haste maker wrote:
The phone is a iPhone
So that's the problem
Have the hot spot app open when your laptop Searches for wi-fi. If you do as I do with my 'droid and turn on wi-fi then close the app. the laptop can not find it.
page 2: On some hotspot apps you also need to make it "Discoverable" (a drop down menu option in many cases) or the laptop can not..well. Discover it.
There may be more issues depending on the laptop. For example Raspberry Pi based computers do not like an SSID of Maker's I Phone b(But MakerPhone works fine. Or so I'm Told
Reason # I long since lost count why I DO NOT have an I Phone .