Portable wi-fi hotspot, Portable wi-fi hotspot on or off, Portable wi-fi hotspot settings – Samsung SCH-R680WRAUSC User Manual

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• Discoverable: Control your phone’s visibility to other devices’

Bluetooth searches. Touch to turn On or Off. Available when
Bluetooth is turned On.

• Discoverable timeout: Select when your Bluetooth will stop your

phone being discoverable (2 minutes, 5 minutes, 1 hour, Never).

• Scan for devices: Touch to scan for nearby discoverable devices.

After searching, touch a device to pair with it. For more information,
see see “Pairing with a Bluetooth Device” on page 64.

Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot

Use Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot to share your phone’s internet
connection with a PC or other device through Wi-Fi.

Note: To use Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot, you need the Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot

feature from your wirelesss provider. Contact your wireless provider
for more information.

Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot consumes battery power and uses data service.
While the Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot is active, your phone’s applications
will use the Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot data feature allowance.

Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot On or Off

1.

From the Settings screen, touch Wireless & networks

Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot.

2.

Touch Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot to turn Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot
On or Off. When on, a check appears in the checkbox.

Note: Using your phone as a mobile hotspot consumes battery power and

increases your data usage. Roaming while using your phone as a
mobile hotspot will incur extra data charges.

Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot Settings

1.

From the Settings screen, touch Wireless & networks

Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot.

2.

Touch Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot Settings to configure your
Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot:

• Router Name (SSID): View and edit your phone’s name, used by

other devices when connecting to your mobile hotspot.

• Security: Choose a security level.

• Password: Touch to require a password to access your phone as a

hotspot, and set a password.

• Show password: Touch to enable display of your password in the

Password field. When disabled, the password is not shown.

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