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iPhone 7 Plus Mobile Hotspot question

ryanyu_3 — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 07:41:40 GMT

I am hoping this is an easy question to answer. I am looking to purchase the current promo 30-day plan (4.5GB for $40) for my iPhone 7 Plus. My key use will be to use the mobile hotspot on this device so that I can connect a wifi camera to it. I want to know if this is possible and if so, are there specific settings I need to adjust on my iPhone to allow for this other than turning on the personal hotspot feature? Thanks in advance!

Re: iPhone 7 Plus Mobile Hotspot question

KMG — Mon, 03 Dec 2018 20:11:47 GMT

Mobile hotspot should work just fine with PM. Just use it the normal way using the iPhone hotspot function.

Re: iPhone 7 Plus Mobile Hotspot question

will13am — Mon, 03 Dec 2018 20:14:42 GMT

@ryanyu_3, Public Mobile allows hotspot usage. There is nothing exceptional on the carrier end to worry about. I believe the iPhone software has a hotspot feature that can be turned on and off quite easily (see youtube video link below). I think you are good to go. BTW, if you use auto pay, you will receive an extra 500 MB data bonus on top of the $2 auto pay reward. Don't forget to also use refer a friend and get a $25 one time reward for online activation. These are covered in the announcements in this forum.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6Nn0RyEY3I

Re: iPhone 7 Plus Mobile Hotspot question

Carld123 — Mon, 03 Dec 2018 20:12:32 GMT

@ryanyu_3

If its a PM compatible device...should work for you...also...you are posting in a public forum here...we are all customers like you are or will be...

Re: iPhone 7 Plus Mobile Hotspot question

ryanyu_3 — Mon, 03 Dec 2018 20:22:26 GMT

Thank you! I thought I had saw some users reporting issues with the hotspot feature on their iPhones to their PCs or iPads and had to change some settings so I was worried.

Re: iPhone 7 Plus Mobile Hotspot question

BarryS — Mon, 03 Dec 2018 20:29:53 GMT

@ryanyu_3 your only concern may be that PM operates at 3G speeds, not full LTE, so anything to do with streaming, etc., may be a bit slower. Just something to keep in mind.

Re: iPhone 7 Plus Mobile Hotspot question

stonechucker — Mon, 03 Dec 2018 20:43:52 GMT

@BarryS

The plans are FULL LTE or Throttled LTE to 3G speeds. The only way you're on a 3G connection is during voice calls (not supported on LTE), or if you've forced your phone to 3G Only.

Public Mobile is fully capable of full LTE speeds.

Re: iPhone 7 Plus Mobile Hotspot question

krazykiwi — Mon, 03 Dec 2018 22:50:40 GMT

@ryanyu_3 wrote:
Thank you! I thought I had saw some users reporting issues with the hotspot feature on their iPhones to their PCs or iPads and had to change some settings so I was worried.

I use my 6s to hotspot to my ipad 3 while at the lake to watch hockey games. First when it starts there is a slight lag (which might be the ipad 3) but after that it works fine with great resolution.

Re: iPhone 7 Plus Mobile Hotspot question

krzcnck — Tue, 04 Dec 2018 01:50:00 GMT

I have no problem using my iphone 7 plus as a hotspot

Re: iPhone 7 Plus Mobile Hotspot question

BarryS — Tue, 04 Dec 2018 15:16:45 GMT

@stonechucker wrote:
@BarryS

The plans are FULL LTE or Throttled LTE to 3G speeds. The only way you're on a 3G connection is during voice calls (not supported on LTE), or if you've forced your phone to 3G Only.

Public Mobile is fully capable of full LTE speeds.

@stonechucker Yes, thanks for clarifying. Poor wording on my part! I should have been more specific to the plan being discussed in the original thread as it is throttled LTE to 3G speeds.