Android phone wifi hotspot not working but other wifi's do

Framework Laptop 13 Linux
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Which Linux distro are you using?

Manjaro

(If rolling release, last date updated?)

Today

Which kernel are you using?

uname -a

Linux 6.12.28-1-MANJARO #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri, 09 May 2025 10:53:27 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Which BIOS version are you using?

SMBIOS 3.3.0 present

Which Framework Laptop 13 model are you using? (AMD Ryzen™ AI 300 Series, AMD Ryzen™ 7040 Series, Intel® Core™ Ultra Series 1, 13th Gen Intel® Core™ , 12th Gen Intel® Core™, 11th Gen Intel® Core™)

Ryzen AI 300 Series

I’ve been using my Framework 13 laptop for a good month now with no hitch. But now I tried to use it on the road with my mobile hotspot from my Pixel 7 phone. It connects just fine (thought my phone doesn’t always show it as a connected device, but the computer does), but I am not getting any internet.

Maybe one time out of 10, it actually keeps the online connection on but other times it let’s through some packages for 2-3 seconds and then just goes into a “can’t connect” mode.

Pings are going through for the first seconds of the connection but after that all I get is connection errors.

I’ve tried restarting NetworkService and others, I’ve tried changing the security levels as well as just removing the whole connection and adding it again.

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If your phone supports it, you could try doing the wired hotspot through usb and see if that has any issues. Not saying this as a solution, because I know that’s less convenient, but just another thing to narrow it down