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iPhone 6 Bluetooth issue

I can't pair my iPhone 6 with the audio unit of my 2009 Acura. The unit does not even show up under pairable devices. Called the dealer and was told those head units are not updatable, I.e, the firmwear is fixed. WTH! Does Apple expect me to buy a new car every time I get a new iPhone?

Posted on Sep 22, 2014 12:18 PM

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Posted on Sep 22, 2014 12:27 PM

try this it worked for my 2012 toyota camry. settings- general- reset- reset all settings also remove all pairings from your car and your phone and see if it makes any difference to your ability to pair your new device.

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Sep 24, 2014 7:56 PM in response to akadmon

I had the same problem on my Acura Mdx 13 , I had to go into the Bluetooth settings of the car and delete the older iPhone 5s.

THe problem lies with the fact all of here restore our iphone 6 from the latest iCloud backup and that way our new iphone6 phone name also gets the sameold name as the iPhone 5, and blutooth uses our phone name to connect, it's but natural that how can two device co-exist with the same name.


ANother alternative: Go to iphone 6 Settings-General--About and change the name of your phone it shall work right away. This is the best way if you plan on still using your iPhone 5 in the same household by someone else.

Sep 25, 2014 4:22 PM in response to vistec

Thanks, Mohitnow and Vistec. This did work for me.


For users still struggling here is the background of my issue:


Phone: iPhone 6 - 64GB

Car: 2013 Honda CR-V

Issues Observed: Day 1 (Sept. 19) the phone paired and worked fine. On Monday, Sept. 22 I attempted to make several calls which my car hung up after a few seconds, but the calls continued on my handset without issue. Attempts to redirect the call to my car resulted in dead air. I could not hear my caller. They could not hear me.


My first attempts to correct the problem included unpairing from both the phone and the car and then attempting the pairing again. This had strange results. On one attempt once my phone was paired successfully, my car was stuck in call mode. I could not hang up, or access any other audio functionality in the car until I deleted my phone pairing.


I have some thoughts on what might have triggered the issue between Friday and Monday, which might have had to do with some issues I experienced in uploading music and movies to my phone. iTunes seemed to be giving me misinformation on remaining space, which ended up with my resetting my phone and starting over.


Mohitnow's solution appears to have fixed the issue after three tests. We'll see how things go over the next few days.

Sep 26, 2014 5:25 AM in response to John Rose3

I too had a devil of a time with bluetooth. I have a speaker, and it took several tries before it saw the speaker and was able to pair. I have a Volvo s80 and the car will not see the phone. I deleted all phones from its memory, yet the phone will not see the car when i put the car in discoverable mode. I have reset the network settings, rebooted the phone... nothing seems to work.


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Sep 26, 2014 2:52 PM in response to akadmon

8.02 didn't make a bit of difference - it doesn't even mention Bluetooth, so looks like they didn't even know there were issues it seems or they may have tried something in 8.02.


I have issues with the following


2009 BMW 335i

2012 Honda Civic Si

2014 BMW X3


At this point I just want to go back to my iphone 5 and get my money back - if the bluetooth doesn't work the phone is pretty useless to me as I use it on bluetooth constantly. This thing makes windows 8 look like a decent product!

Sep 26, 2014 8:40 PM in response to akadmon

This worked for me. So far.


My wife and I upgraded from iPhone 5 to 6 on the 19th. I restored both phones from iTunes backups made immediately prior. I succesfully connected the 2 phones to 3 vehicles immediately. Noticed yesterday the issues everyone seems to be having. In my case, the phones can be connected but calls won't go through the bluetooth connection.

Today I upgraded the phones to iOS 8.02. Then I deleted the phones from the vehicles bluetooth devices. I reset ALL settings on the phones as suggested by akadmon. I paired the phones once again and everything worked. I also synced the phones to iTunes and restarted several times since, and all is still well.

I hope it lasts.

Sep 26, 2014 8:56 PM in response to eyalfromca

C'mon Apple! This is a basic feature that lots of people need. I can't comprehend how this could have slipped through the QC cracks! I mean, surely the engineers that worked on this project drive cars equipped with Bluetooth! Did not one of them experience connectivity problems? That folks are struggling with this issue is a bloody shame!

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