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Settings, Tethering & portable hotspot, USB tethering, Con Wi-Fi hotspot, Network SSID

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Portable Wi-Fi® hotspot is active To share your phone's data connection using a USB cable 1 Deactivate all USB cable connections to your phone. 2 Using the USB cable that came with your phone, connect your phone to a computer. 3 From your Home screen, tap . 4 Find and tap Settings > More... > Tethering & portable hotspot. 5 Mark the USB tethering checkbox. The phone starts sharing its cellular data connection with the computer over the USB connection. An ongoing notification appears in the status bar and the Notification panel. 6 Unmark the USB tethering checkbox, or disconnect the USB cable to stop sharing your data connection. You cannot share your phone's data connection and SD card over a USB cable at the same time. For more information, see Connecting your phone to a computer on page 103. You may need to prepare your computer to establish a network connection via USB cable. Go to android.com/tether to get the most current information. To share your phone's data connection as a portable Wi-Fi® hotspot 1 From the Home screen, tap . 2 Find and tap Settings > More... > Tethering & portable hotspot. 3 Tap Configure Wi-Fi hotspot. 4 Enter the Network SSID for the network. Tap the Security field to select a security type. 5 If required, enter a password. 6 Tap Save. 7 Mark the Portable Wi-Fi hotspot checkbox. The phone starts broadcasting its Wi-Fi® network name (SSID). You can now connect to this network with up to 8 computers or other devices. 8 Unmark the Portable Wi-Fi hotspot checkbox when you want to stop sharing your data connection via Wi-Fi®. To rename or secure your portable hotspot 1 From the Home screen, tap . 2 Find and tap Settings > More... > Tethering & portable hotspot. 3 Tap Configure Wi-Fi hotspot. 4 Enter the Network SSID for the network. 5 To select a security type, tap the Security field. 6 If required, enter a password. 7 Tap Save. 71 This is an Internet version of this publication. © Print only for private use.

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Portable Wi-Fi® hotspot is active
To share your phone’s data connection using a USB cable
1
Deactivate all USB cable connections to your phone.
2
Using the USB cable that came with your phone, connect your phone to a
computer.
3
From your Home screen, tap
.
4
Find and tap
Settings
>
More…
>
Tethering & portable hotspot
.
5
Mark the
USB tethering
checkbox. The phone starts sharing its cellular data
connection with the computer over the USB connection. An ongoing notification
appears in the status bar and the Notification panel.
6
Unmark the
USB tethering
checkbox, or disconnect the USB cable to stop
sharing your data connection.
You cannot share your phone’s data connection and SD card over a USB cable at the same
time. For more information, see
Connecting your phone to a computer
on page 103.
You may need to prepare your computer to establish a network connection via USB cable. Go
to android.com/tether to get the most current information.
To share your phone’s data connection as a portable Wi-Fi® hotspot
1
From the Home screen, tap
.
2
Find and tap
Settings
>
More…
>
Tethering & portable hotspot
.
3
Tap
Configure Wi-Fi hotspot
.
4
Enter the
Network SSID
for the network. Tap the
Security
field to select a
security type.
5
If required, enter a password.
6
Tap
Save
.
7
Mark the
Portable Wi-Fi hotspot
checkbox. The phone starts broadcasting its
Wi-Fi® network name (SSID). You can now connect to this network with up to 8
computers or other devices.
8
Unmark the
Portable Wi-Fi hotspot
checkbox when you want to stop sharing
your data connection via Wi-Fi®.
To rename or secure your portable hotspot
1
From the Home screen, tap
.
2
Find and tap
Settings
>
More…
>
Tethering & portable hotspot
.
3
Tap
Configure Wi-Fi hotspot
.
4
Enter the
Network SSID
for the network.
5
To select a security type, tap the
Security
field.
6
If required, enter a password.
7
Tap
Save
.
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This is an Internet version of this publication. © Print only for private use.