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To Connect to a Wi-Fi Network Using a WPS Button 1 From the Home screen, tap . 2 Find and tap Settings > Wi-Fi. 3 Turn on Wi-Fi if it is not already on. 4 Tap , then tap Settings > WPS Push Button, then press the WPS button on the WPS-supported device. To Connect to a Wi-Fi Network Using a WPS PIN 1 From your Home screen, tap . 2 Find and tap Settings > Wi-Fi. 3 Turn on Wi-Fi if it is not already on. 4 Tap > Settings > WPS PIN Entry. 5 On the WPS-supported device, enter the PIN that appears on your device. Sharing your mobile data connection You can share your mobile data connection with other devices in several ways: • USB tethering - share your mobile data connection with a single computer using a USB cable. • Bluetooth® tethering - share your mobile data connection with up to five other devices via Bluetooth®. • Portable Wi-Fi hotspot - share your mobile data connection simultaneously with up to 8 other devices, including devices that support WPS technology. To Share Your Data Connection Using a USB Cable 1 Deactivate all USB cable connections to your device. 2 Using the USB cable that came with your device, connect your device to a computer. 3 From your Homescreen, tap . 4 Find and tap Settings > More > Tethering & portable hotspot. 5 Drag the slider beside USB tethering to the right, then tap OK if prompted. is displayed in the status bar once you are connected. 6 To stop sharing your data connection, drag the slider beside USB tethering to the left or disconnect the USB cable. You cannot share your device's data connection and SD card over a USB cable at the same time. To share your mobile data connection with another Bluetooth® device 1 Make sure that your device and the Bluetooth® device are paired with each other and that mobile data traffic is activated on your device. 2 Your device: From your Homescreen, tap . 3 Find and tap Settings > More > Tethering & portable hotspot and then drag the slider beside Bluetooth tethering to the right. 4 Bluetooth® device: Set up the device so that it obtains its network connection using Bluetooth®. If the device is a computer, refer to the relevant instructions to complete the setup. If the device runs on the Android™ operating system, tap the settings icon beside the name of the device that it is paired with under Settings > Bluetooth > Paired devices, then mark the Internet access checkbox. 5 Your device: Wait for to appear in the status bar. Once it appears, the setup is complete. 6 To stop sharing your mobile data connection, drag the slider beside Bluetooth tethering to the left. The Bluetooth tethering function is turned off every time you turn off your device or turn off the Bluetooth® function. For more information about pairing and turning on mobile data traffic, see To pair your device with another Bluetooth® device on page 123 and To add a virtual private network on page 49. 46 This is an internet version of this publication. © Print only for private use.

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To Connect to a Wi-Fi Network Using a WPS Button
1
From the
Home screen
, tap
.
2
Find and tap
Settings
>
Wi-Fi
.
3
Turn on Wi-Fi if it is not already on.
4
Tap
, then tap
Settings
>
WPS Push Button
, then press the WPS button on the
WPS-supported device.
To Connect to a Wi-Fi Network Using a WPS PIN
1
From your
Home screen
, tap
.
2
Find and tap
Settings
>
Wi-Fi
.
3
Turn on Wi-Fi if it is not already on.
4
Tap
>
Settings
>
WPS PIN Entry
.
5
On the WPS-supported device, enter the PIN that appears on your device.
Sharing your mobile data connection
You can share your mobile data connection with other devices in several ways:
•
USB tethering
– share your mobile data connection with a single computer using a USB cable.
•
Bluetooth® tethering
– share your mobile data connection with up to
five
other devices via Bluetooth®.
•
Portable Wi-Fi hotspot
– share your mobile data connection simultaneously with up to 8 other devices, including
devices that support WPS technology.
To Share Your Data Connection Using a USB Cable
1
Deactivate all USB cable connections to your device.
2
Using the USB cable that came with your device, connect your device to a
computer.
3
From your Homescreen, tap
.
4
Find and tap
Settings
>
More
>
Tethering & portable hotspot
.
5
Drag the slider beside
USB tethering
to the right, then tap
OK
if prompted.
is
displayed in the status bar once you are connected.
6
To stop sharing your data connection, drag the slider beside
USB tethering
to the
left or disconnect the USB cable.
You cannot share your device's data connection and SD card over a USB cable at the same
time.
To share your mobile data connection with another Bluetooth® device
1
Make sure that your device and the Bluetooth® device are paired with each other
and that mobile data
traffic
is activated on your device.
2
Your device
: From your Homescreen, tap
.
3
Find and tap
Settings
>
More
>
Tethering & portable hotspot
and then drag the
slider beside
Bluetooth tethering
to the right.
4
Bluetooth® device
: Set up the device so that it obtains its network connection
using Bluetooth®. If the device is a computer, refer to the relevant instructions to
complete the setup. If the device runs on the Android™ operating system, tap the
settings icon beside the name of the device that it is paired with under
Settings
>
Bluetooth
>
Paired devices
, then mark the
Internet access
checkbox.
5
Your device
: Wait for
to appear in the status bar. Once it appears, the setup is
complete.
6
To stop sharing your mobile data connection, drag the slider beside
Bluetooth
tethering
to the left.
The
Bluetooth tethering
function is turned off every time you turn off your device or turn off the
Bluetooth® function.
For more information about pairing and turning on mobile data
traffic,
see
To pair your device
with another Bluetooth® device
on page 123 and
To add a virtual private network
on
page 49.
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This is an internet version of this publication. © Print only for private use.