User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Important information
- Android™ – what and why?
- Getting started
- Getting to know your phone
- Phone overview
- Using the keys
- Battery
- Using the touchscreen
- Home screen
- Accessing and using applications
- Status and notifications
- Phone settings menu
- Typing text
- Keyboard and Phonepad settings
- Customising your phone
- Memory
- Using a headset with your phone
- Internet and messaging settings
- Turning off data traffic
- Data roaming
- Network settings
- Calling
- Contacts
- Messaging
- Google Talk™
- Getting started with Google Play™
- PlayNow™ service
- Getting organised
- Scanning with the NeoReader™ application
- Synchronising data on your phone
- Connecting to wireless networks
- Web browser
- Music
- Identifying music using TrackID technology
- Using the FM radio
- Taking photos and recording videos
- Viewing photos and videos in Gallery
- Bluetooth™ wireless technology
- Connecting your phone to a computer
- Using location services to find your position
- Backing up and restoring
- Locking and protecting your phone
- Updating your phone
- Phone settings overview
- Status and notification icons overview
- Application overview
- User support
- Troubleshooting
- My phone is not working as expected
- Resetting the phone
- I cannot charge the phone
- No battery charging icon appears when phone starts charging
- The battery performance is low
- I cannot transfer content between my phone and the computer, when using a USB cable
- I cannot use Internet-based services
- Error messages
- Recycling your phone
- Legal information
- Index
Portable Wi-Fi® hotspot is active
To share your phone’s data connection using a USB cable
1
Deactivate all USB cable connections to your phone.
2
Using the USB cable that came with your phone, connect your phone to a
computer.
3
From your Home screen, tap .
4
Find and tap Settings > More… > Tethering & portable hotspot.
5
Mark the USB tethering checkbox. The phone starts sharing its mobile network
data connection with the computer over the USB connection. An ongoing
notification appears in the status bar and the Notification panel.
6
Unmark the USB tethering checkbox, or disconnect the USB cable to stop
sharing your data connection.
You cannot share your phone’s data connection and SD card over a USB cable at the same
time. For more information, see Connecting your phone to a computer on page 96.
You may need to prepare your computer to establish a network connection via USB cable. Go
to android.com/tether to get the most current information.
To share your phone’s data connection as a portable Wi-Fi® hotspot
1
From the Home screen, tap
.
2
Find and tap Settings > More… > Tethering & portable hotspot.
3
Tap Configure Wi-Fi hotspot.
4
Enter the Network SSID for the network. Tap the Security field to select a
security type.
5
If required, enter a password.
6
Tap Save.
7
Mark the Portable Wi-Fi hotspot checkbox. The phone starts broadcasting its
Wi-Fi® network name (SSID). You can now connect to this network with up to 8
computers or other devices.
8
Unmark the Portable Wi-Fi hotspot checkbox when you want to stop sharing
your data connection via Wi-Fi®.
To rename or secure your portable hotspot
1
From the Home screen, tap
.
2
Find and tap Settings > More… > Tethering & portable hotspot.
3
Tap Configure Wi-Fi hotspot.
4
Enter the Network SSID for the network.
5
To select a security type, tap the Security field.
6
If required, enter a password.
7
Tap Save.
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