RE: Achieving extended range with Bluetooth 5 with an iPhone X?

Marjeris Romero — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 13:46:34 GMT

Hi Pau,

iPhone X does not have support for long range. A device can have BT5 support without having support for all the features supported in BT5 (long range). As per today just a very few phones on the market have long range support.

Best Regards,

Marjeris

RE: Achieving extended range with Bluetooth 5 with an iPhone X?

awneil — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 09:06:22 GMT

Are you sure that both the iPhone X hardware and iOS 12 support coded PHY ?

See: https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/39460/related-to-ble-lon-range/153430#153430

[quote userid="78809" url="~/f/nordic-q-a/45889/achieving-extended-range-with-bluetooth-5-with-an-iphone-x"]when testing with an iPhone X (iOS 12), the PHY request from the peripheral to the central fails with error code 30[/quote]

Is that an iOS error code in the phone app, or a Nordic error code in the embedded firmware?

[quote userid="78809" url="~/f/nordic-q-a/45889/achieving-extended-range-with-bluetooth-5-with-an-iphone-x"]What does error code 30 mean?[/quote]

If it's an iOS error code, then you will have to consult the iOS documentation.

if it's a Nordic error code, then use your IDE's browsing facilities to find the definition - there will be a description there ...

[quote userid="78809" url="~/f/nordic-q-a/45889/achieving-extended-range-with-bluetooth-5-with-an-iphone-x"]iPhone X (iOS 12)[/quote]