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To rename or secure your portable hotspot
1
From the Home screen, tap .
2
Find and tap
Settings
>
More
>
Tethering & portable hotspot
.
3
Tap
Portable Wi-Fi hotspot settings
>
Configure Wi-Fi hotspot
.
4
Enter the
Network name (SSID)
for the network.
5
To select a security type, tap the
Security
field.
6
If required, enter a password.
7
Tap
Save
.
Controlling data usage
Data is information sent from or received to your mobile device. You may use data on
your device when you access the Internet, check your email, play games, use apps
(for example, Facebook™, Twitter™, and so on) and more. Background tasks, such
as syncing or location services, may also use data. Data usage is billed based on the
amount of data sent and received (megabytes or gigabytes), and it can be charged
per-use or as part of a data package.
To turn data traffic on or off
1
From your Home screen, tap .
2
Find and tap
Settings
>
Data usage
.
3
Tap the
Mobile
tab.
4
Drag the slider beside
Mobile data
to turn data traffic on or off.
When data traffic is turned off, your device can still establish Wi-Fi® and Bluetooth®
connections.
To set a data usage warning
1
Make sure that mobile data traffic is turned on.
2
From your Home screen, tap .
3
Find and tap
Settings
>
Data usage
.
4
To set the warning level, drag the warning line to the desired value. You receive
a warning notification when the amount of data traffic approaches the level you
set.
To set a mobile data limit
1
Make sure that mobile data traffic is turned on.
2
From your Home screen, tap .
3
Find and tap
Settings
>
Data usage
.
4
Drag the slider beside
Set mobile data limit
to the right, then tap
OK
.
5
To set the mobile data usage limit, drag the red data limit line to the desired
value.
Once your mobile data usage reaches the set limit, mobile data traffic on your device gets
turned off automatically.
To control the data usage of individual applications
1
From your Home screen, tap .
2
Find and tap
Settings
>
Data usage
.
3
Tap the application that you want to control, then drag the slider beside
Restrict app background data
to the right and tap
OK
.
4
To access more specific settings for the application (if available), tap
App
settings
and make the desired changes.
The performance of individual applications may be affected if you change the related data
usage settings.
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