Why does my Tethering turn off when I walk away from computer.

[Android Central Question]

I'm using my Samsung S9 to supply internet to my PC via USB Tethering. And I can sit down for hours playing Ark or League, but the moment I stand up and walk away from my desk the Tethering turns off. It doesn't turn off in my phones options, and to fix it all I have to do under the Connection options on my phone is toggle it from tethering on, to anything else, then back to tethering and it'll instantly reconnect... Now I've recently watched a video where a laptop camera was able to see through plastic, so I've tested this out to some exaggerated extent. I can turn it on... walk away, it turns off.. come back, turn it on, take two steps - turns off. I can turn it on... sit there for 10 minutes not touching anything, take two steps to walk away and it turns off. I've covered the cameras, etc.. Gesture settings are all off... Any tips? =D. I mean it's annoying because it forces me to sit in my chair by my desk or else my streams/videos/games turn off.

 

[mustang7757]

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[meteormaker]

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[mustang7757]

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[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! When you walk away, is the phone going to sleep?

 

[Chuck Finley69]

I'm using my Samsung S9 to supply internet to my PC via USB Tethering. And I can sit down for hours playing Ark or League, but the moment I stand up and walk away from my desk the Tethering turns off. It doesn't turn off in my phones options, and to fix it all I have to do under the Connection options on my phone is toggle it from tethering on, to anything else, then back to tethering and it'll instantly reconnect... Now I've recently watched a video where a laptop camera was able to see through plastic, so I've tested this out to some exaggerated extent. I can turn it on... walk away, it turns off.. come back, turn it on, take two steps - turns off. I can turn it on... sit there for 10 minutes not touching anything, take two steps to walk away and it turns off. I've covered the cameras, etc.. Gesture settings are all off... Any tips? =D. I mean it's annoying because it forces me to sit in my chair by my desk or else my streams/videos/games turn off.

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[meteormaker]

Not that I know of... I can have the screen off, or on... sit there for 5 min or 2 seconds after turning phone either off/on and it'll happen if i walk away. lmaoo... I updated my windows and andriod last night and it stopped for a few hours until today.

 

[meteormaker]

I'm using my Samsung S9 to supply internet to my PC via USB Tethering. And I can sit down for hours playing Ark or League, but the moment I stand up and walk away from my desk the Tethering turns off. It doesn't turn off in my phones options, and to fix it all I have to do under the Connection options on my phone is toggle it from tethering on, to anything else, then back to tethering and it'll instantly reconnect... Now I've recently watched a video where a laptop camera was able to see through plastic, so I've tested this out to some exaggerated extent. I can turn it on... walk away, it turns off.. come back, turn it on, take two steps - turns off. I can turn it on... sit there for 10 minutes not touching anything, take two steps to walk away and it turns off. I've covered the cameras, etc.. Gesture settings are all off... Any tips? =D. I mean it's annoying because it forces me to sit in my chair by my desk or else my streams/videos/games turn off.

For now it seems to be fixed... All I did was move where my phone sat on my desk (towards my window). So... I guess I literally blocked the signal every time i stood up and took a step or two away... I'll be back if that proves to be wrong lol.