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Justin691
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I use my phone as a hotspot for my TV I would like to screen cast my phone to my TV but it wont

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6E616D65
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Re: I use my phone as a hotspot for my TV I would like to screen cast my phone to my TV but it wont

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You can only cast from a phone on the same local network as the TV. That would be another phone connected to your hotspot just like the TV is. I know that the hotspot is a phone, but it's not a client on the network the TV is on, it's a gateway to the public internet for the local network that it provides for the TV, phones, and any other clients that may connect to it.

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6E616D65
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Re: I use my phone as a hotspot for my TV I would like to screen cast my phone to my TV but it wont

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You can only cast from a phone on the same local network as the TV. That would be another phone connected to your hotspot just like the TV is. I know that the hotspot is a phone, but it's not a client on the network the TV is on, it's a gateway to the public internet for the local network that it provides for the TV, phones, and any other clients that may connect to it.

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