i was previously able to pair two iphones together with bluetooth for hotspot but when i try now it just. says unable to pair on both devices
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iPhone SE, iOS 17
See: How to set up a Personal Hotspot on your iPhone or iPad - Apple Support
And: Share your internet connection from iPhone - Apple Support
You may note that while bluetooth needs to be on, pairing in the traditional sense is not required.
Pairing them via bluetooth via bluetooth is not supported.
Here's the documentation on how to use the hotspot:How to set up a Personal Hotspot on your iPhone or iPad - Apple Support
The documentation is a tad vague, but it does not use bluetooth to provide hotspot from one iOS device to another. It uses bluetooth to negotiate the connection, but uses WiFi to actually establish the connection.
Hotspot is not Bluetooth. Hotspot is sharing your cellular data to create a Wifi connection from one phone to the other. If your Hotspot isn't working, the service is provided by your carrier, so it would be advisable to contact them for help with your Hotspot service.
What I don't quite get is why you are trying to use Hotspot service from one iPhone to another. Presumably, they both have cellular or Wifi access?
i prefer this method because it always works and iphones work with hotspot over bluetooth and when i use it i get a thing in settings showing ethernet and when i go in it i get bluetooth NAP so bluetooth definitely works for hotspot
We still don’t know what you’re trying to accomplish.
TheCurryMuncher wrote:
i prefer this method because it always works compared to hotspot
The method you described is described in your original post as “with [using] Bluetooth for Hotspot”, not as an alternative to Hotspot.
Good luck.
TheCurryMuncher wrote:
can i put videos here because i can show you it working with an iphone i’ve already paired it on
There's no reason to post a video because what you're suggesting has NEVER been supported. I think you're confusing Hotspot with Bluetooth. But regardless, you cannot now, nor could you previously connect two iPhones to each other via Bluetooth. There is NO protocol built into iPhone to facilitate such a pairing.
it won’t let me connect now but it paired before as shown in this photo
You have told us how you’re trying to accomplish something.
What are you trying to accomplish? Surely there is a better method.
i prefer this method because it always works compared to hotspot which sometimes doesn’t work
pair 2 phones through bluetooth to get hotspot from one phone to the other
That's not how hotspot works. It never has. You can not bluetooth pair an iPhone to another iPhone for any reason.
That has never been supported.
can i put videos here because i can show you it working with an iphone i’ve already paired it on
That is NOT SUPPORTED. It has NEVER been supported.
That is NOT how it works.
by that do you mean the hotspot over bluetooth thing or pairing two phones together over bt?
Pairing iPhones together with Bluetooth
