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Old 31-10-2013, 04:58
tdenson
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I make a lot of use of tethered phones with both an iPhone 5S and an HTC One. The HTC is rock solid and always works. With the iPhone, more often than not it doesn't even broadcast an SSID and I have to reboot the phone to see it. Even then it often just says something like "cannot join the network" but some time later it will start working. I had exactly the same problem with an iPhone 5 for the last year as well. Once it's working it works well.
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Old 31-10-2013, 07:19
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What network? What's the signal like? What speeds do you get on both phones using a speedtest app?

I'm on Three and tethered a 4,4s and now my 5, all have worked brilliantly with very good speeds
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Old 31-10-2013, 08:05
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I make a lot of use of tethered phones with both an iPhone 5S and an HTC One. The HTC is rock solid and always works. With the iPhone, more often than not it doesn't even broadcast an SSID and I have to reboot the phone to see it. Even then it often just says something like "cannot join the network" but some time later it will start working. I had exactly the same problem with an iPhone 5 for the last year as well. Once it's working it works well.
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I have seen that a couple of times, but I noticed it was fine after I simplified the name of the phone/SSID.

However I generally tether my tablet to my phone using bluetooth, as it is much more power efficient (on both the phone and the tablet) then WiFi. It's pretty much permanently tethered when I'm out of house.
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Old 31-10-2013, 11:57
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I have seen that a couple of times, but I noticed it was fine after I simplified the name of the phone/SSID.

However I generally tether my tablet to my phone using bluetooth, as it is much more power efficient (on both the phone and the tablet) then WiFi. It's pretty much permanently tethered when I'm out of house.
You know, seems a bit dumb, but I never think to do that as I never have a problem wth battery even if I leave Personal Hotspot on. Will try it. Will also try removing the space from my SSID
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