AirDrop Stopped Working

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Updated both my iPhone 5s and iPad 4 to iOS 7.1 yesterday and it appeared everything went well.

Today I tried to AirDrop a photo from my phone to my iPad but now neither device will recognize the other. Near as I can tell all settings are properly configured. Both devices are sitting next to each other and about 2 feet from my Airport Extreme so I can't understand what has changed other than updating the iOS.

Any suggestions on how to fix this would be appreciated. Am I missing something basic.

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I had to reset my iPhone and iPad to sync over WiFi after updating both to iOS 7.1.
 

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I only had to connect mine via USB to iTunes The setting was already set to sync via wifi in iTunes - but as soon as I unplugged it, it worked again.
 

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I only had to connect mine via USB to iTunes The setting was already set to sync via wifi in iTunes - but as soon as I unplugged it, it worked again.

That's what I meant. I had to do the same thing - that is connect both my iPhone and iPad to iTunes. As a matter of fact, after the update on my iPad I received a notice from Apple to do that very thing. For some reason, I did not receive the same warning on my iPhone.
 

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Am thinking once you connect it, it has that "Trust this computer" window pop up on the iDevice also that you have to approve.
 
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I tried all of that and no change. I'll keep working at it but if anyone can think of any other possibilities I'd appreciate it. If I do get it figured out I'll be sure to update.

Thanks!
 
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Okay, I don't know why but all of a sudden it decided to work. I was able to transfer a photo from my iPhone to my iPad. They recognized each other immediately and there were no issues. Not sure what changed but the only thing I did was restart both devices. Maybe that was all that was needed. We'll see if it lasts.

Thanks again for the advice guys!
 
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Good solution to restart devices. Until today, my iPhone 5c and iPad 4 had been sending photos back and forth, but suddenly could not. Restarted both, and instantly they recognized each other and successfully transferred pictures. Back in business!
 

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