Sony LT30at manual Sharing your phone’s mobile data connection, To turn on Wi-Fi Direct

To add a Wi-Fi® sleep policy

1From the Home screen, tap .

2Find and tap Settings > Wi-Fi.

3Press .

4Tap Advanced.

5Tap Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep.

6Select an option.

Wi-Fi Direct™

Use Wi-Fi Direct™ to connect to other devices directly, without joining a traditional home, office or hotspot network. For example, you can enable your phone to be connected directly to a computer so that you can access content from your phone on the computer. The devices that you share content with must have Wi-Fi Direct™ certification.

To turn on Wi-Fi Direct™

1From your Home screen, tap .

2Find and tap Settings > More….

3Mark the Wi-Fi Direct checkbox.

Wi-Fi® and Wi-Fi Direct™ cannot be turned on at the same time. Wi-Fi Direct™ gets turned off automatically when you turn on Wi-Fi®, and vice versa.

Sharing your phone’s mobile data connection

You can share your phone’s mobile data connection with a single computer using a USB cable. This process is called USB tethering. You can also share your phone’s data connection by turning your phone into a portable Wi-Fi® hotspot. At a given time, a maximum of eight hot spot clients can connect to the portable Wi-Fi hotspot.

You must have a tethering data plan to be able to use this feature. Contact AT&T for more information.

When your phone is sharing its data connection, the following icons may appear in the status bar or in the Notification panel:

USB tethering is active

Portable Wi-Fi® hotspot is active

Both USB tethering and portable hotspot are active

To share your phone’s data connection using a USB cable

1Deactivate all USB cable connections to your phone.

2Using the USB cable that came with your phone, connect your phone to a computer.

3From your Home screen, tap .

4Find and tap Settings > More… > Tethering & portable hotspot.

5Mark 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.

6Unmark 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 115.

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.

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