IOS 13.2 Hotspot Connectivity

Ok may have found a fix, its seems to be working for me using hotspot from my phone to connect to my Android Head unit in the car.

I first checked that my Personal Hotspot was on in settings:-

Then I did a long press on the wifi symbol in control center and discovered that although the above is on the personal hotspot is "Not Discoverable"

Pressing the Personal hotspot button turns it green and for the first time since IOS13 I have a working hotspot connection.

The downside appears that if there is no connections to the hotspot it automatically turns itself off. You then have to go through the whole process again.

Hotspot not connecting/no internet problem started with 13.1 (continues with 13.2) Many others having similar problems with same and different devices. A nice community person gave a work around that works for my Roku. I have to reset my network settings on my device, to completely clear out any old networks or my house WiFi. On my phone I turn off WiFi and “auto join” under WiFi, then activate the hotspot. It opens a window to turn on wifi which I click. I then scan for networks on my device and sign into the hotspot. This will work unless I sign into a network other than my hotspot. If I sign into my house WiFi on that device I have to do all the steps over again! ANNOYING!!! Apple support hemmed and hawed two weeks ago when I spoke to them after dealing with it for days prior. I am really disappointed that 13.2 did not fix this. Come on Apple!!

Contact your Carrier. Check whether you have adequate Data Plan. Based on your post I can confidently say there is no issue on your devices.

Same problem here since 13.1. I was hoping 13.2 would fix it. Great updates? Not! I’ve been following the advice of others: go to www.apple.com/feedback and write a complaint directly to Apple. This is a bug and they need to fix it! There are some work arounds posted here (especially under 13.1), but they are only temporary.

I was just speaking with Apple this was their response for the Kindle iPhone Hotspot issue:

• We cant actually connect an iOS device to Kindle or vice versa
• You may have been able to connect it in the past but we don’t officially support it. We would refer to Amazon or Kindle support instead

Yes sane issue... there is critical bug with hotspot

IT IS A BUG!!!!

On the 11 Max Pro ever since I updated to iOS 13.2, am unable to connect my devices through personal hotspot.

Could do so before I updated this device.

i have reset the network settings, have an unlimited data plan.

This is annoying. Another update is necessary to figure this out.

Pronto.!!

This is annoying.

Hotspot won’t connect to internet?! So what exactly is the purpose of the mobile hotspot on the Apple products if it is not able to connect to a WiFi enabled device? These devices can connect to a variety of public and private WIFI networks. Honestly I think you got a Bozo agent. And I’m starting to believe Apple may be a clown organization. Very sad. When I called about my Roku not connecting after 13.1 I was told they knew about the problem and were working on it (still not working, 3 updates later, so maybe the same Bozo). I’m told 13.3 doesn’t fix it. I’m going on a trip soon and won’t be installing any more updates, until I return. Thanks for building my confidence, Apple. I am using a work-around, not ideal. Now, I’m waiting for 14.0. For the money, we deserve better as customers.

I am in the same boat, using Iphone 6s and Chrome books. It connects, automatically disconnects after 3 seconds then won't reconnect. No matter what workarounds I do, it won't reconnect. I use hot spots for business in the community and not everywhere we go has free Wifi. It's literally ruining my team's productivity and it's going on two months now with no resolution in sight. If it were that easy to switch to android, I would in two seconds.

I have been having this issue also with no connection to some devices and then when they do connect, disconnection within a few seconds. I use this function in my car to connect to my head unit, however with iOS 13 its useless.

This has not fixed my issue. I can connect the hotspot but my laptop still says 'no internet connectivity'. Anyone able to assist? I have spent hours and hours on the phone with Verizon and Apple and no one will admit there is an issue. This started when I updated the software to 13.3

Same issue here. However, i am connecting via wifi in order to connect my in-car navigation system to the internet.

Karl mate, you’re a legend!! Thanks so much this has just worked for me!👍🏻