Tethering And Mobile Hotspot - Samsung Galaxy S5 Active User Manual

Activating Bluetooth
1. From the main Settings screen, tap
2. Tap the ON/OFF slider, located to the right of the
Bluetooth field, to turn Bluetooth ON
The Bluetooth icon
3. Your phone automatically scans for nearby discoverable
devices. After scanning, tap a device to pair with it. For
more information, refer to "Pairing Bluetooth Devices"
on page 130.
4. Tap and select a Bluetooth setting to configure:
• Visibility timeout: use this setting to control when to
automatically turn off the Discoverable option: 2 minutes, 5
minutes, 1 hour, or Never time out.
• Received files: shows the list of files received by using
Bluetooth.
• Rename device: allows you to rename your device.
• Help: provides additional information on Bluetooth and
Bluetooth settings.
5. Tap the checkbox next to the device name to remove
the checkmark if you do not want your phone visible to
other Bluetooth devices.
Bluetooth.
.
is displayed on the status bar.

Tethering and Mobile hotspot

This option allows you to share your phones's mobile data
connection via USB or as a portable Wi-Fi hotspot.
USB tethering
1. From the main Settings screen, tap
Mobile hotspot.
2. Connect your phone to your PC using a USB cable.
3. Tap USB tethering to add a checkmark and activate the
feature. The USB tethering icon
top of your screen.
For more information, refer to "USB Tethering" on page
131.
Mobile Hotspot
1. From the main Settings screen, tap
Mobile hotspot.
2. Turn Mobile Hotspot on by tapping the slider so that it
changes to the ON position
The Mobile Hotspot icon
your screen.
3. Tap Configure at the bottom of the screen.
Tethering and
is displayed at the
Tethering and
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is displayed at the top of
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