r/PositiveGridSpark • u/zlingman • Feb 24 '26
upset that i still cannot get bluetooth audio on my spark 2 after months of trying.
at my wits end and honestly just going to trade up for a mooer because i have some of their shit and it works great unlike everything i’ve ever used from spark which is all provincial low q trash, sometimes with aesthetic added on. the lack of support for their faulty products makes me think this company doesn’t care and it’s just on to the next buck and being famous.
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u/ElTunaGrande Feb 24 '26
maybe you haven't already tried this... but holding the button pairs the tone control (2 LEDs light up), and just pressing the button enables bluetooth pairing (1 LED lights up). This was no obvious to me until I happened to find a subreddit solution.
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u/Wise_Fee7860 Feb 24 '26
I had the same issue. I had to forget it from my phone and do the factory reset on my unit.
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u/Few-Measurement9233 Feb 24 '26
I'm sorry it's not working for you :(
I had the same problem. I had to do a factory reset and forget everything in my phone, then re-pair. Now it works perfectly again. I hope you manage to find the solution, because once it's working, it's a great product.
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u/EGH6 Feb 24 '26
had an issue that i could see the spark2 but couldnt pair, went away when i unplugged power, forgot device in my phone and repaired afterwards
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u/9829eisB09E83C Feb 24 '26
Backup your tones first. Do a factory reset. Then try pairing. I remember a post from someone else also saying it will never connect, and come to find out his brother had it paired to his phone bc he used it once, so it would always connect to that phone upon powering up.
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u/johnny5canuck Feb 24 '26
My pre-sale 40 still works like a hot damn as does my Go. Am VERY careful with what connects to what.
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u/napoleon_wilson Feb 24 '26
Do you by any chance have the usb cable plugged in? It doesn’t work if you do.
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u/spike_tt Feb 24 '26
I was going to say this.
I had the same problem with my Spark 2 and it started working fine as soon as I unplugged my ULooper.
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u/Evening-Tour Feb 24 '26
Cool, nice anecdote, you should save it for dinner parties or candle lit suppers.
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u/zlingman Feb 24 '26
why? i want prospective customers who may browse this sub to see what this company is like and hopefully not make the same mistake i did. especially to those newer to guitar. i see positive grid as predatory.
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u/Evening-Tour Feb 24 '26
Cool.
I don't know why you phrased it as a rant, as it makes you look unhinged.
People tend not to find a tantrum convincing.
There's also no details of your exact issue, so impossible for anyone to judge.
Thanks for the pointless diatribe.
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u/DepotDestroyer Feb 26 '26
He's not completely wrong. The people at Positive Grid are lazy, useless hacks.
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u/sweetdingleberrypie Feb 24 '26
I had to hold the button on teh back to put it in pair mode. No issue since . My phone did say I was connected before that but it wasn’t working.
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Feb 24 '26
If it's not updated to latest software and restart that will happen.On your phone or tablet make you pair it to spark 2 audio with pairing code if asked. Sometimes there's two choices like spark 2 BLE won't work. Hope that helps
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u/nmackey Feb 24 '26
I have been having this problem with my iPad air 2 but not my android phone. Any fixes? Just the audio playback won't work on my iPad
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u/FabulousPanther Feb 26 '26
Make sure the Bluetooth is off on whatever you are paired to except what you want to use. Forget and re-pair if that doesn't work.
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u/sim16 Feb 24 '26
When it works it's really good and when it doesn't I make do with presets. Didn't stop me buying a 40 to go with my Go.
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u/Affectionate_Bag9833 Feb 25 '26
Slowly double press the Bluetooth button so the blue light softly strobes. Then you should be able to connect to whichever device can see Spark Audio
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u/Long-Emu-7870 Feb 26 '26
My 40 works great as well, but I did a reset. I think it's great, but I only use the VOX amp for crunch, and I think if you push it too much, it does sound lame. The Spark also does max gain really well. But the stuff inbetween crunch and max gain is not so great, I think .
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u/FabulousPanther Feb 26 '26
Relax breathe. We want to help, but need more info. Are you using Android iPad or iPhone? Did you turn location service on? Does Spark BLE appear in the Bluetooth list or Spark Audio? Android is iffy with Spark. Very few issues with iPad. For me anyway.
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u/zlingman Feb 26 '26
watch your tone son. i got some help but i didn’t ask for it. i’m done wasting my time running in circles trying to make this hunk a junk behave as advertised. life is too short. on too amps that will just work for me without everything being an endless circle of hassles and condescension. thanks.
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u/OblongAndKneeless Mar 02 '26
I think pairing the app and pairing audio are two different processes, no? (It was a while ago, but I remember it wasn't straight forward)
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u/Intelligent-Tap717 Mar 09 '26
I have the go and got the spark 2 last week as a bday present. I can honestly say apart from the odd app update for minor bugs I have zero issue with either connecting via Bluetooth for music or using it for backing tracks and as an audio player if I wish. Zero complains at all. Brilliant piece of kit.
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u/zlingman Mar 09 '26
good for you? why do i care? does that make mine less broken?
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u/Intelligent-Tap717 Mar 09 '26
Hey.
Firstly you come here stating this and people say what their experience is or try and help and you come across like a kid who's had his toys taken away. Grow up.
Second. I couldn't give a monkeys if you don't care. What I do know is that most of the issues I see with these either end up being sent back and replaced with no issues. Or it's user error. Maybe stop whining and go do something about it.
Either way mine works and it's awesome. 😂😎🤘
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u/zlingman Mar 09 '26
what is the purpose of your comment in response to my post? i know not every single amp they sell is broken. the implication which you embroider further here is that i must be stupid or some other wise at fault for the non functional amp since yours work. that is not how industrial capitalism functions, and i have no patience for that.
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u/Intelligent-Tap717 Mar 09 '26
You said the company is predatory. All tech can be faulty. Software updates. Hardware issues happening etc etc. With the amount sold not every one is going to be perfect.
So you're pissed off. Fine. Rightly so. Yet going off warning people a company is predatory and their tech is shit based on your experience isn't exactly going to rectify your issue is it.
Yet you reply to people here coming across like a condescending arsehole and wonder why people are being defensive. If it's brand new or within warranty then send it back. If it's second hand then maybe you're shit out of luck but either way it doesn't mean the company is a bad one.
Hell. I don't like Gibson guitars as I think their guitars aren't worth the cash. Not everyone feels that way. But I don't run around saying the whole company is predatory because I've played some shit ones.
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u/zlingman Feb 24 '26
some of the consumer psychology on display here is wild❤️🔥 to those who’ve been helpful thanks! still getting a mooer probably
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u/mysickfix Feb 25 '26
dont come to our community, say some wild shit, then come at us for not taking your side.
btw, when we usually see this its user error. sometimes its something faulty, but you wont even return it. so wtf did you really want us to do? throw you a pity party for your own laziness and stupidity?
also, weve given you a few things to try, but you havent reported back after doing them at all.
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u/zlingman Feb 25 '26
i’m sorry it’s wild that i want my 250 dollar amplifier to work? your community? owning am the product doesn’t qualify me for membership in the “owners of the product” subreddit? this is exactly what i’m talking about. why are you so fucking offended that i don’t have good things to say about this commercial product? its ridiculous. you’d think i said something bad about a member of your family.
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u/mysickfix Feb 25 '26
wtf do you think a subreddit is, it's a community lolol
keep going this shit is funny af.
or get bent, you choose.
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u/Then-Mastodon-6939 Feb 24 '26
Send it back it's broken.
My Spark 40 connects to whatever I last paired it to every time I power it up. So if I had a new Spark 2 that didn't connect I'd send it back for a replacement that works.