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Samsung Galaxy Note20 Ultra 5G
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Use your mobile phone as Wi-Fi hotspot
When you use your mobile phone as a Wi-Fi hotspot, you can share your mobile phone's Internet connection with other devices via WLAN. Remember, you need to set up your mobile phone for Internet. Depending on your price plan additional costs could arise.
1. Find "Mobile Hotspot"
Slide your finger downwards on the display.
Press the settings icon.
Press Connections.
Press Mobile Hotspot and Tethering.
Press Mobile Hotspot.
2. Select settings for Wi-Fi hotspot
Press the name of the Wi-Fi hotspot.
The password prevents others from accessing your Wi-Fi hotspot without your approval.
Key in the required name for the Wi-Fi hotspot and press Save.
The password prevents others from accessing your Wi-Fi hotspot without your approval.
To password protect your Wi-Fi hotspot, press Password.
The password prevents others from accessing your Wi-Fi hotspot without your approval.
Key in the required password and press Save.
The password prevents others from accessing your Wi-Fi hotspot without your approval.
3. Activate the Wi-Fi hotspot
Press the indicator below "Mobile Hotspot" to activate the function.
4. Establish a connection
Do the following on the device which will connect to your Wi-Fi hotspot:
Activate WLAN.
Find the list of available WLANs.
Select the network name you keyed in in step 2.
Key in the password you selected in step 2 and establish a connection to the Wi-Fi hotspot.
When the connection is established, you can access the Internet from the other device.
Activate WLAN.
Find the list of available WLANs.
Select the network name you keyed in in step 2.
Key in the password you selected in step 2 and establish a connection to the Wi-Fi hotspot.
When the connection is established, you can access the Internet from the other device.

5. Return to the Home screen
Press the home icon to end the session and return to the Home screen.