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Before when I went to bluetooth and connect to my phone to tether my tablet by bluetooth. I just had to click on my phone in the list of devices and it would automatically would connect. Now I have to go into the device settings and check of internet access.
Is there a way I can set that up as an icon to just click on instead of having to go through 2 or 3 menus to connect to my phone via bluetooth?
Just wondering, if not no big deal.

metalwraith said:
Before when I went to bluetooth and connect to my phone to tether my tablet by bluetooth. I just had to click on my phone in the list of devices and it would automatically would connect. Now I have to go into the device settings and check of internet access.
Is there a way I can set that up as an icon to just click on instead of having to go through 2 or 3 menus to connect to my phone via bluetooth?
Just wondering, if not no big deal.
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Automatically connect to a BT device (tablet side):
Bluetooth Auto Connect
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.refluxa.android.bac
Automatically start BT tether after reboot (phone >=4.0 side):
Bluetooth Auto Tethering
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.refluxa.android.bat

Bluetooth internet tethering from iphone to android car

Tried posting this question to MTCD-discussion folder but the system didn't let me (moderators please move it there if you consider)
Has anybody managed to get the internet on the android auto (in my case a MTCD) through bluetooth tether (maybe with an app?) Reason why I want to do this, is because I want it to happen automatically, but iOS (as my phone is Iphone) is broadcasting the personal hotspot SSID only for a limited time. This means every time I get in the car I have to stop and restart personal hotspot.
On my Joying MTCD-device there is no option in the WIFI-menu of "connect to network even if SSID not broadcasted", and no option in the bluetooth menu for bluetooth tethering.
Thanks in advance,
Mike

Tethering over Bluetooth is not possible with these units as far as I know.
But try the following:
1. From the iPhone turn your Personal Hotspot off.
2. From your car's Android find your iPhone's hotspot and make it forget it.
3. Now go to the bottom of the list, choose "Add Network" and type your iPhone's SSID and passcode manually.
4. Hit Connect and turn on your Personal Hotspot.
Now the car unit thinks that this is a hotspot with a hidden SSID, so it will not look for a broadcast.

C-V-T said:
Tethering over Bluetooth is not possible with these units as far as I know.
But try the following:
1. From the iPhone turn your Personal Hotspot off.
2. From your car's Android find your iPhone's hotspot and make it forget it.
3. Now go to the bottom of the list, choose "Add Network" and type your iPhone's SSID and passcode manually.
4. Hit Connect and turn on your Personal Hotspot.
Now the car unit thinks that this is a hotspot with a hidden SSID, so it will not look for a broadcast.
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Hi! Tried this, doesn't work! It still connects only after i turn the hotspot on (when ssid is broadcasted)...

Yes, I just tried this with my iPhone 6 Plus running iOS 9.3.3. It looks like iPhone's Personal Hotspot doens't just stop broadcasting the SSID after a while. It turns off the hotspot completely! I tried to connect to it with my PC the way I would connect to a hidden network - no luck either. So there is nothing that can be done, because the problem is the iPhone.
The approach I described above works for hidden networks, but obviously it cannot work for non-exiting ones.

C-V-T said:
Yes, I just tried this with my iPhone 6 Plus running iOS 9.3.3. It looks like iPhone's Personal Hotspot doens't just stop broadcasting the SSID after a while. It turns off the hotspot completely! I tried to connect to it with my PC the way I would connect to a hidden network - no luck either. So there is nothing that can be done, because the problem is the iPhone.
The approach I described above works for hidden networks, but obviously it cannot work for non-exiting ones.
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Thanks for your reply, CVT! Must be this problem, indeed. I assumed that it is still on, as actually the togglebutton is still on, but it seems I was wrong.

HTC One M7 CM13.0 (no sim/data) running Android Auto, connected to Honda Accord 2016 all times - soon as car starts android auto starts, using Bluetooth Tether Manager app to auto connect to Iphone hotspot
Iphone 6S IOS10 Beta3 (data) bluetooth hotspot.
Car starts, turns on bluetooth on android phone, android auto starts, then tether app connects to my iphones bluetooth tether.
The bluetooth tether manager app says not connected, but the bluetooth in the menu shows connected to my iphone.
I think this is what you are trying to do as well. If you can bluetooth tether to your iphone, this might work with your unit.

Does simply plugging an iPhone into one of the usbs for tethering Work?.

It does not
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Automatic BT tethering

Hi guys i have a nexus 7 2013 installed in the dash car as entertaiment system.
I would like to ask you some help to share the internet access of the phone with the tablet, that has a low data subscription.
I tought about a profile on the tablet trigged by screen on that turn on bt and some how tells to the phone to active the bt, pair with the tablet and share the internet access.
Can you please help me? I don't know where to start.
Thank you in advance.

I have something sort of similar set up, but the other way around (profile is on my phone, car head unit doesn't need tasker). It looks like:
Profile:
State=BT connected 'Car Kit'
Task=WiFi Tether set On
Exit task=WiFi set On
So...when the phone sees it is connected to the car via bluetooth, it turns on mobile hotspot. The phone is a known wifi network to the car, so the car connects automatically. When the connection is dropped (i.e.; the car turns off), the phone turns wifi on which also turns off the hotspot.
Not exactly what you're trying to do, but more or less the same effect.

AA with two phones

Hi there!
Does anyone succeed in having two phones working with AA ? One stays connected permanently to AA, the second one is connected to BT for calls and texting.
My experience is that even if both are correctly connected when they are alone, once together all is a mess. As soon as the second phone gets connected to AA, the first one gets deconnected from BT.
I tried to break BT connection within the second phone. It gets connected anyway to AA, but this didn't solve the issue. The first one was ejected from BT,stating that another device was already BT connected (even if BT is broken).
Any help ? BT Mac address modification on the first phone to match second phone ?
Thanks in advance !

i been toying with the idea to do this.
sorry i just need to ask, even you disable auto connect Bluetooth in AA setting?
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ahhl said:
i been toying with the idea to do this.
sorry i just need to ask, even you disable auto connect Bluetooth in AA setting?
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Haven't tried yet but surely a good idea ... On my way to test !
When you say that you've been toying, do you mean you get it to work or not ?
My purpose is to use a Nexus 7 2013 (not LTE version) as a permanent device connected to AA, and use my phone connected to BT, thus to avoid plugging/unplugging ...

No joy ... Using BT or not has no effect ... Phone is deconnected when tablet is connected to AA...

DR400 said:
Haven't tried yet but surely a good idea ... On my way to test !
When you say that you've been toying, do you mean you get it to work or not ?
My purpose is to use a Nexus 7 2013 (not LTE version) as a permanent device connected to AA, and use my phone connected to BT, thus to avoid plugging/unplugging ...
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i tried...
it seems the Bluetooth still auto connect.
theres go my plan
any other way to delete pairing. maybe it work. just my guess
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ahhl said:
i tried...
it seems the Bluetooth still auto connect.
theres go my plan
any other way to delete pairing. maybe it work. just my guess
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Deleting pairing has no impact. I even succeeded in breaking BT to avoid AA to wake it up but no joy either.
Whenever AA gets connected to the phone (via USB), any other BT connection is rejected stating that another device is already connected ...
Spoofing BT Mac address of soon to be BT-connected phone with the one of AA-connected phone might be a solution ? But not enough geek to try this one...

Seems strange nobody came across this idea ... please help if you did !

I worked it out, permanently disabling the Bluetooth using root. I described it in this thread.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/an...droid-auto-maps-spotify-iphone-calls-t3746308

Pixege said:
I worked it out, permanently disabling the Bluetooth using root. I described it in this thread.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/an...droid-auto-maps-spotify-iphone-calls-t3746308
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Tried that already... Disabling BT doesn't prevent HU from detecting and kind-of BT pairing the device, ejecting in the same time the phone ... At least in my situation...

I reply to myself.
I found out a solution.
Strangely, disabling BT did not solve my problem. It seems that the headunit was retrieving information gathered at the first connection...
I then decided to hard reset the headunit. When asked to connect phone to BT, I complied.
In the meantime, I spoofed the BT MAC Address, copying phone's one to tablet. Now they both have the same BT MAC Address.
When tablet was plugged into usb for AA connection, the phone stayed BT connected. It worked and works since then.
Application to spoof BT MAC Address could be easily found on the G market.

i been toying wirh aa2. 9 or aa3. 0 because of non working issues
i accidently noticed my bt does not connect to my car but aa2. 9 still works.
i need to replicate this again.
if this work, 2 phone can still works
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DR400 said:
I reply to myself.
I found out a solution.
Strangely, disabling BT did not solve my problem. It seems that the headunit was retrieving information gathered at the first connection...
I then decided to hard reset the headunit. When asked to connect phone to BT, I complied.
In the meantime, I spoofed the BT MAC Address, copying phone's one to tablet. Now they both have the same BT MAC Address.
When tablet was plugged into usb for AA connection, the phone stayed BT connected. It worked and works since then.
Application to spoof BT MAC Address could be easily found on the G market.
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Please what application to spoof BT MAC Address you did you use? I can find application only for wifi MAC ardress changing.

DR400 said:
I reply to myself.
I found out a solution.
Strangely, disabling BT did not solve my problem. It seems that the headunit was retrieving information gathered at the first connection...
I then decided to hard reset the headunit. When asked to connect phone to BT, I complied.
In the meantime, I spoofed the BT MAC Address, copying phone's one to tablet. Now they both have the same BT MAC Address.
When tablet was plugged into usb for AA connection, the phone stayed BT connected. It worked and works since then.
Application to spoof BT MAC Address could be easily found on the G market.
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Try using "app quarantine". This it the only application that really stoped my BT for good.

So success with 2 phones?

Do you need to be rooted to spoof the BT MAC address?
Thanks
DR400 said:
I reply to myself.
I found out a solution.
Strangely, disabling BT did not solve my problem. It seems that the headunit was retrieving information gathered at the first connection...
I then decided to hard reset the headunit. When asked to connect phone to BT, I complied.
In the meantime, I spoofed the BT MAC Address, copying phone's one to tablet. Now they both have the same BT MAC Address.
When tablet was plugged into usb for AA connection, the phone stayed BT connected. It worked and works since then.
Application to spoof BT MAC Address could be easily found on the G market.
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DR400 said:
I reply to myself.
I found out a solution.
Strangely, disabling BT did not solve my problem. It seems that the headunit was retrieving information gathered at the first connection...
I then decided to hard reset the headunit. When asked to connect phone to BT, I complied.
In the meantime, I spoofed the BT MAC Address, copying phone's one to tablet. Now they both have the same BT MAC Address.
When tablet was plugged into usb for AA connection, the phone stayed BT connected. It worked and works since then.
Application to spoof BT MAC Address could be easily found on the G market.
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Thanks for this.
I kind of have it working but cannot control the phone connected by BT from the head unit (which still tries to make calls from the phone connected via AA).
Calls made directly from the phone do however go through the head unit.
Is there a way to control the BT phone via the head unit with the other phone connected via AA?

Android Auto on the navigation screen, iPhone connected via bluetooth for phone calls. VW Passat B8 2016

thank you to Pixege !
the method described it realy works (tested on Galaxy S7 and galaxy S5) in function on galaxy S5
it works ok if tha main phone it is conected in HFP mode
but because I have and rSAP mode and I'd like it want to use this type of conection but here are some problems..
the reason it is because I try to build from a galaxy s5 SM-901F (6.0.1, version MMB29M.G901FFXXU1CQE3 rooted with chainfire ) a standalone device im my car for use android auto in the car independent of my normal phone (galaxy S8)
so I want to use in the same time 2 android phones but both want to conect by bluetooth to the car (VW Discovery Pro)
to do that I disable via Esentiale root bluetooth proceses I found and works fine if the main S8 it is conect by HFP protocol
but if s8 is conected by rSAP (and I want to be conected by rSAP) when the second phone is conected by usb(with blutooth off) somehow disconect the sim from main S8 phone (but on the phone show like the rsim it is still working) but not conect to the second phone
if I first conect the android auto (S5) and after connect the phone (S8) rhe rSAP conection works fine
if I first conect the phone (S8) and after connect the android auto (S5) the rSAP conection not work on S8
anyway I want to disable the rsap on the galaxy s5 , how can I do this?

i solved in this way
https://forum.xda-developers.com/an...general/car-dialer-instead-aa-dialer-t3809621

deleted. wrong response..

Enable Hotspot automatically when I enter the car

Hello people, I would like to automate the connection of my cell phone to the HU, the only thing I need to enable on my phone is the Hotspot, is there any way to enable only the Hotsport when I enter my car? Another thing I would like you to do is that every time I turn on the car and the HU goes out of the sleep mode, kill the processes and close all the previously opened app, im on Hal9k rom.

I saw that you can configure the Tasker application to activate the Hotspot when the BT of my car is connected, but I do not want the BT to be activated, I want only the Hotspot to be activated, it occurs to me that every time the HU leaves the mode Asleep, send the task to my cell phone in some way (use the same account as the HU) and activate my Hotspot, is it possible?

In my case, here the sequence :
1. Car BT detected
2. Data ON > Hotspot ON
3. Car BT not connected
4. Hotspot OFF > Data OFF > wifi ON
In details. quoted on XDA
In tasker :
1. New Profile -> State -> Net -> BT Connected
2. New Task -> Plugin -> Toggle Tethering -> Click Config Pencil -> Enable Tether -> Open setting buttons below -> Toggle Allow modify system settings
3. Go back, don't worry about clicking Install app to system and go back again, and back one more time -> Click the play button at the bottom left to test to see if it works. Prosper! (Don't turn tethering off just yet)
4. Go back to profiles, and long press on the Toggle Tethering Enable tether task and click Add Exit Task
5. New Task -> Plugin -> Toggle Tethering -> Click Config Pencil -> Click Disable Tether radio button -> go back 2 times -> click the play button at the bottom left to test to see if tethering has been turned off.

I dont want to use BT, I made it... is not full tested but think its works. With that I turn off BT after hotspot is on and again turn on BT and he dont reconnects more.
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Very good thread. By reading it I discovered that I can make my life easier.
I have a new peugeot 3008 with android auto and the next setup :
- my main phone (not rooted) is in my pocket, with bluetooth on, paired with the car. I don't use it for android auto, just for calls and media streaming. When I'm in the car I just keep it in my pocket. When I start the engine it automatically connects to the car's bluetooth.
- my "entertainment" phone - always connected via usb to my car's media unit. It's a rooted phone without any sim inside. I have wireless on all the time, and I make a hotspot from my main phone to have internet on this rooted phone. Being rooted - I've disablet the bluetooth completely, because android auto would have forced the bluetooth connection to my car from this usb connected phone. And I don't want that, I want to connect to the car's bluetooth just with my main phone, from my pocket (because I want to benefit from hands free voice calls from my main phone - where I have my contacts and a sim card, plus other reasons ... the car sends trip statistics after every engine shut down). Off course, on this rooted phone I have installed carstream and aa mirror.
Until now, everytime I entered the car, when I needed internet on my "entertainment" phone I had to reach from my pocket phone and manually activate hotspot, and than, in about 15 seconds my "entertainment" phone automatically connected and all was ok.
After reading this thread I've discovered a little app called "Automate" and I've used it to automate the process of activating hot spot.
So now I don't even need to reach out to my pocket phone ... I just enter the car, start the engine and that's it.
The logic of the flowchart is :
- check if the bluetooth is connected to my car ; if yes - than enable hotspot ; if not - disable hotspot.
The automation is running on my main phone, and I use the fact that when I go into my car - the main phone connects automatically to the car's bluetooth (I off course have to keep bluetooth on all the time on my main phone, but I had it on anyway).
The result is that I start the car (actually the multimedia unit of the car is the trigger) - my main phone auto-connects to car's bluetooth, the automation flow immediately senses that and enables the main phone's hot spot - and than the "entertainment" phone from the car connects to this hot-spot in about 15 seconds or less.
I turn off the car, I'm disconnected from car's bluetooth - and the automation flow senses and auto-disable the hot spot.
Great !

K1kote said:
Hello people, I would like to automate the connection of my cell phone to the HU, the only thing I need to enable on my phone is the Hotspot, is there any way to enable only the Hotsport when I enter my car? Another thing I would like you to do is that every time I turn on the car and the HU goes out of the sleep mode, kill the processes and close all the previously opened app, im on Hal9k rom.
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I use Carspot http://http://www.carspotwifi.com it automates WiFi hotspot on your mobile when BT connects. Be aware you will need to power your mobile whilst in the car as hotspot consumes considerable power.

I do not keep BT conected because I never im on BT mode on the HU and is uncomfortable go to BT mode each time I have to listen something come from the phone, like an WhatsApp audio. Yes I will like to keep just the phone calls with BT... But even I do not talk much by phone.
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i am modifying and rooting used second hand phone as permanent connected phone to my car. it will auto boot and auto off when it detect power on/off from the car.
already work on my modified S4. but unfortunately S4 GPS accuracy not good. so now i am looking for other 2nd hand phone. targeting xiaomi note 3, because of easiness to root.
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ahhl said:
i am modifying and rooting used second hand phone as permanent connected phone to my car. it will auto boot and auto off when it detect power on/off from the car.
already work on my modified S4. but unfortunately S4 GPS accuracy not good. so now i am looking for other 2nd hand phone. targeting xiaomi note 3, because of easiness to root.
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I do this with a secondary phone using freedompop. I setup tasker to turn on hotspot when charging and airplane mode when not. Works like a charm.

Very good thread. Automate makes life easier.

Friendly reminder that android supports background scanning since ages, and you can use it if you can't be bothered to keep the whole thing enabled (and yes, automate supports it for example)

Hi,
For years (four) I'm using multiple Apps for this task. And I prefer to use this one: Hot Spot Starter
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.thjunge11.autohotspot
It works without root and just for that.
I never see a problem with it in five different smartphones that I used with it.
I hope it helps.
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marius23mvp said:
- my "entertainment" phone - always connected via usb to my car's media unit...
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I hope someday AA can work with TWO phones at the same time: one connected via USB and the second via wiresless. More or less this solution will enable WiFi AA with HU supporting only USB (as car manufacturers doesn't like to update the software for free).

Is this working with Android 9 or 10 ?

Just want to say thanks to all the information on here.
I required to have notifications popup on my car stereo older android unit due to my phone's speaker being broken I required to see all my work emails appear as popups on my screen to do this I couldn't find any simple way.
I found 1 tool that does this well my app store is outdated and only offers 3rd party crap I found "Android TV notifier" I gave it a shot and was amazed runs brilliant pushes any specific applications notifications to the server. Which looks great on the screen as you drive.
Problem was every time I got in car I was required to switch on hot spot also if I forgot I got no push notification so these instructions helped make this happen.
Manb there is a simpler way to get mail notifications working on my head unit but my work uses activesync and they tighted the security which stops older devices syncing but the push notifications works great on the head unit. I set it to push outlook messages and WhatsApp and Facebook and text messages
Apps required to make this happen
Android TV notification app ( on phone and also on head unit) (register for small fee)
Tasker (setup as instructed on site)
also some head units have locked startup so I had to locate a decent startup manager for the headunit due to it blocking Android TV notifier from starting.

You can use Bixby routines if you are using samsung phone for auto hotspot
for me I use carplay connected to my car (via iPhone SE 2016) via usb.
Then I use my Samsung phone as hotspot provide connection to iphone SE.
The android auto in my samsung phone is disable.
iPhone SE (Carplay)
1) for Google Maps
2) Waze
3) Navigation
4) iPhone SE stay in car always.Leave it as it will charge when use
Samsung phone
1) spotify via BT to car
2) call

i do not keep BT conected because I am never on BT mode on the HU and it is uncomfortable to go BT mode each time as I have to receive a call or make the call most of the time.

Hey all,
I have developed a new app for Android 11 that will do the bluetooth-enable hotspot feature. You can also set it to enable hotspot if the charger is connected whilst in certain orientations.
let me know what you think.
SpotUp

A simpler way is, create a script in tasker to enable Hotspot. Create an app from this script. (by using tasker factory). Use a button in phone to enable / disable this app by double pressing the button.
So every time you need a Hotspot you just double click the button of the phone.
You don't always need Hotspot to be enabled when you are in car because you will drain battery without reason. This way you easily enable disable Hotspot every time you really need it by just double pressing a button..

oVeRdOsE. said:
In my case, here the sequence :
1. Car BT detected
2. Data ON > Hotspot ON
3. Car BT not connected
4. Hotspot OFF > Data OFF > wifi ON
In details. quoted on XDA
In tasker :
1. New Profile -> State -> Net -> BT Connected
2. New Task -> Plugin -> Toggle Tethering -> Click Config Pencil -> Enable Tether -> Open setting buttons below -> Toggle Allow modify system settings
3. Go back, don't worry about clicking Install app to system and go back again, and back one more time -> Click the play button at the bottom left to test to see if it works. Prosper! (Don't turn tethering off just yet)
4. Go back to profiles, and long press on the Toggle Tethering Enable tether task and click Add Exit Task
5. New Task -> Plugin -> Toggle Tethering -> Click Config Pencil -> Click Disable Tether radio button -> go back 2 times -> click the play button at the bottom left to test to see if tethering has been turned off.
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Its a few years later, but THANKS! I couldnt figure out how to set it up on Tasker, because I didnt know you can long press for the exit task...
Also it has kinda changed. Its no longer a plugin to turn on/off tethering, but its integrated into the network settings.

oVeRdOsE. said:
In my case, here the sequence :
1. Car BT detected
2. Data ON > Hotspot ON
3. Car BT not connected
4. Hotspot OFF > Data OFF > wifi ON
In details. quoted on XDA
In tasker :
1. New Profile -> State -> Net -> BT Connected
2. New Task -> Plugin -> Toggle Tethering -> Click Config Pencil -> Enable Tether -> Open setting buttons below -> Toggle Allow modify system settings
3. Go back, don't worry about clicking Install app to system and go back again, and back one more time -> Click the play button at the bottom left to test to see if it works. Prosper! (Don't turn tethering off just yet)
4. Go back to profiles, and long press on the Toggle Tethering Enable tether task and click Add Exit Task
5. New Task -> Plugin -> Toggle Tethering -> Click Config Pencil -> Click Disable Tether radio button -> go back 2 times -> click the play button at the bottom left to test to see if tethering has been turned off.
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Hi there I feel a little silly asking this question but here I go.
I have been using llama for years to turn the hotspot on the phone on when I am in the car. However, I just got a new phone and llama is not available but I have downloaded and paid for tasker and found a project on taskernet "automatic car hotspot" BUT it asks to confirm the device rather than connect automatically. I would appreciate it if you could look at the project and point me in the right direction to get this to work on my new samsung S21.
The phone connects to the car (forester)
If connected > Turns on mobile hotspot
If NOT > Turns off mobile hotspot