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I'm having bluetooth issues with my iphone 4s

I recently bought an iphone 4s and having bluetooth connectivity issues with my home phone and car. Both work fine at first when I initially pair them, but within a couple hours or up to a week, my 4s stops communicating with my devices. More specifically:


Home Phone: I have a home phone that has a bluetooth "link-to-cell" feature that allows me to pair my cell phone with the house phone, so that when someone calls my cellphone, it rings through my house phone's handsets, allowing me to answer and talk through my home phones. Likewise it allows me to make cell phone calls using my home phone handsets. I've had the home phone for 6 mos and it worked perfectly with my previous (LG) cell phone. When i first paired it with my 4s, it seemed to work fine (I could make and receive cell calls through my home phone), but then, after a few days, it stopped working properly. When someone called my cell phone, my 4s only vibrated instead of ringing, and my home phone wouldnt ring either. And although both my 4s and the house phone both showed that they were still paired with each other, I couldnt make or receive cellphone calIs through my house phone. I even tried to replace my home phone (ATT TL92270) with other models (the newer ATT model TL92271 and a Uniden model Uniden D3280-2) and had the same exact experience with all of them (it worked correctly and first.. anywhere from a couple hrs up to a week), and then stopped working. I tried everything from having the devices "forget" each other and re-pair them, to resetting my 4s. I even tried replacing my 4s with a new 4s, thinking maybe my 4s was defective, but I have the same issues with the new 4s (worked at first, but then stopped).


Car Connectivity: At first my 4s (both my original and my new replacement) paired successfully with my 2003 (or 2004?) Lexus RX and worked fine for several days (I could make and receive cell calls through my car's bluetooth), but then that stopped too. After i few days, I started getting a "check cell phone" message on my car's screen when I tried making calls through my cell phone.


I thought maybe the IOS 5.0.1 upgrade would fix the issues but it didnt.

Is anyone else having similar issues?

iPhone 4S, bluetooth

Posted on Nov 15, 2011 9:08 AM

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Dec 21, 2012 6:08 PM in response to chibud312

BUY A VTECH DS6521-2 to use with your iPhone 5 and all your problems will disappear...I am not making this up. IT WORKS FLAWLESSLY!! It might be a problem with the AT&T system that you are using and you don't mention which system your buddy is using, but maybe he needs to purchase a vTech DS6521-2 too. I would consider my experience with the iPhone5 and the vTech DS6521-2 working for 50 plus days long term. Good Luck!

Dec 21, 2012 11:04 PM in response to rsmunnn

I just looked up the vtech you're suggesting, thinking maybe I'd follow your advice. It won't work for me because I need one that works with 2 landlines (I think the AT&T one might be the only one that's a 2 line phone) but I thought maybe I'd get for my mom. Unfortunately she needs 7-8 handsets and that ones expandable only to 5. But the other thing that concerns me is that, when I looked at the cellphone compatibility PDF on the vtech site where they have the phone, it lists the iPhones only up to the 4. Not the 4s or 5. While maybe the 5 is too new to be listed (the list was dated 2012) I was bummed to not see the 4s listed, which is the one she has.

I'm having bluetooth issues with my iphone 4s

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