How To Use An Android Phone As A Router


One of the interesting and attractive features of mobile phones is the possibility of turning them into Android Phone As A Router. It means that you can easily turn your phone into a modem so that other devices can connect to it and use its internet. This work is not very difficult and does not require special settings and programs, and it can be done even with a few clicks.

Mobile internet in Iran has higher speed and stability. Also, its connection and disconnection is much less compared to home internet. For this reason, many consider mobile internet to be better than home internet. This is exactly one of the main reasons why people use their phone as a router. Also, home internet disconnection, not having a modem, traveling, etc. can all be reasons why you want to use your mobile phone as a modem.

Convert Android phone to router

In order to turn your phone into a router, you need to do something so that other devices can connect to your phone via Wi-Fi and use your mobile data. Fortunately, smartphones themselves have this capability, and I no longer need to install a special program.

Now it's time to talk about the main topic of this article, i.e. how to convert a smartphone into a modem. For this, turn on your phone and then go to the settings section of your phone.

Then look for the connections section. This section is usually at the top of the settings options. Then click on it. On the new page, look for the mobile hotspot and tethering option and enter it, and then turn on the mobile hotspot option.

Tip: For convenience, you can drag your finger down from the top of the phone screen to see the button bar of your phone settings. Then look for the mobile hotspot option and click on it. You can also enter the mobile hotspot settings section by keeping a little hold on it.

Note: These settings may be different in some phones, but usually the options have almost the same names.

So far, by turning on the mobile hotspot option, you were able to do something so that others can connect to your phone and use its internet.

In the next step, you have to activate the data of your phone or the internet of your SIM card. For this, open your phone settings first. Then go to the connections section and look for the data usage option. After that, turn on the mobile date option.

Tip: For convenience, you can drag your finger down from the top of the phone screen to open the phone settings button bar. Then look for the mobile data option and turn it on.

You can easily turn your smartphone into a router so that other devices can easily connect to it.

Mobile hotspot settings

After turning your Android phone into a router, you need to make your hotspot settings so that you can use your phone's internet much better. For this, enter the mobile hotspot settings. To access this section, enter your phone's settings and then click on connections. After that, look for the mobile hotspot and tethering option. Now hold on the mobile hotspot option. You can also directly search for the term mobile hotspot after entering the settings.

By entering the mobile hotspot page, you can turn it off or on. In the lower part you can change the name of your device (router name) and in the password part you can change your Wi-Fi password. But for more settings, you can click on the three dots on the top of the page. And click on configure mobile hotspot option.

In the network name section, you can specify the name of your router or Wi-Fi.

You can hide your Wi-Fi by clicking on hide my device option.

In the Security section, you can specify your Wi-Fi security.

In the password section, you can specify your Wi-Fi password.