Instinct 3 Solar Bluetooth Connectivity Weak

The Bluetooth connectivity range on my Instinct 3 Solar is only about half the range of my Forerunner 955. I can't get much more than about 10 feet away from my iPhone and the Instinct drops the signal. It also periodically drops the signal even when my phone is close in my pocket. It's not the phone because my Forerunner has never had this problem. I've already tried all of the standard troubleshooting steps. Is anyone else experiencing this?

Dave

0 7837862 3 months ago

Io ho dovuto cambiare cellulare con mio figlio..il mio android a31 Samsung non si collegava..ora con cellulare di mio figlio tutto bene..

0 7837862 3 months ago

Io ho avuto problemi con Samsung A31 ho cambiato cellulare con mio figlio il suo OPPO funziona correttamente..

0 eligor 3 months ago

same here. Iphone and I3 solar. BT range very weak. It's also dropping when i move in the corridor and there is only one wall between (no big distance). I was reading and it seems other users had the same issues with the amoled. But it changed with the SW release so hopefully is not a HW problem.

0 alindley 3 months ago

This would explain why Find My Phone as not worked the last 2x I tried to use it. I just assumed that BT may periodically shut off as the I3 Solar is designed to be as battery efficient as possible.

0 eligor 3 months ago in reply to alindley

But if you initiate the Find my Phone function the BT shouldn't go ON immediately?. If it is not communicating i think is out of range, and the issue maybe is that the range is very short.

0 _Dave_Smith_ 3 months ago in reply to eligor

My guess is that they have throttled down BT power to save battery life. If you have a notifications icon on your screen you can tell that there is no BT connection because you get "---" symbol instead of a number like "0" for notifications.