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YOUR CONNECTIONS TO THE WEB AND WIRELESS DEVICES
USING YOUR DEVICE AS A WIRELESS MODEM
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your smartphone and request a
connection.
5 When prompted to add this device,
select Yes .
6 Enter the same passkey on your
smartphone and on the Bluetooth
device.
7 (Optional) To give the partnership a
more meaningful name, select Display
Name and enter a new name.
8 Press Finish (right softkey).
9 When your smartphone is receiving
info, a notification tells you that a
transmission is in progress. To stop the
transmission, press Cancel (right
softkey). To close the notification, press
Hide (left softkey).
Using your device as
a wireless modem
Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) is the
feature that converts your smartphone into
a modem so that you can access the
Internet from your computer.
You can set up Internet Connection Sharing
in one of two ways:
• Connect your smartphone to your
computer using the USB cable.
• If your computer is enabled with
Bluetooth wireless technology, set up
your smartphone as a wireless modem
using the built-in Bluetooth technology.
Setting up a USB Internet Connection
Sharing connection
BEFORE YOU BEGIN If you have a
Windows XP computer and you
synchronize your smartphone with
ActiveSync
®
desktop software on your
computer using the USB cable, you must
disable the ActiveSync USB connection.
Open the ActiveSync window on your
computer, select File > Connection
Settings, and uncheck the Allow USB
connections box.
1 Connect your smartphone to your
computer using the USB cable.
2 On your smartphone, press Start
and select Programs.
3 Select Internet Sharing .