iPhone Hotspot Not Working? 8 REAL Fixes!

David & David explain how to fix the problem when Personal Hotspot is missing or not working on an iPhone.
If Personal Hotspot is missing on your iPhone, it's likely because there's a Configuration Profile that blocks hotspot, or the feature has been turned off by your wireless carrier.
Head to the General section of the iPhone Settings app and tap VPN & Device Management. Check if any configuration profiles are preventing you from using iPhone personal hotspot. If not, get in touch with your wireless carrier to see if iPhone hotspot has been disabled on your plan.
If personal hotspot isn't missing, try turning Cellular Data off and back on again. Cellular Data is what's used to turn your iPhone into a mobile hotspot. After that, check for a carrier setting update, which can improve your iPhone's connection to your wireless carrier's network.
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It's also a good idea to restart your iPhone, which can fix minor software problems. Then, make sure your iPhone is running the latest version of iOS. This will help keep your iPhone running smoothly.
If Personal Hotspot still isn't working, it's time for deeper software troubleshooting steps. First, Reset Network Settings, which erases all Cellular, Wi-Fi, APN, and VPN settings to factory defaults. If that doesn't work, back up your iPhone and perform a DFU restore, the deepest type of iPhone restore.
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If all else fails, reach out to your wireless carrier or Apple for support.
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0. Intro [0:00]
1. Check For A Configuration Profile [0:16]
2. Contact Your Wireless Carrier [1:10]
3. Turn Cellular Data Off And Back On [1:48]
4. Check For A Carrier Settings Update [2:04]
5. Restart Your iPhone [2:43]
6. Check For An iOS Update [2:56]
7. Reset Network Settings [3:26]
8. Back Up & DFU Restore Your iPhone [4:10]
9. Reach Out To Apple Or Your Wireless Carrier [4:40]
10. Pro-tip: Contact Your Carrier On Social Media [5:18]
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[@breezy9547]

My hotspot connects it just doesn’t load anything on the device it’s sharing the wifi.

[@apatheticme7030]

Did it work?

[@RiKeMer96]

I saw an APN profile from my previous carrier and after removing it, the hotspot button immediately showed up and it worked!! I was struggling for 3 months. Thank you so much!!!

[@blackops07]

Appreciate the video. Not really a fan of the audio. It sounds like you are talking into a barrel.

[@mixalhsgeorgakoudis7355]

😂😂😂

I'm happy to see that at least you think that you're funny, but Wi-Fi Hotspot's still not working between my iPhone14 and the head unit in my car. It worked well with my vintage android phone, and nothing had changed than only the phone. The connection keeps stopping.

[@garlandstyle5797]

Network reset failed. The phone showed up before on my laptop and her iPad, but now it doesn't appear at all on either device.

[@cryptolioicecreamoranges6974]

Why is it always a Fcking project to get the iPhone hotspot connected?

[@cherylhagymasy1257]

Thank you! The network reset fixed it for me.

[@MichaelSienkiewicz]

None of this works!!

[@NovaGoose2]

Perfect timing guys 😊

[@eshetumiresa5380]

Thank you very much ❤❤❤

[@rorytribbet6424]

By missing do you mean it doesn’t show up as an available network to connect to, at all, or that I’m unable to even turn it on in the “hotspot” page? My current issue is the former. Other devices like my laptop detect and connect to my T-Mobile hotspot network without issue, but my phone doesn’t even see it. If I try to manually connect, it says failed to connect or network is not available

[@mariantaciuc6107]

I reset the network settings and solve my problem

[@SKIMASKZAY1]

U a real one appreciate iu

[@brainbox19950]

There is no configuration setting in mine

[@abdulrehmanrajput8642]

Thanku so much! your fix tip has solved my issue and i was thinking that this is a bug in new ios 16.03 thanku so much again!

[@rockysparks3919]

I thought this was a lie but you proved me wrong. Thanks guys 🙂

[@dougkaspar9756]

I cannot get my hot spot to appear on my Windows PC as an option to Wi-Fi. I can only get the hot spot to work when I connect using a cable.

[@legomark5712]

Try on your phone put on hot spot and try maximum capacity sometimes it dose t work if you don’t have maximum capacity on

[@DingJe]

I have the similar issue as well, have you solved it?

[@dougkaspar9756]

@@DingJe only way I get it to work is by the Apple phone cord and tethered

[@DingJe]

@@dougkaspar9756 i managed to solve this yesterday, change iphone’s name and password. Somehow appear in the wifi list if that helps

[@mcjohnjames136]

Thank you for your help boys it’ worked ( number 7 ) for me

[@nigangte6984]

Just switched from Android and i HATE this problem with iOS so much and a few other issues that I'm reconsidering my decision. Never had this problem with Android 😢

[@loydrobinson3848]

This vid was very helpful!

[@SaidIbrahimFahim-fx6rx]

Thanks but my problem is that hotspot option is not there in setting and can’t find it to turn on hotspot, is there any solution to enable hotspot even if it’s option not be in setting ?

[@carjen121]

You guys are super awesome. Thank you so much💕💕👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@aleksandarmarkovic885]

"Optimization" at its best

[@gmverber437]

Can you address the issue iOS14+ will no longer tether to multiple flavours of LINUX?

[@21mcbeth]

Good morning. I just updated my iOS on my iPhone 13 and the tap screen to scroll left and right from page to page has either been disabled or deleted. Is there a reset or had it been deleted?

[@Renciic]

Before network reset sometimes I could connect to my hotspot, but now after network reset my computer “can’t connect to this network” at all. 😑

[@SeasonsOFcolors]

When I clicked on the “about” a link popped up from apple support should I download it ??

[@legomark5712]

I don’t think that’s a smart idea so dont

[@kathydillon4734]

I’ve restarted my iPhone & now some of my contacts are listed over 50 times. How can I fix this?

[@collinsndubuisi2303]

I'm having problem installing wireless wifi a9 mini camera

[@JcNjRocstar20]

You guys are the f@&king best 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾

[@L.S.K-t8z]

Every video I’ve watched has been helpful and solved the problem I’ve had with my iPhone thank you!

[@marylo9748]

I am using my iPhone 5 and 6 under wifi to read, work and watch videos and sync iCloud with my real iPhone 8 with Notes and Photos ... etc. But few days ago my iPhone 5 iCloud storage not functioning and asked to sign in, with correct sign in password again and again, it failed and shown { Verification Failed. An unknown error occurred. }. iPhone 5 works very well and just no iCloud storage back up and sync details with the other two phones. Will reset the phone helps ? Is phone too old ??? Please help and advise. THANKS SO MUCH !!!

[@sulleyamry9505]

How to unlock carrier

[@ahringtones8303]

Keep going

[@rooftop9238]

Payette let me ask you again about problem I have with my iPhone 13 pro max so here it this on my Alexa app I can’t go to landscape mode means turn the phone horizontally for full screen soI should contact Apple and I did contact Amazon and they don’t have a clue. Thanks

[@SPiri817]

Hey guys. Can you please make a video of how to switch your Apple ID ( email ) without losing anything iCloud storage, photos, notes. Etc. All I want to do is switch my email but I’m scared that I might lose some if not all my info that I have on my phone. Thank you in advance.

[@ahmadhamadeh9612]

Cellular >> Carrier services ... here's where I solved my problem

[@Ifyoudonttakeitucantfakeit]

The problem I get with it is it working fine for 10 minutes then it suddenly loses it but to actually get it to rejoin you got to switch off and on again on both machines it’s ridiculous you can see everybody else’s hotspots but never mind until I’ve gone through the rigmarole of turning it off and on again

[@uncleTedK]

Same thing that happens to me. I wonder how this happens?

[@guywood67]

Thanks for the video. How about the iPhone hotspot works but connected devices keep switching over to a different hot spot.

[@valerieb4146]

The modem button is working prefectly and the laptop sees the wifi, but does not connect to it. I can connect to my phone only with USB. Has anyone faced such a problem? Iphone 11

[@aldrinjhayrichipolito6560]

Sir my phone sometimes is not touching my phone is iPhone5s is it just too old or there’s a problem in my phone😅

[@legomark5712]

Maybe check for iPhone updates for I o s in settings

[@aniimey]

What is carrier

[@Popseoh]

I have my hotspot on and it wont show up on other devices

[@s7aaa7]

Hi I have iPhone 11 pro ios 14.4.1 after I restart my iPhone the personal hotspot is not anymore in the settings only on mobile data so I have to do manually go to mobile data to put the info at personal hotspot apn… I have another problem with notes they are not open it in my list just is opening the one I created is opening that is a bug from apple they never fixed it! And I don’t know where can I complain about it! Thanks

[@chiamakagenevievee]

This was helpful thanks

[@EdirtySicks]

I spent over an hour on the phone with an Apple engineer. In the end he all but admitted that the software was not optimized for older devices. So the “maximize compatibility” button in your hotspot settings is missing on iPhone 11 and lower devices including the SE2020. It’s not the carrier. It’s Apple. I can hotspot any android, and only Apple devices on iOS 13/14/15/16. Android can hotspot any of my old devices. It’s apple, not my sim. It’s painful. Should be illegal. I have 13 wifi idevices.

[@justmonathefurcrew9009]

I listened all the way through but couldn't find on my Android similar settings for a hotspot. Any suggestions y'all?

[@dipanwitasarkar2990]

Thankyou so much buddy 😘😘😘😘😘

[@frazzledhaloz3184]

My first name on AOL was ISpreadInsanity….lol

[@Robbie2222121]

None of this worked for me. Try renaming your phone. Settings --> General --> About --> Name. This fixed my issue

[@RaviTejagameboy]

Bruh this worked for me lol

[@turbyoulance]

What is Personal Hotspot ?

[@christopherankdj]

The 8 useless "fixes" on the web about hotspot issue, especially the last. Pathetic

[@lukman_so_]

🇳🇬👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻❤️❤️

[@huzurgelecek]

Fck i phone and buy Xiaomi, farewell the problems.

[@afterburner3999]

Just found out how to get it working YOU MUST CHANGE THE PW and NAME or JUST PW in HotSpot settings then Laptop will Recognize it and ask for PW on GS7Edge.