Sharing Your Cellphone's Mobile Data Connection - Alcatel One Touch 990A User Manual

To disconnect:
• Unmount the microSD card on your computer.
• Open the Notifications panel and touch
• Touch Turn off in the dialog that opens.
To safely remove the microSD card from your cellphone
The MicroSD card can be removed from your cellphone any time the
cellphone is powered off. To remove the microSD card while the cellphone
is on, you must unmount the storage card from the cellphone first, to
prevent corrupting or damaging the storage card.
• Press Menu key from Home screen.
• Touch Settings\SD card & phone storage.
• Touch Unmount SD card.
You can now safely remove the microSD card from the cellphone.
To format a microSD card
• Press Menu key from Home screen.
• Touch Settings\SD card & phone storage.
• Touch Unmount SD card. You can format a microSD card only when
it is unmounted.
• Touch Format SD card. On the screen that warns you that formatting
the microSD card will erase its contents, touch
Turn off USB storage.
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Sharing your cellphone's mobile data connection

You can share your cellphone'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 cellphone 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 cellphone's data connection via USB
Use the USB cable that along with your cellphone to connect the cellphone
to a USB port on your computer.
• Press Menu key from Home screen.
• Touch Settings\Wireless & networks\Tethering & portable
hotspot.
• Mark\unmark the check box of
this function.
To share your cellphone's data connection as a portable Wi-Fi
hotspot
• Press Menu key from Home screen.
• Touch Settings\Wireless & networks\Tethering & portable
hotspot.
• Mark\unmark the check box of
deactivate this function.
To rename or secure your portable hotspot
When Portable Wi-Fi hotspot is activated, you could change the name of
your cellphone's Wi-Fi network (SSID) and secure its Wi-Fi network.
• Press Menu key from Home screen.
USB tethering to activate/deactivate
Portable Wi-Fi hotspot to activate/
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