How To Share an Android Smartphone WiFi Connection (Mobile Hotspot)

By | June 10, 2021

How To Share an Android Smartphone WiFi Connection Step 4

Sharing an Android smartphone WiFi connection is easy to do with a few steps for the setup.

Keep in mind every carrier will have different rules for sharing a WiFi connection as a mobile hotspot.

Most often the users data plan is used so be sure how your carrier manages a mobile hotspot.
How To Share an Android Smartphone WiFi Connection Step 5
The steps below will allow you to set up an Android Smartphone as a Mobile hotspot that any other wireless device can connect to.

The example at the bottom of this post shows how another Android smartphone would connect to that mobile hotsopt.

How to Share an Android Smartphone WiFi Connection

  1. Go to Settings
  2. How To Share an Android Smartphone WiFi Connection Step 1

  3. Click Connections
  4. How To Share an Android Smartphone WiFi Connection Step 2

  5. Select Mobile Hotspot and Tethering
  6. How To Share an Android Smartphone WiFi Connection Step 3

  7. Turn On Mobile Hotspot
  8. How To Share an Android Smartphone WiFi Connection Step 4

  9. Enter a Password for the connecting device. (Note the default Network Name as this will be what the other device connects to.)
  10. How To Share an Android Smartphone WiFi Connection Step 5

  11. Click Save and other devices will be able to connect to tour phone using the credentials displayed.
  12. How To Share an Android Smartphone WiFi Connection Step 7

How to Connecting Another Android Smartphone to Your Android Smartphone WiFi

  1. Go to Settings
  2. How To Share an Android Smartphone WiFi Connection Step 1

  3. Click Connections
  4. How To Share an Android Smartphone WiFi Connection Step 2

  5. Click WiFi
  6. How to Connecting Another Android Smartphone to Your Android Smartphone WiFi Step 1

  7. Select the WiFi Broadcast Name. (In this example it is the Samsung Galaxy S10e)
  8. How to Connecting Another Android Smartphone to Your Android Smartphone WiFi Step 2

  9. Input the password
  10. How to Connecting Another Android Smartphone to Your Android Smartphone WiFi Step 3

  11. The Smartphone will connect and will be using the other phones Mobile Hotspot