r/bluetooth

Randomly, when I’m using my computer, all of my Bluetooth devices disconnect and can’t find my PC again. According to my PC, the devices are still connected, though.

If I do a normal restart, the PC can’t even find the Bluetooth settings anymore. However, if I do a hard reset by holding down the power button until the PC completely shuts off and then turn it back on, Bluetooth works again. It usually works for a couple of hours before the same problem happens again.

I find it fascinating how I have been able to determine when there are other devices operating on similar frequencies within close proximity through my headphones. There's always a way of adjusting the hardware within them that allows you to pick up a little more than you would normally hear too. It can be irritating, most people might think there is a fault in the speakers, but it is incredibly interesting how it can work both ways to determine the scope and scale of other devices that surround you in every day life - sometimes you can even learn about new devices entirely that work on similar wavelengths.

Call Control Integration, WebHID Integration and Ecosystem Tracking can also be used beyond your own connection for potential hacking, so it is a good thing to pick up on through your bluetooth connections. I think by the end of this week, I will be investing in the good old fashioned direct wired connection as I learnt all I wanted to, and it is becoming a nuisance now after messing around with the internal mechanics to pick up too much.

Does anyone else understand what my aspy ass is talking about?

Hey everyone, I'm a Mechanical Engineering student and I’ve been documenting my journey into building stuff.

I wanted to break down the technical differences: how the joystick inputs (potentiometers) actually turn into wireless signals, and where each protocol really shines in terms of reliability and use-case.

I made this video to explain the signal path and the electronics involved for anyone trying to decide which route to take for their next project.

At DEFCON, I used my power assist wheelchair to get around. When i was in the LVCC, mainly the villages in hall W1/W2, the connection between the motor and controller kept getting disconnected due to the sheer amount of electronic noise in the building. I talked to both the RF and IoT guys if they had any ideas on how to stop this from happening and they said no.

The motor on the wheelchair is the Alber SMOOV One O10. I could not find a lot of documentation on it because either I got a 404 error or the documentation was in German because it’s a German company.

Idk what to do, so I turned to the smartest people I know. If you have any ideas please let me know. Thanks.

I live in a motel where drug and human trafficking take place frequently. I am aware of Bluetooth exploits being relatively common. I don’t want to be a victim of identity theft. What should I do?

Hey, so, I've been on vacation with my family and I've been using my mom's laptop which has windows 11.
Thing is that I closed the bluetooth icon in the minitask bar (bottom right), because it annoyed me, but I DIDN'T unisnstalled it.

Thing is, that now my mom needs the bluetooth and the computer says that the bluetooth function does not exist in it, which makes no sense. I've downloaded the bluetooth manager from the microsoft store, nothing, it doesn't work. Now she's mad with me.

How can I "Install" the bluetooth function again?

Hi. I have recently bought an iPhone 17 and been having a problem with it when making phone calls with any Bluetooth headset(AirPods pro and Sony noise cancelling headphones). When I’m outside, I can play music and hear the audio being played but once I make a phone call using my network or WhatsApp, the Bluetooth won’t connect and it switches to the iPhone audio straight away. I have tried resetting my network and reconnecting my AirPods etc to no avail. What puzzles me is if I’m indoors it works and I can hear the phone call through the Bluetooth device(AirPods). Please help if anyone has had the same experience with me. I would take it in the apple shop, but you can see my dilemma being able to show it not working because once indoors it works fine. Thank you and have a nice day.

I am using iPhone 17
On iOS 26.6

2019 S60 with Sensus & B&W, I fitted a Anyfar fullscreen upgrade and everything works as it should when the car is connected to my phone (Android) and to the unit playing everything through Bluetooth.

The thing is I want to listen to my music through USB (for quality) and use Android Auto for navigation and phone. This worked fine with the factory connection and my AAWireless connector. So I had music playing via USB, phone through speakers and Navigation would interrupt and play through speakers.

I connect the fullscreen unit and my phone is connected via BT to the car but whatever I do I can't get navigation to play through the car, phone does but navigation comes through my phone... I have tried every setting I can on my phone but no use. I have connected my phone via BT to a small speaker and the navigation comes out of that fine, frustrating!

I think it is the BT connection from the unit which is the issue, after all it is working as designed and it seems my workaround is to use the small BT speaker if I need navigation unless someone can help?

I am looking for a new bluetooth single ear headset that will let me connect with two devices and manually switch between them.

I have headsets that can connect to two devices, but I cannot directly control which one the headset plays audio from.

For example, if I am on a Zoom meeting on my laptop and then a call comes in on my cell phone, my current headsets will switch over to my phone. If I immediately reject the call it typically takes 10-20 seconds for the headset to switch back to the Zoom audio on my laptop.

I want a headset with a button that will immediately switch between the connected audio sources.

Does such a thing exist? I'd prefer one that is a smallish in ear style headset.

If not, does anyone have a suggestion on how to deal with the above situation when I am on a zoom call on the laptop and an unwanted call comes in on my cell phone?

Hey everyone,

I have an HP Victus running Windows 11. My Bluetooth mouse works fine, but the exact second I connect my Bluetooth earbuds for audio, the entire Bluetooth system crashes.

The Bluetooth icon completely vanishes from my taskbar, and Device Manager shows a yellow triangle on the driver.

I can temporarily bring it back by doing a hard power drain (holding the power button), but it crashes again as soon as both devices are connected.

I have already tried reinstalling drivers, disabling Windows power-saving settings, but nothing works.

Hi everyone, I'm living in an apartment and my main listening habit is listening to CDs thru bluetooth headphones to avoid disturbing the neighbours. I'm currently using a cheap bluetooth transmitter (Taotronics TT-BA09) and am wondering if (using the same bluetooth codec and connecting the transmitter to the CD player's optical output ) there is any sound quality difference between my transmitter and a high-end one (say the Ifi Zen Blue V3). Thank you

Ok so I have i got a yoga slim 7 core ultra 5, and it has had audio delay issues with Bluetooth devices.

I have had this since the start, I was so excited to have a laptop of my own and insanely stupid to not place a replacement. Now im dealing with it.

Delay is so bad, lip syncing issue is very very noticeable.

Tried multiple fixes, and nope it's still there. Pls lmk.