Sharing your device’s mobile data connection, Email, Sharing your device’s mobile data – LG LGLS670 User Manual

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Sharing Your Device’s Mobile Data
Connection

You can share your device’s data connection with up to
eight devices at once, by turning your phone into a
portable Wi-Fi hotspot.

When your device is sharing its data connection,

appears in the Status Bar. For the latest information
about portable hotspots, including supported operating
systems and other details, please visit http://
www.android.com/tether#wifi.

To share your device’s data connection as a portable Wi-Fi
hotspot:

1.

Press

> .

2.

Tap

Settings > Wireless & networks > Portable

hotspot

.

3.

Tap

Portable Wi-Fi hotspot

to activate it. (A green

checkmark will appear.) After a moment, the
phone starts broadcasting its Wi-Fi network name
(SSID), so you can connect it with up to 8
computers or other devices.

4.

To change the network name (SSID) or secure its
Wi-Fi network, tap

Portable

Wi-Fi hotspot settings >

Configure Wi-Fi hotspot

.

5.

In the dialog box, configure the options.

Tap the

Network SSID

field and enter a new

network SSID (name) that other computers see
when scanning for Wi-Fi networks.

To secure the Wi-Fi network, tap the Security
menu and select

WPAP2 PSK

(Wi-Fi Protected

Access 2 with a Preshared Key). When a
password field is added to the dialog box, enter a
password. You will need to enter this password
when you connect the device’s hotspot with a
computer or other device.

6.

Tap

Save

.

Email

Your device's Email application lets you access and
manage multiple email accounts simultaneously in one
convenient location.

Although there is a separate Gmail application, the
main email application can manage both Internet-

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