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iPhone Latest iOS 9.3 beta (13E5181f) breaks bluetooth

Do you notice bluetooth troubles with the latest iOS beta?

  • Yes

    Votes: 34 45.9%

  • No

    Votes: 40 54.1%
  • Total voters
    74
arniesilver

arniesilver

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Jan 16, 2016
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I got a bunch of bluetooth issues with my iPhone 6s after upgrading with the latest beta.

- My Garmin Vivosmart fail to pair (even it shows as connected under my devices).
- iGrill do not pair
- In my speaker docking station, it fail to detect my headset

Anyone else with similar problems?
 
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Vexxx

macrumors regular
Oct 19, 2014
122
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I use bluetooth only with my tomtom multisport and it is working fine.
 
nsblum

nsblum

macrumors regular
May 18, 2015
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Puyallup, WA
It is possible that Apple updated its Bluetooth and the makers of those devices need to update. This is a beta after all. Have you notified the makers of the devices/apps?
 
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jtwlbz

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Dec 23, 2014
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Most of time working fine with audi. But sometimes cant connect where i have to toggle bt. Not stable
 
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plmohan

macrumors newbie
Jan 19, 2016
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It does seem to break the Bluetooth audio but not the phone call, when I connect it to the USB port on my Primus. If I unplug it the Bluetooth audio and the phone call routing work just fine. Something tells me it has to do with the CarPlay support in 9.3. Hope Apple fixes it before the public release.
 
nerdriot

nerdriot

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May 16, 2015
205
78
The main issue I've noticed is with my Bluetooth headset. Calls work fine, but if I press the power button on my iPhone, it disconnects the call. No idea why.

I can't recreate the issue on my iPad Air though.
 
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lagwagon

lagwagon

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DeathBecomesMe said:
Really annoying issue. I realize it's a beta, but bluetooth has been around for what 100 years
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If things like this really annoy you, then why even install betas? You obviously can't handle the ups and downs of a beta. Things can stop working for 1-2 builds all the time. That is the risk you take. 9.0 beta 2 crashed Settings app when trying to change sounds. Sound has been around since the dawn of time, how dare Apple break sounds for 2 weeks!!!
 
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stulaw11

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lagwagon said:
If things like this really annoy you, then why even install betas? You obviously can't handle the ups and downs of a beta. Things can stop working for 1-2 builds all the time. That is the risk you take. 9.0 beta 2 crashed Settings app when trying to change sounds. Sound has been around since the dawn of time, how dare Apple break sounds for 2 weeks!!!
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Agree there are far fat too many people who irresponsibly install the betas and then wonder why there are bugs or that it shouldnt be installed on your main device you need daily.

This is why I've always though public betas were a bad idea. The public can't comprehend it or read.
 
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stulaw11 said:
Agree there are far fat too many people who irresponsibly install the betas and then wonder why there are bugs or that it shouldnt be installed on your main device you need daily.

This is why I've always though public betas were a bad idea. The public can't comprehend it or read.
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I personally install the betas on my main device (because it's my only device that runs iOS) but understand the potential issues and am not bother by them. I actually enjoy the process. If something happened that was so distruptive to my daily use I simply would revert back (which is super easy to do and no restore required) or I would live with it knowing a new build isn't far around the corner (1-2 weeks)

I don't get so high strung over a device or its software like some have displayed over various threads.

I don't think having a public program is the issue. It gives any company a much broader test and more feedback than internal/developer only testing. It's the people who sign up who just want "early access" and nothing else.
 
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stulaw11

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lagwagon said:
I personally install the betas on my main device (because it's my only device that runs iOS) but understand the potential issues and am not bother by them. I actually enjoy the process. If something happened that was so distruptive to my daily use I simply would revert back (which is super easy to do and no restore required) or I would live with it knowing a new build isn't far around the corner (1-2 weeks)

I don't get so high strung over a device or its software like some have displayed over various threads.

I don't think having a public program is the issue. It gives any company a much broader test and more feedback than internal/developer only testing. It's the people who sign up who just want "early access" and nothing else.
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Well yeh it's on my main device too but I realize stuff may be broken. Not starting "OMG" threads as if shockingly something doesnt work in a beta though.

Unfortunately it's the small number of people who as you said want early access but don't know enough to be running it to begin with. Beta is still beta as the dev build is the same as the public.
 
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AZhappyjack

AZhappyjack

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stulaw11 said:
Agree there are far fat too many people who irresponsibly install the betas and then wonder why there are bugs or that it shouldnt be installed on your main device you need daily.

This is why I've always though public betas were a bad idea. The public can't comprehend it or read.
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