i have to manually tell my 8 plus to connect to my car bluetooth (2014 subaru forester) every time. my 6s would connect automatically. is there a way to get the 8 plus to do that?
Did you delete the previous phone from your cars settings? It may be looking for that phone, which requires you to choose the newer phone. Also, if both phones had the same name, change the name on the new phone. Go to Settings > About and change the phone name.
Once you've done that. Have your car forget the new phone, then pair it again.
Did you delete the previous phone from your cars settings? It may be looking for that phone, which requires you to choose the newer phone. Also, if both phones had the same name, change the name on the new phone. Go to Settings > About and change the phone name.
Once you've done that. Have your car forget the new phone, then pair it again.
If you're using Bluetooth
- Check your car stereo's user manual for how to pair with a Bluetooth device.
- Go to Settings > Bluetooth, and turn off Bluetooth. Wait for 5 seconds, then turn Bluetooth back on.
- Restart your iOS device.
- On your iOS device, unpair your car stereo. On your car's display, unpair your iOS device and any other devices. Restart your car and your iOS device, then pair and connect again.
- Update your iOS device.
- Install any firmware updates for your car stereo.
- If you still can't connect, contact Apple Support.
I initially had this error but i then followed instructions on pairing bluetooth audio rather than handsfree and it seemed to resolve. Hope that helps you
iP8 has the new BT version 5.0 technology, so...(as suggested by jdo_apple in his first post - point 6) I would try to contact your car stereo system support team and check for a new firmware (if already available).
Regards
Giulio
The problem isn't that the phone won't connect at all. It's that I have to tell it to every time. With my 6s I could just start the car and the phone would connect automatically without me doing anything after the first time. The 8 plus works fine if I go into settings/bluetooth find the car and click on connect. But having to do it every time I get in the car is annoying. Especially since the old phone didn't require that.
I’m having the exact same issue. Did you ever resolve it?
Thanks for sharing your solution / workaround. Will keep it in mind for further requests.
Regards
Giulio
i have to manually tell my 8 plus to connect to my car bluetooth (2014 subaru forester) every time. my 6s would connect automatically. is there a way to get the 8 plus to do that?
