S25 Bluetooth nightmare.

[Carguy8888]

Hi,
I have a Samsung S25. When I say OK Google it will not connect with my phone book to initiate a call when I am driving hands-free. It just says I don't understand. If I toggle the calls button on and off it will work for a short time. Text will work and everything is fine without being connected to Bluetooth. It worked fine for years and then stopped working. I'm assuming something happened during an update. I have tried clearing the cache, you are not able to clear data on the Bluetooth app. The only way it works temporarily is if I toggle the calls button on the Bluetooth app off and back on but it's only temporary. Please advise, thank you in advance.

 

[ggrant3876]

Hi,
I have a Samsung S25. When I say OK Google it will not connect with my phone book to initiate a call when I am driving hands-free. It just says I don't understand. If I toggle the calls button on and off it will work for a short time. Text will work and everything is fine without being connected to Bluetooth. It worked fine for years and then stopped working. I'm assuming something happened during an update. I have tried clearing the cache, you are not able to clear data on the Bluetooth app. The only way it works temporarily is if I toggle the calls button on the Bluetooth app off and back on but it's only temporary. Please advise, thank you in advance.

Welcome to the forum. Have you tried booting to recovery and deleting the cache partition? After the last update my S25 Ultra was eating my battery at an alarming rate, I cleared the cache partition in recovery and it was back to normal.

Step-by-step guide:

1. Power off your S25: Press and hold the Volume Down button and the Side/Power button until the power menu appears, then select "Power off".
2. Connect to a PC: Use a USB-C cable to connect your powered-off phone to a computer or another device, or use USB-C headphones.
3. Enter Recovery Mode:
   • Press and hold the Volume Up button and the Side/Power button at the same time.
   • When the Samsung logo appears, release the Side/Power button but continue holding the Volume Up button.
     • Release the Volume Up button when the Android Recovery menu appears.
4. • Wipe Cache Partition:
     • Use the Volume Down button to scroll through the menu options.
     • Navigate to and highlight "Wipe cache partition".
     • Press the Power button to select it.
     • When prompted, scroll to "Yes" using the Volume Down button and press the Power button to confirm.
   • Reboot: Once the cache wipe is complete, the option "Reboot system now" will be highlighted. Press the Power button to restart your phone. You can now unplug the USB cable.