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Q: How do I use personal hotspot?

My plan was recently updated where I can use personal hotspot for free but I have no clue how it works. When I turn it on, is it supposed to give me a wifi connection so I dont use as much data or does it use up my data even more? Someone please help and explain this to me!

iPhone 5, iOS 7.1

Posted on Mar 27, 2014 6:27 AM

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Q: How do I use personal hotspot?

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  • by ckuan,Helpful

    ckuan ckuan Mar 27, 2014 7:00 AM in response to lexi2588
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    Mar 27, 2014 7:00 AM in response to lexi2588

    Personal Hotspot is never free. Read the link where you came from (above you post title)

    When iPhone Personal Hotspot is on, you are using iPhone cellular data for tethered devices to connect to the Internet.

  • by Ralph9430,Solvedanswer

    Ralph9430 Ralph9430 Mar 27, 2014 7:06 AM in response to lexi2588
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    Mar 27, 2014 7:06 AM in response to lexi2588

    The purpose of the Personal Hotspot is to allow a Wi-Fi only device to gain access to the internet when no Wi-Fi is available. Turning on the personal Hotspot on your phone might allow your Wi-Fi only iPad to access the internet by using the CELLULAR connection on your phone. Your phone will then use cellular dats for whatever you are doing on the phone plus for whatever the iPad is doing.

     

    Obviously if a regular Wi-Fi network is available the most efficient way to use the devices is to use the available Wi-Fi network and not the Personal Hotspot.