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Instant Hotspot - Hot the ******?

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Sparxxx

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Jul 29, 2009
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Guys could someone of you please help me with the Instant Hotpspot feature in iOS 8?
I am using an Iphone 6 and an Ipad Air but can't get the Instant Hotspot function to work.
Please tell me step by step what I have to do to enable it.

Thanks!
 
Both devices are on iOS 8 and signed in with the same iCloud account and your iPhone isn't showing up in Wifi under Personal Hotspot?
 
I am with AT&T and it says I have to contact them - this is BS . . . I thought that one of the features of IOS8 was allowing the sharing of any cell connection, not having to buy another sharing plan . . .
 
megalaser said:
I am with AT&T and it says I have to contact them - this is BS . . . I thought that one of the features of IOS8 was allowing the sharing of any cell connection, not having to buy another sharing plan . . .
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Still need to pay for it. Works on my t-mobile where I get 5gb of personal hotspot
 
If you have a grandfathered ATT data unlimited plan IT WILL NOT WORK for any hotspots.
 
I have all kinds of buggy problems with instant hotspot from my Macbook. Most of the time I have to wake my iPhone up before it shows up in my WiFi list. I can also make it appear instantly in my Macbook if I scan for the hotspot with my iPad Mini. Once the iPad Mini finds it the instant hotspot shows up instantly on my Macbook.
 
DblHelix said:
Still need to pay for it. Works on my t-mobile where I get 5gb of personal hotspot
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This. OP, if you're paying for multiple lines, I would consider buying a Mobile Share data plan. That means you'd be sharing a certain amount of available data with another person whose service you're being billed for. These data plans come with the Personal Hotspot feature.
 
madsci954 said:
Both devices are on iOS 8 and signed in with the same iCloud account and your iPhone isn't showing up in Wifi under Personal Hotspot?
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Yep, both are on iOS 8 and use the same iCloud account.
My Hotspot function is active with the provider (Swisscom as I live in Switzerland).
Never manage to get Instant Hotspot to work. I still use the old method but would like to benefit from the new one.
Any help?
Thanks
 
Well... They mainly talk about hand off... I am more interested in Instant Hotspot between my Ipad and Iphone when I am not at homd and not having wifi
 
Just follow the steps and enjoy your instant hotspot, its working great between my 5s and iPad air
 
megalaser said:
I am with AT&T and it says I have to contact them - this is BS . . . I thought that one of the features of IOS8 was allowing the sharing of any cell connection, not having to buy another sharing plan . . .
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No, iOS 8 simply makes the existing hotspot feature more seamless. Allowing you to use any data connection would almost certainly violate the contracts that Apple has with these carriers.
 
Ok, I got it working.
All I did was a "Reset All Settings" on the Ipad.
Bluetooth need to be "ON".
 
Glad to hear you got it working. For future reference mine connects 100% of the time *if* I keep the settings page of personal hotspot open during connection. Otherwise it is hit and miss.
 
Well... for me it always worked without keeping that page open.Otherwise it makes no sense. I don't want to take the phone out of my pocket. Thats the whole idea behind, right? :).

Now I am wondering if it works through Bluetooth or not... otherwise I can keep it off.
 
Well, it worked for a day and now it's gone. No idea how this stupid **** is suposed to work.
It should be something easy but it turns out they ****ed it up big time since iOS 8
Ples the wifi issues I am having with my Ipad Air... Not good Apple, not good.
 
Instant Hotspot or whatever doesn't work for me either. iOS 8.0.2, OS X 10.10 GM and I have to manually add a new network to the MacBook and enter the WPA2 password each time. It finds my phone fine but when I select it from the WiFi list, I get a failure after a while. Handoff works fine but this piece does not.
 
With 8.1 it's working perfect now... Cool stuff. Bluetooth has to be on though
 
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