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Title: Bugs & Fixes: iPhone fails to pair to Bluetooth device Post by: HCK on February 15, 2013, 11:01:00 pm Bugs & Fixes: iPhone fails to pair to Bluetooth device
Last September, a new thread in Apple Support Communities briefly noted that a user was unable to get his iPhone 5 to pair with other Bluetooth devices. As it turned out, he was not alone. Cut to the present: this thread is now 29 pages long, with several hundred confirmations of the symptom. Here’s the problem: In the most common scenario, users are unable to pair an iPhone 5 to a Bluetooth car audio system. In some other cases, users are unable to pair an iPhone 5 to a Bluetooth headset. Pairings to other devices may or may not work. Typically, problems begin after upgrading from an older iPhone model (which was working just fine) to an iPhone 5, running iOS 6. In a few instances, the same sort of pairing problems have been reported for the iPhone 4S. If this has happened to you, one or more of the following fixes should get you connected again: Update the car audio firmware: Several postings in the above Communities thread cite confirmations from automobile manufacturers that their cars’ audio systems are “not compatible with iPhone 5.” In particular, the older Bluetooth drivers in these systems are not compatible with the Bluetooth 4.0 standard used by the latest iPhones. A firmware update to the audio system eliminates the problem. Check with the manufacturer of your car or audio system for details. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here http://www.macworld.com/article/2028402/bugs-and-fixes-iphone-fails-to-pair-to-bluetooth-device.html |