Does anyone know if there's a way to use Bluetooth hotspot from Android TV?

by Slayerkodi

I'm staying in a hotel for the week and the WiFi will only let 2 devices connect, my phone is Registered and my Nvidia shield TV is also registered, I am using Bluetooth hotspot from my phone to give my girlfriend internet aswel. I've got work for the next few days and she will be here by herself is there a way I can Bluetooth hotspot to my girlfriends phone from my Nvidia shield TV? I know this would work with custom firmware but I have stock firmware non-rooted and really don't want to install a custom firmware. Is this possible?

Yahiroz

As far as I'm aware the Shield does not have this feature.

If the hotel staff has no control over the Wi-Fi system, then chances are there's not much you can do.

Probably too late now, but next time consider a travel router. That way the registered device will be the travel router, and you can then connect as many devices as you want to the travel router while the hotel will still think it's one device.

activoice

Can you register your girlfriend's phone instead of the Shield?

You can then use either of your phones as a wifi hotspot for the Shield...

john8472

Why not ask at the reception for an extra login for your girlfriend. Most hotels will help customers out.

billccn

Unless Nvidia removed the phone version of the Settings app, you should be able to get to it via any Android TV app that lunches arbitrary intents. I used a short cut creator (QuickShortcutCreator) that was side-loaded via a file explorer (X-plore). It lets you search through all "activities" in the system (sort of like each screen of every app). After you've found the one, you can use the "try" option to launch the activity. (The actual short-cut creation part is useless as the home screen app don't display short-cuts.)

I used it to set up VPNs, enterprise WiFi and all kinds of strange things the TV UI can't.

Expertanalystix

Are you carrying a laptop running Windows 10? You can connect the laptop to the hotel WiFi and turn on Mobile Hotspot on the laptop to connect other devices.