Sharing Your Phone's Mobile Data Connection; Connecting To Virtual Private Networks - Alcatel IDOL 2 MINI S 6036 A Manual

• Touch the Menu key from the Home screen,
• Touch Settings\Storage.
• Touch Unmount SD card.
You can now safely remove the microSD card from the phone.
To format a microSD card
• Touch the Menu key from the Home screen,
• Touch Settings\Storage.
• Touch Erase SD card. On the screen a popup warns you that formatting
the microSD card will erase its contents, touch
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Sharing your phone's mobile data connection

You can share your phone's mobile data connection with a single computer
via a USB cable (USB tethering) or with up to eight devices at once by
turning your phone into a portable Wi-Fi hotspot.
The functions below may incur additional network charges from
your network operator. Extra fees may also be charged in roaming
areas.
To share your phone's data connection via USB
Use the USB cable that come with your phone to connect the phone to a
USB port on your computer.
• Touch the Menu key from the Home screen.
• Touch Settings\More���\Tethering & portable hotspot�
• Mark\unmark the checkbox of USB tethering to activate/deactivate
this function.
To share your phone's data connection as a portable Wi-Fi hotspot
• Touch the Menu key from the Home screen.
• Touch Settings\More���\Tethering & portable hotspot�
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• Mark\unmark the checkbox of Portable Wi-Fi hotspot to activate/
deactivate this function.
To rename or secure your portable hotspot
When a Portable Wi-Fi hotspot is activated, you can change the name of
your phone's Wi-Fi network (SSID) and secure its Wi-Fi network.
• Touch the Menu key from the Home screen.
• Touch Settings\More���\Tethering & portable hotspot�
• Touch Configure Wi-Fi hotspot to change the network SSID or set
your network security.
• Touch Save.
To play media files on device with TV LINK feature
You can share your phone's data such as music and video file with your TV
by enabling the TV LINK.
• Touch the Menu key and touch Settings\Display\TV LINK.
• To use TV LINK, you must turn on WI-FI.
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Connecting to virtual private networks

Virtual private networks (VPNs) allow you to connect to the resources
inside a secured local network from outside that network. VPNs are
commonly deployed by corporations, schools, and other institutions so
that their users can access local network resources when not inside that
network, or when connected to a wireless network.
To add a VPN
• Touch the Menu key from the Home screen.
• Touch Settings\More���\VPN settings and then touch
• In the screen that opens, follow the instructions from your network
administrator to configure each component of the VPN settings.
• Touch Save.
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