Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot

Android

Using your phone as a portable Wi-Fi hotspot

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The portable Wi-Fi hotspot feature on your Android™ phone allows you to connect multiple compatible Wi-Fi devices to the internet over the Vodafone 3G/HSDPA network. It's like having your own personal Wi-Fi network in your pocket, allowing you to remain connected to the internet when you're out and about.

Using your phone as a portable Wi-Fi hotspot will increase your data usage. To cater for this, we recommend connecting a 2GB Medium Mobile Internet Pack 1 (as a minimum) to cover your browsing needs.

For just $10 per month over 12 months(total min. cost $1201) you'll receive an extra 2GB of data each month, allowing you to keep all your devices connected on the go, when you are away from your Wi-Fi network.

How to get a Medium Mobile Internet Pack?

  1. Simply TXT 'data' to 126612
  2. Select 'Medium Mobile Internet Pack $10/2GB'. [Please note - you can select any pack you like, but if you want to use your phone as a portable Wi-Fi hotspot, we'd recommend an additional 2GB of data as a minimum.
  3. Click 'Sign up'
  4. You'll receive a confirmation TXT when your pack is activated and you're ready to go.

How do you monitor how much data you've used?

My Vodafone lets you monitor your data usage so you can keep an eye on how much you have left at any time. Click on the Vodafone key on your mobile, otherwise enter 'live.vodafone.com' in your browser, click on the 'My Vodafone' tab and bookmark the link.

What do you need to set up a portable Wi-Fi hotspot on Android™?

  1. A phone running Android™ operating system
  2. Android™ 2.2 or later
  3. Connection to the Vodafone 3G network
  4. A laptop, personal computer, Mac, iPad or other Wi-Fi enabled phone, tablet, music player or gaming console

How to set up your Android™ portable Wi-Fi hotspot

Click here to view a step-by-step guide for your Android phone.

Terms & conditions:

1. Approved customers only. Minimum monthly spend is $10. Early exit fee: $10 x months left on contract. Included data expires after 1 month. Additional data usage: 2c per MB (min session 50KB). Data for use in Australia on Vodafone's GPRS/3G network.

All Vodafone services are subject to device capabilities & network limitations and availability. A compatible 3G device is required to access 3G services. Vodafone offers U2100Mhz, U850MHz and U900Mhz devices. Handsets which are U2100MHz or U2100/850MHz compatible but not U900MHz compatible will experience 3G coverage in metro areas (Vodafone's 3G Mobile Broadband (MBB) Standard Coverage area &, if available for the handset, Vodafone's 3G 850 MBB Coverage area) & 2G (2.5G GPRS or 2.75G Edge) in all other coverage areas. Broadband speeds and high bandwidth applications i.e. video streaming, video calling & music downloads, are only available in Vodafone's 3G MBB Standard Coverage area; &, if you have a U850MHz compatible device only, in Vodafone's 3G 850 MBB Coverage area; &, if you have a U900MHz compatible device only, Vodafone's 3G MBB Regional Coverage area (however speeds will be slower in the 3G MBB Regional Coverage area). See www.vodafone.come.au/coverage for coverage details & vodafone.com.au/devicefrequency for details of devices & their frequencies. Vodafone Pty Limited ABN 76 062 954 554.