Personal Hotspot crashes, won't connect with mobile data

why my personal hotspot keeps crashing when I on my Data then my hostpot can’t connect

iPhone 11, iOS 18

Posted on Nov 12, 2025 6:33 PM

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Nov 12, 2025 7:19 PM in response to karylle2005

"Personal Hotspot crashes, won't connect with mobile data: why my personal hotspot keeps crashing when I on my Data then my hostpot can’t connect"

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Turn Off ALL VPN Connections:

Do you have any VPN connections enabled? If so, turn them all off, as connectivity and be interfered with.


On the Mac:

Make this a preferred network on your Mac: Choose preferred Wi-Fi networks on Mac - Apple Support. Keep Instant Hotspot disabled. If it comes to it, you may have to perform this manually, upon every power-on How iOS, iPadOS, and macOS decide which wireless network to auto-join - Apple Support

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