Every smartphone these days come with option to share internet connection. This means that you can setup your phone as a wireless router. This helps a lot for those who are always on the go and need to connect their laptop or tablet to internet. With Jio, Airtel etc offering super low price data packs, internet sharing can save money. We have compiled a few guides for Oppo A57. Head to this page to see the full list of guides.
If you have newer Oppo or Realme phone running ColorOS 6, go to this new guide. You can also access our full list of guides for Oppo ColorOS 5.2 (Android 8.1) in this page. You can also access our recommended smartphone list to get list of best smartphones that you can buy.
Go to Settings -> Other Wireless Connections.
Click on “Personal hotspot”.
Click on “Name and Password Settings”.
Select a network name and the AP band (2.4GHz or 5GHz) on which you want to create the network.
Make sure that Security is set to WPA2 PSK. If you do not set security, password will not be enabled and so anyone in the vicinity of your network can connect and use your internet connection. It is highly recommended to use password that is hard to crack.
To enable hotspot, you can either use ‘Quick Toggles’ or you can click on ‘Enable your personal hotspot’.
Other options include USB and Bluetooth tethering where in you can share internet to the devices that connect to the phone using Bluetooth or USB.
