Tethering And Portable Hotspot - Samsung Galaxy S4 User Manual

Tethering and Portable Hotspot

Use feature lets you share your phone's mobile data
connection via USB, Wi-Fi, or Bluetooth.
1. From the Home screen, touch
Settings
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2. Touch More networks
for options:
• Touch Portable Wi-Fi hotspot to share your mobile data
connection. For more information, refer to "Portable Hotspot"
on page 136
• USB tethering: Share your mobile data connection via USB.
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Connect your phone to your PC using a USB cable and touch
USB tethering to activate the feature. Follow the on-screen
instructions to use USB tethering.
• Bluetooth tethering: Share your mobile data connection
via Bluetooth.
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Activate Bluetooth and make sure your device is visible, then
touch Bluetooth tethering to activate the feature. For more
information, refer to "Bluetooth" on page 133
• Touch Help for additional information
Apps
Connections.
Tethering and portable hotspot
Portable Hotspot
Use your phone as an Internet Access Point (AP) via Portable
mobile hotspot. This allows up to ten other devices to
connect to the AP via a Wi-Fi network, giving the connected
devices access to the Internet.
Turn On Hotspot
1. From the Home screen, touch
Settings
Connections Connections Connections onnections
2. Touch More networks
3. Touch Portable Wi-Fi hotspot. Touch OFF/ON to enable
Portable Wi-Fi hotspot.
4. Touch to control which devices may connect to
your Hotspot:
• Allow all devices: Allow all devices to connect.
• Only allowed devices: Limit connections to only those devices
in your Allowed devices list.
Apps
Connections.
Tethering and portable hotspot.
Connections 136