iPhone 6 Plus Bluetooth Volume Extremely Low

I purchased an iPhone 6+ and have paired it to my car (Ford) and motorcycle (Harley) but have an issue where the volume turned all the way up to max, you can barely hear when playing music. The sound is normal when email, messages or Siri is used, only music seems to be low. I have tried resetting settings and deleted paring to no avail. This is also happening for my girlfriends 6+ in her vehicle with aftermarket Pioneer stereo.


At first I thought it might have been an iOS 8 issue, but had updated my 5s to iOS 8 when it was released and bluetooth sound worked perfectly the couple days I used it after upgrading. Maybe this has to do with the A2DP Profile on the i6?


Side note: Volume works as designed when plugged in via the USB/Lightning cable.


Are there others having the same issue?

iPhone 6 Plus

Posted on Sep 22, 2014 8:11 PM

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Jan 10, 2015 6:55 PM in response to Korazu

I am having the same issue. I believe there is something extremely wrong with Bluetooth on the iPhone 6 (or I have a bad phone). It starts playing at a good volume, then about 1 - 2 songs in, it suddenly goes to half the volume. Only thing that fixes it is to close the music app on the phone and start over. Although it'll do it again. It has nothing to do with the actual bluetooth connection to the device, as they stay connected. I have this issue with my Kenwood unit in the car, and the stereo receiver in the home, and other bluetooth devices I've tried. Never had the issue with my old phone and these devices, or if I hardwire the connection. On a long road trip recently, I'd just have to turn up the sound on the receiver, and then randomly (an hour in) the volume corrects and just about blows out my hearing!


I was hoping there would be a software update to solve this glitch. Come on apple, for a phone that costs this much and is meant to be the greatest - this is terrible!

Feb 7, 2015 4:21 AM in response to Anima

Had the same problem with my wife's iPhone 5s but not my 5s using some q acoustic bt3 speakers. Volume was incredibly low but I unpaired them and made the iPhone forget the speakers from its Bluetooth history, played some music full blast through the iPhone speakers, then repaired them with the BT3s and they now work at full volume.

Feb 26, 2015 6:09 PM in response to Korazu

I experience similar problem but on portable speaker by JBL. It serves as loudspeaker with mic for music and conversation on the go. The problem goes away if i skip the music forward or backward, but re-occurs if i press next song or previous song.


I went to the apple service center with the issue persistent and demonstrated, they asked me to leave the phone for a day but could not diagnose the issue, I might have to go there and recreate the problem again. I'm not sure if I can do that!

The problem usually occurs when there is a notification sound and i quickly slide the switch to silent mode while the sound i still being played. But i'm not sure if i can recreate the problem.

Mar 12, 2015 6:32 AM in response to Korazu

I'm glad I'm not alone. Just bought an iphone 5C (previously had a 4 which worked wonderful playing music in car) and now my volume is so low, even when I max it in the car it's not like it used to be. Doesn't sound as loud or as good. I hope they come up with a fix for this. I see that there is a new update from yesterday the 8.2 I believe so I will try this and hope it works. 😟

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