We wrote about easy ways to turn your laptop into a Wi-Fi hotspot earlier, and some readers asked us how to turn their smartphones into a hotspot. As it turns out, it's much simpler than turning your laptop into a hotspot and all mobile operating systems come with one-click methods of doing this very easily.
Here's how to turn your phone or tablet into a Wi-Fi hotspot:
Android:
Follow these steps to create a Wi-Fi hotspot on Android devices.
Here's how to turn your phone or tablet into a Wi-Fi hotspot:
Android:
Follow these steps to create a Wi-Fi hotspot on Android devices.
- Go to Settings > More... > Tethering & portable hotspot. While this option is there in all Android phones, the wording may vary depending on the device. In some phones, this shows up under Settings > Networks > Sharing. Look for words such as Sharing or Tethering to find it in your phone.
- Now set up the hotspot by tapping Set up Wi-Fi hotspot. This option shows up as Configure Wi-Fi hotspot on some smartphones.
- Key in the name of the Wi-Fi network, a password and tap Save.
- Tap Portable Wi-Fi hotspot to switch on the hotspot.
ISO:
Here's how to share your mobile Internet connection on iOS devices - will work for both iPhone and iPad.
Here's how to share your mobile Internet connection on iOS devices - will work for both iPhone and iPad.
- Go to Settings > Personal Hotspot > On.
- Enter a password.
- Now you'll see a Wi-Fi network on other devices, which you can connect to easily.
- The name of this Wi-Fi network is the name of your phone. You can change it by going to Settings > General > About > Name.
- By default, iOS devices use the fairly secure WPA2-PSK encryption on Wi-Fi hotspots.
Check these steps to start a Wi-Fi hotspot on your Windows Phone device.
- Go to Settings > Internet Sharing.
- Tap the edit icon (pencil) at the bottom to configure the hotspot.
- Tap Broadcast Name to change the name of the network and enter a password in its field below.
- Tap the tick mark to finish configuration.
- Now flick the Internet Sharing slider to On.
BlackBerry:
Here's how to quickly set up a hotspot on a BlackBerry 10 smartphone.
- Swipe down from the top of the screen. Tap Settings.
- Tap Network Settings > Mobile Hotspot > Next
- You'll see four warning prompts (data use, monitor users on hotspot, battery usage and inactivity timer). Tap Next each time.
- Type a password for the Wi-Fi network you are about to create. Tap Next
- Tap Configure. You can now change the name of the network if you want to.
- Once that's done, tap Save to create a hotspot.
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