During update to 5.0.1 and restore my iPhone went retarded......

[Ghost999]

So, I was updating my wifes iPhone 4 to 5.0.1 the other day. The update seemed to go fine, when the update had finished the phone was in descriptive mode (anything i touched on screen would be read aloud) I turned this off simply enough, but when I was able to get into settings I noticed that personal hotspot had been enabled, and a password of "gilles5544" was set to the hotspot...... This is not a password I use, nor have we ever enabled personal hotspot.... I turned it off, cleared the password and continued with the restore. No issues since. Just thought it was pretty strange. Anyone else ever see this?

 

[bab2010]

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[Pringles]

The password is there for when u decide you want to use your phone as a wireless internet source or want to tether your phone to your computer.

So just like a wireless modem that u would put in a password so neighboring people cant use your internet with out that password.

The same goes for your phone if u decide to turn on your hotspot and connect your laptop via wifi if some one is close enough they can use your connection seeing as you don't have have a password to keep people out

 

[Ghost999]

I understand how an access point and security works, I was just a little concerned that after doing an iOS upgrade that (which should essentially format the device) that personal hotspot was enabled, and a password set to it..... It just seemed a little strange to me considering I had upgraded my iOS minutes before doing my wifes and when mine came back up it did not have Personal Hotspot enabled or a password set to it.... I have upgraded, reformated, jailbroke and unlocked plenty of iOS devices in my day and have never once seen one come back to life with Personal Hotspot enabled and a password set to it..... until now. Like I said in my OP, just wanted to see if anyone else has ever seen anything like this.