How to fix Apple Personal Hotspot Flaw in iOS 13, iPadOS 13

By Vasan G.S. • Updated On Mar 29, 2020

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Are you facing connection failures whilst setting up Personal Hotspot on your iPhone or iPad? You’re not alone. The issue has been reported by several iOS users all the way back to version 13.1.2.

Don’t worry, it’s not a hardware-related issue, as acknowledged by Apple, but a software bug. So, you don’t have to visit the store, especially considering the pandemic situation. We have a workaround, albeit a temporary one.

This is straight from Apple and here’s what you gotta do:

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Turn off Personal Hotspot, and then turn it back on. Tada!

Yea, that’s it.

In an internal document distributed to Apple Authorized Service Providers this week, the company reportedly asks its users to keep their devices’ software up to date and underlines that this is not a hardware issue.

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Although not mentioned, we expect a patch to hit the devices with the upcoming iOS 13.4 update. But again, there’s no official word on the same.

Finally if, in case, this band-aid doesn’t work, here’s a long string of ways to fix the personal hotspot on your iPad and iPhone.

Vasan G.S.

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