I often ditch my phone and carry my hotspot device for my internet. The only drawback is that for viewing my texts and OTPs i end up putting the sim in my phone or opening up the web interface on my laptop. This seems to work very well as a dumbphone per se.

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newhotelowner 9 hours ago | parent | next [-]

How do you check sms/OTP/text using web interface on your laptop?

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notpushkin 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

This probably depends on your particular dongle model. Back in 3G era, some carriers offered USB modems with SMS locked out in the firmware, but you could flash a firmware from a different operator (also install their variant of software, the only difference being the added SMS tab and a different skin) and then you can text and even use USSD! (No calls, though.)

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harhargange 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

yeah my vendor's dongle has this specific feature. A light also turns ON on the modem when SMS is received.

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knowaveragejoe 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

https://messages.google.com/web/ is one way I'm aware of, I'm sure there's others depending on the messages app used.

	▲	notpushkin 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It seems those modems run Android 4.x with the stock messaging app: https://github.com/u0d7i/uz801#screenshots But I guess you can install a custom messaging app that would sync the messages? (If there’s one that still supports such an old version of Android)

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blobbers 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

If you move to an Apple set up, the phone can act as a hotspot and there is no need to take out your sim. Also... you have a physical sim card? I thought those became obsolete.

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toast0 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Physical sims are as obsolete as 3.5mm headphones. They both continue to work and have different tradeoffs than 'modern' alternatives and you have a different selection of devices to work with.

	▲	EvanAnderson 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Thanks for coming up with a very apt analogy. I wanted to reply but couldn't come up with something I felt good about.