iPhone 12 Pro Max Bluetooth Issues

I also had iPhone SX Max. Same thing with me. I found that some things transferred over and some needed to be re set to new device or IPhone. I noticed all my Apple devices, headphones like beats set up right away. Others i need to reset them.

sounds like there is a problem in manufacturing. i face the same problem on couple of iPhone 12 Max devices.

Headphone worked yesterday. Today my phone cannot find it. Same thing happens with my brother.

I updated software , they said it includes some Bluetooth fixes, but nothing solved.

Iphone 12 pro here 14.3 ios. I’m having problems with my car’s Bluetooth. Never had any issues with my old phones. I even tried in another vehicle. Same BMW e87. I have also a Bluetooth dongle for media streaming and same it keeps disconnecting. I can’t make a phone call. It’s frustrating. I’d rather change my phone back to Samsung than hearing ‘you have to update your car’s Bluetooth software. Apple fix this. It’s sad and shameful.

I don’t think it is the iPhone Pro Max problem. Just have to reset all the Bluetooth by disconnecting and forget the devices and then pair anew. We have 4 phones and car phone Bluetooth and car music Bluetooth, home sound bar Bluetooth, two cheap wireless headphones, two Bose wireless speakers rap around neck all non apple systems and Apple TV, non apple light control systems 4, 3 non apple Bluetooth watches. They all are working after forgetting and pairing. My children handled 2 phones and they are techies so no issues from them. I am retired and non techie. I was very upset when no Bluetooth devices showed after the data transferred. I came to this discussion site and after reading and figuring I erased my trade XR and then in settings disconnected all Bluetooth and forgetting all devices and then pairing anew. Now everything’s working. We got 5G and boy it’s faster than my Wi-Fi. The cameras are the best. It’s the best.

Just received my new iPhone 12 Pro Max two days ago, upgraded from iPhone X. I had the same bluetooth issues as everyone here, where my new phone would not recognize any third party bluetooth devices, such as my Sony wireless headphones, external sound bar, speakers, etc. After much fiddling around and reading through this comment thread, here is what finally worked for me. On my old phone, I went to every listed bluetooth device and selected "Forget This Device". Then, after backing up to the iCloud twice (just to be sure!), I erased all content and settings from my old phone. I was going t have to do this anyway since I'm sending back my phone for the $700 rebate. I then accessed my Apple ID account that lists all of my Apple devices. I found my old phone listed, clicked on it and selected "Remove from Account". I restarted my new phone and then manually reconnected to each bluetooth device, same as I had to do originally, e.g., on my Sony headphones, holding down the power button for several seconds until the lights started blinking and then the device finally showed up on my phone. I am running IOS 14.3. Hopefully this helps someone else.

I did that a lot of times. I tried in 2 BMWs e87 and e88 with my 12 pro and a pro max. In both car with both phones the Bluetooth connection is lost after few minutes and then if you’re lucky they connect again. XS Max and iphone 8 had no issues.

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I would like to say that was the best written response I ever read. It rung a bell with me. I had to that many years ago. I think we keep are phones so long that we may forget what we had to do when we bought it.

I also went into my older Lexus Bluetooth car phone to delete all previous pairings to two ex iPhones and then pair to the new Pro Max. It’s working. The only time I had problem with intermittent connection was a device low battery.

I did these too but still have issues where bluetooth connects and disconnects continuously over. I turned off all bluetooth devices in house, removed any other devices from apple Id, “forget device” for LG headset. Worked with Apple support and still happens. It may not be the phone for you, but for many of us, it is clearly the phone, and Apple support agrees.

If connecting and reconnecting is happening to all your Bluetooth connections then it’s the Bluetooth of your iPhone is broken and you should get a replacement. If it is only happening to some devices than it’s the Bluetooth devices that is broken or not compatible. The other thing that can cause it would be some others wave are interfering.

I was having the same problem initially with connecting my iphone pro max to my car's bluetooth, pro max did not even recognize my car at first. What fixed the issue was I had to delete all the phones connected to my car, and manually selected "add device" as there was no "instant connection" between pro max and car bluetooth. I did not have to do this with my 7 plus.

i have found the solution to the problem, after trying several things. you need to go to settings and then factory reset network settings then restart your phone and your bluetooth devices of your choices will connect.

This worked for me: iPhone 12 Pro Max / For Escape 2016 (SYNC), both with most current software versions. I had three iPhones listed in the car bluetooth directory, one of which was the pre-exisiting iPhone X. I had swapped the sim from this to the iPhone 12 Pro Max when i configured the new phone.

I first deleted all existing phones, then tried pairing with the iPhone 12 Pro Max. It took numerous attempts over a 15 minute period but was ultimately successful. I have not tried using phone apps on the car screen yet. This was supposed to work on the previous setup but never did.

I am so sorry for all of you who still can't get your phone to connect with a bluetooth device.

I have been getting these discussions updates everyday for more than a month now and it is getting annoying because it is the same issue but it is not the phone that is the problem. If it is, replacement is the only solution but some replace it thrice and still have the problem. It is obvious it is the user not understanding the technology involved. 

To stop receiving these updates, I have to unsubscribe. There is just no way out for me until I unsubscribe. It is the same as all bluetooth devices. You gotta figure it out for your bluetooth device how to unsubscribe or forget the connections. It can't do it by itself. 

 (music in background)Hall & Oates' No Can Do :"Easy, ready, willing, overtime. Where does it stop? Where do you dare me to draw the line? You got the body now you want the soul. Don't even think about it. Say, no go yeah. I, I - I, I'll do anything that you want me to do......Yeah but I can't go for that, no can do. I can't go for that, no can do...."

Don't let the phone and bluetooth devices take your soul. I can't go for that, no can do. Figure it out people. Good luck!

If it’s so easy than Apple would have a fix for it! I get a new vs of iPhone every two years there has never been an issue like this the phone usually picks up every Bluetooth wave in its path. It seems like all it wants to pick up is Apple devices