I have unlimited cellular data on my phone but not if I use it as a hotspot.

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What is the difference between cellular data being used on my phone and cellular data being used on my notebook? Data is data.

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Nope, it’s either inspecting the TTL of packets coming from your phone (unless you have a VERY custom setup, the TTL from devices other than your phone will be very different), or it’s deep packet inspection. I tried to trick t-mobile last year into giving me home internet on a phone sim, so I did a whack ton of research.

Did you find a way to avoid detection?

On US Mobile (Verizon) using a VPN on my phone when tethering seems to bypass detection. At least the meter on the dashboard says I've used 0gb hotspot.