IPhone 5 won't pair with Bluetooth or connect to Wi-fi since reset

I reset my iphone 5 just before the latest update and since then it will not work on the bluetooth connection to my car. It goes the whole way through the pairing process but then fails as the passkey is incorrect. I updated the software in the car, I also checked another Iphone 5 and it works so it is not the car. I am now having the same problem with wi-fi, when connecting to a network it says the password is incorrect when it isn't. I have reset all connections, upgraded the software etc but it still wont work. Any ideas?

So let me see if I understand this. You have photos that are very important that you would like to get them back and you have 2-years worth of pictures and you have NEVER backed up the phone?
You can try after letting the device charge for at least 20 minutes to do a reset. Hold the sleep/wake and home button together until you see the Apple logo and then release. This should reboot the phone. If that does happen, I suggest you connect to your computer as soon as possible and you import the photos to the computer before you lose them completely. You should import photos from the phone as soon as you can after taking them, just like you would with a digital camera. And, without a backup, you will lose all of your data.

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