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Personal Hotspot Broken?

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Jimmy Guphanti

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Mar 29, 2011
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Hello,
I just noticed that with iOS 8, when I enable Personal Hotspot, other devices can connect, but do not have an internet connection. This is on an iPhone 5S. Is this a bug or just my phone?

Thanks.
 
Jimmy Guphanti said:
Hello,
I just noticed that with iOS 8, when I enable Personal Hotspot, other devices can connect, but do not have an internet connection. This is on an iPhone 5S. Is this a bug or just my phone?

Thanks.
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Personal Hotspot has been very very very flaky for me, USB and wifi both.
 
Hi Jimmy,

Using an 5s and bluetooth connection for 3 days solid with no issues. ATT network.


Jimmy Guphanti said:
Hello,
I just noticed that with iOS 8, when I enable Personal Hotspot, other devices can connect, but do not have an internet connection. This is on an iPhone 5S. Is this a bug or just my phone?

Thanks.
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I had some issues with personal hotspot as well, until I did a reset network settings on my iPhone. After that the personal hotspot has been working more consistently. Note that resetting network settings will wipe out any saved wifi passwords and VPN configurations, so be sure you have those saved elsewhere before you try it.
 
No issues with the hotspot on my 5S, Verizon network, unlimited data + hotspot on the account. I use it daily for work, about 8-10 hours a day.
 
klamse25 said:
You're on a beta. Don't expect everything to be working.
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I don't expect everything to be working, I'm just seeing if it is only me or everyone. I have a 5S on AT&T with 4 bars LTE and tethering that connects, there is just no internet connection for the device I connect with.

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UPDATE: I just tried it again and it works now. It would not work yesterday at all even after multiple restarts. Weird.
 
1) So we need hotspot to be on the account for it to work?

2) it will not connect without paying AT&T for hotspot! Not such a great feature then.
 
rwblue said:
1) So we need hotspot to be on the account for it to work?

2) it will not connect without paying AT&T for hotspot! Not such a great feature then.
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Of course... And its still a slick feature.
 
Jimmy Guphanti said:
Hello,
I just noticed that with iOS 8, when I enable Personal Hotspot, other devices can connect, but do not have an internet connection. This is on an iPhone 5S. Is this a bug or just my phone?

Thanks.
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My Mac worked fine with USB, but I tried with Windows over WiFi and it didn't have an internet connection.
 
robertpatryk said:
Why is Personal Hotspot missing on my iPad Air? I can't find any settings to enable it.
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I can't find it on my iphone 5. Where is it? I need it next week, so should I reinstall ios 7.1? :(

Now changes language from italian to english but can't find it :/
 
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