iPhone Bluetooth Not Connecting? Here's The Real Fix!

Apple experts David & David explain how to fix the problem when your iPhone won't connect to Bluetooth.

0. Intro [0:00]
1. Make Sure The Device Is Paired [0:19]
2. Make Sure The Device Is In Range [1:25]
3. Check Your Audio Output [1:54]
4. Turn Bluetooth Off and Back On [2:23]
5. Restart Your iPhone and Bluetooth Device [2:46]
6. Update Your iPhone [3:17]
7. Update Your Bluetooth Device [3:34]
8. Forget The Bluetooth Device [4:17]
9. Forget Your iPhone On The Other Device [4:51]
10. Check Your Bluetooth Apps [5:30]
11. Reset The Bluetooth Device [6:21]
12. Back Up Your iPhone & DFU Restore [6:57]
13. Repair Options [7:31]

The first things to do are check that your devices are charged and in range of each other. It used to be that Bluetooth devices had a range of about 30 feet, but some devices today have a range of 300 feet.

Next, make sure your Bluetooth device is in pairing mode, and that you've turned on Bluetooth on your iPhone.

If you're using Bluetooth headphones or speakers, audio might not play through them, even if they're paired with your iPhone. Sometimes you need to go into Control Center, go into the media playback box, and select your Bluetooth device as the playback source.

Make sure your iPhone and Bluetooth device are up to date. When their software or firmware is out of date, things can go wrong.

The step that often fixes problems when #iPhone #Bluetooth is not connecting is forgetting the device and setting it up like new. When you pair your iPhone and a Bluetooth device for the first time, your iPhone saves information about how to connect to that device. If any part of the pairing process changes — like a firmware update — your iPhone might not connect to the Bluetooth device.

The last step you can take to completely rule out a software problem is a DFU (Device Firmware Update) restore. This is the deepest type of iPhone restore. It erases and reloads every line of code on your iPhone.

🎁 Join this channel to get access to perks:

👋 Get Social With Payette Forward:

#iPhoneBluetooth #Fix

[ozelhassan]

What irritates me is: when my iPhone and iPad Pro gets their updates it always turns on Bluetooth, so irritating.

[mboiko]

BT's very buggy in iOS 17+...just read through Apple's Discussion Forum. Apple knows people are not happy, but have not said when they will address the many BT issues. Many different types of devices have been randomly "un-pairing" or in some cases refusing to pair. It's not clear if it's a hardware/software/firmware problem...stay tuned.

[keithgriffith]

All my Bluetooth does is spin. Any suggestions? Thank you

[encouragingword]

This helped me get iphone to connect with my Knox gear sound system. I would switch the mode on Knox to Bluetooth, but l hadn’t tried holding the mode button down while pairing. Weird thing is, l had this system paired with my iPhone previously many times but it would not appear in my BT device list or pair starting about a month ago. Anyway, thank you! Am horrible with tech since had a TIA abt 4 yrs ago, and the easiest things sometimes do not occur to me now but this got me going again. 👍👍

[sgs]

My problem: There are no devices at all in the list, my iPhone can’t find any, and I know there are devices ”in range”, very strange….

[javtimestwo]

I think this video was a good review. Very practical problems with easy fixes.
How about connecting bluetooth headphones to TV? Maybe you can create a video on that subject?

[kabnpaujyaj]

Can i stay connected with my applewatch and be connected to the bluetooth in the car as well? And if so how? Please help lol. I’ve been trying to connect my phone to bluetooth in car but it wont work ever since i bought an iphone watch.

[suewarnes]

Thank you very much. Being an olden and a technophobe I found this a great help. I’ve had my iPad 10th generation for a couple of months and decided to use my headphones. Very confused until I googled. No earbud jack! Now will have to buy Bluetooth earphones. At least I now know I’m not going mad! 😂

[janesprando]

I just turned off/on my iPhone 12 Mini and tried to connect to my iPad Air 2 . Now it says the iPad is NOT IOS 16 broke my Bluetooth connection to my iPad! Any fixes?

[linwoodsly]

Thank you audio output worked 4 my iPhone 14 😂

[peaceofmyhearthomestead]

none of this helped. Brand new iphone13 pro😡

[Grandma]

Thank u.. really works on both my iPhone & Sony headphones

[brother-frere]

I have a problem when I want to use the same headphone on my iPhone and iPad. I have to remember to turn off Bluetooth on one before the other device will attempt to connect to them. That, of course, disconnects all Bluetooth and I have to connect the headphones on the other device before restarting Bluetooth on the first device to reconnect everything else. Is there a simpler way? Could I write a shortcuts macro to do this?

[davealtham]

After an hour of frustration I held the power button on my headphones slightly longer and it said ‘ready to pair’ 🙌🏻 thanks so much for your help…… I’d reset my network, restarted my phone, updated my software and I was flat out of ideas until I saw this

[jsgll...godgunsliberty]

Hey guys I want to switch carriers, cannot I unlock my AT&T I Phone 12 first before jumping to a new carrier without losing my service or being down for a period of time, and do you recommend a website to assist in unlocking it ? Thanks

[marks]

You guys are the BEST... Practical advice with a bit of comedy is great!!

[bijeto]

Holy cow! Thank you!!! I was unfamiliar with pairing mode! I have an iPhone 14 that I’ve have for almost a year, and now for the first time ever, I’ve got it to pair with my little Sony speaker!

[pompeylad]

Excellent, my Sennheiser headphones wouldn’t connect with the new IOS 17 even though they have been paired, watched the first bit of your video about pairing and the red and blue light flashing, tried it and the light flashed red and blue (lost the instructions so didn’t have a clue how to pair) and it worked, now good to go, cheers boys, from James in England 👍🏻

[ApurvaMadia]

Hey that was a lucid video. However I seem to have a unique problem. Till last week my iPhone 13 used to connect with my BMW iDrive 7 flawlessly. Suddenly last Thursday incoming and outgoing call stopped being heard, that is no volume. I can hear the calling party but my voice wouldn't go through. If I called someone, I cant hear the ringing and again the opposite party cant hear my voice. Music streaming from Apple music still works fine. Any thoughts? Thanks is advance.

[HumaCorn]

I know this video is very old but honesty the very first tip helped me, thanks so much I really appreciate it, you’ve made me as a viewer very happy! :)