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Why is A2DP so f'ed up?

Dont get me wrong, I'm loving the fact that we have A2DP when we shouldn't (thanks Microsoft :twisted: ) but I've read and reread every single thread about A2DP on the Prophet and I still can't get it to work the way it should.
Here's what i have: a Qtek S200 updated to the latest WWE Dopod ROM, with A2DP patch installed, and paired to a Bluetake I-Phono Mini (BT450Rx). I get both handsfree and stereo profiles as an option, and both work to a certain degree.
But here's the catch: I tried all the music players out there, and none even approaches a decent level of use:
- Media Player 10: best so far, but the Play/Pause button isnt working (only FF/REW), and when a call comes through, it answers on the headset, but when I hang up, the music resumes from the speaker of the Prophet and not the headset.
- Pocket Music: very buggy, skips a lot, and the AVRCP controls dont work.
- TCPMP: sound is fine, porbably the best, but once again, the controls for playback dont work.
Am I doing everything wrong, or is there really no way to get at least one of these to work?
Any thoughts/remarks/info etc would be appreciated.
thnaks, TDX

yeah, A2DP is a deal breaker for me, so I'm waiting waiting at this stage...(have yet to buy prophet)

So, no one has found a software combination that actually works?

tdx said:
- Media Player 10: best so far, but the Play/Pause button isnt working (only FF/REW), and when a call comes through, it answers on the headset, but when I hang up, the music resumes from the speaker of the Prophet and not the headset.
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After the call, the music will only resume at the begining of a track.
Therefore, hit your rewind or forward button to resume music.
Even with this, it's still not seamless.

Well, I have an S200 with the A2DP patch working in conjunction with my Plantronics Pulsar 590 Stereo headset and I'm really impressed with its performance. Hi-fi sound under WMP10 and PocketMusic. No skips even without overclocking. Flawless Calls in the middle of my music. Resumes perfectly.
Must be a problem with your headset brand.
Never been so happy with my PDA/Phone.
Best regards...

Rayan said:
Must be a problem with your headset brand.
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I don't think so.
I have the same problems with a Motorola Ht820.
If only some of us have this problem, we probably didn't install the fix properly.

What would be really cool, would be if someone could detail the exact steps needed to install A2Dp on the Prophet, enable AVRCP and get everything to work nicely. I know there have been other threads regarding this, but it's been a while since the patch came out, various people have posted different versions of it, new ROMs came out, so it all gets a little confusing.

It's really simple. I just used the attached file that I found over at i-phone forums. Read the simple instructions.
Best regards,
Rayan

Rayan said:
It's really simple. I just used the attached file that I found over at i-phone forums. Read the simple instructions.
Best regards,
Rayan
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Ah. That's the registry edit method.
I installed mine the simpler way. Maybe the simpler way is not complete.

Thanks for the responses everyone. I actually spent some time and did some extra research/testing. Here's what I've narrowed it down to:
What works:
1. The A2DP works, as far as pairing, handsfree and wireless stereo go.
2. The AVCRP sort of works (only in WMP, othesr software apparently don't support it yet).
What doesn't work:
1. Play/Pause button in WMP. For some reason, FF/REW work, but not Play/Pause.
2. When I answer a phonecall with the BT450 while listening to music, it pauses the music, but when i hang up, the music reverts to the speakerphone (it loses the wireless audio status and i have to pair it again manually).
3. Finally, and I dont know if this is a bug or not, when I turn on the headset, it automatically establishes a wireless handsfree pairing, but not a wireless stereo (music) pairing. I have to go into settings and pair it manually EVERYTIME I want to listen to music. This sucks.
So, anyone else having the same three problems as me? Anyone has solutions to these.
I would be most eternally grateful.

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Rayan said:
It's really simple. I just used the attached file that I found over at i-phone forums. Read the simple instructions.
Best regards,
Rayan
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Ah. That's the registry edit method.
I installed mine the simpler way. Maybe the simpler way is not complete.
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Nope... It's not a manual regedit per se, it's all included on a .cab for easy application and a few other files to put in the Windows directory.
At least for me, it worked flawlessly while paired to my Plantronics gear.

Rayan said:
Well, I have an S200 with the A2DP patch working in conjunction with my Plantronics Pulsar 590 Stereo headset and I'm really impressed with its performance. Hi-fi sound under WMP10 and PocketMusic. No skips even without overclocking. Flawless Calls in the middle of my music. Resumes perfectly.
Must be a problem with your headset brand.
Never been so happy with my PDA/Phone.
Best regards...
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You gotta be joking about HI-FI performance. I have the same headset and when it sounds really good with my ASUS W5A laptop with Toshiba BT stack it doesn't work all that well with Jamin. It sounds like it set to low quality mode. A2DP on Prophet that is.

Nope ID64, no jokes... It really is working for me perfectly even without overclocking.
Have you tried PocketMusic, because Media Player 10 sucks big time in all respects on the Prophet...
Are you sure you are pairing as Wireless Stereo profile? The first time I tried it, I mistakenly selected Hands-free profile and sounded just as you described.
ROM Version: 2.9.7.24 WWE
ROM Date: 2/9/06
Radio: 413.1.03
ExtROM: 2.9.7.106
A2DP Applied

Does PocketMusic have AVRCP controls though?

tdx said:
Does PocketMusic have AVRCP controls though?
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Not sure if it's implemented inside PocketMusic or in the A2DP profile itself but AVRCP do work in PocketMusic without a hitch. The Plantronics Stereo Headset controls work prerfectly, and the PocketMusic fade-out-fade-in feature sounds simply impresive!
Best regards,
Rayan

Software Equaliser

Can anyone please point me towards a software equaliser that will work on the Touch (Elf) using bluetooth headphones
Many thanks

I dnt think there is a equalizer of tht sort, once i used TCPMP which has a equalizer. try it out.

thanks I will give it a go and report back

There is a eq for HTC Touch.
Its called ' Audio Booster ' made by htc and it is present in the ONYX 4.6 ultimate ROM but it only works for headphones, not speakers.
Thanks.

Thanks for that info Jeremy89632, that sounds a better bet as TCPMP looks a bit problematic and now unsupported.
However as your option means a ROM upgrade I am a little wary as I have never done anything like that. Can you, or anyone else, give me an idiots guide to updating my ROM please.

Audio booster is available by default in Touch..but it works only when a handsfree is connected to the phone..it doesnt work wit BT handsfree. giv it a try.
In regards to rom flashing, read the wiki or jump to elf upgrading section and do a study.

[email protected], I cannot find any equalizer on my touch either with or without BT, so I guess it is only available after the ROM upgrade. I will have a look at the wiki and see if I feel confident to have aa go

Audio poster is present in recent roms and it only work when the device is paired to BT headset or a carkit
there was an old prog called SRS WOW that work on device directly but it has limited functions

leswaller said:
[email protected], I cannot find any equalizer on my touch either with or without BT, so I guess it is only available after the ROM upgrade. I will have a look at the wiki and see if I feel confident to have aa go
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I own a Elfin and I do have the audio booster when I bought it. And this doesnt work when using a BT Handsfree. Works only with a wired handsfree.
AFA SRS WOW, it workd gr8 for my music in Elfin, but somehw or othr it played havoc on my in-call volume and ringin volume. So removed it.

music normally cannot be olayed on bluetooth you need a cab called BTaudio

Well, you can upgrade your ROM to the stock ROM if you worry, and if im not wrong, the stock rom contains audio booster.

mono bluetooth streaming on the htc hero for sprint

so check it out here is a workaround on the htc hero for sprint to allow you to stream music to a mono (single ear non stereo) bluetooth headset. ok so my bluetooth does not have a2dp capabilities but this works still. this is not my idea its off the android forums i found after doing some digging.
you have to have your phone on vibrate and the music, podcast whatever has to already be playing and your bluetooth already has to be paired.
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11-19-2009, 12:43 AM #8 (permalink)
RedDot
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Join Date: Nov 2009
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Got non A2DP Bluetooth headset to play Music / podcasts
I went searching for a way to play my podcasts over a non A2DP bluetooth headset. I couldn't find anything, but I did figure out a way to make it work. I'm using a Sprint HTC Hero phone.
1. I went to the phone and dialed '**' (2 stars) which creates a 'p' for pause. Then press call. This enables the headset without actually placing a call.
2. After this I started doggcatcher (or other audio / video player) and it played through the headset. Everything went through the headset after this point.
3. In order to stop playback to my headset I just called my voicemail and hung up. At that point, audio was routed back to the speaker.
I don't know if this will work on other phones, but it did on mine.
good luck.
EDIT: I have found that it only works when my ringer volume is off or on vibrate. Also, the media volume needs to be turned up separately -- Either from the settings control or prior to performing the 'p' call. The volume rocker only controls the Bluetooth call volume after the bluetooth headset is active.
Last edited by RedDot; 11-24-2009 at 12:34 AM.
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now i give full credit to this guy. i just couldnt find it anywhere after looking all day. so i figured i should post it here. mods sorry if its already posted

Holy crap!!!!! Greatest discovery ever!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kcarpenter said:
Holy crap!!!!! Greatest discovery ever!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Did it work for you too ? I'm so glad I've stubbledon this . Ive been streaming over my blutooth for like 30 min

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Does this really work? Is the quality ok? I'd love to avoid spending the extra dough on one of the few pieces that supports a2dp...

raynda said:
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Does this really work? Is the quality ok? I'd love to avoid spending the extra dough on one of the few pieces that supports a2dp...
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Works great.
Quality of the audio all depends on the quality of your headset. Personally I stopped buying expensive ones. I buy about 1 a month any more. I lose them everytime.
I guess it can sound a little staticy or muffled at times, but I think thats more Pandora and bad reception in this Tin Can I call an office.

Works great for voice on my moto H605, but music isn't very good.

Awesome!!! Ive been searching for this for a while...

This is so cool!! I have a $30 head set from wall mart that is about good for nothing. But now I have something I can do with it.

I was able to listen to my music with my bluetooth on my last phone (which really helps to pass the time at work).
I was so excited to get the HTC Hero for Christmas this year and it is such a great phone. But I was not so excited after I discovered I could not listen to my music with my bluetooth.
Thank you for thinking of others and posting this! I spent so much time trying to figure out a way to fix this. This works great!

GSM Hero
Hey guys,
I just bought a Voyager Pro, because I thought I can listen to music. After I tried it, it didn't work. And I found out I should have one with a2dp.
I can see, that you, with CDMA can do it now.
But do you have any idea, how could I do it with my GSM Hero?
Thanks in advance,
Roland

What kind of battery drain are we looking at when using this?

This only works with 1.5 & possibly 1.6 ROMs. I haven't had any luck on DC v1.0, which is a 2.0/1 ROM.

The bluetooth stack for 2.1 Roms isn't fully complete from what I have figured. a2dp may work with an official release.
EDIT:
Looks like Bluez has supported A2DP since about October 09(v4.15), maybe it didn't make it into our builds.

[Q] BT Ear piece (mono)

Hi guys! Hope someone could help me with my question. Is it possible on our LG GT540 to listen to music through a mono bluetooth headset?
Thanks in advance!

darko94 said:
Hi guys! Hope someone could help me with my question. Is it possible on our LG GT540 to listen to music through a mono bluetooth headset?
Thanks in advance!
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Yes, on Stock ROMs and selected custom roms that specifies support for bluetooth headsets.

Just to report on this topic.
There isnt native support for playing music through bluetooth headset (the profile is for it is HSP - headset profile), its only ment for calls. A2DP is profile is for stereo music but its only in more expensive devices with stereo headphones. Many people addressed this issue http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=7906 and its really weird that Android doesnt support this. But not to worry there are ways of getting music on mono bluetooth headset. One way is to pair with earphone, play music and then go to dialer and call three asteriks "***" but call is ended after about 30 seconds. Second way is through third party apps. First one I tried is Super BT Mono but isnt working with pcfighters CM7, but other app that I tested on this ROM is BTmono which is working flawlessly so anyone who is having problem like this the BTmono is the answer.

No sound over bluetooth with Denon AH-W200

Hi all!
Really hoping someone can help me with this. For some reason, I have no sound with my Denon AH-W200 bluetooth headset on my Note 3 (SM-N9005) phone. Other bluetooth units work, and my headset work fine on other phones - for instance, my previous Note 2 phone. With cable to my BT headset, everything works. With bluetooth - nothing! No sound at all through any apps. This has not been working on the latest two ROMs I have had, Omegadroid and currently, Audax ROM. On Audax I have tested with both stock and Fulgor kernel without any luck.
My headset pairs just fine, but no sound.
Any help in this matter is greatly appreciated!!

RealSpZ said:
Hi all!
Really hoping someone can help me with this. For some reason, I have no sound with my Denon AH-W200 bluetooth headset on my Note 3 (SM-N9005) phone. Other bluetooth units work, and my headset work fine on other phones - for instance, my previous Note 2 phone. With cable to my BT headset, everything works. With bluetooth - nothing! No sound at all through any apps. This has not been working on the latest two ROMs I have had, Omegadroid and currently, Audax ROM. On Audax I have tested with both stock and Fulgor kernel without any luck.
My headset pairs just fine, but no sound.
Any help in this matter is greatly appreciated!!
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Flash Stock Rom.

Joku1981 said:
Flash Stock Rom.
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I'll rather find a solution as to how to make this work while running a custom ROM. The problem must be somewhere.

Anyone?
Sent fra min SM-N9005 via Tapatalk

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I have same problem on original stock rom