Bluetooth issue

ShinerSm

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• Oct 5, 2023

• #1

Hi all I have a peculiar issue when trying to connect to bluetooth in my 2007 freelander 2 se
The car finds my phone but the phone can not seem to find the car
my phone appears on the screen but when I select pair it just says failed to connect to phone I have an iphone xsmax
I have removed all other bluetooth connections from the phone restarted ECT but no joy
any insights or tips will be gratefully received

Cheers Shiner

 

Wizard2003

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Carrickfergus

• Oct 5, 2023

• #2

ShinerSm said:

Hi all I have a peculiar issue when trying to connect to bluetooth in my 2007 freelander 2 se
The car finds my phone but the phone can not seem to find the car
my phone appears on the screen but when I select pair it just says failed to connect to phone I have an iphone xsmax
I have removed all other bluetooth connections from the phone restarted ECT but no joy
any insights or tips will be gratefully received

Cheers Shiner

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I know this is an obvious suggestion but have you tried restarting your phone? My daughters iPhone had a similar problem with my last car and that fixed it.

And I mean I proper restart, ie turn phone off completely with about 30secs then turn it on again.

 

ShinerSm

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• Oct 6, 2023

• #3

Yep, tried that, no joy

 

Nodge68

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• Oct 6, 2023

• #4

There are some issues with the FL2 Bluetooth and I phones. Unfortunately the I phone wasn't invented when the FL2 audio system was developed, so there have been compatibility issues. Unfortunately Apple is to blame here, which is why I won't have one.
My advice is switch to android, and leave all those stupid I phone compatibility issues behind.

 

ShinerSm

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• Oct 6, 2023

• #5

I take it there’s no workaround solution then, being an Apple snag
Great… F U Jobs! And all your fruit based tech.

 

marjon

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• Oct 6, 2023

• #6

Worth sending a mail to ask these guys. https://invery.com/

We have 1 in our RR 2011 and works very well, but I don't know if it will work for you.

J

 

Madmustang

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• Oct 6, 2023

• #7

ShinerSm said:

I take it there’s no workaround solution then, being an Apple snag
Great… F U Jobs! And all your fruit based tech.

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I disconnect/reconnect the battery and see if you can either pair the phone to the car or the car to the phone, Mine failed and I haven't got round to following the threads on the freel2 forum yet

Freel2.com - View topic - How to replace the bluetooth phone module

www.freel2.com

 

Nodge68

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• Oct 6, 2023

• #8

ShinerSm said:

I take it there’s no workaround solution then, being an Apple snag
Great… F U Jobs! And all your fruit based tech.

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There have been some I phones that work, and others not. It's something to do with permission on some software versions.
For me my phone needs to do what I want, not what the manufacturer says it can do. It a bit like buying a car, then only being able to drive it to locations that the manufacturer allows.
I've had an I phone, and got fed up with the way it was just so restricted, so went to Samsung android instead. Android isn't perfect, but it's much more versatile that Apple.