Portable wi-fi hotspot, Portable wi-fi hotspot on or off, Portable wi-fi hotspot settings – Samsung SCH-R680WRAUSC User Manual
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• Discoverable: Control your phone’s visibility to other devices’
Bluetooth searches. Touch to turn On or Off. Available when
Bluetooth is turned On.
• Discoverable timeout: Select when your Bluetooth will stop your
phone being discoverable (2 minutes, 5 minutes, 1 hour, Never).
• Scan for devices: Touch to scan for nearby discoverable devices.
After searching, touch a device to pair with it. For more information,
see see “Pairing with a Bluetooth Device” on page 64.
Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot
Use Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot to share your phone’s internet
connection with a PC or other device through Wi-Fi.
Note: To use Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot, you need the Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot
feature from your wirelesss provider. Contact your wireless provider
for more information.
Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot consumes battery power and uses data service.
While the Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot is active, your phone’s applications
will use the Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot data feature allowance.
Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot On or Off
1.
From the Settings screen, touch Wireless & networks
➔
Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot.
2.
Touch Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot to turn Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot
On or Off. When on, a check appears in the checkbox.
Note: Using your phone as a mobile hotspot consumes battery power and
increases your data usage. Roaming while using your phone as a
mobile hotspot will incur extra data charges.
Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot Settings
1.
From the Settings screen, touch Wireless & networks
➔
Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot.
2.
Touch Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot Settings to configure your
Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot:
• Router Name (SSID): View and edit your phone’s name, used by
other devices when connecting to your mobile hotspot.
• Security: Choose a security level.
• Password: Touch to require a password to access your phone as a
hotspot, and set a password.
• Show password: Touch to enable display of your password in the
Password field. When disabled, the password is not shown.