Setup Wi-Fi connection & Hotspot of your FP3/FP3+
Wi-Fi connection
To set up a Wi-Fi connection your Fairphone 3/Fairphone 3+ (FP3/FP3+), follow the next steps:
- Open the pull-down menu and make sure your Wi-Fi is on: the icon should be green
- Press and hold the icon to open the Wi-Fi settings
- Choose a network connection from the list
- If the network is password-protected, a pop-up will ask you to enter the password
- If you do not know the password, you will need to ask the network administrator
- If you receive an Authentication error, you may have entered the wrong password or it may have changed recently
- Select the network and push the button Forget to start anew
- Restart your modem/router and try to reconnect with the correct password
- If the issue persists, Select the network and open Advanced options to set up or edit (click on the pencil icon) your Proxy Settings, IP Settings, Gateway, or DNS server
Wi-Fi Hotspot
Want to set up a Wi-Fi hotspot?
Go to Settings → Networks & internet → Hotspot & tethering → Wi-Fi Hotspot and then toggle the switch to On
You might have to set up a Hotspot name and a Hotspot password. If you want to prevent the Wi-Fi Hotspot to turn off automatically, tap on Advanced and disable Turn off hotspot automatically
To know more about data-transfer, please read our other support pages
If an issue persists after you tried these steps, don’t hesitate to contact our support team