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Snark1234 Author

Level 1

35 points

AirPods losing Bluetooth connection during calls

My AirPods are working just fine with my iPhone 6S during music playback, but I routinely lose my BT connection during phone calls. I have to manually reconnect in the BT settings screen to continue. This happens even when the phone is less than two feet from my AirPods. I've reset the AirPods several times, I've restarted my phone several times, no change. In one case I lost the connection three times in a 10 minute call.

My assumption is that the cell radio is causing interference with the BT radio somehow. I'm on Verizon in case that matters.

I know others have reported this problem. Has anyone found a solution?

David Fry

null-OTHER, iOS 10.2, AirPods

Posted on Jan 6, 2017 10:48 AM

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slprescott

Level 1

13 points

Posted on Feb 1, 2017 1:14 PM

Is anyone here using Tile (app + physical tiles) -- which communicate via Bluetooth?

On another forum, a person "turned off Tile completely" and that solved his AirPod droppout problems. I'm curious if anyone here has tried Tile as a possible root-cause?

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yocko

Level 1

4 points

Feb 21, 2017 3:45 PM in response to fai2han

I'm trying it as we speak. Let's pray to god it works

Mar 1, 2017 11:19 AM in response to Snark1234

Same issue here. Only with calls on my 6s. I don't have an Apple Watch pairs to my phone so it's definitely a Bluetooth device or firmware glitch.

Mar 25, 2017 9:58 AM in response to bjones11

Thanks - I tried that and it has worked for about 24 hours so far (even with my Watch S2 powered on).

Aug 7, 2017 2:46 PM in response to slprescott

I just started turning off my Tile app completely, and so far it has helped me have less connection issues. I wish Apple would fix this issue.

mct2ok

Level 1

4 points

Sep 21, 2017 7:45 PM in response to Snark1234

Do you have tile? If so go to the tile app, click the settings gear and turn off Bluetooth. Does that resolve the issue? It worked for me and I want to see if it helps anybody else.

mct2ok

Level 1

4 points

Sep 21, 2017 7:46 PM in response to matt_tricks

Absolutely! Tile is totally the issue!

mct2ok

Level 1

4 points

Sep 21, 2017 7:56 PM in response to Snark1234

Do you have tile? If so go to the tile app, click the settings gear and turn off Bluetooth. Does that resolve the issue? It worked for me and I want to see if it helps anybody else.

Nov 8, 2017 10:27 AM in response to slprescott

I'm having all of these problems and I use Tile. How does one "turn off Tile completely?" Uninstall the app?

Mtbker

Level 1

4 points

Nov 22, 2017 1:04 PM in response to superlum

Turn off the Bluetooth option in the Tile app. Finally I can use my AirPods with my iPhone. I sent a report to Time

RPlester

Level 1

4 points

Jan 15, 2018 10:22 AM in response to Snark1234

I had a similar issue with my Powerbeats and another headset. Removing the tile app completely fixed it

AirPods losing Bluetooth connection during calls