I am implementing a central using on ios7 on an iPhone5s. I am able to scan for devices and can connect to the desired peripheral device. As part of the overall connection procedure, I also undertake the discovery procedure of service and characteristics. I have properties(obj-C) for the CBService - aService and CBCharacteristic aChar . As part of the didDiscoverServices , I store the service and as part of didDiscoverCharacteristicsForService  and store the  cache the characteristic which is has a property of 0x0A(Read/Write) - (void)peripheral:(CBPeripheral *)peripheral didDiscoverServices:(NSError *)error {     CBUUID *svcUUID = [ CBUUID UUIDWithString:@"<SOME UUID>"];     for (CBService *service in peripheral.services)     {         NSLog(@"Service discovered - %@", service);         if([service.UUID.data isEqualToData:svcUUID.data] )         {             _aService = service;             NSLog((@"Service found"));         }     }     if(_aService)     {         dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{         [_targetDevice discoverCharacteristics:nil forService:t_aService];         });     } } - (void)peripheral:(CBPeripheral *)peripheral didDiscoverCharacteristicsForService:(CBService *)service error:(NSError *)error {     CBUUID *charUUID = [ CBUUID UUIDWithString:@"<some UUID>"];     for( CBCharacteristic *cs in service.characteristics)     {         NSLog(@"Characteristics discovered - %@", cs);         if([cs.UUID.data isEqualToData:charUUID.data] )         {             _aChar = cs;             NSLog(@"Characteristic %@ Found",cs);  // This works btw             [peripheral readValueForCharacteristic:_aChar];             break;         }     } } Now I have a button that i use to read the char . In the button handler, I use the following call to read the characteristic for the service .  -(IBAction) buttonDown:(id)sender { // immediate disconnection after this !  [_aService readValueForCharacteristic:_aChar]; } I immediately see a disconnect. Any clues as to why this might me occurring? On the other hand, I observe that if I invoke this same request in the didDiscoverCharacteristicsForService then the calls succeeds and the data is available. _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Bluetooth-dev mailing list (Bluetooth-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/bluetooth-dev/site_archiver%40lists.... This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com