{"id":27791,"date":"2012-08-22T11:33:17","date_gmt":"2012-08-22T09:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=27791"},"modified":"2025-07-02T01:45:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T08:45:57","slug":"how-to-create-a-wi-fi-hotspot-on-an-android-phone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/how-to-create-a-wi-fi-hotspot-on-an-android-phone\/","title":{"rendered":"How to create a Wi-Fi hotspot on an Android phone"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Imagine you\u2019re out with your friends. You have an urgent message to send via WhatsApp<\/strong><\/a>, you need to check Facebook<\/strong><\/a>, or check a route with Google Maps<\/strong><\/a>. But you can\u2019t do it. You\u2019ve exceeded your monthly data limit or you simply do not have a data subscription on your mobile device. What do you do?<\/p>\n

The answer is that you ask one of your friends to share their connection<\/strong> with you from their Android phone. They can do this by creating a Wi-Fi hotspot<\/strong> \u2013 i.e. an access point on the device with a web link. Here’s exactly how to do it.<\/p>\n

This demonstration is on Android devices with firmware 4.x, but if you use a 2.x version of the OS the procedure is almost identical.<\/p>\n

How to create a wireless hotspot<\/strong><\/h3>\n

1. Open the Settings<\/strong> menu. Under Wireless & Networks<\/strong>, go to More > Tethering & portable hotspot > Configure Wi-Fi hotspot<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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2. At this point you should set the login details for your hotspot. Assign a name<\/strong> to the network (SSID), define a password<\/strong> and press Save<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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3. Now that you\u2019ve correctly configured the hotspot, you need to enable it. Back on the Tethering & portable hotspot<\/strong> menu tap the Portable Wi-Fi hotspot<\/strong> option to check the box.<\/p>\n

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4. Now the hotspot is operational and you\u2019ll be able to find the WiFi network from any WiFi-enabled mobile device<\/strong> (doesn\u2019t have to be an Android), and access it by entering the password that was set in step two.<\/p>\n

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[Via OnSoftware Italy<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Imagine you\u2019re out with your friends. You have an urgent message to send via WhatsApp, you need to check Facebook, or check a route with Google Maps. But you can\u2019t do it. You\u2019ve exceeded your monthly data limit or you simply do not have a data subscription on your mobile device. What do you do? … Continue reading “How to create a Wi-Fi hotspot on an Android phone”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2006,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":4},"categories":[2441],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-27791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-how-to"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2006"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27791"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":333679,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27791\/revisions\/333679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27791"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=27791"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=27791"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=27791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}