IOS 5.0.1 Personal Hotspot not working

I've been relying on my personal hotspot for the last couple of weeks as I'm away from home. Today after the iOS 5.0.1 over the air update on my iPhone 4s the personal hotspot doesn't work anymore and neither does tethered internet sharing. Now I can't share my internet to my win7 pc or my ipad 2. This is really quite annoying, any one face similar issues?

Go into General -> Settings -> Reset (2nd to last option) -> Reset Network Settings (3rd option)
Worked for me :) GL :)

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