bluetooth music issues after iOS6 update

Take your best shot! 😝

No offense intended to you either, but I think since this is on Apple's site, it's important that Apple sees the sheer numbers of our complaints, since we're all having the same Bluetooth issues and want our voices to all be seen and heard.

drewe2000: "they don't have much reason to do so." --> erm... yes.. despite the fact that they better want to support some dozen million iPhone devices... I think "Made for Apple" is a big selling proposition and they can't allow that their devices are "No longer made for Apple".

I'm struggling with it too, trying to determine what equipment I can install in my car.

I'd like to think it's just a bug from Apple in iOS 6 which they will fix - that would be the best outcome.

The other possibility, that it's the stereos themselves, is more bothersome. Yes, they have incentive to upgrade them, but those devices are already sold - newer ones, they can now sell everyone, are easier (and there's more incentive) to fix. I'm being cynical, yes, but we've certainly seen things like it happen before.

Either way, the stereo manufacturers (and cars) and Apple need to fix it ASAP. I'm just saying it may not be entirely Apple's doing, which complicates it.

Drew,

I would forever be skeptical about upgrading my IPhone because they didn't initial warn us that upgrading may cause older ( mid you mine is now 3weeks old and the most recent edition of Alpine) Bluetooth devices to stop fully functioning? This sounds like a vicious cycle that could occur moving forward with Apple upgrading their products and causing much frustration when not allowing its users to rollback to a previously software.

Ugh :/

Lighty_ wrote:

drewe2000: "they don't have much reason to do so." --> erm... yes.. despite the fact that they better want to support some dozen million iPhone devices... I think "Made for Apple" is a big selling proposition and they can't allow that their devices are "No longer made for Apple".

There are more Android and other bluettoth devices out there than iPhones, and as such the company really may not care.

After all continuing engineering costs money…

Miss.Champagne wrote:

Drew,

I would forever be skeptical about upgrading my IPhone because they didn't initial warn us that upgrading may cause older ( mid you mine is now 3weeks old and the most recent edition of Alpine) Bluetooth devices to stop fully functioning? This sounds like a vicious cycle that could occur moving forward with Apple upgrading their products and causing much frustration when not allowing its users to rollback to a previously software.

Apple's not going to "warn you" that some third party product might not properly implement an industry standard protocol, if that's the root cause of the issue.

Once again:

If it's Apple's fault, Apple will eventually fix it.

If it's a third party vendor's fault, they will have to fix it.

Eventually... This is where I have the problem as well as many others. They should at least provide a work around until that point. My stereo is 3 weeks old, which I bought because it supported this function.

It is beginning to look like we are supporting half finished products now, we want it right now, we don't care if it has been fully tested. I think this is getting worse with most companies, next think we know we will be buying a tv that currently can't play any sound, we will just have to wait for them to workout the bugs.

I am having the same issues with iPhone4, iPad2, and Beats Wireless. This is a big issue for me, as I listen to music many hours out of any day. I contacted Beats by Dre. and asked about the issue, and asked if they were working on it. I am waiting on an answer. I really hope apple can fix this quickly and without making me by new headphones!

Regardless of whose fault it is, there's no denying Apple just released an update that instantly and irreversibly (for now, anyway) breaks what for many of their customers is an important piece of functionality. If Apple knew in advance that this many bluetooth devices would stop working properly with iOS devices, then this is another in a long string of F-you's Apple has dished out to its loyal customers. If Apple didn't know, then their customers are paying the price for an unbelievably shoddy testing process. Either way I don't see how anyone can side with Apple on this issue with a straight face.

@William Kucharski, it's true that in your example the power company would be within their rights, so to speak, to supply exactly 110 VAC. But what if the number of affected devices were large? Say half of all refrigerators use compressors supplied by the same vendor that all require 111 VAC? Wouldn't it be pretty customer-hostile for the power company to make that change without making more of an effort to ensure 3rd parties were caught up, or at least give some warning to their customers so that they could pressure the fridge vendors? It would also be pretty irresponsible of the power company not to have tested the change in advance against such a large set of devices.

Anyway I agree with you if it turns out the number of affected users is relatively small -- I wouldn't expect Apple to test against every bluetooth device out there. There just seems to me to be a lot of chatter about this so I'm assuming it's a more widespread issue.

mowog74 wrote:

@William Kucharski, it's true that in your example the power company would be within their rights, so to speak, to supply exactly 110 VAC. But what if the number of affected devices were large? Say half of all refrigerators use compressors supplied by the same vendor that all require 111 VAC? Wouldn't it be pretty customer-hostile for the power company to make that change without making more of an effort to ensure 3rd parties were caught up, or at least give some warning to their customers so that they could pressure the fridge vendors? It would also be pretty irresponsible of the power company not to have tested the change in advance against such a large set of devices.

I think you misunderstand utility companies if you think they'd care… 😁

Unfortunately, this sounds more like a rumor than actual fact.

I don't think any of these manufacturers would be shy about publicly pointing the finger at Apple were it an iOS issue, so that's why I'm surprised none has, if that's where the fault lies.

(It would also be all over CNet, Gizmodo, Slashdot, The Register, etc.)

So everything worked 100% for me, I dowmloaded iSO6 and the very next time I am in my truck I can't make a call or control my music on my phone as I did the day before using bluetooth.....Wake up William!

I am having exact same issue with my iPhone 4S and AVH-P8400BH ... the bluetooth connects but I cannot control the headunit while stearming and it does not show artist/track names ... it just shows NO INFO PROVIED while streaming thru bluetooth.

I think Boltsss has the best idea for a temporary fix that will put everyone back in the drivers seat. Just make iOS 5 available for us to reinstall. We know that it works properly. Why should Apple care if we "backflush" to get our BT working? Considering there are so many users with the same exact problems, it should be an easy decision. And it can take the pressure off of them to come up with a quick fix and make us happy that we can use our expensive equipment again. It always seems like the simplest solution is so hard for companies to see.

And William - Thanks for taking so much time to try and present the other side of the coin. There are a lot of threads out there on this subject that you could be in. You picked this one.