iOS 6 Bluetooth problems

This is with a iPhone5 and Ford Sync

I’m able to Setup BT with the iPhone5. After I pair it everything works, but it will not stay connected to BT Audio. Once you turn off the car Aux reverts to line in. If i try and change it on the radio, it says no BT found. If i cycle BT on/off on the phone, i can get it to work but that’s getting to be a pain. In another test I got in the car turned the radio on and checked the iPhone5, which listed sync as ‘Not Connected’. If I force the phone to connect it will, sometimes the phone will just spin trying to connect but it will give up, sync will say ‘No Device Found’. Turning BT on the iPhone5 on and off at this point it will usually connect but just the one time until the truck is turned off. Applecare suggested that i update the radio which i did and no change. . .

Same truck with iPhone4s never had a problem. I was able to Sync without any problems. If i turned on BT Audio it would stay on. If i shut the car off and came back later it still worked, no action necessary.

I am having the same issue with iOS 6 and iPhone 5. I had iPhone 4S with iOS 6 beta working flawlessly, but the release version on the iPhone 5 killed the functionality in my 2012 Lexus. I cannot believe this isn't a huge problem for thousands of users who drive. Apple needs to address this and come up with a solution.

This IS a huge problem for thousands of users, clearly caused by Apple.

And quite apparently ignored by Apple.

IOS6 broke Bluetooth compatibility in both my vehicles, one with a 2012 head unit, the other a 2012 model car!

Pages & pages of forum posts (here & elsewhere), device manufacturers deluged with support calls, but not a peep from Cupertino.

Hey Everyone:

Last week, my bluetooth with iTunes started working on my car. I wish I could say I did something magical. I did not. It just appeared and started working. Perhaps an update happened on the phone. Whatever happened, I'm glad to be able to listen to music in my car again.

Since we had the same issue, I hope the magic of getting things to work happens to your phone again too. Perhaps my post will give you hope things will work out. I wish you all well.

I have the same problem, both WiFi and bluetooth dosent't work. I do not want to wait for new IO6.1 I found how to downgrade to IO5. Anyone tryied this?

http://www.maclife.com/article/howtos/how_downgrade_back_ios_5

Regrads

Hi,

same problem on BT Citroen e-myway Car System. After connecting an Iphone 4S (IOS6) i can make outbound calls, but whenever i receive an incoming call, the iphone rings, but nothing happens on the BT System.

Other BT phones such as Galaxy Ace, have no problems at all.....

Streaming music over BT System instead works fine. Even the pairing once acquired it works fine.

Thanks for support.

Just an update, as I was able to fix it. I had to delete all profiles in the radio, forget the device on the phone. Once i did that and re-paired ford sync did work and has no problems, worked like before. This is a 2010 ford sync, i believe it never forgot the 4s which was set as primary, when re-added i was prompted setting as primary and enable 911, once i did that all was well.😀

I am having the same problem keeping a reliable connection in my 2012 Hyundai Genesis.

Has Apple posted a reply?

The bottom line is that IOS 6 is a piece of s*** and Tim Cook's apology is exactly the same. A real apology would be to allow a way to go back to IOS 5.x.x until they fix this abomination. Firing Forstall was way to little especially considering the sweetheart deal he got. I suggest a class action lawsuit for breach of contract but I'm sure Appple's billions have bought legal protection from that. The bottom line is we are all screwed. We drank the Job's Koolaid.

🙂 IOS 6.01 Update seems to have repaired the issue. 🙂

And when will that be available? The twelfth of never?

On your iPhone or iPad, Go to Settings, General, Software Update. What is the message that it reads?

Hi.

New iOS, same problems.

I will use (cable) headphones while driving. I often have phone calls while driving and without a hands-free solution it's too dangerous.

Hoping iOS 6.0.2 will solve the problem...

Bye bye

IOS 6.0.1 looks like fixed problem with WIFI but BT is still gray, so ... I also have hope that 6.0.2 will help us. 😠

For sure it is my last iphone 😟

edit. Wifi is working ocassionally 😟

Same problem here ...

my iphone 4s used to work perfectly with all my BT speakers and my Porsche Cayenne 2007 with mObridge BT kit.

After the iOS6 upgrade I had to re-pair all BT speakers by deleting the existing profiles in the iphone. Pairing with Porsche/mObridge works for the handsfree/phone part but I cannot get A2DP streaming to work anymore, no matter how often I reset or delete profiles and re-pair the devices. iOS 6.0.1 did not change that either ...

One of the key reasons (aside of all the marketing/design/branding blabla) at least for me to purchase Apple products was that they just worked, especially with each other.

I used to be a strong Windows supporter but have fully converted to Apple ... I own or owned an ipod, iphone 2G, iphone 3GS, iphone 4s, AppleTV 1, AppleTV2, ipad 1, ipad 3, 13" MacBook Air 2010 and am thinking about getting the 15" MacBook Pro Retina ... ****, even my Wifi now consists of Airport Extreme and Airport Express!

Having a seamless Apple chain made life so much easier and more efficient, exactly like Apple have marketed their products over the last couple of years.

The ads where the Apple guys speak of "the best Apple experience ever", "the most simple and efficient way to do things", "the best we have ever made" are still in my ears ...

The most important asset Apple have created with their easy-to-use and simple products was pure customer satisfaction ... even to the extent they could completely turn a loyal Windows and Blackberry user like myself into an entire Apple geek ...

Now, however, it seems this philosophy and these mantras have all become obsolete ... and it's more important to just throw incomplete and faulty products out there fast because of fear of losing market share ... this is going to backfire, if you don't watch out, APPLE!

iOS6 is an absolute disgrace, starting with Apple maps which is not even close to Google maps, getting rid of the Youtube app without any notice and of course all these connectivity problems! Since I hopped onto the Apple train with my first ipod 7 years ago I have not once seen such a faulty release from Apple and for the very first time since joining the Apple followers, I am thinking about getting the products from alternative providers ...

It's a classic management mistake to just rush products to market and jeopardize customer satisfaction just because it seems the competition is gaining ground. For the first time in years, Apple is about to lose customers just because of product quality (something that had been declared an integral part of the company's strategy). For the first time in years,

Let's hope this is not the first in a series of mistakes ... in the mean time, Apple should get cranking on those issues!