hotspot not working - iOS 14.4.2

Use these steps first

Restart the iPhone or iPad that provides Personal Hotspot and the other device that needs to connect to Personal Hotspot. Make sure that you have the latest version of iOS. On the iPhone or iPad that provides Personal Hotspot, go to Settings > General > Reset, then tap Reset Network Settings.

If Personal Hotspot is not working on your iPhone or iPad (Wi-Fi

The Hotspot is a carrier specific feature. Contact your carrier, if it is not appearing on your device.

Meanwhile..

Check the following

1. Network coverage and stability
2. Data Balance
3. On you windows (See if WiFi Auto Joins is enabled)
4. Also check if you have any stronger WiFi signal around your computer.

I have experienced it after upgrading to iOS 14.6, all over sudden the personal hotspot disappeared, i tried all the options found here and from other sources . I tried:

1. restarting the phone
2. toggling airplane mode
3. checking hotspot APN found in mobile data > mobile data network {hotspot APN should be same as of the Mobile Data APN}
4. removing sim card and reinserting again
5. resetting network setting

but all of them did not provide the solution and the Personal Hotspot setup always says to contact carrier for setup.

but i tried one more thing and the personal hotspot came back to live and was working:

1. make sure you have set the Hotspot APN to match that of the current Mobile Data APN
2. remove the current SIM CARD
3. switch OFF your phone
4. while the phone is OFF insert a different SIM CARD from different Carrier
5. switch ON your device
6. voilaaaa, Personal Hotspot is working

then you can re-insert the previous Sim Card...

Same issue. Since the 14.4.2 Update.

-I've done all the recommended steps. Reset Network Settings, restart, etc. I have plenty of data available and connectivity. The issue persists.

Addl information:

-The wifi network password seems to be changing. I will get disconnected, I will open the settings app and go to Personal Hotspot, the wifi pass will show differently than I had it set to, attempting to change the wifi password does not work. Then the settings app will crash.

I'm experiencing the same annoying problem with my 11 pro max ios 14.4.2

I have to turn off/on my hotspot every 2/3 minutes in order to reconnect my device (laptop) to hotspot .

I have tried to reset my netwrok setting and the problem still persists . please give a hand to solve this annoying issue as it affects our work badly

I tried all sorts of different things, what finally got it to work for me was just clicking on "other" listed under the network list, and entering the name of my iphone (the network name) and password manually. For whatever reason the prepopulated entry listed under Personal Hotspots does seem to work, no matter what I tried. A bit annoying as you have to enter it every time instead of it "just work[ing]". But better than nothing. Hopefully the fix it in the next update.

Tried all the above and even made a factory reset. The problem seems to be with OS X 14.4.2 and some carriers ( Thello in my case ) but not with others.

Thank you Svarankra but Apple should get someone to look at this ASAP

So my issue seems to be a bit different. Up until recently my iPad Air 4 would connect to my iPhone XR without issue. Recently, it will connect but not have any internet. I’ve tried the WiFi personal hotspot and I’ve tried Bluetooth. They both connect and pair but won’t give me internet access. Meanwhile my sons iPhone 7 connects without issue.

Ive reset network settings, renamed the phone, changed the password, taken all the steps that are supposed to work as a fix.

any ideas?

I think I found a fix. After updating to IOS 14.5.1 my hotspot didn’t allow my computer to connect. I have an iPhone 11 Pro and an 11 Pro Max. This happened with both after I updated. Sometimes they would connect for a second then drop it and sometime would not connect at all when I selected the network name on my Mac.

What made it work is to change my network name from the factory setting of “iPhone” to a personalized name. It connected instantly and is staying connected. Here are those directions:

From the Home screen, tap Settings > General > About. Tap Name to change the name of your iPhone's personal hotspot. 

No, password stayed the same. When I selected the new network on my Mac WiFi list, my phone asked me if I want to share my password with my Mac and I authorized it. It then connected immediately. The fix worked for both of my phones.

Thanks so much for this post. I just upgraded an iPhone7 to IOS 14.6 and changing the device name from 'iPhone' to another name (that didn't include the word iPhone) worked for me too. My new phone name now comes up in the automatic network search on my Macbook Pro and connects just like it did before the IOS upgrade was installed. Before I changed the device name, the hotspot sometimes came up for a few seconds

then dropped out at first, then didn't come up at all.