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Settings 335
AUG-2.2.1-101 Android User’s Guide
Tethering & portable hotspot settings screen
For details about these settings, see “Sharing your phone’s mobile data connection”
on page 58.
USB tethering
Check to share your phone’s mobile network data connection with
your computer, via a USB connection.
Portable Wi-Fi hotspot
Check to share your phone’s mobile network data
connection as a portable Wi-Fi hotspot.
Portable Wi-Fi hotspot settings
Opens a screen with settings to turn the
hotspot on and off and to set the its SSID (its broadcast name) and security.
Help
Opens a dialog with information about USB tethering and portable Wi-Fi
hotspots as well as information about where to learn more.
VPN settings screen
For details about these settings, see “Connecting to virtual private networks” on
page 61.
Add VPN
Opens a screen that prompts you to select the type of VPN to add. You
are then prompted for VPN configuration details.
VPNs
The list of VPNs that you’ve previously configured.
Mobile networks settings screen
Data enabled
Uncheck to prevent your phone from transmitting data on any
mobile network. This is useful if you are traveling in an area where you do not have a
mobile data plan and want to avoid charges for data use on local carriers’ mobile
networks. Unchecking this setting does not prevent your phone transmitting data on
other wireless networks, such as Wi-Fi or Bluetooth.
Data roaming
Uncheck to prevent your phone from transmitting data on other
carriers’ mobile networks when you can’t access your own carrier’s mobile networks.
See “To disable data when roaming” on page 49.
Data usage
Only available if your carrier enforces a mobile network data use
policy. Displays the amount of data you’ve transmitted over the mobile network in the
current period, the data threshold (the amount of data you can transmit before the
policy is enforced), and the time when the next period starts. If you touch this setting,
the Data Usage screen opens, with more details about your mobile network data use,
the period in which it’s measured, and the way in which the carrier will enforce the