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SeanM42 — Tue, 14 May 2024 22:01:44 GMT

Hotspot on iPhone not visible to others (not on the same iCloud anccounr) until “Settings -> Personal Hotspot” is opened.
iPhone 14 Pro with iOS 17.5

i have tried another carrier’s SIM card in the same phone and found the hotspot is immediately visible to all devices around.

how can this fixed so the hotspot is constanly visible to all devices?

Re: Hotspot on iPhone not visible to others (not on the same iCloud anccounr) until “Settings ->

Phil_Adelphus — Tue, 14 May 2024 22:01:48 GMT

@SeanM42 Do you have Allow Others to Join enabled?

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HALIMACS — Tue, 14 May 2024 22:03:53 GMT

I gather the 'other's you write of are refreshing their available connections in their wi-fi settings to see if your iPhone hotspot is displaying?

Perhaps it's in the list --- just somewhere not as obvious.

This does sound odd, for sure...

Re: Hotspot on iPhone not visible to others (not on the same iCloud anccounr) until “Settings ->

SeanM42 — Tue, 14 May 2024 22:18:00 GMT

yes

Re: Hotspot on iPhone not visible to others (not on the same iCloud anccounr) until “Settings ->

SeanM42 — Tue, 14 May 2024 22:20:54 GMT

yes “others” refers to other wifi devices that can list available networks. the list on multiple devices does not include the hotspot configured with “Allow others to join” on the iPhone

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fixin1 — Tue, 14 May 2024 22:33:55 GMT

@SeanM42 - Try under "Cellular Data Network" and enter this information:

APN: sp.mb.com or isp.mb.com

Username: {Blank}

Password: {Blank}

And reboot device, also try to enable "Allow others to join"

Or maybe your iOS name has a character that doesn't like it on Wi-Fi.

PM also has hotspot free.

Re: Hotspot on iPhone not visible to others (not on the same iCloud anccounr) until “Settings ->

Phil_Adelphus — Tue, 14 May 2024 22:38:59 GMT

FWIW my iPhone has sp.mb.com and username and password blank but my iPad doesn't see it until I toggle on Allow Others to Join. But the OP already has that toggled on also.

Re: Hotspot on iPhone not visible to others (not on the same iCloud anccounr) until “Settings ->

SeanM42 — Tue, 14 May 2024 22:44:22 GMT

changing the APN from isp.mb.com to sp.mb.com and rebooting did not resolve the issue. “Allow others to join” is and has been enabled.

The iOS name of the device/wifi network is alphanumeric and as was mentioned is visible (and only) after selecting “Settings -> Personal Hotspot” to devices not logged into the same iCloud account

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hTideGnow — Tue, 14 May 2024 22:59:12 GMT

HI @SeanM42

maybe you need one more reboot

but before reboot , make sure you update Carrier profile and iOS

Re: Hotspot on iPhone not visible to others (not on the same iCloud anccounr) until “Settings ->

hTideGnow — Tue, 14 May 2024 23:05:16 GMT

and @SeanM42

you sure you were not setting up Instant Hotpot instead of Personal Hotspot?
Instant Hotspot only work on same iCloud account

this is instant hotspot

https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/how-to-use-apples-instant-hotspot-feature/

Re: Hotspot on iPhone not visible to others (not on the same iCloud anccounr) until “Settings ->

SeanM42 — Wed, 15 May 2024 06:45:14 GMT

I think the “allow others to join” is key here. The difference between a hotspot that is visible only to devices on the same icloud account (or other icloud family users) and a hotspot that is visible to all wifi capable devices..

Re: Hotspot on iPhone not visible to others (not on the same iCloud anccounr) until “Settings ->

SeanM42 — Wed, 15 May 2024 06:48:05 GMT

Thanks, there are no carrier updates showing. iOS, as mentioned, is 17.5 which was released this week.

Re: Hotspot on iPhone not visible to others (not on the same iCloud anccounr) until “Settings ->

SeanM42 — Wed, 22 May 2024 14:12:56 GMT

yes

Re: Hotspot on iPhone not visible to others (not on the same iCloud anccounr) until “Settings ->

SeanM42 — Fri, 24 May 2024 03:32:58 GMT

yes