iOS 8.1 Bluetooth Ringing Car Audio

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iOS 8.1 Bluetooth Ringing Car Audio

I have updated my iPhone 6 to iOS 8.1 and am having issues with my car bluetooth. The phone connects fine to the car, but when I place a call it refuses to play the call audio through the car speakers when calling the contact. The ringing can only be heard through the phone's ear piece, once it connects to the call (person picked up or voicemail) it will only then play the audio through the car speakers.

What is going on here? Why is the bluetooth never backwards compatible with these updates??

It's really fustrating when the bluetooth worked perfectly fine back in iOS 6 and iOS7 but with the new update its just riddled with problems.

iPhone 6, iOS 8.1

Posted on Oct 28, 2014 6:22 AM

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Answer 1

Ton R

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Nov 3, 2014 4:17 AM in response to Holtz0501

I have the same problem. It seemed to be solved after deleting to name of the iPhone (on the car) and renewing connections, but it worked only for 1 day.

Since then I have to pair the phone and the car every single day before it will work (and even not always). Its a grand problem I never had before (iphone 5 and all older iOS versions).

(iPhone 6 iOS 8.1 / BMW 32i Coupe 2007)

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beej7

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Feb 24, 2015 2:38 PM in response to Holtz0501

I have the same problem but with the iPhone 5! Mine worked perfectly with the ios7 system, but as soon as I updated to iso8...everything regarding being able to make outgoing calls went to the rubbish heap! Apple engineers have supposedly been working on this issue since before November 2014, and still after 3 updates by these engineers, there is still NO FIX!

It appears to affect iPhone 5, 5C, 5S, iPhone 6 and iPhone 6S...in fact ANY iPhone using anything after IOS7 😟 😕 😠. ALL the IOS8 versions have been a complete STUFF UP as far as the functionality of the blue tooth facility of the phone goes.

The list of cars affected by this problem includes BMW, Audi, Acura, MINI, GM(Chevy, GMC, Cadillac, Buick), Honda, Kia, Toyota, Volkswagon, Mercedes-Benz, Mazda, Lexus, Fiat, Hyundai, and many more. It seems there are not too many vehicles where this isn't an issue!

Apple engineers, if you do care about your customers...please do something about this issue, as it is affecting so many users!

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