Automatically Connecting to a iPhone Hotspot from Windows 10

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BradAust Author

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Automatically Connecting to a iPhone Hotspot from Windows 10

Hi. Is it possible for a Windows 10 PC to automatically connect to a iPhone hotspot?

I have searched this site and elsewhere but cannot find a definite answer. Assume it is 'no'.

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Posted on May 7, 2019 6:13 PM

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BradAust Author

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May 7, 2019 7:17 PM in response to deggie

Let me explain what happens so this is clear.

Connect to hotspot from Win10.
1. Works fine...
Walk away from the PC with the iPhone (out of bluetooth range)
Return to the PC (with iPhone that is locked)
Win10 cannot see the iPhone hotspot
To re-establish connection to the hotspot:

- Login to iPhone
- Open the hot spot settings
- Wait till the PC can see the hot spot (which takes more than a few seconds)
- Connect to the iPhone on the PC

....This is very tedious.

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BradAust Author

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May 7, 2019 7:26 PM in response to deggie

Apologies but meant WiFi not Bluetooth.

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BradAust Author

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May 7, 2019 7:30 PM in response to deggie

No, don't blame the PC. Worked fine with other phone brands.

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BradAust Author

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May 7, 2019 8:02 PM in response to deggie

Well, I just chatted with Support as you suggested. They confirmed that the hotspot connection is dropped if you walk out of WiFi range and it does not automatically reconnect.

Interested in how you made this work.

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BradAust Author

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May 7, 2019 6:41 PM in response to BradAust

I already checked the Support site. Did this again just to be sure but could not find anything that clearly answer my question.

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deggie

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May 7, 2019 7:29 PM in response to BradAust

Then you should not be losing the signal moving to another room. That sounds like an issue with your computer.

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BradAust Author

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May 7, 2019 7:38 PM in response to deggie

Thanks for that...I'll give that a go but I think it is not supported. Be really good if Apply could specify this in the support site.

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deggie

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May 7, 2019 6:45 PM in response to BradAust

It would have to be something on your Windows computer to make the request for the connection, if you can’t find such a setting then it can’t be done. You would have to have your hotspot active to do so for a Windows machine.

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LACAllen

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May 7, 2019 7:43 PM in response to BradAust

You seem to be thinking of Apple's Continuity feature, where an Apple device will automatically join a iPhone's Hotspot when within Bluetooth distance and each device is using eh same Apple ID for iCloud.

Not a feature for iCloud for Windows.

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deggie

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May 7, 2019 8:16 PM in response to BradAust

For the most part I was never far enough from the computer to drop the network (how far apart are you?) and the HP was set to join trusted networks and the hotspot was the only one it knew. If it didn’t autoconnect it was usually due to the iPhone going to sleep and dropping WiFi. If the iPhone was left plugged in at the office and I took the HP it would find the hotspot when I returned.

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