Problem with bluetooth

[Jimbop]

The bluetooth on my bionic is failing to turn on. It fails to turn on every time i try to turn it on. I have tried to turn it on through the settings menu and through the power widget and all of them fail. I have tried to reboot the phone and there is no change. I am running stock unrooted 905 update. Does anyone have any ideas? I just picked up a bluetooth headset and would be frustrated if i have to take this month old phone back because of a broken bluetooth card. Thanks.

 

[3sweeties]

I'm stock 905 and no problems with Bluetooth.. Connects to my car every time. does it happen with every Bluetooth device?

 

[aaf709]

Just to be clear, you are unable to keep Bluetooth turned on, or that it won't connect? Do you have any battery saving app like Juice Defender installed?

 

[Jimbop]

To be clear, bluetooth will not even turn on on my phone. I click for it to turn on but it fails to turn on after about a minute. It isn't giving me any failure message, but the menu selection only dims back down and stops trying to turn it on after about a minute.

 

[aaf709]

Have you tried to pair it with a Bluetooth device? It may be that it won't stay on because there it's nothing in its memory to connect to. In my case, the only Bluetooth I use is built into my car.

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[Jimbop]

I tried first with my bluetooth headset. I turned it on and set it to discovery and still had the same result. I also tried the same thing with my OG Droid to no difference. I am wondering if it is either hardware or software related. I am debating about trying out rooting soon or just taking my phone straight to one of the verizon repair centers as this could possibly be a hardware issue instead of just a bad software install.

 

[Jimbop]

I just noticed something else. I tried to look up the mac address of the bluetooth and it says unavailable. I am guessing hardware related issue here then.