Personal Hotspot disappears from iOS 6
When I updated my iPhone 4S to iOS 6, my Personal Hotspot showed up at first, then disappeared when I tried to use it. I have rebooted my phone and reinstalled iOS (clean and backup) to no avail several times. AT&T says it's an Apple issue, but Apple closed my ticket opened through AT&T with no solution.
This is exactly how I fixed it:
1. I went online to my AT&T wireless account and switched from the 5GB DataPro plan to the 3GB DataPro plan.
2. I rebooted my phone.
3. I went back to my AT&T wireless account and re-selected my 5GB plan.
4. I rebooted my phone again.
The personal hotspot is now available and I am using it as I type this.
WARNING: If you have an unlimited data plan, I would call AT&T and have them do something like this for you. You don't want to lose that unlimited plan if you're grandfathered in.
To the person that suggested this trick, I thank you. And I hope this will help others that are having this problem. AT&T and Apple were absolutely no help in fixing this problem.
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