Bluetooth not working at all.
Bluetooth not working at all.
My laptop is acting up once more. I take it to school every day and brought it back today only to discover Bluetooth isn’t working when I tried to pair my earbuds. Device Manager shows an error. 54, and it hasn’t reset yet. What’s going on?!
It seems the setup is functioning now after a reboot and driver update. The top-middle icon for Bluetooth in the control center is correctly displayed, and earbud pairing works again. Regarding the complaint, it highlights the inconvenience of having to switch settings repeatedly when connecting earbuds, especially after transferring them between devices. A simpler method would be preferred to avoid toggling.
It seems you're likely using Windows. If that's the case, it's good to hear it works. Bluetooth and Windows have often had compatibility issues. Microsoft mentioned they're working on improvements in Windows 11, but I'm not sure if that's what happened to me. I remember Bluetooth, Windows 7, and 10 sometimes caused problems, and I had to work hard to get everything functioning smoothly.
I suspect most forum members rely on Windows. It's interesting how my laptop, though not very old, hasn't caused any issues. Before it got older, it was just a display for 24 hours before someone noticed another identical model was out. Probably safe for the network adapters. Also, I remember using an MS Surface Pro 6 with 8GB RAM and 128GB storage for three years. At the start of the second year, when a virus hit, I switched to a Logitech M337. It paired well with my laptop. By the end of the year, I got a Logitech K480, which worked fine after replacing the Surface case. Around mid-year, my Bluetooth would sometimes stop and then come back after a reboot, especially when waking from sleep while the K480 was connected. Eventually, I figured it out, replaced the case, and it worked again. I thought the keyboard might be the problem. My laptop booted directly into Windows 11 right away. I upgraded the Surface Pro 6 to version 11 on launch day. Connecting to earbuds via the Control Center menu was okay in Windows 10, but it seemed like Microsoft made a change without offering a simpler alternative.