Bluetooth Won't Hang Up

I have a 2006 325i

After I receive or make a call through Bluetooth and my Motorola Razor phone, I cannot disconnect. The phone hangs up, but it still shows as connected on the dash.

Any ideas?

how does it show as connected? My phone hangs up just fine, but the "bars" signifying signal strength remain (on the bottom of the iDrive screen). When you end a call do you hit the phone button on the wheel to disconnct? and if so does your system return to the radio or does your radio remain muted? More details would be helpful (as I'm about to buy the RAZR phone -- on a side note... woohoo, T-Mobile finally carries the RAZR phone! YIPPEE)!

The display says "connected". When I hit the phone button on the wheel or the "end" button on the radio I get no response. When I try to switch over to the radio it says "still connected" and won't let me. The only way to disconnect is to turn the phone off and then switch it back on again.

BTW I don't have the iDrive. It's the standard audio system.

Try deleting both profiles from your phone and the car. Then set them up again. Probably a bug that can be avoided by resetting the profiles.

Btw, RAZRs aren't that great because of the terrible delay when navigating menus (unless T-mobile fixed that).

Worked like a charm. You're the best.

Originally Posted by willpooted

Btw, RAZRs aren't that great because of the terrible delay when navigating menus (unless T-mobile fixed that).

Menu speed is quite acceptable in recent firmware. I think T*Mobile ships with 40.9E, which is pretty recent. The latest version for Cingular is 40.9C. I'm running 41.C0 on my RAZR, which is the latest stable test release from Motorola.

I've noticed the same, but it only happens under certain conditions. If I'm on the phone already, then get in and start my car, letting the car's bluetooth automatically connect. I have the problem at the end of that phone call. From there, I've found 4 different options to recover.

1. Shutdown bluetooth from your phone
2. Reboot your phone
3. Walk out of range of your car (turning your car off doesn't work as the bluetooth stays active as long at it is connected
4. Make another phone call and hang up.

I've reset my profile with no luck, and just had my car completely upgrade with the latest SW they have. No fix yet.

I've been having the same problem as mortar. I'll try deleting the pairing and re-establishing it tonight and report back tomorrow...

Two questions though:
1) What's the latest version of software for the car (2006 E90 325i)?
2) How do I know what version I have?

Thanks!

Originally Posted by Steply

(as I'm about to buy the RAZR phone -- on a side note... woohoo, T-Mobile finally carries the RAZR phone! YIPPEE)!

You could have always just bought the RAZR phone elsewhere and put the T-Mobile SIM card in it.

FYI, the SLVR is coming out soon, EDGE compatible

I've been having the same problem as mortar. I'll try deleting the pairing and re-establishing it tonight and report back tomorrow...

Two questions though:
1) What's the latest version of software for the car (2006 E90 325i)?
2) How do I know what version I have?

Thanks!

Tried repairing my Razr and 325 last night. No change...

Anyone have any more ideas?

I have the same issue occasionally...and have to power the phone off/on...I don't think it'll go away until BMW realeses updated firmware for their BT(it's not the phone) I've recently downloaded and installed a modified/hacked version of firmware and flex on the RAZOR and still have the issue...Although off topic...my phone now has better reception and menu speed is fast as hell...the menus are actually faster than the key press sounds...do a search for motomodders...There is a whole world of cell phone hacking...

If you open the Razr phone and hit the 'menu' key when a bluetooth call is in progress, you will get (among other things) the option to "use handset". If you select this, it will switch the call to the phone and disconnect the speaker/microphone in the car.

Otherwise, it will stay connected even after the ignition is turned off presumably to allow you to continue your conversation hands-free until you locate the phone. If it switched the call back to the handset automatically when the ignition is shut off, the phone might still be stuffed in your pocket.

If you exit and walk away without switching the call to the handset, it will simply hang up when you get out of range.

I hope this helps.

Just got my T-Mobile RAZR, just got my '05 330Cic (E46). The former owner of the car had a bluetooth phone paired.

I'm having trouble pairing my new RAZR. I've gotten the phone to identify the car and ask for the passkey. I've entered the "PK" number on the bluetooth card the prior owner provided me (a 4-digit number), and it says "invalid PIN."

I've tried deleting the BMW device profile from the phone after it initially identified to retry the procedure. But how do I delete the prior owner's phone profile from the car's BT system? At this point, all I know how to do is hit the button on the steering wheel to produce the "activate phone" message on the radio display. Is there a way to clear out the old device to start everything from scratch? My local dealer seemed fairly clueless.

Thanks so much for any help!

doppio

I have had a similar problem with the hanging up issue, but am also having an issue with the bluetooth connection disconnecting during a call. I have tried with 2 phone (v600 and V3 razr) and have the same issue.

Any ideas????

When i initially set up my bluetooth it worked perfectly till the past month and on i started experienceing the same issue. I dont have iDrive, I have Cingular Moto Razr. I dont drop calls or lose connection, all of that is working great. What i am seeing is that suddenly my Radio display shows '**** connecting *** ' i have tried everything including what was recommended on this forum but no resolution. What I did find as a fast workaround, is make a call to any number or a bogus #, like 1234, dial it and then the fasted way is to make a call and then hang up and it will come back. Weird, or you can drop the BMW bluetooth connection and resynch.

Hey Guys, I'm having the same issue with the BT and my Blackberry Storm2. It worked fine for weeks then it starting hanging when I hung up calls... has the same connecting... error on the display. also when i hit the audio button it won't go back to audio and displays a connected call message. Funny thing is... other phones work fine if synced. Deleting the profiles and resyncing doesn't resolve the issue.

Originally Posted by rollinscf

Hey Guys, I'm having the same issue with the BT and my Blackberry Storm2. It worked fine for weeks then it starting hanging when I hung up calls... has the same connecting... error on the display. also when i hit the audio button it won't go back to audio and displays a connected call message. Funny thing is... other phones work fine if synced. Deleting the profiles and resyncing doesn't resolve the issue.

Hello everyone, I'm new to this site as a result of having the same issue rollinscf posted a few years ago. Does anyone know of a fix that was identified since I'm just now having this issue in February 2011?