In order to get my iPad to connect to my phone I have to take the phone out of my back pocket. I don’t have to unlock the phone or anything. Just take it out. If my phone is in my back pocket the iPad can’t detect the phone. Once the two are connected I can put the phone back into my bank pocket, and use the phone as a hotspot
Are you standing or sitting? Sitting on the phone might just be enough to block the signal with your body. If you’re standing, though that would indicate it simply doesn’t power the radio very much if it can’t pass through the material of your pants. I expect that from Bluetooth; not from wifi.
Sitting. I’ll try it standing
Also, it’s just so easy to steal out of the back pocket.
I don’t understand why people are comfortable sitting on their phones
I normally don’t. It’s just something that I noticed.
I am more worried about breaking the phone when I sit down to ever keep my phone in my back pocket. The one time I did, it crushed the camera.