{"id":70049,"date":"2014-10-02T08:13:31","date_gmt":"2014-10-02T06:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=70049"},"modified":"2014-10-02T08:13:31","modified_gmt":"2014-10-02T06:13:31","slug":"ios-8-causing-bluetooth-problems-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/hardware\/70049\/ios-8-causing-bluetooth-problems-report\/","title":{"rendered":"iOS 8 causing bluetooth problems: report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple Inc&#8217;s new mobile operating system iOS8 is causing significant issues for some users who connect their phones to cars via Bluetooth, reports Apple news blog MacRumors, citing reports on Apple&#8217;s Support forums and its own user forums.<\/p>\n<p>It appears that following an upgrade to iOS 8, or after purchasing a new iPhone 6 or 6 Plus, users seem to be having trouble pairing their phones to their car audio systems, MacRumors posted in a blog.<\/p>\n<p>Several issues faced by users include the devices refusing to pair entirely, neglecting to play audio over the speakers, or disconnecting when a call comes in.<\/p>\n<p>The Bluetooth pairing problems are not just limited to cars, as iOS 8 users have also reported issues pairing their devices with headphones, speakers, headsets and more.<\/p>\n<p>MacRumors had also posted on Monday that a bug in iOS 8&#8217;s &#8216;Reset All Settings&#8217; option could erase iCloud drive documents, citing user reports.<\/p>\n<p>Apple has been plagued by problems following the September release of its iPhones and iOS8, with iPhone 6 Plus buyers discovering their phones can bend when placed in back pockets, and the company pulling a botched iOS8 update after reports of dropped cellular service.<\/p>\n<p>Apple could not be immediately reached for comment.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More on Apple<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Apple iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus unveiled\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/mobile\/68032\/apple-iphone-6-iphone-6-plus-unveiled\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Apple iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus unveiled<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Apple unveils smartwatch\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/mobile\/68040\/apple-unveils-smartwatch\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Apple unveils smartwatch<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to High hopes for Apple iPhone 6, iWatch reveal\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/mobile\/67814\/high-hopes-for-apple-iphone-6-iwatch-reveal\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">High hopes for Apple iPhone 6, iWatch reveal<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Will Apple put wearable tech on the map?\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/electronics\/67766\/will-apple-put-wearable-tech-on-the-map\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Will Apple put wearable tech on the map?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple Inc&#8217;s new mobile operating system iOS8 is causing significant issues for some users who connect their phones to cars via Bluetooth, reports Apple news blog MacRumors, citing reports on Apple&#8217;s Support forums and its own user forums.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":65536,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[25,2502,8875],"class_list":["post-70049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hardware","tag-active","tag-bluetooth","tag-ios-8"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70049"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70055,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70049\/revisions\/70055"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}