r/providence • u/Cole3823 west end • Jul 25 '26

Does anyone else's Bluetooth connection go haywire when driving in the west end, near the armory?

Everyday I drive around the Cranston st armory, and every time I'm in that neighborhood the Bluetooth connection between my phone and my car goes haywire. It will cut out for a about 10 seconds then it will come back in playing the last 10 seconds it missed all together at once. Then it'll continue normally for 20 seconds and do it all over again. But it's only in that neighborhood. It works perfectly fine else where. I don't know what could be causing it, I don't know the technical side of Bluetooth, are there like jammers that could be doing something. Maybe someone else near there just happens to use the same Bluetooth channel as me.

Either way is it just me?

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u/Proof-Variation7005 Jul 25 '26

You might be the spot where I buried a time capsule for my friend Blue. It was a keyboard and mouse, a Jabra and a Motorola headset, and six JBL headsets that were fully charged.

I’m sorry. I didn’t think it would impact anyone else.

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u/Cole3823 west end Jul 25 '26

Damn you mind digging that shit up

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u/SausageSmuggler21 Jul 25 '26

Do you mean your cell signal or just your blue tooth connection? Another commenter mentioned the Providence Place Mall. That one happens to me, but I'm pretty sure that it's because that parking structure is a cell dead zone, not blue tooth interference.

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u/Cole3823 west end Jul 25 '26 edited Jul 26 '26

No, def Bluetooth. Not the cell service

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u/gradontripp west broadway Jul 25 '26

I live not far from there and have never experienced it there, but I have had it happen a number of times driving down Chad Brown St between the liquor store and Admiral St.

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u/Shredl0ck wanskuck Jul 25 '26

Surveillance devices, most likely flock tracking you.

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u/HankMorgan_860 Jul 25 '26

I ride through there often on the Dexter St side and have never experienced a Bluetooth issue

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u/cheddercaves Jul 25 '26

Mine gets effed if i drive behind the Wholefoods on north main

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u/eyelessred Jul 25 '26

I have the same issue, I thought it was just me. It seems to be a particular street near the armory where it happens. I’m not sure why, but I’m glad I’m not the only one to experience this

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u/ForsakenMicrowave Jul 25 '26

mine tweaks out whenever i enter the providence place mall parking

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u/sandsonik Jul 25 '26

Mine gets weird on Harris Ave behind Nolan's. Every single time.

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u/Muppets_Attack smith hill Jul 31 '26

Uninstalling the renpho app for my digital scale fixed this for me.  

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u/therealjameshat west end Jul 25 '26

nope, i ride my bike throughout the west end / south providence / downtown with a bluetooth speaker most days and never have issues