iPhone User Guide
- Welcome
- What’s new in iOS 12
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- Wake and unlock
- Learn basic gestures
- Learn gestures for iPhone X and later
- Use 3D Touch for previews and shortcuts
- Explore the Home screen and apps
- Change the settings
- Take a screenshot
- Adjust the volume
- Change the sounds and vibrations
- Search for content
- Use and customize Control Center
- View and organize Today View
- Access features from the Lock screen
- Travel with iPhone
- Set screen time, allowances, and limits
- Sync iPhone using iTunes
- Charge and monitor the battery
- Learn the meaning of the status icons
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- Accessories included with iPhone
- Connect Bluetooth devices
- Stream audio and video to other devices
- Control audio on multiple devices
- AirPrint
- Use Apple EarPods
- Apple Watch
- Use Magic Keyboard
- Wireless charging
- Handoff
- Use Universal Clipboard
- Make and receive Wi-Fi calls
- Use iPhone as a Wi-Fi hotspot
- Share your iPhone Internet connection
- Transfer files with iTunes
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- Get started with accessibility features
- Accessibility shortcuts
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- Turn on and practice VoiceOver
- Change your VoiceOver settings
- Learn VoiceOver gestures
- Operate iPhone using VoiceOver gestures
- Control VoiceOver using the rotor
- Use the onscreen keyboard
- Write with your finger
- Control VoiceOver with Magic Keyboard
- Type onscreen braille using VoiceOver
- Use a braille display
- Use VoiceOver in apps
- Speak selection, speak screen, typing feedback
- Zoom in on the screen
- Magnifier
- Display settings
- Face ID and attention
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- Guided Access
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- Important safety information
- Important handling information
- Get information about your iPhone
- View or change cellular settings
- Learn more about iPhone software and service
- FCC compliance statement
- ISED Canada compliance statement
- Class 1 Laser information
- Apple and the environment
- Disposal and recycling information
- Copyright
Share your iPhone Internet connection
Use Personal Hotspot to share your iPhone Internet connection. Computers can share your Internet connection using Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or a USB cable. Other iOS devices can share the connection using Wi-Fi. Personal Hotspot works only if iPhone is connected to the Internet over the cellular data network.
Note: This feature may not be available with all carriers. Additional fees may apply. Contact your carrier for more information.
Share an Internet connection
Go to Settings 
, tap Cellular, then tap Personal Hotspot—if it appears—to set up the service with your carrier.
After you turn on Personal Hotspot, other devices can connect in the following ways:
Wi-Fi: On the device, choose your iPhone from the list of available Wi-Fi networks.
Bluetooth: On iPhone, go to Settings > Bluetooth, then turn on Bluetooth.
To pair and connect iPhone with your Bluetooth device, refer to the documentation that came with your device.
USB: Connect iPhone to your computer using the cable that came with it. In your computer’s Network preferences, choose iPhone, then configure the network settings.
Note: When a device is connected, a blue band appears at the top of the iPhone screen. The Personal Hotspot icon 
appears in the status bar of iOS devices using Personal Hotspot.
On models with Dual SIM, Personal Hotspot uses the line selected for cellular data.
Change the Wi-Fi password for iPhone
Go to Settings
, then tap Personal Hotspot > Wi-Fi Password.Enter a password of at least eight characters.
Change the name of your Personal Hotspot
You can change the name of your Personal Hotspot by changing the name of your iPhone.
Go to Settings , then tap General > About > Name.
Monitor your cellular data network usage
Go to Settings , then tap Cellular. See View or change cellular settings on iPhone.