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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Sep 24, 2012 10:25 AM in response to praveenkay

I have two iphone 5's. (Also a long time user of the iphone. So not a user fault!)

Black iphone 5 bluetooth works fine.

White iphone 5 bluetooth does not find anything and nothing can find it. (Multiple devices)

Rebooting does not fix anything. Tried full restore, tried wifi off, tried everything.

Whats the FIX? is the phone faulty?


Also +1 on Google Maps - Apple maps is terrible..

Tried to find a petrol station, 3 didn't exist when I went to them and the 1 I found wasn't on the map. Useless.

Also my friend's house is in the middle of the water... and the traffic layer is less than useless if thats possible.


O and has anyone noticed that the email whoosh sound comes on before the email has sent unlike iOS5?

This is annoying as I thought some urgent emails had been sent and they where just sitting in the outbox! WTX!!

Sep 24, 2012 10:30 AM in response to praveenkay

People, While posting here may make you feel better, this site is NOT monitored by Apple. Yes, someone from Apple may, on occasion, browse here, but you really have to call AppleCare and report the issue. (800-275-2273) It also does NOT hurt to place feedback on this site as that IS monitored.


FYI, I took my iphone 5 into Apple this morning and we verified the lag/sync issue on another IP5. This makes 3 different IP5s that I know of with this lag/sync issue. As I stated earlier, my spouses IP4S running iOS6 does NOT have the issue. I know that this is not exactly the same issue that many are reporting, but the REAL issue is BT in general. CALL APPLECARE! Apple needs to know how many people are having issues.


DT

Sep 24, 2012 3:41 PM in response to ILuvApples

Opened a ticket with apple today, went to the apple store because the apple care people just kept sending me in circles telling me to do things I already tried. Told them what was going on, what I tried to fix it, and about this support page and they opened a ticket and sent it to an engineer for evaluation or whatever they do. Need more people to do this though. Working in tech support for a software company, I know 1 or a couple software change requests do not really get much attention past the support rep, a dozen or a hundred though on a single issue and we have a problem that needs attention.

Sep 24, 2012 10:18 PM in response to praveenkay

Wow, I had just about given up on getting my Motorola ROKR S305 headphones going. They would not pair on my new 5, even thorugh they were fine on my 3GS for years.


Then I was browsing here, looking for the needle in the haystack, and found it. There is a tip on Pg 2 of the thread suggesting holding down the call button while trying to discover, The tip was for a BOSE device, but I thought what the heck, tried it, and it worked!


Worth a shot for others out there with similar issues. Thanks a million, Zoomgirl!

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