User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Galaxy Nexus User Guide
- Contents
- Get started
- Make yourself at home
- Try some apps
- Tune performance
- Learn the Phone app
- Enter & edit text
- Connect to networks & devices
- Connect to mobile networks
- Connect to Wi-Fi networks
- Connect to Bluetooth devices
- Connect to keyboards, mice, and other devices
- Connect to a Windows computer via USB
- Connect to a Macintosh computer via USB
- Share your mobile data connection
- Connect to virtual private networks
- Control airplane mode & other network settings
- Search by text & voice
- Manage accounts
- Secure your phone
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Share your phone's data connection via Bluetooth
If your computer can obtain an Internet connection via Bluetooth, you can configure your phone to share
it's mobile data connection with your computer.
1 Pair your phone with your computer.
2 Configure your computer to obtain its network connection via Bluetooth.
For more information, see your computer's documentation.
3 Go to Settings > Wireless & networks > More > Tethering & portable hotspot.
4 Check Bluetooth tethering.
Your computer is now sharing your phone's data connection.
5 To stop sharing your data connection, uncheck Bluetooth tethering.
Share your phone's data connection as a portable Wi-Fi hotspot
1 Go to Settings > Wireless & networks > More > Tethering & portable hotspot.
2 Check Portable Wi-Fi hotspot.
After a moment, the phone starts broadcasting its Wi-Fi network name (SSID), so you can connect to it
with up to 8 computers or other devices.
To stop sharing your data connection, uncheck Portable Wi-Fi hotspot.