Many users face an issue where their iPhone’s hotspot turns off frequently and on its own leading to loss of work, data, or/and time. Try these fixes if your iPhone’s hotspot turns off itself.
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Things to Know
Please make sure you follow and check the below pointers. They can save you much time and hassle following other more advanced fixes.
- If you use Siri to enable hotspot, it will stay on until you turn it off manually. Simply say ‘Hey Siri, turn on mobile hotspot’.
- Popular phone carriers support the iPhone’s personal hotspot feature. But some don’t. Apple has a handy list of all carriers in different countries that do.
- Bluetooth and Wi-Fi should be enabled when the personal hotspot is in use on the iPhone. One or both may have been disabled due to some other settings getting enabled automatically. More on them below.
- Update your iPhone to the latest iOS version.
- Hotspot will be turned off automatically if mobile internet connection is lost even for a second. Common when you are traveling.
- You can connect to a personal hotspot using USB, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth. USB is the most stable.
1. Uncheck Connect Automatically
When you connect your Mac or Windows PC to your iPhone’s hotspot, unchecking ‘connect automatically’ option seems to have helped many users on Reddit. Do try.
2. Enable Maximize Compatibility
iPhone may turn off the hotspot if it detects no devices actively using or connected to it. This may happen if the receiving device goes out of range. Enable Maximize Compatibility option to change your network’s frequency from 5Ghz to 2.4Ghz which will improve the range.
- Open up the Settings app and navigate to Personal Hotspot.
- Toggle on the switch next to Maximize Compatibility.
3. Disable Low Power Mode
Similar to low data mode, another setting that can turn off the iPhone hotspot automatically is low power mode. As the name suggests, this mode helps save battery juice when it detects the iPhone’s battery is below a set threshold. Usually, that is 20%.
Tip: Using a Mac, power bank, or charger will prevent the iPhone’s hotspot from turning off due to the power mode setting.
- Go to Settings Battery and disable Low Power Mode.
A list of other services affected when low power mode is enabled on iPhone. You can’t change at what percentage it gets enabled.
4. Reset Network Settings
This is important so don’t skip it. When you reset your network settings on your iPhone:
- All passwords of saved Wi-Fi networks will be deleted. That means your iPhone will not connect to your home/office/cafe Wi-Fi automatically unless you re-enter the password.
- All saved Bluetooth devices will be deleted.
- VPN settings and preferences will be reset to factory defaults.
- Mobile data limits and preferences you may have set manually will be lost.
Resetting network settings may help fix iPhone’s hotspot but there are no guarantees.
- Go to Settings > General and tap on Transfer or Reset iPhone.
- Tap on Reset and next select Reset network settings.
After that, you’ll need to enter the Wi-Fi access point details with password and wait for your iPhone to fetch the latest cellular network details by itself.
