Android Bluetooth Unstable Entune / Pandora Connection

I've got a 2014 Prius Three with Display Audio / Entune, and an HTC Sensation (Android 4.0.3). Had the car just about a month, and the Bluetooth has never been stable with Pandora. It usually connects with no problem, but very often I'll lose the connection within about 20 minutes on my drive to work. The display screen says something about the Internet connection being lost. But I doubt that's happening because in my old car I could run Pandora on the phone and stream over the aux jack throughout this same commute without a problem. What definitely is happening in the process is the Bluetooth on the phone gets foobared. When I get to work and end up several blocks from where the car is parked, the phone still shows a connected Bluetooth icon. Experience has by now told me I have to reboot the whole phone, as even non-Bluetooth functions will now get screwy on the phone, and just cycling Bluetooth won't fix it. So, somehow the phone BT and car BT (or Entune?) just aren't getting along.

Have others experienced similar? I'm suspecting the problem is on the phone's end - it's old, and its Bluetooth hasn't been the most reliable overall. (Though the phone and OS are on Entune's supported list.) But since I don't have another phone to test with, this is only a hunch. Not sure if I have to just live with it until I'm ready for a new phone, or is there anything I can do to either a) verify that the problems are with the phone, not the car, and b) get usable Pandora in the meantime?

 

Yep, this sounds very similar to my phone's behavior. Bluetooth likes to freeze one way or another, and it just seems to be getting the most frequent and hardest freezes from Entune. I'm going to give a shot at some basic phone maintenance - i.e. remove all unnecessary other bluetooth devices, remove battery to do cold restart, etc. But I have a feeling I may just be stuck till I replace the phone.

 

It's Entune 3.1. I didn't fid where the Entune App on the phone shows a connection, but normally everything starts out connected OK, and then it freezes. Will try to take a look after next freeze to see whether the car actually still thinks BT is connected. When it freezes, the phone itself shows BT is still connected even after the car is turned off. The phone must be restarted at that point to get things working again.

 

Good point; I'll give it a try. I've never had it cut out so far when streaming music from the phone, but I don't normally do that for long stretches of time.