drtbyk
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Q: Bluetooth in iOS 8 has very little signal strength.

Since updating to iOS 8 (now 8.0.2) my iPhone 5 has lost almost all Bluetooth signal strength.  I have several headsets and all of them drop out at 1 meter from the iPhone. I won't update the rest of my iPhones and iPads until this is fixed.  No one else seeing this behavior?

iPhone 5

Posted on Sep 29, 2014 4:30 PM

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Q: Bluetooth in iOS 8 has very little signal strength.

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  • by Jason L,

    Jason L Jason L Oct 2, 2014 7:15 AM in response to drtbyk
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    Oct 2, 2014 7:15 AM in response to drtbyk

    Hi drtbyk,

     

    Welcome to Apple Support Communities.

     

    Take a look at the article linked below, it provides a lot of general troubleshooting tips and suggestions that will resolve a lot of Bluetooth related issues.

     

    iOS: Troubleshooting Bluetooth connections

     

    I hope this helps.

    -Jason

  • by drtbyk,

    drtbyk drtbyk Oct 2, 2014 8:15 AM in response to Jason L
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    Oct 2, 2014 8:15 AM in response to Jason L

    Thanks for the link Jason.  I did try most of the shotgunning outlined there but, moving my iPhone 5 to within two feet line of sight with my headset is not the experience I was looking for with iOS 8.0.2.  I have held off updating my wife's iPhone 5 (iOS 7) because it does not have this reduced Bluetooth power issue - just like mine didn't before the update.  I can use this headset from across the room with her phone and with my iPad (neither of which have been updated) and with an Android device.

     

    iOS 8 has killed my Bluetooth power output other than that the headset functions as it should.

     

    I just scheduled a Genius session...