Bluetooth connectivity with another device may fail numerous times for unknown reasons. If you are within the range of the device and you do not understand very well what is failing, in this article we will show you a series of solutions to make your bluetooth connection work again.
Reestablish connection
On certain occasions, the connections that the device tries to make with a specific accessory can enter an infinite loop. This happens when the connection ends up failing but it keeps trying to connect without any success or it just hangs. This causes that even if you want to link with a specific accessory, it does not recognize it or constantly fail.
The solution is to reestablish the Bluetooth connection, turning it off and on again. It is important not to do it from the control center of the iPhone but rather to access the settings. You simply have to follow the following steps:
- On the iPhone go to Settings.
- Access the ‘Bluetooth’ section.
- Turn off the first option that appears at the beginning and turn it on again.
This connection can also be re-established by activating airplane mode and then deactivating it and even restarting the specific computer. Although they are simple actions, you will save a lot of time and in most cases with this simple process the Bluetooth will work correctly again.
Forget a device
If you have trouble connecting to a specific device wirelessly, you can simply delete it. When you make the iPhone stop taking the device into account, you will force it to track it again and link from scratch. With this, eliminate all communication problems that may exist in this link. To be able to perform this operation you simply have to follow the following steps:
- Access Settings on the iPhone.
- Click on the Bluetooth section almost at the beginning.
- In the ‘My devices’ section, locate the one that is giving you connection problems.
- Click on the ‘i’ icon that you will find on the right.
- Select the option ‘Skip device’
In this way the equipment will disappear from the ‘My devices’ section. You will have to look for it again as if it were totally new and link it from scratch. In this way you can guarantee that any connection problems that may exist are eliminated.
Reset networks
The connectivity settings can be reset at any time so that they can be left as if you had just released the iPhone. This will save you having to resort to formatting the iPhone, and with this simple option provided by the operating system you can have the connections restored. To perform this operation you simply have to follow the following steps:
- Access the settings.
- Scroll down to the ‘General’ section.
- At the end of this screen you will find ‘Reset’ where you should enter.
- Click on the ‘Reset network settings’ option.
The only problem you’ll find is that once the networks are re-established, it will affect the WiFi as well. That is why all the internet networks that you have stored on the iPhone will be lost as well as all the passwords. Obviously all devices stored in Bluetooth will be forgotten by the device as well as the VPN settings. In return, it is quite likely that in the end the bluetooth will work correctly on your computer.
Format iPhone
In the event that none of these options that we have given does not work correctly, you must choose to format the device. In this way you will delete the software and install it from scratch making sure that you are not with a bug in the operating system that can always be on the table. We recommend that during the initial installation you do not restore a backup copy and do a totally clean installation to avoid at all times that you can have the operating system bug again.
