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Question

Galaxy s7 will not pair with Bose sound link 2

Apr 3, 2016 9:11AM PDT

Galaxy s7 does not recognize soundlink speaker

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Hit samsung.com and try their chat link.
Apr 3, 2016 9:51AM PDT

Remember to turn on Bluetooth in the phone first.

Also, I did run into this on a phone with hot spot shield and some security suites. Your phone must be stock without such apps.

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Galaxy S7
Dec 18, 2016 9:16AM PST

Go into settings and go to Tethering & portable hotspot and turn on Bluetooth Tethering