Bluetooth issues on my iPhone adter iOS 17 update

me too. I headed to the Apple Store today. All they can do is running the diagnosis for the hardware and everything looks fine, and they can only reinstall the operating system for me which I do not think would be useful. I am holding iphone 15 pro max with ios 17.1.2

whenever I come into my car, the bluetooth will disconnect automatically and connect again, more wired thing is only happens inside my car.

And the glitch is still, I've did the troubleshooting

1. I forget the devices and repair, no help.
2. I forget the devices on my car system, no help
3. I restarted the iPhone, no help
4. I searched my car to see if there is any other bluetooth device, none, and no help
5. I use Apple official cable line to avoid electrical field which may cause bluetooth signal unstable, and no help
6. I try to use another bluetooth device(SONY 1000XM4), and still disconnect and connect back and forth
7. Pair with my another iphone 13mini, works good ( Guess this is because of the iphone 13mini has 17.0 ios version)
8. reset the bluetooth device, no help.

That is very annoyed.

I had this issue since the release of ios 17.0. My airpods pro 2 disconnect frequently. I thought it was my airpods and i had them replaced but it started now on other BT devices/headphones too. iOS 17 is garbage. Lots of issues with music app, volume slider and also UI issues as well. And apparently BT is affected now too. The richest software company and they can't even fix things in a timely matter. Really disappointed after i bought watch se, 15PM, iPad Pro 12.9 and Macbook. Seems like i threw several thousand dollars down the toilet because they can't even fix the most basic issues.

Recently updated to 17.4 from the last version of 16. Bluetooth will connect, but constantly drops in and out making it worthless for calls and annoying for music. I've tried re-pairing everything with no luck.

Hopefully apple really will fix it instead of just adding more useless feel-good features. I need my audio device to, well...audio.

Apple just released iOS 17.1.2. Update your iPhone, then after the update completes, Force Restart your iPhone by following these directions --> Force restart iPhone - Apple Support

Keep the Force Restart instructions as I do this after EVERY iOS update and I've never had an issue caused by any update in all the years I've owned an iPhone.

Symptoms for me:

• Earphones connected, but the connection drops almost immediately after
• When tapping on the earphones in bluetooth menu to force reconnection, it just keeps loading for a long time, reconnected, but then connection drops again right away.
• After resetting and repairing earphones, connection will stay but audio won’t play.
• Somehow my 1st airpods pro had no issue. And with airpods connected before I attempt to connect the other earphones, those issues went away.

Managed to fix this by resetting settings of the entire phone (General > Transfer or reset iPhone > Reset > Reset all settings)

Again, similar to others’ experience, Apple support is barely useful. I filed the query under iPhone and they immediately assume you are using airpods and started by asking about serial number of an airpods.

My phone upgraded to 17.1.1 last night and no Bluetooth since then, no matter what I did (phone restart, reconnect Bluetooth etc)

Same here with Starkey hearing aids. Since updating sound is a disaster. Squelch and crackling. This has only happened since update . Made an expensive investment in the aid’s only to be ruined by Apple. Please fix this asap. Also purchased iPhone 15 pro. Seems like Apple doesn’t care anymore more about their customers.

I am running iOS 17.4. My connection issue started with this version. At some point my iPhone 13 Pro Max simply stops connecting to Bluetooth devices. It doesn’t even try, replying immediately that there is a problem. I now know I have to toggle Bluetooth off, then back on to get it to work again. This is a workaround, not a fix! Please address this apparently longstanding iOS 17 bug.

My grand-daughter is having the same problem. Bluetooth connection dropping in and out. She’s been to the Apple Store twice and they told her to erase the phone and restore which we did last night. The problem continued and today they told to do the same but to load all apps manually. Also they were trying to tell her she needs more iCloud storage. She ended up buying an external storage device for her phone. She is still having the problem.

My device was offered 17.4.1 yesterday, which I immediately accepted. I've used bluetooth to my car's head unit for about 2 hours since then.

The update seems to have fixed the issue, there were no dropouts with this device.

I have had no bluetooth whatsoever since going to 17.1 - upgraded to 17.1.1 today in the hope that this would resolve matters, but still not recognizing any bluetooth devices. I'm on a new iPhone 15

biz161 wrote:

I have the same issue with iOS 17.2.1 (Also with iOS 17.1.1) Will not air drop either direction. Will no longer pair with either of my MBP's. Ventura or Sonoma. This is an enormous issue Apple, what are you doing???

So both bluetooth and airdrop have failed.

Apple offers to take logs from my machine, for me to wipe it clean and reinstall the os! etc..

This is ridiculous! Apple you have sunk to a very very low quality level. Even Safari routinely locks up on me.

Not to mention Time Machine deciding that it won't scroll after using its Account Migration feature. Banish the feature or clean it up.

Come on! Get it together... You have a massive backlog of bugs and an even larger user base hoping you will come through!

You are NOT speaking with Apple. This is strictly a user to user only forum, which no one from Apple actively participates. Asking Apple what they are doing here gets you nothing.

Use this feedback link if you want to let Apple know your thoughts --> Feedback - iPhone - Apple

PS: On iPhone 15 Pro Max with iOS 17.2.1, I have absolutely no Bluetooth issues at all. The advice to reinstall iOS might be a good solution. What happened when you did as they suggested?

Sillybugger68 wrote:

17.3.1 update has still not fixed Bluetooth issues.

deleted devices, re connect devices etc etc,

Bluetooth still stutters and disconnects.

APPLE you are better than this.

Please rectify the issue.

You aren't writing Apple. This is a user to user only forum, which Apple doesn't actively participate. So they won't see your plea for help. I can tell you I have zero issues with Bluetooth Devices on any of my devices running iOS 17.3.1 or iPadOS 17.3.1. On my iPhone alone, I have more than 10 Bluetooth devices connected and every one of them is connecting and staying connected just fine.

If you want Apple to know you have an issue however, you can use this link --> Feedback - iPhone - Apple

I started having issues only yesterday, last iOS upgrade is a few days older than that, I do not remember the exact day when I did the update, but it was definitely not anytime yesterday, morning calls were fine, afternoon calls started falling apart:

• iPhone 15 about 2 weeks old, running latest iOS 17.1.1
• Apple 2nd gen Airpods Pro, about 3 months old
• Sony WH-1000XM4 about 1.5 years old

Batteries are all charged well enough.

Symptoms as follows:

• issues appear to be restricted to Hands Free / 2 way Bluetooth profile only
• I get audio drop outs every 3-5 minutes or so, it sounds like a buffer is overflowing, reseting and then starting over... as in "audio is fine for some time, then suddenly starts breaking up, lots of stutter, repeats etc. for about 10 seconds, then it snaps back to good"
• in the High Quality (or whatever it's called) profile I have no issues whatsoever = can listen to music, watch videos all day long

I use MS Teams for work at least 3 hrs a day. It's quite frustrating to have to resort to speaker. I hope this issue is identified, addressed and fixed soon. This is the first time that I'm experiencing this sort of thing.