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OS: Chrome
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Type: Bug



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Handle "Cellular Disabled" case in "Connected Devices" settings page

Project Member Reported by jordynass@chromium.org, Jul 26

Issue description

The tether service's GetTetherTechnologyState method (https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/chrome/browser/chromeos/tether/tether_service.cc?type=cs&q=%22GetTetherTechnologyState()+%7B%22+f:tether_service.cc$&g=0&l=478) will return the technology state chromeos::NetworkStateHandler::TechnologyState::TECHNOLOGY_UNAVAILABLE in the edge case of a device with cellular and tethering when the cellular pref is off because the cellular pref controls Instant Tether when both are present. This is a little deceptive because tethering can be re-enabled in this case with a pref change, while the rest of the situations that return TECHNOLOGY_UNAVAILABLE cause the Instant tether feature not to appear at all in the Settings MultiDevice subpage.

We should probably handle this case more like the case when instant tethering is turned off by the pref, however it's a pretty rare edge case and the consequence of mishandling it (i.e. the subpage doesn't show the tether feature) isn't disastrous, it's not top priority.
 
Labels: OS-Chrome
Summary: Handle "Cellular Disabled" case in "Connected Devices" settings page (was: Handle "Cellular Disabled" tether feature state in Settings UI Subpage)
Specifically, the potential issue is:

(0) User's Chromebook has an LTE modem.
(1) User disables mobile data.
(2) User navigates to "Connected Devices" section

Actual:
Tether state is TECHNOLOGY_UNAVAILABLE, so no item is shown.

Expected:
Instant Tethering item is shown.

This is an edge case since it only appears on devices with a cellular modem (very few such devices exist), and the item will re-appear if users enable Mobile data on those devices.
Components: -UI>ProximityAuth UI>Multidevice

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