Samsung Galaxy S III User Manual page 125

Tethering & Portable hotspot
This option allows you to share your phones's mobile data
connection via USB or as a portable Wi-Fi hotspot.
Mobile Hotspot
Note: To enable Mobile Hotspot on your phone, dial 611 or go
to att.com/mywireless
1. From the Home screen, tap Apps
Mobile Hotspot
– or –
From the Connections menu, tap More settings
Tethering and portable hotspot.
2. Turn Mobile Hotspot on by tapping the slider so that it
changes to the ON position
3. Tap Mobile Hotspot. The Mobile Hotspot screen
displays.
4. Under Help, view information about using your device
as a Mobile hotspot.
5. To setup a list of devices allowed to connect to your
Mobile hotspot, tap Allowed devices.
to set up the service.
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6. To view or change your Mobile hotspot's configuration,
tap Configure.
7. Press for the following option:
• Timeout settings: allows you to set the time your device will be
available as a portable Wi-Fi hotspot.
Connecting to Portable Wi-Fi hotspot from other devices
1. Activate Wi-Fi on the device that wants to connect to
your phone.
2. Find [Galaxy_S_III_xxxx] in the Wi-Fi network list and
connect to it. XXXX are four randomly generated digits
that display when you set up a Portable Wi-Fi hotspot
on your device.
The connected device can now access the Internet
through your Portable Wi-Fi hotspot.
Note: Activating Wi-Fi and connecting to your phone will be
different depending on the type of the other device.
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