How to use my BlackBerry Q5 as a portable Wi-Fi hotspot
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- You can use your BlackBerry Q5 as a portable Wi-Fi hotspot. This lets you share your phone's Internet connection with other devices via Wi-Fi.
Please note: when other devices connect to your hotspot, they use data from your mobile service and charges may apply. - 1. Swipe left to access more apps.
- 2. Touch Settings.
- 3. Touch Network Connections.
- 4. Scroll to and touch Mobile Hotspot.
- 5. Touch Next.
- 6. Review the Charges May Apply message, then touch Next.
- 7. Review the Monitor Hotspot Users message, then touch Next.
- 8. Review the Preserve Your Battery message, then touch Next.
- 9. Review the Inactivity Timer message, then touch Next.
- 10. Touch Password.
- 11. Enter a password for your hotspot.
- 12. Touch Next.
- 13. Touch Configure.
- 14. Touch Name.
- 15. Delete the existing text and enter a name for your hotspot.
- 16. Touch Save.
- 17. The portable Wi-Fi hotspot is now active.
Other devices can connect to it using the hotspot name and password that you've set up.