Internet Tethering unavailable after upgrading to iOs 5 - Hotpsot missing even after Network Reset

In my iPhone 4 (iOS 5.0 GM) I tried the following solutions

FAILED:

- To reset network

- Validated the APN from my operator

- Switch 3g on and off

- Switch mobile data on and off

WORKING SOLUTION:

Settings > General > Restrictions > Disable Restrictions

Voilaa!!

/Elias @ Boxping

I had restrictions disabled from the beginning.

After update, i restore the backup from 4.3.3 which where hotspot was working.

But now in ios 5 i did all network resets and still nothing.

Thanks.

Dear sorinw

which version of Baseband you have. I had preserved my BB to work with Gevey Sim, my version 4.10.01.

Thanks for response.

I'm in the same situation. I preserved my baseband and hacktivate the phone.

Is that a problem?

I had not hacktivate the phone, but I activated through AT&T sim. Then inserted AT&T Sim to activate and replaced the local Indian sim with Gevey Sim Tray and everything is working except Internet Tethering and Sync of MS Outlook calenders with Iphone

Georgy100 wrote:

Hello, Sorinw,

In General>Network>Cellular Data Network you should have an INTERNET TETHERING menu (APN, username, password fields).

It is possible that yor operator does not alow internet tethering via mobile hotspot (make's him lose money).

But if you had it before iOS5, the menu should be there.

Worked perfectly. Thanks Georgy!!!

With Gevey it was working in 4.3.3, which was updated from Apple. This time, I had preserved the baseband 4.10.01 with redsn0w while updating to IOS5 to make Gevey Sim work and I think this removes the internet tethering feature. If it is updated with STOCK IPSW from Apple it may show up the InternetTethering settings option in General>Network>MobileData Network and filling the settings, Personal Hotspot may show up in Setting in next line after Wi-Fi

I experience the same problem with Hot Spot activated on my iPhone 4 with IOS 5. I couldn't find my iPhone name from my iPad 1. Then I realise that my BLUETOOTH was activated on my iPhone 4 because I use it to connect to my bluetooth earphone when I am driving. After switching that off, I have no problem with iethering.

thanks buddy to solve this problem 🙂

I have been having similar problems since upgrading to iOS 5 as well. I don't use tethering very often, but have been paying for it since I got the Verizon iPhone 4, iOS 4.

Previously, when I wanted to connect via WiFi, it just worked. At $20 / month, for sporadic usage, that's exactly what I want to be able to do. Just connect to the phone in a pinch and move on with my day.

Since iOS 5, I'll turn the Personal Hotspot on, and my Macbook Air (SL 10.6.8) doesn't see the iPhone for a long time, if at all. Then I have to turn the Hotspot on/off, WiFi on/off, etc and go through a fair amount of frustration to finally get it to work. If I get a call or some other phone interruption, it seems I have to go through the process again.

There definitely seems to be a change/bug introduced in iOS 5 that needs to be corrected.

Bhavesh Patel

Miracle!

I installed TetherMe on iOS 5, it shows up in Settings but he says "TetherMe not loaded..."

I tried to start my hotspot but with no success.

After a few hours... Personal Hotspot menu appeared in Settings and i was able to turn it on.

It worked like on iOS 4 but TetherMe says same thing.

Good luck to activation!

I forgot to mention:

In Cellular Data Network it doesn't appear the Internet Tethering menu with APN etc..

I think it uses the settings from Cellular Data.

Have you jailbreak your iPhone as tetherme is a cydia feature. I have not jailbreaked my iPhone as it is not available in untethered version as presently only semi-tethered is available

you have to scroll completely down in the cellular data network menue.

there will be a headline called: internet-tethering. there you fill in all the informations which are required. (apn, username, password)

then you go back to general settings, reopen the network settings and you will see the hotspot function. 🙂