I notice that after a period of inactivity, the hotspot feature will essentially turn itself off and my laptop will lose internet. I can understand why that may be useful if it's in battery mode. However, when I'm at school, I have a power source nearby and power isn't an issue. Is there a way to prevent the iPhone from automatically turning off the feature?
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How do I keep the hotspot on permanently?
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Is your laptop going into sleep mode? If it is then that explanes why , there is no way to keep it on if something is not connected. I ha the same issue tethering my iPhone to my iPad and my iPad going to sleep. The way around In my case was to tether thru Bluetooth instead of wifi which is much better on battery but a little slower.
Plug the iPhone into your laptop with the USB sync cable and use the connection through that, instead of using WiFi or Bluetooth. This should keep the connection active for as long as your laptop is awake. It should also be the fastest in terms of throughput, and will also keep your iPhone charged without having to plug it in to an outlet.
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The iPhone charges faster through the outlet than through my laptop's USB port.
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The iPhone charges faster through the outlet than through my laptop's USB port.
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You can't unfortunately. When you navigate to the personal hotspot section in settings it starts broadcasting the SSID and for 30 seconds after you navigate away or the phone goes to sleep.
As long as you are still using it it will stay active (even if the screen is off) but after a while it will shut down the hotspot and you have to reactivate it.
There is an Apple support page that details this but I'm not able to find it again but you should be able to find it if you look hard enough.
As long as you are still using it it will stay active (even if the screen is off) but after a while it will shut down the hotspot and you have to reactivate it.
There is an Apple support page that details this but I'm not able to find it again but you should be able to find it if you look hard enough.
Uh no, not in the phone, at the laptop. Ur basically simulating fake activity.
It would be nice to be able to configure iPhone / iPad to leave hotspot on at all times. I use my laptop a lot and have iPad in my backpack. Currently i have to go into settings on iPad to Hotspot settings (just having it open) and then the laptop will connect. mine seems to stay on as long as the laptop is active / communicating.
the suggestion above about plugging it into laptop is a good idea too, but im not sure if by plugging it in, will actually enable Hotspot, or if you have to go into Settings first
the suggestion above about plugging it into laptop is a good idea too, but im not sure if by plugging it in, will actually enable Hotspot, or if you have to go into Settings first
Thank you for using the search feature, but damn!
Yeah, it would be nice, but I get the feeling that the cellular companies would frown upon that.
Thanks for this suggestion. From all of this, I see that Apple so far does not provide a way to manually keep the hotspot on. It is tiring to have to unlock the phone all the time! So getting a script to keep it busy is a lovely hack! Thanks
Everyone needs to check for oldy moldy threads. They spring up this time of iPhone season. We past all the gate threads and majority of complaining and to soon for robust rumor threads, so all left is unbury coffins of old threads. Happens every year.
Anyone here with iOS 13 beta installed on their iPhone? Apparently there's a feature called "Persistent Personal Hotspot". I've been waiting for something like this on iOS for a very long time. So far all of the data points to the fact that it'll work perfectly with iOS devices. What about Android? If an Android device connects to an iPhone or iPad with iOS 13 with the "Persistent Personal Hotspot", is it still going to maintain connection with an iPhone/iPad when it goes to sleep?
This is really an iOS 13 discussion—not a iPhone 5 discussion from 2012.
Being said, yes, it’s a new feature.
