IOS Personal Hotspot issues via Wifi

Is there any way that I can get my Wifi-only iPad to ONLY link to my iPhone's personal hotspot, without my iPhone jumping to various unsecured (and often slow and unreliable) Wifi networks?
This has seriously got to be the single-most frustrating user experience for me with iOS. It's clunky, messy and terribly inconvenient.
It would be nice if I could turn off "external" Wifi and just use a dedicated "internal" Wifi connection that connects to my iPhone's 3G radio, but the iPhone's.
I live in Korea where where unsecured Wif networks are so ubiquitious, but 90% of the time, you can't use them. It becomes especially problematic if you're riding on a bus or subway and having your iPhone jump between various unsecured Wifi networks, and which renders your iPad totally useless, if you have no connection.
I've tried the bluetooth only connection, but man, iOS really makes you jump through hoops and screens just to switch between all these settings. Scott Forstall and his iOS team failed epically here. There is just no elegan

I have an iPhone 4s with the Hotspot turned on. However, I could never see the wifi connection when using my laptop or iMac. The key to get this to work is to go to the Settings screen, and tap on Personal Hotspot and tap the ON button. Once you do this, Do not leave the Personal Hotspot screen! Connect to your Hotspot within 90 seconds or before the iPhone goes to sleep.

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It will be 3g service via hotspot. and you don't have to connect the phone via cable either you can do it via WiFi. If you can connect your phone to free WiFi then why don't you just connect the Mac directly to that WiFi instead of trying to connect through the iPhone?

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Oh yes there is. Here are the screen captures

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Hi,
Would appreciate some help with this! Using an iPhone 4, just upgraded to iOS 4.3, and trying to get personal hotspot working.
Basically, see subject ^ .. I can't get it working. Devices (I've tried iMac, iPad) can see the wireless network created by the iPhone, begins to connect (and appearing connected, from the iPhone) but isn't actually online. Though, I was able to pair my computer and phone and create a network connection via personal hotspot that way. But I want to use wifi, and let others use it...
I'm on Bell Mobility in Canada. Any help greatly appreciated!
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Hi lofive,
Welcome to Apple Support Communities.
It sounds like you’re running into an issue with devices not being able to connect to a Personal Hotspot created by your iPhone. Try the suggestions in the article linked below, it provides a lot of great troubleshooting tips that will resolve most issues like the one you’ve described.
iOS: Troubleshooting Personal Hotspot
I hope this helps.
-Jason

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So here is the deal. Before ios6 I could connect my 10.1" Samsung Galaxy tablet with no issues to my Iphone 4 via personal hotspot.
I've recently updated both devices to their newest OS. Samsung Galaxy tab to 4.0 and ios6 for my Iphone 4.
I believe the problem lies with the Iphone due to the huge forum threads on wifi issues.
I can connect to my Iphone via bluetooth on the Samsung (to which some people will say well there is your solution), but I would like to try and conserve battery power as much as possible and sometimes have multiple devices connected to my Iphone (laptop, and tab at the same time). So one solution would be better on battery life.
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Thanks!

Sorry, Apple has no approved method to downgrade the version of iOS on your iDevice. You can voice your displeasure with the iOS by leaving feedback at the appropriate subsection from the link below.
http://www.apple.com/feedback/

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Hello Bella9678
Start with going into Settings > General > Reset and Reset Network Settings, then try to connect to your Wi-Fi network. Check out the article below for more troubleshooting options to get your Wi-Fi working again.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1398
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I used my iPhone 5 with latest iOS version. When I connect my iphone to a 5GHz band at home and then ON the Personal Hotspot (PH), my ipad mini retina can't connect to the wifi of the iphone, it said "Unable to connect". I tried it with my laptop and got the same result. But if I disconnect it from the 5GHz and reconnect to a 2.4GHz band (at home too), then turn on PH, it will let other device connect normally.
I know that I can solve the problem by connect to a 2.4GHz and then turn on PH. But the problem is when I go out, every wifi around me is password protected, and I need to share PH to my laptop. it just won't connect. Do a Network reset solve the problem too, but when I come back home and connect to my 5GHz band, the problem still raise, PH will not let any device connect to it until I connect my iphone to a 2.4GHz and then turn on PH again.

Hi, thanks for your answers.
I have tried bluetooth tethering and it does work, but often i find has the same issue after a few minutes or if i let my device sleep, i have to reinitiate the hotspot. Whats worse is that i can go into the hotspot settings sometimes and it says "NOW DISCOVERABLE!" but nothing can see it, not my iPad, not my laptop, nor any other wifi enabled device until i toggle Hotspot off and on again.
Also, distance is an issue. Occasionally I like leaving my iPhone to charge on my desk to charge as tethering beats the battery up and if i go to the room next door, the bluetooth drops. If i don't come back within range in a few seconds, the hotspot becomes undiscoverable and I have to go through the process again. Overall this has not been a feasible solution for my issues.
As for resetting the network settings, I had to do this initially when I upgraded to iOS 5 as the Personal hotspot setting disappeared entirely. I had to do a full network reset, and reboot my handset once more for Personal hotspot to even return as a usable option but it didn't help the flakiness. This isn't an iOS 5 new issue though, as i said, it's been happening since 4.3...
All these super annoying first world pains eh? Again, thanks for your feedback but it doesn't help my particular issues.

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I am about to buy an ipad mini for my daughter, with wifi only capability & wondered if I was able to share my internet connection via my personal hotspot on this device. I know that you can on an ipad with wifi + cellular device, but wondered how it worked for the wifi only model. I have an iphone 5 ios7.2 & would be using my personal hotspot from this to share with the ipad mini in car journeys etc. The wifi obviously is great when at home. Thanks for any advice or comments.

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The problem is, for the 5 devices connected to the "personal hotspot" their internet connection is via wifi, so they meet the requirements for facetime. On your iPhone, the one creating the hotspot, our internet connection is via cellular data, which doesn't meet the requirements for facetime. Now, if you get your buddy to create a hotspot using his iPhone, you could use his connection and use face time as well.
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Those are Apples support link for using and troubleshooting hotspot, which you are whining about.
I gave you links to help you and all you do is complain.
Not suprise the mods deleted your post.

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use your laptop to find the dns settings when your using your iphones hotspot and put them into your xbox settings, it should connect then.
connection is still bad though, you are stuck with strict nat restrictions and it lags alot
even with all that its still better than virgin broadband lol

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My personal hotspot is dissappearing when my carrier is turned on & won't come back unless I reset all settings again.
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At the bottom right of this page is the Contact Us link.
Personal Hotspot is already included in the firmware of the "new iPad with WiFi + Cellular". Apple does not need to add this feature - it is already there.
However, whether this feature is available to customers is controlled by the network operator you use. Some don't offer it at all. Some require you to pay an additional charge, and with some it is included in the standard data tariff you already pay. You would need to contact your network operator to find out which category they are in.
Apple cannot enable Personal Hotspot for a network operator that does not want to offer this feature to their customers.

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infact... let me tell u what my AE is doing at the moment.
it is connected to my ISP's device which is on my building roof. this device is capable of hosting an IP pool. when i put my AE in bridge mode it tends to make my macbook connect directly to the ISP's device. the ip is the one that i get from the ISP. since my ISP's device allows upto 5 computers i can also connect my ipad and phone. i can use airplay this way but as soon as i loose internet connectivity and stop getting an ip from my isp's modem airplay stops, inspite of the fact that macbook is connected to the AE. this is obvious because now my device doesn't have an IP.
i dont know what DHCP only mode does.
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