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iPhone 5 iOS 8 Bluetooth issues with Audi A1

Apon upgrading to ios8 my iPhone connects to my cars bluetooth car kit(Audi A1 2012) but every time I place a call from my car the call drops from my car and i am only able to speak on my phone. Sometimes as my phone connects to the bluetooth kit my car dials the last number in my call log but in fact its not calling at all it just says it is on my cars display...

Please if anyone is having the same issue or knows what to do

iPhone 5, iOS 8, Audi Bluetooth Issue

Posted on Sep 18, 2014 1:07 AM

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Sep 24, 2014 11:20 AM in response to markctpr

markctpr wrote:


I don't use iTunes. Any reason to believe the restore won't work if I erase the phone and restore from iCloud?


Mark

Erase all settings did not correct the issue for me, I had to do a full restore of the OS through iTunes. However, restoring from the iCloud backup afterwards should be fine.

This is such BS. Why can't Apple get this sort of rookie stuff, right?


Backing up now and then doing a Full Restore via iTunes. Took me offline in the middle of the work day.


Will a restore wipe the device, and if so - will I have to restore from a cloud backup to get all of my data back?

A OS restore through iTunes will wipe the device. If you have a recent iCloud backup you can restore all your data by selecting "restore from iCloud" after the OS restore completes.


If you do not have an iCloud or iTunes backup, make one before selecting the OS restore option in iTunes.


FYI YOU NEED TO TURN OFF FIND MY IPHONE WITH DEVICE ON WIFI BEFORE YOU CAN RESTORE>

Sep 24, 2014 11:22 AM in response to dsjankelow

II'm also having a problem trying to connect to blue tooth in my car. Was working 100% fine until updating software. Now my music plays fine but when trying to make calls it either ends call straight away or I get 'calling private number' and hang up option on my dashboard,pressing any controls in car does nothing and the only way to get rid of it is by turning radio off!


i have tried restoring my phone and also deleting and repairing phone but not working. It's very annoying!


my car is a 2010 Megane coupe,always worked fine until now!


does anyone possibly have any ideas? I can't find any solutions.

Sep 24, 2014 11:28 AM in response to MarineHillsTuff

It depends how many apps you have/how big they are and if you can be tethered to a computer. If you need to move quickly, restoring from iCloud gets your phone up and running faster, it'll just continue to download your apps in the background when on wifi (they'll show up dark grey until they complete their download, just like if you were downloading from the app store). If you restore from iTunes, it has to push all those apps down to the phone of the usb connection, and if you break the connection some apps might not reinstall.

Sep 24, 2014 11:50 AM in response to dsjankelow

I have updated my iPhone 5s OTA with 8.0.1. No cellular problems. After updating I have done the following steps:


Connect with my car (over existing bluetooth pairing) - Problems still occur

Delete pairing in iPhone

Resetting car hands-free equipment (VW Golf 6)

Re-pairing

Test with incoming/outgoing call - works

Disable bluetooth in iPhone and re-enable it, connect with car again - works

Switch off iPhone, switch of hands-free equipment, restart both, reconnecting iPhone with handsfree, do some test calls - works


I will try it again.


At the moment Apple officially has stopped the rollout of 8.0.1. I will observe the behaviour on my 5s and continue to report here.

Sep 24, 2014 12:13 PM in response to dsjankelow

I chimed in around page 8, or page 10 or so…wanted to check back in & say that a full Reset Settings (*not* just Reset Network Settings) DID work…but only temporarily.


As others have pointed out on this thread, once you unpair the iPhone with your car, erase all traces of the iPhone from your car, and then do a Reset All Settings on iPhone, yes…Bluetooth connectivity returns and works.


But only for a short time. A reboot of the iPhone, or a sync with a computer, and it's back to streaming audio of any kind just fine but NO PHONE CALL capability. At all. Either my car radio will disconnect from the iPhone (in my case, an iPhone 6 Plus) immediately and connect about a minute later but still not work with telephone functions in any way.


My car is a Toyota Prius C Two, 2013. The Gold Master of iOS 8 worked fine on my "old" iPhone 5, but once the public version of iOS 8 dropped & then I received an iPhone 6 Plus, it doesn't work at all. I can't find a Gold Master of iOS 8 for the 6 Plus (I'm in the Developer Program). Wish I could, I really want phone functions to work.

Sep 24, 2014 12:29 PM in response to dsjankelow

I foolishly did the 8.0.1 to my iPhone 6. Goodbye cell connection. I did an iTunes backup and then an iTunes restore to 8.0.1. You don't have the choice to go back to 8.0. I had to at one point unplug the phone from the PC, hold the home button, and plug it in again to get the restore done and then restore from the iTunes backup. I have now have cell service again.


Thereis still the problem with the Subaru Type-A radio. If you turn off the key, or start the car or, or do an off/on with the Bluetooth on the phone after you have paired them you loose the connection. However now with 8.0.1 you can get it to connect again in the Bluetooth menu by tapping on the item and waiting. Sometimes you have to hit it twice but you don't have to go through the pain of a complete repair.

Sep 24, 2014 1:11 PM in response to dsjankelow

This is terrible. APPLE was not supposed to start messing with a system, that was working fine. The bluetooth handsfree system MUST work reliably. It is a matter of safety in traffic. My car is a 2012 Mazda CX-7. With iOS7, everything was sweet. After upgrading to iOS8, a disaster struck. After dialing a number, the music playback stops, but the sound from the phone goes to the phone itself, and not to the cars system. When I try to change it, it falls back. This can be selected to saty only after the call is answered. So instead of paying attention to the traffic, I have to listen to the phone until the call is answered, and then I have to switch over to the cars system. Horrible. APPLE, you should know better than that. NEVER TOUCH A RUNNING SYSTEM. As far as I know, iOS7 was OK in the bluetooth part. Why did you mess with it? I hope no accidents will be caused by this. I AM CALLING FOR A FAST UPDATE, for Gods sake !!!!

iPhone 5 iOS 8 Bluetooth issues with Audi A1

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