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Bluetooth connects briefly and works on start up.

Discussion in 'Gen 1 Prius Plug-in 2012-2015' started by drsjr1969, Jul 10, 2015.

  1. drsjr1969

    drsjr1969 Junior Member

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    After about a min once bluetooth connects it fails. In setup under bluetooth it says it's off and pushing it does nothing. My phone shows bluetooth on and still paired. If I was talking to someone call does not get dropped but I have to pick up my phone and turn off bluetooth so I can hear them on phone speaker.

    Tested my phone on a nissan and it worked Fine with Bluetooth.

    Confused?
     
    #1 drsjr1969, Jul 10, 2015
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    try un-pairing you phone from the car then re-pair it. Un-pair from the Prius dashboard not the phone. delete phone on the prius dashboard then re-discover your phone.
     
    #2 priuskitty, Jul 10, 2015
  3. drsjr1969

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    Yes thank you I have tried that multiple time with no luck. It's just so frustrating because it successfully connects everytime I start the car and then a few minutes later nothing and says bluetooth off and the only way to get back on is to turn car off and then restart.
     
    #3 drsjr1969, Jul 10, 2015
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    bummer! Oh well, that was my two cents worth, sorry it didn't work.
     
    #4 priuskitty, Jul 10, 2015
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    I had to do a full restore on an iPhone 4S once because it just wouldnt connect to my car anymore. It had worked fine since I got the car, worked fine that morning, then all of a sudden, that afternoon, it just wouldnt connect anymore. If I recall, the phone would say I was connected but the car said I wasnt (or it could've been the other way around). In any case, I blew the phone away, restored it with factory firmware (and I didnt restore my data.. just started fresh) and everything was back to normal.

    Not saying this is the answer, but just throwing it out there.

    More recently, I had a bluetooth issue where it would just randomly drop my bluetooth connection. It happened after I removed one of the two bluetooth pairings I have in the headunit. In that case, I did what PK suggested, removed the pairing and just repaired and things were back to normal.

    Also, if you havent already tried, a reboot of your phone may also be worth a shot.

    You may also want to let everyone know what phone you have.
     
    #5 Tracksyde, Jul 10, 2015
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  6. drsjr1969

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    Well after trying all previous suggestions except the erase everything and start from factory new I had no luck getting it to work.
    I started deleting apps that were on my phone that I did not use anymore or did not know how they got there in the first place. I was doing a couple at a time then turning my phone off then back on and checking the bluetooth.
    That was taking too long and I had about 15 more to get rid off so I did the last 15 at once and now my bluetooth works again. So my guess is one of the 15 programs I uninstalled or turned off was messing with my bluetooth.
     
    #6 drsjr1969, Jul 13, 2015
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