How to Connect JBL Flip 2 to iPhone

An iPhone beside the JBL Flip 2 speaker.

This post shows how to connect a JBL Flip 2 wireless speaker with the iPhone.

How to Connect JBL Flip 2 to iPhone, Step by Step

With your Flip 2 powered OFF (power button is dark), run through this routine to connect it with your iPhone.

JBL Flip 2 wireless speaker, powered OFF, showing its -Power- button highlighted.

1. Visit the Home Screen on the iPhone

Firstly, at the lock screen, swipe up from the bottom or tap the Home button 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, as we show 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 iPhone 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 2 to iPhone

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

The iPhone -Bluetooth- page.

Note that our Bluetooth is ON here. If yours shows as OFF, then move the switch item rightward 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 2 Speaker

Turn on this unit by quickly pressing its Power button in the center of the top of the speaker.

The speaker then boots and that button starts glowing white.

JBL Flip 2 wireless speaker, powered ON, with its Power button highlighted.

The speaker then powers up and makes a bleep sound.

But since the iPhone does not know about this speaker, the Flip 2 will not pair with it automatically. The Pairing light denotes this not-paired state by either remaining dark, or by blinking white.

JBL Flip 2 wireless speaker, showing the -Bluetooth Discovery Mode- button highlighted.

6. Put your JBL Flip 2 into Bluetooth Pairing Mode

Now, to see the 2 on your mobile device, place the speaker into pairing mode. To do that, press and release the Pairing button. It’s the button opposite the Phone button on the buttons panel, and looks like the Bluetooth logo.

The speaker then plays a series of beeps in decreasing volume sequence. And the Pairing button starts flashing white.

JBL Flip 2 wireless Bluetooth speaker, showing its Bluetooth button lit up, glowing.

7. Find your BT Speaker on your Mobile Device to Continue with How to Connect JBL Flip 2 to iPhone

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

The JBL Flip 2 speaker showing as Discovered on the iPhone.

8. Next, Connect with your Speaker

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

Your iPhone then connects with the Flip (named “JBL Flip 2” in this scenario). The mobile device’s Bluetooth screen then changes to look something like the following.

The JBL Flip 2 speaker showing as Connected on an iPhone.

9. Done with How to Connect JBL Flip 2 to an iPhone !

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