WiFi Tethering Won't Work - UMIDIGI A15

[MarcoRossi]

I'm trying to use my UMIDIGI A15 smartphone as a Wi-Fi hotspot to connect my laptop (running Windows 10) to the net while I'm out, as my laptop doesn't have a SIM card. I set up my smartphone as a Wi-Fi access point, naming the SSID (network name) “A15.” However, the network doesn’t show up in the list of Wi-Fi networks on my laptop. Even when I try to manually create a connection to “A15” on my laptop, I get a message saying “Cannot connect.”

I haven't set up any blacklist on the phone, and adding the laptop's MAC address to a whitelist didn't work either. I've searched through previous posts here for a solution, but I haven't found anything that resolves the issue. Help, please!

Thanx!

[hTideGnow]

hi @RavingRaven 

OP not sees the SSID at all on the laptop, so, it is not a problem with APN yet.  If it is APN, OP should see the SSID and just have cannot access internet 

[RavingRaven]

@MarcoRossi 

Try the APN settings in this thread....

https://productioncommunity.publicmobile.ca/t5/Get-Support/Umidigi-bison-wifi-hotspot-not-working/m-...

[hTideGnow]

hi @MarcoRossi First, PM does not block hotspot 

and that fact that your laptop does not see the SSID was the hotspot setup was not done properly 

can you post screenshot of the mobile hotspot screen on your phone?