Updating via Personal Hotspot

[TheAppleGeek]

Excuse my ignorance, but I have a bit of a question regarding updating to iOS 7 later on this afternoon. I've hit a bit of a financial bump, so for the time being, I am using the Personal Hotspot on my phone for internet. Is it possible to still update to iOS 7 (regardless of how long it takes) without an actual WiFi connection? I don't want to hurt my phone mid-upgrade.

Again, excuse my ignorance. I'm just curious.

 

[GeoffreySYD]

Yep, personal hotspot is considered as wifi

 

[TheAppleGeek]

Great! I didn't want it to crap out halfway and ruin whatever I had.

Thanks!

 

[GreyOS]

Yep. Silly isn't it. Can't use cellular data on phone to download large update, but turn it in to a hotspot and use your cellular data from a laptop- no problem!

 

[ajiuo]

If you have ATT go to McDonalds for lunch.. Most locations have a ATT hotspot.

 

[Michael CM1]

If you have ATT go to McDonalds for lunch.. Most locations have a ATT hotspot.

What this guy said. And it's not just limited to McDonald's. Half everywhere has free WiFi. Better to do that than use up your data.

 

[TheAppleGeek]

What this guy said. And it's not just limited to McDonald's. Half everywhere has free WiFi. Better to do that than use up your data.

I only have one class tomorrow so I may just do that. Free wifi exists everywhere.

 

[Daveoc64]

Excuse my ignorance, but I have a bit of a question regarding updating to iOS 7 later on this afternoon. I've hit a bit of a financial bump, so for the time being, I am using the Personal Hotspot on my phone for internet. Is it possible to still update to iOS 7 (regardless of how long it takes) without an actual WiFi connection? I don't want to hurt my phone mid-upgrade.

Again, excuse my ignorance. I'm just curious.

Yep, personal hotspot is considered as wifi

That's true if you're talking about a device like an iPad connecting via a phone's personal hotspot (the iPad would think it was on a Wi-Fi network - because it is!).

But it's not true if you're talking about the phone that's acting as a hotspot. All of the cellular data download limits still apply to an iPhone that has the Personal Hotspot feature enabled.

Whether a software update can be downloaded using cellular data is controlled by the carrier.