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Disable Bluetooth visibility timeout on Samsung Galaxy devices with Android 5

By default Samsung Galaxy smartphones have a bluetooth visibility timeout enabled. This means that if you want someone to send you a file the transfer must be done within 5 minutes since you turn on the wireless module. The same thing with pairing your Galaxy with wireless headset, bluetooth speaker or any other gadget. Here is how to disable BT timeout completely and make your Android phone always visible to all nearby devices.

Disable Bluetooth visibility timeout on Samsung Galaxy devices with Android 5

  1. Go to Settings.
  2. Stay on Connection tab. Select Bluetooth: 
  3. Turn on Bluetooth.
  4. Call the Menu.
  5. Tap on Visibiilty timeout: 
  6. Tap on Never timeout:

Once you have done the steps above your Samsung Galaxy device will be always visible and discoverable by other devices via Bluetooth. All you have to do is turn it on.

Please, feel free to add something or ask questions in the comments! Thank you!

Adam Swift

Adam is a real tech maniac. He likes to spend time testing phones, tablets, laptops, as well as any other technical devices, and write practical manuals on their functions. He often sleeps all day, but always works at night. Adam bought his first computer in 1999, being an absolute beginner who never held a computer mouse in his hands. He began to study Windows, constantly experimented and often crashed the operating system. But six months later, he was able to reinstall Windows 98 from a scratch on his own, fix almost any software problem on a PC, he also did hardware upgrades and realized that computers, operating systems and programs are now his biggest passion. In addition, Adam has always been a big lover of phones. With the advent of smartphones with Android OS, he began to pick at them much more than in computers. Now Adam loves to study privacy issues in instant messengers, blocking unwanted calls and other nuances related to privacy and security on the network. You can follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tunecomp

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  • I could not find a step to disable Bluetooth visibility timeout in Samsung galaxy on max mobile. Kindly help me out. My Bluetooth ear phone is getting disconnected after set idle time

  • I'm trying to change the visibility timeout on my Samson s5 and doing what you said to do but it doesn't do it.Where it says visibility timeout to push on it doesn't let me change anything Need help

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