Can i use the personal hotspot on my iphone without switchin on my cellular data ?

No, as a hotspot is useless without cellular data. What are you attempting to accomplish?

I see 2 uses for this. 1. I am not able to connect to

A wifi with my laptop and can with my Iphone. I can connect to

my hotspot so this would pass me through so I could use my laptop instead of this little keypad without wasting my data plan. 2. I could use it as a range extender, though a crude one I could at least keep a solid weak signal. This is not my post, but instead of all the snide remarks would have been better to give a straight answer, some people think outside the box instead of being locked in one.

once again. great reply. Maybe just write my own internet while I'm at it. Publish two to three pages of fun web content and browse them on my own computer.

See, cause clearly neither of us are in a spot where any of that is possible.

The best option seems to be that you create a hotspot with your macbook then connect things that way.

WHat if i want to transfer photos using an app that is xender i want to create hotspot for that but i dont have data,that app dosent need data but just for connectivity it needs hotspot . How can i create it ?

clearly they are trying to create a hotspot from a wifi internet connection but don't want to use cellular.

Perhaps it's the only device that can connect ( ie Hotel wifi)

anyone know how?

thickbeard wrote:

clearly they are trying to create a hotspot from a wifi internet connection but don't want to use cellular.

Perhaps it's the only device that can connect ( ie Hotel wifi)

If the iPhone can connect to the wifi, the computer can connect to the wifi.

Why use the iPhone to connect to wifi then connect the computer to the iPhone via wifi to get the computer onto hotel wifi?

There is no way you can route wifi from iphone. You can easily do it with a mac through a third Party application (as routing it from a wifi is a bit complecated process )or using a windows . For windows its connetify me through which u can create hotspot.

SO your pc would be connected to wifi and you can route connection to diff. Devices through your PC. 🙂

if iphone get the wifi from the cafe, does it able to connect the wifi to the ipad automatically?although the the new ipad doesnt enter password wifi in cafe before as first visit, does it work that way? but ipad can get wifi from iphone although not set as hotspot.

I wanted to do this on a Southwest flight today. They charge $8 per device to connect to the plane's wifi. I wanted to connect my iPhone so I could use iMessage and a couple apps, but also use the same connection for my PC, so I wouldn't have to spent $8 twice.

Every way I tried didn't work, so I just spent an extra $8.

That's one reason why someone might want to use their iPhone to hotspot their laptop to Wi-Fi vs. 4G.

So, what's the best way to do this? That is connect an iPhone, Windows 10 PC, and maybe my wife's iPad 4G to a single Wi-Fi connection?

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For you Mac guys, I do have a MacBook Pro, too. We use Office Business Suite 2016, especially Outlook and Exchange for our email server, for business. When the Mac version of Office comes anywhere close to the PC version, I'll consider using my Mac for business, too.

And... I did dual boot via Boot Camp for a couple years. My newer Dell Inspirons are the same horsepower for about 2/3 the price of a new MacBook Pro.

I completely digressed off topic. Just saying, I'm as big a fan of Macs as about most people. It's not the right tool for every application.

So Apple decides how to use hotspot. This feature

and control I miss from Android. The iPhone doesn't

even show its consuming from mobile connection

to feed my laptop. My iPhone is connected to wifi

but my hotspot using cellular wow what an idea

and transparency.

I see 2 uses for this.

Regardless... this feature does not exist in iOS. You can't re-share wifi.

This community is not a place to debate "what-ifs" and "heres-whys".

Out of the box thinking has its place. This isn't it.

Feedback for Apple goes here >>> http://www.apple.com/feedback/

And being offended on someone's behalf on a 3 year old thread is not really helpful. They got their straight answer.

Of course not. You, after all, are sharing your celluar data connection.

There is no way to do so.

Nno, you can not.

if you need a wifi router, buy one.

If you can connect your MacBook why do you need a hotspot? If you are at a hotel where they charge you for each device connected your solution will probably not work.

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