Saturday, September 12, 2015

Macbook Pro Samsung Galaxy S4 Mobile Hotspot Issue

On Samsung S4 below are the instructions to turn on mobile hotspot
  1. Go to Settings -> Connections
  2. Click on "Tethering and Mobile Hotspot"
  3. Toggle the "Mobile Hotspot" slider to "On"
The instructions will show the network name and password to use. From your Macbook Pro connect to the network name and specify the password

If it works for you great.....

Invalid Password

I was getting a invalid password when I tried connecting so I tried changing password

To change password
  1. Go to Mobile Hotspot page as instructed above
  2. In options choose "configure"
  3. Under "security" change the passsword
If it works for you great.....

Connection Timeout

Now I was getting a new error "Connection timeout". Using the same "configure" option above I removed the password and specified "open" however was still getting the same error. I then went to "Allowed Devices" and specified my Macbook pro, Mac address and that solved the issue. Follow the below directions
  1. Go to Mobile Hotspot page as instructed above
  2. In options choose "Allowed Devices"
  3. Follow these instructions to get your Macbook Pro MAC address. Choose "Wi-Fi" in connections
  4. Specify the "mac address" in "Allowed Devices"
  5. Turn off and turn on Mobile hotspot toggle.
Above solved my issue