IPhone 4 Bluetooth Issues

I'm noticing improved function with my car's bluetooth. We'll have to wait and see if problems come back. But I'm optimistically hopeful for the moment and planning to buy a headset that I can use like I used to with my 3G and 3GS. I doubt that people complaining about the iPhone 4 bluetooth function are android advocates. More likely they are like me: Apple customers who are looking for standard mobile phone function in what is otherwise a great phone. We're just agitating to get Apple to solve this annoying problem.

I see it as more than agitation although I can understand the frustration. However several of us have posted how to mostly fix the problem and it appears those who are still having problems haven't bothered to actually try the fix. They just want Apple to magically solve the issue without them having to lift a finger to help themselves and they want it NOW.

I feel sorry for the IT people who have to work with them because I bet they're incredibly difficult to support.

Enough meta. I've been happy with my iPhone 4. The bluetooth issue was not much more than an annoyance. I'm going to unsubscribe from this thread.

OK,
I reset the phone and My BT was back to the same performance I had with my rugged ol' 3G.
I upgrade to 4.2.1 and now my sound quality is in the toilet.
I am still within my 30 day grace period and think I am going back to a 3GS instead. The 4 isn't all THAT cool.....
Bluetooth is what 90% of my business calls are through and to me it isn't a glitch, it's using us, the consumers as the R&D department. NOT OK!

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BTW, not an Android user, just a self employed mechanic who can't reach for the phone every-time it rings. If not for BT I would miss many important calls or get a lot less done.

Go ahead and unsubscribe, you wouldn't hear a real problem anyway.

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It's a software issue. I have a 3g and ever since I upgraded to ios 4 and then ios 4.2 I have the same issues listed above. When I dial using a pause to dial an extension#, it lets the extension pickup and then causes the bluetooth to hangup. My son switched to a Samsung Captivate because of this issue. I'm thinking of going the same route. Getting tired of all the issues. Apple seems to be taking lessons from Microsoft.

Went to the Apple Store in Robina Qld today and was far from impressed with answers to some of my questions, maybe the forum can help?

Why can't a bluetooth paring be made with another iPhone 4?

I was told that my new iPhone 4 can only be used with a speaker system?

Went back to the car and was successful with pairing it with my Navman as a hands free!!

Is this the only function of iPhone 4 Bluetooth that it has?

Can you bluetooth data or photo's another bluetooth phone?

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I have recently upgraded to 4.2.1 and it is a huge improvement. I have an iPhone 4 using an Ericsson mw600 stereoheadset, I could block my phone with my hand and the signal would drop on the spot. Apple must have put in a feature where the phone boosts the signal because these last days I've had the phone in a locker and training in the gym, I must have been over 25 meters away and it works flawlessly. The only thing annoying me right now is that when I stop using the device for a while they forget each other, I will have to reconnect from the menu for it to work again. That never happens with my iphone 3G. But for now I'm a happy man.
Ps. Please when people asks for help don't dismiss them. If u don't have an answer, don't!

I'm also having BT issues here and I've upgraded to 4.2.1. What surprises me is I can't even pair my iPhone 4 with my MacBook. The iPhone 4 keeps on "Searching" endlessly (it's been more than 30 minutes now as I'm writing this). On the other hand, the iPhone is detected on my MacBook, but the pairing attempt is always unsuccessful.

Any similar experience? Any solution?

Thanks.
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OK I just learned that the only way to pair the iPhone with the MB is through tethering only. Fine, not a deal breaker for me. I will test the iP 4 pairing with a headset later, hope it will work fine.

? This sounds ridiculous. Why would android "Users" give a S&*% if people switched from apple? I think it is highly unlikely that there is some band of google shareholders that have conspired to slander apple in online forums in hopes of driving up google stock prices. This is a ridiculous insinuation, I have the exact same complaint as do 1000s of other i phone owners. The bluetooth doesnt work, PERIOD....... I can connect my headset and hold my phone next to my head and within ten minutes the headset will disconnect itself. You would think that they would have fixed this issue by the third software update, which might lead you to believe that they "Cant " fix the issue because it is hardware related. Just like they couldnt fix the antenna problem with software and were forced to give away cases. Please think more before you post things that lead readers to believe that any complaints about the iphone are just propaganda perpetuated by iphone competitors.

i did have same issue, as soon as i move away from the iphone 4 about 3mt my bluetooth start to give me a lot of problems.i had version 4.2.1 and after i downgrade to 4.1 everything went back to normal. hope this help

Since updating my iOS to 4.2.1 by Bluetooth has been perfect. Both headsets connected right away, I'm able to sit my phone down in the dining area walk into the kitchen not no problem. People say I'm much clearer now (though the people I'm talking to are now a little quiet, so I've had to turn up the volume on my headset). I'm even dropping less calls ... was 2-3 calls every day, now I've dropped one call since the update last week. Hope the fix sticks and I don't have more problems.

I now have figured out my issue with bluetooth. When I use my plantronics 975 it works great until i link up with my UConnect in my dodge. at that time the plantronics will loose distance, voice quality, and will keep disconnecting. I reset the network connections and it comes back fine! everything is good until I link up with the dodge uconnect again, which works fine, but when I get out of the car and use the plantronics, it is degraded again. network reset fixes the issue again and I am off. what a hassle. Apple needs to fix this issue, it is not the car and not the headset. Wake up and make some code to fix all of us who love this phone and want it to do what we paid for. I hope this helps some of you that have the same pain as me.

Since the last update I have been having pairing issues with the Iphone 4 and a THB car kit. Prior to the update they paired pretty much everytime without fail. Now it seems if you don't connect every day then the pairing is lost. If you try to pair then it keeps failing. The only way around this is to delete the connections from the BT list. Then go into flight mode so everything switches off and then back on again. Then I have to pair once more. Sometimes I have to do this 2 or 3 times before the phone and the cradle pair.

Regards

Iphone 4 (Greatest gadget vs worst ever phone ever owned)

I was on day 29 of my 30 day grace period for returns on my I4, I called both ATT and Apple and couldn't get anywhere. I was able to stop the BT dropouts by resetting network settings, this would make it work for a few days.
On day 30 I returned the I4 and bought another one. this was last Thursday, so far so good. A few muffled voices intermittently on the BT but has stayed connected within normal range and reconnects as soon as I return to the 30-40' range.
If your phone is under warranty ask At&T to replace it through your warranty.

It's hard to imagine that this is an Apple discussion board. It looks no different than any other unofficial discussion board. What concerns me is that this thread has been going since July 2010 and no answer provided by Apple. I bought an iPhone 4 not long after they came out and I have had major bluetooth issues. I don't see solutions here so this must me a gripe session board so I'll add my two cents. I have been through five different bluetooth headsets: three jawbone icons, blueant Q2, and the Sound ID. I thought surely it was a headset problem. All headset had the same problem. Short range, poor call quality on the recievers side, and random disconnecting and connecting problems. So then I tried a new iPhone 4...same problem. I am now on my third iPhone 4 and still having the same problem. I have even tried different cases thinking that the Otterbox Defender was too thick. Still having the same problem. This is not a complaint against Apple. I had the iPhone 3G and loved it. I had no problems with it and had great bluetooth connection. I just can't believe this problem has not been addressed. I am currently working with a Customer service supervisor but this has been a real dissappointment.