Bluetooth Taking Forever To Turn On

So I'm super confused. I recently got a refurbished iPhone 5c. It's worked pretty well, but today the Bluetooth won't turn on right away. Once you go into the settings for Bluetooth the wheel just spins for a while. Sometimes it connects faster than others and I can connect straight from the little menu that comes up from the bottom of the screen. Sometimes it doesn't really either. My laptop won't come up under devices really when Bluetooth is on and I haven't tried it with some other stuff. It does turn on though sometimes. I'd like it to consistently turn on like normal. Has anyone else had this problem or does anyone have any tips on how to make this work better? Thanks!

iPhone 5c, iOS 9.2.1

Posted on Feb 26, 2016 10:07 PM

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Feb 26, 2016 10:21 PM in response to godsgirl82012

Oh, ok. Yeah, you can leave it on. The busy circle will constantly be searching if it is. That is normal. But if you dont have Bluetooth devices to hookup to, then you could just turn it off. Battery difference isn't much. Either way, it won't hurt.


But yes, once you turn Bluetooth on, it's on. Turn it off, it's off. You can verify that by the Bluetooth icon up in the top toolbar of iPhone.

Hope I answered your question.

Nov 27, 2016 5:17 AM in response to godsgirl82012

iPhone 6S - never had this issue before prior to iOS 10. The replies don't really address what he's trying to explain. Perhaps I wouldn't know either unless my phone didn't start behaving the same way.


Bluetooth took about 40 seconds to enable the other day. Just spinning wheel. A day or two prior to that it actually crashed my phone. So hopefully Apple is already looking into this.


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