Share your data connection

Your computer can access the internet through your smartphone’s mobile network—you just need a USB cable.

Tip: To share a Wi-Fi connection, see Wi-Fi hotspot” on page 52.

1Connect your smartphone to your computer using a USB cable.

Note: If your computer is running something older than Microsoft® Windows® 7 or Apple™ Macintosh™ OSX, it might require special configuration.

2On your smartphone, tap Apps > Settings, then

make sure the Wi-Fiswitch is set to OFF .

3Under More, tap Tethering & Mobile Hotspot, then check

USB tethering to start the connection.

To stop the connection, uncheck USB tethering, then disconnect your smartphone from your computer.

Data use

You can track the amount of data uploaded and downloaded by your smartphone.

Note: Usage information is provided to help you manage your smartphone. This may not match the amounts charged by your service provider, as they’re not measured in the same way.

Find it: Tap Apps > Settings > Data usage

 

Data usage

 

 

 

Turn off roaming or auto sync,

 

 

 

 

 

 

set data restrictions, & more.

 

Mobile data

 

 

 

 

ON

 

 

 

 

 

 

Set a data limit.

 

Set mobile data limit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Data usage cycle Nov 27 - Dec 25

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.0GB

limit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drag bars to change your

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.0GB

 

 

 

 

 

 

warning (orange) or limit (red).

 

 

 

warning

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drag the white bars to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dec 11-18: about 68.65MB used, as measured by

 

 

 

 

 

your phone. Your carrier’s data usage accounting

 

 

 

 

change date ranges.

 

may differ.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Google Play Store

25.19MB

 

 

 

 

Tap an app to show or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

restrict background data.

 

 

 

 

Email

14 46MB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The graph shows data use on your mobile network. Below the graph, apps are listed from highest to lowest data use.

Tip: Apps that use a lot of data might also use a lot of battery power.

Some apps transfer data in the background when you're not viewing them—to stop an app from doing this, tap it and then check Restrict background data.

To turn off background data use for all apps, just tap Menu

>Restrict background data.

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