How to Factory Reset JBL Flip 5 Bluetooth Speaker

This video walks you through how to factory reset the JBL Flip 5 Bluetooth speaker.
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Timestamp:
Steps to Factory Reset JBL Flip 5: 1:02
Video Transcript:
Hey everyone. I'm Max Dalton, and in this video I'm going to show you how to factory reset a JBL Flip 5 Bluetooth speaker. Restoring your Flip 5 to its default factory settings restores the speaker's settings to what they were when you took it out of the box for the first time. Specifically, everyone who is paired with your portable speaker will kicked off of the device, and if you changed your speaker to play audio in low frequency or some other mode, the Flip 5 will return to its normal mode. But restoring your JBL Flip 5 to its factory settings isn't just good for kicking people off of your Bluetooth speaker. You should restore your JBL Bluetooth speaker's factory defaults before selling it to someone or giving it to a friend or family member, and it's also one of the standard troubleshooting options you should go to before moving on to more drastic measures, such as taking your speaker apart. Resetting your JBL Flip 5 to its default factory settings only takes a few seconds.
And now let's walk through the steps to factory reset the JBL Flip 5 Bluetooth speaker.
Step 1. Turn your Flip 5 on, and then make sure the device is powered on. You can tell the device is on when the Power button has a blue backlight.
Step 2. Hold both the "Volume Up" and "Play" buttons down until the device turns off by itself. This will take roughly five seconds. You can tell the device has powered down when the blue backlight behind the Power button is no longer on, and when you hear this power down sound. At this point, you have successfully reset the JBL Flip 5 to its factory default settings.
Step 3. Press the "Power" button again to power the Bluetooth speaker back on. The device will automatically be in discovery mode, which is indicated by this pinging sound you'll hear after turning the device on, and by the blinking of the backlight behind the Bluetooth button. At this point, there are no devices paired with your JBL Flip 5 speaker, and you'll need to pair a device with the Bluetooth speaker to hear audio through it.
Let me know what you think about your JBL Flip 5 in the comments below. If you liked what you saw here, click the video link on the right side of the screen to check out another video, or click the logo on the left side of the screen to subscribe to this channel to see more great videos like this one.

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[@StarSeed777-dh2re]

This is the only video that actually helped!!!

[@deathesquad9303]

Thanks bro

[@adityabaghel1270]

Thanks man!

[@Silvermeow]

Watching this on my JBL 5

[@MissesRobot]

Try “Forget this Device” in your iPhone or where you are trying to pair it. Let it become discoverable again. It worked for me!

[@crnx5483]

First method works ty

[@bwhiteoak]

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[@stevenharder308]

The opening monologue may have been the longest two minutes of my life, but you eventually nailed it. Thanks 😁

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Thanks

[@MaxDalton]

You're welcome.

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[@jbl_fan_2x228]

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[@kingsubieboy3033]

Thak you it woks for the flip 4

[@marinikapoilly6730]

Thanks!

[@MaxDalton]

You're welcome. Glad this helped you out!

[@yoriger101]

Hello Max. Thanks for the video. Followed your instructions but the speaker won't turn off after holding the play and + buttons together, no matter how long I hold it. Anything else I can do?

[@gt_kobe9178]

Good looks

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[@hesty1k]

thx bruh!!!!!!!

[@MaxDalton]

You're most welcome! Glad this helped.

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[@ronleon62]

It's not working for me. Holding the play and vol up buttons has no effect.

[@nateripley4189]

I'm so happy that you helped me getting my speakers going again. I owe you one. Thanks!

[@MrBrainsquash]

Nice, my speaker crackled all the time, now it's gone. Thanks man.

[@elianajalali]

Same!

[@AgedWisdome]

hi, how are you man, you extra clarify things , it good for non-technology and elderly people, for young generations it’s boring too much talking , that’s my honest review. So you need to know who is your audience to modify or not modify. Take care my dear.

[@gloryb-tv]

Thx for this tutorial! I decided to do this factory reset of the Flip 5 today because as it was playing music from my phone, it first was doing a crackling sound, and then it started blasting loudly with the sound of a foghorn. *That was freaky.* I turned it off. Then did this reset. As I'm typing, I'm trying to pair the Flip 5 with the phone again. In the Bluetooth setting, it made me delete the Flip 5 that was listed there. Now the phone isn't "finding" the Flip 5 even though they're sitting next to each other and the Flip is doing that search thing it does. I turned the Flip off again and then turned it on (again!). Now the phone recognized it. I hope I don't get the loud foghorn sound again. The steps start at 1:02

[@Anarhist27]

Bro thanks 😍

[@utube11235]

Thanks a ton for this! Wasn't able to find a solution anywhere for my problem but this resolved it

[@lucisophia]

Thank you omg FINALLY

[@jgredline]

Thank you. Fixed!

[@angelksh567]

Video starts at 1:03

[@meganoshea7090]

You are a legend! Thank you!

[@mando_v]

Thank you so much my flip 5 was kinda glitchy and this helped a lot😆

[@lynnquan-vera8890]

Worked! Thanks so much!

[@iamTW64]

I was having problems with distorted (popping) sound on my Flip 5 (volume typically set at 60%). The factory reset seems to have resolved that issue for now. Not sure if/when the problem will return so I'll enjoy it while I can. Thank you for posting this video.

[@trident8480]

so i just got my flip 5 and it was popping constantly was about to return but this reset also fixed it for me

[@alankucharski1704]

Very good thanks so much🖤

[@robertosabedra7088]

Worked like a charm!!! Thanks.

[@pauljacobus1066]

Your video is great. The speaker sucks. I've reset it about 20 times (no exaggeration), but it still won't work with my new Asus laptop.

[@MsGeorgiom]

Thank you so much for this video!

[@zaqwsxcderfvbgr]

감사합니다 ~ 👍

[@antoneelua]

Thank you! It was popping while connected to my Macbook but now seems to be fine.

[@thomaswills2301]

This was a great help. Thanks!

[@ahmedabdallah6157]

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[@maggiiebbbyy]

Does the speaker have a stronger sound from the left side than the right?

[@mimitheo2944]

Thank you!! It worked!

[@MaxDalton]

You're welcome!

[@DOUBLEJOE850]

I just upgraded my new phone and for some reason my speaker wouldn’t pair it, but thanks to your video, it was a success. Thanks man

[@ashleyrhoden8963]

Thank you so much!

[@liempr]

wonderful. thanks. :*

[@jonathanr2417]

Awesome thank you! I had connection but no sound and this solved the problem.

[@adamharriman8528]

Great video, solved my issues of the Bluetooth not working, and my JBL is a flip 4 so it works on 4s too👍👍

[@MaxDalton]

Awesome. Glad this helped you out.

[@hhjgffbhjgf45]

Thanks a lot❤️❤️

[@shane7358]

The reset helped fix my Flip 5 charging issue. I would charge it overnight and it would still be at the same low battery level. Thank you

[@nickdclaw]

Thank you it worked

[@zeekfitzroy4986]

Thank you!

[@nehemiahmathews8683]

Thank you it was the five but the volume and plus button or play button worked your video was short so synced into the point I appreciate that very much

[@manjunathraghavendra3913]

Thanks this video was very helpful ☺️

[@chakachakachakaadondondond2341]

I did it earlier but then I forgotten how to reset it, came here checked out your video and thank you for helping me.

[@MaxDalton]

Very cool. Glad this helped you out.

[@kkyong340]

Max, great it works. Thanks

[@StayceMichelle]

You’re my hero!

[@nicolascros-solivellas7531]

Thanks for you help its very simple
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[@crocodeer]

THANK YOU

[@cassandrajenkins874]

Thank you. It worked!

[@btay6521]

Bravo this worked and got rid of my bad shaky connection. Thank you!!

[@lindasaetre7695]

THANK YOU!

[@MaxDalton]

You're welcome. Glad this helped!

[@Desert_Woodworker]

THANK YOU SO MUCH---it worked... Thx

[@MansauWithMask]

I can't pause or control volume from speaker to my phone But after I follow your instructions in video. Now everything is working fine. Thank you so much👍👍

[@reberbLofi]

jbl flip 5 power button and battery indicator flashing how i do?

[@trimgod2319]

Great, Simple, Straightforward. Keep it up, boss. Thanks for the help.

[@MaxDalton]

Very cool. Glad this helped you out.

[@juris.m]

@@MaxDalton hi this speaker then has a bass function. Wireless speaker JBL FLIP 5, black, 20 W

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Thank you

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Thanks 🙂

[@Irishpatch2012]

Thank you so much! Appreciate your time and the easy fix.

[@MaxDalton]

Glad it helped!

[@bjj6910]

nothing of any tips worked but as soon as I accidently was warned that my file sharing was turned off and I turned it back on, my jbl was responding for the first time since yesterday. I had not been able to charge it or turn it on or any blue light or anything. Now it it just started, is now charging.

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The video was very helpful

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Glad it helped

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And if that doesn't work?

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Way too much fluff but works

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Worked justo fine, you da man bro

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It stops lag and it realy help

[@RA-qq8nf]

Thanks and I did set my device and reconnected back

[@MaxDalton]

Cool.

[@petr9156]

Really really thx to you dude. You save my Flip 5 from low frequency mode 🤣👌👌👌

[@jeffreywang1850]

i had a distorted popping sound before ibdid this but it seems that i can't connect with it anymore after it

[@loveplayinguitars]

Thanks very much it helped me to reconnect my mobile via blue tooth 👍

[@yitspaerl7255]

Thanks a lot. I could not play via my Win10 machine. connection but no sound. Could play music over any other machine but not this Win10. Resetting to factory defaults did help.

[@galeisaac3472]

Thanks alot

[@MaxDalton]

You're welcome. Glad this video helped you out.

[@galeisaac3472]

L had messed around and disabled DSP. Speaker didn't sound the same. This reset has restored it to it's original quality

[@AndrewsCookies]

Hold "+" and "play"

[@MaxDalton]

...or that, lol.

[@Loneman143]

Hold + and Play is true

[@seanbrown7857]

Max Dalton This didn’t work at all

[@locosporelepicenterbass7401]

for how long I leave it pressed for a minute and the speaker does not work or it turns off only to pay the led light of the battery but it never turns off

[@LoneGranadier]

Thanks

[@sokz_uk1725]

My flip 5 stopped playing anything but this vid made IT Work again 😃😃😃 thx a lot

[@wesker877]

Damn it actually worked, I bought a flip 5 and maybe 2 months after I got it (I take very good care of it) it started doing this thing where it pops every 2 seconds. Noticed it the first time I tried to pair my new phone. I thought it was my phone but now it works perfect.

[@andiducuara4575]

i was about to get rid of my second jbl now because my first one had a popping sound and i got the 5 and then it started turning off on a full charge, as well as not making the power up/down noise. But it fixed it for now!

[@dmv.summer]

Hello my won’t turn off it’s just kn I did the steps

[@efrenbacasnot4192]

good morning may jbl flip didtn work because i push the plus vulume botton and Bluetooth boton how to fix this pls

[@geemarzo5642]

My JBL FLIP 5 doesnt charge.. or turning ON.. what is the combination botton? Thanks!

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[@moonlightsilent5086]

Any way to factor reset without the volume up button? Cause that’s the button that’s not working for me :(((

[@pisces6627]

Great help! I'm having a problem pairing my flip 5 to MacBook. It can connect to my iPhone 12 easily but just cannot be found by my MacBook 2015. After following this video, my flip5 can pair to MacBook now! Easy! Thanks!

[@carrotslat8100]

I’d really have to jam my finger into the power button to get mine to turn on but doing this seems to have fixed that, thanks

[@ricardovasquez6941]

Mine doesn’t turn on after the reset, how did you solve it???

[@blal07]

@@ricardovasquez6941 try resetting it again?

[@jwong297]

@@ricardovasquez6941 Hi, I’m having the same issue as well. Did you manage to resolve it?