The iPhone is a universal device with which you can: call, write a message, go online, play games or read books, as well as listen to music. But not always enough of this phone to perform important tasks, for example, create tables in Exsel or work in a graphic editor, as well as perform tasks in the Word text editor. This requires a computer or laptop. The Internet will be required for work. And you can not even imagine that you can save on the purchase of a pocket router and use your phone as a distributor of a wireless Internet. How to distribute Wi-Fi with iPhone, let's learn more.
Preparation and configuration management to distribute Wi-Fi with iPhone
Before proceeding with the most important thing and configure the phone to the modem mode, it is necessary to find out what a tariff plan from your mobile operator. Excellent, if you are in the high coverage area "LTE", not bad if you have 3G mobile Internet. In the first case, this is an excellent speed, the second option is also good, although the rate of distribution will be slightly lower, but not critical. If you ship heavy sites or watch online movies, then 3G internet will be not enough.
With the tariff plan, everything is clear, as with a mobile operator. Next, you need to take care of traffic. Well, if you have a mobile Internet "unlimited", but the limited traffic is also good, only you have to follow the spent volume, then not to pay huge bills.
In order to translate the phone to the modem mode, the firmware is not below iOS 7/8 for iPhone5.6 and iOS from 4.3.1 for iPhone4.
How to distribute Wi-Fi with iPhone
Turn on the phone and proceed to setting up the device to modem mode:
- open the Settings menu;
- find the item "Cellular Communication". ATTENTION: If you have not previously turned on the phone to enter the Internet in the modem mode, you will not have item mode "Modem";
- how to configure modem mode: You need to activate a cellular connection - simply switch the right button to activate it;
- we expect a few seconds;
- you can get out of the settings and go back, after some time (2-4 minutes), a new "Modem Mode" item will appear in the menu. You need to go to it and activate;
- from this point on, the phone will generate a password independently. It consists, as a rule, from letters and numbers, which means a high degree of protection;
- take a leaf and handle to rewrite the password. If you doubt that the password is reliable, come up with your. It should consist of at least 8 characters, it is desirable that these are not only numbers, but also letters;
- do not rush to close this tab, because you immediately need to connect the device (tablet, laptop) to the Internet;
- to do this, you need from the proposed Wi-Fi connection options, select your phone;
- enter the password on another device and go to the Internet to check whether everything works. By the way, the Internet phone distributes to any devices, even on phones.
Features of the phone in modem mode
The method is excellent, but there are disadvantages. The phone in modem mode is quickly discharged, because it consumes a lot of energy. To this not happen, you need to connect the charger.
When the Internet is no longer needed, you need to disable this feature:
- You need to go to the "Settings" menu.
- Select the Cellular Communication tab. Deactivate (move the lever left).
If you plan to use the mobile Internet from the phone, then you need to turn off in the modem settings. Then the phone will not quickly discharge.
Useful recommendations
These simple tips will help save battery life and own funds:
- before turning on the modem function, you need to charge the battery completely or connect the charger;
- call the operator and consult to go to a more profitable tariff plan. The right choice is complete unlimited;
- in order to watch video without any problems, activate the LTE mode;
- come up with a reliable password so that no one can hack you;
- if Wi-Fi is no longer needed, do not forget to turn off the modem function.
Important: In the IOS-8 operating system, the modem mode is not displayed in the "Settings" menu. To activate it, you need to find the "Cellular data transmission network" in the Cellular Communication tab, find the "Modem Mode" tab and where the APN will be written - to register the mobile operator data (call the hotline and find out the APN, the user name and password). You can register this data in modem mode and only after that you can enable this feature and distribute Wi-Fi with iPhone.
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