About the pairing issues: I use an Android phone and yes sometimes mine too has pairing issues. Sometimes I just have to go into my phone's BT menu and make the connection manually. Most times it will pair instantly but sometimes it won't because it is trying to pair with the wrong thing. Not a big issue as long as I get it to work. Once paired my cheap Chinese speaker seems to hold the connection fine. Anyway my phone has the same issues with pairing with my Desk top computer's Wi-fi hot spot. Most time it connects instantly but sometimes it just tries to connect to something else and I have to go into the menu and do the setup manually. PITA sometimes but I can live with life's minor inconveniences.