Bluetooth won't connect to JBL Flip

Thank you for your post!

I have been puzzled on why my jbl flip 3 won't connect to my itouch while all my devices and my friends' got hitched. I was a bit frustrated but after I use your instructions now I can enjoy my songs using these speakers.

Once again, thanks! :D

I was unable to pair two different iPhones (iOS 10) with a JBL Flip (v1) even after going through the steps outlined by Netking83. Both phones discovered the JBL Flip when it was flashing but could were unable to pair.

What finally worked was first pairing the JBL Flip with my Macbook. After that, went through the same steps on the phones and they paired immediately.

I found the solution.

Start bluetooth on the iPhone

Start the JBL speaker, the button lights blue and you hear a short warning-sound.

Now push the startbutton on the JBL again and hold it.

The light turns red.

Look at the iPad and after a short period the name JBL pops up.

Stop pushing the "red" button at the JBL

Select the JBL name at the iPad to connect.

When it is connected or paired, your done.

The next time you want to connect the JBL you do not have to repeat the above, because your iPhone knows you have a JBL.

Thanks Netking83. This solved my issue.

Thank you Thank you Thank you

Right on Netking83! Thank you very much. I was getting frustrated trying to figure out why it wouldn't connect. What I find is that as long as my iPhone is connected even though I am not accessing the JBL Flip, my girlfriend's iPhone won't connect. Once I disabled my connection with the Flip, my girlfriends iPhone could connect. Then, when I went to connect my iPhone again, I couldn't connect to the Flip at all even after disabling the Flip from my girlfriends iPhone.

There is some bug between the iPhone 5 latest IOS release, and the JBL Flip? It is silly that it can connect to only one iPhone at a time even though one iPhone is not accessing the JBL Flip.

Cheers and have a happy July 4th 2015.

THanks so much....worked...excellent.

Greetings I need some help with my jbl flip, when I turn it on it doesn't make the warm welcome sound and the light ring around the power button starts blinking a blue ring, nor does it make a sound when I power it off. I can't connect my iphone 5 and my jbl via Bluetooth but the aux cord works ... Please help

I found the solution.

I had been trying to get my JBL Flip to become discoverable by my Apple iPhone 5s, and my Apple Macbook.

This is what worked:

Press the Start button on the JBL Flip, it will make a warning beep and turn on. The start button will glow blue.

Press the '+' and '-' buttons together, and press the 'bluetooth' button on the JBL Flip, and keep pressed until the bluetooth button starts blinking blue. Now the JBL Flip is in pairing mode and can be discovered by the Apple device.

JBL Flip will appear in devices available in the Bluetooth settings on the Apple device.

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! I'm so glad I saw your post. This worked perfectly!! 🙂

I want to say THANK YOU. I just spent an hour looking up ways to undo "forget this device" from the iPhone, but once I looked up how to troubleshoot from the JBL device platform, you directions worked. I can't thank you enough for saving me a trip to the Apple store, and even better, saving me from possible loss of sanity by having to deal with the "geniuses" there.

Hi mukulsaxena,

Thank you so much for your post ! Your solution really worked !!!

Saved me so much time and headaches, this solution is like reset of the bluetooth!

mukulsaxena wrote:

I found the solution.

I had been trying to get my JBL Flip to become discoverable by my Apple iPhone 5s, and my Apple Macbook.

This is what worked:

Press the Start button on the JBL Flip, it will make a warning beep and turn on. The start button will glow blue.

Press the '+' and '-' buttons together, and press the 'bluetooth' button on the JBL Flip, and keep pressed until the bluetooth button starts blinking blue. Now the JBL Flip is in pairing mode and can be discovered by the Apple device.

JBL Flip will appear in devices available in the Bluetooth settings on the Apple device.

Thanks so much! This worked. 🙂

Brilliant Netking83

thanks - all working

I've just recently had troubles trying to connect tobluetooth on my jbl & ive tried absolutely everything online... i have a feeling it has something to do with the fact that my button lights are flashing white? instead of blue ? NEED HELP!