Windows 10: Link To Windows app stuck on "Continue pairing with Bluetooth" iOS

Every time I try to connect my iPhone to my PC, it gets stuck on "Continue pairing with Bluetooth"Things I've tried:1. Reinstalling Link to Windows/Link to Phone on both my phone and PC2. Removing the device from Bluetooth3. Restarting my Phone and PC4. Turning Bluetooth off then on again

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Windows 10 Enterprise- New Bluetooth Pairing is requested when logging into Windows even though pairing has already been completed on iPhone.

iPhone With Windows 10 Enterprise Via Bluetooth

Bluetooth pairing is requested when logging into Windows even though pairing has already been completed. After that, even if the pairing is done, pairing will be asked again at the next login to Windows every time when the Windows is restarted.



Our iOS app acts as a Bluetooth central and the other as a peripheral (Bluetooth Driver on Windows).

when the app is trying to connect using Bluetooth Low Energy (GATT) at step 5 as mentioned below, new pairing is requested from windows every time when the PC is restarted.



Steps to reproduce the problem:

• S1: log into Windows and connect the app to the Windows computer
  
• S2: See the paring request on Windows and on iPhone,
  
• S3: Pair on both Windows and iPhone
  
• S4: Turn off the Bluetooth toggle on iPhone and then turn it on
  
• S5: Restart windows and see the login screen
  
• S6: Start the app on your iPhone and try to connect,
  
• S7: See the paring request on iPhone
  
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With the above steps, if this issue is not reproducible, try rebooting the iPhone instead of changing the Bluetooth toggle at S4.



we also observe the iPhone device is receiving this log from Windows:

We observed that looks like the issue reproduces more consistently when the windows restarts or reboots.



On the pairing request alert dialogue on iPhone, If I press "cancel", the app disconnects from the peripheral (Windows). If I press "pair", the peripheral nothing happens. However, Windows continues sending me pairing requests whenever the machine is restarted or rebooted.

We did not observe this behaviour with the Android Device. Windows and Android work without any problem (i.e. No new Pairing is requested once the device is paired in any situation).

In the below screenshots, we could see that the iPhone is already paired in Windows Bluetooth Settings but the Paring is requested from Windows on iPhone to pair again and in the background, our app is successfully connected to Windows using Bluetooth Low Energy (GATT).









Environment:


Windows details

Edition Windows 10 Enterprise
Version 22H2
Installed on ‎ 5/‎5/‎2021
OS build 19045.2486
Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 120.2212.4190.0

iPhone OS - iOS 15.6.1 and 16.1.1

1. Is this a known bug with Windows 10 Enterprise?
   
2. Is there any way to get around this issue?
   

Sample Code to reproduce the problem on iOS:



Our iOS app acts as a Bluetooth central and the other as a peripheral (Bluetooth Driver on Windows)

1. Initializes the central manager with a specified delegate and dispatch queueself.cbManager = [[CBCentralManager alloc] initWithDelegate:self queue:bleManagerQueue];
   
   
2. Scans for peripherals that are advertising services to discover other Bluetooth devices, passing in the UUID of the service it’s searching for.
   
   [self.cbManager scanForPeripheralsWithServicesNSArray<CBUUID *> *)serviceUUIDs optionsNSDictionary<NSString *,id> *)options;]];
   
3. When the central manager discovers a peripheral with a matching service UUID, The method saves the peripheral as the property discoveredPeripheral and calls connect to it.[self.cbManager connectPeripheral:[[self.currentConnection device] peripheral] options:nil];
   

Step 3, when trying to establish a connection to a peripheral, pairing is requested even though pairing has already been completed. After that, even if the pairing is done, pairing will be asked again at the next logon to Windows.

Is this a known bug with Windows 10 Enterprise?

Is there any way to get around this issue?

 

Bluetooth does not Recognize/Pair/See Bluetooth Hardware


System Information: Asus Notebook UX303L, Windows 10, Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse Surface Edition

Okay, I've been working on this for awhile and have tried a million things. I'm going back to square one so pretend I haven't tried anything yet.

Here is the problem.

I just upgraded to Windows 10 (from windows 8.1) on a 2 month old laptop. On previous version there were NO problems with bluetooth. The problems started immediately after upgrade.

When the upgrade finished Windows 10 remembered all of my previous Bluetooth pairs. My bluetooth mouse (Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse Surface Edition) worked before the installation but after my system reboot the cursor no longer showed movement. The batteries are new. The mouse is acting exactly like it does when it is properly connected (lights flash, makes scrolling sounds, etc). When I checked the Bluetooth device screen it still showed as paired. I rebooted. No change. So I unpaired the device. When I unpaired the device it flashed for a second as a possible device to pair with and then was no longer on the list. Other possible devices to pair with appear and disappear from the list without cause. (Ex. sees a scanner for a few seconds then no longer has a scanner. Sometimes its up for a few minutes at most but the list is constantly flickering.) So I rebooted. Then it did not see the mouse at all. I did this for several days. Sometimes when I would turn on my laptop it would flicker, sometimes it would not. After about 3 days with no explanation it suddenly showed up and did not flicker. I connected the mouse and it worked for about 2 days. On the 3rd day I tried again, and the cursor would no longer respond even though the mouse was acting exactly the same. I rebooted. No change. I unpaired the device and it never showed up on the list. It's flickered a few times but when I click on it to pair it pops up with an error basically saying "cannot pair. Please check and see if the device is still set to connect to bluetooth." That is only on the rare occasion that it actually shows up on the list long enough to hit pair (maybe 2 times out of 50 attempts or more.)

I've tried everything I can think of, but I'd like to try everything in order that someone else would try to see if I'm missing something.

It is a Microsoft mouse by all means it should work on Microsoft drivers. :/ Arg. Please give any suggestions to help.

 

Pairing cordless bluetooth headphones with my windows 10

Hi,

Misconfiguration with your Windows settings could be a possible cause why you are experiencing an issue with connecting your Bluetooth headphones to your Windows 10. For us to provide an accurate resolution, we would need you to answer the following questions:

• Which build and edition to Windows 10 is installed on your device?
• What is the make and model of your Bluetooth headphones?
• What error message and error code are you getting when you are trying to pair your Bluetooth headphones with the computer?
• What troubleshooting steps have you done so far?

In the meantime, we suggest following the steps provided in this link. This serves as a guide on how to connect
a Bluetooth device to a Windows running PC.

We are looking forward to your response.