This is my first post here, and I'm an Android newbie so go easy on me
My phone is stock - it is NOT rooted.
I've been using the WiFi Hotspot functionality through Quick Settings for the past month or so. Light usage, no heavy downloads.
Worked great until yesterday, Sunday Apr 17. Now when connecting my PC to the wireless network, my PC says it's unable to get an IP address. So my wifi hotspot is no longer working.
Here are the detailed symptoms: When enabling the WiFi Hotspot in Quick Settings, everything looks normal - it says "turned on" in Quick Settings, and the blue hotspot indicator is lit up in the status bar in the upper left. So everything I see on the phone looks normal.
When I connect my PC to the hotspot, it looks it's connected, however when I try to use the connection it says it has limited or no connectivity. When I try to repair the connection on the PC, it fails while trying to get an IP address.
I have rebooted the phone and the PC multiple times, with no success.
I know Sprint pushed out an update to block wifi tethering a few weeks ago, could VM have done the same now?
Any recommendations (aside from rooting my phone, which I'm not too keen on yet)?
My phone is stock - it is NOT rooted.
I've been using the WiFi Hotspot functionality through Quick Settings for the past month or so. Light usage, no heavy downloads.
Worked great until yesterday, Sunday Apr 17. Now when connecting my PC to the wireless network, my PC says it's unable to get an IP address. So my wifi hotspot is no longer working.
Here are the detailed symptoms: When enabling the WiFi Hotspot in Quick Settings, everything looks normal - it says "turned on" in Quick Settings, and the blue hotspot indicator is lit up in the status bar in the upper left. So everything I see on the phone looks normal.
When I connect my PC to the hotspot, it looks it's connected, however when I try to use the connection it says it has limited or no connectivity. When I try to repair the connection on the PC, it fails while trying to get an IP address.
I have rebooted the phone and the PC multiple times, with no success.
I know Sprint pushed out an update to block wifi tethering a few weeks ago, could VM have done the same now?
Any recommendations (aside from rooting my phone, which I'm not too keen on yet)?