Setting up HotSpot or Tethering on Pocophone M5s

Sharing the net connection of Pocophone M5s in wifi is an extremely handy feature on the Pocophone M5s. Indeed, putting the Pocophone M5s in modem mode can help you to share the connection of the mobile with your entourage or with your different devices. So, in case you don’t have a suitable Wifi access where you are, we will discover in the following paragraphs how to convert the Pocophone M5s into a wifi hotspot. We will first see how to turn on and configure connection sharing. We will see in a second section what is the connection sharing and what it signifies for the Pocophone M5s.Tethering-HotSpot-pocophone-m5s

How you can share the Pocophone M5s connection

To turn your Pocophone M5s into a Wi-Fi hotspot, it’s very simple. Indeed, it truly is only required to execute 2 steps. The initially is to enable connection sharing and the second is to configure the network. All you have to do is stick to the 2 steps below.

Enable Internet Connection Sharing on Pocophone M5s

To share your Pocophone M5s net connection, you’ll first need to enable connection sharing. To achieve this, go to the Pocophone M5s Settings menu . Once you’re there, you have to go to Wireless and Networks , and then find the Internet Connection Sharing tab. You will then have 3 options available to you:

  • Sharing the Wi-Fi connection: for connecting wireless devices
  • USB sharing: when the Pocophone M5s is connected to a pc
  • Share by using smartphone bluetooth

When you have made your choice, you just have to check to activate the sharing of the Pocophone M5s connection. When ever it is active, you should see a tiny icon show up in the notifications bar.

Set up Wifi connection sharing on Pocophone M5s

At this point that you’ve set your Pocophone M5s in modem mode, you’ll need to set up the network so other devices can connect. Just those who have opted for Wi-Fi sharing are affected by the configuration. To configure, click Through Wifi under Internet Connection Sharing. If you are there, go to Configure the Wi-Fi hotspot. Once you are on this page, you can actually change the password to connect to the Pocophone M5s network. So, enter the password which you have chosen and confirm. Finally, you can actually also change the network name in case you wish.

Connect to the Pocophone M5s network

At this point that the network is configured, you can actually connect to it with other devices. To achieve this, you just simply need to bring your device and look for the Pocophone M5s network among the available WIFI networks. When you have found it, you can sign in using the password that you designed. And there you have a good net connection!

What is Connection Sharing on a Pocophone M5s

To make it basic, sharing a connection means sharing the 3G or 4G connection of the Pocophone M5s with other devices. So it is ideal when you do not have a WiFi connection but you have 3G or 4G network on your Pocophone M5s. This allows you to have a good connection almost everywhere. Warning: Note that Pocophone M5s’s connection share uses mobile data. It indicates that the net usage you are using is deducted from your smartphone plan. Thus, it is possible to configure a limit on the consumption of mobile data. Thus, after a certain limit, the Pocophone M5s hotspot wifi turn off.