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Turning Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot On or Off
1. From the Settings screen, touch
More settings
Portable Wi-Fi hotspot.
2. Touch Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot
prompts to turn Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot On, or touch
Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot
Hotspot Off.
Note: Using your phone as a mobile hotspot consumes battery
power and uses data service. While Portable Wi-Fi
Hotspot is active, your phone's applications will use your
Wireless Provider's data service. Roaming while using
your phone as a mobile hotspot will incur extra data
charges.
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Tethering and portable hotspot
and follow the
to turn Portable Wi-Fi
Configuring Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot
1. From the Settings screen, touch
More settings
Tethering and portable hotspot
Portable Wi-Fi hotspot. The Portable Wi-Fi hotspot
screen appears.
2. Touch Configure to access the following options:
• Network SSID: View and change the name of your Mobile
Hotspot.
• Hide my device: When enabled, your Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot is
not visible to other Wi-Fi devices during a scan. Other devices
can still connect to your Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot, but will have to
set up the connection manually with your Network SSID and
Password.
• Security: Choose the security level for your Portable Wi-Fi
Hotspot.
• Password: If you choose a security level that uses a password,
enter the password. By default, the password is your mobile
telephone number.
• Show password: Enable to make the Password field visible.
• Show advanced options: Enable to access advanced options,
including Broadcast channel, to specify the channel your device
uses for Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot.
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