S23 Galaxy Ultra: please fix the Bluetooth bug

[Matt4747]

This Bluetooth pairing issue drives me crazy. May I have a solution: Just reboot in safe mode and pair your Bluetooth device and then go back to normal mode.

I already had such issue on my S22 one year ago and after 1 or 2 months a Samsung phone update fixed it. Really really bad support from a brand like Samsung.

I have this issue on my brand new Galaxy S23 Ultra. I even replaced the device already one time. Whenever I try to pair Bluetooth devices, the pairing message on the phone does not come up. It seems that just the message it somehow blocked. My Bluetooth devices wait for the confirmation on the phone (smartwatch, my car) , but I can’t do so. And headsets etc. which usually do not need any confirmation, just do not connect. 

VERY STRANGE: in some rare cases, suddenly the pairing message pops-up. Sometimes after 20 trials to pair even more, most times never. Samsung: here is something really broken. I have the impression something in Samsung Apps or the SmartSwitch transfer from my Galaxy Note was faulty programmed by Samsung. 

This issue makes me crazy and I already spend hours for trial and error, searching the web and even contact the really bad Samsung service (they do not have a technical clue and cannot or are not willing to open a technical ticket).

Nothing worked:
1) Restart Phone
2) Toggle Bluetooth
3) Unpair all devices, pair again (if possible)
4) Factory Reset Network Settings
5) Wipe Cache Partition (Factory Menu)
6) Repair Apps (Factory Menu)
7) Even tried third party apps to pair Bluetooth devices

But the safe mode… did it 😊

One remarkable thing: In the web many posts and even Samsung recommend to delete the app data of the Bluetooth app. But on my S23 Ultra with latest Android 13 (22.Feb2023) this is not accessible: “delete data” is greyed out. May this would be the real solution. But not accessible on S23.

[Darrylboio]

today i noticed that my oral-b toothbrush wouldn't connect to my s23 ultra either, had the phone for around 4 days now and it worked really great until this problem occured. i rely on the bluetooth functionality so i can get all the spots in my mouth but now i have to restart my phone every time just to connect my brush for once, then never again until i restart my phone again. very frustrating!

[Abdullah-2411]

I have the same issue with my freebuds 4 too. I am sick of this issue.

[K3v1nMyl35]

I'm having the same issue. My S23 will not connect to my car. I get a pairing key that shows up on my phone but it doesn't show up on the car at all...

[Mafelix125]

I'm having the same problem connecting to my 2011 Tundra. The cache will not clear in the blue tooth app. I can hear music from my amazon music app but am not able to take or receive calls from my phone. This is such a headache when traveling.

[S23 Galaxy Ultra]

Sooo frustrated... tried all the things you listed including the Safe Mode reboot. No success. And there is a weird car that comes up when I do the Bluetooth scan. It's not my car or a neighbors and I tried to delete it from the list and it keeps popping back up. And my car does not come up at all.

>>-:-<<

[DomyAddd]

I have twice experienced serious problems with the bluethoot connection of my S23 ultra. In the first case with Freebuds 4, which randomly stopped transmitting audio while still connected. Now however, again with tws headphones (Oppo enco Air 3), everything works fine as long as I only use one headphone, as soon as I kick the second one out of the case then the audio starts to go haywire and it becomes unusable. Both headsets have been tested with other phones and PCs and found no problems. There's clearly something wrong with the bluethoot on our s23 ultra

[An9e1a]

Has anyone had an answer to this problem? 

I need bluetooth connection for my insulin pump and when I try to connect says I need an app - which I have and it was working fine before!! Also having the same problem with dexcom g6 which is for monitoring blood sugars!! Might have to change handsets or even change to iPhone if Samsung can't sort this out!! 

[Chrisk85]

I'm having the same issue..I just bought my phone yesterday...it's a lot of money to be having these issues...I can't connect to car or buds

[-Robot-]

Have you spoken to Support?

[Chrisk85]

I have not yet ..I Googled the issue and seems like everyone is dealing with the same issues