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numanoids Author

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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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remote hotspot failure unable to start personal hotspot

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