WARNING! Depending on the agreement / contract with your mobile carrier, sharing your mobile data connection with your computer may result in extra charges on your phone bill.

Sharing Your Mobile Data Connection via USB:

  1. Connect your phone to your computer using the USB cable that came with your smartphone
  2. On the home screen, press the "Menu" button
  3. Tap "System settings" > "More"
  4. Mark the "USB tethering" option. If the connection is successful, you should see a new network being created on your computer
  5. To stop sharing your mobile data with your computer, unmark the "USB tethering" checkbox and / or disconnect your smartphone from your PC

Sharing Your Mobile Data Connection via Bluetooth:

  1. Enable Bluetooth on your smartphone and pair it with your computer
  2. Configure your computer so that it can obtain its network connection via Bluetooth
  3. On your smartphone, press the "Menu" button while viewing the home screen
  4. Tap "System settings" > "More"
  5. Mark the "Bluetooth tethering" checkbox. Your computer should now be able to use your smartphone's data connection
  6. To stop sharing your data with your computer, uncheck the "Bluetooth tethering" check box

Sharing Your Mobile Data as a Wi-Fi Hotspot:

You can turn your smartphone into a portable Wi-Fi Hotspot, by following the steps below. WARNING! Depending on your carrier agreement, enabling this option may result in extra data charges.

  1. From the home screen, press the "Menu" button
  2. Tap "System settings" > "Portable hotspot"
  3. Tap the "Wi-Fi Hotspot" switch and set it to "ON" to enable this feature
  4. On the other device(s), locate your phone via Wi-Fi and connect with it
  5. To stop sharing your data connection, tap the "Wi-Fi Hotspot" switch and set it to "OFF"

Renaming or Securing Your Wi-Fi Hotspot:

  1. While on the home screen, press the "Menu" button
  2. Tap "System settings" > "Portable hotspot" > "Configure"
  3. Configure the following settings as desired:
    • Network SSID: allows you to enter or edit the network SSID (name)
    • Type: Broadcast or hide your network SSID
    • Security: select the desired security option, between "WPA PSK", "WPA2 PSK" or "Open" (not recommended). When choosing "WPA PSK" or "WPA2 PKS", you will be prompted to set a password
  4. Tap "Save" to apply the changes

VPM Management

Adding a VPN:

  1. From the home screen, press the "Menu" button
  2. Tap "System settings" and tap "More"
  3. Press "VPN"
  4. Tap "Add VPN profile" and enter the information that has been provided by your network administrator
  5. Tap "Save"

Connecting to a VPN:

  1. On the home screen, press the "Menu" button
  2. Tap "System settings" > "More"
  3. Tap "VPN"
  4. Select the VPN that you wish to connect to
  5. When prompted, enter the required security credentials and then tap "Connect"

Modifying a VPN:

  1. From the home screen, tap the "Menu" key
  2. Tap "System settings" > "More" > "VPN"
  3. Tap and hold the VPN that you wish to edit
  4. Tap "Edit profile" and then modify the desired VPN settings
  5. Tap "Save" when ready

Deleting a VPN:

  1. Press the "Menu" key while on the home screen
  2. Tap "System settings" > "More" > "VPN"
  3. Tap and hold the VPN that you wish to delete
  4. Select "Delete profile"



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