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My Bluetooth Headset has SEVERE static!

Hello, I have a question. I have had two bluetooth headsets a Jabra 250v and now a Motorola H700. I am running a Q-Tek 9000 Universal device with the older ROM, not the latest one from I-Mate. I am receiving awful static even when the device is 1 foot from me. Is there any Bluetooth headset that anyone has had luck with that does NOT have static that actually sounds clear?
Thank you in advance!
Monty Gibson

i have the same

alex2cool67 said:
i have the same
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You have the same problem, or the same Qtek 9000? I can't find a bluetooth headset to work without static.

lol the same problem. but on an i-mate jasjar and 3 diff cheapo headsets

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lol the same problem. but on an i-mate jasjar and 3 diff cheapo headsets
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:lol: don't feel bad, i've used the most expensive and so I guess the cheaper and the more expensive does not make a bit of difference.

Same problem. QTEK 9000 with Motorola H700 Bluetooth headset. Lots of static... Tried four different brands of bluetooth headsets... and no luck!!
Any solutions ??

bluetooth sucks really....
its a pity that people still continue to make headsets after headsets, gadgets supporting the same lousy technology.....though its proven to suck in all directions....
the irony.....
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i-mate jasjar & SE HBH660: no statics at all.

I have the Motorolla HT820. No static here too. Plus, with stereo sound to listen to music, nothing can beat that except the size.

Well, this is an interesting article to read.....
http://www.unstrung.com/document.asp?doc_id=58585
The guys who invented bluetooth laugh it out, and admit that the technology sucks and it wont last for long! Ericsson is pulling out of taking the technology further!
cheers,
San

dreamtheather i'd prefer to laugh at you quoting an 18 month old article as gospel truth.
an analyst laughed, not the firm.
i'm a retail e-Commerce analyst. I laugh a lot.
why are you trying to incite flames when people are asking for help? if you can't help you may as well say so, or keep silent?
for the record, i have a SPV5000, tried with both orange original rom and i-mate test rom w/ 1.09.00 radio, 2 different headsets (Jabra BT800 and BlueAnt X3 Micro) and always have insufferable static, to the point that i'm tempted to send the device back to Orange (despite living in Sydney!)
any ideas/support would be greatly appreciated, and in my case, a (working) solution will give not just mojo, but a small paypal reward :idea:

JohnH said:
dreamtheather i'd prefer to laugh at you quoting an 18 month old article as gospel truth.
an analyst laughed, not the firm.
i'm a retail e-Commerce analyst. I laugh a lot.
why are you trying to incite flames when people are asking for help? if you can't help you may as well say so, or keep silent?
for the record, i have a SPV5000, tried with both orange original rom and i-mate test rom w/ 1.09.00 radio, 2 different headsets (Jabra BT800 and BlueAnt X3 Micro) and always have insufferable static, to the point that i'm tempted to send the device back to Orange (despite living in Sydney!)
any ideas/support would be greatly appreciated, and in my case, a (working) solution will give not just mojo, but a small paypal reward :idea:
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Well, I was thinking on your *mode*, until i've reached a level of frustration that has no boundaries now! I'm not trying to get people to flame each other....its just hopeless and nothing can be done really, mainly because the design of the technology is the inherent problem. The mode of communication bluetooth uses is extremely prone to static noise and distortion, and nothing much can be done really. We have the latest headsets trying to use DSP technology to filter out the noise, but again, how far can it go really?
I guess the later devices to follow (perhaps BT 2.0 specs) may have better noise tolerance, but for now, i guess its what we have that we have to live with!
Wireless headset, the only option being through bluetooth is not very promising......thats why my rants
Anyway, sorry if i took my ranting a little overboard here!
San

Looks like BT is not as bad as some have suggested; BT to be adopted as a media streaming standard: http://www.t3.co.uk/news/247/general/general/bluetooth_set_to_replace_wi-fi_at_home

Thanks for ytour well considered reply
Might I add that I don't think you understand the level of static we're talking here. We're not talking the odd bit of crackle, you expect that.....even though my Nokia 6600, T68i, Motorola V3 etc don't crackle at all. We're talking full signal, phone 30cm away, can't hear what the other person is saying at all due do speakler crackle, signal dropout (just the earpiece) and noise.
bah.
and there was me thinking that we could all post our roms and see if there was a correlation. silly me

I agree with JohnH!! This is not some kind of a LITTLE static... I'm literally 40cm away from my QTEK9000 with a Motorola H700 Bluetooth Headset, and i barely can hear the person i'm talking to... :x This is so frustrating...
Cheers,
Paulo Rodrigues

pjbrodrigues said:
I agree with JohnH!! This is not some kind of a LITTLE static... I'm literally 40cm away from my QTEK9000 with a Motorola H700 Bluetooth Headset, and i barely can hear the person i'm talking to... :x This is so frustrating...
Cheers,
Paulo Rodrigues
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welcome home to our *****ing club!
I guess, its anyone and everyone who have a BT headset, would end up leaving a rant here.....its so damn horrible really
cheers,
San

I've said it before and I'll say it again... bluetooth is a load of old tosh on the Universal... just like the phone!!

I had a similar problem and I tried the headset with another phone and it was fine, so I deleted/repaired it to the M5000, thinking it couldn't be that bad, and it was immediately much much better. You can get a bad pairing that makes things worse than normal, worth a try anyway...
Also recently I installed the latest radio stack this also appeared to make things even better.

Thanks Noony,
I'll try that - the annoying thing is that both my headsets (Jabra BT800, BlueAnt X3 Micro) work fine with my spare phone, a Nokia 6600.
Might be a good point too, I remember the BlueAnt headset was okay first call, second call was back to Jabra rubbish level!
Thanks for your suggestions!

Hi Everyone.
Like you all I have expreimented with low end and hi end bluetooth headsets - and experienced all of the same pain.
I have been able to have success only with the Blueant Suprtooth 1 and II. I know it is not a headset, but if you want an in car device then this is clearly the beast. Sound quality at both ends is just fantastic. Never drops the signal - can move it from car to car - it just rocks.
I get at least 6 weeks of use with the current Blueant Supertooth II between charges. If i need a personal headset when out and about - I simply use the ear pice. Not the best solution buit it works.
Hope that is usefl to someone.

couple of BT and audio questions

I have the 8125 with the 2.25ROM. As for BT I just currently have a single earpiece (mono).
Can one not listen to audio through the earpiece? I of course understand it's mono but I'm primarily interested in audiobooks.
With that said, is the HT280 compatible with the 2.25ROM of the 8125? I seem to remember some issues that is wasgoing to be then wasn't, but not really caring that much at the the time I don't remember what the verdict was.
If neither of the above will not work can someone recommend a decent pair of wired earpieces? The OEM version that comes with the 8125 are awful and today on the way home I realized (duh) that when I have my MP3 earpiece in the person on the other end of the phone cannot hear me.
Thanks all,
David

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With that said, is the HT280 compatible with the 2.25ROM of the 8125? ...
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I got my HT820s in the mail yesterday. They work fantastic and sound great. No complaints other than the earpieces are a tad thick. They are comfortable and lightweight.. just I look kinda silly with them on . But I like them anyway.

Best Bluetooth

I know this is more of an opinion question, but..
What is the best blue tooth ear piece or head set to be used with the Titan. Please also post with any particular one that was noticeably bad.
thanks

VERY good results with the Plantronics Voyager 885. Mono and stereo in one. Good streaming and working controls (AVCRP and Handsfree).

Moto H700, Blueant Z9, Plantronics 510 are good. I've tried about 10 and those worked best, many seem to pick up static, others seem to sound very muffled.
For headphones, the Moto S9's work great for me. Amazing sound, better than some expensive wired heaphones I have.

another vote for motorola s9, stereo sound is great, call quality is good (i still cant figure out where the microphone is on this thing but people can hear me just fine)
just wish i could get custom ringtones to play in the earpeice

yakky said:
Moto H700, Blueant Z9, Plantronics 510 are good. I've tried about 10 and those worked best, many seem to pick up static, others seem to sound very muffled.
For headphones, the Moto S9's work great for me. Amazing sound, better than some expensive wired heaphones I have.
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What ROM are you running. I want to make sure Moto S9 is compatible with 3.16.

I have bee using the Samsung WEP500 and love it.
It replaced my Plantronics 665.

marriotheblackguy said:
What ROM are you running. I want to make sure Moto S9 is compatible with 3.16.
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ive used it on 3.16 and all of DCDs 2.x.x roms

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ive used it on 3.16 and all of DCDs 2.x.x roms
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Cool thanks dude.

Buetooth
The BlueAnt Z9 rocks. Works perfectly with my Sprint Mogul

I love my Sony DS980 works great except the phone book feature
I hope when Sony WM6 phone hits the market this will be possible
to have the drive and get it working.

scott500 said:
The BlueAnt Z9 rocks. Works perfectly with my Sprint Mogul
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Really? I bought it at bestbuy and was told my voice sounded horrible compared to my 510. I figured it just didn't play well with the Mogul

jabra bt8010
I have tried about 10 different ear pieces with my phone. I like the Jabra BT8010 the best. It serves two purposes. It can answer calls and with the extra adaptor piece it serves as bluetooth stereo. when u have it on the music setting you can hear all sounds (ringtones, warnings, voicecommand) thru the earpiece without the adaptor connected. That way you dont have to use that funky dongle to listen to music, etc. only bad thing is it picks up outside noise very easy.

another vote for bt8010

Aliph jawbone baby. Works like charm, never any static. By far the best bluetooth headset out there.

Music Lovers Upgrade you may have sitting around.

Hi there, I dont know if this will be no news to most people out there, but ppl, I just realised if you get the iphone ear phones with the mic, You can use it on the Hero for the following
- Receive Calls
- As Expected Listen to Music
- But You can actually squeeze the mic once to pause the song,
- Squeeze it 2 quick times and it will change the track
If you know of any other ways to use the earphone pls drop me a line but right now Illd go back to enjoying this two lil piece of hardware I have that make my life far much better.

fixedonfixies said:
Hi there, I dont know if this will be no news to most people out there, but ppl, I just realised if you get the iphone ear phones with the mic, You can use it on the Hero for the following
- Receive Calls
- As Expected Listen to Music
- But You can actually squeeze the mic once to pause the song,
- Squeeze it 2 quick times and it will change the track
If you know of any other ways to use the earphone pls drop me a line but right now Illd go back to enjoying this two lil piece of hardware I have that make my life far much better.
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As much as I hate apple, thanks for this! I'll be putting this tip to good use
I wonder what other brands are similarly compatible

I've been using my old iPhone earphones since I switched to the Pre last summer
Love them... great quality on the audio, too.

I think the factory iPod/iPhone head phones are garbage. The sound quality is horrible. I guess thats why they can afford to give them away at the moron bar.
My guess is though, if you have a set of good sony's that are iPhone compatible they would be Hero compatible as well.

actually if you double click it makes a call

laonda13 said:
actually if you double click it makes a call
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Is this while playing a song, cos the whole discovery happened in less than 40 mins ago, so i didnt get to dig into how guarranteed it works.
Well I run a ic3rom 2.1 Rom(That just got release last night and is super sweet.)and mine is the Sprint Version so idk if you are on the same boat.

Maybe I'm just a music snob, but does anyone else think the Hero sounds like crap? If you don't you probably have never tried to listen to it over amplified speakers (like in the aux jack in a car). Total crappola Damn shame too, there was great potential for awesomeness.

Yeah I noticed that it doesn't sound all that great as well. espically with car speakers

Nextelian said:
Maybe I'm just a music snob, but does anyone else think the Hero sounds like crap? If you don't you probably have never tried to listen to it over amplified speakers (like in the aux jack in a car). Total crappola Damn shame too, there was great potential for awesomeness.
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I hook mine to the deck over USB. Deck handles all the decoding. Phone is just a hard drive to it.
Sounds awesome all the time.

This is great. i own the apple headphones w/ mic. Who knew?

What!?
I sold my iPhone 3Gs to get the money to buy this phone, and thought "I'll just sell the headphones because that button is useless."
Dammit...

yeah my hero sounds like sh*t in the car.
i have a pair of samsung earphones that work as playback and mic during calls, the mute button even works.
is it wierd my g1 soubded better over my car speakers, and that i had to get the usb to headphone jack adapter. ha!

I know the ones that come with the pre and the moment work as well. And yes the Hero seems to be eq'd very strange. Way to much mids and bass in the car makes things a tad muddy.

scirio said:
This is great. i own the apple headphones w/ mic. Who knew?
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i was in the same situation..
@everyonelse..thats true, sadly the quality does tend to deteriorate once you connect it to heavier sound systems,

mrniceguy715 said:
I know the ones that come with the pre and the moment work as well. And yes the Hero seems to be eq'd very strange. Way to much mids and bass in the car makes things a tad muddy.
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make sure you do not have the volume on the hero all the way up try turning it way down and adjusting mainly through the car stereo this should help and sound fine......
hope it helps

My wife connects hers through a cassette adapter to the car stereo and sound is great!

I have a 1000 watt amp and I'm blasting my hero as I ride. Sounds great to me.

Hero sounds great over blue tooth
Sent from my HERO200 using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk

mountaindont said:
lol! thats like peanut butter and tomato!
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I lol'd, too funny. SQ means different things to different ppl, I guess.

danaff37 said:
Hero sounds great over blue tooth
Sent from my HERO200 using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk
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are you streaming music to a HU with a DAC, or playing on some BT headphones? Seems like if you stick to the smaller speakers it sounds acceptable. That may explain the weird EQ settings, trying to overcome the poor quality earbuds most people like to use.

Best bluetooth headset for my epic?

I'm looking to get a new bluetooth earpiece and I was wondering what u guys are using.
I want all the goodies and dont care too much about price.
What r the best earpieces out right now?
Thanks!
Sent from my mighty Epic using XDA App.. Sweet!

I like the Blueant T1. It isn't cheap, but compared to other earpieces with similar features it is quite reasonable. The Q2 looks nice too, but is a little too "smart" for my tastes.

I swear I'm not trying to shill for Sammy but their WEP200 is well-made, tough, simple, small and good. And cheap. Only drawback is that you may have a bit of a struggle getting a good fit, but there are separate ear gels that help, like the one variety pack I bought at Best Buy last night made by Jawbone. I've been using this same WEP200 for going on 5 years, and never wanted another.

The Blueant T1 has worked great for me. You can find it on-line for about 49.00 and Best Buy runs them on sale sometimes. It will speak text and play Music.

check out the jawbone icon

I've gotten the Samsung wep 780 and 750 and other older ones bur I lose them
sent from my epic 4g with no 4g

Was originally looking at an earset but glad I found out about and bought a Blueant S4 speakerphone instead since it's mainly for driving. Anxiously waiting for Froyo on Epic so it can support hands-free voice dialing.

If you want comfort and really good quality get a motorola h710 and its not too expensive
Epic 4g

I'd go with either the Icon or the Motorola Finiti. Hopefully once 2.2 rolls around we'll get the same features, but on my Evo my Finiti would read all SMS and was amazing at voice commands and responses.

Blueant Q2. Expensive, but awesome.

Jawbone Icon here. Love it.

I've got a Blueant Q2 coming soon. I had a Z9 and Z9i before that. Anything Blueant is good. Some of the Z9s or Z9is can be had for $20 if you find a sale.
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App

I have had 3 diffrent jawbone icons. All junk!
Sent from my SPH-D700 using Tapatalk

Plantronics Voyager 855 Stereo Bluetooth Headset
or the one I have which is
Samsung HM3500, which is also stereo with included earbuds adapter.
Excellent products. Look them up. Both are A2DP of course. I use the HM3500 with my Vizio TV all the time.

Voyager Pro +
It works great, sounds great, supports A2DP so I can listen to my media through the earpiece (ie, music, youtube, podcasts, etc.) and it's comfortable.

Plantronics Discovery 975 Connects super fast to the epic!!!
It always reconnects when I separate the two devices, unlike others when they separate, the earpiece turns off.
So you have to turn it back on, for it to pair again.
Very light weight, super comfortable,good battery life and the portable charger/pouch comes in handy
And as far as wind it filters it out pretty good. Noticeably better than the jawbone 2

zulubushi said:
Voyager Pro +
It works great, sounds great, supports A2DP so I can listen to my media through the earpiece (ie, music, youtube, podcasts, etc.) and it's comfortable.
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It sounds good but in my opinion you look like a cyborg with the thing on and gets a little uncomfortable when you where sunglasses.

Plantronics Voyager Pro hands down.
Its comfortable and has active noise cancellation. Everyone that I've talked to absolutely loves their's.
Sound quality on the Jawbones is supposed to be good as well, but I don't see how they could be comfortable.

i've used plantronics backbeat for just over a year. i have a gigantic head, wear glasses/sunglasses, and my ears off uneven (yeah, i know, i'm the picture of beauty!) and the headset fits and is comfortable (sometimes i forget i'm wearing it, thus looking like a douche who walks around with his bluetooth on at all times, trying to look important).
the sound is GREAT. i'm a music snob, and i'm pleased with the sound.
the problem:
it worked great on my old blackberries, but has been pure poo-poo on my epic ever since rooting and installing custom roms. it usually pairs, sometimes connects, mostly disconnects randomly, and most of the controls don't work. and when they do work, they work for every possible app (so i can't just start and stop music. nooooo, pressing play on the headset starts music, radio, video, and podcasts.) i'm HOPING that the official 2.2 will fix this, but if it doesn't, i will be officially reclassifying this headset as utter garbage. it would be a pity too- because i REALLY love it when it works.

Im looking at getting the Jawbone Icon or Blueant T1
If anyone has used both please reply.. Ill probably get one or the other tomorrow...
Thanks in advance..