iPhone 6 wifi hotspot issues

ChrisD. · 29 May 2015 at 10:28

Hi, the hotspot on my iPhone 6 is rubbish. Most of the time I have to reboot the phone to get other devices to see it. Then if I turn a device that's tethered to it off and on again, the hotspot dissapears. This is on all devices that I'm using to conenct to it. Any ideas?

McBain · 1 Jun 2015 at 16:45

No fix i'm afraid, but I also have the same problems and just end up connecting the devices together using bluetooth.

theMilitant · 2 Jun 2015 at 19:09

I think if you want to use your iPhone as a WiFi hotspot then you have to actually be on the personal hotspot menu when you're trying to tether a device to your phone. Once the device is connected, you can navigate away from the hotspot menu freely. At least that's how it seems to work for me.

Minstadave · 2 Jun 2015 at 19:13

My 5s is the same, have to turn on aeroplane mode a couple of times to get I to work.

Don't have to be on the hotspot page though.

ChrisD. · 2 Jun 2015 at 21:04

It's highly annoying. I end up just using my mates Android handset, as his 'just works'.

MagicBoy · 2 Jun 2015 at 21:14

It's by design to save power I think. The personal hotspot shuts down if the iPhone goes to sleep or auto-locks.

ChrisD. · 2 Jun 2015 at 21:34

In which case that's just plain stupid by Apple. If the phone says that the hotspot is active, I'd expect it to be active.

MagicBoy · 2 Jun 2015 at 21:41

Try temporarily disabling auto-lock?

ChrisD. · 2 Jun 2015 at 21:50

It's not so much if the phone locks. If I connect to it, and stay connected, it works fine. The issue is if I close my laptop, or turn the hotspot off and then later put it back on. It's always when I try and reconnect that it doesn't work. Drives me potty.

Minstadave · 2 Jun 2015 at 22:00

That's my exact issue, doesn't seem to be an obvious thing that re-activates it.