Bluetooth turning off since NMF26U

Fonebone1

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Fix looking promising

I have been having the same issue with BT switching itself off for about a week now. Never had any BT issues prior to that. Mine is a Verizon Pixel XL. I noticed it when it wouldn't connect to my car, but I quickly discovered that was because BT was off on the phone. I always leave BT on, so I knew something was funky and paid close attention after that. Once I turn it back on it connects to everything just fine and it stays on for the duration of me using it at that time. But when I go to use it the next time, it is off again. It can be a variable length of time in between when I use it, so I don't know how soon it turns off, but it has to be within just a few hours. This pattern suggests to me that something is turning it off, perhaps to save battery, if it goes without being used for a certain time period. I did not knowingly turn on any setting that does that, so it makes sense that an update changed something. I have not tried the workaround/fix mentioned above; I will do it and report back.
As suggested, I changed Bluetooth MIDI Service and Bluetooth Share to Not optimized in Battery optimization settings. It has just been an hour but BT still on, so far so good.
 

sliding_billy

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The optimize thing did not work here either. The BT midi services showed up, so I had both of them turned off from optimizing. The BT icon disappeared later that day after not going onto any linked devices including the car.
 

dpruessner

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Just found this thread after searching why my BT is turning itself off. Build MNF26U. Happens multiple times a day. I use a Plantronics PLT Legend hands-free for office calls during the day.
 

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I'm having this issue also on my 6p. NUF26K

It would be on for a few hours then next morning it is off.

Only fix that has worked for me is to have Tasker run looking for if Bluetooth is off, and if it is, turn it on.
 

bimmerboii

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Same with mine. I noticed my Huawei Watch gets disconnected at least twice a day. Frustrating. Wasnt experiencing this before the last update
 

mav3rick478

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I too have had my Bluetooth turn off since the latest security update. Usually happens in the afternoon before I get off work. I'll try to turn off the optimization and report back.

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sliding_billy

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Funny I have not had this issue in days since turning the optimization settings back on after trying them off unsuccessfully including being in both cars and having BT enable on multiple devices.. Perhaps re-enabling them helped somehow.
 

mav3rick478

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Well turning off the optimization did not work, Bluetooth turned off this afternoon while at work so less than 24 hours since trying the fix. ☹

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germanmarky

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I haven't modified the profile since I implemented it, but it does not seem to work. It's as if the BT stack completely crashes, Tasker fires but gets stuck on turning on BT because the stack has to reinitialize. I do however get the SMS notification, which usually is enough for me to look at either my phone or connected device and notice that BT is no longer enabled.

Good idea. I just added a Tasker profile to do the same and text me too. Will be interesting to see if there is a pattern to when it turns off.