How To Turn Your Android Phone To a Wi-Fi Hotspot

There are many occasions when it is very possible that you  will find yourself in a place where you need to use the internet urgently on your laptop for lots of reason but you find out that you have no Wi-Fi connection available but you have 3G or 4G network on your android smartphone.

So what do you do if you find your self in such a situation of urgency and the only option for your now is to improvise and make use of your phones 3G or 4G connection to get internet access on your laptop and achieve your aim.

In this tutorial, i will be guiding your on how to turn your android smartphone into a WI-FI hotspot device which will allow you to connect other  devices and use the 3G connection to access the internet. Even turning your phone to a Wi-Fi device, you can place a passkey and also use some other connection security so as to prevent unauthorized access to your hotspot connection.

But you should note that, using a 3G connection over Wi-Fi incurs lots of data, so its advisable you are on an unlimited 3G plan before your try this.

How To Set Up Wi-Fi Hotspot In Your Android Phone

1. First, move over to the Settings then tap on the  more button which is right below the Wi-Fi option so that you can have access to the portable hotspot options, That’s if you are using android 4.0 and above.
2. Note that you can place some security measures on the portable hotspot you are about to create. You can easily change your security pass key to any one you want or better still if you do not wish to protect it you can leave it as default as that will even save you from any complications  when accessing the  connection from some other devices. You can make use of an automated  password that the phone generate for you or better still use a passkey of your choice.
3. And also the more connection you have on the device will determine the performance of the connection, just like on any other Wi-Fi device, because the more device its serving the more the bandwidth becomes constricted. You can easily manage the total number of device that can be connecting to your Wi-Fi hotspot by tapping on Manage users.
4. Now to activate the Wi-Fi hotspot, all you need is just a tap then it will come on. When ever you want to add a device like your laptop, just make a search for Wi-Fi devices on your laptop or any other device you want to connect, and if you have insert any password while setting it up, then you will be prompted for the passkey, insert it and connect.
5. To hide your Wi-Fi hotspot device from other users usage, just go to the menu, then tap the advance settings, here you can easily hide the SSID or router names, You can as well choose the power mode so you can save your power in the power options.

NOTE:  This option of using an android smartphone as a Wi-Fi hotspot device uses a lot of power so i will advice you only use it in case of emergencies.

So have you tried it? and how does it work for you?