personal hotspot in iphone 4 is missing

My Personal Hotspot went missing after upgrading to iOS 5, or after ordering the iPhone 4S, or who knows when. I tried all of the above, called AT&T and had them remove and re-add the tether plan. Nothing worked. Here is what finally worked for me.

Settings - General - Reset - Reset Network Settings

My iPhone rebooted, when it came back up, now Personal Hotspot appeared under Settings - General - Network

I turned it on, and it is now working.

I hope this helps!

This worked for me on iOS5. Copied post.

Navigate to: Settings>General>Network>Mobile Data Network

If you scroll down past Cellular Data and MMS settings you should see Internet Tethering. You need to fill in the setting APN under this heading. Check with your service provider for what needs to be in here

Once this is done do a reset of the phone and you will see personal hot spot appear in Settings as well as Settings>General>Network.

Regards

I had the same problem with IOS 5, all you have to do is Reset Your Network Settings. Settings --> General --> Reset --> Reset Network Settings.

Pathetically LAME AT&T. I have the Unlimited plan for Data services (Since I have used AT&T forever) so because i have an unlimited plan fo rmy data "I" am not allowed to use the Personal Hotspot. That's just LAME. Way to show your true colors AT&T. So if any of you have the UNlimited Data plan (No longer available by the way) Then you are being punished for having it by not being allowed to use the Hotspot feature!

Well, then just go to Verizon; oh, wait a second! Verizon's data plan for tethering is capped also! Well, there's Sprint; oops, no dice there, either. T-Mobile? Nope. You could move to Hong Kong, where the cap is 600 MB.

It's just sad that AT&T has to try and sell me a 4GB package with Tethering for 45 bucks (replacing the Data Package you already have). I already pay a ton of $$ for 4 iPhones. I just think it is sad.

The solution that seems to be working the best is as follows:

• Open Settings > General
• Scroll to the bottom of the list and tap Reset Network Settings and confirm.

Once your iPhone restarts, Personal Hotspot should reappear in the Settings main page. If this does not solve the issue, try changing the name of your iPhone:

• Open Settings > General > About > Name
• Choose a name with no spaces or other characters.
• Reset your iPhone by holding the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button until the Apple logo appears.

The Personal Hotspot setting may have been set to off during the iOS 5 update. If that was the case:

• Open Settings > General > Network
• Activate Personal Hotspot.

Once turned on, the Personal Hotspot setting should appear in the Settings main page.

I had the same problem with my iPhone's HOTSPOT, I tried almost everything but nothing. Then I found the problem, It was this app that I had called ONAVO, this app was causing my HOTSPOT not to appear in Settings or in Network. So I removed it and REBOOTED my iPhone and my PERSONAL HOTSPOT was there. HOP THIS HELPED!

"Onavo app" this is the problem. ..

If you have this app installed remove it, & the PERSONAL HOTSPOT will come back 🙂

Thank you for the formula to enter into the APN in the internet tethering section as soon as I entered it I had my hotspot back. Thumbs up to you.

thnx buddy!!! it works...

Thank you very much for this solution!

Had a 3-way phone call with Apple Tech Support and AT&T Tech Support could NOT find the reason why Personal HotSpot button was gone from my iPhone 4S (v5.0.1). They kept telling me it was there, but it was not.

After doing lots of digging, I found the solution in the Apple Support Forum. This app causes a new Profile to be created on the iPhone and deletes the Personal HotSpot button. Either delete the Profile, turn Off this app, or even better--Delete this app.

There is a disclaimer at the very bottom of the description of the app in iTunes. Since it causes such a big problem that even Apple cannot explain, don't you think it should be a the top, as well as on the screen when the app starts?

Hello Apple! Are you listening? This app is killing your iOS features.

l3osastre, you done good! Txs again. Give this man a GREEN STAR!

bastardongsanto wrote:

i updated my iphone IOS from 4.3.2 to 4.3.3 then my personal hotspot was missing... can someone help me..

As Calvin stated

You have to Turn on Cellular Data and 3G then you can Turn on Hotspot from there

Same steps on iOS 5 and higher

Message was edited by: Brian@Apple

i have 100% solution to the above topic .i had the same problem thats why am here i just tried a little experimrent and it worked perfectly.go to setting,...general....network....cellular data network....scroll down then in internet tethering,just type in your carrier APN THEN go back back back and its done.100% guarantee

Usually personal hotspot with the new update version 5.0.1 is not listed on the main setting menu till you do the activation as follows:

1- go to setting-general-network make sure cellular data is ON

2- click on cellular data network and scroll down till you see the option Internet Thethering

3- type the APN, and all other information as it appears above under cellular data

4- then go back to network and scroll down and you will find personal hotspot and you can find as well on setting main menu

Internet Thethering in some cases might controlled by your service provider which your cellular data is confirmed automatically by the network then you need to get it authorized by your service provider

I hope this would help