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iPhone5 bluetooth not working

Bluetooth in iPhone 5 is not working. It is not recognizing the bluetooth devices even though its turned on.

iPhone 5, iOS 6

Posted on Sep 21, 2012 7:04 PM

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Aug 23, 2013 6:30 AM in response to deggie

And I know several people with iPhone 5 who ARE having these problems, myself included.

Mine will work fine for days then will start dropping out during song playback & phone calls or will just not connect at all. Then it will go back to working fine. No logical reason.
Deggie just because you are not having a problem does not mean other users do not have an issue.
I never had these problems with my iPhone 4 or 4s, only with the 5.

Aug 23, 2013 8:47 AM in response to Daruzka

Daruzka wrote:


I Agree that Samsung is good phone, but that is problem, I don't want Samsung, I don't like work with Android. I like iPhones , but this thing about BT really let me down. Small thing ruined everything

It appears you currently have two choices. Live with/fix this "small thing" or get a different phone.


For most users, BT works just fine on the iPhone 5. You have never posted a question about BT, never asked for help troubleshooting it, never indicated that you have sought assistance from Apple (your phone is still under warranty). So really, all you're doing here is complaining. That's not going to accomplish much.


Best of luck.

Aug 23, 2013 3:23 PM in response to Anderson Diego

iPhone have never allowed file transfers vua bluetooth and probably never will.


Most Android phone do allow it. I admit it has been useful to simply transfer my entire phone book to another phone through buetooth but it's not a must have feature I have ever needed. There are also limits to the file sizes that can be transfered through bluetooth.

Sep 2, 2013 5:36 AM in response to Berry87

Since Bluetooth is not an option, it's simply not possible to transfer anything to or from an iPhone. 😉


Seriously, start by taking a look at the manual. If you have further questions about transferring data, start your own thread and people will be happy to help you work through them:


http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/iphone_user_guide.pdf


Best of luck.

iPhone5 bluetooth not working

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