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Q: After iOS 8.1, ipad and iphone don't see each other via bluetooth

After upgrading to iOS8.1, my iPad 4 and iPhone 5 can't see each other when both devices have bluetooth service turned on.  My iPad Air can see the iPhone, but not the iPad 4.  Any suggestions?

iPad (4th gen) Wi-Fi, iOS 8.1

Posted on Dec 21, 2014 4:12 AM

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Q: After iOS 8.1, ipad and iphone don't see each other via bluetooth

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  • by augratin,

    augratin augratin Feb 27, 2015 3:36 AM in response to Craiggles
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    Feb 27, 2015 3:36 AM in response to Craiggles

    Well of course - this is the initial basic requirement for enabling the remote control feature in Keynote.  But that doesn't establish a communications link between the iPad and the iPhone, it simply how you tell Keynote to allow a remote device to control it.  I've had that switch on ever since day one (as I mentioned in my 3rd post in this thread, the remote control feature works properly when I'm in a room where both devices can join the same WiFi network).  The "enable remotes" switch you've posted in your screenshot is just a preliminary step that is required so that keynote will permit a remote device to control it.  But in addition to this step, both devices must be able to communicate with each other in some way, either by being on the same WiFi network, by activating a personal hotspot (thereby creating an ad-hoc WiFi network from your iPhone that the iPad can join), or by linking them together via Bluetooth.  To prove this, you can disable both WiFi and Bluetooth on the iPad, and you'll find that the remote control suddenly doesn't work any more even with the 'enable remotes' switch still on.

     

    In my iPad under remote settings, it even shows "augratin's iPhone", but when I try to link from the iPhone, the message says my iPad can't be found:

     

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  • by Craiggles,

    Craiggles Craiggles Mar 2, 2015 12:04 PM in response to augratin
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    Mar 2, 2015 12:04 PM in response to augratin

    Sorry if I'm misunderstanding you.  You seem to be saying that in order to use an iPhone running Keynote to control an iPad running Keynote that are not on the same wifi connection, you needed to pair the devices via Bluetooth, and that you were unable to do that.  What I was able to do was to "LINK" via the remote menu in Keynote, using Bluetooth (wifi turned off), without pairing the devices first.  In contrast to your last post, not only am I generating the permssions for remote control, but the actual communications link as well.

     

    What I also discovered was that if I had previously linked using a wifi connection (not ad-hoc, but both devices on the same network), the link would not work via Bluetooth if there was no wifi connection.  I had to unlink from my iPad, then generate the link again.

     

    Try what I did - turn off wifi, leave Bluetooth turned on on both devices, go into Keynote in both devices, delete the existing link on both devices, and set the link up again. 

     

    -Craig

  • by LouisMD,

    LouisMD LouisMD Apr 2, 2015 8:13 AM in response to Craiggles
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    Apr 2, 2015 8:13 AM in response to Craiggles

    Craig was right! My iPad's keynote version was 2.2.2 and my iphone keynote was 2.5.2 and I followed your instructions and I was able to use my iphone 6 as a remote device for my presentation in my ipad.. I don't think it's a version issue..

  • by LouisMD,

    LouisMD LouisMD Apr 2, 2015 8:14 AM in response to Craiggles
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    Apr 2, 2015 8:14 AM in response to Craiggles

    Thanks bro!

  • by lezama16,

    lezama16 lezama16 May 6, 2015 7:55 AM in response to Craiggles
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    May 6, 2015 7:55 AM in response to Craiggles

    Really?, I'll try and let you know if it works.

    I've been trying many solutions to this problem since last year and can't resolve this issue with keynote remote via Bluetooth.

  • by lezama16,

    lezama16 lezama16 May 6, 2015 1:27 PM in response to LouisMD
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    May 6, 2015 1:27 PM in response to LouisMD

    Doesn't work on my devices, the problem continues.

  • by lezama16,

    lezama16 lezama16 May 6, 2015 1:35 PM in response to augratin
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    May 6, 2015 1:35 PM in response to augratin

    I've the same problem

    Apparently it's working when letting WiFi and Bluetooth turned on in the 'control' side (iPhone in my situation).

  • by SimonSlarty,

    SimonSlarty SimonSlarty Sep 23, 2015 6:55 AM in response to augratin
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    Sep 23, 2015 6:55 AM in response to augratin

    I tried this on my iphone but it didn't work for me.

     

    Do you have to have Personal Hotspot enabled on BOTH devices? My iPad doesn't have that option available - no 3G/4G connection.

  • by SimonSlarty,

    SimonSlarty SimonSlarty Sep 23, 2015 6:58 AM in response to Craiggles
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    Sep 23, 2015 6:58 AM in response to Craiggles

    Thanks but this didn't work for me. Simply will not link or interact without wifi.

  • by SimonSlarty,

    SimonSlarty SimonSlarty Sep 23, 2015 8:08 AM in response to Craiggles
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    Sep 23, 2015 8:08 AM in response to Craiggles

    Finally sorted this out by upgrading iPad to iOS 9 (same as iPhone), deleting the KeyNote app from the iphone, deleting all previous links from Keynote on iPad and starting again with wifi disabled.

  • by Hbel anger,

    Hbel anger Hbel anger Nov 27, 2015 3:33 PM in response to augratin
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    Nov 27, 2015 3:33 PM in response to augratin

    About frickin time. Wow, thank you!!! Agree with everything you said. I did the same thing, forgot my ipad with iphone, Two weeks looking for how to get them to discover each other again.

    I don't remember using hot spot the first time I paired them either. But it worked.

     

    Thanks for posting

  • by FallenAngel88,

    FallenAngel88 FallenAngel88 Jan 16, 2016 7:20 AM in response to lezama16
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    Jan 16, 2016 7:20 AM in response to lezama16

    Tried everything. Only thing that work was to only have Bluetooth running on the ipad and both wifi and Bluetooth on the phone (remote) -  as per lezama16's post. Makes no sense. but any way it worked for me. Also I had to unlink and remove all previous device connections each time I did it.

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