Bluetooth keeps turning on

[mgssrs]

Any one know what would make my Bluetooth keep turning it's self on? I have a GS5 on Verizon with Lollipop 5.0. It has been doing it for a week or two. I have check all the settings and cleared the cache but it is still happening. Thanks for any help.

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[kalytn]

This was the issue for my LG G6 as well. Thanks as that was driving me crazy!

 

[diasmuchon]

Dude, you saved my life.

 

[Darstevus]

I have had same problem which is now fixed.
Try this:
Setting
Location
Scanning
Uncheck Bluetooth

Thank you. This worked on my Droid turbo 2. Not sure why it suddenly started on its own...but this fixed it.

 

[B. Diddy]

Thank you. This worked on my Droid turbo 2. Not sure why it suddenly started on its own...but this fixed it.

Welcome to Android Central! It can happen if the phone asks you if you want to Improve Location Accuracy and you agree. Whenever I see that prompt, I always Cancel.

 

[jmzagade]

Thanks this works

 

[Robert Fisher4]

Welcome to Android Central! It can happen if the phone asks you if you want to Improve Location Accuracy and you agree. Whenever I see that prompt, I always Cancel.

I'm on a Galaxy S4 and unfortunately I don't have that option to turn off.

I have location services turned off as well and the bluetooth still keeps turning itself on.

Anyone have any other suggestions?

 

[Thom LaLonde]

I'm on a Galaxy S4 and unfortunately I don't have that option to turn off.

I have location services turned off as well and the bluetooth still keeps turning itself on.

Anyone have any other suggestions?

Settings>Connections>More Connection Settings>Nearby Device Scanning

 

[Zachary Lowell]

Any one know what would make my Bluetooth keep turning it's self on? I have a GS5 on Verizon with Lollipop 5.0. It has been doing it for a week or two. I have check all the settings and cleared the cache but it is still happening. Thanks for any help.

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No but try turning on airplane mode for about 20 seconds. Then turn it off and it should reset bluetooth and wifi from auto connecting

 

[Pezmick]

I have had same problem which is now fixed.
Try this:
Setting
Location
Scanning
Uncheck Bluetooth

Great job you were spot on thanks a lot

 

[motherof2angie]

I found on another post. I'm trying this. Hope it helps you too.

Go to Settings>Connection>Location>Improve Accuracy and look for the Scanning option. Make sure Bluetooth Scanning is turned off.

 

[GRL 1]

I know this is an old post but it's still a problem. For some reason, (I have a Nokia 7.1) and about 2/3 weeks ago, bluetooth started turning it's-self on. I'm not going to say 'Automatically' becasue there were no devices in range and the phone had no reason to switch bt on. I scoured the internet, found several 'solutions' including turning off bluetooth scanning, followed all the instructions and thought I'd cured it, but alas it was only temporary. I got in touch with Nokia and after several e-mails and attempts at sorting it, I was advised to restart the phone in 'safe' mode. That way, only the pre-installed apps would work and all the 3rd party apps would be disabled. I did what I was advised and hey presto, the problem went away. This proved that it was a 3rd party app which was causing the problem. Unfortunately, I have about 40 apps installed and it would have been a major pain in the arse to disable each one in turn in order to identify the guilty app. I didn't want to do it but my only option was to carry out a full factory reset. I backed up my data to Google, then reset the phone. If you follow this proceedure, be careful not to allow the phone to 'copy' your backed up data back to the phone as this will restore the problem. When you sign into the clean phone with your Google account, stop ALL attempts by Google to copy your backed up data back to the phone. The very first thing you must do is open the Google Play Store App and stop apps from updating automatically. I resisted the temptation to start downloading any apps or carry out any updates and the phone behaved normally for 24 hours. After that time I began to re-install just a few important apps, 'weather', 'whatsapp', etc 5/6 at a time, then let them do their thing for about 12 hours before downloading any more. I've now gone for 24 hours with no problems. I decided during this operation that I wasn't going to clutter up the phone with apps that I only use a couple of times and would stick to the bare essentials. I now have only about 10 3rd party apps on my phone instead of the original 40 odd, I have a phone that runs smoothly, quickly and doesn't make me feel like throwing it through the window 10 times a day.