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Thursday, August 16th, 2018 11:06 PM

Mobile hotspot is not available on $45 prepaid

My plan clearly states “If you have a capable smartphone, you can use it as a Wi-Fi hotspot to share your data with other devices.”. I have an iPhone 6+. Yet, when I want to set up a personal hotspot asks me to either call AT&T or go to the website to set it up (the link takes me just to an explanation of how to about it). 

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6 years ago

Hi, @SVORR1,

 

We'd love to see what can be done to help you use your iPhone 6+ as a hotspot. Take a look at our tutorial on setting up the iPhone 6+ as a hotspot. You may also want to check and make sure your plan does permit use of a device as a hotspot. If your device came to us from another carrier, it may not be able to be used as a hotspot. If everything checks but you still can't use your iPhone as a hotspot, then for assistance with prepaid, dial either 611 or call 800.901.9878.

 

Have a great weekend!

James, AT&T Community Specialist

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6 years ago

Thank you for responding.  Yesterday I called 611 and got the issue resolved.  The rep who helped me said he had to do some resetting on his system.  Then made me turn off my phone for two minutes, and back on.  That did it.

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6 years ago

Hi @SVORR1.

We are happy to hear your hotspot connectivity issue has been resolved and you are back online. Please let us know if there is anything else we can do for you.

Thank you for making AT&T your choice for Wireless & Entertainment.

Kenneth, AT&T Community Specialist

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Hi I am having the exact same issue but have already called att to restart twice and it is not working. I put my boyfriends SIM card into my phone to see if my phone is capable of having a hotspot and it showed up fine. By the way he has a line through att,not prepaid. I currently have an add-on option for the mobile hotspot and everytime I’ve called to get it restarted it hasn’t worked; I need help since I will be needing the hotspot in the next few days!!!

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