&T capable tablet for 4G/LTE data? Or do I need to go with yet another plan?

 

[Intel_man]

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Galaxy-T377A-Android-Lollipop/dp/B01ICLE5FY/

 

[Agent Smith]

Looks nice. Question: How can I tether my cell with a tablet?

 

[Intel_man]

If you tether your cell LTE data, your tablet does not need to be LTE ready.

All you have to do is setup wireless hotspot on your phone. Then connect your tablet to your cellphone via wifi.

 

[Geoff]

Looks nice. Question: How can I tether my cell with a tablet?

Your cell phone creates a WiFi hotspot, you'd connect to it from your tablet just like you would any other WiFi network.

 

[Agent Smith]

I'm not allowed to tether my phone so I use an App called PdaNet. But I can only use a USB cable or Bluetooth which is incredibly slow. When I try to enable the WIFI setting it says my phone can't. So is there a way that I can plug in my USB cable with maybe an OTG cable to the tablet and get Internet access that way, or would that fry both devices?

 

[Geoff]

I'm not allowed to tether my phone so I use an App called PdaNet. But I can only use a USB cable or Bluetooth which is incredibly slow. When I try to enable the WIFI setting it says my phone can't. So is there a way that I can plug in my USB cable with maybe an OTG cable to the tablet and get Internet access that way, or would that fry both devices?

Have you tried the app FoxFi?

 

[Agent Smith]

It's the same thing as what I use now.

Question: Can I log into my Google account on the tablet and will it download all the Apps I have on my phone now?

 

[strollin]

Try this app: https://www.amazon.com/Mobile-Stream-EasyTether-Tablet/dp/B00CPL3IXS
You'll need an OTG cable.

I'm a long-time user of FoxFi/PDANet but, I didn't have good results trying to get it working with my Samsung tablet. EasyTether worked for me.

 

[Geoff]

It's the same thing as what I use now.

Question: Can I log into my Google account on the tablet and will it download all the Apps I have on my phone now?

PDANet is only wired tethering, FoxFi allows for WiFi tethering on certain phones.

 

[Agent Smith]

PDANet is only wired tethering, FoxFi allows for WiFi tethering on certain phones.

PDANet isn't just for wired. It has a WIFI and Bluetooth option. I just tried FoxFI and I got the same result as PDANet, "WIFI portable not supported." Or something like that. I can tether with the USB cable to my computer with PDANet, so I suspect I can use PDANet and my OTG cable for the tablet.