Ok, I feel like a real idiot...
perhaps this post will help one person, maybe...
two would be shooting for the moon...etc. lol.
I had my phone on Airplane mode...let me explain...
the company I work for dropped Sprint as a carrier and picked up AT$T, so I no longer get a signal in my office, therefore, when I bring my phone in, I have to place it on AM (I usually leave it in my truck). [Baa - winter is coming].
Anyway, bluetooth evidently is inoperable during flight and therefore is disabled in that mode.
Hope this helps (
someone,
else)