iPhone *Resolved* iPhone hotspot to iPad

[Hustler]

My iPhone X att and iPad Air 2 WiFi are both on the latest iOS updates. While I was toying with the public betas, the instant hot spot was always listed as a WiFi option when I pull up the list of networks to join from my iPad all the time without having to do anything in the phone.
For several iOS updates now after iOS 13 went public my hotspot is never listed. I now have to toggle the hot spot on and off on the ipgone to get it to register as selectable from the iPad.

iOS 13 beta really improved my hotspot activity while the golden release seemed to take it back away.
Has this happened to anyone else and have you found a way to make it better?

Thanks,
Brad

 

[konqerror]

You have Bluetooth enabled for both devices? Signed into the same iCloud account? Test Airdrop discoverability, it runs off the same infrastructure.

 

[Hustler]

You have Bluetooth enabled for both devices? Signed into the same iCloud account? Test Airdrop discoverability, it runs off the same infrastructure.

Yes I have Bluetooth enabled on both and signed into the same iCloud on both devices.
When I test airdrop with both devices unlocked and on the home screen both can find each other right away.
When I hit the lock button on the iPhone the iPad doesn’t see it. I presume that’s how it should work.

Back to the hotspot, to clarify on my comparison of ‘now vs then’ my iPhone could be locked and in my pocket for quite some time, I would pull out my iPad, unlock it and it would usually connect itself to the iPhone hotspot after refreshing in safari. If not I would just pull up the list of WiFi’s available and it would be listed and connect right after selecting it.

 

[Paco II]

This may or may not be useful, but when I had handoff issues in the past, doing a Reset Network Settings resolved them.

 

[Hustler]

This may or may not be useful, but when I had handoff issues in the past, doing a Reset Network Settings resolved them.

I tried that but it didn’t resolve it for me.
However I signed out of iCloud on the iPhone, shut I down for a while, an then logged back into iCloud and the issue hasn’t come back since!

 

[gsmornot]

I went for a couple of years with this issue but recently it has been working well. No real help though since I added a real hotspot to my plan from being tired of dealing with it. I use hotspot via the phone but not like I used to.