bluetooth music issues after iOS6 update

Yes, this is total BS. I finally upgraded to the 4S. That rendered my old school cassette adapter unusable because of a terrible noise it made. So after months of looking for a solution, I caved in a got a new stereo. And now a couple of months later I "upgrade" to iOS6 and now the bluetooth isn't 100% compatible. I don't have a lot of faith that Apple is going to fix it. They seem to think they're above it.

All with Clarion Radios:

I just got off the phone with their tech (incredibly difficult to find even a number). I was the first to report the issue to them. I provided this link as reference. The issue has been sent to their QA department for development. Hopefully, they will get an answer faster than Apple.

I'm having the same issue. Just got my Kenwood KDC BT952HD headset and it was working great with my iPhone 4S running iOS 5. It had song info on the display, and the unit's buttons allowed me to skip around songs, pause, etc. Now after updating to iOS 6, there is no longer any info displayed on the unit's screen, and the buttons no longer skip songs, pause, etc.

Please fix this Apple!

I can't say I've had a major "issue" like this since I started using an iPhone (the 4 was my first and is the one I currently have). But this is ridiculous. Is Apple generally quick to respond, on this board or otherwise, to issues like this?

Also: am I correct in understanding that most of these after-market bluetooth radios would work fine with Android products?

There seems to be a large number of people who aren't experiencing any issues with Bluetooth. Maybe those peoeple don't have devices that take advantage of AVRCP or meta-data. I just get this sinking feeling that we are SOL, and Apple just isn't going to give a **** about the issue. Sad. I was really, really looking forward to the iPhone 5.

If this requires updates on the stereo/headset side of things, I am NOT spending another 6 months fighting with Volkswagen to get another firmware update. It's just not happening. This is 100% fixable by Apple, if they choose to do so. Backwards compatibility is nothing new. It worked on iOS 5.

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Unfortunately I have the same exact problem.

Uses- beats wireless.

It seems to be skipping around the music/not playing at all for some moments.

To me it definitely seems like a bug on Apple's side of things. Bluetooth that was working to spontaneously stop working through an update is a huge deal.

Please fix it Apple!!!

@Keiichi_K

When did apple anounce this to all involved companies?

Is there any benifit to the direction they have chosen to take? More functionality? If so, then apple need to release some information very quickly.

I think they are far more likely to lose consumers to Android over this issue due to p***ing off millions of consumers and thousands of manufactures both OEM and aftermarket.

Just my 2cents

has anyone noticed maps won't work via bluetooth either. i have a jvc unit and it will not give turn by turn directions. when linked to my unit. if fact all sounds go dead text notice, phone won't ring. but when i turn off

bluetooth phone will work again.

van-daviz wrote:

I think they are far more likely to lose consumers to Android over this issue due to p***ing off millions of consumers and thousands of manufactures both OEM and aftermarket.

If it's a change in the Bluetooth specs, Android phones will need to change, too.

Ditto! Have an Alpine unit I invested 400 bucks in a month ago that is now absolutely annoying to use because of this. Not happy! Get it fixed please!!!

BTW, total lack of backward compatability is not acceptable here. If this was known about, planned, or whatever, users needed to be made well aware of this prior to release. Totally understand that bugs are a part of any update, but I'd like some reassuranace that steps are being taken to remedy this ASAP.

Point of order: a number of individuals, including myself, have noted that the iPod out/iPlug/whatever you call it is no longer functional. If that's the case, doesn't this mean that the "Bluetooth specs on stereo are not updates = not Apple's fault" is a bunch of crap? Beyond the bickering, doesn't this make it more possible that the problem might be something else and therefore more likely to be quickfixed by an iOS software update? Could be two separate issues, but the timing is a little suspect.

I'm really sick of this problematic "update". I've had the Pioneer AVH-P2400BT for only three months and already the bluetooth functionality is deemed unusable? I haven't tried with the AUX cable or the USB connection through the unit, but I could only assume that the functionality of the metadate and the track seeker on the unit wouldn't work either.

How would I go about downgrading my firmware on my iPhone?

Well I just tried the suggestion of a previous poster about trying to Force Quit the Music app and then turning on the head unit. Unfortunately it didnt help me.

@spanks127, what head unit do you have that now works with iPhone 5?

I'm hoping that Apple just stuffed something simple up with Bluetooth with all the 4/4S users that will be resolved in 6.0.1.

i have the same problem.

after upgrading my iphone4s to ios6 my alpine car-audio player dosn't start music and audiobooks.

wenn i start it on the phone it works, but the player is not able to start playing.

flex