I have a 2015 Subaru Outback with which I previously used my Galaxy S3 successfully. I recently upgraded to the Galaxy S6 and immediately began having problems with my radio freezing; display froze and I was unable to control it in any way using either the controls on the steering wheel or on the radio, itself. Assuming it was a Subaru problem, which I haven't necessarily ruled out, I took it to the dealer who replaced the radio under warranty.
I paired the phone to the new radio, but I started experiencing many of the same problems, except they got worse. Generally, within the first five minutes the radio would freeze up completely, much as the old radio did, so I took it back to the dealer. They spoke with their tech department who had them perform what they called a capacitor discharge, which they said cleared its memory.
When I got the car back, although the display implied that the phone was still paired, anytime I tried using the phone through the radio, I received a message saying that there was no phone paired. So, I deleted the phone from the radio, and removed the car from my phone bluetooth list & left it that way for several days. During that time, the radio worked flawlessly, so, the other evening, I tried pairing my phone again and the radio immediately froze. I shut the car off, restarted it, and immediately deleted the S6 from my radio as well as removing the car from my phone's bluetooth list again. The radio now continues to work flawlessly, but I have no bluetooth connection for my phone.
Has anyone seen this problem before? Any thoughts as to how to resolve it? I'm not going to go through years of car or phone ownership without the ability to use the bluetooth in the car! Any help will be appreciated!
