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iOS 7 Bluetooth won't pair with Bose

After updating to iOS 7 on my iPhone 4 as well as on my iPad 3 the Bluetooth paring with the BOSE SoundLink mini loudspeaker is not possible any longer.

It still works fine with an older iPhone 3 and older iPod, they are not updated.

I have tried to reset the BOSE SoundLink mini loudspeaker, in vain

On the iPhone I have tried to skut off Bluetooth, re-boot and turnd it on again. And, so again with Airplane Mode and Reset of Network Settings. All in vain.

(It is interesting, however, that Bluetooth on iPhone 4 still pairs beautifully with my TomTom 1015 GPS.)

¿Can I do anything to make Bluetooth on iOS 7 work properly?

iPhone 4, iOS 7.0.2, Bluetooth problem

Posted on Sep 28, 2013 4:56 AM

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Jan 30, 2014 4:51 AM in response to lctoft

I had huge problems trying to re pair my Bose Soundlink Mini to my iPhone 5S. Tried all the suggestions and they didn't work. For some reason I couldn't unpair it from my my bluetooth settings or reset the connection. Everytime I tried to "forget this connection" it just kept remembering it. In the end the only thing that worked was resetting the network settings on my iPhone completely.


I went back into the bluetooth settings and my connections were still there but this time iOS7 allowed me to delete them completely and I readded them back and connected successfully.


Not too much of a big deal except you have to enter all WiFi passwords again for any routers that you are using.


Hope this helps someone as it had my head melted for over a week.

May 27, 2014 6:50 AM in response to mdoz1988

I have the Bose SoundLink Bluetooth Mobile speaker II and also had trouble pairing to my new iPhone 5S. Took the speaker to the Bose store. He pressed the "Bluetooth" button on top of the speaker for 10 seconds until we heard a small sound coming from the speaker. Powered off the speaker. Re-powered the Bose. My iPhone 5S Bluetooth was then able to discover the Bose speaker. Easily paired after that.

(The online Bose speaker manual said to hold the "mute" button down for 10 seconds to reset and re-pair but that did not work)

iOS 7 Bluetooth won't pair with Bose

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