Can I use my phone as a personal hotspot to update it using iTunes?

iPhone 6s Plus, iOS 13

Posted on Dec 5, 2020 2:21 PM

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Dec 5, 2020 2:24 PM in response to Kc6944

No.

I had to think about it - you can download the update file, but when you go to install it that will restart the phone, so you won’t have an Internet connection to verify the update.

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Dec 5, 2020 5:01 PM in response to Lawrence Finch

Ok, thank you

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