iPhone 4S will not autoconnect in car

This is very annoying. My iPhone 4S will not autoconnect to my cars Bluetooth while my iPhone 4 would autoconnect with no issues. To clarify my iPhone 4 (CDMA) has had every beta build including iOS5 GM and it never had any Bluetooth issues. I understand that Bluetooth 4.0 was introduced, but why would this affect the autoconnect? The 4S will connect if I manually connect it under Bluetooth settings, but this is not something I should ever need to do especially when I paid a premium to own a 4S.

Posted on Oct 19, 2011 9:16 PM

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HadiM

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Posted on Jan 6, 2012 7:47 AM

I have finally figured out the reason why I was having this problem:

Before pairing the new phone to the car's stereo, I made sure that I deleted the old phone entry from the car as well as the car entry from the phone.

I have restored the phone a couple of times from backup and from scratch and nothing seemed to make any difference.

I finally noticed that every time I restored the phone, I was always using the same name. This is also the same name I was using for the old phone.

So, I deleted the entries on both devices, renamed the phone to a completely different name and paired the 2 devices ...et voila!!!

The new phone works flawlessly.

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RSLady

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Jan 24, 2013 5:23 AM in response to Pir800

My problem is that the Bluetooth stopped working. It worked okay at first. I have a Honda CRV and this phone was the only one ever linked. My problem is with my phone, not my car. The connection would always drop and reset, even from the beginning. And then it got so I would have to either turn the Bluetooth function off and on or turn the phone off and on in order to connect. I recently upgraded the software, hoping it would fix the Bluetooth problem, but now my Bluetooth on/off slider is just a spinning cog. I can't do anything with it. Will this function work with the iphone 5 or do I need to switch phone brands entirely?

RSLady

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Jan 24, 2013 8:15 AM in response to Lawrence Finch

You're right. I've been a pretty loyal iphone owner (this is my third) so I don't know if other phones have issues. I just don't want to jump into an iphone 5 if it has the same problem. I don't need a lot of features - phone, camera, songs - but the Bluetooth is important. So far no amount of resetting of the phone or its settings or new software has helped. I'll try wiping it clean this evening, although if it's in my personal data, that's another HUGE problem. Thanks for your input.

Jan 6, 2012 8:36 AM in response to HadiM

@HadiM, congratulations on your insight.

Jan 11, 2012 7:02 PM in response to Pir800

I have simalar issue. My iphone 4s will connect but when someone call that is not in my system, they

cannot hear me even though I can hear them. Any suggestions?

Pir800 Author

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Mar 6, 2012 7:12 AM in response to alain c

I also tried what Hadim mentioned with no luck. I still need to force connect the phone everytime.

Pir800 Author

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Mar 6, 2012 7:18 AM in response to HadiM

I did, but I will try it again.

Bryan_67

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Jul 28, 2012 1:26 PM in response to Pir800

Thanks alain c, your instructions worked for me.

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