hotspot function not working

[ubuntoutou]

@arubislander I have run iwlist on my PC but the name of the phone hotspot does not appear among the ESSID list.

[arubislander]

@ubuntoutou do you have another device you could run the wifi scanner on?

[arubislander]

@ubuntoutou You can download the wifi scanner app from the playstore and check the channel on the device itself. Mine is in the 2.4 GHz range on channel 1.

[ubuntoutou]

@arubislander I have tried the WiFi scanner from the app store. It shows the name of the hotspot with the hexadecimal code in the format [XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX]. But the hotspot name is nowhere to be found on the list of WiFi access points on my PC.

[ubuntoutou]

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[arubislander]

@ubuntoutou OK, so your hotspot is not being broadcast at all it seems. What update channel are you on at the moment?

[Josele13]

@ubuntoutou
Try this.....https://forums.ubports.com/topic/6203/hotspot-issue?_=1666388714467&lang=en-GB

Regards...

[ubuntoutou]

@arubislander I am on the stable channel with OTA-23. I fear that the problem has the same root as the one described in this old post of mine where it has been suggested that I might have deleted the EFS partition when I repartitioned the phone before installation. I had to repartition because I have the non-ubuntu edition of the Meizu Pro 5 with 4GB of RAM instead of 3GB.

https://forums.ubports.com/topic/2406/wifi-password-loss-after-each-and-every-reboot-on-meizu-pro-5

[ubuntoutou]

@josele13 Yes thanks. I had actually already tried this to no avail.

[Josele13]

@ubuntoutou If it didn't work, maybe reinstalling again from the ubuntu installer put a file that was corrupted and doesn't allow you to turn on the hotspot.
Regards...

[ubuntoutou]

@josele13 Reinstalling Ubuntu Touch won't bring back the EFS partition which is a firmware from the manufacturer.

[Josele13]

@ubuntoutou ok ,I didn't know anything about partitions,

Regards...