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Personal hotspot keeps searching

Hi,


- Iphone 5, iOS 6.1, never been jailbreaked


My personal hotspot wheel just keep spinning/ searching all te time, even after i reboot the iphone.

How to fix this issue ?

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Greetz,


W

Posted on Feb 15, 2013 2:50 AM

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Feb 15, 2013 2:51 AM in response to woetjes

Verify that your carrier supports Personal Hotspot for your device and that you have Personal Hotspot enabled on your cellular plan:


From Here > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3574



Personal Hot spot


iOS System Requirements > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3574



Understanding > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4517



Trouble Shooting > http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2756

Mar 1, 2013 4:31 AM in response to woetjes

I have the same problem on my iPhone 5, firmware 6.1. and now 6.1.2.. I'm not using the personal hotspot but I think the constant searching drains the battery very fast. I cannot access the personal hotspot settings to switch it off. I'm using a SIM of the Vala 900 network in Kosovo with a postpaid account.

I have tried all solutions suggested (reset network settings, reboot the phone, fw update, restore, etc.) without success. There should be a fix to switch off the personal hotspot for good in order to preserve battery life.

Mar 3, 2013 7:35 AM in response to woetjes

hi woetjes to clear that problem just fill your internet tether with the same entry you have given in your apn settings


general - cellular - cellular data network - scroll down to internet tethering fill the APN entry space with the same you have filled for your cellular data apn.


now just turn on and off the cellular data by just toggling . the problem will be solved.

first reset ur ineternet cettings and then only yu do the above .

Mar 4, 2013 1:39 AM in response to alexies

general - cellular - cellular data network - scroll down to internet tethering fill the APN entry space with the same you have filled for your cellular data apn.


now just turn on and off the cellular data by just toggling . the problem will be solved.

first reset ur ineternet cettings and then only yu do the above .


THX !!!


You are my hero 😉

Mar 11, 2013 5:01 PM in response to alexies

You are a genius!


Thank you very much Alexies, I have been searching the solution to this issue for many days without finding it. I just found many people with the same problem.


At this very moment, I am posting this using the hotspot wi-fi on the iPhone, after having disabled my ordinary home wi-fi connection. So there is no doubt that it is working perfectly!


I really don't understand why Apple did not provide the solution to the problem (after creating the problem itself!).


Thanks again for your really precious help! 🙂

Aug 16, 2013 5:53 AM in response to woetjes

Wow. It actually fixed this problem. I had made so many attempts to sort this out but nothing worked. And spoken to Apple executive also ample of times but no solution. It just fixed it in less than a minute.

I had started living with this issue from quiet some time now but the searching wheel always ****** me off. It is so annoying.


Thank you so much.

YOu are a star!

Personal hotspot keeps searching

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