For the last few days Iāve been having issues with the Bluetooth of my iPhone 16 Pro, with devices losing connection to the phone.
In particular:
- my headphones (Sony wh-h900n) keep disconnecting and reconnecting every about 30 seconds if Iām not listening to music; no issue if Iām playing music or if Iām on the Bluetooth settings page. The headphones also work fine with my work iPhone (they stay connected even if Iām not playing music or with the phone locked).
- the core issue is my Apple Watch, that disconnects from the iPhone when I lock it and so is barely unusable. The watch is new and just paired to the iPhone.
I tried looking up on google and tried/verified the following:
- the phone is on the latest iOS version
- I re-paired both devices and removed all old Bluetooth devices
- I did an hard restart leaving the phone off for more than 10 minutes
- I changed the iPhone name and re-paired the devices
- I reset network settings, privacy settings and even general device settings
- I removed all Bluetooth permissions from apps and reassigned only the needed ones
- I checked error logs on the device but found none related to Bluetooth
Only thing I havenāt done yet is a full device reset then starting as a new device, but iād keep that as a last resort.
Do you have any ideas of what to try next?
Thanks!