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Samsung's most powerful for 2014 has arrived! Samsung Galaxy S5 is packed with one of the most powerful processor, camera and health features. We have all the tutorials, instructions and tips on how to get the most out of your phone on this All About the Samsung Galaxy S5.

You can turn your Samsung Galaxy S5 into a WiFi hotspot and share the internet connection of your phone to nearby devices. You can change the device name and put a password to prevent access from unwanted users and you can share your internet connection to a maximum of 10 devices. Take note that you will be sharing your mobile data so you may incur additional charges especially if you are billed on per-byte usage; this feature is useful if you have an unlimited data plan or is billed per minute of internet consumption.

*Important Please Read* Not every cell phone carrier allows their users to set up mobile hotspots. If you follow the steps below for your operating system and see that the Tethering/Mobile Hotspot option isn't available, your service provider may not offer the ability to hotspot with your plan. Many carriers require the additional purchase of a hotspot plan. Contact your carrier's customer support center for additional questions.

The steps below will take you right through the entire process of enabling and configuring a WiFi Mobile Hotspot on your Galaxy S5. The first step is to turn your data on.

Please remember to watch your data usage carefully when you share your device's network connection.

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   On the home screen, tap the "Apps" icon.

   

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   From the Apps screen, tap "Settings".

   

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   From Settings, scroll down to and tap "Data usage".

   

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   Inside Data usage, make certain the little box is checked.

   

   Once data is enabled, tap the white arrow in the upper left corner to head back to Settings.

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   Back on the main Settings screen, scroll down and tap, "Tethering and Mobile Hotspot".

   

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   On Tethering and Mobile Hotspot, tap "Mobile hotspot", followed by "OK" when the message pops-up.

   

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   With Mobile hotspot turned on, you can use either the default network name and password (located midway down the screen) or, you can create a custom name/password

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   If you use the default credentials, skip to Connect to a Mobile Hotspot with a Laptop.

   

   To customize your Hotspot, follow on to the next step.

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   To change the network name/password, tap the three-dot menu in the upper right corner, then tap "Configure hotspot".

   

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   Here you can configure your Mobile Hotspot

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   Change the name and choose a new password, or change "Security" to "Open" if you wish to not have a password at all.

   

   You can also hide your device/hotspot. This will make your connection invisible to devices within range. You'll have to search for it specifically on your laptop/tablet to connect.

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    You can also set your Hotspot to only allow specific devices to connect

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    From the Mobile hotspot screen, tap the three-dot menu in the upper right corner, followed by "Allowed devices".

    

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    On Allowed devices, tap the "+" symbol in the upper right corner

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    Enter the name and mac address of the device (laptop/tablet).

    

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    To set your Hotspot's Timeout settings, tap the three-dot menu in the upper right corner, then "Timeout settings".

    

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    Here you can select how long you want your device to wait before disabling Mobile Hotspot

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    When no devices are connected, the timeout timer will begin.

    

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Follow the steps below to enable and configure a WiFi Mobile Hotspot on your Samsung S5. First, we'll make sure your data is enabled.

Please be extremely careful with your data when you share your device's connection. Unless you have an unlimited data plan, you'll want to watch your usage carefully. From the home screen, tap "Apps".

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   Inside Apps, tap the "Settings" icon.

   

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   On the Settings screen, tap the "Connection" tab, then tap "Data usage".

   

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   On the Data usage screen, make sure "Mobile data" has a checkmark next to it.

   

   When data is turned on, head back to Settings by tapping the white arrow in the top left corner.

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   Back in Settings, tap "More networks".

   

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   On the More networks screen, tap "Tethering and Mobile hotspot".

   

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   Inside Tethering and Mobile hotspot, tap the switch in the upper right corner.

   

   When the pop-up appears, tap "OK" to enable a Mobile hotspot.

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   Now that Mobile hotspot is turned enabled, you have the choice of creating your own network name and password or sticking with the default

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   Tap "Mobile hotspot" at the top to get the default password or configure your Hotspot further.

   

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   If you go with the default network name and password, skip to Connect to a Mobile Hotspot with a Laptop

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   If you wish to set up a custom password, continue to the following step.

   

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   From the Mobile hotspot, tap the menu button below the screen, then tap "Configure".

   

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    Here you can set a custom network name and password or, use no password and switch Security to "Open".

    

    You also have the option to hide your hotspot from other devices within range

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    To use it you'll have to manually scan for your Mobile hotspot from your laptop/tablet.

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    To only allow certain devices to connect to your Mobile hotspot, tap the menu button below the screen, then "Allow devices".

    

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    To add a device to your Allowed list, tap the "+" sign in the top right corner

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    Enter the name and mac address of the device, then tap "OK".

    

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    You can also adjust your Hotspots Timeout settings

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    On the Mobile hotspot, tap the menu button below the screen, followed by "Timeout settings".

    

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    When no devices are connected to your Mobile Hotspot, it will disable after the amount of time you select here

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    If you never want your device to disable Mobile hotspot, select "Never time-out" from the list.

    

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   When your Mobile Hotspot is active, click the Internet Access icon on the taskbar

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   When the list of available connections populates, locate your network and click "Connect".

   
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