Behavior on Bluetooth Personal Hotspot and Wi-Fi

Does anyone know what will happen in the following scenario:
On the iPad (wi-fi only), tethering is established with an iPhone via the Personal Hotspot using Bluetooth. This same iPad is brought into range of a known wireless network.
Will it connect to the wireless network, and if yes, will the iPad utilize the internet connection through wi-fi connection or through the Bluetooth hotspot?

I had the same issue. After multiple visits to Apple store, calls to Verizon and restoring the phone to "new iphone", I got my iphone 4 replaced. They don't belive the device is the issue but there were no other options at this point. The good news the replacement phone is running ios 5 so I will get Google Maps back. I think the issue is with ios 6 so I will not upgrade to ios 6 until Apple fixes the issues.

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HT204023 my iphone 5 s dont even have personal hotspot and how do i get it?

plez i need hotspot

please go to Settings>celluar/mobile data>personal hotspot and try to turn it on from there.
if it will not turn on from there its has been blocked on your account with your carrier.
if it does turn on from there it should not appear in settings>personal hotspot as i direct link
hope this helps

I just update my ipad 3 software to ios 8 , on the setting it was icon down to Cellular called Personal Hotspot , and i lost personal hotspot after updating , how or where i can find it again ?

i just update my ipad 3 software to ios 8 , on the setting it was icon down to Cellular called Personal Hotspot , and i lost personal hotspot after updating , how or where i can find it again ?

Hello SHenoudabak,
It sounds like you are trying to find the Personal Hotspot option in your Settings. You were close. The option is directly under Settings, and not in the Cellular section of Settings:
Go to Settings > Personal Hotspot
Personal Hotspot - iPhone
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
All the very best,
Sterling

Bluetooth $ personal hotspot

I am unable to connect my I phone to any other device through bluetooth and unable to locate personal hotspot in my phone. Its really annoying..

Its like this
About
Softare Update
Usage
Mobile Data
VPN
iTune Wi-Fi sync
Spotlight Search
Auto Lock
Passcode Lock
Restrictions
Date $ Time
Keyboard
International
Accessibility
and
Reset..... Thats All. No Cellular.

Personal Hotspot (and Bluethooth) wont connect automatically between iOS 6 devices.

Hi there.
I have updated my iPhone 4 and iPad 2 to iOS 6. Since then, Personal Hotspot wont connect automatically. I have to go to Settings - Bluethooth on my iPad and connect to the iPhone manually (just have to klick on the "Not connected" iPhone). Then the iPhone gets connected and the Hotspot works fine until I get disconnected. I have to connect the two devices manually every time. Any idea to solve that problem?
Regards Patrick

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4517
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2756
if those two links don't help then contact your phone carrier.

Please explain personal hotspot and when should I use or not use?

I Don't understand personal hotspot. Is there times to use and not use it?

Personal hotspot is a way to use the cellular data connection on your iPhone to allow a computer that does not have an internet connection to have access to the internet. It is a good way to use up huge amounts of cellular data and is only supported or possible if your cellular plan allows it.
There is something similar where a computer that has an internet connection can share that connection -- but I'm not sure that is what you are asking about.
Normally you don't need to manually turn cellular data usage off. The iPhone is designed to automatically use wi-fi when it is connected and to automatically switch to cellular data if wi-fi is not connected.
If you are asking about text messaging:
1) iMessage -- only to another iPhone or Apple device that has iMessage turned on and you also need iMessage turned on. It will use internet if you have it, your cellular data plan if you do not have wi-fi connection
2) regular texts. They don't use wi-fi but they also don't count against your cellular data usage. They count against your plans text allowance.
3) 3rd party apps such as WhatsApp -- you would need to investigate them yourself

I have iphone 4S. when i make personal hotspot and say a device is connected, blue bar at top shows status of connection. in this situation if i want to find contact through direcctory, the search option is not work. anybody suggest how to resolve it ..?

while on personal hotspot, searching a contact is not work. can anybody has solution ..

Complain to the Attorney General about what? There is nothing in your story worth any such complaint. They will tell you the same.
First you have payment difficulty so credit and the Edge program are not available to you. You have to be credit worthy to get any upgrade, unless you can pay full price for all those new devices.
Can you?
You are trying to get new contract plans, but since you are having paying on time and in full issues you will not get extended credit from any carrier.
What I would do is go and port out to Boost or Virgin Mobile where you pay a reduced cost for each device and get unlimited everything for $40 to $50 a month, it is pre pay so if you don't pay you get cut off.
Verizon although with the best coverage is also the highest priced.
Good Luck

Personal hotspot and app store loading problem

I have an iPhone5s and I updated it to IOS 8.0.2, after updating:
1- The Personal hotspot icon is gone from setting and I can't use it at all,
2- App store doesn't load the data, when I touch the app store icon I just see the white page and no data are loaded.
Are there any solutions for mentioned problems?

Hi HD1080,
So it sounds as if your Personal Hotspot is not available in Settings after updating your iPhone's software. I would suggest that you troubleshoot using the steps in this article -
iOS: Troubleshooting Personal Hotspot
Under Basic Troubleshooting, start with step 7
Reset your network settings: Tap Settings > General > Reset > Reset Network Settings.
If you still see the issue, restore the iPhone.
For your issue with not being able to see anything in the App Store, I would suggest that you troubleshoot using the steps in this article -
Can't connect to the iTunes Store
Specifically the section Troubleshoot issues on an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Brett L

HT4623 ive just updated from is05 to 06.1 , ive gone to check out the new personal hotspot and its no where on the phone, my gf done excatly same time and is just under settings, ive rebooted the phone also but no joy....

HELP plz

> You should keep Firefox updated for security reasons
Yeah, I know, but allowing an application to create a profile or override the no update setting is also a security problem. After all using the same method an application could do . . . well, whatever it would like to do, right?!
As for the suggest solution, I tried the plugin but it just isn't there, IMHO. I even contributed $$$ to help him continue his work so it might some day be there.
IMHO, it shouldn't be hard to have the old interface. It should be as easy as having an option in the Tools -> Options dialog where the person could specify the interface (s)he wants to use. AFTER ALL there will be even more interface changes over the years and each one will have people who like and dislike them. Thus people should be able to use the interface they like.
Another download to a plugin doing this work instead of Firefox, itself ....
A) The plugin author might not be able to keep up with new releases and getting it "certified."
B) A future version of Firefox might break the plugin
C) Having the interface choice and support in Firefox means the Firefox testing plan would include the interface changer for each update.
(Also if the code has to support multiple interfaces, the programmers might think more than "hey that's a cool idea," as they'll have to support it and write code to have it work with and not break past interfaces.
Where can I go to propose and promote that idea?!

I dnt have facetime nor personal hotspot and i tried alot of methods from the internet but nothing seemed to work

I would really appreciate any help

Where did you purchase your iPhone? Many Middle East countries have banned FT, thus it is not on iPhone sold in those countries.
Regarding PH, you carrier must suppport this and it is activated with their profile. Contact you carrier.

I have an iphone 4 and so does my daughter ... in my Settings screen i have a Personal Hotspot but she does not! How do we get one on her phone and is there a charge!

I have an iphone 4 and so does my daughter ... in my Settings screen i have a Personal Hotspot but she does not! How do we get one on her phone and is there a charge!

from Apple doc:
iOS: System requirements for Personal Hotspot
Learn the system requirements for Personal Hotspot on your iPhone, iPad, and iPad Mini.
To use this feature, your wireless carrier must offer Personal Hotspot and your devices must meet certain system requirements.
System requirements
The table below lists the iPhone and iPad (Wi-Fi + Cellular models) capable of Personal Hotspot and which connections they can use to share cellular data with another device:
USB
Bluetooth
Wi-Fi
iPhone 4 or later
✓
✓
✓
iPhone 3GS and iPhone 3G*
✓
✓
iPad (3rd generation or later) Wi-Fi + Cellular
✓
✓
✓
iPad mini Wi-Fi + Cellular
✓
✓
✓
* On iPhone 3G, Personal Hotspot is referred to as Internet tethering.
To connect to a Personal Hotspot, your device requires:
Wi-Fi: Support for 802.11g/n using WPA2 encryption.
USB: Mac or PC with iTunes 9.2 or later installed.
Bluetooth: Mac OS X v10.4.11 or Windows.
Carrier requirements
Verify that your carrier supports Personal Hotspot for your device and that you have Personal Hotspot enabled on your cellular plan:
iPhone: View a list of carriers that support Personal Hotspot on the iPhone.
iPad and iPad mini: Check with your carrier for availability.
Additional Information
Find more information on using Personal Hotspot.

HT204023 I was able to activate and use my personal hotspot with my iPad4 yesterday but today it says I have to contact my carrier! I did make the $50 payment today as my data was used up this morning, could that be the issue? How long does it take to w

So yesterday was the first time I used my iPad's personal hotspot, and it was great. Just click on it and typed in the password on my laptop. This morning while working out my iPad's data plan ran out so I paid another $50 and was good to go. However when I tried the personal hotspot, I get a message to contact my carrier. What is up with that?

Contact your carrier and ask them.

Can I use apple tv without an isp just my ad and iPhone personal hotspot

Can I use apple tvwith the network I created with personal hotspot between my iPhone and iPad

Yes, I have successfully connected my Apple TV 2 to my iPhone 4s personal hotspot and was even able to use airplay mirroring.

Mobile Internet and Personal Hotspot problems

I have an iPhone 3GS with the latest updates.
Yesterday mobile internet has suddenly stopped working, giving me the 'iPhone is not connected to the internet' error anytime I tried to use Safari (nothing else involving a connection is working, really)
I didn't make any change that could have triggered this, I have an unlimited mobile internet plan and anyway I have enough money too.
I can see the 3G and Edge symbols and have a good service, APN is correct. I use only mobile internet, therefore the other connection options are always turned off.
I tried restarts, resets, both manual, with iTunes, only network settings, total formatting, restoring from backup, but I still have the problem.
Rarely it starts working, but only for some seconds, time to load a page and it stops working again.
Going through the network settings I then noticed 'Personal Hotspot' has the loading wheel that never stops spinning, like it was searching for something, I know I usually had an option to turn it on and off, anyway before that happened it was off.
I don't want to use a Personal Hotspot and want to keep it off but there's on option at all, I tried all the resets again, or staying on that setting page for a while, but it goes on spinning.
I don't know if the two things are connected, I was wondering if mobile internet and hotspot are someway conflicting with one another, if I can't connect because it keeps searching for the hotspot, or if there's any way to stop that 'loading status'?
Tried searching on other threads/Google already but I didn't find anything that would solve it

I tried with the Sim too and din't work either
I'm with Vodafone, I've seen other people having the same problem but it was due a wrong APN or else they got it fixed with a simple restart
Tried calling their CS too but I just got told to check my APN/config (it's everything fine) or try resetting network settings as I already did a few times

IPad Personal Hotspot antenna shuts off after a few minutes of non-use. This happens in both Verizon 3G and LTE areas. Turning off LTE does not help. Turning Personal Hotspot off and then on works. Does this happen on Mini and Retina?

iPad--third generation shuts off antenna/hotspot after a few minutes of non-use.
Happens in 3G and LTE VZ environment.
Turning hotspot off and on getsw things working again.
Does Apple have antenna on a timer so it shuts off after a few minutes?
Does this happen on Mini and Retina as well?
FLAGSTAFFLAR

Fixed!
Two things together have restored connectivity.
1. I changed the name under Settings > General > About > Name from My Name's iPad to iPad of My Name. I read somewhere that iOS 7.0.1 or 7.0.2 (I forget which) sometimes had issues with apostrophes here. Easy enough to test.
2. I then reset (again) the APN settings under Settings > Cellular Data > APN Settings > Personal Hotspot and reentered our provider's info (APN, Username, Password) there.
I don't know WHY it worked, but the personal hotspot is now happily sharing (again) internet connectivity with my MacBook Pro.

Behavior on Bluetooth Personal Hotspot and Wi-Fi

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