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Personal hotspot not working iOS 17.3

I update my iPhone 12 to iOS 17.3 yesterday and since then I have the problem that I can’t connect with my laptop to my personal hotspot. I haven’t had any problems earlier.

iPhone 12, iOS 17

Posted on Jan 24, 2024 12:03 AM

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Posted on Jan 29, 2024 8:17 AM

I am experiencing the same issue. iPhone SE 2nd generation with MacBook Pro. Hotspot connections were always seamless before 17.3. Now it consistently fails to connect. Solution please Apple.

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Feb 16, 2024 3:02 PM in response to Nikefit

I called Apple care. They refused to help me with this issue saying it was a carrier issue. I spent 2 hours with T mobile engineers and we determined that the phone no longer gives a dhcp address in hotspot mode. Apple care insistent that the hotspot doesn’t work that way.


the told me to call me carrier.


i put my SIM card in an android phone running version 10, and voila I got hotspot capability.


so it is not the carrier. Apple no longer has the capability to solve problems with their own devices.


Jan 24, 2024 8:25 AM in response to Nikefit

Yes, I have noticed the same issue and confirm that it appears to be iOS related.


I used mobile hotspot on an iPhone 15 (17.2.1) and was able to share the hotspot and connect to a Windows PC. I then used an iPhone SE 3rd Gen (17.3) and was not able to successfully share/connect using mobile hotspot. Tried with another iPhone SE 3rd Gen (17.3), same issue.

Personal hotspot not working iOS 17.3

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