Bah!
As part of my earlier mentioned issues with AirPlay I finally upgraded my iPhone from ios7 to 8 because I read 8 was supposed to let you use AirPlay without wifi. Seems that was wrong, and now my reluctance to upgrade the iOS has proven founded as I’ve been dealing with several annoying little bugs in it all night now.
I feel all whiny but I just wish these handy technological devices would work the way I want them to, or At Least work the way they’re Supposed to.
It’s called planned obsolescence. Apple is very good at that.