Sharing a mobile connection with a Samsung Galaxy J7 Metal

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Sharing a mobile connection with a Samsung Galaxy J7 Metal

How to share internet on a Samsung Galaxy J7 Metal

There are situations in which we do not have a Wi-Fi connection, either because we are away from home, outside of work, experiencing a network problem, or staying in a second residence. In such cases, we may need to connect from a computer/laptop, tablet, or television to watch our favorite series or movies using the internet connection of our Samsung Galaxy J7 Metal.

Fortunately, if you have a SIM card with mobile data on your Samsung Galaxy J7 Metal you can create a Wi-Fi hotspot or tethering via Bluetooth or USB and surf the internet from another device by following the steps below:

Table of Contents:

Estimated time: 10 minutes.

1- First step:

First of all check that you have 3G / 4G / 5G mobile connectivity activated on your Samsung Galaxy J7 Metal. To do this, with the Samsung Galaxy J7 Metal unlocked, you can slide your finger from the top of the screen downwards, the shortcuts to device settings will be displayed.

Open Android quick panel

2- Second step:

The icon for the internet connection via 3G/4G/5G data connection must be activated and appear in blue or green, if it is not activated, click to activate it.

If you can't find the icon shown in the image, swipe down again to display all the quick setting icons.

If you don't see the data connection icon on your Samsung Galaxy J7 Metal, check out the following tutorial: Edit the shortcuts panel on a Samsung.

Network connection

3- Third step:

On your Samsung Galaxy J7 Metal go to the device settings, it is the gear wheel icon that you will find on the home screen or in the phone menu, you can access the main menu by dragging your finger from the bottom to the top of the screen.

Settings icon Android

4- Fourth step:

From the Samsung Galaxy J7 Metal settings, find the “Connections” or “Wireless and networks” section and press to continue. It may also appear as “Network and Internet”.

Network and Internet Android

5- Fifth step:

Click on “Mobile Hotspot and Tethering” it may also appear as “Tethering and Wi-Fi hotspot” or “Wi-Fi hotspot / Connection sharing” depending on the version of the Samsung Galaxy J7 Metal operating system.

Android tethering and Wi-Fi hotspot

6- Sixth step:

Click on “Mobile Hotspot” to continue with the configuration of the Internet connection sharing via Wi-Fi on your Samsung. If you want to share the connection via Bluetooth, click on “Bluetooth tethering”.

Android tethering and Wi-Fi hotspot

7- Seventh step:

Activate the portable Wi-Fi zone on your Samsung Galaxy J7 Metal and use the name and password that is provided, you can modify the name of the network and the password by clicking on each of these data. You can now search and configure this portable Wi-Fi network to use the internet connection on another device.

Android tethering and Wi-Fi hotspot

8- Eighth step:

In the event that you need to configure the shared connection of the Samsung Galaxy J7 Metal to hide the network, establish a data limit, also share the Wi-Fi, define the channel and band, you can do it by clicking on “Configure”.

Activate Wi-Fi hotspot Android

9- Ninth step:

Here you can change the network name, password and security type, leaving the network open is not recommended.

Tap on “Band“ to toggle between the 2.4 GHz band and the 5 GHz band. The 5 GHz band is generally less crowded and has less interference from other electronic devices, however the 2.4 GHz band has the capacity to go further than 5 GHz.

This setting may not appear on your Samsung Galaxy J7 Metal, it will depend on the age of the device and the country of purchase.

Name of Wi-Fi hotspot Android

10- Tenth step

Click on “Advanced” to continue with the advanced configuration of the shared connection on the Samsung Galaxy J7 Metal.

Password of Wi-Fi hotspot Android

11- Step eleven

In the “Advanced” section of the Samsung Galaxy J7 Metal connection sharing, you can configure the broadcast channel, set a data limit, change the MAC address, hide the network so that other devices cannot scan it and in addition to the mobile data connection share Wi-Fi connection.

Once finished, click on “Save” to confirm the changes.

Edit Wi-Fi hotspot password Android

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The Samsung Galaxy J7 Metal have the following network connectivity to be able to share the internet:

2G connectivity: GSM 850 MHz, GSM 900 MHz, GSM 1800 MHz, GSM 1900 MHz

3G connectivity: UMTS 850 MHz, UMTS 900 MHz, UMTS 1700/2100 MHz, UMTS 1900 MHz, UMTS 2100 MHz

4G connectivity: LTE 700 MHz Class 17, LTE 850 MHz, LTE 900 MHz, LTE 1700/2100 MHz, LTE 1800 MHz, LTE 1900 MHz, LTE 2100 MHz, LTE 2600 MHz, LTE 700 MHz (B28)

WLAN: 802.11b (IEEE 802.11b-1999), 802.11g (IEEE 802.11g-2003), 802.11n (IEEE 802.11n-2009), Wi-Fi Hotspot

Bluetooth: 4.1

Share internet via USB on Samsung Galaxy J7 Metal

Instead of sharing the connection by creating a Wi-Fi connection, you can also use your Samsung Galaxy J7 Metal's connection to connect a laptop or other device to the Internet via a USB cable.

Connecting via USB has its advantages, such as the fact that you won't need to create a password or enter it, which saves time.

It is also a more secure method, as you prevent someone from guessing the password to the Wi-Fi network and using your connection without your consent.

Connecting via USB also provides higher speed and avoids possible connection losses. In places with many Wi-Fi networks, they can interfere with each other by using the same frequency.

Finally, this method saves battery power, as the USB connection not only consumes less power, but also allows you to charge your Galaxy J7 Metal while using it as a modem.

1- First step:

The first thing you will need is a USB cable that allows data connection, use the Micro USB cable that comes with your Samsung Galaxy J7 Metal from the factory, if you do not have it available try another cable but keep in mind that there are cables that only serve to charge the battery and do not transmit data.

Connect the cable to the Galaxy J7 Metal and to the computer, laptop or device to which you want to share the connection.

Connect via USB cable

2- Second step:

Follow the steps of this tutorial up to step 6, if you have connected the cable and this cable allows data transmission, the "USB Modem" option will be enabled.

Press the button to the right of "USB Modem" to activate the shared connection via USB cable and you will be able to start using the internet connection on the other device.

USB Tethering Samsung

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