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mopinko

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3. my neighbors tv was bumping me off my bluetooth.

Reply to Marthe48 (Original post)

Sun Jan 23, 2022, 09:54 AM

Jan 2022

using my phone as a bluetooth hook up, and every time my next door neighbor turned his bluetooth tv on, i got bumped off. couldnt reconnect.
got a new sim for the phone, and that fixed it.

i was hacked hard at the time, and think that was part of it.

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Can an iPhone knock my own devices off the wi-fi? [View all] Marthe48 Jan 2022 OP

I know my kid's Android phone does that krispos42 Jan 2022 #1

It is a pain Marthe48 Jan 2022 #2

Well we just can't figure out why krispos42 Jan 2022 #5

Is the router's firmware up to date? Ron Obvious Jan 2022 #11

Yeah, it is. Or at least it was in November or so when the problem first cropped up. krispos42 Jan 2022 #12

my neighbors tv was bumping me off my bluetooth. mopinko Jan 2022 #3

I have an iPhone and several non-Apple devices... ramblin_dave Jan 2022 #4

I don't use iCloud or Bluetooth Marthe48 Jan 2022 #6

I believe that iCloud is enabled by default ramblin_dave Jan 2022 #7

Thank you Marthe48 Jan 2022 #8

Check the number of allowed connections on the wifi router. ManiacJoe Jan 2022 #9

Thanks! Marthe48 Jan 2022 #10

Some possibles. LPBBEAR Feb 2022 #13