Smartphone Mobile HotSpot
Turn your phone into a portable Wi-Fi hotspot so you can share your mobile data connection with up to 8 other
devices.
To use your phone's mobile hotspot capability, you must have the Smartphone Mobile HotSpot service as part of
your rate plan.
You will see
on the Status Bar when the feature is active.
NOTE
You cannot use Wi-Fi and use your phone as a hotspot at the same time.
Configure Smartphone Mobile HotSpot
1 From the Home screen EITHER
Tap the Mobile HotSpot icon
➊
OR
Tap the Menu Key
➋
2 Tap Configure Mobile HotSpot.
Tap the Network SSID field to enter a new network name, if desired.
➊
Tap the Security drop-down menu and select from the following options.
➋
WPA2 PSK is recommended due to increased data security and prevents unauthorized use of your data plan:
• Open
• WPA PSK
• WPA2 PSK
For any security level but Open, tap the Password field to enter a password.
➌
Tap Save.
➍
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, then tap System settings > Networks tab > Tethering & networks > Mobile HotSpot.