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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.
USB Tethering
1. From the Home screen, tap ➔
Settings
➔
More...
➔
Tethering and portable hotspots
.
2. Connect your phone to your PC using a USB cable.
3. Tap
USB tethering
to add a checkmark and activate the
feature. The USB tethering icon
is displayed at the
top of your screen.
Portable Wi-Fi hotspot
1. From the Home screen, tap ➔
Settings
➔
More...
➔
Tethering and portable hotspots
➔
Portable Wi-Fi
hotspot
.
2. Turn Portable Wi-Fi hotspots on by tapping the slider so
that it changes to the ON position .
Note:
If your account has not been updated to enable the Wi-Fi
hotspot feature, go to att.com/mywireless or dial 611 to
have it enabled.
The Portable Wi-Fi hotspot icon
is displayed at the
top of your screen.
3. Tap
Configure portable Wi-Fi hotspot
.
4. Enter or edit the Network SSID, Security setting and
Password.
5. Tap
Next
to move to the next field.
6. Tap
Done
when you are finished.
7. Tap
Hide my device
to create a checkmark if you want
your device hidden.
8. Tap
Save
.
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
[GalaxySII_xxxx]
in the Wi-Fi network list and
connect to it. XXXX are four randomly generated digits
that will appear when you set up a Portable Wi-Fi
hotspot on your device.
The connected device can now use internet through
your Portable Wi-Fi hotspot.