iOS 7.1 Personal Hotspot APN settings won't save on iPhone 4

LexSchellings wrote:

All is a combination of hardware + software. I said from the beginning that it has to do with the carrier contract. Everyone telling that they succeeded to do it without, are sucking around. Now Apple tries to stop this, and correctly so; that there are those who still have the possibilty to do things 'incorrectly' with their combination, does not ean that they have the right to critisize Apple for the "bug" in 7.1 ...

If this really is intended functionality Apples intentions are really weird.

I would understand apple preventing the the use of this functionality on those networks apple has contract with and do not allow the use of personal hotspots.

Now Apple, who actually sells unlocked phones, has crippled the use of these phones on networks not in contract with Apple. Even when the network in case would itself allow the use of hotspot.

By this move Apple prevents the use of service offered by contract between carrier and customer solely based on fact the carrier has no contract with Apple.

When buying my unlocked phone I never saw disclaimer telling me Apple would intentionally limit the phones usability on noncontract networks.

And you see this behaviour being "correctly so". 😮

I think apple made a mistake to feature hotspots in iphone 4, that's why at personal hotspot 5s iphone have no problem. And I thought Apple had also been aware of this issue, but they purposely allow this until later in ios update 7.1.1 is there because they would be embarrassed if the ios 7.1 too quickly switched to 7.1.1. Moreover, this problem has not become warm coverage in the media. But I am sure if this problem were discussed in the media, then apple will not stay silent, they will surely lift the talk.

Good news. Anyway, I am not sure about they will the fix soon. It seem to me that they take many time to solve such an evident problem. We will see. Good luck for everybody. Regards.

same problem with my iPhone 4 in Ukraine (Utel).

Apple Care? Contradiction in terms. Close to 3 weeks without the hotspot! No official word from Apple, as far as I know. Rumors and posts asking us to excuse Apple for this involuntary error in their IOS was all we got until now. Apple, you are losing customers, fast

UPDATE!! after going back and forth with apple and my carrier for the last few days, my issues with mms, imessage is now fixed. it ended when I spoke to an apple senior supervisor and she double checked all the steps I took and sent a ticket up to the "engineering dept". after about 3 hours BAM!! I started getting an influx of mms messages, i was able to send and recieve and all my settings stayed just how they were....so yea this is related to ios 7.1 firmware....I am sure of it...I hope things work out for everyone else soon also. GET ON YOUR GAME APPLE!

I have read a lot here ppl telling is an Iphone 4 issue which is not, because as I have told I'm having same problem with my IPAD 4!!!

And for those who say was made intentionally to get devices from APPLE partners/carriers. That doesn't have sense because wouldn't have any sense keep selling unlocked devices.

What I think mostly of those APPLE partner/carriers are not having that problem because all the APN and MMS setups are saved on SIM CARDS

Good news. I hope i can use personal hotspot with Telenor HU in the future.

Same here in Belgium.

Iphone 5s

My provider is Base.

I'm on the line with Apple Support.

If they don't fix this I will sue Apple, let's be very clear about this.

They sold me a product with personal hotspot working and it does not work anymore now.

Both Iphone and Ios 7.1 are provided by Apple.

Personal hotspot is a documented feature of iOs.

Disabling personal hotspot is a breach of contract.

Base are not an Apple supported carrier in Belgium

I'm with base in belgium

I was on the phone

They said they do not consider it to be a bug.

I said I want to file a complaint.

I got this address in Ireland.

Base is indeed not a partner, but does this give apple the right to block this? NO, it is a breach of contract and if they confirm this as a policy i think i am going to join Carl.

But for the moment i still actually hope it is a bug. I contacted Base and the technical department stated that there has been no changes made to the network or use of the hotspot aswell that they didn't receive anything from apple regarding a policy update Having said that, the response i got from apple care belgium/netherlands, after a couple times of having contact with a senior blabla, was not that helpfull, neither did they gave me the impression they where taking me serious or doing anything about it. They stated that i was the first to encouter/call for that issue. They litteraly said: 'there is nothing else to do'

I agree, this is an address for customer complaints.
For me the case is clear :

- apple support denies it is a bug

- either the carrier (Base) has an agreement with Apple under which Apple has blocked the feature and then BASE has changed the terms of our agreement. In this case I will sue BASE

- either Apple cannot show this agreement and they blocked Personal Hotspot by their own initiative. In that case Apple has disabled a feature of the iPhone and iOS that was advertised as a standard feature of the iPhone and iOS at the moment I bought the iPhone. This is a breach of contract by Apple. In this case I will sue Apple unless they either restore the service or pay for the damages caused by their action.