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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>BLE Sample code fails to pair after unpairing</title><link>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/127606/ble-sample-code-fails-to-pair-after-unpairing</link><description>We are running some sample code on the nrf54l15 mcu, specifically: /modules/lib/memfault-firmware-sdk/examples/nrf-connect-sdk/nrf5/memfault_demo_app 
 
 We can connect and pair successfully (with the nRF Memfault iOS app) but then when we unpair on the</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 13</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 16:41:45 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/127606/ble-sample-code-fails-to-pair-after-unpairing" /><item><title>RE: BLE Sample code fails to pair after unpairing</title><link>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/564325?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 16:41:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:10768b68-9b33-4071-b354-4a64771fbd60</guid><dc:creator>jthmp</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Makes sense, how can I handle it automatically?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: BLE Sample code fails to pair after unpairing</title><link>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/564229?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 02:21:35 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:a4cfb532-4b95-400d-8c2a-35c6ae9c2d5d</guid><dc:creator>maryproven</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hello, you have a stale bond on the device while the phone has deleted it, so pairing fails with BT_SECURITY_ERR_AUTH_REQUIREMENT. Calling bt_unpair() works because it clears that mismatch&amp;mdash;but you can handle it automatically instead of forcing a retry.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>