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iPhone 6 bluetooth not working correctly with Nissan

My wife and I each have a Nissan Pathfinder (mine a 2014, hers a 2013). We have always had out iPhones pairs to them, but the iPhone 6 is not working correctly. The phones pair, but there is no audio (in or out) during phone calls, the screen in the car does not show a call was initiated when dialing out, and the Answer and Disconnect buttons on the steering wheel are not working. We have restarted both phones, restarted the car, deleted the pairing and re-paired. Nothing works. Is anyone else having this problem? This is a HUGE problem and it needs to be fixed ASAP (I am hoping through a phone firmware upgrade).


I also noticed that my Jabra headset I use at my desk (although it works for calls), loses the functionality of the single answer/disconnect button. I am assuming this is the same issue to either the bluetooth radio hardware to firmware. I have only seen one page on the net talking about this to date. Any hep is GREATLY appreciated. Thanks.

iMac (27-inch Mid 2011), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.1)

Posted on Sep 20, 2014 7:24 AM

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Sep 29, 2014 8:01 AM in response to DAKBNY

This is called iOS8 Continuity feature.

You can turn this off within HandOff in Settings/General/ Handoff & Suggested Apps(I turned off as Yosemite isn't available and I don't want to my iPad telling me I have a call...

and in Settings/Facetime/ turn off iPhone Cellular Calls (I don't use this for Facetime...you might).

But I assumed this feature used wifi and not anything with Bluetooth. I could be wrong...


Onto OP: user near me has a 2010 Honda CRV that the new iPhone6 won't Pair.

I gave her the suggestions of:

-disable icloud (turn off )

-remove paired device (from both phone and car)

-soft reset of iphone (hold home and power till Apple Logo shows up)

-reset Networking Setting

-re-pair device

-enable icloud


Mine works normally in a 2012 VW. I did notice that a contact calling, their photo takes up the whole screen on call. I don't remember that from before (was just the icon).

Sep 29, 2014 8:24 AM in response to New Jersey Jason

I was able to get mine to work this weekend in my '14 Xterra:


1. Updated to iOS 8.0.2

2. Deleted "My Xterra" from my iPhone 6 before turning my car on.

3. Turned car on, deleted my iPhone 4s and iPhone 6 from the car's menu.

4. In settings, I turned Cellular Data off and on again

5. Paired the iPhone 6 with the car


I'm able to make and receive calls from the car, and can hear people through the speakers. Also, I'm able to hang up on bluetooth calls on my Motorola Sliver and Jaybird headphones by pressing the button. I have turned the phone off and on again to see if it reverts back to not working.

Sep 29, 2014 10:40 AM in response to New Jersey Jason

been read lots of suggestions here , Iv just bought I phone 6 plus & trying to get my phone to connect via bluetooth ,to my mini coupe , looking for code & phone won't supply one mini connect keeps saying failed try again ?? Iv switched of cloud , disabled password , taken of case , reset settings , deleted old phone from car , nothing working , any other suggestions thanks

Sep 29, 2014 11:17 AM in response to x19apm

Iv a mini coupe & trying to connect new I phone 6 Bluetooth so can use phone hands free , looking for code but phone not giving me one & mini connect just keep saying failed , tried suggestions on here , resetting , turing off cloud , password, case , deleting old device from car , nothing working , did you get it to work in wife's car ? ( lisaaitken@blueyonder.co.uk ). Thanks

Sep 29, 2014 11:37 AM in response to New Jersey Jason

I was able to connect in my cars but no audio with my iphone 6 with 8.0.2. The connection signal bars showed no strength on the car's screens even though the phone had 4 or 5 bars. I tried all of the different resets with reset network under settings, deleting bluetooth for the car, and reconnecting. Nothing worked in my Range Rover or in my Rolls Wraith (which has BMW sourced entertainment system) until I signed out my icloud account and re-deleted the bluetooth and reconnected. Now it seems to be working. I hope Apple is listening and comes up with a fix....

Sep 29, 2014 3:13 PM in response to New Jersey Jason

First, judging from the wide range of autos (not all one manufacturer, make or model) I'm going to say it's an Apple issue since that's the common denominator.


Two, nothing I've done has given me complete functionality. The problem, at least for me, is strangely intermittent and produces odd results. For example, I'm able to communicate with Siri through my speakers and ask her to dial a call but then the sound goes dead. Call is live (I can change it to my handset or headset) but not through the car. Also, sometimes on the car I'll get message like "contacts downloading" when I go to look at connected phones. This is strange behavior.


Finally, and I have not seen anyone else note this, when I initially pair, my phone reports back the pairing was "unsuccessful." Then it shows "connected" in my phone screen. Again, some functionality is there and I have, on some occasions, gotten the calling to work. But I've not been able to initiate or pick up a call from the steering wheel.


I have a 2014 Nissan Pathfinder, a 128GB iPhone 6, 8.0.2 software. All was fine with my 8.0 iPhone 5. I think it was working ok with my 6 and 8.0 but I honestly don't remember. Was too in love to notice those details. But now the honeymoon is over! 🙂


--David

Sep 29, 2014 3:46 PM in response to David Wellerstein

Well, I'm happy to report that my iPhone is able to connect to my vehicle with zero problems. I made a test call earlier and was able to hear and be heard by the recipient. Everything seems to be fine and I'll keep my fingers crossed. After updating to 8.0.2 I removed "My Car" from my phone and removed my iPhone from the list of paired phones in my vehicle. Re-paired everything and it has been smooth sailing ever since. I'll post again if anything changes.

Sep 30, 2014 1:06 AM in response to carheex

UPDATE:


I tried restoring network settings and re-pairing - that didn't work.

I deleted the pairing profiles from my car and 'forgot' the car bluetooth on my phone and then tried again - that didn't work.

I restored from my previous backup (iphone 5c) - that didn't work, although the car did start reporting my signal strength and battery level correctly which was at least some kind of progress.


I then deleted the profiles from my car, wiped my iphone and set it up as a new phone. Initially this made no difference but later in the day it just suddenly started working and has been fine ever since - still using v8.0.

Sep 30, 2014 7:10 PM in response to New Jersey Jason

I think that there are 2 issues going on in this thread...


If you can hear music, ringing, etc. through the speakers that would mean that the bluetooth is working. If you cannot make calls or the call drops, its not the iPhone anymore, its the car.


If you cannot pair at all, then there is something with the phone that is going on. There seems to be several work arounds here for that though.


Source: I am a Ford tech. I got this issue twice today and we got them to work after an update to the sync/MyFord touch systems.


I dont know what is going on with the people that are not able to keep it paired, but I am betting similar updates to the car would fix that as well. Just my guess on that though.

Sep 30, 2014 8:50 PM in response to kingkal33

It is so not the car.


This issue was on CNN the other day. It is too widespread to be cockpit error. Note an issue with bluetooth this widespread has not ever been reported with their previous IOS or phone combinations. All reports are recent.


My wife's iphone 5 running IOS7 is money, I can pair and use perfectly all day every day.


My iphone6 8.0 no workie. I can pair, it works for a bit, then it gets confused and stops working.


There is no way that every car maker out there is all of a sudden having an issue and Apple is not the root cause. Again if you got someone fixed, it might not persist. If that user syncs with their PC or icloud etc, there is some setting that topples the house of cards.


It is truly frustrating to any that have tried to get some combination that works. And any victory is short lived and just adds a log to the fire.


I have surrendered my attempts and can't use bluetooth handsfree in my car until they release an IOS update to fix this.


The speaker phone for the iphone6 isn't too bad.

Oct 2, 2014 12:52 AM in response to New Jersey Jason

I've noticed a lot of bugginess with ios8. Most solved, at least temporarily with a hard reset. My voice mails wouldn't play. The play arrow was grayed out. I've had an iPhone since the very first one and had never seen this. I did a hard reset, and it fixed it.


I have a Hyundai Sonata, and I plugged it into the iPod port, and I got a 'no media found'. On this radio, 'media' is iPhone music library, as well as services like Pandora. At the same time, I could make calls paired w/bluetooth. I've never seen 'no media found' before. Again, a hard reboot fixed it. It's happened more than once, and a reboot fixed it everytime.


I know this is a bit different than what I've seen written here. My point, is that it definitely has some bugs. I also don't think it's a hardware issue. While it's happening on my iPhone 6, I believe it happened on my 5 after I upgraded to iOS 8.

iPhone 6 bluetooth not working correctly with Nissan

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