Key Info Missing from Smartphone Tethering Guide for iOS

Could we please update to include?

2. Smartphone

(https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/network/wan/smartphone.usb.tethering#smartphone)

Since iOS11, to improve security, iPhones will terminate USB data connections after one hour by default. This is easily changed by going to:

Settings > Touch ID/Face ID & Passcode > USB Accessories > ON

I wasted many hours trying to fix the constant disconnecting, would like to save everyone else the trouble.

(Source https://www.macworld.com/article/233368/that-s-right-you-can-t-turn-off-personal-hotspot-in-ios-13-and-ipados-13.html)

Thank you for your time on this

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Thank you for your report, I've now added it to the page.

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