Watch connected to phone via BT, but need to manually connect still (?)

[Alex_Z]

Hi all,

I recently acquired a new phone (Nokia 8.3 5G), but even with my previous phone I had a persistent issue that I have found no solution to - looked far and wide online.

Namely: I can pair the Galaxy Watch 46mm to my phone seamlessly and all is good, until I go out of range. Upon returning within phone range, the watch will appear under my Bluetooth devices as "Connected" but I still need to select it and manually click the "Connect" button for it to actually start syncing and getting notifications and such. Without manually clicking "Connect" from BT settings, even the Galaxy Wear app cannot connect to the phone - quite frustrating.

What I tried: Rebooting both devices (even hard resets), clearing cache & data on BT, as well Galaxy Wear and Plugin apps, removing battery optimization from BT, Galaxy Wear and Plugin apps... literally nothing works.

Any ideas welcome - not the end of the world, but surely doesn't maximize the usage I can get out of the watch itself.

Thanks,
Z.

 

[Rukbat]

At the time this happens, are you close enough to any other BT device that's previously been paired to the phone that the phone could connect to it? If so, it won't know which one to connect to until you tell it.

 

[Nodnerb]

Try this?.....

https://eu.community.samsung.com/t5...connect-to-bluetooth-when-back-in/td-p/153582

Also, do you have any battery optimization on for the gear app or watch related items?