Accessing the Internet
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Bluetooth tethering
: Share your mobile Internet with other devices using Bluetooth.
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USB tethering
: Use a USB cable to share your mobile Internet with a computer.
Using a portable Wi-Fi hotspot to share your mobile Internet
Set up a portable Wi-Fi hotspot to share your phone's mobile Internet with other devices.
Compared with Bluetooth tethering, the portable Wi-Fi hotspot feature offers quicker, longer-
range connections, but power consumption is higher.
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Your device can't access the Internet using Wi-Fi when your
Portable Wi-Fi hotspot
is
switched on.
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To enable mobile data, see Connecting to the Internet using mobile data.
1
Open
Settings
.
2
Touch
More
>
Tethering & portable hotspot
.
3
Touch
Portable Wi-Fi hotspot
and then turn on the Wi-Fi hotspot switch.
After enabling your personal Wi-Fi hotspot, your phone will display the icon in the status bar.
4
Touch
Configure Wi-Fi hotspot
to view or modify the hotspot name, security settings, and
password, and then touch
Save
.
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Change the hotspot name
: The
Network SSID
is the hotspot's name. By default, this is the
name of your phone model. You can manually change the name to something that is easier
to remember.
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Change the hotspot security settings
: Touch
Encryption type
to configure the hotspot
security settings. Your phone uses
WPA2 PSK
encryption by default. Other devices will
require a password to connect to the hotspot. If you choose
None
, devices will not require a
password to connect to the hotspot.
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Configure a password that is easy to remember
: The hotspot password is generated
randomly by your phone. For security reasons, choose a password that is not easy to guess
and change it regularly.
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