Hotspot not working on OS 13.1.2

I need hotspot everyday. I was ok on ios 12. This shity 13 forced me to buy Huawei for hotspot needs. Not any resets helps.

Since half year this issue is not fixed? What?

I phone need to fix their hotspot or we moving to Samsung

Ever since I updated to 13.1.2, my only Hotspot “option” is a slider that says “Allow Others to Join” , but no slider for me to turn on the hotspot for myself. What?! The hotspot is imperative for my business.

I’m having same problem. Hotspot will not connect. It is not my phone or my router or my device or my carrier. It is IOS 13.1.2 and 13.1.3.

Please issue a fix that will work for mobile hotspot to connect in the same way that IOS 12 worked. Progress should be in the forward direction. Fancy cameras and emojis aren’t what we need. We need connectivity.

Waiting as patiently as I can.

IOS 13.1.3 does not fix it either. Cannot connect with hotspot. This is happening to me as well. NO PROBLEMS before updating to IOS 13.1.2. I have reset my network settings, checked for carrier update, powered devices off and on and checked for most recent updates. I have changed the name on my iphone.

I have an IPhone 7 Plus. I can see my phone in the devices WiFi list. I can select it. I can enter my password. When I press connect, the “connected” bar flashes at the top of my phone and goes off. The bar will toggle off and on for a split second each time before finally timing out. Please, when will this be fixed???? Seems to be a known problem. Why can’t someone at Apple at least say that they recognize the problem and will have a fix soon? Hotspot is not working!!!

I had the same issue with an iPhone 8. I previously used the hotspot daily. I called in to Verizon. We did a NETWORK reset on the iPhone 8. So far this seems to have fixed the problem.

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So far it is working. I did have to go back in a re-name the device from 'iPhone' to the name I had previously. I have not noticed any other setting that may have changed.

In case someone is still having an issue with the hotspot. I work for a mobile service desk and was able to resolve the issue by resetting network settings. User lost ability to connect to the internet using his Personal Hotspot after updating his iPhone 6s to iOS 13.1.3. Once the network reset was completed and WiFi network list was refreshed on his laptop, he noticed that his personal hotspot is now showing up as "iPhone" instead of "Manuel's iPhone" and he was able to connect to it successfully. Hope this helps.

Re:” I work for a mobile service desk and was able to resolve the issue after resetting network settings.” I’m happy for you that you work for a mobile service desk.

People here aren’t stupid and reset network many times, if this was that simple we wouldn’t be here I guess.

And by the way my iPad has shown warning message under “iPhone” renamed hotspot that it’s common network name and I’ve changed it back to where it was because it didn’t help with anything.

Also I did proper clean update of my ipad and iphone with MacOS Catalina desktop via usb cable to IOS 13.1.3 hoping it will resolve issue but it didn’t help. What a shame Apple!

Re:”Don't worry about data it's not deleted”. Data won’t be deleted but bunch of other settings like Siri, wallpapers, WiFi passwords etc etc will be deleted and won’t solve anything. It’s a bug, probably deliberate to buy a new iPhone.

Me too. On my Mac 10.14.5 the option to connect to my iPhone is gone the last few days after updating to iOS 13.1 and 13.1.2 hasn’t helped. Rebooted. Restarted. Reset a network settings. Good old apple. What would I do with a billion dollars??? Maybe have better QA.

The fix is very simple, but not for most end users unfortunately. The problem is the iOS 13.1 and newer HotSpot DHCP server is not working correctly, it is handing out bogus IP address info on initial connection. To fix this quickly, connect to the HotSpot, get a non functional IP address, remain connected to the HotSpot, open a command prompt on Windows, then run two commands: ipconfig /release and then ipconfig /renew

You will now obtain a new and valid IP address from the HotSpot DHCP server and your connection will work again properly.

The issue seems to return after some amount of time or combination of events; so do the same procedure again when and/or if the issue returns.

You can make a simple batch file and save it to your desktop to quickly double click and perform the IP address refresh to fix it again.

Apple, you really need to acknowledge this problem in iOS 13.1 and newer, and then fix the problem please, it is wreaking havoc in our small enterprise with 600 plus iPhones deployed here to my end users! Please fix ASAP!

PS: You can use the same steps on a macOS or iOS device to refresh a client IP address, though the procedure is a little different on each.

With your laptop connected to the hotspot, open up a command prompt on your laptop.

(Click the Windows orb and type "cmd" in the search box. Should return the Command Prompt search result)

In the black box that pops up, type ipconfig /release and hit enter.

Next, type ipconfig /renew and hit enter.

That's it! You'll have to do this every 2 days or however long your IP address lease is for, but it's definitely better than nothing.

EDIT- Sorry! This forum is hard to follow on my browser, I see it was already answered.

Is this still working for you? I have my contacts saved via my gmail account and all photos backed up with Google Photos app so there’s nothing I really need on the Cloud. I tried the restore, stayed on the phone with Apple for 3hrs in the States as well, even went to local Apple store and traded phones because my 8 plus is still under warranty and my hotspot is still becoming undiscoverable at random moments. I wish there was a way to go back to iOS 12.

I’ve just got off the phone from them as my hotspot drops from my laptop after about 10 mins, we have 3 iPhones and 2 laptops and they all do the same after the update that broke this, the senior advisor I spoke to today said that the update tried to extend battery life, so if the phone isn’t on charge the hotspot will drop to preserve the battery and this wouldn’t of been a problem previously before the update.

unfortunately it’s taken 2 days of them being in denial up until this point asking me to try all sorts of dumb stuff..

I've just had to reset my network preferences after this update.