Bluetooth Visabilty

[newtda513]

Hello p7 friends,
I having issues with my Bluetooth not seeing my cars Bluetooth.
I will go to connect but it will not see the cars Bluetooth. I have a Ford Escape 2013 I've been able to connect all other phones and devices to the car. Could there be something that I'm missing with the connections? What VPN be an issue if it's connected?

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[bkdodger2]

Did you try to turn off the VPN reboot the phone and then try to connect to the car Bluetooth? I know when I was trying Google VPN and Android auto started on my car. It was blocked. I had to exclude Android Auto on the VPN to get it to work

 

[Coop61]

I know my 7 pro BT won't connect when the VPN is turned on

 

[newtda513]

I know my 7 pro BT won't connect when the VPN is turned on

Turned off VPN and attempted to connect no such luck.

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[bkdodger2]

Turned off VPN and attempted to connect no such luck.

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Did you try a reboot and also toggle off Bluetooth and toggle back on?

 

[newtda513]

Did you try a reboot and also toggle off Bluetooth and toggle back on?

Reboot, toggled off Bluetooth.

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[diesel97]

Reboot, toggled off Bluetooth.

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Delete the phone from the car, and any old phones, and reinstall

 

[B. Diddy]

Is this a factory-installed head unit, or aftermarket?

 

[newtda513]

Is this a factory-installed head unit, or aftermarket?

Factory installed

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[B. Diddy]

Car stereos from that time often could only connect via Bluetooth for phone calls, not streaming audio -- but you're not even able to connect for phone calls?

 

[newtda513]

That is correct,.my phone Bluetooth doesn't see the cars bt system.

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[mustang7757]

That is correct,.my phone Bluetooth doesn't see the cars bt system.

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Try resetting network which will delete Bluetooth,wifi and network...my Samsung buds had same issue couldn't pair and didn't show up and that fixed it

 

[B. Diddy]

Also see if this helps: squareup.com/help/us/en/article/6828-clear-your-android-device-s-bluetooth-cache

 

[Coop61]

The Dec. security update may help you out . There is a BT fix for BT connecting to older vehicles.

 

[newtda513]

Did update reset Bluetooth still not showing up to connect.

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[diesel97]

Did update reset Bluetooth still not showing up to connect.

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did you delete your phones from your car and start over

 

[newtda513]

After restarting phone, walking away from the issue, reading manual about Bluetooth. Everything is connected and working.

Thank you all helping me out.

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[livetovacation60]

did you delete your phones from your car and start over

I had a similar problem as well and deleting all my previous phones seemed to have helped.

 

[Jdubsw]

This isn't the bluetooth problem per se, it is the Android 13 update. You can't clear the cache, as it is grayed out, and cache is stuck at 14.34KB. Numerous threads on the subject. Samsung and Android suck

 

[mustang7757]

This isn't the bluetooth problem per se, it is the Android 13 update. You can't clear the cache, as it is grayed out, and cache is stuck at 14.34KB. Numerous threads on the subject. Samsung and Android suck

Where you trying to clear cache?