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Realme: Automatically Turn Off Personal Hotspot

Leaving the personal hotspot active on your realme phone even when no other device is connected drains the battery and keeps the connection open longer than necessary. Realme UI can switch off the hotspot on its own once it has been idle for a while, but the option is easy to overlook in the settings. Without it enabled, the hotspot only stops when you turn it off yourself or when every connected device disconnects.

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VersionAndroid 11 · Realme UI 2

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Auto-Disable Personal Hotspot When Idle auf Realme

The personal hotspot on a realme phone can stay active for as long as you like, even if no other device is using it. That wastes battery and leaves the connection open to anyone nearby who knows the password.

Realme UI includes a setting that shuts the hotspot down on its own once it has been idle for about 10 minutes. Idle means no phone, tablet or laptop is currently connected to it. As soon as one device joins, the timer resets and the hotspot stays on for as long as that connection lasts.

To find the option, go to Tap on SettingsTap on Connection & sharingTap on Personal hotspotEnable or disable Automatically turn off personal hotspot when idle.

Turning this on is useful if you activate the hotspot for a quick file transfer or a short session and often forget to switch it off afterward. Turning it off makes sense if you rely on the hotspot for background syncing on another device that reconnects at irregular intervals, since a strict timeout could cut that connection unexpectedly.

The setting has no effect while at least one device stays connected, so it will not interrupt an active session.

Frequently asked questions

On realme phones the hotspot switches off after about 10 minutes without any connected device, once you enable the option under SettingsConnection & sharingPersonal hotspot.