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Receive Data via Wi-Fi Direct
WhenanattempttotransferdataviaWi-FiDirectisreceived,youcanseeanotificationinthestatus
bar.OpentheWi-FiDirectsharenotification,andtouchAccepttostartreceivingthedata.
Receivedfilesarestoredautomaticallyinadedicatedfolder(WiFiShare,forinstance).Youcan
accessthemwiththeFileManagerapp.
Mobile Hotspot
MobileHotspotallowsyoutoturnyourphoneintoaWi-Fihotspot.Whenthisfeatureisturnedon,
youcanshareyourphone'smobiledataservicesviaWi-FiwithotherWi-Fienableddevices.The
featureworksbestwhenusedinconjuctionwiththe4Gdataservices(although3Gservicecanalso
beused).
Important:UseoftheMobileHotspotfeaturemayrequireanadditionalsubscription.Visit
boostmobile.comoraccessyouraccountviaBoostZone(touch >Boost Zone)tolearnmore.
Note:TurningonMobileHotspotwilldisableyourphone'sconnectiontootherWi-Finetworks.
Set Up Mobile Hotspot
Youcansetupthemobilehotspotbeforeusingthisfeaturetoshareyourphone'smobiledata
servicesviaWi-Fi.
1.
Fromthehomescreen,touch >Settings >Mobile Hotspot.
2.
Touch .
3. Setyournameandsecurityoptionsasfollows:
l Network SSID:EnteroreditanetworkSSID(name)thatotherdevicesseewhen
scanningforWi-Finetworks.
l Broadcast SSID:BroadcastorhideyournetworkSSID.Ifthebroadcastisdisabled,other
usersneedtogetyournetworkSSIDtofindtheWi-Fihotspot.
l Channel:ToavoidinterferencewithotherWi-Finetworks,tryusingadifferentchannel.
l Security:Chooseasecurityoption:None(notrecommended)orWPA2 PSK (otherusers
canaccessyourmobilehotspotonlyiftheyenterthecorrectpassword).Whenyouselect
WPA2PSK,touchthePasswordfieldtoeditthesecuritypassword.
4. TouchSavetosaveyoursettings.
Note: Youcantouch >Manage UsersorAdvancedtomanagetheusersconnectedtoyour
phone,setthemaximumconnections,andconfigureadvancedoptions.