How To Use Personal Hotspot

When you turn personal hotspot on it will allow you to use any of these three options you don t need to alter any settings.

How to use personal hotspot. Tap the settings app to open it. Scroll down and below cellular data or mobile data look for personal hotspot and tap on it. First open the settings app and tap personal hotspot to access the personal hotspot settings. If the personal hotspot option is missing there are a few fixes you can try. On the settings screen tap personal hotspot.

Touch personal hotspot in the root list. An alternative for this is by opening the settings and tapping the tethering and mobile hotspot feature located near wi fi or bluetooth buttons. The simple presence of this option should indicate that you have personal hotspot on your phone but continue to the next step to be totally sure. On your mac use the wi fi status menu in the menu bar to choose the name of the iphone or ipad providing your personal hotspot. Connect to personal hotspot with wi fi bluetooth or usb.

Open settings and then go to cellular or mobile data. Some options will appear. Scroll down to the personal hotspot section. On the next screen you will find a list of devices and next to them information on how much mbs or gbs each of the device has consumed from your device. You can switch between 2 4ghz and 5ghz bands in the iphone s personal hotspot settings.

Wi fi bluetooth and usb. On your ipad ipod touch or another iphone go to settings wi fi then tap the name of the iphone or ipad providing your personal hotspot. Slide the maximize compatibility toggle to the on position. If you re not connected to a network right now you ll see an asterisk at the top left corner of this icon step 3 click the name of the hotspot. If you re using an android or iphone as a hotspot for your computer turn it on now step 2 click the icon.

For ios the mobile hotspot was named personal hotspot and it can be located once you open the settings and tapping the cellular tab. If you don t see the option for personal hotspot contact your carrier to make sure that you can use personal hotspot with your plan. It s in the taskbar near the clock which is usually at the bottom right corner of the screen. On the home screen tap settings. Go to settings cellular personal hotspot or settings personal hotspot.