Using 5 GHz hotspots is often not possible due to regulations. However it would still be less confusing, if the 5 GHz option would work as advertised: “5.0 GHz band preferred” means “try 5 GHz if possible, but do a fallback to 2.4 GHz if needed”. But in reality with that option enabled, the hotspot usually does not work at all and the users just don’t know why.
This is very irritating. I find no indication that mobile 5g hotspots are banned in Europe.
Is it possible to get an official statement on this please @mods?
Hi and welcome. Please note @mods does not notify anyone beside the fact that this is a user forum (incl the moderators) so we cant give you any official statements to anything. So you either #contactsupport or do some “legal” search in the internet.
Yes, that is expected, since 5 GHz mobile hotspots are not allowed in Europe (in forum there are other posts about this as well including references to the legal regulations). Also you may have to manually turn off Wifi before you can enable the hotspot.
Some 5Ghz is allowed in the home but not in public, so there is a conflict that means only certain bands are allowed i.e. the low power and low frequency.
I don’t know what the specifics are for a country in the EU but the UK is as follows.
I tried it. The hotspot no longer turns off instantly on 5 GHz. But it starts on 2.4 GHz band even with the 5 GHz setting (but that may be just due to regulatory reasons; the option is called “5 GHz preferred”, so I think it’s okay).
The 5GHz hotspot is really unstable and disconnects connected devices after a few seconds (Turn off hotspost automatically is disabled).
It is still impossible to create a 2.4GHz hotspot while being connected to a 5GHz network. You must first disable Wi-Fi (or activate Airplane mode), start a hotspot and then connect to the Wi-Fi again. Otherwise a 5GHz hotspot with the same stability issues is created.
Hmmm… while connected to a 5Ghz wifi neither 2.4 nor 5 Ghz Hotspot is stable, its cut after a few seconds, however at the end a Hotspot is meant to be used with mobile data, or?
Without wifi available (tested at home so hat to switch it off), both variants seem to be stable.
Why? Sharing a connection to a private Wi-Fi network without revealing your credentials is a perfectly valid use case. Prior to the Android 12 update, this worked just fine.