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 When their software or firmware is out of date, things can go wrong.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.
❗️Before putting your iPhone in DFU mode, make certain you have a backup: • How To Back Up Your iP...
📱How to DFU restore an iPhone that won't connect to Bluetooth: • How To Put An iPhone I...
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[@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! :)

[@ozelhassan8576]

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

[@CrimeVid]

Absokinlutely !!

[@susan8284]

You guys are great. Such help. Thank you!

[@kamrynstewart3413]

all of these work, thank you

[@cmudau]

This was very useful. Thanks

[@Electrical.Perspective]

Thanks so much this helped!!!

[@CharleneSinagoseJoanino]

Thank you, this helped me a lot!

[@nroy9093]

Thank you!!!!!

[@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?

[@ronblack2700]

Thank you, this helped!

[@Erasxrmic]

It worked!! Thank you so much!

[@ladyb5888]

THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH! YOU SAVED ME!

[@charlesbertinore5620]

Thanks i appreciate you guys ....

[@amandataffinder6580]

Thank you very much, it worked!! 👍👍🤩

[@jimgreenhoe]

Thanks!

[@suewarnes9469]

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! 😂

[@P_townPrincess]

Thank you 🎊 🎉! You are the best, thanx

[@SunRebeLionShah]

Thank you so much

[@myapples4202]

Thank you , this helped me so much.

[@jesusiscomingbacksoon5486]

Thank you 😊

[@camochiiwilldie]

THANK YOU!! You saved my life

[@craftycloset37]

This was the most helpful video ever highly recommended this video

[@TwiggyNeXT]

Cheers, got my fix!

[@jsgll...godgunsliberty1197]

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

[@Grandma59]

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

[@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.

[@user-mc2mc5gz6m]

bruh shoulda never updated to ios17

[@mboiko]

@@user-mc2mc5gz6m I know, I didn't GF did...just trying to help her out and learned all this.

[@BoriquaBrnx13]

Thank you so much it worked quickly 👍🏾

[@keithgriffith6002]

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

[@marks6072]

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

[@sxulsisters]

All of this and it still doesn’t work. It keeps saying it’s unsuccessful and to “turn your Bluetooth device on and make sure it’s in range. Is it js something wrong with my phone? I really hope I didn’t waste my money

[@eaa96]

fixed my problem, thanks guys

[@itsingraa3077]

Thank you so much holding down the headphones for 5 seconds to pair worked for my iPhone 15!

[@shaymabenletaifa366]

Thank u

[@BloopoRoblox353]

Ty❤

[@samanthaperez7859]

I love you guys lol

[@abhijeetdeore6839]

Thanks I reset my Bluetooth headphone and now it’s paired. Thank you so much 😊

[@pompeylad1977]

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 👍🏻

[@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.

[@sgs9845]

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….

[@havefaith730]

This is my problem right now today! (In my Kevin Gates voice)… Did you ever find a fix??

[@sgs9845]

@@havefaith730No solution really, it just suddenly worked. But I think if you have tried everything and bluetooth still doesn’t work, you have to get a new phone.

[@AyushDicholkar]

@@havefaith730if u haven’t still found a solution try connecting ur Bluetooth device to another phone and then try it in ur phone it shud work

[@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.

[@gstreet8469]

It worked !Thankyou ! Acts 2:38🙏🏽❤️

[@janesprando3638]

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 supported!!!!!!! IOS 16 broke my Bluetooth connection to my iPad! Any fixes?

[@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!

[@bijeto]

That said, over the last 11 months it connected EFFORTLESSLY to EVERY OTHER DEVICE ON THE PLANET ; my neighbors up the street TV sound bar, somebody on my blocks Beats, and 4 monitors at work.

[@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?

[@myvideosareasmrjokez599]

I’m having the same issue too

[@davealtham9292]

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

[@rooney2916]

I need your expert advice and how to pair my iphone 12 to my desktop gimbal P01 wireless bluetooth remote because it will not turn my titktok video on and off. Can you please help me?

[@rickyt3961]

8:20 Thanks!

[@ramla5928]

How do you disconnect your earbuds to your Mack book?

[@lmonnette4037]

I have no idea how I finally did it but my hearing aids lost connection to Bluetooth. I have no idea how I got them paired. I couldn't tell you how the heck I managed it but after two days I finaly got them connected!!!!! 😂

[@elsondeSaantana123d]

could you make garmin gps videos?

[@billytaylor7900]

I have reset my iPhone as per your instructions now my watch wont answer calls - ERROR says your watch has been bound - in order to realize the the call function manually connect the watch to call Bluetooth in the Bluetooth settings of the mobile iPhone system - what do I do to get my watch to answer calls

[@jimmerritt6340]

Have a great day.

[@malte200900]

I would like some more in-depth video about all the interference

[@WillNewcomb]

Thanks. My iphone12pm and Airpods Pro 1 are upto date. But since ios16.1.1 often the airpods Pro fail to play despite showing connected. I'll try your suggestions.

[@Luke..14]

Did it ever connect ?

[@carlos439]

Same problem out of nowhere

[@ashlah3114]

same did you find the solution

[@WillNewcomb]

@@ashlah3114 No! It's still a lucky dip!!!

[@tyson32td]

Mines play music from Bluetooth but phone calls go silent

[@thecontentlab21]

But I’m not far from my phone but it keeps disconnecting

[@ZteveW]

I think we should also consider that what you are trying to connect, may already be connected to something else. In my case, my earbuds would not connect to my telephone because it was connected to my laptop. I had to disconnect my laptop.

[@jemilmusa9246]

My iphone cnt discover or connect existing devices, i can only connect to new devices please does anyone hv an idea to help

[@judithpearson8870]

My Bluetooth wireless ear pods won’t pair with my airpad tablet. Any help

[@scooterdude4343]

Omfg dude I have angry issues and almost threw my phone cause I was so confused and angry thanks dude 👍

[@TeeRaw-ms6oz]

Just say Ty we did not ask fo all dat

[@ianhillier1687]

I can not pair my iPhone 13 pro max with my Mac book pro any ideas

[@muganza1]

thanks but how can I prevent my Bluetooth from being captured by each phone, because we have the same Bluetooth, if I open my before connecting to his phone, and when he opened before me, I captured it's bluetooth,can it be handled? if possible please help me.

[@peaceofmyhearthomestead4611]

none of this helped. Brand new iphone13 pro😡

[@DevAditya]

is it fixed now?

[@peaceofmyhearthomestead4611]

@@DevAditya nope

[@realisticahmad5402]

Hh

[@pluto3412]

Bro I’m on the max can’t connect to my home sound

[@Fearice7]

I got just got iPhone 13 Pro and I couldn’t get it to connect to my headphone. Thanks for this advice, I was able to pair it after I try the press and hold the headphone pairing for 5 seconds and bam! Got it to work.

[@MelodyJMcLaren]

Why is my ID115 no longer paired. It keeps saying Sync Failed. I have reset ID115. I have turned Bluetooth off and on. How can I get my ID115 once again paired to iPhone XS?

[@Das0000]

Please please do a video about the AIRPLANE MODE. I know all the benefits of it BUT it can DAMAGE your cellular data connector on your phone and your mobile data as well. I am stressing out about this. I thought that airplane mode can’t damage in any way your phone.

[@fergussim8494]

Even though my BT speaker is on the list of Bluetooth items, they fail to connect. I have to forget and reinstall the BT speaker every single time I want to use it! My old iPhone 7plus connects automatically but the iPhone 11 plus doesn’t. Seems like a step backward! 😵‍💫

[@lovehandle3454]

I just got a new pair of Bluetooth headphones from 5 and below. The bass jaux. It has never been paired. The headphones will go into pairing mode, meaning it's flashing blue and red, and my iPhone will register the headphones, but when I press it to pair, it says the pair is unsuccessful. Nothing I have done has worked. I've turned off and on both devices, and charged both I dont know why it won't work

[@rain7096]

👍

[@lindaj5492]

Help! My iCloud email suddenly started putting all incoming mail into Junk! Mail already in my Inbox had ‘disappeared’ - found it empty one morning & later found it had been moved into Junk. Now if a new message reaches Inbox, it is immediately moved to Junk: I’ve seen it happen 😳. Tried on/off, reset, select & move from Junk to Inbox but even then mail from people in Contacts - and other regular senders - still goes to Junk.

[@plechaim]

Cant get my cambridge audio tv5 sound bar to work :( it worked on my old iphone 8

[@ezekielbuckman3125]

My Face ID can’t unlock my phone Any fix?

[@kirpalsinhrathod2663]

Come to the main point bro

[@agoodlife2]

Backup without iCloud,

[@bowlerxman]

Mine shows up when trying to connect to my car but keeps saying problem connecting turn device off then back on I've done that about a dozen times and it didn't work. I've even tried forgetting the device and setting it up all over again and it didn't work still(btw my phone is a android revvyl v+5g) anyone know how to fix this issue

[@sarahmilner8483]

I got new mixx ear buds, they both work but they dont both pair. One pairs with my phone and the other with my tablet, I cant get the two to connect at the same time.. Help.. Its not rocket science I connect devices all the time.. What am I doing wrong here

[@Bramhaprahastra]

Official Turn-off Guys ❤❤

[@Uthyrexe]

I have a new iPhone 14 pro max and I didn’t everything but reset(will try when I get some time). It won’t connect to anything first thought it was my device but it’s the iPhone

[@MelodicLines2]

I’ve lost track of how many times i have reseted my iPhone to try and connect my bluetooth headphones. I connected my headphones to my laptop and now it wont connect anywhere else! I unpaired it on my phone and laptop and nothing works. My headphones only have 1 button and its really hard to find a video that doesnt showcase headphones with multiple buttons. Does anyone know a way?

[@jeremyjackson-ov8vn]

I got new headphones and I don’t know how to connect

[@herboone]

is ios 16 ok

[@qcfvic]

My older iphone never had this problem

[@danielleminerva4525]

Exactly! Just got the iPhone 14 now my speaker won’t pair but my iPhone 8 Plus did with no issues wtf?!!

[@iriemiller8616]

Hi ican't pair my Bluetooth in any devices I'm using iphone 14 promax how to reset this without losing data or deleted all my pictures vedeo

[@Dogestronaut2.0]

Jesus loves u❤u❤u

[@povertylevelphilanthropy1524]

I never had any issues connecting to anything Bluetooth, but now, out of nowhere, my iPhone won’t connect to my pioneer radio, in my car. My husband’s Samsung connects just fine. My iPhone doesn’t even show it under my known devices, where it’s always been, or under unknown devices. It won’t find it. I’ve restarted my phone, multiple times, reset the car radio, multiple times, and even disconnected the car battery. Nothing.

[@robinberry4957]

The same thing is happening to me! I am the one that entered both of our numbers in the phonebook of the Honda Accord DX 2015. the same thing is happening to me! I am the one that entered both of our numbers in the phonebook of the Honda Accord EX 2015. all he has to do is walk into the car, and it is paired. We are both doing Door Dash on the side. Not only that, my iPhone that is connected to DoorDash and Google Maps/volume will be nonexistent! In other words, there’s no volume, so I have to sit there and stare at my phone to know whether to take a right or left, which is dangerous! I have not done any deliveries because I’m fed up!

[@diamond6256]

My Bluetooth connections keep dropping off.

[@swagstorm9629]

I was connecting to the wrong device I feel so stupid- 💀💀💀

[@kevinorr6880]

Since 16 update, my phone runs like doo-doo

[@mjperfume1523]

It says it’s connected but can anything I think someone has done some to my earbuds

[@sxulsisters]

All of this and it still doesn’t work. It keeps saying it’s unsuccessful and to “turn your Bluetooth device on and make sure it’s in range. Is it js something wrong with my phone? I really hope I didn’t waste my money

[@ikechukwuoforkansi-bp2to]

Same with mine

[@StrictlyConfidential]

Upgraded my phone to 15 pro max and now have been trying to pair my s6 watch cellular to my phone it says paired cellular is working fine on watch but now my Bluetooth device list is showing two apple watches and keeps popping up a stupid pairing code on both my devices over and over but wont let me pair using the code because its staying connected to the other watch in Bluetooth device list. Its like its thinking my watch is 2 different watches.. whyyyyy?!?!?!? WHYYYY

[@c-note4146]

Algorithm comment

[@frankwilson9666]

If your iPhone 15 Pro is not seeing the bluetooth device, first make sure you try forcing the device into a new paring mode; just did this with a Sonos Move, after trying all the other voodoo stuff, and the phone finally saw it and connected. For some reason, I thought that if my iPad saw the Move, so should my iPhone, but that was not true, since it had never been paired with the Move, even though the new iPhone was set up from my iPhone 13 backup. I'm thinking it's a security thing, duh...

[@SA1YAJIN]

my airpods pro keeps blinking white and not connecting

[@Newb118]

Nothing worked, just got a iphone 13 transferred everything from my iPhone 11, bluetooth either wont find any devices or just says pairing unsuccessful, this has never happen in my 10yrs iPhone experience

[@elchamber]

Apple’s decision to have Bluetooth always on is stupid and annoying. No matter what they make, that design forced on us is ridiculous. It’s the most annoying thing on an idevice.

[@steveharvey1876]

Be careful jumping to new IOS version. IOS 16.1.1 killing battery life on iPhone 12 Pro Max no issue on 15.7

[@eb0526]

The same for my phone😞

[@adamuhlik9651]

Apple watch ultra make a video

[@adelaferreira4575]

None of this help,the iPhone Bluetooth is fine because I connected to my Bluetooth speaker and works fine ,my car Bluetooth is the one not working

[@AdiCaciula]

57110 unopened emails?! My eyes are hurting :)

[@darrell5363]

my phone will no longer connect to my truck no matter what i do but my headphones pair? wtf is going on, and its not my vehicle since it will not connect to my brand new pickup from work as well that did work previously

[@tlustejmicin]

Two captains Obvious. Absolutely generic anwers you get on every forum or from every customer support 😅 Like nobody knows the issue why the headphones are not automatically reconnecting while you go away from the device but the keep asking u if u updated or if u turned the device on/off. Sigh.