iPhone Hotspot keeps disconnecting

iPhone's made hotspot only works steady with Apple computer. As soon as you use it with any other computer, it keeps randomly disconnecting over and over again. No matter if you keep your screen on or off, phone is in low power mode or not, if you have the latest iPhone or not, etc. It is impossible to do any quality work on your laptop using iPhone's hotspot. It has nothing to do with software updates or anything like that as I am always running the latest version of iOS. I have read on the internet so many threads about this. It is something that Apple just refuses to fix for years. Or does that on purpose.. Whatever the case is - it is absolutely not nice, as it resembles the quality of Apple's products and service. So frustrated and disappointed.....


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Posted on Feb 23, 2023 7:24 AM

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Posted on May 15, 2023 2:49 AM

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.

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Nov 16, 2023 7:40 AM in response to Kristaps_6000

Same problem with iPhone 15 after update to 17.1.1, Apple is doing this on purpose, I think they have some kind of setting in a device but we are unable to get through it. The 5G network and data was also disrupted during the call before resetting the network settings. Now it seems to have been fixed, but now also facing some network bandwidth issue and always changing from 5G to 4G to G, don't know why. I have Airtel 5G network with full coverage.


Nov 16, 2023 10:06 AM in response to karuppannan

Thanks for the response, but It is disable by default. Plz suggest me any other option if you have because after the n/w setting reset phone keeps shutting down the hotspot and also i can see there is changes in network bar for a second while hotspot disconnected and then regain the network, it feels like someone hacks my phone and feels like supernatural activities

Nov 29, 2023 4:35 PM in response to Kristaps_6000

Dear Apple, Please help!


I've been having a lot of trouble lately connecting via Tetering Bluetooth. I own an iPhone 15 with iOS 17.1.1. Could you check if there is a bug in the new iOS 17? I have tried everything, including resetting the network settings, etc. The connection frequently drops out. And it all worked fine with IOS 16. Please check it. Its drops of when the iPhone goes to sleepmodus.

Jan 20, 2024 8:40 PM in response to Kristaps_6000

I have the same issue with disconnection from hotspot. I am using Iphone 15 pro max and the latest version of Macbook Pro. These two devises are not able to keep a connection through hotspot. The issues is hence not only with non-apple products. It normally takes a while, maybe 5-10 minutes for the hotspot connection to be disconnected, but this means that it is impossible to download or stream anything.

Personally, I will go back to Samsung phone, where I had no such problems.

Jan 21, 2024 2:46 AM in response to Kristaps_6000

I have a similar issue. A connected Android tablet breaks the connection every 15 seconds and a Lenovo laptop with Windows 11 is always connected but without Internet. And provide a mistake about being unable to connect to DHСP server. What is awful functionality? This is my first iPhone, before that I used android for 13 years and never had such problems. :(

Feb 3, 2024 11:37 PM in response to Kristaps_6000

Yeah I have to agree with the above statement comment and opinions. It’s truly much more irritating than I can even begin to put into words that every other year since 2010 I have forked out $1000-$1600 to Apple for their recently released top of the line technology that is is said to be a device that holds inside it something so advance and so amazing that it will change the industry forever. And I will say this was true for about half or so of the new iPhones I purchased from Apple. But that all being said, I was still extremely upset when I would connect another device to the new iPhones hotspot network only to find out 2 minutes later, the firmware or file I was downloadig on this secondary device was randomly cut short and caused a download restart all because my new iPhone decided to erruptly stopped it’s hotspot connector it was offering for no apparent reason whatsoever. I truly expected this issue to have been fixed and or a solution to Be issued in one of the 6 different brand new iPhones I purchased. Well over $6500 out of pocket and I can’t get a 8-10 year old hotspot issue fixed on my $1500 smartphone but don’t worry because the new iPhone you got has an updated high quality resolution and frame rated screen so that should be enough to overlook apples laziness right? I think not. And it ****** me off to be quiet honest with you all. I’m not a rich man by anyone’s standards so spending $1200-$1600 on anything is typically a “**** *FF**G NO”. Yet still I did confine myself it would be worth the money spent and over and over again I’m proven wrong in the end. HEY APPLE! please don’t both releasing any new models until you fix the ones you have out already. How about that for some basic common sense and common customer service curiosity

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