Continuity camera + bluetooth: no video, iPhone keeps "dinging"

Zacharias Beckman wrote:

1. Trying to use Continuity Camera over bluetooth doesn't work – but it works pretty well when tethered. Details:

If tethered, and I start up FaceTime, Continuity Camera is "mostly working" at this point (that is to say, 9 times out of 10, it works fine – sometimes it glitches out and I have to reboot, and then it is back to a working state).

2. HOWEVER, if I do not use a tether – instead trying bluetooth, this is what happens:

3. FaceTime starts up and displays a "black" video feed,

4. My iPhone displays the "Connected to [computer]" with "Pause" and "Disconnect" buttons as is usual for Continuity Camera,

5. My iPhone makes a kind of "dinging" noise,

6. After 2-3 seconds, the iPhone displays the home page for just a moment,

7. Then, it goes back to step #4 (displaying the pause/disconnect screen) and this repeats about every 2-3 seconds.

8. Eventually, sometimes, FaceTime complains about not receiving a video feed.

Any ideas?

Continuity Camera: Use iPhone as a webcam for Mac - Apple Support

Zacharias Beckman wrote:

Not helpful. Done all of that 100 times.

And the 100 times you contacted Apple support what did they have you do?