WiFi Hotspot keeps disconnecting - iPhone 11 pro (ios14)

I have been having this issue for awhile now. My phone will connect, work well for a few minutes, slow down, and then disconnect all together. I have erased all my settings twice, had Verizon update my carrier settings, gotten a new SIM card, and it still doesn't work. Is there a fix for this?? I'm trying to remote teach, and I am not having as much success as I need.

Same Problem Me Too! Since iOS14 WiFi Hotspot Disconnects after a while.

It never happened before, I had iOS 12 for 2 years, on same Place, on same Provider on same Computer on same iPhone X.

Outrageous! I search Android Phones. Enough with Apple becoming careless like a Totalitarian State believing we have no other choice.

This is my first iPhone, I switched from Android, and wish I didn’t! My hotspot takes forever to find and then when it is connected, it disconnects after a few minutes. Then takes forever to find again! This is impossible! I have reset my network settings....didn’t work.

MY (HOPE PERMANENT) FIX: I've reset the Network Settings: (Sett>Reset>Netw) https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204051

1. All wifi passwords were lost.
2. Device Name was reset to "iPhone", thus for the PC/Client wifi to be able re-connect
   1. Deleted from PC/Client the old named wifi connection
   2. Searched for the new named iPhone Hotspot - connected and entered password.

OK permanently fixed in my case - wifi always connected since 2 weeks now.

Thus just Reset Network Settings as I described to my previous post.

Probably iOS14 changed the WiFi Driver needing manual reset.

This is super annoying my carrier is not the problem because it was fine until iOS 14. My iPhone personal hotspot keeps disconnecting from my MacBook Pro. It’s fine for a few minutes and then it disconnects. My hotspot is always on but it just disconnects from connected devices automatically.

Same here. Wasn't even a problem with the ios14 beta. The issue literally started with the public release... Also noticed my phone would be a little more hotter than usual when devices are tethered to it.

This is a real issue that apple needs to address and fix. I called support yesterday and they first tried to blame my windows computer. I told them it was not as I was on the phone not my computer when I got an email to my phone and after that the blue bar on the top disappeared. This is what happens the phones modem maybe is turning off. But again it was working just fine since the start of COVID on iOS13. Apple this is such a important thing for so many people working from home.

For me I have found a PERMANENT SOLUTION to the problem. And hotspot has stopped disconnecting like it used to. I will explain in steps:

1. Do NOT use any hotspot widget especially the one in control centre because it’s broken and causing disconnections. (Control centre pops up when you slide upside from bottom where there’s shortcuts to switch on wifi/mobile data/flash/hotspot etc..)
2. If the hotspot widget(Control centre) is ON then turn it OFF.
3. Go to Settings -> Personal Hotspot.
4. If “Allow others to join” is enabled then disable it for once and then enable it again.
5. Now connect your hotspot and I guarantee it will not disconnect itself ever again.

Go through steps 3 to 5 whenever you connect hotspot and it won’t bug you.

It is not carrier specific issue! None of the Carriers in Kuwait have restriction on hotspot & the disconnections happen, especially when a call is answered. This is annoying as the Cisco VPN gets dropped and the wifi network disappears from the list of available networks etc.

Same problem here - most annoying. I tried resetting Network Settings with default to iPhone network name but a week on and the disconnects are so random often within a few seconds of each other.. iPhone no longer connects to other peripheral devices by Wifi which were OK under IOS13. Tried SIM in my old S7 Android and works perfectly with no disconnects...Come on Apple get this fixed as people need solid tethering to keep their lives and businesses on track during this Pandemic. This equipment is no toy considering the prices you charge!

Yeah I am experiencing the same issue as everyone here. I had no issues before the update? It stopped working when the update became available actually and even when I did finally update it it shows up as connected on my phone but nothing on the device the connection is for. It doesn’t seem to register. It does say I have 1 connection on the personal hotspot but only for about twenty seconds and then nothing.

Thanks buddy. I updated the device to 14.2, reset the network settings and the tethering is working without additional problems for now. Well, as a new iphone user, getting used to factors like, cannot move the phone as far away from the devices connected like the previous Android device etc.

I am having same problem from last one year with IPhone XR on iOS 13 and 14. Few observations from my end. After connecting to hotspot if I pick up or make phone call hotspot gets disconnected. Same happens if I browse web or app on iPhone for sometime with hotspot on. Another problem is with my Apple Watch. Whenever I go out of range of my iPhone with Apple Watch on hand with hotspot on it gets disconnected. If I leave both my Apple Watch and iPhone near my laptop hotspot stays on until I get some phone call. No solution till now for me.