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Now that I have 4.1.3 and youtube, I'd like to use it!

I have not activated the hotspot. Is it possible to activate the hotspot and have the truck connect to it? Any other options, other than hotspot to phone?

Thanks,
Tim
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Now that I have 4.1.3 and youtube, I'd like to use it!

I have not activated the hotspot. Is it possible to activate the hotspot and have the truck connect to it? Any other options, other than hotspot to phone?

Thanks,
Tim

No, I actually started my trial session of the hot spot thinking this would work, but it does not, I am letting the trial expire, then will possibly subscribe to streaming entertainment, which is what prompted when I tried playing YT while charging at EA last week.

I set up my android device as a hotspot to the truck then YT started playing.

You would think the truck would take advantage of it's built in active hot spot but that's NOT THE CASE @Ford Motor Company
 

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Nope, it won't use its own hotspot. Connecting to your phone's hotspot, OR connecting to any WiFi network (restaurant, hotel, home) works fine.
 

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It works quite well with my home wifi & the hotspot from my Iphone.
 

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I can no longer connect to my Iphone's hotspot to stream entertainment. I just get the message unable to connect. Has anyone else had this problem?
 

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I’ve been trying
To get the WiFi hotspot from my iPhone to work for a couple of weeks now & today it connected. Guess I should have posted earlier!
 

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I let the hot spot expire as planned early this month, but I did subscribe to streaming services which is working well, now that motorcycling season is here, I won't be using the feature much either, might suspend it until the fall/winter
 

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You can get a wifi travel router from a well known online retailer.
They're small and are powered off of the USB port, cost is $25-40 depending on features and requirements.

Connect it to the hotspot and the truck to it and voila, the truck can now utilize the onboard hotspot.

A-s backwards, yes, but it works.
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