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Z5 Premium Marshmallow hotspot problem

Thino — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 21:41:32 GMT

After I updated to Marshmallow, I can't use my phone as a hotspot. When I click on tethering nothing happens. Tried rebooting and when I clicked on tethering, icon displays but it still is not tethering. Tried rebooting and when I clicked on tethering nothing happened. Should I downgrade back to lollipop? Why are there so many issues with Marshmallow update?

Re: Z5 Premium Marshmallow hotspot problem

Uliwooly — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 21:50:53 GMT

@Thino

Do you experience the same while on >>> safe mode

Re: Z5 Premium Marshmallow hotspot problem

Thino — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 22:01:42 GMT

Yes I do.

Re: Z5 Premium Marshmallow hotspot problem

Thino — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 22:05:59 GMT

@uliwooly yes I do. The tethering icon displays but it's not visible on WiFi scan. I tried to connect to hidden WiFi network but that didn't work either.

Re: Z5 Premium Marshmallow hotspot problem

Uliwooly — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 22:16:04 GMT

@Thino

I can't recreate this problem, is your phone network branded? I know some carrier/networks restricted tethering.

Re: Z5 Premium Marshmallow hotspot problem

Thino — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 22:22:31 GMT

@uliwooly my phone is branded Sony. The tethering was working perfectly before updating to Marshmallow. I'll try get the system logs on android studio and see if there's an exception or something.

Re: Z5 Premium Marshmallow hotspot problem

Uliwooly — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 22:44:47 GMT

@Thino

If all fails, repair the phone with PCC

Re: Z5 Premium Marshmallow hotspot problem

vgs21 — Tue, 29 Mar 2016 05:58:59 GMT

In my Z5 Prem Dual, I have started getting error when I activate it for the first tim. Error is "...teethering has stopped working" and it closes down. But when I activate it for the second time, it runs without any problem. This has started after updating it to MM.

Re: Z5 Premium Marshmallow hotspot problem

Thino — Tue, 05 Apr 2016 17:09:20 GMT

Tried to do a software repair using PCC. It messed up my phone even worse, the phone can't turn on wifi and the sim card shows as not inserted. That means I can't go through the setup guide which means my phone is pretty much dead now.

Re: Z5 Premium Marshmallow hotspot problem

Thino — Wed, 06 Apr 2016 08:06:54 GMT

@uliwooly any feedback?