{"id":3572,"date":"2019-05-31T07:53:49","date_gmt":"2019-05-31T07:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3572"},"modified":"2019-05-31T07:53:50","modified_gmt":"2019-05-31T07:53:50","slug":"clearing-the-android-bluetooth-cache","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/clearing-the-android-bluetooth-cache\/","title":{"rendered":"Clearing the Android Bluetooth Cache"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In our <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"post on compatibility (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/beacon-compatibility\/\" target=\"_blank\">post on compatibility<\/a> we explained how Bluetooth LE <strong>connection <\/strong>problems are more likely to be with Android rather than the devices (beacons) with which they are communicating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are experiencing such problems you can try clearing your Android Bluetooth cache:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Settings<br>Select Application Manager<br>Display system apps (swipe left\/right or choose from the menu in the top right corner)<br>Select Bluetooth<br>Select Storage<br>Tap Clear Cache<br>Restart the phone<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Note that these menus are not available on the latest versions of (vanilla, non-OEM) Android because Google has unhelpfully removed access to system apps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In our post on compatibility we explained how Bluetooth LE connection problems are more likely to be with Android rather than the devices (beacons) with which they are communicating. If you are experiencing such problems you can try clearing your Android Bluetooth cache: SettingsSelect Application ManagerDisplay system apps (swipe left\/right or choose from the menu &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/clearing-the-android-bluetooth-cache\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Clearing the Android Bluetooth Cache&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3572"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3572"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3573,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3572\/revisions\/3573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}