Smartphone Mobile Hotspot

Share your mobile data connection with other devices wirelessly by turning your phone into a portable Wi-Fi hotspot. To use your phone’s hotspot capability, you must have the Smartphone Mobile HotSpot service added to your rate plan. When Smartphone Mobile HotSpot is turned on, your phone displays the Mobile HotSpot icon on the Status bar. NOTE: You cannot use Wi-Fi and use your phone as a hotspot at the same time.

Turn on Smartphone Mobile HotSpot

1. From any Home screen, tap the Applications icon.
2. Tap Settings.
3. Under Wireless & Networks, tap More.
4. Tap Mobile Hotspot & tethering.
5. Tap to select the Mobile Hotspot check box. Your phone starts broadcasting its Wi-Fi network name (SSID).

Configure Smartphone Mobile HotSpot

1. From any Home screen, tap the Applications icon.
2. Tap Settings.
3. Under Wireless & Networks, tap More.
4. Tap Mobile Hotspot & tethering.
5. Tap Mobile Hotspot settings.
6. Tap OK.
7. Tap to clear the Mobile Hotspot check box to turn off, if necessary.
8. Tap the Router name (SSID) field and enter a new SSID name, if desired.
9. Tap the Security drop-down menu.
10. Tap WEP (128), WPA (TKIP), or WPA2 (AES).
11. Tap the Password field and enter a password.
12. Tap Manage users.
13. Tap to select the Allowed users only check box.
14. Tap OK.
15. Tap the Max. connections drop-down menu.
16. Tap the desired number of users.
17. Tap Done.

Tethering

Share your phone’s mobile data connection with a single computer by tethering. To use your phone’s tethering capability, you must have the Smartphone Mobile HotSpot service added to your rate plan. When tethering is turned on, your phone displays the Tethering icon in the Status bar. For more information on tethering, go to Android Devices: Tethering and Portable Wi-Fi Hotspots - Google Mobile Help. For Windows XP, you must first install
the driver on your computer before you can tether. To install the driver, go to Android Devices: Tethering and Portable Wi-Fi Hotspots - Google Mobile Help. When you connect your phone to a computer with a USB cable, you can either share your mobile data connection by tethering or you can share files — you cannot do both. Do not turn on tethering if you want to use your computer to access your phone’s memory card.

Tether your phone

1. Connect your phone to a computer with a USB cable.
2. Tap USB tethering.
3. Tap Done.
4. Tap Windows or Mac OS X. Your phone starts sharing its wireless network data connection with your computer via the USB connection.

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