Connect Flex Without Recreating Its Wallet
For Ledger Flex Bluetooth setup with Ledger Live on iPhone, connect through the mobile app and approve a matching code exchange on both devices. The software is now named Ledger Wallet. If Flex already manages your accounts, the goal is another interface to the same configured hardware, not a fresh recovery phrase.
Keep the phone and Flex screens available throughout. An app that opens successfully, a stored iPhone Bluetooth record, and a completed Flex interaction are different checkpoints.
Check Flex’s Own Bluetooth Setting
Unlock Flex with its touchscreen PIN entry and open Settings from the dashboard. Inspect Bluetooth there. Do not use instructions to hold both buttons as on a Nano X; Flex uses a different physical interface.
Follow Ledger’s touchscreen Bluetooth setup for the current model workflow. Charge the device sufficiently and place it near the iPhone. End another phone’s active session so your new request does not compete with a connection already using Flex.
On iPhone, enable the radio and allow the app’s separate Bluetooth access. Apple’s Bluetooth authorization guide explains why radio availability alone does not grant permission to each installed application.
Create One Deliberate Pairing Attempt
Open the app’s My Ledger or connection feature, choose Flex, and select the existing-device flow when appropriate. Allow discovery to identify your hardware. A short or customized device label should be checked against the Flex you deliberately prepared.
Inspect both pairing codes before confirming that they agree. Complete the hardware confirmation on Flex after the matching phone step as instructed. Cancel missing, mismatched, or unsolicited information instead of accepting it to move past the screen.
If the phone already remembers a valid Flex relationship, a fresh code may not appear on each reconnection. Test the actual app operation before treating that absence as failure. A system-level saved pairing is useful context but is not proof that the app session is working now.
Add the Account View as a Separate Task
Complete the genuine check and add the supported accounts you intend to manage. If using current account synchronization, verify which networks and account identities appear. Pairing does not guarantee that labels, local preferences, and every desktop provider feature transfer identically.
For example, an Ethereum token view and a token on another chain can have similar symbols. Compare the underlying chain and account before deciding that an expected balance is absent. Do not reset Flex to make a local portfolio resemble another interface.
Rebuild Stale Pairing Only if Needed
If normal permission and readiness checks fail, use Ledger’s Bluetooth recovery procedure. Flex exposes Remove pairing under Settings, Bluetooth. Coordinate that state with the stale app entry and iPhone association as the current guide directs.
Pairing removal is not factory reset. Keep the wallet configuration and offline backup intact. The iPhone must not collect recovery words to add Flex again; intentional restoration, if actually required for hardware, is a separate process on the hardware itself.
Keep a note of the selected device name and the final confirmation shown on Flex.
Flex Connection Questions
Why Are Balances Visible Before Flex Connects?
The interface can retain public account information. Use a device-dependent action to verify the live session rather than judging by a familiar total.
Can I Interrupt an Update to Test Pairing?
Do not interrupt a progressing Ledger OS installation or clear host data during it. Finish the supported device maintenance first, or resolve its explicit failed state under the matching model instructions.
What Is the First Useful Security Check After Setup?
Request a receive address and compare its complete value on Flex before using it. Review any later transaction on the hardware, independently of successful Bluetooth setup.