iPhone 13 Pro loses bluetooth connection to car 2-8 minutes after starting a phone call
I recently purchased a new iPhone 13 Pro (then exchanged for an iPhone 13 Pro Max) to replace my iPhone XR. Here is the info on the problem I am seeing for your developers:
Hardware: iPhone 13 Pro Max, running iOS 15.0.2
Car: 2016 Toyota Avalon
Steps to reproduce:
- Start Car
- Allow phone to connect with car via bluetooth.
- Start a phone call
- Connection between the car and phone fails anywhere from 2-8 minutes after the call starts.
- The phone call continues on the phone, but the car thinks the call has ended. After this point bluetooth functionality no longer works properly until I restart the car.
Other details:
- The phone has no issues playing bluetooth audio to the car. Issue only happens on phone calls.
- My old iPhone XR did not have this problem, but was not running iOS 15.
Steps I have taken to fix the problem:
- Stopped/started bluetooth service on iPhone
- Enabled then disabled Airplane mode on iPhone
- Re-paired the iPhone to the car after forgetting bluetooth settings on both devices.
- Restart iPhone
- Force restart iPhone
- Updated software on car
- Reset all settings on iPhone
- Disabled 5G (settings -> Cellular -> Cellular Data Settings -> Voice & Date = LTE)
- Exchanged my iPhone 13 Pro for an iPhone 13 Pro Max, still have the issue
The iPhone is unusable for calls in my car which is really frustrating. Hopefully someone out there has seen something like this and has a solution/workaround. Or maybe this will make it to the developers and they can try and fix the issue.
iPhone 13 Pro Max, iOS 15
