[arm-allstar] iOS Hotspots became flaky since iOS 13 ?

[Doug Crompton]

Gerry,

   There is an answer to this! A local ham with an iphone and the new
update has the answer. I will try to get him on here to answer but if not I
will have him explain it to me and I will answer. Stand-by.


*73 Doug*

*WA3DSP*

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On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 10:54 PM "Gerry Filby via ARM-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> I've experienced this myself and have had reports from others.
>
> Since iOS 13 my nodes running the HamVoIP image are struggling to connect
> to the Hotspot on my iPhone.
>
> Apple made some changes including the new "Allow Others to Join" switch in
> the Personal Hotspot Settings page - I think they are authenticating Apple
> devices in iCloud.
>
> So far my experimentation finds that on my phone, if it is connected to
> WiFi the node completely fails to connect to the Hotspot.  If I move away
> from WiFi so the iPhone is only on the 5G/4G network the node will
> eventually connect but not until it's rebooted once or twice.
>
> I'm wondering if others have experienced something similar ?
>
> If not, I may have mucked up something in my installation ...
>
> Best,
> Gerry.
> W6WNG
>
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