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Personal hotspot issues after upgrade to Sequoia 15.1

Sometimes I'm working from a cafe using my iPhone personal hotspot for internet access. Before updating to osX 15 everything was working properly. My apps and workflow are the same -- VSCode, Chrome, MS Teams, Outlook. After update I have these problems:


  1. MacBook still connected to personal hotspot after closing the lid, and even worse -- when I open MacBook at home it still use and sometimes prefer hotspot connection over much faster home WiFi.
  2. Personal hotspot in WiFi dropdown list always have wrong battery status (always shows full, but from time to time I have popup asking me if I want to disconnect from hotspot because it has almost no battery left), wrong connection bars (always one out of four, but phone shows strong signal) and I see GPRS instead of 5G there.


What I tried so far (unsuccessfully):

  • Reset Network setting on the iPhone
  • Rename iPhone to a different name (used generic iPhone before)


Maybe there are something else to try?


Thank you

MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 15.1

Posted on Nov 16, 2024 7:56 PM

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Nov 16, 2024 8:05 PM in response to alexshk

alexshk wrote:

1. Sometimes I'm working from a cafe using my iPhone personal hotspot for internet access. Before updating to osX 15 everything was working properly. My apps and workflow are the same -- VSCode, Chrome, MS Teams, Outlook. After update I have these problems:

MacBook still connected to personal hotspot after closing the lid, and even worse -- when I open MacBook at home it still use and sometimes prefer hotspot connection over much faster home WiFi.
Personal hotspot in WiFi dropdown list always have wrong battery status (always shows full, but from time to time I have popup asking me if I want to disconnect from hotspot because it has almost no battery left), wrong connection bars (always one out of four, but phone shows strong signal) and I see GPRS instead of 5G there.
1. https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/4b6b4645-f3a5-4e15-980a-30fe39ca9ece
What I tried so far (unsuccessfully):
Reset Network setting on the iPhone
• Rename iPhone to a different name (used generic iPhone before)

Maybe there are something else to try?

Thank you


iPhone>Settings>Personal Hotspot>> turn it off



iPhone>Settings>Cellular>Personal Hotspot>> turn it off

Personal hotspot issues after upgrade to Sequoia 15.1

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