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Q: remote hotspot failure unable to start personal hotspot

Hi there

 

Got an iPhone 5s and iPad 4th gen both running iOS8.0. On the iPad I can see my 5s which shows battery, signal strength etc, however when I attempt to start the personal hotspot remotely, I get "Remote Hotspot Failure - unable to start personal hotspot on <my device name>".

 

I've ensured that both devices are logged into the same iCloud account. Both devices have had full network settings reset and the iPhone 5s was actually set up from new recently also. Using pesonal hotspot as normal works however I wanted to enable the remote part as it would be handy.

 

Anyone got any advice?

iPhone 5s, iOS 8

Posted on Sep 22, 2014 6:52 AM

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  • by numanoids,

    numanoids numanoids Sep 22, 2014 7:19 AM in response to numanoids
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    Sep 22, 2014 7:19 AM in response to numanoids

    Was doing a bit more testing after posting this and the scenario to get it working seems to be strange.

     

    If both iPad and iPhone are on the same wifi network, then creating the remote hotspot works fine (counter intuitive if you ask me.)/

    Forget the previous wifi network and it still carries on working.

    Reboot both devices after forgetting the wifi network and it doesn't work anymore.

     

    So it doesn't appear to work as seamlessly as first claimed unless i've got a really weird setup.

     

    anyone else able to confirm this behaviour?

  • by baretive,

    baretive baretive Sep 25, 2014 11:56 AM in response to numanoids
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    Sep 25, 2014 11:56 AM in response to numanoids

    I'm having the same problem with my iPhone 5s and a iPad mini retina , both on iOS 8.0.

     

    Surprisingly it did work today for 5 minutes when I was on the road, but it hasn't worked since.

     

    Is it a bug in ios 8?

  • by SMELTN,

    SMELTN SMELTN Sep 26, 2014 9:21 AM in response to numanoids
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    Sep 26, 2014 9:21 AM in response to numanoids

    I am having the exact same issue.  it will not connect at all

  • by baretive,

    baretive baretive Sep 26, 2014 2:48 PM in response to numanoids
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    Sep 26, 2014 2:48 PM in response to numanoids

    Think I found a solution : I changed the name of my iPhone in settings, and it seems that it is working now.

  • by avkraev,

    avkraev avkraev Sep 26, 2014 4:39 PM in response to numanoids
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    Sep 26, 2014 4:39 PM in response to numanoids

    I can't connect my iPad to iphone6, both are on iOS 8. Get a message "Remote Hotspot Failure". Apple fix it pls!

  • by jovelynfromcebu,

    jovelynfromcebu jovelynfromcebu Jan 5, 2015 4:07 AM in response to numanoids
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    Jan 5, 2015 4:07 AM in response to numanoids

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  • by iamjedi,

    iamjedi iamjedi Sep 29, 2014 12:56 PM in response to numanoids
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    Sep 29, 2014 12:56 PM in response to numanoids

    I'm having the same issue.  I have an iPhone 6 running iOS 8.0.2 and an iPad Air also running IOS 8.0.2.

     

    On the iPad I see my name listed under personal hotspots but when I chose it I am never connected. Eventually I received the error "Remote Hotspot Error". What's weird is that the name that appears in the wifi name is my full name and not the name that appears under General > About > Name.

     

    This is the zero configure hostpot functionality that is suppose to be part of Hand Off and not the carrier hotspot stuff.

  • by justinsane1,

    justinsane1 justinsane1 Oct 1, 2014 12:02 PM in response to iamjedi
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    Oct 1, 2014 12:02 PM in response to iamjedi

    iamjedi:  I have your exact setup and the same exact problem. 

  • by numanoids,

    numanoids numanoids Oct 1, 2014 12:55 PM in response to numanoids
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    Oct 1, 2014 12:55 PM in response to numanoids

    Hey all, i updated both my ipad and iphone to 8.0.2 and I'm still getting inconsistency. Almost seems like they have to have been on the same wifi network recently (i.e. hours) in order to use the remote hotspot.


    Tried it on the train coming back from work this afternoon and had to resort to manually turning hotspot on. The remote attempt from ipad to iphone actually did turn hotspot on but didnt get any further.

     

    I'm afraid it definitely isn't as seamless as its been portrayed as which is a real shame.

     

    Also I'd love it if family account members could see each others devices too as i think this would be an excellent feature.

  • by iamjedi,

    iamjedi iamjedi Oct 1, 2014 3:26 PM in response to justinsane1
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    Oct 1, 2014 3:26 PM in response to justinsane1

    I seem have it working now.  I had to reset all settings on my iPad. I noticed the name of the Wi-FI network was showing my iPhone 5 name and not my iPhone 6 name.  Since there's no way to forget the personal hotspot I needed to clear the settings. I tried to just clean the network settings but that didn't work. I had to reset all settings.

  • by numanoids,

    numanoids numanoids Oct 1, 2014 3:37 PM in response to iamjedi
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    Oct 1, 2014 3:37 PM in response to iamjedi

    I've tried this too (pain having to set things back up the way i wanted too). Worked for a while but soon seemed to drop. Let us know how it goes?

  • by ekirgis,

    ekirgis ekirgis Oct 4, 2014 12:03 AM in response to numanoids
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    Oct 4, 2014 12:03 AM in response to numanoids

    I Had the same problem being unable to connect my iPad to my iPhone 5 iOS 8 both. Today I found out that Apple created another hotspot with different name 'iphone' and putting my pass in there I connected in a minute. The old hotspot '....'s iphone' don't work.

  • by iamjedi,

    iamjedi iamjedi Oct 4, 2014 7:03 AM in response to ekirgis
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    Oct 4, 2014 7:03 AM in response to ekirgis

    I believe it's showing iPhone because if you looks at settings General about that's the name on your new phone. Once I changed the name from iPhone to a more descriptive name I had to reset all settings on my iPad.

  • by orangebeef,

    orangebeef orangebeef Oct 4, 2014 8:27 AM in response to numanoids
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    Oct 4, 2014 8:27 AM in response to numanoids

    I Just switched back to the iPhone from a few Andriod/Windows phones and I'm pretty happy except the lack of a reliable hotspot is really making it difficult to use the iPhone for business. I'm on the road a lot and need the ability to use my laptop and iPad.  I've never had a problem with my other phones (all on AT&T, the same as this one) but when I turn on the hotspot for my iPhone 6 (ios 8.0.2) it either won't connect to my iPad Air (iOS 8.0.2) and laptop, or when it does it will takes so long to connect that I give up. sometimes when the iPad goes to sleep I have to power cycle both devices before the hotspot will reactivate - and even then it can still take a little bit of time. I have changed the network's name and always try toggling the hotspot and wi-fi on and off - but nothing seems to make it work consistently.

     

    I really like the phone - but not enough to have to pay for and carry around a dedicated hotspot in order to get my iPad and laptop online.

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