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AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide
Sharing your phone’s mobile data connection
You can share your phone’s mobile data connection with a single computer via a USB
cable: USB tethering. You can also share your phone’s data connection with up to
eight devices at once, by turning your phone into a portable Wi-Fi hotspot. (Not all
carriers and phones support these features.)
When your phone is sharing its data connection, an icon appears in the Status bar and
as an ongoing notification in the Notifications panel (see “Managing notifications” on
page 29).
For the latest information about tethering and portable hotspots, including supported
operating systems and other details, visit android.com/tether.
Share your phone’s data connection via USB
If your computer is running Windows 7 or a recent distribution of some flavors of
Linux (such as Ubuntu), you typically don’t need to prepare your computer for
tethering. But if you’re running an earlier version of Windows or another operating
system, you may need to prepare your computer to establish a network connection via
USB. For the most current information about which operating systems support USB
tethering and how to configure them, visit android.com/tether.
USB tethering is active
Portable Wi-Fi hotspot is active
Both USB tethering and portable hotspot are active