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BNFF

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May 22, 2023
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iPhone SE 2nd gen. (2020)

After updating last July, hot spot to my 10 year old windows 10 laptop quit working as the update contained an upgrade to wifi 6 and the laptop recognizes my iPhone , but says can’t connect. Apple says it should be backwards compatible, but only a iPhone 6S that couldn’t get updates any more as it’s aged out will work so I believe this is the issue as my Father’s iPhone which is the same model as mine does the same thing.

I’m looking @ an Open Box Mac Mini 2023 M2 to solve the problem though it has wifi 6E not 6 as listed for iPhones as the latest wifi.

Will this computer work, and has anybody used one as hotspot with the 6E?

Thanks very much!
 
Just talked to my Carrier and the tech said all the past people in the @ least 6 times I called who said my WiFi was on meant for use @ McDonald’s etc for Free WiFi! Anyway because of my billing they will turn it on this Sat for an extra $15/M , but I will gain also 10 GB of Data/M also so great! I noticed that their more expensive plans only offered Hotspots so that clued me in!

Sorry for wasting your time and thanks very much!
 
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