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iPhone Hotspot Disappear After Upgrade? Here’s How To Quickly Fix
If you have paid for and set up the iPhone to be a wireless hotspot in the past, you might have been left wondering where your iPhone setting for creating it went when you upgraded to iOS 5 or got a new iPhone.
(Read: iPhone 4S Review)
And you’re not alone.Many people were frustrated and bewildered, including me, when we updated to find this feature that we were paying for absent from the new, shiny iOS.
Fortunately getting it back is pretty easy thanks to a tip from the guys at Tipb.com.
How to Fix Missing iPhone 4S Hotspot Settings
Just go into your Settings.
Go to General.
Scroll all the way down to Reset.
Choose Reset Network Settings.
Your phone will go ahead and shut down. When it starts back up, head over to Settings. You should see the hotspot setting back up and running.
If this doesn’t fix your problem, you may need to backup and do a full restore, but this is worth trying before you go down the long restore path.
Walter Neal
11/10/2011 at 10:27 am
Thanks, this worked.
DJ Igraczech
11/23/2011 at 9:05 am
I just stumbled upon your article as my issue has resolved itself silently (4S/5.0) and I’m trying to find out how is that possible. I haven’t done anything you’ve mentioned to fix that.
Ayahsultan
01/02/2012 at 9:40 pm
I tried your tips, but is not working, personnal hotspot keeps spinning around.
Marcos Gomes
01/30/2012 at 2:21 pm
Me Too… This don’t worked in my IP4S!
Barmac1974
02/08/2012 at 3:43 am
This is the matter of battery usage and not a software problem. The function simply disapears when the battery level drops or the phone is not connected through the power cord
Wolfhm
02/09/2012 at 2:37 am
its really frustrating just got the new iPhone 4S and my most useful item was the hotspot, its gone.
it has nothing to do with the battery as it is full. I reset my network setting, reset the whole thing, and NOTHING
Teehee
02/12/2012 at 7:22 am
nope
Omarshahzad
02/22/2012 at 4:16 pm
You can get the hotspot on the iphone 4s, they have moved
the hotspot setting into the network settings, and all you have to do is: in
settings go in to general then in network and select personal hotspot and turn
it on.
Racheal
08/05/2012 at 6:41 pm
Thanks:-)…. Your comment is the only one that actually helped. Cheers!:-).
Jen
10/08/2012 at 6:53 pm
Yup- you get the gold medal! Thanks!
Abdus Sattar
07/02/2014 at 12:48 pm
Thanks a lot. Its working well.
Bunch of Pussies
02/27/2012 at 8:24 pm
stop complaining
Freddy
02/27/2012 at 8:27 pm
dear bunch of pussies
SHUT THE FUCK UP U MOTHER FUCKIN WANKER
sincerely Freddy
Magicart
03/13/2012 at 4:01 am
Guys, I’ve just found out that this f…g option is not visible until you enter Personal Hotspot Credentials in Settings -> General -> Network -> Cellular Data Network
under “Internet Tethering section”
If only you fill in the APN, Username, Password for the section, this option becomes available again!
Hope this helps.
Nlighten
03/25/2012 at 8:51 pm
Ummm. Personal Hotspot Credentials? Never heard of those.
(I am having the same problem. Can enable Hotspot but Ipod doesnt list it. Have done reset on both.
Gurvis21
04/08/2012 at 7:48 pm
YOU know your stuff! It worked when nothing else would!! Thanks!
Im Sophira
04/28/2012 at 6:59 am
How to fill APN, username ,and password ?
Hasithamarasekara
04/28/2012 at 10:46 am
contact your ISP,or customer care
Hasithamarasekara
04/28/2012 at 10:47 am
Nice job.This works :D
NM
08/07/2013 at 6:09 am
Ajudou obrigado
Bilbies
04/02/2012 at 8:46 pm
Worked perfectly, thanks.
eumiqtcaty
04/20/2012 at 7:58 am
I disappeared Hotspot on iphone how to make me come back
viki
05/06/2012 at 9:47 am
this is not working
what should i do now
erich
05/14/2012 at 7:12 pm
have 4s verizon. did reset and nothing more. worked like a charm. thanks
Pingitan
06/05/2012 at 7:44 pm
It’s worked, appeared for a second and gone again.. It’s better to leave U my 4S..
An
06/12/2012 at 12:58 pm
It works thanks
chris
06/29/2012 at 1:27 am
Hi the settings with APN works fine. You don’t even have to provide the real ones. Just imagine the APN name for yourself and setup user and password. You have to restart your phone to apply the changes. Thanks a lot :)
Fatimah
07/20/2012 at 4:07 am
Thank you… Its work
Rhian
09/09/2012 at 6:52 pm
that was really helpful- thanks! My hotspot just dissappearred half way through when I was using it!
Erik
10/15/2012 at 8:41 pm
Don’t listen to all the rest , hotspot is on settings / general / cellular / then turn personal hotspot on
Sahar
10/20/2012 at 4:18 pm
As you said to rest the network on I did bt still hotspot is missing how can I bring it back and why it has gone
scar eye
10/24/2012 at 10:39 am
hi guys i did reset i ipohne 4s setting and then the personal hotspot disappeared i tried to to reset network setting but still don’t appear what can i do to get it back???
Bryan
11/05/2012 at 2:35 am
It’s now under mobile data in general settings if you have the 6.1 update
Ray
02/04/2013 at 6:13 pm
All I did is went to general then cellular then turned on data roaming went back and I got hotspot back then went back and turned off data roaming and still had hot spot
Ray
02/04/2013 at 6:14 pm
Also their is a hotspot part under data roaming
Neb
02/18/2013 at 1:56 am
for me the ‘general, reset’ didnt work but when i went to general, mobile data and set roaming to ‘on’ the hotspot reappeared. Iphone 4s running vers 6.1.1
david perry
06/04/2013 at 8:33 pm
Hi All,
Here is the simple answer for iOS 5 on an iPhone 5:
Settings/General/Cellular/Personal Hotspot/turn on.
Vusi Mhlongo
09/25/2013 at 3:03 am
Hi.
Thanks, this solved my problems. Can now go and get a WI-FI ipad.
gr.mon
10/12/2013 at 12:45 pm
Tranks, that worked!
safeer
09/23/2014 at 11:37 am
i am solve your problem (missing hotspot)
just open settings-cellular-cellular network then fill personal hotspot APN and username and password
its perfectly worked