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Mobile Hotspot
Use Mobile Hotspot to share your device’s internet
connection with up to 5 other devices, through Wi-Fi.
You can control whether devices connect to your Mobile
Hotspot with the Allowed device list.
For more information about using your device as a mobile
hotspot, see “AllShare Play” on page 113. You can also
access Mobile Hotspot with the
Mobile Hotspot
app.
Note:
Mobile Hotspot may require a subscription to Mobile
Hotspot/Mobile Broadband Connect service. For more
information, contact Verizon Wireless.
Turning Mobile Hotspot On or Off
1. From the Home screen, touch
Apps
➔
Settings
➔
More settings
➔
Mobile Hotspot
.
2. Touch and slide the
Mobile Hotspot
slider to
the right to turn
Mobile Hotspot
On.
3. Touch and slide the
Mobile Hotspot
slider to
the left to turn
Mobile Hotspot
Off.
Configuring Mobile Hotspot
1. From the Home screen, touch
Apps
➔
Settings
➔
More settings
➔
Mobile Hotspot
.
2. Touch
Configure
for these options:
• Network SSID
: View and change the name of your mobile
hotspot.
• Hide my device
: When enabled, your mobile hotspot is not
visible to other Wi-Fi devices during a scan. Other devices can
still connect to your mobile hotspot, but will have to set up the
connection manually with your Network SSID and Password.
•Security
: Choose the security level for your Mobile Hotspot.
•Password
: If you choose a security level that uses a password,
enter the password.
• Show password
: Enable to make the Password field visible.
• Show advanced options
: Enable to access advanced options,
including Broadcast channel, to specify the channel your device
uses for Mobile Hotspot.
3. Touch
Menu
➔
Timeout settings
to disable Mobile
Hotspot if there is no connection for a selected amount
of time.