Many
iPhone 5, 6s/7 and iPhone 8 users are reporting that they are not able to
connect to Bluetooth hands free, Bluetooth speaker, Car Bluetooth or other Bluetooth
devices after they forget it from iPhone list. Sometimes the users mistakenly
hit forget this device for Bluetooth hands free and cannot find device again to
reconnect. The issue is very strange as once the iPhone was told to forget the
device, Now the iPhone is unable to find this Bluetooth device. Resetting the iPhone and network setting does
not seems to fix the issue.
How to fix iPhone/iPad not connecting to bluetooth device after forgotten :
Fix 1:
Put the Bluetooth in pairing mode
If you
forget the Bluetooth device it will unpair it from iPhone . It will never
connect again until it is re-paired. You may think to fix the issue in iPhone
or iPad, but the solution is to put Bluetooth device/speaker back into pairing
mode.
You must put the device into pairing mode. You
need to check the Bluetooth device manual to check how to re pair the device to
iPhone. In case you don’t know it ( for Bluetooth headset devices with three
buttons), Keep pressing power button and up volume bottom at the same time,
immediately appeared “pair device” should come up.
Don't
forget to turn on the 'personal hotspot' in 'settings'.
Fix 2:Hard
Reset your iPhone :
To Hard
Reset iPhone 7 and 7 plus: hold down the power button and volume down button at
the same thing until it turns off and apple logo appears.
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