DesertRatR
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Q: Hot spot works, sometimes

I turn on personal hot spot on my 6+ (iOS 9.2). iPad Air 2 (iOS 9.2) has connected many times. Sometimes iP will connect to 6+ on its own. Many times it won't and I have to manually connect it. How do I get iP to consistently connect to 6+?  Or is this just one of those unknowable Apple mysteries? 

 

iP often doesn't stay connected to 6+. After a while it disconnects. Problem with phone or iP or both?  Where to start debugging?

Posted on Dec 28, 2015 6:33 AM

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  • by norm123,

    norm123 norm123 Dec 29, 2015 10:57 AM in response to DesertRatR
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    Dec 29, 2015 10:57 AM in response to DesertRatR

    Hello DesertRatR,

    I understand that your iPad is not connecting to your Personal Hotspot when you turn it on.

    Now depending on the situation that might be the case. If your iPad has already joined a Wi-Fi network, it won't automatically join your personal hotspot that you just turned on. That could be a reason as to why that might be happening. Now if you are using iCloud, you can actually turn on and join your Personal Hotspot on your iPhone right from your iPad. That feature is called Instant Hotspot. Just make sure you are signed in to iCloud on your iPhone and iPad and that will ensure that your iPad connects to the hotspot seamless. Take a look at the article below for more details.

    Use Continuity to connect your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Mac
    https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204681

    Take care

  • by DesertRatR,

    DesertRatR DesertRatR Dec 29, 2015 1:44 PM in response to norm123
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    Dec 29, 2015 1:44 PM in response to norm123

    Thanks norm123.


    The only WiFi I allow iPad to connect to is my home. Same with iPhone. Away from home I never allow iPhone to connect to WiFi, using cell network instead. Away from home I never connect iPad to any WiFi. Instead I tether iPad to iPhone. Phone is almost never logged in to iCloud. Neither is iPad.

     

    I will leave home and when I get some place will turn on hot spot on phone. I flip open iPad cover. Sometimes iPad connects to hot spot and other times it does not. I have tried waiting to see what it will do when not connected. IPad won't connect if it doesn't connect right away. In neither case is device connected to iCloud.

     

    It is the intermittent connection I am puzzled about. I can always manually connect.