Alcatel OneTouch Pop 8 User Manual

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2 Text input.............................................
2.1 Using Onscreen Keyboard
Onscreen Keyboard settings
From the home screen, select Settings\Language&input, touch the Settings icon    
on the right of  Android keyboard (AOSP), a series of settings are available for 
your selection. 
2.2  Android keyboard
Touch to switch between symbol 
and numeric keyboard.
Touch & hold, then 
select to enter symbols/ emoticons.
Touch & hold to show input  options;  
When Wi-Fi or data connection 
is  on, touch to enter voice input.
Touch to switch between "abc/
Abc" mode; Touch & hold  to 
switch between "abc/ABC" mode.
2.3  Text editingYou can edit the text you have entered.
•	Touch and hold or double-tap within the text you would like to edit.
•	 Drag the tabs to change the high-lighted selection.
•	 Following options will show: Select all,  Cut 
 , Copy  , Paste •	 Touch the icon DONE  to confirm.
You can also insert new text
•	Touch where you want to type, or touch and hold a blank space, the cursor will 
blink and the tab will show. Drag the tab to move the cursor.
•	 If you have selected any text, touch the tab to show  PASTE icon which allows you 
to paste any text you have previously copied. 
						

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3 People .............................................
People enables quick and easy access to the people you want to reach. 
You can view and create contacts on your tablet and synchronize these with your 
Gmail contacts or other applications on the web or on your tablet.
3.1 Consult your contacts
Touch to view the 
contact’s detailed  information.
Touch icon to open Quick  Contact panel.
Touch to view your contact groups and favourite  contacts.
Touch to search in 
People. Touch to add a new 
contact.
Touch the Menu key to display contacts list option menu. 
Following actions are enabled:•	 Delete contact Select and delete unwanted contacts.
•	 Contacts to 
display Choose contacts to display.
•	 Import/Export Import or export contacts between tablet, micro SIM card, 
microSD card and tablet storage.
•	 Accounts Manage the synchronization settings for different accounts.
•	 Settings Set contacts' display mode.
•	 Share visible 
contacts Share contacts with others by sending the contact's vCard 
to them via Bluetooth, Email, SMS, etc.
3.2 
Managing contact groupsThe contact group helps you to improve the organization of your contacts. You can 
add, remove and view groups in the Groups screen.
Touch the Groups to view local groups. To create a new group, touch the icon 
, 
enter the new name and touch  Done to confirm. If you have added accounts to your 
tablet, touch the Groups to view groups in accounts.
3.3  Adding a contact
Touch the icon  in the contact list to create a new contact.
You are required to enter the contact's name and other contact informati\
on. By scrolling 
up and down the screen, you can move from one field to another easily.
Touch to select a picture for the contact.
Touch to unfold the other predefined labels of 
this category.
Touch to save.
Touch to add a new label.
If you want to add more information, touch  Add another field to add a new 
category.
When finished, touch  Done to save.
To exit without saving, you can touch Discard.
3.4  Editing your contactsTo edit contact information, touch  on the contact details screen. When finished, 
touch  Done.
Delete a contact
To delete a contact, touch the  Menu key and select Delete from contact details 
screen.
The contact you have deleted will also be removed from other applications 
on the tablet or web the next time you synchronize your tablet. 
						

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3.5 Contacts importing, exporting and sharingThis tablet enables you to import or export contacts between tablet, SIM card, 
microSD card and tablet storage.
From Contacts screen, touch 
 to open options menu, touch Import/Export, then 
select to import/export contacts from/to SIM card, Tablet, Tablet storage, Accounts, etc.
To import/export a single contact from/to SIM card, choose an account and target SIM 
card, select the contact you want to import/export, and touch the icon 
  to confirm.
To import/export all contacts from/to SIM card, choose an account and target SIM card 
mark  Select all and touch the icon 
 to confirm.
You can share a single contact or contacts with others by sending the contact's vCard 
to them via Bluetooth, Gmail, etc.
Touch a contact you want to share, touch the Menu key, and select Share from 
contact details screen, then select the application to perform this action.
4 Messaging, Email .................................
4.1  Messaging ......................................................
You can create, edit and receive SMS and MMS with this tablet.
To access this feature, touch  from the Apps menu.  All messages you receive or send out can be saved to tablet memory or SIM 
card. To consult the SMS messages stored in SIM card, touch  from 
Messaging screen, then touch  Settings\Text message (SMS)\Manage SIM 
messages.
4.1.1  Write messageOn message list screen, touch the new message icon  to write text/multimedia 
messages.
Touch to create a new message.
Touch to search in all messages.•	 Touch to view the whole message 
thread.
•	 Touch & hold to delete message or 
add shortcut.
For saved contacts, touch the photo to open the  Quick Contact panel to 
communicate with the contact. For unsaved contacts, touch the photo to add 
the number to your  People.
Sending a text message
Enter the mobile number of the recipient on  Type person's name or number bar 
or touch 
 to add recipients, touch Type text message bar to enter the text of 
the message. When finished, touch   to send the text message. 
An SMS message of more than 160 characters will be charged as several SMS. When 
the total number of characters you have entered is approaching the 160-character 
limit, a counter will appear upon the Send option of the text box to remind you how 
many characters are allowed to be entered in one message.
Specific letters (accent) will increase the size of the SMS, which may cause 
multiple SMS to be sent to your recipient. 
						

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Sending a multimedia message
MMS enables you to send video clips, images, photos, animations, slides and sounds to 
other compatible mobiles and e-mail addresses. 
An SMS will be converted to MMS automatically when media files (image, video, audio\
, 
slides, etc.) are attached or subject or email addresses are added.
To send a multimedia message, enter the recipient's number in the Type person's 
name or number bar, touch Type text message bar to enter the text of the 
message, touch the Menu key to open the option menu, select Add subject to insert 
a subject, and touch 
 to attach picture, video, audio and so on. 
When finished, touch  to send the multimedia message. 
Attach options:
•	 Pictures Access Gallery application or File manager to select a 
picture as attachment.
•	 Capture picture Access Camera to capture a new picture for attaching.
•	 Videos Access Gallery application or File manager to select a video 
as attachment.
•	 Capture video Access Camcorder to record a new video for attaching.
•	 Audio Access to select an audio file as attachment.
•	 Record audio  Enter Sound Recorder to record a voice message for 
attaching.
•	 Slideshow Enter Edit slide show screen, touch Add slide to create 
a new slide, and touch currently existing slide to edit it 
(see following picture). Touch the Menu key to get more 
actions, like setting the slide duration, adding music, etc.
•	 Contact Access People application to select one or more 
contact(s) to attach.
•	 Calendar Access Calendar application to select one or more 
event(s) to attach.
4.1.2  Manage messages
When receiving a message, an icon  will appear on status bar as notification. Drag 
down the status bar to open the Notification panel, touch the new message to open 
and read it. You can also access the Messaging application and touch the message 
to open. 
Messages are displayed in conversational order. To reply to a message, touch the current message to enter message-composing screen, 
enter the text, then touch 
 .
Touch and hold an SMS in message details screen. The following message options are 
available for selection. •	 Copy This option displays when the message is an SMS. Copy the 
current message content. You can paste it to the enter bar 
of the new message you are going to compose.
•	 Forward Touch to forward the message to another recipient.
•	 Lock/Unlock 
message Touch to lock/unlock the message so it can't/can be deleted 
if you reach maximum number of stored messages. 
•	 Save message to 
SIM card This option displays when the message is an SMS. Touch to 
save the message to SIM card.
•	 View message 
details Touch to view details of the message.
•	 Delete message Delete the current message.
•	 Select text Touch to select the message text to copy, cut, add to 
dictionary, etc.
4.2 Gmail/EmailThe first time you set up your tablet, you can select to use an existing\
 Gmail or to 
create a new Email account. 
4.2.1  Gmail .......................................................................\
As Google's web-based email service, Gmail is configured when you first set up your 
tablet. Gmail on your tablet can be automatically synchronized with your Gmail 
account on the web. Unlike other kinds of email account, each message and its replies 
in Gmail are grouped in your inbox as a single conversation; all emails are organized 
by labels instead of folders.
To access Gmail
Gmail displays messages and conversations from one single Gmail account \
at a time, if 
you own more than one account, you can add a new one by touching the Menu key and 
selecting  Settings from Inbox screen, then touch  ADD ACCOUNT. When finished, 
you can switch accounts by touching the account name from Inbox screen, and touch 
the account you want to view.
To create and send emails
•	 Touch the icon 
 from Inbox screen. 
						

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Enter recipient(s)’s email address in To  field, and if necessary, touch the Menu key 
and select Add  Cc/Bcc to add a copy or a blind copy to the message.
•	 Enter the subject and the content of the message.
•	 Touch the icon 
 to add an attachment.
•	 Finally, touch the icon 
 to send. 
•	 If you do not want to send the mail out right away, you can touch the Menu key 
and select Save draft or touch Back key to save a copy. To view the draft, touch 
the icon 
 , then select Drafts.
If you do not want to send or save the mail, you can touch the Menu key and then 
select  Discard.
To add a signature to emails, touch the  Menu key and select Settings from inbox 
screen, choose an account, then touch  Signature.
To receive and read your emails 
When a new email arrives, you will be notified by a ringtone or vibration, and an icon 
 will appear on Status bar. 
Touch and drag down the Status bar to display the Notification panel, to\
uch the new 
email to view it. Or you can also access the Gmail Inbox label and touch the new 
mail to read it.
You can search for an email by sender, receiver, subject, etc.
•	 Touch the icon 
 from Inbox screen.
•	 Enter the keyword you want to search for in the searching box and touch  in 
the soft keyboard.
To reply or forward emails
•	 Reply 
When viewing an email, touch 
 to reply the sender of 
this mail.
•	 Reply all 
Touch 
 to send message to all people in a mail loop.
•	 Forward
Touch 
 to forward the received mail to other people.
Managing Gmails by Labels
To conveniently manage conversations and messages, you can organize them using 
a Label.
To label a conversation when reading a conversation’s messages, touch the icon 
 and 
select the label to assign to the conversation. To view conversations by labels when viewing your inbox or another conversation 
list, touch the icon 
, then touch a label to view a list of conversations with that label.
To manage labels, touch  MANAGE LABELS from Labels screen.
Mark the checkbox to select email to activate batch mode, and generate 
the following options:
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Touch to archive the email message. To display the archived 
messages, you can touch  in Inbox screen then touch 
All mail.
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Touch to delete the email message.
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Touch to add or change the label of the email message or 
conversation.
•	
/Touch to mark an email message as read or unread. 
•	
To assign a star or remove the star from the conversation.
•	 Mark as (not) 
important To mark the email as important or not important.
•	 Mute To mute the entire conversation. When muted, new mails 
related to this conversation will not be displayed in Inbox, 
but archived.
•	 Report spam To report the email message/conversation as spam.
•	 Report phishing To report the email message/conversation as phishing.
4.2.2 Email .......................................................................\
.
Besides your Gmail account, you can also set up external POP3 or IMAP email 
accounts in your tablet.
To access this function, touch  Email from Home screen.
An email wizard will guide you through the steps to set up an email account.
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Touch  Next. If the account you entered is not provided by your service provider in 
the tablet, you will be prompted to go to the email account settings screen to enter 
settings manually. Or you can touch  Manual setup to directly enter the incoming 
and outgoing settings for the email account you are setting up.
•	 Enter the account name and display name in outgoing emails.
•	 To add another email account, you can touch Menu key 
 and Settings. Touch 
Add account on the right of the title to create.
To create and send emails
•	 Touch the icon 
 from Inbox screen.
•	 Enter recipient(s) email address(es) in To  field.
•	 If necessary, touch  Add Cc/Bcc to add a copy or a blind copy to the message.
•	 Enter the subject and the content of the message.
•	 Touch  Menu key 
 , touch  Attach file to add an attachment.
•	 Finally, touch  to send .
•	 If you do not want to send the mail right away, you can touch Menu key  and 
select  Save draft to save a copy.
5 Calendar  & Time ........................................
5.1  Calendar .......................................................Use Calendar to keep track of important meetings, appointments, etc.
5.1.1  Multimode viewYou can display the Calendar in daily, weekly, monthly, or agenda view. 
Touch the month label on the top of the screen to change your Calendar view, and 
a drop-down menu will display for you to choose. Touch the icon 
 to return to 
Today's view.
In Agenda, Day or 
Week view touch 
an event to view 
its details. Touch a day in Month view 
to open that day's events.
Agenda view
Day view
Week view Month view
5.1.2 To create new eventsYou can add new events from any Calendar view. 
•	Touch the icon  to access new event edit screen.
•	 Fill in all required information for this new event. If it is a whole-day eve\
nt, you 
can select All day.
•	 When finished, touch  DONE from the top of the screen.
To quickly create an event from Day, Week view screen, touch and hold an empty spot 
or an event to open Option menu, then touch  New event to enter the event details 
screen of the time you have previously selected. Or you can also touch t\
he empty spot 
to select the target area which will turn blue, and tap again to create the new event. 
						

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5.1.3 To delete or edit an eventTo share, delete or edit an event, touch the event to enter details scre\
en, touch the 
icon  to share the event to other people by Bluetooth, Email and messaging, etc., 
touch  the icon  to edit the event, and touch the icon  to delete.
5.1.4  Event reminderIf a reminder is set for an event, the upcoming event icon  will appear on Status bar 
as a notification when the reminder time arrives. 
Touch and drag down the status bar to open the notification panel, touch event name 
to view Calendar notification list.
Touch  Back key to keep the reminders pending on the status bar and the notificatio\
n 
panel.
Important options by touching the Menu key from Calendar main screen:
•	 Refresh To refresh the calendar
•	 Search To search in the calendar
•	 Settings To make a series of Calendar settings
•	 Clear events To clear the selected events
•	 Go to To jump to the date you set
5.2 Clock .............................................................
Time application includes four applications –  World clock, Alarm, Timer and 
Countdown.
5.2.1  To set an alarmFrom Clock screen, touch  to enter  Alarm screen, touch  and select  Add 
alarm to add a new alarm. Following options will show:
•	 Time Enter the number to set time
•	 Repeat Touch to select days you want alarm to work
•	 Ringtone Touch to select a ringtone for the alarm
•	 Label Touch to set a name for the alarm When finished, touch 
OK to confirm.
Touch and hold on a currently existing alarm and touch  Delete alarm to delete 
the selected alarm.
5.2.2  To adjust alarm settingsTouch the icon  from Alarm screen, then select Settings. The following options 
can now be adjusted:
•	 Silence after Select to play alarm with sound or vibration even when the 
tablet is in Silent mode
•	 Snooze length Touch to set temporary turn off time of an alarm
•	 Alarm volume Touch to set the volume of alarms
•	 Volume buttons Touch to set side Volume up/down key behaviors when 
alarm sounds: Snooze, Dismiss or Do nothing.
6 Getting connected  ..............................
To connect to the internet with this tablet, you can use GPRS/EDGE/3G/4G\
 networks 
or Wi-Fi.
6.1 Connecting to the Internet
6.1.1  GPRS/EDGE/3G/4GThe first time you turn on your tablet with SIM card inserted, it will automatically 
configure network service: GPRS, EDGE, 3G or 4G. If the network is not connected, 
you can touch 
 on quick setting panel.
To check the network connection you are using, then touch  Settings\More...\
Mobile networks\Access Point Names or Network operators.
To create a new access point
A new GPRS/EDGE/3G/4G network connection can be added to your tablet with 
the following steps:
•	 Drag down the Quick setting panel and touch 
 to access  Settings.
•	 Touch  More...\Mobile networks\Access Point Names
•	 Touch  Menu key and select New APN. 
•	 Enter the required APN information.
•	 When finished, touch the Menu key and select Save . 
						

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To activate/deactivate Data roaming
When roaming, you can decide to connect/disconnect to a data service. 
•	
Drag down the Quick setting panel and touch 
 to access  Settings.
•	 Touch SIM management\Roaming\Data roaming.
•	 Touch to select from popup options:  Once, Always and Never.
•	 When Data roaming is deactivated, you can still perform data exchange with a Wi-Fi 
connection (refer to "6.1.2 Wi-Fi").
6.1.2  Wi-FiUsing Wi-Fi, you can connect to the Internet when your tablet is within a range of 
wireless network, and also, Wi-Fi can be used on your tablet even without a SIM 
card inserted.
To turn Wi-Fi on and connect to a wireless network
•	Touch 
 on quick setting panel to get to  Settings.
•	 Touch the switch  beside Wi-Fi to turn on/off Wi-Fi.
•	 Touch  Wi-Fi, the detailed information of detected Wi-Fi networks is displayed in 
the Wi-Fi networks section.
•	 Touch a Wi-Fi network to connect. If the network you selected is secured\
, you are 
required to enter a password or other credentials (you may contact your network 
operator for details). When finished, touch Connect. 
To add a Wi-Fi network
When Wi-Fi is on, you may add new Wi-Fi networks according to your preference. 
•	 Drag down the Quick setting panel and touch 
 to access  Settings.
•	 Touch  Wi-Fi, and then touch  .
•	 Enter the name of the network and any required network information.
•	 Touch  Save.
When successfully connected, your tablet will be connected automatically the next 
time you are within range of this network.
6.2  Browser .........................................................Using Browser, you can enjoy surfing the Web.To access this function,  touch  from Home screen and then touch Browser icon  .
To go to a web page
On Browser screen, touch the URL box at the top, enter the address of the web page, 
then touch 
 to confirm. 
Touch to delete all contents
Touch to search
The URL bar will hide after a few seconds. To show the URL bar, you can touch and 
slide down the screen.
To set homepage
•	 Touch the 
 from Browser screen to display option menu, touch  Settings\
General\Set home page.
•	 Choose a page or most visited website as your homepage.
•	 If you choose  Other, enter the URL of the website you want to set as your 
homepage, touch  OK to confirm.
6.2.1 Viewing web pagesWhen opening a website, you can navigate on web pages by sliding your finger on the 
screen in any direction to locate the information you want to view.
To zoom in/out of a web page
Pinch/Spread your finger on the screen to zoom out/in of the web page. 
To quickly zoom into a section of a web page, double-tap on the section you want to 
view. To return to normal zoom level, double-tap again.
To find text on a web page
•	Touch the 
 from web page screen, then select Find on page.
•	 Enter the text or phrase you want to find.
•	 The first word with matching characters will be highlighted on the screen, and 
subsequent matches will be boxed.
•	 Touch the up or down arrow to switch to the previous or next matching items.
•	 When finished, you can touch 
 or the Back key to close the search bar.
Further operations for the text on a web page
You can copy, share or search the text from a web page:
•	 Touch and hold the text to highlight the text. 
						

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Move the two tabs to select the text. 
•	 Touch SELECT ALL to select all words in this web screen.
•	 Touch 
 to copy the selected text.
•	 Touch  to show further actions, including find, share and search on the page 
or the web. 
•	 When finished, touch 
 or the Back key to deactivate the mode.
To open new window/switch between windows
Multiple windows can be opened at the same time for your convenience.
•	 Touch 
 to open a new window.
•	 Touch the  and select New incognito tab to open a window without any trace.
•	 To close a window, touch  on the window you want to close or slide it sideways.Touch the icon on the left of the URL, you can view more information about 
the current page. 
6.2.2  Manage links, history and downloads
To manage a link, address displayed on a web page
•	 Link Touch the link to open the web page.
Touch and hold the link to open options for further operation, like 
open in new window, save link, copy link URL, etc.
•	 Address Touch to open Google Maps and locate the address.
To view Browser history
•	 Touch the icon 
 from Browser screen.
•	 Touch  History tab to view browser history.
•	 Touch  Saved pages to view the pages you've saved.
To download a web application/view your downloads
Before downloading a web application, you need to enable your tablet to install web 
applications (touch Settings\Security, mark the checkbox of Unknown sources, 
finally touch  OK to confirm).
To download an item, touch the item or the link you want to download.
To cancel a download, touch the downloaded item from the Notification panel, select 
the item to be cancelled, and touch 
 to confirm.
To view items you have downloaded, touch the application Downloads. 
6.2.3  Manage bookmarks
To bookmark a web page
•	Open the web page you want to bookmark.
•	 Touch the star on the right of link, or from the History screen, touch the star 
beside the URL.
•	 Enter the name and the location if needed and touch  OK to confirm.
To open a bookmark
•	 Touch the icon 
 to enter the Bookmarks screen.
•	 Touch the bookmark you want to open.
•	 You can also touch and hold to display the options screen, then touch  Open or 
Open in new window.
To edit a bookmark
•	 Touch the icon 
 to enter the Bookmarks screen.
•	 Touch and hold the bookmark you want to edit. 
•	 Touch  Edit bookmark, and input your changes.
•	 When finished, touch  OK to confirm.
6.2.4 SettingsA series of settings are available for your adjustment. To access Browser settings, 
touch  from Browser screen, and select Settings.
General •	 Set home page Touch to set homepage.
•	 Form auto-fill Mark the checkbox to fill out web forms with a single touch.
•	 Auto-fill text Touch to set up text to auto-fill in web forms.
6.3 Connecting to Bluetooth devices Bluetooth is a short-range wireless communication technology that you can use to 
exchange data, or connect to other Bluetooth devices for various uses. 
To access this function, drag down the Quick setting panel and touch 
 to access 
Settings. Then touch  Bluetooth, your tablet and other available ones will display 
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To turn on Bluetooth
•	
Drag down the Quick setting panel and touch 
 to access  Settings.
•	 Touch  to activate/deactivate Bluetooth function.
To make your tablet more recognizable, you can change your tablet name which is 
visible to others.
•	 Touch 
 and select Rename tablet.
•	 Enter a name, and touch  Rename to confirm.
To make tablet visible
•	 Touch 
 and select Visibility timeout to select the visible time.
To pair/connect your tablet with a Bluetooth device 
To exchange data with another device, you need to turn Bluetooth on and pair your 
tablet with the Bluetooth device with which you want to exchange data.
•	 Drag down the Quick setting panel and touch 
 to access  Settings.
•	 Touch  Bluetooth.
•	 Touch  SEARCH FOR DEVICES.
•	 Touch a Bluetooth device you want to be paired with in the list.
•	 A dialog will popup, touch  Pair to confirm.
•	 If the pairing is successful, your tablet connects to the device.
To disconnect/unpair from a Bluetooth device
•	 Touch the Settings icon 
 beside the device you want to unpair.
•	 Touch  Unpair to confirm.
6.4 Connecting to a computer
With the USB cable, you can transfer media files and other files between microSD 
card/internal storage and computer. 
Before using MTP or PTP you should firstly mark  USB debugging. 
•	 To access this function, touch Settings\About tablet, then touch Build number 
7 times. Now you may touch  Settings\Developer options\USB debugging.
  For the operating system Windows XP or lower, you should download and install 
Windows Media Player 11 on your computer from the following link: http://
windows.microsoft.com/zh-CN/windows/download-windows-media-player.
To locate the data you have transferred or downloaded in the internal storage, touch 
File Manager, all data you have downloaded is stored in File Manager, where you 
can view media files (videos, photos, music and others), rename files, install applications 
into your tablet, etc.
To format a microSD card
•	Drag down the Quick setting panel and touch 
 to access  Settings.
•	 Touch  Storage.
•	 Touch  Erase SD card. On the screen a popup warns you that formatting the 
microSD card will erase its contents, touch 
  .
6.5  Sharing your tablet's mobile data connectionYou can share your tablet's mobile data connection with a single computer via a USB 
cable (USB tethering) or with up to eight devices at once by turning your tablet into 
a portable Wi-Fi hotspot.
The functions below may incur additional network charges from your 
network operator. Extra fees may also be charged in roaming areas.
To share your tablet's data connection via USB
Use the USB cable that came with your tablet to connect it to a USB port on your 
computer.
•	 Drag down the Quick setting panel and touch 
 to access  Settings.
•	 Touch More...\Tethering & portable hotspot.
•	 Mark\Unmark the checkbox of  USB tethering to activate/deactivate this function.
To share your tablet's data connection as a portable Wi-Fi hotspot
•	 Drag down the Quick setting panel and touch 
 to access  Settings.
•	 Touch More...\Tethering & portable hotspot.
•	 Touch the switch 
 beside Wi-Fi  hotspot to activate/deactivate this function. 
To rename or secure your portable hotspot
When Portable Wi-Fi hotspot is activated, you could change the name of your tablet's 
Wi-Fi network (SSID) and secure its Wi-Fi network.
•	 Drag down the Quick setting panel and touch 
 to access  Settings.
•	 Touch More...\Tethering & portable hotspot\Wi-Fi hotspot.
•	 Touch  Set up Wi-Fi hotspot to change the network SSID or set your network 
security.
•	 Touch  Save.