{"id":337,"date":"2018-07-25T22:48:56","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T14:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/?p=337"},"modified":"2018-07-25T22:52:09","modified_gmt":"2018-07-25T14:52:09","slug":"how-to-turn-on-wifi-personal-hotspot-on-your-iphone-so-that-multiple-devices-can-connect-to-the-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/how-to-turn-on-wifi-personal-hotspot-on-your-iphone-so-that-multiple-devices-can-connect-to-the-internet\/","title":{"rendered":"How to turn on WiFi Personal hotspot on your iPhone so that multiple devices can connect to the Internet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you want to get multiple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/glossary\/internet-of-things-iot\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">IOT<\/a> devices to send data to the Internet, your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=iphone&linkCode=ll2&tag=clivsperswebs-20&linkId=be299ea1702db31fd6e7369d14ced1a8&language=en_US\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iPhone<\/a> can be very handy. After all, you can connect those devices to the Internet via your iPhone WiFi Personal hotspot.<\/p>\n<p>Whenever you need some reference, you can read this post to understand how to turn on WiFi Personal hotspot on your iPhone.<\/p>\n<p>First, tap on the <strong>Settings<\/strong> icon from your iPhone home screen:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/cropped-ios-home-screen-with-settings-icon-boxed.jpg\" alt=\"Cropped iOS home screen with settings icon boxed\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Once you are in the <strong>Settings<\/strong> screen, tap <strong>Personal Hotspot<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cropped-Settings-page-with-Personal-Hotspot-option-in-off-state-and-boxed.jpg\" alt=\"Cropped Settings page with Personal Hotspot option in off state and boxed\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Next tap on the toggle switch to turn on the Personal Hotspot on your iPhone:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cropped-Personal-Hotspot-screen-with-toggle-switch-to-turn-on-Personal-Hotspot-boxed.jpg\" alt=\"Cropped Personal Hotspot screen with toggle switch to turn on Personal Hotspot boxed\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>When your Bluetooth is not turned on, you will see the following prompt:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Prompt-to-turn-on-Bluetooth-or-continue-with-enabling-Personal-hotspot-through-Wi-Fi-and-USB-only.jpg\" alt=\"Prompt to turn on Bluetooth or continue with enabling Personal hotspot through Wi-Fi and USB only\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Turn on Bluetooth if you want to enable your devices to connect to your iPhone hotspot through Bluetooth. If not, choose the second option to make your iPhone hotspot available through WiFi and USB only.<\/p>\n<p>Once you had made your selection, you will see the following screen:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cropped-Personal-Hotspot-screen-with-Personal-Hotspot-turned-on.jpg\" alt=\"Cropped Personal Hotspot screen with Personal Hotspot turned on\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>You can then connect your devices through WiFi by following the first instruction:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Personal-Hotspot-instruction-to-connect-using-WI-FI.jpg\" alt=\"Personal Hotspot instruction to connect using WI-FI\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>How to change the password for the WiFi Personal hotspot on your iPhone<\/h2>\n<p>To change the password, tap <strong>Wi-Fi Password<\/strong> on the Personal Hotspot screen:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wi-Fi-Password-option-of-Personal-Hotspot-screen-boxed.jpg\" alt=\"Wi-Fi Password option of Personal Hotspot screen boxed\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once you are in the <strong>Wi-Fi Password<\/strong> screen, type in your new Password and tap <strong>Done<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cropped-Wi-Fi-Password-screen-with-text-field-to-fill-in-password-and-Done-link-and-button-boxed.jpg\" alt=\"Cropped Wi-Fi Password screen with text field to fill in password and Done link and button boxed\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After you had done so, the WiFi password for your iPhone Personal Hotspot will be changed to the new password.<\/p>\n\n      <ul id=\"social-sharing-buttons-list\">\n        <li class=\"facebook\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwp.me%2Fp245TQ-5r\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"button\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/ph\/img\/3rd-party\/social-icons\/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook icon\"> Share\n          <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n        <li class=\"twitter\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwp.me%2Fp245TQ-5r&via=Techcoil_com\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"button\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/ph\/img\/3rd-party\/social-icons\/Twitter.png\" alt=\"Twitter icon\"> Tweet\n          <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n        <li class=\"linkedin\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=1&title=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwp.me%2Fp245TQ-5r&source=https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"button\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/ph\/img\/3rd-party\/social-icons\/linkedin.png\" alt=\"Linkedin icon\"> Share\n          <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n        <li class=\"pinterest\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.techcoil.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F337&description=\" class=\"pin-it-button\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"button\" rel=\"nofollow\" count-layout=\"horizontal\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/ph\/img\/3rd-party\/social-icons\/Pinterest.png\" alt=\"Pinterest icon\"> Save\n          <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n      <\/ul>\n    ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you want to get multiple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/glossary\/internet-of-things-iot\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">IOT<\/a> devices to send data to the Internet, your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?url=search-alias=aps&#038;field-keywords=iphone&#038;linkCode=ll2&#038;tag=clivsperswebs-20&#038;linkId=be299ea1702db31fd6e7369d14ced1a8&#038;language=en_US\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iPhone<\/a> can be very handy. After all, you can connect those devices to the Internet via your iPhone WiFi Personal hotspot.<\/p>\n<p>Whenever you need some reference, you can read this post to understand how to turn on WiFi Personal hotspot on your iPhone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1062,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[374,547,485,548],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cropped-Personal-Hotspot-screen-with-Personal-Hotspot-turned-on.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p245TQ-5r","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}