iPhone Hotspot keeps disconnecting

Let’s be clear. This problem happens with iPhone and Mac laptops. This has nothing to do with iOS to windows interface problems. I have brand new iPhone 14 pro and 2023 MacBook Air. All operating systems and software are up-to-date. There are continual disconnects.

The only option is to disable auto locking on your phone. When the screen is active the iPhone’s hotspot will not disconnect your devices.

Same here. Iphone 14 connected to new Dell-i7 by USB-C charge cable that came with the phone. On a daily basis, it periodically drops the connection despite me being active at the time - there's no apparent trigger - happens at random. Very frustrating! Have done all the suggested fixes, but the issue persists.

IT does not work. apple software keeps it disconnecting. i reset it more than 20 times. its feel like nonsense now.

i have alot of data available. same sim card is being used in android and its not disconnecting.

there is no strong wifi. i checked all your points. only issue is with mobile.

using 14 promax and lastest software updated

I have an I phone 13 pro max and was facing this issue! All I did was turned on the hotspot and turned off the option maximize compatibility and connected my hotspot and it works well! Try this and hope it helps all those who are facing this issue.

Same here. They better can call this "No Support From Apple Community" Of course it's pathetic that nobody of Apple is reading this and helps solving the problem. As a 33 (!) year long Apple user ... it used to be a brand that was user friendly, now it is as pathetic and complicated as ms/dos then and just as autistic and nerdy as Microsoft. When they were a niche brand it was okay. Now they became a money making machine like the rest.

I’m a gamer and heavy on the spectrum and this is happening to me constantly as well and it’s driving me insane. Like literally I am having fits of anger and I have become very unsportsmanlike due to the constant irritation. I’m already pretty high, strong and irritable, but this is putting me over the edge and for the life of me it makes no sense because while the PC will disconnect my tablet or Nintendo switch and the PC is where all my games are. Apple, please do something about this. It’s on your end. It had to be. all my stuff is constantly up-to-date almost religiously.

and honestly, this 13 Pro is just not a good phone. It’s a Bizzarre & small size that I would expect for the regular version but I can’t imagine it being smaller than this, it doesn’t run the newest games smoothly and not without overheating like crazy. And the battery life just keeps getting lower and lower seemingly quick. I’ve only had the thing almost a year and a half and it’s down to 86% battery health. And while I realize that things may get taken out of your store, I thought the arrangement was if you have linked it to your account that you could re-download it forever as long as it will function on the current iOS, and when you guys went back on that I cried and screamed and cursed your name. The biggest kick to the nuts to me though is that I do not want to step verification on my device. It automatically set it to do that and apparently you do not allow us to unset it if it has been several weeks since it was implemented. And yet we did not get a severe warning that you implemented it without our knowledge, and I don’t want it. I feel betrayed by you I’m reconsidering, whether or not I can live without the Apple App Store.

used2LuvApple wrote:

APPLE, PLEASE GET BACK TO WHAT HAS DRAWN MYSELF & MANY OTHERS TO YOUR PRODUCTS - namely that they work, preferably in a user-friendly fashion!

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Hi all, this is my first post.

1. Has someone confirmed this is not a "bug" in Windows/PC?
2. My disconnections seem to happen when I walk away from the PC, bizarely, maybe my iwatch disconnects with my iPhone 12 and it knows there is no one there?
3. I have tried CMD > ping icloud.com -t and am going to see if that helps to keep the connection alive.

The only way I found to reliably reconnect all previously disconnected devices (1 Windows Laptop, 1 Mac Studio, 1 iPad, 1 AppleTV, and a second iPhone) is to

• wake up my Hotspot iPhone
• go to settings, open the Personal Hotspot section (the one saying "allow others to join"),
• go to the various devices, find the hotspot and connect to it,
• the hotspot will not appear in the list of available networks / hotspots UNLESS I have the iPhone awake AND the Personal Hotspot Settings open.

For some reason, my iPhone thinks it needs to disconnect everything after a while, and make the hotspot name invisible.

I agree with other comments here that say that they resolved the problems by switching to Android. I used to also have an Android device. There was a specific hotspot setting that enabled uninterrupted connectivity / automatic reconnection, which Apple doesn't have. They're really making an iPhone unsuitable for Personal Hotspots, and therefore less attractive. I've intentionally invested in a better 5G mobile data plan to move from landline to mobile only, having voice AND data in parallel, but the iPhone is definitely not the right choice for that setup.

I have yet to make up my mind whether I will once again invest in landline AND a cheaper mobile plan, or switch to Android altogether.

What REALLY irritates me is that Apple once again plays possum, and is just not acknowledging at all that their Personal Hotspot does not meet our expectations.

I have been running into this as well. I seem to have found a solution that works for me: use the Command Center to make the hotspot discoverable:

1. Pull down from the top-right corner
2. Long press on the wifi icon
3. Press the button for "Personal Hotspot"

At this point, the Wifi icon will disable and the hotspot icon will turn green. Since enabling the hotspot in this way, my connection has been consistently stable while watching One Piece from my office tv. I could barely even start the video before this. I do have "Maximize Compatibility" turned off. Not sure if it makes a difference or not. I think simply using the Command Center to manage the hotspot made all the difference.

This is really frustrating issue. My solution was to change to Android device - works beautifully.

Same here. I've tried every possible way to fix this hotspot issue but no luck!!

Are you kidding me! This is so frustrating apple! Over the last 15 years of using nothing but iPhone this has got me frustrated to the point of switching to android…

“you don’t need to try anything, nothing wrong with your devices..”

I would beg to differ. I would say this is an issue. And it would be great if it was resolved.