Tethering & portable hotspot settings screen, VPN settings screen, USB tethering

Tethering & portable hotspot settings screen

For details about these settings, see “Sharing your phone’s mobile data connection” on page 69.

USB tethering Check to share your phone’s mobile network data connection with your computer, via a USB connection.

Portable Wi-Fi hotspot Check to share your phone’s mobile network data connection as a portable Wi-Fi hotspot.

Portable Wi-Fi hotspot settings Opens a screen with settings to turn the hotspot on and off and to set the its SSID (its broadcast name) and security.

Help Opens a dialog with information about USB tethering and portable Wi-Fi hotspots as well as information about where to learn more.

VPN settings screen

For details about these settings, see “Connecting to virtual private networks” on page 72.

Add VPN Opens a screen that prompts you to select the type of VPN to add. You are then prompted for VPN configuration details.

VPNs The list of VPNs that you’ve previously configured.

Mobile networks settings screen

Data enabled Uncheck to prevent your phone from transmitting data on any mobile network. This is useful if you are traveling in an area where you do not have a mobile data plan and want to avoid charges for data use on local carriers’ mobile networks. Unchecking this setting does not prevent your phone from transmitting data on other wireless networks, such as Wi-Fi or Bluetooth.

Data roaming Uncheck to prevent your phone from transmitting data on other carriers’ mobile networks when you can’t access your own carrier’s mobile networks. See “Disable data when roaming” on page 59.

Data usage Only available if your carrier enforces a mobile network data use policy. Displays the amount of data you’ve transmitted over the mobile network in the current period, the data threshold (the amount of data you can transmit before the policy is enforced), and the time when the next period starts. If you touch this setting, the Data Usage screen opens, with more details about your mobile network data use, the period in which it’s measured, and the way in which the carrier will enforce the