How to Connect JBL Flip to iPhone

An iPhone beside the JBL Flip speaker.

This post shows how to connect a JBL Flip 1 Bluetooth speaker with the iPhone.

How to Connect JBL Flip to iPhone, Step by Step

With your Flip 1 powered OFF (power button is dark), run through this routine to connect it with your iPhone.

The Power / Pairing button on the JBL Flip 1 Bluetooth speaker.

1. Navigate to the Home Screen on the iPhone

At the lock screen, swipe up from the bottom to bring up the phone’s Home screen. Shown next.

2. Find the Settings App

We found ours on the second page of the home screen, shown next.

iPhone -Home- screen showing the -Settings- app.

3. Bring up the Settings App

Tap the Settings app icon.

iPhone 12 Pro Max -Settings- page, showing the -Bluetooth- option.

The mobile device then displays the first page of its settings, as we see.

4. Go to the Bluetooth Page to Continue with How to Connect JBL Flip to iPhone

Tap the Bluetooth item. Our Bluetooth screen then displays, similar to the following.

The iPhone -Bluetooth- page.

Note that our Bluetooth is enabled here. If yours shows as OFF, then move the switch item to the ON position as ours is in the last picture.

Now since JBL speaker is currently powered OFF, it does not show up in the Bluetooth devices list. Also, we don’t see it since we’ve never paired this speaker with this iPhone before.

5. Turn On your Flip Speaker

Turn on this unit by quickly pressing its Power / Pairing button. The speaker then boots and that button starts glowing or flashing blue and red, as we see next.

The glowing Power / Pairing button on the JBL Flip speaker.

The speaker then powers up and makes a blup sound.

But since the iPhone does not know about this speaker, the JBL Flip will not pair with it automatically. The light in the Power / Pairing button denotes this not-paired state by slow or quick flashing.

6. Put your JBL Flip into Bluetooth Pairing Mode

Now, to see your Flip on your mobile device, place the speaker into pairing mode. To do that, press and hold the Power / Pairing button until the speaker beeps, and that button starts fast blinking. Plus, the speaker also makes a repeating sequence of beeps.

7. Find your BT Speaker on your Mobile Device to Continue with How to Connect JBL Flip to iPhone

See the screen shot next. We found our speaker, as pointed at by the dark blue arrow.

The JBL Flip 1 speaker shows as Discovered on the iPhone.

8. Next, Connect with your BT Speaker

Tap the listed speaker in the Other Devices section of the Bluetooth devices list.

Your iPhone then connects with the Charge (named “JBL Flip” in this scenario). The mobile device’s Bluetooth screen then changes to look something like the following.

The JBL Flip 1 speaker showing as Connected on an iPhone.

9. Done with How to Connect JBL Flip to an iPhone !

We have now successfully linked this BT speaker. Similar routines work with pairing iPod Touch players, iPad Pros, and any iPhones as well so long as they support Bluetooth. Pairing with Android devices works like this too.