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Using tethering on my mobile phone

Want to use your mobile phone to establish an internet connection from a laptop or desktop? It's called tethering. It's easy, but you need to set up your mobile phone for internet and activate data connections before you can use this function.

Go to www.itunes.com on your computer.
Find the download section on the website to download iTunes.
Download and install iTunes on your computer.

Start the program iTunes on your computer.

Connect the data cable to the socket at the bottom of your mobile phone and to the computer's USB port.

Tap Settings.

Tap Personal Hotspot.

Tap the indicator next to Personal Hotspot to turn on tethering.

If this is the first time you use the function:
Tap USB Only.

An internet connection from your computer via your mobile phone is automatically established.
When the connection is established, you can access the internet from your computer.

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