How Share Your iPhone Internet Connection With Your PC
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- Tap the Settings app. This may be located in a folder labeled "Utilities." option. on if it isnt. This will need to be enabled in order to turn on the wireless hotspot.. This button only appears if youve never used the personal hotspot before.After setting up your personal hotspot for the first time
- the Personal Hotspot option will appear in the main Settings list.If this is grayed-out or missing
- your carrier does not support creating a personal hotspot or you need to upgrade your data plan. For a list of carriers that support wireless hotspots
- see this Apple support page. option.Type the password you want to use for your hotspot. slider to turn it on.Click the Networks button in Windows. Youll see this in the System Tray in the lower-right corner of the screen.Select your iPhones wireless hotspot. The name of the network will be "Your Names iPhone."Enter the password for the network. This is the password you created earlier on your iPhone. After connecting
- the PC will be able to browse the internet using your iPhones internet connection.Install iTunes on your computer. If youre tethering your iPhone to a Windows computer
- the computer will need to have iTunes installed in order to connect. See Install iTunes for details.Tap the Settings app on your iPhone. You can find this on one of your Home screens
- or in the Utilities folder. option. on. Youll need this enabled in order to share your iPhones internet with your computer. option. If you dont see this
- your carrier may not support personal hotspots
- or your current data plan may not allow it.Once youve set up a Personal Hotspot for the first time
- the Personal Hotspot option will appear in the Settings app. on.Plug your iPhone into your computers USB port.Click the Network button on your computer. In Windows
- youll find this in the System Tray.Click your iPhone to select it as your computers network. Your computer will now use your iPhones internet connection as you browse the internet. Tap the Settings app. This looks like a set of gears. It may be in the "Utilities" folder. option. on. Cellular data needs to be enabled to use Bluetooth internet sharing.. If this option isnt here or is grayed out
- your carrier or data plan does not support personal hotspots.Once you set up your first hotspot
- the Personal Hotspot option will become available on the main Settings menu. on. button in the upper-left to return to Settings.. on.Click the Bluetooth button in your System Tray. If you dont have a Bluetooth icon
- your Windows computer may not have a Bluetooth adapter installed.Click "Join a Personal Area Network."Click the "Add a device" button. This can be found at the top of the window.Click your iPhone. Leave this window open. on your iPhone. You may be prompted to enter a code that is displayed on the other device.Return to the Devices and Printers window.Right-click on your iPhone.Highlight "Connect using" and then click "Access point." Your Windows PC will now use your iPhones internet connection over Bluetooth.
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