If I understand the article correctly, the disabling of sync etc. is done by the device CONNECTING to the hotspot, not the device providing the hotspot. The hot

If I understand the article correctly, the disabling of sync etc. is done by the device CONNECTING to the hotspot, not the device providing the hotspot. The hotspot just notifies downstream users "hey, I'm on a metered connection". If you connect with your laptop, it ignores the flag and sucks up as much data as you want it to. The only point about your android phone PUSHING the flag, is that it's not a non-standard implementation of the protocol. If you want to disable this on your phone, you have to tell it to ignore that flag, rather than tell it to not request it.