What gives ? I can’t use hotspot to update my iPad? I don’t have WiFi at home so I had to update my phone at McDonald’s. I figured I could use my hotspot for my iPad
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iPad Pro 11 inch refusing to update on my hotspot ?
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What gives ? I can’t use hotspot to update my iPad? I don’t have WiFi at home so I had to update my phone at McDonald’s. I figured I could use my hotspot for my iPad
I am postulating here but I would think that if your mobile data connection is inconsistent even for a moment while the update process is running it will stop mid way. I had this happened on my sons iPhone the other day while trying to use my mobile hotspot to update his device before swapping a replacement unit in. Once I have it connected to a better Wi-Fi network the update process worked just fine. I would imagine this is working as intended in order to ensure that the downloaded update package is not corrupted due to poor Internet connection.
Apple has designed personal hotspot in a way that it IS personal hotspot, not a replacement of wifi. If you want to update using mobile data, consider getting a cheap Mac that does NOT support/run Catalina or above, and share your mobile data to mac, then connect Mac generated wifi to your iPad.