Since iOS11 Bluetooth keeps disconnecting

Did a complete phone reset too, no different.

Is there a way to get this issue registered with Apple direct without having to physically go to a shop? Perhaps if we all did this, it might trigger a fix.

Bluetooth, modems and routers all have one thing in common: the firmware is what governs the communication protocols. When I installed iOS 11.0.3, the first thing I noticed was that the firmware was being updated. This is where the problem is.

Complicating matters further, I have noticed a slew of bugs in texting, iTunes and the weather app. In other words, this is the worst iOS release in Apple's history. It will be a while before Apple sorts everything out, and hopefully the next version will sport new and better features, and, of course, all bugs will be fixed.

Let's get it on, Apple. The longer you wait, the further your stocks tank.

Same issue here. Tested all the iOS updates hoping for a fix. Now it’s on iOS 11.0.3 connected to Mazda 6. I’ve reset everting to factory both phone and infotainment system. Unpaired and paired Bluetooth to no avail. Here’s the dump from the iPhone logs (excluding Binary images section):

{"app_name":"bluetoothd","app_version":"","bug_type":"109","timestamp":"2017-10- 14 14:22:29.05 +1100","os_version":"iPhone OS 11.0.3 (15A432)","incident_id":"568294DD-CA8E-4085-873B-3257BA4C452C","slice_uuid":"26 0308ea-4cc6-3d5b-9ca0-5a6141dee9bc","build_version":"","is_first_party":true,"sh are_with_app_devs":true,"name":"bluetoothd"}

Incident Identifier: 568294DD-CA8E-4085-873B-3257BA4C452C

CrashReporter Key: 1943f278e2b2c12f279863025d9ea7fdafd0d049

Hardware Model: iPhone8,2

Process: bluetoothd [409]

Path: /usr/sbin/bluetoothd

Identifier: bluetoothd

Version: ???

Code Type: ARM-64 (Native)

Role: Unspecified

Parent Process: launchd [1]

Coalition: com.apple.bluetoothd [117]

Date/Time: 2017-10-14 14:22:28.8194 +1100

Launch Time: 2017-10-14 14:19:30.2236 +1100

OS Version: iPhone OS 11.0.3 (15A432)

Baseband Version: 4.00.01

Report Version: 104

Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)

Exception Subtype: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x0000000000000058

VM Region Info: 0x58 is not in any region. Bytes before following region: 4298784680

REGION TYPE START - END [ VSIZE] PRT/MAX SHRMOD REGION DETAIL

UNUSED SPACE AT START

--->

__TEXT 00000001003a4000-000000010076c000 [ 3872K] r-x/r-x SM=COW ...n/bluetoothd]

Termination Signal: Segmentation fault: 11

Termination Reason: Namespace SIGNAL, Code 0xb

Terminating Process: exc handler [0]

Triggered by Thread: 6

Filtered syslog:

None found

Thread 0 name: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

Thread 0:

0 libsystem_kernel.dylib

0x0000000181b70bc4 0x181b70000 + 3012

1 libsystem_kernel.dylib

0x0000000181b70a3c 0x181b70000 + 2620

2 CoreFoundation

0x000000018201fce4 0x181f36000 + 957668

3 CoreFoundation

0x000000018201d8b0 0x181f36000 + 948400

4 CoreFoundation

0x0000000181f3e2d8 0x181f36000 + 33496

5 CoreFoundation

0x0000000181f8d12c 0x181f36000 + 356652

6 bluetoothd

0x00000001003b4e4c 0x1003a4000 + 69196

7 libdyld.dylib

0x0000000181a62568 0x181a61000 + 5480

Thread 1 name: StackLoop

Thread 1:

0 libsystem_kernel.dylib

0x0000000181b91150 0x181b70000 + 135504

1 libsystem_pthread.dylib

0x0000000181ca6d78 0x181ca2000 + 19832

2 bluetoothd

0x00000001003ed9a8 0x1003a4000 + 301480

3 libsystem_pthread.dylib

0x0000000181ca432c 0x181ca2000 + 9004

4 libsystem_pthread.dylib

0x0000000181ca41f8 0x181ca2000 + 8696

5 libsystem_pthread.dylib

0x0000000181ca2c38 0x181ca2000 + 3128

Thread 2 name: RxLoop

Thread 2:

0 libsystem_kernel.dylib

0x0000000181b75108 0x181b70000 + 20744

1 bluetoothd

0x00000001003d9520 0x1003a4000 + 218400

2 libsystem_pthread.dylib

0x0000000181ca432c 0x181ca2000 + 9004

3 libsystem_pthread.dylib

0x0000000181ca41f8 0x181ca2000 + 8696

4 libsystem_pthread.dylib

0x0000000181ca2c38 0x181ca2000 + 3128

Thread 3 name: TxLoop

Thread 3:

0 libsystem_kernel.dylib

0x0000000181b91150 0x181b70000 + 135504

1 libsystem_pthread.dylib

0x0000000181ca6d40 0x181ca2000 + 19776

2 bluetoothd

0x000000010049d42c 0x1003a4000 + 1020972

3 libsystem_pthread.dylib

0x0000000181ca432c 0x181ca2000 + 9004

4 libsystem_pthread.dylib

0x0000000181ca41f8 0x181ca2000 + 8696

5 libsystem_pthread.dylib

0x0000000181ca2c38 0x181ca2000 + 3128

Thread 4:

0 libsystem_pthread.dylib

0x0000000181ca2c2c 0x181ca2000 + 3116

Thread 5:

0 libsystem_kernel.dylib

0x0000000181b91dbc 0x181b70000 + 138684

1 libsystem_pthread.dylib

0x0000000181ca2fb0 0x181ca2000 + 4016

2 libsystem_pthread.dylib

0x0000000181ca2c30 0x181ca2000 + 3120

Thread 6 name: Dispatch queue: com.apple.bluetooth.lowenergy

Thread 6 Crashed:

0 bluetoothd

0x00000001006c2dec 0x1003a4000 + 3272172

1 bluetoothd

0x00000001006b6598 0x1003a4000 + 3220888

2 libdispatch.dylib

0x00000001819fd048 0x1819fc000 + 4168

3 libdispatch.dylib

0x0000000181a05ae8 0x1819fc000 + 39656

4 bluetoothd

0x00000001003bf998 0x1003a4000 + 113048

5 bluetoothd

0x00000001003bb08c 0x1003a4000 + 94348

6 bluetoothd

0x00000001003b8294 0x1003a4000 + 82580

7 libxpc.dylib

0x0000000181cde300 0x181cd9000 + 21248

8 libxpc.dylib

0x0000000181cdbcb0 0x181cd9000 + 11440

9 libdispatch.dylib

0x00000001819fd118 0x1819fc000 + 4376

10 libdispatch.dylib

0x0000000181a138b8 0x1819fc000 + 96440

11 libdispatch.dylib

0x0000000181a06d00 0x1819fc000 + 44288

12 libdispatch.dylib

0x0000000181a14534 0x1819fc000 + 99636

13 libdispatch.dylib

0x0000000181a06d00 0x1819fc000 + 44288

14 libdispatch.dylib

0x0000000181a077d8 0x1819fc000 + 47064

15 libdispatch.dylib

0x0000000181a08200 0x1819fc000 + 49664

16 libdispatch.dylib

0x0000000181a104a0 0x1819fc000 + 83104

17 libsystem_pthread.dylib

0x0000000181ca2fe0 0x181ca2000 + 4064

18 libsystem_pthread.dylib

0x0000000181ca2c30 0x181ca2000 + 3120

Thread 7:

0 libsystem_pthread.dylib

0x0000000181ca2c2c 0x181ca2000 + 3116

Thread 6 crashed with ARM Thread State (64-bit):

x0: 0x0000000100b16bd0 x1: 0x000000016fc863e8 x2: 0x000000016fc863e8 x3: 0x0000000100b16bf0

x4: 0x0000000000000000 x5: 0x0000000000000000 x6: 0x0000000000000000 x7: 0x0000000000000060

x8: 0x0000000000000010 x9: 0x00000000000000a6 x10: 0x0000000100846c20 x11: 0x0000000300000007

x12: 0x0000000100846c20 x13: 0x000001a1b2a51c19 x14: 0x00000000ffffffff x15: 0x000000000000001f

x16: 0x00000001b2a37ea0 x17: 0x00000001815ab0d8 x18: 0x0000000000000000 x19: 0x0000000100b16bd0

x20: 0x0000000000000000 x21: 0x0000000000000000 x22: 0x000000016fc863e8 x23: 0x0000000100b1fd60

x24: 0x0000000100b1fd60 x25: 0x00000001007a1648 x26: 0x0000000000000000 x27: 0x000000016fc86440

x28: 0x000000016fc86440 fp: 0x000000016fc862d0 lr: 0x00000001006c2de8

sp: 0x000000016fc86220 pc: 0x00000001006c2dec cpsr: 0x60000000

can't Apple respond with a solution that works? I just upgraded to 11.03 (I hadn't started with 11.0) and suddenly my Boom2 earpiece keeps disconnecting. It's impossible to use - so the iPhone is impossible to use.

Come on Apple - get your act together!

Same issue except with a Plantronics Voyager 5200 headset and an iPhone 8 Plus. BT randomly switches off during a phone call and diverts to iPhone mic and speaker. I have to manually select it again from the iPhone screen.

I hope 11.0.4 fixes this.

There will be no 11.0.4 update. There are just too many bugs throughout the entire phone for a patch to be issued, otherwise we would have seen it already.

My guess it that Apple is reworking the iOS from the ground up. Most likely we will see 11.1.0 in a few more days, if not weeks.

I have a similar issue with a sony SRS-XB30 speaker and a iphone 8. it will pair and play perfectly for some time. Then, the sound will start breaking up and eventually the bluetooth connection will drop. I then usually have to restart the iphone to get things working again.

I went ahead and bought a new bluetooth fm transmitter, and it seems to be working properly. The one I use now is an anker roav with 4.2 bluetooth. My other transmitter is a Nulaxy KM20 bluetooth 3.0. The only difference I've noticed is when pairing is that with my Nulaxy KM20 the iPhone asks if I want to share contacts, which is very strange since there's no need for that, it hasn't made a difference whether I allow or not the permission. With the Anker transmitter when I pair, I don't get asked for such a permission. I've also noticed that with a 3.0 bluetooth headset I have, it has no issues and I don't get asked for sharing contacts, not sure if there's a connection there.

My BT (iPhone 7) constantly and regularly (every 90 seconds) disconnects in my '16 BMW 435. Has only been since I did the update to IOS 11.0.3; never before. Have tried most of the suggestions and the problem either comes back or never stops, depending on what I try.

Oddly, I have no problems with my Apple Watch or Bose wireless headphones.

What gets my goat the most is that Apple refuses to acknowledge that there is an enormous problem with iOS 11.0.3, and that thousands of users are effected by this horrible release. They give no indication as to when there will be a fix. Their complete silence is like a slap in the face to all Apple users who paid more than $1,000.00 for a phone that simply doesn't work.

Bluetooth is part of their core technology, and that is the biggest bug. And it's not the only one either. I have found four persistent bugs that make my life miserable. Let's see if Apple recovers from this blunder.

I agree. The worst thing about this is Apple's silence about what are clear flaws in the iOS.

Especially this problem, simultaneous with the release of their $1,000 phone that requires strong and reliable Bluetooth since it has no headphone jack!

HELLO APPLE. Where are you?

I believe this is a bluetooth power management issue in iOS 11+. I watched 2 episodes of a show and it didn't disconnect from my earbuds. I stopped playing the videos in that app and looked at my facebook feed and my earbuds told me they'd lost connection. I played a video in facebook and it played through my phone speakers then my earbuds reconnected.

You may be onto something. My Plantronics Voyager 5200 disconnects. It's a BT 4.1 device. After reading your post I went back to using my old Plantronics Voyager Legend (BT 3.0) device. So far so good.

Now that I have seen these comments, I think my issue is the same. Annoyingly, the Bluetooth only drops in my car when I am streaming Pandora (but it always does it). When paired in the car, it never drops a call or when

playing downloaded music.