I have been trying unsuccessfully to connect my Samsung S6 to the bluetooth setup on my 2007 freelander SE, the car finds the phone ok & says to put a code into the phone but it just keeps saying pairing failed ???

I have cleared all phones from the cars memory & also put the phone into safe mode as well but still can't get it to work.

Any ideas anyone as fed up trying to get this to work.

Last edited by blueboy on 12th Oct 2017 10:10 pm. Edited 1 time in total

You may have to shut down the phone and reboot, both my wife with an S6 and also my S4 sometimes needs to have the battery removed before it will pair, they both can lose pairing my PC is slightly to the right of Genghis
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with yours being a 2007 FL2 it may be the car Bluetooth module is not compatible with the newer phones and may need a software update.

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with yours being a 2007 FL2 it may be the car Bluetooth module is not compatible with the newer phones and may need a software update.

I have 2013MY and until recently used Samsung Ativ S (windows phone) which paired up when it felt like it
Recently replaced it with a Samsung S6 Edge (Android) and it pairs every time without any problems
May just be a'phone compatability problem No Longer the owner of a 2013MY Fuji White GS

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Perhaps I should have said, unable to communicate rather than lose pairing, the reboot restores the pairing. my PC is slightly to the right of Genghis
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FL2 MY13 TD4 GS Current

Dartman the one wrote:

You may have to shut down the phone and reboot, both my wife with an S6 and also my S4 sometimes needs to have the battery removed before it will pair, they both can lose pairing

westville wrote:

I have 2013MY and until recently used Samsung Ativ S (windows phone) which paired up when it felt like it
Recently replaced it with a Samsung S6 Edge (Android) and it pairs every time without any problems
May just be a'phone compatability problem

Maybe Cambo can help, see here: http://www.freel2.com/forum/post315056.html#315056

Later in that same thread someone named lake writes he also had issues connecting his S6 with Bluetooth in his MY07 FL2. He solved the issues by replacing the Bluetooth module with a later model.

blueboy wrote:

Dartman the one wrote:

You may have to shut down the phone and reboot, both my wife with an S6 and also my S4 sometimes needs to have the battery removed before it will pair, they both can lose pairing

Phone appears to be sealed & there is no obvious access to get it apart so removing the battery looks impossible & I don't want to mess the phone up trying to take it to bits.

S4 is battery out S6 as you say is sealed, just reboot, my poor punctuation  my PC is slightly to the right of Genghis
2012 HSE SD4 In Orkney Grey now gone, best car ever.