Samsung SGH-I747RWBATT User Manual
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Tethering & Portable hotspot
This option allows you to share your phones’s mobile data
connection via USB or as a portable Wi-Fi hotspot.
Mobile Hotspot
Note: To enable Mobile Hotspot on your phone, dial 611 or go
to
et up the service.
➔
1. From the Home screen, tap Apps
Mobile Hotspot
.
– or –
From the Connections menu, tap More settings ➔
Tethering and portable hotspot.
2. Turn Mobile Hotspot on by tapping the slider so that it
changes to the ON position
ON
ON
ON
ON
ON
ON
.
3. Tap Mobile Hotspot. The Mobile Hotspot screen
displays.
4. Under Help, view information about using your device
as a Mobile hotspot.
5. To setup a list of devices allowed to connect to your
Mobile hotspot, tap Allowed devices.
6. To view or change your Mobile hotspot’s configuration,
tap Configure.
7. Press
for the following option:
• Timeout settings: allows you to set the time your device will be
available as a portable Wi-Fi hotspot.
Connecting to Portable Wi-Fi hotspot from other devices
1. Activate Wi-Fi on the device that wants to connect to
your phone.
2. Find [Galaxy_S_III_xxxx] in the Wi-Fi network list and
connect to it. XXXX are four randomly generated digits
that display when you set up a Portable Wi-Fi hotspot
on your device.
The connected device can now access the Internet
through your Portable Wi-Fi hotspot.
Note: Activating Wi-Fi and connecting to your phone will be
different depending on the type of the other device.
Changing Your Settings
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