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Using Your Phone as a Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot
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- Note: Using your phone as a portable Wi-Fi hotspot allows other devices to connect to your phone's cellular data via Wi-Fi. This may increase your battery and data usage
- 1. From the home screen tap Settings
Note: If the Settings icon has been removed from the home screen, you can access it by tapping the Menu key and then Settings - 2. Tap More Settings
- 3. Tap Tethering and Portable Hotspot
- 4. Tap the status switch beside Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot
- 5. Tap OK
- 6. Tap Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot
- 7. Tap Configure
- 8. Enter a name for the network. This is the name that other devices will see when searching for the network
- 9. Tap Password
- 10. Enter a password. This is the password that will need to be entered on other devices when connecting to your network
- 11. Tap Save
- 12. To deactivate a portable Wi-Fi hotspot, swipe down from the top of the screen
- 13. Tap Tethering or Hotspot Active
- 14. Tap the status switch beside Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot to deactivate it