Previously on my S2, I can not activate voice dialing with my BT headset while my screen is locked with anything other than a simple swipe. For example, I use pattern lock. Whenever the phone is locked, pressing the button on my BT headset does nothing. When the screen is unlocked, it brings up the voice dialing feature whether it is S voice on the note 2 or vlingo on the S2.
So whenever I am out fishing or driving and wants to make a quick call using voice dialing while the phone is in my pocket or in a waterproof case, I can't do it without unlocking the phone first by drawing my pattern. That is a real PITA so often, I do not lock the phone except with a simple swipe which has zero security.
Solution:
Tap the green phone app, select call settings, Accessory settings for call, look under BT headset settings for outgoing calls, enable Make calls even when device locked.
Now using my LG stereo bluetooth headset, I still can't directly access the S voice when the screen is locked. But, I can long press the call button(on my BT headset) and then it will dial the last number called. Then I quickly hang up, lightly press the call button(on my BT headset), and then S voice will be enabled and I can say "Call David Mobile or play music, etc).
Try it on your phone and BT headset and let me know if you can access S voice directly while the screen is pattern locked. I would have to quickly dial the last number first and quickly hangup in order for S voice to wake up behind the locked screen.
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Obviously the phone dials the last dialed number when the button on the headset is pressed twice. It bothers me, because I keep making pocket calls.
Does anyone know how to turn off the redial function by pressing the button on the headset twice?
I'm sure I'm being very dim but I thought Froyo supported Bluetooth voice dialling. Just tried with my BlueAnt headset, press the button on the headset and I get the low beep that means it can't do anything. I can receive calls on the headset fine.
Should this work and what am I doing wrong?
TIA
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I too had some issues with this, especially after installing skype. I finally got it to work by setting up the phone dialer as the default and pressing the bluetooth button twice insted aod the usual once.
It seems that some firmwares have this disabled. not sure why.
This is what I have observed when the screen is off.
When I engage voice dial on my BT headset, I will hear the confirmation beep , the screen will turn on showing the lock screen and then it will either turn off the screen or just sit there doing nothing. S-Voice will not show up or response to my voice command.
I have tried this with a Jawbone Icon and my plantronic voyager pro both behaving the same way.
The work-around so far I found is to turn on the screen to at least showing the lock screen and it will work like it should.
Is this what you guys are experiencing?
My car has built-in bluetooth support for speakerphone and I've noticed when my phone is paired with the car, s-voice does not pick up anything. Even with the phone unlocked and on the s-voice screen.
Usually, when you tap the microphone button, and the button lights up blue (like an EQ) when it's recording your voice, but with bluetooth paired, it stays flat, like it's not picking up any sound. I manually disabled bluetooth, and s-voice went back to working as normal.
Sounds like there are more symptoms to this BT/S-Voice bug than what I have experienced so far.
I spent a whole day today with my SIII and I have to say that I miss my Samsung Focus (WP7).
With my Focus I can do everything via the BT headset and the speech recognition for names is so much better than the SIII (I have tried both Google and Vlingo speech recognition). In average I had to try 5 or more times before the correct name is recognized. I drive a full size SUV and was using a Jawbone Icon headset, noise should not have been an issue.
I hope these bug will be worked out ion future updates.
I have had teh s voice completely ignore my BT headset. I fixed it by unpairing and then repairing (pun optional) the headset. This feature is weak.
Hello. Sorry my English.
Hardware: Samsung Galaxy S5 Duos (KitKat 4.4.2 ANJ1 stock rooted), Plantronics Voyager Bluetooth Headset, Jabra Clear BT Headset. From november 2014 to may 2015 all was great, but suddenly I got a problem with the BT on my phone.
The problem is: in outcoming call: 1) I dial a number and begin a call 2) the call's sounds routed to a headset 3) When I hear "Allo" , the sound in headset suddenly goes to a phone's voice speakerphone, and BT-headset loses sound 4) sometimes sound and voice goes to phone while dialing a number or after some words from my friend that I called. The problem occurs completely at random, it can happen on the 1st time I dial or the 10th time, for example, or just every call. In incoming calls: 1) I receive a call with BT-Headset (push a button on it), firstly voice comes to BT-Headset, but it can disappears after some words from me or my friend.
When the sound disappears, I find that the BT-connection stays alive , and my S5 obeys the headset buttons commands (when I pressed the button on headset, the call disconnects. So, Galaxy S5 obeys the command from BT-Headset and BT connection stays alive while calling, but sound may disappears suddenly, and I must take my phone to the ear to complete a call. Both mic and voice sound goes from BT-headset to the phone's speakerphone. But I finde a feature: After sound disappears - when I double pressed the BT-button in the call window (off and on again bluetooth audio call channel), the sound brings back to the headset!!! So, I think, that the call app loses the sound from BT-Headset and suddenly routes it to the phone, but why?
I used a stock ANJ1 rooted for 6 month ago and had no problem, my apps setup didn't change for 6 month I owned a phone. Something happens, but what? How can I trace or parse the app that causes this problem? I think, one app from my setup trying to control the voice, so it disappears. Any suggestion?
What I tried: wipe phone and write the ANJ1 from Odin (BT works on the stock without apps), after this I bring back my backups from Titanium Backup (just user apps and data). I have Smart Booster and AFWall+ (android firewall - with my own rules), and have the EnhancedSMS and Caller ID. Freezes AFWall+ and SmartBooster - no changes, sound disappears. Any saggestions, please?
Hello,
I just my BT headset to call people all the time. The frustrating thing though is if I leave my phone alone for a while it won't call so I have to wake it up even though I just BT voice dialed 10 minutes ago. I know the phone knows I've pressed the BT but it won't go to voice dial. I'm thinking it might be to prevent people from butt dialing or some such thing. Not sure if there is a way around this as I'd like to not waste my battery but I want to be able to make phone calls from my bt headset even if my phone has been in my pocket for an hour.