How To Fix Beats Solo 3 Can’t Connect To Phone Issue

If you are experiencing difficulty connecting your Beats Solo 3 headphone to your phone, you have come to the right place. In today’s post, we will talk about troubleshooting solutions that you can do to fix Beats Solo 3 can’t connect to phone issue.

Fix Beats Solo 3 Can’t Connect To Phone

Your Beats Solo 3 headphones connects to your Phone via Bluetooth. Unlike with Wi-Fi connection it covers a wide range of area providing internet connection but with Bluetooth, it only connects from one device to another bluetooth capable device.

If Beats Solo 3 headphones is having connection issues such as device not showing up on Bluetooth list on the phone or the headphone simply can’t connect to Phone. There are many ways to fix that. Check it out below:

Solution 1: Make sure both devices are within range

To establish a good bluetooth connection, both the bluetooth devices (headphone and phone) that you are trying to connect to should be closer to each other and within Bluetooth range. The recommended range between two devices should be at least 30 feet or 1 meter.

Another possible reason is when there is an obstruction between two devices such as a wall or other devices that could interfere with bluetooth connection such as wireless routers or microwaves. Make sure to move them away.

Solution 2: Charge Beats Solo 3 Headphones

The headphones will only work when it is fully charged. A low battery or insufficiently charged headphones could be the cause for connection issues.

Charge by plugging in the supplied micro USB cable to your headphones and plug it to a wall outlet.

Solution 3: Make sure Beats Solo 3 are within pairing mode

In order to connect the headphones to your phone, pairing mode should be enabled. To do this, simply press and hold the power button on Beats Solo wireless headphone for 5 seconds or until the lights fade.

Solution 4: Power Cycle Headset

Power cycle simply means turning the headphone off and then turning it on again.

To power cycle Beats Solo 3 headset:

1. Press power button to turn off device.
2. Wait for 10 seconds, then press power button again to turn on the headphone.

Activate pairing mode and then check if connecting to phone issue still occurs.

Solution 5: Update Beats Headphones firmware

An outdated firmware can cause issues with your bluetooth device. Updating firmware fixes bugs that may have caused bluetooth connection issues to occur on your bluetooth device.

To update your headphone, install Beats app on your phone and follow the instructions to update beats headphones to the latest firmware version.

After updating headphone, try to connect beats solo 3 headphones again and then check if the headphones is now connected to your phone.

Solution 6: Reset Beats

If none of the solutions mentioned fails to fix headphone not connected to phone, you may need at this time to reset beats headphones. Consider this solution as the last resort as this will reset all connections on the headphones.

To do this, simultaneously press and hold power button and volume down button for 10 seconds. Wait until you see a flashing LED or Fuel Gauge.

After resetting Beats Solo 3 wireless headphone, connect it again to your phone or other device to determine if the issue still persists.

Things to keep in mind when having connection issues:

• It is possible that your beats connection are already connect to your phone but you can hear anything. If this is the case, check the sound settings on your phone. For iOS device go to settings then tap Bluetooth, tap on Beats. For MAC: go to system preferences, tap on sound and then tap on Beats. Lastly, on your PC go to sound settings then tap on beats. After checking the sound settings, don’t forget to also check for the volume.
• When your headphone was paired before in another device, the device should turn off its Bluetooth settings so that the headphone will not automatically connect to the headphone. This is to make sure that there will no interference between the connection of the headphone and your phone.