Mobile hotspot not appearing in connections

  • Hi guys,

    Back on the Pi after a few years away from dabbling with them. Dug out a Pi Zero W I bought but never opened, installed libreelec and got it up and running no probs.

    However I use my mobile phone data for all internet usage and connect it to my PC in a dock via USB, then switch on the hotspot to let my tablet connect to it, which it does fine.

    The hotspot is not appearing in the connections tab of libreelec options. I've got it set to 2.4 on my phone as I know pi does't detect 5, and can see all my neighbours routers fine, just no sign of my mobile hotspot.

    What am I doing wrong? Any help much appreciated!

  • Ah that's perhaps the issue. However my poco f1 phone running latest android doesn't seem to have channel switching in the hotspot settings. Do I have to root to access it?