If Personal Hotspot is not working on your iPhone or iPad (Wi-Fi + Cellular)

With Personal Hotspot, yous can share the cellular information connection of your iPhone or iPad (Wi-Fi + Cellular) with another device. If yous need assist with Personal Hotspot, follow these steps.

Employ these steps beginning

Endeavour connecting once again after each step.

  1. Cheque that Personal Hotspot is turned on in Settings > Personal Hotspot. If you can't observe or turn on Personal Hotspot, bank check that your wireless carrier enabled information technology and that your wireless plan supports it.
  2. Restart the iPhone or iPad that provides Personal Hotspot and the other device that needs to connect to Personal Hotspot.
  3. Make sure that you have the latest version of iOS or iPadOS.
  4. On the iPhone or iPad that provides Personal Hotspot, get to Settings > General > Transfer or Reset [Device] > Reset, then tap Reset Network Settings.

Employ the steps below for more help with Personal Hotspot over Wi-Fi, USB, or Bluetooth.

  • Personal Hotspot with Wi-Fi

  • Personal Hotspot with USB

  • Personal Hotspot with Bluetooth

If yous tin can't connect to Personal Hotspot with Wi-Fi

On the device that provides Personal Hotspot, go to Settings > Personal Hotspot, then follow these steps:

  1. Make sure that Allow Others to Join is on.
  2. Remember the device's Wi-Fi network name and password that appear on this screen. If you desire to change the Wi-Fi network name, larn how to change your device name.
  3. If you lot're using an iPhone 12 model or later, turn on Maximize Compatibility.* And so try connecting your devices again to your Personal Hotspot.
  4. Stay on this screen until y'all connect your other device to the Wi-Fi network.

On the device that needs to connect to Personal Hotspot, follow these steps:

  1. Turn Wi-Fi off and back on.
  2. Make sure that you connect to the correct Wi-Fi network. The network name is the aforementioned as the iOS device that provides Personal Hotspot and the Personal Hotspot icon might appear next to it.
  3. If you see a countersign mistake when y'all effort to join Personal Hotspot, check the Wi-Fi countersign: On the device that provides Personal Hotspot, go to Settings > Personal Hotspot to encounter the Wi-Fi password.

* When you turn on Maximize Compatibility, internet performance and Wi-Fi security might be reduced for devices connected to the hotspot.

If you can't connect to Personal Hotspot with USB

To avert unnecessary data charges, turn off Personal Hotspot when yous don't need it. If y'all don't, every time you lot plug your iOS device with Personal Hotspot into your estimator to charge, your computer might connect to Personal Hotspot.

Follow the steps below for your Mac.

Connect your Mac to Personal Hotspot with USB

  1. Update to the latest version of iTunes.
  2. With a USB cable, connect your Mac to the iPhone or iPad that provides Personal Hotspot. If prompted, trust the device.
  3. Brand sure that you lot can locate and view your iPhone or iPad in iTunes or the Finder. If your Mac doesn't recognize your device, try a different USB cablevision.
  4. Go to System Preferences > Network, so select iPhone USB. If y'all don't run into it, click the Add push and add it.
    The Add and More buttons are located at the bottom left of the screen
  5. Click the More button, choose Brand Service Inactive, and then click Apply.""
  6. Click the More push button, choose Brand Service Active, and so click Utilise. If yous already have a dissimilar network connection, your Personal Hotspot connection might not actuate until you uncheck "Disable unless needed" and click Apply.

If you can't connect to Personal Hotspot with Bluetooth

Use the steps below to pair your devices and connect to Personal Hotspot with Bluetooth.

Pair your devices

  1. On the device that provides Personal Hotspot, go to Settings > Personal Hotspot and make sure Let Others to Join is on.
  2. Go to Settings > Bluetooth and brand sure that Bluetooth is on.
  3. Go along this screen open, then follow the steps for the device that needs to connect:
    • On your iPad or iPod touch, tap Settings > Bluetooth and brand certain Bluetooth is on. Tap the device that provides Personal Hotspot, ostend the lawmaking that appears, and then tap Pair on both devices.
    • On your Mac, choose Apple tree carte du jour  > System Preferences, then click Bluetooth and make sure Bluetooth is on. Select the device providing Personal Hotspot, click Connect, then follow the onscreen instructions.
    • On your Windows PC, click the Bluetooth icon in the Notification area and make sure Bluetooth is on. Choose Add a Bluetooth Device, then follow the onscreen instructions.

Connect to Personal Hotspot with Bluetooth

If you still can't connect to Personal Hotspot with Bluetooth

 On your devices, turn Bluetooth off and dorsum on:

If you lot still can't connect, follow these steps:

  1. Unpair your device:
  2. Restart all your devices.
  3. Pair your devices and try over again to connect to Personal Hotspot.

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