Okay first you pair your tablet and phone together by enabling Bluetooth on both devices and set to visible. You will get a pairing request with a passkey and you just select yes or ok. Then you go into network settings on your phone and select tethering and portable hotspot.. You will choose a password for your connection that you will be sharing with your tablet. Please refer to the following. Hope this helps.
How does tethering work?
Put simply, the process involves enabling the hotspot option on your phone, configuring wireless security with a password to prevent other people piggybacking on your connection, then connecting your tablet to the wireless network just as you would with any hotspot.
You'll have to enter the password the first time you connect, but on subsequent occasions, your tablet should connect automatically. It's the same process if you have a MiFi dongle.
Pitfalls to watch out for
One of the potential problems with using your phone as a portable Wi-Fi hotspot is that your tablet will think it's connected to a fixed broadband line, rather than a mobile connection.
This means it could gobble up your limited monthly data allowance very quickly. Whereas your smartphone will avoid downloading app updates and any other large data files on 3G, your tablet could assume that's perfectly fine.
For this reason, either disable automatic updates or downloads. Or keep a close eye on how much data is being used by looking in your phone's settings or via a dedicated app.
On your smartphone, disable the hotspot running when you're not using it as this will prolong battery life.
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