Hi everyone. I've got a 2019 Focus without the Fordpass connect modem. I try to connect sync3 to my iPhones Hotspot but it just won't find it. I connects to other wifi networks but not on my iPhones Hotspot. Is there any workaround for this issue? 

Under Settings > Personal Hotspot do you have “Maximise Compatibility” turned on? 

3 minutes ago, Buxty said:

Under Settings > Personal Hotspot do you have “Maximise Compatibility” turned on? 

Yes, I tried with both settings. 

1 hour ago, Giannis82 said:

I connects to other wifi networks but not on my iPhones Hotspot.

This is most likely an iPhone issue and not a Sync3 problem.

Have you tried using an Android phone (just for a test) and see if the car will connect to the Android Wifi hotspot ?

You have "allow others to join" turned on, on the iphone and you are keeping it open on the personal hotspot screen on the phone? The SSID is not visible if you go out from that screen unless you use the control centre toggle.

3 hours ago, unofix said:

This is most likely an iPhone issue and not a Sync3 problem.

Have you tried using an Android phone (just for a test) and see if the car will connect to the Android Wifi hotspot ?

I must try that with another phone. 

You can no longer use a phone hotspot to connect the car to the internet, it must be a wifi router.

9 minutes ago, PaterAnt said:

You can no longer use a phone hotspot to connect the car to the internet, it must be a wifi router.

How would it know the difference?

7 hours ago, Giannis82 said:

Hi everyone. I've got a 2019 Focus without the Fordpass connect modem. I try to connect sync3 to my iPhones Hotspot but it just won't find it. I connects to other wifi networks but not on my iPhones Hotspot. Is there any workaround for this issue? 

You can no longer use a phone hotspot to connect the car to the internet, it must be a wifi router.

Just now, PaterAnt said:

You can no longer use a phone hotspot to connect the car to the internet, it must be a wifi router.

You said that already, but didn't explain why?

A phone Wifi hotspot appears to any wifi device like a wifi router, it shouldn't make any difference.

This isn't USB tethering, but the phone becomes a portable wifi router.

9 minutes ago, alexp999 said:

How would it know the difference?

Funny I was just about to type the same thing 🤣

I know the car can't use it's own Wifi to connect it's self to the internet, assuming of course that you have paid for the Vodafone Wifi system to be enabled.

11 minutes ago, alexp999 said:

How would it know the difference?

No idea. I just read it somewhere.

2 minutes ago, unofix said:

Funny I was just about to type the same thing 🤣

I know the car can't use it's own Wifi to connect it's self to the internet, assuming of course that you have paid for the Vodafone Wifi system to be enabled.

Try it. It used to work, but doesn't after the most recent update to the system.

 

I believe it’s communicated as part of the 802.11 Basic Service Set Information when the car tries to find wireless networks. A phone hotspot would be classed as ad-hoc/independent so I assume it rules those networks out for some reason, most likely because it doesn’t think people would want maps downloading over mobile data or something similar. 

It will be because they want you paying the extortionate subscription fees instead.

In theory an Android device could be customised to broadcast itself as a router.

I have the latest sync update (built 22200) and the latest iOS (16.4). If that makes any difference. I guess there is not much I can do about it. Thanks for all your replies. 

5 hours ago, unofix said:

This is most likely an iPhone issue and not a Sync3 problem.

Have you tried using an Android phone (just for a test) and see if the car will connect to the Android Wifi hotspot ?

No it won't, or at least my android phone didn't. 

 

You’d need to have some kind of way to do routing on your phone so that it would show up as an Infrastructure network. Not sure if it’s possible really as I’ve never tried it, for me as a nerd it’s easier to just blast wifi towards where the car is parked.