# Prius C and Bluetooth

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prius-c-and-bluetooth/679633>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 24, 2014, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prius-c-and-bluetooth/679633 "2014-01-24T17:59:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![dauerbach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c2a13f/32.png) [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prius-c-and-bluetooth/679633/1 "2014-01-24T17:59:56Z")

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My Prius C will no longer connect to my iphone 4s. I tried following instructions, but that did not work.

The phone bluetooth is working, as I can pair with my bluetooth speaker.

Any advice on fixing this?

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**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prius-c-and-bluetooth/679633/2 "2014-01-24T18:12:06Z")

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Do you have another phone with bluetooth to try connecting?

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**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prius-c-and-bluetooth/679633/3 "2014-01-24T18:14:51Z")

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Yup, have to narrow it down as to whether the problem is on the phone end, or the car end.

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**Author:** ![dauerbach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c2a13f/32.png) [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prius-c-and-bluetooth/679633/4 "2014-01-24T18:39:49Z")

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So I took my wife’s 5c, which had not previously been paired, and it did pair. MY phone works with my speakers, but not the car.

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**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prius-c-and-bluetooth/679633/5 "2014-01-24T19:00:13Z")

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Try deleting the pairing from the car, restarting your phone, and re create the pairing.

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**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prius-c-and-bluetooth/679633/6 "2014-01-24T19:03:33Z")

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I guess the other question is: did anything change with your phone recently? Specifically, is it now joined to something like your company’s Exchange environment via activesync? Because if so, they can enforce policies that can allow pairing with audio-only speakers but not full fledged systems like an integrated car system.

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**Author:** ![dauerbach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c2a13f/32.png) [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prius-c-and-bluetooth/679633/7 "2014-01-24T19:08:17Z")

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I did that. Still did not work. Then I deleted Car Audio from the iphone, put it in search mode, and it connected right up.

Thanks for the advice. I guess it was essentially frozen, and I had to figure out the best way to reboot.