Bluetooth issues with iPhone X?

I've gone through all the various permutations... what seemed to work the last 10 minutes I drove my car was unplugging the 'Automatic' dongle. My radio stayed connected to the X for the full 10 minutes - hasn't done that since getting the X. Will continue to try permutations like unpairing Automatic and pluging it back in.

I just tried pairing with the BT speaker - and just finished a 2 hour conference call without any issues. So my problems seem to be focused on the Car. And potentially a conflict between Automatic and the Porsche PCM - which worked fine on the 7Plus.

Same problem here too with my Porsche PCM. If I take a call or switch to satellite and then try to go back to Bluetooth for music I hear nothing. The song indicates on the car that it playing, but no volume. I have to power down the phone and then back on to get it to work.

There should be a fix for this by now. It’s been a known problem since the phone came out. Too expensive of a phone for this to happen. Way to go Apple.....pay attention!

My problems seem to focus on a combination of -

iPhoneX

Porsche PCM 3.1

Automatic OBDII BT dongle

Phone plugged into USB to PCM3.1

If I don’t plug the phone in things seem to work better. Or if I unpair Automatic it seems to work better.

One question I have for those having the problem and those not having the problem - which carrier are you using? I believe the Verizon/Sprint phones use a different radio module.

I am on T-Mobile.

Pax.

Indeed somehow the overall signal strength with iPhone X is very week as it seems. I get regular disconnects of my Apple Watch Series 3, even when I am 2 meters away. and when I get disconnects from my Bluetooth headset I just need to tilt my head to enforce a reconnect. Never experienced it with my iPhone 7 Plus. And: I even notice that I have connection issues with WiFi, too.

As I mentioned previously, I did a full restore w/o backup. Same issues. Called Apple Support and convinced them to send a replacement device, which I will try out today.

Nobody said everyone is having user error. And if you are having errors when connecting to USB while also paired with BT that sounds like it was not a BT error but something else.

You need to tell Apple about these issues either by making a Genius Bar appointment, calling AppleCare or going here: Feedback - iPhone - Apple Include as much detail as possible, as a programmer you know how crucial it is to get as much information as possible.

Finally, there was no iOS 2.0

GOOD NEWS FROM MY END AFTER HAVING INSTALLED IOS 11.2

1. Porsche PCM 3.1 with Software 4,76 is now working!!!! Aha radio service, real time traffic etc. are back!!!!!

2. BMW 7series 2016 seem to work as well!!!!

3. Bluetooth: I disconnected the device, changed the Iphone name and connected as new device. Perceived quality is better than before but will check more carefully tomorrow:

I recommend you to try agin after 11.2 is installed

I just talked to Apple again, and they are asking us to call and report this in order to have a case number on each problem, so please...all of you that has this, call Apple Support and open a ticket with your problem.

In my case, I have done a factory reset with the iPhone X, tested another iPhone X and even tested an iPhone 8...all with the same problem. Both iPhone 8 and iPhone X uses the same Bluetooth hardware from the manufacture Murata in Finland that supports version 5.0

Mazda Europe is now involved via the Swedish Mazda, so I hope that either Apple does a fix or Mazda.

For me, BT is essential, all streaming is via BT from Apple Music and Soundcloud, especially when you have nice BOSE speakers in the car.

So someone else typed this into your post, "We are using Apple's publicly released bleeding edge technology which occasionally gets painful?"

There are always problems with WiFi, Bluetooth, cell radios, etc. because of so many differing versions that are out there, companies that do not correctly follow BT protocols, etc. Often these are not global software issues but can come down to the devices that an individual is using and can sometimes be solved by other methods. It is rare that a new BT hardware/software is released and everybody has the same BT failure. I'm not minimizing the problem at all, just encouraging people to report it to the correct places so that Apple engineers get all the feedback they can.

Hi there,

For the problem of connection with the headphone, initializing the headset to restore factory settings might help! My sony headphone connect to my iphone X by using it.

It is quite strange. Iphone 6sp and Mac dont need this step...

Hope it can help!

meynieto wrote:

Thank you!! Resetting my headphones was indeed the solution! I know now that my headphones had my old iPhone as primary device. Now it works. Happy again. Thank you! :-)

That's great. Glad to help and I hope others benefit from this as well.

You've actually put your Bose Soundtouch speaker in pairing mode?

What kind of wireless headset? Did you turn off Bluetooth on the 5s, put the headphones in pairing mode then attempt to connect to your X?

It's important that you all report this to Apple Support.

Call them and open a ticket.

Don’t have a Mazda to try but one of the speakers I’ve connected to is a Beats Pill+. Make the Genius Bar appointment and take the speaker and just the iPhone X.