User's Manual

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2. Touch OK on the introduction screen.
3. Touch the Portable Wi-Fi hotspot checkbox to activate the service.
– or –
1. Touch > >
Settings
>
More…
>
Tethering & portable hotspot
.
2. Touch the
Portable Wi-Fi hotspot
checkbox to activate the service.
Note:
Using both 4G LTE service and hotspot drain your phone’s battery at a much faster rate
than when using any other feature combination. The best way to keep using the phone as a
hotspot is to have it connected to a power supply.
Important:
Write down the passkey (password) for this communication (shown onscreen).
Connect to Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot
1. Enable Wi-Fi (wireless) functionality on your target device (laptop, media device, etc.).
2. Scan for Wi-Fi networks from the device and select your phone hotspot from the network
list.
 The name for your phone hotspot can be changed by touching > >
Portable
Wi-Fi hotspot
>
Network SSID
.
3. Select this device and follow your onscreen instructions to enter the passkey (provided
on the Portable Wi-Fi hotspot page).
4. Launch your Web browser to confirm you have an Internet connection.
Configure Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot
1. Touch > > Portable Wi-Fi hotspot .
– or –
Touch > > Settings > More… > Tethering & portable hotspot > Set up
Wi-Fi hotspot.
2. Set the following options:

Network SSID:
Sets your network name.

SSID broadcast:
Selects the check box to broadcast the SSID.

Security:
Sets the security level.