Just a little reminder:
So, in general, you should disable “Send incoming pairing request to AppSupport” when pairing your phone with your car. The same applies to Bluetooth audio devices.
You can install it from Jolla store under Top apps..
I was just thinking if you could try pairing your Suunto watch with Gadgetbridge (app to be found in F-Droid…and follow the instructions to get the authentication key - from Suunto website - if needed for pairing) instead of Suunto’s own app? I didn’t have a Suunto watch but Amazfit GTR3 which works very (not disconnections at all when I’m closw enough) well with Gadgetbridge. This requires AAS Bluetooth 
Have you tried Rockbridge by @CoanTeen ? It allows Sailfish notifications to be sent to Gadgetbridge. It works quite well with the Pebble adaptation on Gadgetbridge.
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No such thing, and no, I don’t have AppSupport Bluetooth installed.
As I only use Bluetooth via Sailfish apps I don’t think I need that. If that’s the reason for the option ..pairing requests to AppSupport missing, then everything is great and my new phone continues to work as it’s supposed to 
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Indeed. You can only send Bluetooth pairing requests to AAS if AAS Bluetooth is installed. If it is not installed, there is nothing to disable because it cannot be enabled.
I also have issues keeping and connecting the bluetooth to the Mercedes Benz EQA 250 (2021) model. Hopefully it gets fixed at some point seems to be a connection issue or driver issue?
I was positively surpriced that Fiat 500 (infotaiment system uconmect) connected to Jolla via bluetooth and can read contacts from Jolla. So atleasr I can play music and make calls normally even Andoid auto does not work.
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Thank you, yes, I think I’ve got it now. What threw me off a bit was @ekayacan’s post above in which they mentioned being able to successfully pair the phone with the car after disabling the option “Send incoming pairing to AppSupport.” I did not see such option.
Sounds to me like they were describing an issue with AppSupport Bluetooth rather than SailfishOS.
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Hi everyone, unfortunately, I’m having a similar problem too. My car is a Skoda (2023). Basically, it doesn’t matter whether you pair the car with the phone or the other way around.
When Tidal (Android app) is playing, I don’t receive calls through the hands-free system. I need to test whether it still fails to work if the subsystem is paused.
I tested it with BT passtrough or even without it.
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Today I went to try if I could pair my JP26 with my car (BMW) for phone functionalty to perform hands-free calls from within the car’s comms and entertainment system.
I am happy to report the phone pairing went without trouble. NB. My car’s operating system may be different from that of the OPs. On my JP26 I made sure AppSupport was not running. I then started Bluetooth and made it visible for 3 mins. Using the car’s OS I started to search for and add new mobile device.
The pairing request showed up on the phone immediately and the challenge code matched that of the car’s. The pairing I think took maybe ten seconds during which time, and what was promising to me, I already saw in the car’s display the charge level of the phone’s battery appearing in the background.
I am using self-hosted CalDAV/CardDAV server for contacts, and I was very pleased to see all the contacts being synced along with their full detail and images.
I also carried out a test call using the car’s controls, initialising the call from the car’s contact book. This worked as expected as well, showing the contact’s details along with their image portraits on the car’s display, and also on JP26’s screen (screenshot). The sound from the speakers during the call may not have been as bright and detailed as I had been used to, but this may have been a temporary anomaly e.g. due to bad reception area.
While pairing JP26 with the car I did notice one error, though: I was unable to successfully pair the JP26 as a multimedia playback device. I tried a couple times and as soon as I approved the request of, e.g. “Allow … AVCR” the car’s entertainment display almost immediately restarted. It went black and then started up normally. The display kept restarting for as long as I kept approving the request. Sounds similar to this issue, which I may be looking into one day. But the priority for me at this stage was to try and get the hands-free phone functionality working with my car, which I did and once again I am very happy with JP26.
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Same type of pairing issues on a VW ID.5
Pairing works, so no problem finding the device & grtting it connected
Before 5.0, both contacts and call handling would have worked perfectly.
With J phone, contacts are not sync ed, and calls cannot be made (not even to entered numbers).
Same here with an older Audi. While pairing worked with no issues, viewing contacts and call handling does not work. So no hands-free yet.
There were no problems with the Xperias and SFOS 5.1
Media playback via Bluetooth and car is fine btw (also with JP2 and SFOS 5.2)
EDIT: My JP2 is on 5.2.0.17
I have the same with my Audi A6 C7 (2017).
After the first pairing the addressbook was synced and all worked fine. Currently calls word but phonebook is not synced…
Happy to report that my JP26 was successfully paired also as a multimedia device, contrary to my earlier trials. I am now able to play music from JP26 and move forward and backward along playlists. The only feature still missing appears to be the ability to display album cover art in the car’s entertainment system.
What changed to get it working? I don’t know for certain. But during my phone’s initial setup I had chosen English(US) as the UI language. I wanted my calendar to show Monday (instead of Sunday) as first day of the week, so I had changed the language to English(UK). This had required a restart.
A couple days after the change, I tried pairing as media device, again, and this time it worked right away.
Jolla Phone 2026 5.2.0.17.
Toyota avensis
The phone connects to the car properly. Calls work normally. However, when I get out of the car, i.e. park it and turn it off. When I restart the car, the phone does not connect automatically. When I start the connection process, it cannot connect. I have to erase the phone and reconnect every time if I want to use Bluetooth.
Have you tried turning BT on and off?
I had similar issues when I had the Android BT support installed. If you are using that and don’t really need it, I suggest removing it and rebooting the phone. This fixed at least my Bluetooth connection issues.
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True! (20 times and chars)
Yes it didn’t work, I will try to delete Android BT for now.