App cannot add Tea on iOS 18

I am using an iPhone 16 Pro running iOS 18.5 and I am unable to add my Tea to the app. The steps I have taken are:

  1. After opening the app for the first time and tapping OK on the “Allow “Khadas Audio” to find Bluetooth devices?” popup, the app can see my Tea.

  2. Tapping on my Tea brings up a pop-up saying “ Please go to your phone’s Bluetooth settings to connect to the device, and then return to Khadas Audio to continue.” I tap on “Manually” and I am brought to Settings > Bluetooth.

  3. I add the Tea, and swipe back to the Khadas Audio app.

  4. I tap on my Tea in the “Searching for Nearby Devices” page, and I get the same pop-up in Step #2. This becomes an endless loop.

I have reset the Tea’s Bluetooth (power off > 6-second long-press). I have deleted the app and redownloaded. I have “Forget this device” in iOS’s Bluetooth setting. Nothing works.

I first tried to add my Tea to the app when the app came out in 2024 but was faced with this problem. I gave up for a few months. After updating to iOS 18.5, I attempted again. For only one time, the adding worked but there is a pop-up saying something like “Insufficient Bluetooth encryption”, and then the app crashed. I was unable to take a screenshot.

After this, any attempt to add the Tea to the app results in the same endless loop as described above.

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Hi @ claytonlai,
We have not tested it on the latest iPhone+IOS version yet. The IOS version tested earlier has not encountered this problem yet. We are trying to find the same device and version as yours to verify and test this issue. Thank you for your feedback, we will get back to you as soon as possible. Thanks.

Regards,
kenny

Hi @ claytonlai,
We tested it with iPhone 15 IOS18.5 and have not reproduced this exception yet. Could you please send us the complete connection operation video using the iPhone’s screen recording for further analysis?
Have a try: first connect to the Bluetooth through the settings, and then open the Khadas Audio APP to connect and use it.

Regards,
kenny

Hi @kenny,

Thanks for the prompt reply. Here are two videos:

Scenario 1 shows the steps as I had described in my post:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1waCDlYHB4a3i5o_LTNf2z2FIXLs3ucav/view?usp=sharing

Scenario 2 is per your suggestion:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/14eZ4nRdDekwjoiihwF_miYxyhGZTrLEg/view?usp=sharing

Hi Claytonlai,
Thanks for your feedback.
Could you help to change the name"Khadas Tea" to “Tea” and have a try?


This name"Khadas Tea" is that chang by yourself?

Regards,
kenny

Yes, I changed the name previously. Good news: I renamed it back to “Tea” and it paired. Thanks for the help!

Hi @claytonlai,
This is good news, please enjoy the music, thanks.

Regards,
kenny