I tried this with my hotspot at home. No, it did not work. When the battery was removed, I could not get the hotspot to turn on despite receiving power via micro USB. When powered off, the red battery charging light comes on. But when you turn it on, all of the lights go off. So it appears the charging circuit is not capable of powering the unit. Honestly, I was surprised. I had expected it to work as well. In the same way a laptop will work without its battery. But I haven't tried something similar with a phone, for example, with a removable battery (as all my phones are iPhones). Those looking for similar answers years later, I can confirm this is still true with the Alcatel Linkzone 2. Super disappointing. Like he said, I was hoping it would work the same way a laptop works without a battery when you have it plugged in. Sadly that is not the case. If you want a hotspot that doesn’t require a battery, you’re stuck paying hundreds of bucks for a Netgear Orbi or similar h
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