iPhone not connecting to Bluetooth? Here's how to fix!

Very helpful article. Thanks.

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I've been having issues for the past two weeks. First it was my car receiver having issues going from a phone call back to music, the music would skip like an old CD after a phone call, iOS 8.02 seems to have fixed the problem. Right now i'm dealing with two issues, one is my pebble watch connecting with Runkeeper and displaying my information while running. Turning off my phone seems to fix that occasionally. the last issue I'm having is with my Dual GPS receiver. The receiver will lose connection with the gps satellite anytime I get out of the Dual iPhone app becoming useless when I start Runkeeper.

These steps work fine, but then the device stops working on Bluetooth again so you have to go through the whole sequence again. It's a widespread issue which Apple needs to address in an OS update. I also have problems connecting to the USB connection in my car. Really not good enough.

I only have issues when I am connected to my Pebble and LG stereo headset. If I use one or the other I have no issues but as soon as I hook both up the headset drops in and out every 10 minutes. It will reconnect automatically but it still is annoying.

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Restore is the only thing that worked for me.

Resetting All Settings is the only thing that's worked for me.

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Tried resetting network settings, turning off Bluetooth on iPad mini/iPhone 6 (as well as switching off, then on both devices), reinstalling iOS 8.0.2 on both devices (and set up as new) they still won't talk to each other. The Forget This Device button is greyed out. When trying to pair, both say the other is out of range.

Putting 8.1 beta 2 on an old iPhone shortly, I'll see if I can get that to pair.

:o(

iPhone5 and iPad mini 4G can't connect w/one another. Can't forget the device either. the rest of my BT connections with the phone and pad are OK (car, headset and 3 different speakers). Would like to link my iPad and iPhone via BT but can't seem to do it.

6. Buy an Android or Windows phone! ;)

iPhone 4s running IOS 8. No issues except BT. #4 in this article worked for me.

So Apple releas new software and all of a sudden bluetooth stops working. And yet the recommendation is to wait for all the other manufacturers to release an update. Genius !

My new iPhone 6 Bluetooth would see "CAR AUDIO" from my 2012 Toyota RAV4 Bluetooth. The audio display on the RAV4 audio hung indefinitely on "Searching…". I deleted CAR AUDIO on my iPhone 6 as recommended above and re-paired according to the directions in my RAV4 manual and it worked! Thanks!

I tried everything on my new iPhone6+ but failed to get it paired with Sony BLUE-RAY Home Theatre.

I had to restore as a new phone. Kind of a pain, but probably less painful than not having Bluetooth in my car. Thanks for the advice. (Now let's hope it works again the next time I turn on the car!)

Hi all, I am trying to connect my new iPhone 6 to my Mac wireless keyboard via Bluetooth but am unable to get it to work.

I have the latest iPhone software 8.1.2 (and Mac OSX Yosemite version 10.10.1). When I try to pair the Mac and the iPhone the Mac shows that the iPhone is there and sends it a 'pair' code which also comes up on the iPhone screen, and which I then enter. Then, on the computer, next to the iPhone listing, it says "connect to network" and when I hit that it says Network is unavailable, make sure network access is enabled.

My mouse and my wireless keyboard are all connected via Bluetooth, I just can't seem to get the iPhone connected. I'm not sure I understand the 'network unavailable' message above and what I need to do to make this work.

Thanks in advance for any advice.

Thanks a lot. It was very helpful

If you're having trouble connecting your device to your car's USB connector, resetting network settings, as advised here, works like a charm. I have and iPhone 6 with iOS 8.3

yeah i just got the iphone 6s plus and it wont recognize my sony brt-10rbt headphones or my jaybird freedom sprint blue tooth earbuds the little wheel by the word devises just spins but nothing shows up

Great tips! For months I've been looking for a way to fix the intermiittent bluetooth connection to my iPad. I tried everything, or so I thought, but resetting the network is what worked for me. The step-by-step troubleshooting is a gem.

Having Bluetooth issues with iOS 9 =(

So switch off switch on again, WOW god good how much do you get paid to write that

The Apple eco-system is great as long as all your devices are Apple, but they can be a bit precious about interoperability.

It still astounds me how people are fanatical about a product that will not connect with devices not of its origin, and you can't transfer files without an unholy messing about, Drag & Drop + android FTW

None of these tips helped me at all. My problem was that my iPhone 6 plus couldn't discover Mercedes Benz bluetooth but it did discover Voklswagens bluetooth. The Mb bluetooth found my iPhone but the phone didn't only after i tried to autherize it from the MB bluetooth, then it asked the passkey on the MB and after few seconds it asked the passkey on the phone so i wrote 0000 on the MB bluetooth and on the phone 0000 then they connected to each other somehow. I apologize for my broken english. But hey the solution is the most important thing here.

I've tried all your suggestions except calling Apple. I cannot get my iPhone 6S (bought last week) to pair with my Blueparrot Xplorer. The Blueparrot worked great with my iPhone 4 and the iPhone 6 was picking up other people's devices while I was parked in a parking lot, but they don't like each other.

Thanks for the troubleshooting tips, the system reset did the trick, using my new iPhone 6s.