Make Your Android Phone As Wi-Fi Hotspot - Free Apps For Android

Internet connection sharing is a very common practice now a days in the computing world. In most of the situations, sharing is done via LAN or via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth. And for that, at first we need to connect the Internet into a system called server and then distribute to various systems called clients. If the connection is via LAN, then to share the connection, we need to do it via HUB or Switch, and if the sharing is done via Wi-Fi, then we need a Wi-Fi router which will act as a Wi-Fi Hotspot. And in case of wireless connection, the shared connection can be accessed from various kind of devices such as smart phones, tablets, laptops, Gaming consoles having Wi-Fi system. But in absence of a computer and Wi-Fi router, is there any possibility to share the internet connection? The answer is yes, you can easily do it, if you have an Android Smart Phone, having 2G/3G/4G connection, not by using data cable or Bluetooth, but by making your Android phone as Wi-Fi hotspot. And you will be able to share the internet connection of your smartphone with other device such as laptop, other smart phones, tablets, gaming consoles etc.

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FoxFi is one such application for Android devices, which will share the internet connection of your Android phones with other Wi-Fi enabled devices, by making your Android phone into Wi-Fi Hotspot. FoxFi is a free apps for Android phones. No tether or rooting is required, you just need to install FoxFi from Google Play into your phone and turn it on. You may use either Bluetooth or Wi-Fi to share your internet connection. Bluetooth mode is operational for all phones but currently Wi-Fi mode works on Motorola, LG, Samsung and new HTC phones. Unfortunately this application is not supportive for Motorola Droid 1, Motorola Triumph, Samsung Admire, LG Revolution or older HTC phones. Instead you can use the Bluetooth mode for those phones.

FoxFi provides WPA security type and one thing you need to remember that the internet usage is under the plan which your phone is registered with. If you are having any problem in connecting any device via Wi-Fi, reboot your phone and then try it by renaming the hotspot before activating.

Thus, FoxFi is no doubt an excellent apps to create your Android phone as Wi-Fi hotspot and access single internet connection from multiple devices or clients or friends. Using a single internet connection of your Android phone, you can surf internet on you laptop or desktop without hassle of using any cable, just activate the FoxFi WI-Fi Hotspot and access the internet by turning on the WI-Fi of your laptop or desktop. It servers the purpose of a Wi-Fi router and you can avoid the headaches of setting up of network sharing on your mobile and other devices, its very simple and user friendly.