Problem with bluetooth and iphone 3gs

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I have an 08 FX35 and just gave my wife my old iPhone 3GS. It doesn't seem to be working properly with the bluetooth in our FX. It does connect and stuff, but will not ring in the car. I have tried deleting the phone and starting over and still happens. I set the ringtone in the setup procedure, but when we receive a call we hear nothing. The iPhone won't even ring, just vibrates and the car doesn't ring but eventually the stereo will go quiet and you realize there is a call coming in.

Any ideas or suggestions?

Thanks
Kan :confused:
 
stupid question, bvecaue this happened with my old phone. when my phone was on vibrate the bluetooth wouldnt ring.....it would just be silent an the phone would vibe. check that and check the setting in the car maybe the ringtone volume is turned down
 
Kkrogers said:
There is no stupid questions here!! I will double check both of those. I am pretty sure I had the phone on ring and not silent, but doesn't hurt to try everything!

Thanks
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Correct. There are no stupid questions here, so please disregard JB, but he may have pointed you in the right direction.
 
Actually, I talked to my wife and her phone has not been in silent mode and it still does not make the car ring. It is more frustrating to me than her because when I try to call her, she doesn't hear it!!

Thanks!
 
Kkrogers said:
I have an 08 FX35 and just gave my wife my old iPhone 3GS. It doesn't seem to be working properly with the bluetooth in our FX. It does connect and stuff, but will not ring in the car. I have tried deleting the phone and starting over and still happens. I set the ringtone in the setup procedure, but when we receive a call we hear nothing. The iPhone won't even ring, just vibrates and the car doesn't ring but eventually the stereo will go quiet and you realize there is a call coming in.

Any ideas or suggestions?

Thanks
Kan :confused:
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Kan, did you ever find a solution for this?
My iPhone used to work fine in my car (2008 Fx35) but from some time on, I have the exact same problem as you do...
I don't know when it started doing it, it may have to be related to the firmware of the iPhone (running 4.1 at the moment), as I tried both a Nokia and an older iPhone with 3.something firmware and those worked fine.

Please let me know if you find a solution (or a iPhone firmware update that solves it)

Ignacio
 
me61ic said:
Kan, did you ever find a solution for this?
My iPhone used to work fine in my car (2008 Fx35) but from some time on, I have the exact same problem as you do...
I don't know when it started doing it, it may have to be related to the firmware of the iPhone (running 4.1 at the moment), as I tried both a Nokia and an older iPhone with 3.something firmware and those worked fine.

Please let me know if you find a solution (or a iPhone firmware update that solves it)

Ignacio
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I had a slightly different issue with my 08. When the 3Gs was synced, the voice commands would not work at all. I tried playing with the settings on the phone and in the car with on luck. I ended up taking it in and they replaced the entire Bluetooth system. This happened shortly after we bought the car so they did it for free. I am not sure that it is something covered under the warranty or not but might be worth checking out. I am not sure that this helps in anyway but just thought that I would add my own experience.
 
Schnell said:
I had a slightly different issue with my 08. When the 3Gs was synced, the voice commands would not work at all. I tried playing with the settings on the phone and in the car with on luck. I ended up taking it in and they replaced the entire Bluetooth system. This happened shortly after we bought the car so they did it for free. I am not sure that it is something covered under the warranty or not but might be worth checking out. I am not sure that this helps in anyway but just thought that I would add my own experience.
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Car was bought in the USA and lives in Spain right now, so no chance for warranty...

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Moose350 said:
Is the iPhone jailbroken? Seems after 4.1 mine stopped doing the same with my bluetooth in my 350z. Does exactly the same on the infiniti as well.
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Yes, the phones giving me the probs are jailbroken and on 4.0.1 and 4.1 firmwares, I might try to update to 4.2.1 or 4.3.1 which I believe is out now, I need them jailbroken though :wub:

Did you fix your issues with any jailbroken firmware on the iphone?

Thanks, Ignacio
 
me61ic said:
Yes, the phones giving me the probs are jailbroken and on 4.0.1 and 4.1 firmwares, I might try to update to 4.2.1 or 4.3.1 which I believe is out now, I need them jailbroken though :wub:

Did you fix your issues with any jailbroken firmware on the iphone?

Thanks, Ignacio
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My iPhone was jailbroken as well. Running from 4.0.x all the way up to 4.3.1 and still doesnt work. If you want to wait, I just upgraded to 4.3.2 yesterday, Ill test it out on my way home from work to see if the problem persists with a nonjailbroken firmware.
 
Moose350 said:
My iPhone was jailbroken as well. Running from 4.0.x all the way up to 4.3.1 and still doesnt work. If you want to wait, I just upgraded to 4.3.2 yesterday, Ill test it out on my way home from work to see if the problem persists with a nonjailbroken firmware.
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Waiting for your test LMK
 
Idk if you have fixed your issue but what you may try doing/checking is go to the bluetooth settings for ringtone is may be on silent. I just purchased a 2007 FX35 today and while setting mine up I noticed that it asked me if I wanted to set a ringtone and you have the option of silent or choosing between like 5 ringtones. I think yours may be set to silent. Let me know if this works
 
NissanFan84 said:
Idk if you have fixed your issue but what you may try doing/checking is go to the bluetooth settings for ringtone is may be on silent. I just purchased a 2007 FX35 today and while setting mine up I noticed that it asked me if I wanted to set a ringtone and you have the option of silent or choosing between like 5 ringtones. I think yours may be set to silent. Let me know if this works
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Still not working, Car is set to a ringtone, but "usually" nothing sounds, the phone just vibrates and you can see PHONE on the car's screen. Sometimes (only very few times) you can hear the iPhone ringtone (not the car) through the speakers when having an incoming call, but as said that is only once in a very long while...

I have just forgetted about it as I can not find any solution...
 
me61ic said:
Still not working, Car is set to a ringtone, but "usually" nothing sounds, the phone just vibrates and you can see PHONE on the car's screen. Sometimes (only very few times) you can hear the iPhone ringtone (not the car) through the speakers when having an incoming call, but as said that is only once in a very long while...

I have just forgetted about it as I can not find any solution...
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Man I would take it to Infiniti & complain
 
I know this is kind of an old post, but I was having this exact same problem in my 2008 FX35 Tech Package since I changed from the iPhone 3gs all the way through the iPhone 5, I did not have the problem with my older iPhone 1st gen or the iPhone 3g. Anyway I have finally figured out what was going out and have been able to fix it with a little tweak in the phone.

For this tweak to work the phone has to be jailbroken, I have installed a package through Cydia called "Bluetooth Service Manager", this will install an app in your phone called "BT Services" that will let you enable/disable bluetooth services such as A2DP, handsfree, remote, gaming... on your phone, I thought the problem was that the phone was trying to send its own ringtone through A2DP which the Bluetooth on our cars don't have active, in fact from time to time but only a very few times, the phone ringtone could be heard over the car speakers in a call. Anyway if you enter this app and deactivate the A2DP service, the default car ring will sound with ALL incoming calls, it will still take two or three rings to sound, you will hear it at the same time that the car screen shows PHONE, but as said you'll be able to hear the incoming calls.

Once you deactivate the A2DP service and hit the home button on your phone you will see that the Bluetooth disconnects, you'll have to go to Preferencies>Bluetooth and hit the Bluetooth Handsfree again to make the connection with the car again the first time. After that and if you don't reboot your phone it'll stay with the A2DP service disconnected, if the phone runs out of battery or if you reboot your phone you'll have to run this procedure again.
 
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