My wifi has been unreliable so I've using my iPhone 13 as a hotspot for my laptop. Every so often at random intervals my hotpsot drops and I have to switch it back on. It's frustrating to have to repeatedly reconnect but I haven't found a way to prevent this issue or at least increase the timeout.

My device is updated with the latest version iOS 16.3.

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SirCommentsALotHehe t1_j68xn6h wrote on January 28, 2023 at 4:25 PM

Have you selected 'Maximise Comparability' option? That's saved me from having the same issue.

HomosexuLA OP t1_j692cvr wrote on January 28, 2023 at 4:57 PM

I have, and the issue arises regardless of whether I enable that option. Do you know what the toggle does?

SirCommentsALotHehe t1_j69cisj wrote on January 28, 2023 at 6:05 PM

Not sure to be honest but I thought I would try it one day and since then it's stopped disconnecting.

IncapableOfLaughing t1_j69jqvx wrote on January 28, 2023 at 6:54 PM

"Maximize Compatibility" toggle puts hotspot to 2.4GHz Wi-Fi when enabled.

No idea why apple couldn't put this information there for people to know instead of being vague.

SirCommentsALotHehe t1_j6cs5q0 wrote on January 29, 2023 at 12:31 PM

Whose being vague? Cause I didn't know that so I certainly couldn't write that.

IncapableOfLaughing t1_j6gtbfs wrote on January 30, 2023 at 5:24 AM

The iPhone itself is being vague. Not you!

LaddAlanJr t1_j6cprzz wrote on January 29, 2023 at 12:03 PM

Where is this setting

SirCommentsALotHehe t1_j6cs7hv wrote on January 29, 2023 at 12:32 PM

It's under personal hotspot on setting.