I've had my S4 for 5 days and I have to say I am incredibly disappointed with the Bluetooth thus far. I'm not sure if it's related to the update to 4.3 since that happened on day 2 and I hadn't ...
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I've had my S4 for 5 days and I have to say I am incredibly disappointed with the Bluetooth thus far. I'm not sure if it's related to the update to 4.3 since that happened on day 2 and I hadn't had enough time to use it to see if there was a difference but here's my issue: Bluetooth will not automatically connect to the car. I get in the car, turn BT on in the phone, up pops the connection showing paired devices, it shows my car, it shows that it's paired, it says it connects but the car says there are no devices. Sometimes if I tap it 3-5 times it will finally actually connect, but usually I have to go into the paired device settings and re-check call audio and media audio options. This also takes multiple taps before it will show checkmarks in the boxes. Why do I have to do this every time? Why can't the settings be saved like a normal device? I even tried deleting it from the car and re-pairing to no avail. I had my Thunderbolt for two years and never had a problem. I would get into the car, turn on bluetooth, it would instantly connect (without me having to do anything) and I was good to go. Second problem is, when I do finally connect to the car and play music stored on the device, the audio drops in and out repeatedly. I have yet to get thru a song in it's entirety. When I stream Slacker however, the audio doesn't seem to drop in and out. Bluetooth isn't new technology. I'm just shocked that this problem exists on a brand new phone. The fact that I gave up my unlimited data plan for this phone is really starting to bum me out. I thought I was upgrading from my Thunderbolt, not downgrading. Contemplating returning it.