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Unfortunately no, I Galaxy S9 recognized immediately what the app was trying to do and stopped it. Interestingly enough I was able to set it up inside the app and my laptop picked up and connected to the SSID I created, but it connected with "No Internet". I believe the mobile hotspot functionality of the S9 stopped it from working. Its the only educated guess I have. Also it requires you to purchase an additional "key" from an app called FoxFi for additional options
Use pdanet and enable hide tethering https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.foxfi.key