Bluetooth connection issues on iPhone 16 Pro

both, the seller of my new iPhone 16 (Sunrise) as well as their agree Apple service centre could not fix it...and the later one hesitates to exchange t with a new one. What should do . 1000 $ for a non working iPhone :(

Zebratom wrote:

It’s June 2025 and I’m having the same issue

So what have you done to troubleshoot it? And what difference does the date make? YOU have a problem hundreds of millions of other users don’t. What does that tell you?

You should create a new thread with the complete details of what is happening or not happening and what trouble shooting steps you have done. Experienced members generally don’t respond in these long threads. Also some users post in the CarPlay community. Just a thought.

I do keep an eye out for new threads related to my issues. The existing thread(s) already include excruciatingly complete details of what is happening and not happening, and the troubleshooting steps taken by myself and others — but that’s good advice, regardless.

But please be aware that spawning duplicate threads is consistently unhelpful in pretty much any online forum. (Tho’ thread proliferation is very helpful for users interested in gaming them for karma. The current implementation of the points system in these discussions seems to work great for simple problems requiring boilerplate solutions — which probably accounts for most users, and most problems? But honestly, I feel like it’s made it harder for long-time users to resolve issues that require more complex troubleshooting.)

Anyway, the best advice for users here is still, as always: If you’re experiencing a problem, take the time to research these threads, become familiar with the issue and what suggestions have been successful for at least some users, try them yourself if they make sense, and remember to post when you learn something new.

As someone that’s been on these forums for over 25 years and with 40,000 plus points, I’m well aware of how the communities work. New threads definitely are frowned on or I wouldn’t have suggested starting a new one. These monster threads pretty much get ignored by the more experienced members. It’s frustrating from a support standpoint. Just my 2¢. You do you.

Duplicating threads and posts is a poor way to find help, or to help other users. This thread is long, but there’s good advice here that has helped other users — including the suggestion you duplicated. It’s also an active thread, and far from being ignored.

Congratulations on reaching 40,000 points, too — proud of you. 👍 I’ve also been here 25+ years, just on a different account. (Always nice to meet another iTools alum!) Never given much thought to collecting points, tho’. One of these days, maybe I’ll reconsider.

mgrad92 wrote:

Duplicating threads and posts is a poor way to find help, or to help other users. This thread is long, but there’s good advice here that has helped other users — including the suggestion you duplicated. It’s also an active thread, and far from being ignored.

By the time a thread is 28 pages long, it's full of drek. Like Jeff, I would advise people to start their own thread describing their own problems. While this is an "active" thread in the sense that people are still posting to it, it's not active in any other meaningful way. It is largely being ignored by the very people who could help.

So I need to reset my phone and lose everything so bluetooth can work?! That is insanity. There has to be a way for this low tech 16 pro max to work with bluetooth. How dumbed down is this phone?! Pathetic

1. when playing songs using itunes on my new iphone 16 pro using bluetooth to my marantz media player, the songs skip at random times, never did ths with my iphone 12 pro, what a real pain in the xxx, very annoying , what do i do, i tried all the basic stuff?????

Also, let me be clear - there’s no way to make AirPods work as the LDAC protocol is not supported. You have to bypass AAC and use LDAC. Apple uses only the AAC protocol for Bluetooth. It’s the combination of the cell modem, the US cell network, and AAC Bluetooth protocol all using the same 2.4Ghz frequency.

I guess I’m missing something in your post. If so, sorry. Apple support for LDAC is not listed as being a supported CODEC on iPhone 16 PM. Maybe your spec sheet shows something different or I’m not understanding the issue and your solution. Sorry.

I'm having this issue with my 16 Pro. it's the second time that it happens within a month. I try to connect some device and the display 'froze' on the control center when I choose to select some device to connect on bluetooth. After that my bluetooth shut down and I can't turn on anymore until I restart the phone to recover the bluetooth connection. I updated to iOS 26 as soon as It was available.

Me too… bummer. I hope they can fix this with a new update. Not sure if this is solvable or something we’re stuck with

I have got the same problem, iphone 16 pro max, wireless carplay disconnects itself everytime! Please is there a fix for this?