Does any one know how you can find the why fy hot spot feature on the I phone?
> On Oct 7, 2019, at 6:58 AM, Vicky Collins <v-coll...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > I've eluded to this before, but I've decided to directly pose the question, > just in case someone here has any ideas. The short question is, I'm trying to > figure out why I can use the hotspot feature on my Nokia 6 to backup my > iPhones to iCloud, or update the iOS version, for that matter, but I can't > use the hotspot feature on one iPhone to backup or upgrade another iPhone. > > More specifically, I have an iPhone 7 and an iPhone 8 Plus, and I have > separate and active SIM cards for each. I tried for several days to upgrade > over the air each of the phones to iOS 13.1.2 using either the regular > personal hotspot feature or the instant hotspot one. And, while I could > connect to the other phone via Wi-Fi hotspot without a problem and start the > update process, either phone would always hang at the update requested > screen, still doing so after I reset network settings and restarted the > phones. But, when I removed the SIM card from one of the phones and put it in > my Nokia 6 and started the update process, the update downloaded and > installed without a problem on the phone from which I had removed the SIM. So > I then updated my other iPhone the same way, but didn't need to remove its > SIM card, since I had already put the other phone's SIM in the Nokia. > > I also had the same problem when trying to backup my phones to iCloud, as I > just got a message about a poor network connection when I connected via > hotspot with either iPhone. However, once again, I tried the backup with my > Nokia 6, and both iPhones backed up to iCloud just fine with that Wi-Fi > hotspot. > Now, as I did with the update to iOS 13.1.1, I could have connected the > phones to my computer and used the iPhone hotspot with my PC to update via > iTunes, but that process took forever with each phone, and it also took a > great deal of my high-speed data, since the full version needed to be > downloaded for each phone. Oh, again, just as a reminder, at least for the > moment, I have chosen to stick with AT&T and opt for a second line and use > hotspot data, rather than switch to Spectrum to get their internet service. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/20191007125838.v-collins%40sbcglobal.net. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/5A983F71-9F6B-484A-81CE-9926A0BFAF46%40icloud.com.
