Enabling USB Tethering

Enabling USB Tethering

USB tethering is not supported on computers running Mac OS. If the computer is running Windows or a recent version of Linux (such as Ubuntu), follow these instructions without any special preparation. If running a version of Windows that precedes Windows 7, or some other operating system, you may need to prepare the computer to establish a network connection via USB.
  1. Connect the device to a host computer with a USB cable.
    The notification
    Charging this device via USB
    appears in the Notifications panel.
  2. Go to
    Settings
    .
  3. Touch
    Network & Internet
    .
  4. Touch
    Hotspot & tethering
    .
  5. Touch the
    USB tethering
    switch to enable.
The host computer is now sharing the device’s data connection.
To stop sharing the data connection, touch the
USB tethering
switch again or disconnect the USB cable.