iPhone 4/iOS 4 bluetooth muffled on other end

To add to the list of people with issues, you can add me. My Voyager Pro was flawless on my blackberry. On the iPhone it is like the first bluetooth headsets, that is does not work well at all. Have about 85% chance of really really bad performance and 10% for so so performance. It seems to be worse when the calls have low signal levels as with my 1st floor office.

I hope this gets fixed in the next release or this phone is being returned and bye bye to At&t.

It is fixed in iOS 4.1 beta 3. Lots of different combinations of headsets and phones reporting in now.

I've done extensive testing on 3 different headsets, two different IP4s, outgoing, incoming, switching from BT to phone and back. No more muffled audio.

There is a God! Three cheers!

Had the same, exact issue with both my Jawbone's on my iPhone 4. Constantly disconnecting and reconnecting, same complaints of being told I sound like I'm in a tunnel.
Found instructions from Jawbone for a "super reset", after following the steps, I had not one issue with either bluetooth all day, not once did I get disconnected, and I was told the call quality was much better than it was.

Can u post a link for the super reset? Also, does anyone know the ETA of 4.1?

Are you on version 4.1? Is has not been released. They are up to beta 3.

Good to hear that IOS 4.1 beta 3 finally cuts it. Hopefully 4.1 will be released soon so I can begin to enjoy my iPhone.

Good Grief Everyone..

This has been my problem from day one. I mean seriously never had a problem with my Iphone 3G, i upgrade to the Iphone 4, but the bluetooth is totally unusable.

I have tried a Motorola bluetooth headset, the Jawbone, Voyager Pro, and a blue ant. They ALL sound muffled. I get so fustrated trying to have a conversation.

APPLE GET THIS FIXED!

This complaint was first posted June 26th 2010 and here we are 25th of August 2010, now with version 4.0.2 and it still sounds like I am down a well with a pillow over my mouth, whenever I use the bluetooth in my car. My customers cannot understand a word I say. Calling apple support and letting them know that you have this problem, gets the response, "Yes, we are aware of the problem, we have been recieving many calls about it." At least they are not denying there is a problem, now they just have to hurry and get it fixed.
If you haven't called the apple support line yet, do it now. It is the only way to put pressure on them to HURRY.

Certainly get everyone's frustration. I think Apple got caught in a classic software development catch 22 - iOS 4.1 happens to include a major overhaul and upgrade of the bluetooth stack to add full compliance with AVRCP among other things. This will allow much greater integration with various BT devices including headsets.

In the midst of this, we discover a huge bug in the iOS 4.0 BT code base - do they fix it there and do a patch or fix it in 4.1. They chose the latter.

I know nothing about the release date of 4.1 but beta 3 is very solid and likely close to the final version. Hang in there - use the wired headset for now and you'll soon be back to Borg mode 😉

Hi

Care to elaborate on the details of the huge Bluetooth bug? Are you saying that connection drop and muffled voice are actually related?

Thanks

I thought the relation was obvious from the beginning...

I don't believe they are related necessarily. The muffled audio was tracked down to echo cancellation conflicts between the phone and the headset.

Not to me. I never had the connection issue. I only have muffled voice issue with my Plantronics Discovery 925 and Jawbone Icon

Do you mean Apple figured that out? Or you mean people figured that out on this thread? There is a difference here. We figure it out is one thing, but if Apple comes to the same conclusion, this further confirms that muffled voice fix is very likely in 4.1. Otherwise, is it just the connection drop fix?