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Sharing your phone’s mobile data connection

You can share your phone’s data connection with up to eight devices at once, by turning your phone into a portable Wi-Fi hotspot.

When your phone is sharing its data connection, an icon appears in the Status bar and as an ongoing notification in the Notifications panel.

For the latest information about tethering and portable hotspots, including supported operating systems and other details, visit www.android.com/tether.

Make Your Device a 3G Mobile Hotspot

3G Mobile Hotspot can share the phone’s 3G data connection with any Wi-Fi capable devices.

WARNING!

There are security risks associated with creating a wi-fi network open to the public. It is highly recommended that you take steps to protect your wi-fi network from unauthorized access. To add encryption to your Wi-Fi hotspot:

1. Touch 3G Mobile Hotspot from the Menu.

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2. Touch 3G Mobile Hotspot .

3. Touch the 3G Mobile Hotspot checkbox to enable this feature.

4. Touch 3G Mobile Hotspot settings to set up and manage the

3G Mobile Hotspot.

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5. Touch Configure from menu to view the SSID, Security, and

Password.

Portable Wi-Fi hotspot is active

Portable hotspot are active

6. You are allowed to configure the SSID and Password on this screen.

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7. If you want to change the security protocol, touch the

Security menu and choose Open or WPA2 PSK from the pop up menu.

If you select WPA2 PSK, input a password for the connection and then touch Save .

Your portable hotspot is now created.

You will use the Portable Wi-Fi hotspot checkbox from above to enable and disable the connection. Once the connection is active, go to the device you wish to connect and configure its wireless connection to the Network SSID for your Android device and input the password (if you are using WPA2 PSK). You will now have wireless access on your device.

NOTE WEP is the weakest option because it is highly vulnerable to hacking.

WPA2 is recommended by IEEE.