[FIXED] Vi Hotspot Not Working on Laptop or Other Devices from Vivo Phone – Here's the Solution!

[Tanishq Thuse]

Hey everyone,

Sharing this in case someone else is tearing their hair out like I was.

Issue: My Vi (Vodafone India) mobile data worked perfectly on my Vivo phone, but when I tried sharing the internet via hotspot, USB, or Bluetooth, nothing worked — not on my laptop, not even on another phone. Devices would connect, but show “No Internet.”

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What Didn’t Work (Tried ALL of this):​

• Tried hotspot, USB tethering, Bluetooth tethering — all said "No internet."
• Even a second phone connected to the hotspot showed "No Internet."
• Inserted the Vi SIM into a different phone — worked fine there. So the SIM was not the issue.
• Tried apps: PdaNet+, NetShare (No Root) — no help.
• Installed HTTP Injector, used various .ehi config files — nothing improved.
• Attempted to add DUN in APN settings — no DUN option available.
• Used dial code ##4636## for engineering mode — didn’t help.
• Did a network reset from:
  Settings > More Settings > Backup & Reset > Network reset — still didn’t work.

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What FINALLY Worked:​

Turns out the problem was in the APN protocol settings.

Here’s how I fixed it:

Go to:
Settings → SIM cards → mobile networks → Tap your Vi SIM
→ Tap Access Point Names (APN)
→ Tap the active APN (likely named “Vi Internet”)
→ Tap the edit (pencil) icon

Scroll down and set:

• APN protocol → IPv6
• APN roaming protocol → IPv4/IPv6

Save the changes

Toggle mobile data off and back on, or just reboot your phone

And boom — hotspot started working on both my laptop and other devices!

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Device:
Vivo

Carrier:
Vi (Vodafone India)

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TL;DR:​

If your Vivo + Vi SIM hotspot doesn’t work on a laptop or another phone, go to:

SIM card settings → Your SIM card carrier → APN settings > edit APN → set :-

• APN protocol: IPv6
• APN roaming protocol: IPv4/IPv6

That fixed everything instantly for me!