I had trouble with Bluetooth connectivity with my iPhone 6 Plus until I bent it. Now it works great!!!
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iOS 8 Causing Widespread Bluetooth Connectivity Issues in Cars
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I had pairing issues too with my iPhone 6 plus. I even did the whole "erase network settings" and it still didn't work correctly.
A few days ago I exchanged my plus for a regular 6 (found the plus too big for me) and I haven't had a problem since. My car is a 2013 Hyundai Elantra.
A few days ago I exchanged my plus for a regular 6 (found the plus too big for me) and I haven't had a problem since. My car is a 2013 Hyundai Elantra.
I am surprised people have blue tooth problems, because my iPhone 6 has a better and more stable blue tooth connection to my bluebuds xs than did my iPhone 5 on iOS 7.
I noticed that issue, although it takes two seconds to get it back to work by simply disconnecting and reconnecting the device under bluetooth settings. However some apps are failing to broadcast to my wireless earbuds, I dont know if this is due to iOS 8 or if this has always been the case.
Regardless stop making it sound like it is the end of the world. This kind of bug belongs in Apple's support forum not in the news, like are we really going to start grabbing every bug and make an article out of it? Apple has always had issues with every single update, I just find it funny that all of a sudden it became cool to write on every single possible bug detected.
Whatever, this only means that Apple will react faster to the reported issues unlike Android where you are pretty much left to figure it out on your own when things start to fail.
Regardless stop making it sound like it is the end of the world. This kind of bug belongs in Apple's support forum not in the news, like are we really going to start grabbing every bug and make an article out of it? Apple has always had issues with every single update, I just find it funny that all of a sudden it became cool to write on every single possible bug detected.
Whatever, this only means that Apple will react faster to the reported issues unlike Android where you are pretty much left to figure it out on your own when things start to fail.
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This again goes back to Apple not releasing enough beta versions before the GM, in my opinion. I feel that at least 1-2 more betas before the public release would have made a huge difference in the number of bugs found and fixed.
I've noticed that the aftermarket Parrot BT adapter in my car will pair, and calls work with my iPhone 6, but I haven't gotten BT audio working. I haven't looked into it yet, but perhaps it is iOS 8-related. I travel a lot for work but unfortunately my last 2 rentals haven't had Bluetooth so I haven't been able to test it out on other cars.
This will likely get fixed in a point release. BT is a shaky enough standard where these kinds of issues aren't uncommon. I had a Nokia N97 back in the days that would pair with just about everything except the BT adapter in my car.
This will likely get fixed in a point release. BT is a shaky enough standard where these kinds of issues aren't uncommon. I had a Nokia N97 back in the days that would pair with just about everything except the BT adapter in my car.
Issues with cellular and touch ID are still here too. Last night on my iPhone 6 plus, I had no service and my touch ID wasn't working. It fixed with a reset, but the problem is still there..
thats probably why I have problems with the iPhone 6+ in my infiniti it seems to connect, but when I try to make a call, call is quite ....
You should probably use a few Windows machines and devices to experience the hell that comes with them before you start chastising Apple over something minute.
I'll take these minor issues over that ANY day.
So stopping phone from making calls is minor etc?
Windows isn't the problem, it's the morons who use the machine that are.
.0 releases are generally problematic. This is not unique to Apple. There's just no way for a developer to catch all problems that could manifest in the wild. For this reason, I wait at least one month and for 2-3 updates before upgrading to a .0. The problem here is that Apple posts releases for automatic update as soon as they GA. I think that is a bad idea-- unless there is some urgent security problem, I think it would be wiser for Apple to delay a week after GA before notifying users that an update is available.
Connecting and pairing perfectly using 8.0.2 via Bluetooth on my 2011 Elantra Limited's Nav System.
Oh wait...I'm using an iPhone 5!
Oh wait...I'm using an iPhone 5!
I'm not so sure. I think these kinds of things happen fairly frequently with major updates. iOS 6 and iOS 7 had their share of issues, too. What's happening is that they did drop the ball (iOS 8.01), plus had the overblown "Bendghazi" issue and so everything is getting scrutinized. Look back on the posts from 2012 and you'll see that "iOS 6 was the worst rollout ever." I'm sure in 2015 iOS 9 will be the "worst rollout ever."