bluetooth music issues after iOS6 update

"- seems to be quite a complex problem."

It is.... Last night found out my phone no longer powers off. Everytime I try to, it just restarts by itself.

And just when I thought I was over Apple, never again.. I went and bought the new iPad for my wifey :-). In the hope that one fine day, Apple will fix the issues and the world will be a better place again..hehe

"I'm considering downgrading back to iOS 5.1 as it was working fine before Apple came out with the upgraded software."

Good luck !!! Havent heard of anyone downgrading successfully. I have tried doing that using a couple of vids on google. No luck. I gave up, just waiting on Apple to fix their OS.

Please let us know if you manage to rollback to iOS 5 successfully

Mine will say authorization error and not connect but still charges with the lightning cable. I used to plug in the 30 pin to the stereo for album art and track data and use a 3.5 mm cable for audio. It does not recognize the lightning cable though.

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF. Super not happy. Tried factory resetting to an old back up - didn't work for those who are considering trying. Apple might as well as turned my phone into a flip phone by doing this. I'm headed to the store and will demand a replacement with 5.0 software on it. I highly doubt warranty replacements will have 6.0 on it by now. I suggest everyone with this issue does the same thing.

So same thing happened to me with Alpine device - apple technician told me to contact my alpine provider and that this issue has nothing to do with the upgraded software because its working fine?!?!? They also told me this doesn't warrant a replacement and no way can I downgrade. I am livid especially as I've been with apple for only 6 months and only have had my sound system for 2 weeks!!! :(

I have an iPhone 4S which worked completely to my satisfaction while playing music via bluetooth with IOS 5.1.1. However after updating to IOS 6.0 i noticed there were periodic skips/misses/dropouts in the music every minute or so while using blue tooth. I tried using a variety of music players but the net effect was still the same (intermittent signal loss). Then i decided to disable the WIFI interface... Bam!!! That fixed the problem... Now i can play music via bluetooth all day without any periodic hiccups... This is my no means a viable solution for all, but it does point to the source of the problem...(IOS 6.0 update). Im sure many stream music via wifi so this solution will not work in their case. Apple needs to duplicate this prolem back home an get to work on finding a more realistic solution for this bump in the road.

I have the same Pioneer DEH-8400BT all the same problems as PROH03, can't answer or make calls any longer handsfree....My phone and Pioneer receiver were outstanding until iOS6 update! Not real happy I just installed my receiver in Aug.

So I just wanted to give an update with the OEM systems. A friend just got the new 2013 Impreza and Bluetooth audio works perfectly with iOS 6 on my iPhone 4.

On my Pioneer AVH-2400BT it doesn't work at all. Not sure what to think honestly.

how did you manage to roll back to ios 5 from ios 6? I'm having problems with my bmw recognizing my phone and pairing in bluetooth ever since updating to ios 6 on my iphone 4. I have a 2008 bmw 3 series.

My iPhone 4 with iOS6 does not connect automatically to my Jabra Freeway BT Handsfree with FM transmitter. I also have intermittent dropouts, a second of silence every fifth minute or so. Worked perfectly with iOS5.

Marcio, have you read this topic at all? We've all tried that. Multiple times. We've tried clearing the bluetooth settings as well. None of the proposed solutions solve the problem. This is a software bug, plain and simple. Turning the device off and on and then re-pairing won't do anything.

I unkowingly updated my iPhone 4 to iOS 6 and was experiencing the same problems that almost everyone else here was having. I have a Kenwood Excelon KPC-X796 that I just put in my Jeep a month ago. I love the Bluetooth functions (artist/title scroll, hands free phone, etc). I was hit with the glitch, too. I get BT audio and base phone, but that's all. Quite disappointing. So I tried to do the restore routine. Even though I restored an old backup that I know had iOS 5, it still put 6 back and wiped out almost all of my apps, all of my photos, and had to reinstall my music. I just find it amazing that Apple didn't have the foresight to check Bluetooth functionality on iphones other than the 5. Now I get to have fun putting all my apps back and hoping I have photos in my "manual" pic backup.

PLEASE Apple! Do something about this. Can it be THAT difficult for your programmers?

@Marcio Guth: Yeah... Thanks for that eeeeassssyy solution!! BUT: Problem #1 is... We already had this suggestion about 4-5 pages before. Problem #2 is.. It didn't help me. There were absolutly no changes to my Alpine stereo with this trick. So.. Nice try, but not a real solution unless it works for everyone.

I also have two question: 1. Which device are you pairing with your phone? 2. Does it help "forever"? So, done once and from that time on connection and full functionality stays? Even on the next day?

Regards and best greats to Brazil 😉

Marcio: Right, and I understand that. I'm not saying you're lying. I'm saying that the solution you proposed doesn't work for 99% of the people experiencing the problem. What's more, the way you wrote it makes it sound like the pairing wasn't working.

For us the problem isn't that we can't pair. I can pair my phone to my Pioneer AVH-2400BT just fine. The problem is that the track information from the Bluetooth audio and changing tracks from the head unit stopped working.

rajan_g4 wrote:

The basics of software development is to provide the ability to roll back UNCONDITIONALLY. Perhaps you should start thinking about this.

Actually, it's to restore from a pre-upgrade backup; unfortunately iOS backups only back up the data, not the operating system.