How to generate a Wi-Fi QR code on an Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc

How to generate a Wi-Fi QR code on a Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc

If you want to share the password or key of the network your Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc is connected to, and quickly set it up on another Android device (whether it's a Sony Ericsson or another brand), this tutorial will show you how. We'll guide you on using the native method included in Android 10 and later versions to generate a QR code with the Wi-Fi password.

The Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc comes with Android 2.3 out of the box, though it may have received updates over time.

Once you generate the QR code on your Xperia Arc, you can scan it with the camera of the other device or download it as an image. This way, you can reuse the code whenever you need without repeating these steps.

In the final step, you'll also be able to view the password in case you need to copy it or manually enter it on another device that cannot read QR codes.

Estimated time: 2 minutes.

1- First step:

First of all, you must make sure that you are connected to the Wi-Fi network that you want to share from your Sony Ericsson. If so, access the Xperia Arc settings by tapping the gear wheel icon. If you do not see it on the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc home screen, swipe up from the bottom of the screen to find it.

Settings icon Android

2- Second step:

Once inside the Xperia Arc, settings, the first option that should appear is "Networks and Internet" or "Connections". Press to access the Wi-Fi network settings.

Network and internet

3- Third step:

Within the network and internet settings of your Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc, the first section that will appear is the Wi-Fi connection.

Here, check that it is connected, the icon on the right should appear in blue, if not, click on the icon on the right with a single touch to activate it and make it appear in blue. Once Wi-Fi is activated on your Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc, click on the left on "Wi-Fi" to access its settings.

Wi-Fi Settings

4- Fourth step:

Once you are in the Wi-Fi network settings, the available Wi-Fi networks will appear in a list, both those that you have configured and those that you do not. The first Wi-Fi network that appears is the network to which your Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc is connected, click on the gear icon that appears to the right of the name of the wireless network to see the details.

Wi-Fi network settings

5- Fifth step:

When accessing the details of the Wi-Fi network saved in your Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc and whose access code you want to share to connect from another device, you will see a QR icon under the name of the wireless network on the right with the text “QR Code”. Press to see the QR code.

See Wi-Fi network QR code

6- Sixth step:

The QR code will appear on the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc screen and the password will appear written below. Scan the QR code from the other device you want to connect to the Wi-Fi web. If you don't know how to read a QR code, click here to see the instructions.

If what you want is to save the QR code for later or to print it, you can take a screenshot, if you don't know how to do it on your Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc click here to see how to take screenshots on Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc.

Share Wi-Fi

Final notes

Remember that you can generate a QR code for each different Wi-Fi network to which you connect from your Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc. If these steps to see the QR code of the Wi-Fi network on your Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc have not been useful, check again that the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc is connected to the Wi-Fi network and not through the data connection.

If you cannot find the QR code following the indicated steps, you may need to update the operating system of the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc that comes from the factory with Android version 2.3, see this tutorial: How to update Android operating system.

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