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Set up and use your phone as a Wi-Fi hotspot

When you use your phone as a Wi-Fi hotspot, you can share your phone's internet connection with other devices via Wi-Fi. Remember, you need to set up your phone for internet.

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Find "WI-FI HOTSPOT"
Slide your finger down the display starting from the top edge of your phone.
Press the settings icon.
Press WI-FI HOTSPOT.
Select settings for Wi-Fi hotspot
Press the field below "ROUTER NAME (SSID): and key in the required name for the Wi-Fi hotspot.
Press the field below "SECURITY".
If you don't want to password protect your Wi-Fi hotspot:
Press None.
If you want to password protect your Wi-Fi hotspot:
Press WPA2 (AES).
Press the field below "PASSWORD (8-63 ASCII CHARACTERS):" and key in the required password.
Turn on Wi-Fi hotspot
Press Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot until the function is turned on.
Press OK.
Establish connection
Do the following on the device which is to connect to your Wi-Fi hotspot:
Turn on Wi-Fi.
Find the list of available Wi-Fi networks.
Select the network name you keyed in in step 2.
Key in the password you selected in step 2 and establish a connection to the Wi-Fi hotspot.
When the connection is established, you can access the internet from the other device.
Return to the home screen
Press the Home key several times to return to the home screen.
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