Sharing Your Mobile Data Connection - Sony Xperia V User Manual

To turn on Wi-Fi Direct™
1 Make sure your device has the Wi-Fi®
2 From your Home screen
HOME-APPTRAY-NORMAL.
3
Find and tap Settings
4 Tap ID: ICN-SONY-KEY-MENU > Wi-Fi Direct
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Sharing your mobile data connection

Indexterm: "tethering"
Sub-indexterm: "USB tethering"
Indexterm: "tethering"
Sub-indexterm: "with Xperia Link™"
You can share your device's mobile data connection with a single computer using a
USB cable. This process is called USB tethering. You can also share your device's
data connection with up to eight other devices at once, by turning your device into a
portable Wi-Fi®
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When your device is sharing its data connection, the following icons may appear in
the status bar or in the Notification panel:
ID: ICN-SONY-STAT-SYS-TETHER-USB
ID: ICN-SONY-STAT-SYS-WIFI-SIGNAL-4
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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 Home screen
HOME-APPTRAY-NORMAL .
4 Find and tap Settings
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[tether_settings_title_all]
5 Mark the USB tethering
6
To stop sharing your data connection, unmark the USB tethering
checkbox or disconnect the USB cable.
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You cannot share your device's data connection and SD card over a USB cable at the same
time.
You may need to prepare your computer to establish a network connection via USB cable. Go
to www.android.com/tether to get the most current information.
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This is a draft publication for internal use only.
[udoc_no_trans_wifi_wlan_plain]
[homescreen_strings_application_name_txt]
> Wi-Fi
[settings_label_launcher] [wifi]
[wifidir_strings_settings_direct_title_txt]
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To turn on Wi-Fi Direct
From Odin. change the path of Wi-Fi direct according to the new UI.
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hotspot.
USB tethering is active
Portable Wi-Fi®
hotspot is active
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Sharing the mobile data connection of your phone
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[homescreen_strings_application_name_txt]
> More...
[settings_label] [radio_controls_title]
.
checkbox.
[usb_tethering_button_text]
GUID-60CF569F-5B4A-43C3-B7F8-759B6C76C930
To share data connection of your phone via USB
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function turned on.
, tap ID: ICN-SONY-
.
.
[udoc_no_trans_wifi_wlan_plain]
, tap ID: ICN-SONY-
> Tethering & portable
[usb_tethering_but-