How to fix personal hotspots when your phone is not working
The personal hotspot feature of your phone can be useful in many ways. For example, if you have an outage in your home internet or bring your laptop to a cafe that doesn’t provide Wi-Fi access, you can use a cellular data plan to bring other devices online instead.
All modern iPhones and Android phones offer this feature. If your mobile phone plan supports it, you can connect your laptop or other devices via your mobile phone’s 4G or 5G connection. Mobile phone connections may not be as fast as normal internet, but you can complete the job in a pinch.
That means that as long as your phone hotspot doesn’t work either. Whether it’s misconfigured or due to simple software glitches, hotspots can go down when you need them the most. We’ve put together some important steps for both iOS and Android Devices that help you troubleshoot these issues will help you bring your device online.
If you have an iPhone
- Check if your phone’s personal hotspot is enabled. I’m going settingthen tap Personal hotspots. If you can’t find this option anywhere, call your wireless carrier to see if this feature is enabled on your wireless plan.
- Try restarting both the iPhone and device you are trying to connect to.
- Update to the latest version of iOS.
- Try resetting your mobile phone’s network settings. I’m going settingtap Generalselect Transfer or reset your iPhone. Next, tap Reset And then choose Reset the network settings. Please note that this will reset all of the Wi-Fi networks and passwords, cellular settings, VPN and APN settings you used previously.
- If you are trying to connect to your phone’s personal hotspot via Wi-Fi, check it out Allow others to participate It will be enabled with Personal hotspots page. Be sure to remember the Wi-Fi network name (also the name of your device) and Wi-Fi password on this screen.
- If you are using iPhone 12 Or try selecting later Maximize compatibility Switch to the bottom of the screen. This will increase the number of devices that can connect to hotspots Uses a slow 2.4GHz connection Instead of the 5GHz connection used by default.
- On the other hand, on devices that are trying to connect to your personal hotspot, turn off Wi-Fi and turn it on again. Next, make sure to connect to the Wi-Fi network name (iPhone device name) mentioned above. Next to it you need a personal hotspot icon (it looks like two mutually linked oval shapes). If you have a password error, make sure you enter your Wi-Fi password correctly as shown on the Personal Hotspot page.
- You can also try connecting to your phone’s personal hotspot via USB. Before doing so, be sure to update your macOS on your Mac. If your phone is connected to your computer via a USB cable, make sure you can find your iPhone on your iPhone or Finder. On your Mac, select Apple Menu Click on the Apple logo in the top left corner. system setting. Next, select network. A list of network services will be displayed, one of which is iPhone USB. Click on it and select Make it inactive And click I’ll activate it. I hope this will reset the connection. If your iPhone USB doesn’t appear in the list of network services, you can add it using iPhone USB Steps to set up a network service.
If you have an Android phone
- Check if hotspots are enabled. I’m going settingafter that Network and Internet after that Hotspots and tethering. You must turn on the mobile hotspot or tethering option.
- While on the Hotspot Settings page, make sure that security, passwords, and network names are configured in the required way.
- Try restarting the device. A simple restart, sufficient to resolve connectivity, is enough.
- If nothing else works, try resetting the phone’s network settings. To do so, I’ll go to systemtap Resetselect Reset WiFi, Mobile and Bluetooth And check it out. However, please note that it resets all Wi-Fi, mobile data and Bluetooth settings on your phone.
- Another thing you can do is put your phone in safe mode to see if a third-party app is causing problems. According to Google, if your phone shuts off in safe mode, the connection issue could be related to third-party apps.
Please note that on Android some of these settings may be laid out in slightly different ways, depending on how your phone’s settings menu is arranged. If none of these solutions work, it is possible that you are experiencing low data connectivity in your location. Contact your carrier to see if there are any issues with your network.
And if you are considering using your personal hotspot as a complete replacement for your home Wi-Fi provider, CNET tested this idea With testing of various home broadband services running T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon5G network.
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