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Ask HN: Is iPhone Personal Hotspot broken for you too?

2 pointsby reimertzalmost 3 years ago
So very frustrating, just spent 15 minutes trying to connect my iPhone 12 Pro to my 2022 Macbook Pro. Eventually gave up.<p>Is it only me or any one else having these issues?<p>Tried the regular things such as resetting my phone, forgetting the wifi etc.

4 comments

yositoalmost 3 years ago
You may want to check with your carrier if hotspotting is allowed&#x2F;supported. Some carriers don&#x27;t allow it. I use my iPhone hotspot all the time with few issues. I&#x27;m usually using eSIMs from the Airalo app because I travel a lot. I do find if I let it my computer idle for awhile, the hotspot will automatically disconnect. It&#x27;s a bit annoying, but I assume it&#x27;s by design to prevent wasting hotspot data. I haven&#x27;t looked into it.
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Nextgridalmost 3 years ago
Open your Keychain and clear the &quot;_AppleWi-FiInternetTetheringSSID_&quot; key as well as any keys that match your iPhone&#x27;s Wi-Fi network name then try again to connect using the &quot;Instant Hotspot&quot; feature (aka find your iPhone in the top of your Wi-Fi menu on Mac - it should be displayed separately from other networks).<p>Apple tries to &quot;improve&quot; the personal hotspot experience and doesn&#x27;t treat it like a normal Wi-Fi network - when that fails it fails completely instead of merely falling back to asking you for the network key.
simonblackalmost 3 years ago
It works for me, very handy &#x27;extra&#x27; to have. But it uses battery at a great rate and makes the phone hot.
Veliladonalmost 3 years ago
I just use the instant hotspot and it rarely fails to work.