iPhone 12 cannot pair with Homewerks Bathroom BT Speakers

Probably not what you want to hear, but if a problem only occurs with one device from the iPhone 12 the problem is most likely in the speaker firmware. The one change in the iPhone 12 Bluetooth is that it was upgraded to a newer version of Bluetooth 5, and the speaker may not be compatible with it. Is there a way to update the firmware on the speaker?

I don’t have one, however I have seen posts from Homewerks users who got replacements from Homewerks. Like this one→https://discussions.apple.com/thread/251973518?answerId=254693806022#254693806022

And this one→https://discussions.apple.com/thread/251973518?answerId=254697698022#254697698022

Then why did people who got replacements from Homewerks say that it fixed their problem?

See this post→https://discussions.apple.com/thread/251973518?answerId=254693806022#254693806022

And this one→https://discussions.apple.com/thread/251973518?answerId=254697698022#254697698022

Homewerks is sending new replacement speaker supposed to work with iPhone 12.

contact Homewerks for a new speaker

Yes, dumb not reading the thread you posted to. If you had done that you would know that homewerks has been replacing the incompatible component in their speakers if you contact their tech support.

i am the original poster of the other thread that got a bit watered down. There seemed to be other issues that got mixed into that thread. I do believe though that its not strictly a Homewerks issue based on some other devices and issues in that thread were the same problem i am having with all 3 of my Homewerks bathroom ceiling fans. I have reset them to factory by flipping the switch 5 times i think and i know this worked because the name of the device had changed back to factory from what i had renamed it with my old XR. Anyway i dont know how Homewerks could load new firmware into a standalone speaker....i think we are screwed....i would have never upgraded my phone if i knew this was an issue.....i would have had at least another year or 2 of normalcy...I am going to send another email to Homewerks and see if they are still working with apple to resolve.....a friend of mine had a new samsung that did not find the homewerks either so it does sound like this latests version of BT is not tracking back to whatever Homewerks and a few other brands are utilizing :-(

Other users have reported that Homewerks replaced their unit with one that works with the iPhone 12, which would be strong evidence that the problem is on the Homewerks side.

From Homewerks:

I can send out a replacement speaker (BFP-253). More of this item is coming into stock at the beginning of April. What is the best shipping address?

Understood, but do you have more than one iPhone connected to the Homewerks speaker? What about the phone that you used with it in the past? Is it still paired with the speaker? Yes, an iPhone can connect to any number of devices that it is paired to, but each device is limited to a certain number of phones that it can be paired with. For example, I have a headset that can pair to up to 2 phones and other devices, a speaker that can pair to up to 5 phones, computers, etc. But I also have a headset that can pair to only one phone; to pair it to a different phone I must unpair it from the phone it is connected to.

I don’t know if the Homewerks speaker has this limitation or not, but that’s something that you need to find out from Homewerks.

OOPS, sorry, I didn’t see your longer post before responding.

I have the same issue. My Homewerks bathroom exhaust fan bt speaker model is 7130-16-BT. It worked fine with our iPhone 6S phones running IOS 14.1. But is not working with our new iPhone 12 phones. I have opened a case with Apple and they have had me do the network reset (which as many have confirmed, does not resolve the issue). I have also installed a temporary profile so Apple support can collect logs from my phone. I have uploaded the requested screen shots, time stamps, and log files to Apple as requested by the Apple engineering team. I also submitted a request to Home Networks regarding the problem and they stated: "Apple believes it is a missing link in their iOS."

Hopefully we see something out of these troubleshooting steps. I miss having the music over the bt speaker in the bathroom.

I too have the same issue with my iphone 12 pro max - can no longer connect to my Homewerks bluetooth. I talked to apple support several months ago and they told me they know this was an issue and that it would be corrected in a later release of the iphone iOS. I also talked to Homewerks and they also said it is an APPLE flaw not HOMEWERKs. Of course this is Feb 12 2021 and it still is not working

I have the same issue as the previous person.

we are lucky because we have different apple product in our home iPhone 12 ( which doesn’t connect to our HOMEWERKS Bluetooth fan/speaker )

iphone 11 ( which connects to HOMEWERKS speaker)

iPad mini 4 series ( which connects to HOMEWERKS)

We tried to take off the speaker from the old devices and see if it would connect to iPhone 12 but NO Luck whatsoever.

It was easy to pair it back to the iPad 4 and iPhone 11 .

Apologize if repeating. But you try turn off bluetooth on all devices, except the iPhone 12 Pro Max?