Instant Hotspot is a special (read: better and faster) medium through which only Apple devices (Mac, iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch) connect to the Personal Hotspot of an iPhone or iPad. With Personal Hotspot enabled, you can share your iPhone or iPad’s cellular data with any Wi-Fi-enabled device: computers (Windows, Linux, Mac), smartphones (Android, iOS), etc. If all goes well, you should connect quite easily.As mentioned earlier, Personal Hotspot is the feature that powers the internet tethering capability of your iPhone and iPad. Then from the list of various Wi-Fi access points choose the name of the hotspot for your phone, and then enter the password. In the taskbar, click on the Wi-Fi symbol on the far right.

Really, there’s no difference between connecting a PC to your phone’s Wi-Fi hotspot or a regular router. These instructions are specifically for Windows 10, but other versions of Windows will behave similarly. Now that you’ve got your phone up and running, it’s time to switch your laptop over to the new Wi-Fi hotspot. Now tap the slider labelled Portable Wi-Fi hotspot to the on position (it will turn green). Once again go to Settings > Wireless & networks > More > Tethering & portable hotspot.

Now, it’s time to activate the portable Wi-Fi hotspot.

Once you’ve got everything set up the way you like it, tap Save to close the pop-up window.

To reveal your phone’s hotspot password tap the Show password checkbox, and then change the password to something of your choosing.

Just like your regular router, it’s always a good idea to change the default name.

Most people can ignore the band options, but you should rename your Wi-Fi hotspot and change the password.

All these options can be changed from this window. A small pop-up window will appear with the name of your Wi-Fi hotspot, the password, and the Wi-Fi band your phone is using.

On the next screen, tap Tethering & portable hotspot and then tap Set up Wi-Fi hotspot.On Android, open the Settings app, and under Wireless & networks tap More.So, if you named your phone “Bob’s iPhone” that’s what your hotspot will be called. The iPhone automatically uses the device name as the hotspot name.Once you have changed the password tap Done. Tap the password box and you will be able to change it to anything you like. Just below the slider button you will also see the password for your smartphone’s hotspot.On the next screen tap the slider labelled Personal Hotspot to activate the feature.On your iPhone, open the Settings app and then tap Personal Hotspot.

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