IOS 5.1 bluetooth problem with LG HBS-700

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IOS 5.1 bluetooth problem with LG HBS-700

After upgrading to iOS 5.1, my LG HBS-700 bluetooth headset still plays music from my iPhone, but the music controls no longer work (play/pause, next/last track). The phone functionality (start/answer call) still works. Is anyone else having these sorts of problems? I 'forgot' the device and re-connected it, but that did not correct the problem. I suspect its in one of the sub-functions of bluetooth signalling, but I'm not familiar enough with the standard to correctly designate it (I suspect someone in Apple knows it off the top of their head ._. )

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iPhone 4S, iOS 5.1

Posted on Mar 9, 2012 11:37 AM

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Mar 10, 2012 6:21 PM in response to jdk2u

After using the headset in its 'crippled' state several times, I turned it on this afternoon and it worked just fine! Very peculiar! So maybe it wasn't 5.1 after all (but if not, what?!?)...

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Nov 12, 2012 4:30 PM in response to jdk2u

Oddly enough I didn't have any problems with the HBS-700 on my iPhone 4 running IOS 6. However I got an iPhone 5 recently and noticed today the exact same thing you describe. Call and volume controls work fine, but I have no control at all of any music playing. This totally *****, but I have no idea if its a problem that Apple needs to correct or a problem with the LG which would mean it can't be fixed. Totally frustrated.

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kmercier

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Oct 14, 2013 7:39 PM in response to Anthony Curcione

I just received my iPhone 5s today and ran into this problem using my HBS-700. The phone came with 7.0.1 and I didn't pair it with my headset until after I upgraded to 7.0.2, and I'm experiencing the exact symptoms described by Anthony on 11/12/12. It seems like a Bluetooth software bug. My iPhone 4 running IOS 6 also had no problems.

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