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4. Tap Connect.

When you're not using the tethering connection, you should disconnect the session. To disconnect, tap > Internet

Tethering > Disconnect.

While your smartphone is tethered to your tablet, you might not be able to use your smartphone's Phone application,

Messaging applications, or applications that use the Internet. To receive a phone call, your smartphone might turn off the

tethered internet connection. In addition, when your tablet is tethered to a smartphone, you cannot send messages from

your tablet to the tethered smartphone.

Share files between your computer and

tablet using Wi-Fi

Watch a video about ways to share files:

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Want an easy way to connect your BlackBerry PlayBook tablet for easy file sharing? By using the file-sharing option with Wi-

Fi, you can drag and drop documents, pictures, videos, music, and other files from your computer to your tablet. If you set

a password to help protect your files, you are prompted to enter it before you can move files between your tablet and your

computer.

1. On your tablet, tap > Storage and Sharing.

2. Set the Wi-Fi Sharing switch to On.

3. To set a password to help protect your files, tap Password.

4. On your tablet, tap > About.

5. In the drop-down list, tap Network and make note of the Wi-Fi IPv4 address for your tablet.

6. Do one of the following:

• If your computer uses a Windows operating system, click Start > Run. Type your tablet IP address in the following

format: \\xx.xxx.xxx.xxx.

• If your computer uses a Mac operating system, select Go > Connect to Server. Type your tablet IP address in the

following format: smb://xx.xxx.xxx.xxx.

7. Drag a file from a location on your computer to a folder on your tablet.

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