Internet tethering/personal hotspot feature disappeared
- Thread starter Pejo
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Internet tethering/personal hotspot feature disappeared
- Thread starter Pejo
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I just had the same problem. I tried several turn-off, turn-on combinations, and was about to try a complete restore of the phone from iTunes, but then found an easier answer.
Go to General -> Network
In my case, here I saw the Personal Hotspot entry, but with the spinning busy indicator which never went away.
The fix: turn Enable 3G to Off, and then back On again.
Poof, my Personal Hotspot works again.
Go to General -> Network
In my case, here I saw the Personal Hotspot entry, but with the spinning busy indicator which never went away.
The fix: turn Enable 3G to Off, and then back On again.
Poof, my Personal Hotspot works again.
iGaz
New Member
You need both wifi and mobile data turned on for it to work...
iGaz
New Member
Is it turned on in Settings > Network > Personal Hotspot...?
Question: on my iPhone 4 (AT&T) I can see the personal hotspot feature, but when I click on it, I'm told to contact AT&T. Is this a feature they want me to purchase? Again......on the (JB) phone that my son has, it's free for him,but not for me. Help?!?!?
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iCrank
Member
blessed said:
Well to answer your question. You have to pay monthly for tethering. That's why it's telling you to contact AT&T. You're son will be replaced on a tiered plan because AT&T is cracking down on jailbroken devices that use tether and don't pay for it
iHolophyte
Active Member
iCrank said:
Or you can tether though your unlimited data plan like ones self. In the UK we are not assigned to AT&T's which allows us to tether I'd your are with a network that gives unlimited data, which you'd have thought America would be one up on Europe on that one but obviously not!
DaveM
Well-Known Member
iCrank
Member
holophyte said:
That's the crazy part about it but can't argue with the wireless companies here in the USA.
iHolophyte
Active Member
blessed said:
As far as I'm aware you go to settings click personal hot spot and set it up from there. You do need to be on unlimited data though.
iHolophyte
Active Member
DaveM said:
Since Abraham Lincoln we've always been looking over our shoulder at the USA 
blessed said:
Your son more than likely has MiWi 4.0 on his iPhone. That's why it's free. It's a app from cydia that you can only get through jailbreaking. If you want to tether for free you'll have to jailbreak your phone as well. Otherwise, you'll have to call AT&T to set up tethering. Which isn't free or unlimited.
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