[Q] Bluetooth Connection Annoyance - AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin

I have a bluetooth dongle for my car that allows me to stream music from my phone to my radio. When you press the button on it, it will connect to the phone. On my old phone it worked great, but on the S4 it will only connect and use 'Call Audio'. Every time I use it I have to go into the settings menu for bluetooth, tap the gear icon and check the box for media audio. Is there any way to fix this as it is pretty annoying to have to do this every time I hop in the car.
I cant post a link, but the dongle I have is from Amazon, its called "Belkin Bluetooth Car Hands-Free Kit for Apple iPod, Apple iPhone, BlackBerry,and Android Smartphones, US Version".

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Bluetooth calling / contacts in-car

So I took delivery of my shiny new Nexus 4 yesterday at work and as soon as I got in the car I paired up the bluetooth. Then somebody called me and the steering wheel controls wouldn't answer the phone. I've tested this several times now and that seems to always be the case. If I initiate a call from the phone though, it does relay the call over the bluetooth.
Secondly, the car cannot see the contacts in the phone. It just either tells me that 'no phonebook is available' or 'the phonebook is empty'. The car has never asked me for permission to read the phone book, even though I have unpaired, factory defaulted (the car B/T) and re-paired several times.
I had similar issues with my HTC Sensation when running 4.2 but the Sensation and car worked flawlessly together when using a Sense-based ROM.
Does anybody have any fixes for these issues? Not being able to use the car controls is a bit of killer to be honest. Not displaying the phone book is not great but at least if the car can control the phone I can use it to answer calls. I tried installing Bluetooth Phonebook but it didn't seem to make any difference.
Radio out car if using stock radio would really help here. I have JVC in the double din in the Saab and an eclipse in the wrx. JVC works as designed most of the time after the new update. Eclipse does not support PBA protocol. But controls work (minus pause on Google play app)
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This one is still frustrating me. I have discovered that if I initiate or answer a call on the phone itself, it plays through the car speakers perfectly but it isn't possible to control the phone from the car controls.
I believe the problem is at least in part that I haven't had the pop-up on the phone with the car asking for permission - I did see it once after leaving the car but when I sent to activate it, the prompt disappeared.
So my question is still: Is there a way to force that permission setting, and if not does anybody have a workaround?
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I'm in the same position
I've had my Nexus 4 for about a month. It worked fine 100% with my car till (coincidentally??) I went from the stock kernel to faux123's.
I have a 2008 Audi A6, which only allows voice - no option for streaming music across unfortunately. The phone paired, I Ok'ed the request to share call history, checked the "don't ask again", and I could make and receive calls from the car's controls. So far so good, just like my previous Gingerbread phone.
I don't think the new kernel was to blame - could it have been a google apps update? - but since then I can delete and re-pair the phone, I OK the share call history and "don't ask again" option, BUT the car's controls don't initiate or answer calls.
I went back to the stock kernel, tried Franco's, just moved to ParanoidAndroid's latest ROM+kernel - with all the necessary wipes - still no luck with getting the car's controls to work. I can start a call from the phone, or answer an incoming call on the phone, and it will play through the speakers, but it's a royal PITA, as well as illegal and dangerous.
So, I guess it ain't the kernel, but I just can't work out what changed. I have frozen Google+, Google Search, plenty of reboots and wiping the pairing off both devices.
I've done a good few searches, and it seems Google have never had a really clean bluetooth stack, and Volkswagens/Audis seem to suffer more than others.
But my Desire HD worked like a dream
paul c said:
I'm in the same position
I've had my Nexus 4 for about a month. It worked fine 100% with my car till (coincidentally??) I went from the stock kernel to faux123's.
I have a 2008 Audi A6, which only allows voice - no option for streaming music across unfortunately. The phone paired, I Ok'ed the request to share call history, checked the "don't ask again", and I could make and receive calls from the car's controls. So far so good, just like my previous Gingerbread phone.
I don't think the new kernel was to blame - could it have been a google apps update? - but since then I can delete and re-pair the phone, I OK the share call history and "don't ask again" option, BUT the car's controls don't initiate or answer calls.
I went back to the stock kernel, tried Franco's, just moved to ParanoidAndroid's latest ROM+kernel - with all the necessary wipes - still no luck with getting the car's controls to work. I can start a call from the phone, or answer an incoming call on the phone, and it will play through the speakers, but it's a royal PITA, as well as illegal and dangerous.
So, I guess it ain't the kernel, but I just can't work out what changed. I have frozen Google+, Google Search, plenty of reboots and wiping the pairing off both devices.
I've done a good few searches, and it seems Google have never had a really clean bluetooth stack, and Volkswagens/Audis seem to suffer more than others.
But my Desire HD worked like a dream
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I have no problems with bluetooth, calling or music streaming, in my 2013 Ford Focus using Ford SYNC. I'm stock 4.2.2.
Check tune2air BT adapter from viseeousa.com. My mom let me use her car and I want to stream music in it but I can't seem to do it in her car. So I found a solution, bought the WMA3000A with built-in AMI cable and i have BT steaming, and able to control, read, ,display music using original steering wheel and head unit controls. You can also check and try the 30pin WMA1000 model which plugs into any 30pin iPod integration cable.

[Q] Routing Bluetooth Audio (not all to car speakers)

I cannot find a way (setting, app, thread, etc.) to be able to select where the app's audio (ie Navigation) ouputs too when connected to car bluetooth. Like most car stereos, Bluetooth Audio is it's own input in my 09 TSX. Sometimes I want to be on XM and listening to turn-by-turn navigation through phone speaker while receiving calls via bluetooth. I hope I'm not being confusing.
Anything out there to select app's audio output?
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I cannot find a way (setting, app, thread, etc.) to be able to select where the app's audio (ie Navigation) ouputs too when connected to car bluetooth. Like most car stereos, Bluetooth Audio is it's own input in my 09 TSX. Sometimes I want to be on XM and listening to turn-by-turn navigation through phone speaker while receiving calls via bluetooth. I hope I'm not being confusing.
Anything out there to select app's audio output?
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I'm not aware of an app to do app-specific routing but you can go go Bluetooth in the Settings menu, then to your paired device settings screen and deselect Media Audio. Then the phone will only send calls to your paired device. Of course you can do the reverse as well.
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Change Bluetooth phone signal into media signal?

I have a 2012 Buick Enclave and a 2009 Honda Accord, both vehicles support Bluetooth phone calls, can dial my phone access a phone book etc to make calls through the vehicles stereo system, but I can't play music or media through them. Is there anyway or any apk that I can change the media output to look like it's a phone call instead and play music etc through also? I've seen other people ask this question in the past and haven't found any answers. Thanks!
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I have a 2012 Buick Enclave and a 2009 Honda Accord, both vehicles support Bluetooth phone calls, can dial my phone access a phone book etc to make calls through the vehicles stereo system, but I can't play music or media through them. Is there anyway or any apk that I can change the media output to look like it's a phone call instead and play music etc through also? I've seen other people ask this question in the past and haven't found any answers. Thanks!
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like this?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.IG.BluetoothManager&hl=en
amebiasis said:
I have a 2012 Buick Enclave and a 2009 Honda Accord, both vehicles support Bluetooth phone calls, can dial my phone access a phone book etc to make calls through the vehicles stereo system, but I can't play music or media through them. Is there anyway or any apk that I can change the media output to look like it's a phone call instead and play music etc through also? I've seen other people ask this question in the past and haven't found any answers. Thanks!
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I'm probably one of those users that asked the question and never got an answer.
I bought one of these: http://amzn.com/B0038MA11U and it works great. Personally... I think I prefer my setup (below) to using an app that modifies the bluetooth stream. Mostly because I couldn't find one... but also because I'm not so sure what would happen if you got a phonecall. As in, the audio might keep playing, or the call may not go through. Perhaps the audio stream would be all your caller could hear.
I've got a 2009 BMW 335ix, and the iDrive system only supports bluetooth over the phone stream. I've actually successfully called myself and played audio during my voicemail... and it will play over the car speakers. However, it will shut off after a few minutes (voicemail time limit), and I had to delete that voicemail. Far from ideal, but a successful proof of concept. lol
If your car has an auxiliary stereo input (headphone jack), then you can use that item I linked you to (or something similar... there are a few out there). In my case, my AUX jack is in the center console, near a 12V plug. So... I got a cigarette lighter-to-2xUSB adapter, a REALLY SHORT USB cable, and a REALLY SHORT stereo minijack cable, and it all fits rather nicely in the center console. The other USB port on the adapter is occupied by my phone charger. I made sure to get a low-profile usb adapter with one 2-amp port to get the most current flow to my phone.
If you've wondered this question yet... You CAN be connected to more than 1 bluetooth item at a time. I'm successfully connected to my car via the phone stream and the miccus on the media stream every day. If I get a call while listening to media, the media stream will stop and I can answer the phone. (This is built into Android, I believe) If you've got a Note 3, then I'm 99% sure you'll have the same experience.
Good luck!
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like this?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.IG.BluetoothManager&hl=en
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Excited, I followed this link. Google Play said I have it installed. I don't even remember installing the app, so I'm pretty sure it didn't work for me.
I installed it again to try it out later today on my way home. Perhaps I'll have better luck with it this time.
**UPDATE*** As soon as I opened it, it said I have to upgrade to "Bluetooth Manager ICS" which costs a dollar. Without being able to try the app before buying it... I'm uninstalling again. Maybe next time I come across it, I'll remember the issue I had with it.
Thanks guys I'll look into these options and try to find out more info on that apk!
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Thanks guys I'll look into these options and try to find out more info on that apk!
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When I click on the pairing of my 2009 Ford Fusion Sync in the Note 3's Bluetooth settings, there are check marks for "Phone audio" and "Media audio". Both are checked. If I want to play media audio or have turn by turn directions through the car audio system, then I have to change the audio input on the car with the "Aux" button to "Bluetooth Audio". The phone function still works after I do this. Check your pair settings and "Aux" setting.
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When I click on the pairing of my 2009 Ford Fusion Sync in the Note 3's Bluetooth settings, there are check marks for "Phone audio" and "Media audio". Both are checked. If I want to play media audio or have turn by turn directions through the car audio system, then I have to change the audio input on the car with the "Aux" button to "Bluetooth Audio". The phone function still works after I do this. Check your pair settings and "Aux" setting.
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Ya I had a Ford Edge and could do that to Ford's Sync is a nice system. Sadly though most other manufacturers don't support media through Bluetooth though that's what we were trying to figure out how to override. I read somewhere that they do this as a safety precaution, how it's safer than plugging in my aux cable and I have no idea lol
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When I click on the pairing of my 2009 Ford Fusion Sync in the Note 3's Bluetooth settings, there are check marks for "Phone audio" and "Media audio". Both are checked. If I want to play media audio or have turn by turn directions through the car audio system, then I have to change the audio input on the car with the "Aux" button to "Bluetooth Audio". The phone function still works after I do this. Check your pair settings and "Aux" setting.
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In 2009, your Fusion w/ SYNC was MUCH more technologically advanced than my 2009 3-series. I know because my wife had a 2009 Milan, which is pretty much the same car. She loved teasing my about how my BMW was so inferior. lol. And she was right. BMW only had compatibility with Apple products (as an option), and not through bluetooth. Only through USB. The car itself only has compatibility as a bluetooth speakerphone on the phone stream. I can't parse a "media" stream. If I had an iPhone (blech)... I could access my messages and everything... but it's not supported on my Note 3. Honestly... I kind of want to trade it in because of all this. I didn't realize it when I bought the car, and now I have the bluetooth adapter plugged into the AUX port and I've grown complacent.
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In 2009, your Fusion w/ SYNC was MUCH more technologically advanced than my 2009 3-series. I know because my wife had a 2009 Milan, which is pretty much the same car. She loved teasing my about how my BMW was so inferior. lol. And she was right. BMW only had compatibility with Apple products (as an option), and not through bluetooth. Only through USB. The car itself only has compatibility as a bluetooth speakerphone on the phone stream. I can't parse a "media" stream. If I had an iPhone (blech)... I could access my messages and everything... but it's not supported on my Note 3. Honestly... I kind of want to trade it in because of all this. I didn't realize it when I bought the car, and now I have the bluetooth adapter plugged into the AUX port and I've grown complacent.
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Ya, that's surprising...
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I just have a normal radio with aux and usb ports. I bought an adapter call the Himbox from iClever on Amazon. It supports both hands free calling and bluetooth audio (actually good quality sounding audio). It even comes with a double usb 12v adapter. It was only around $40 if I remember correctly. I have the phone media part of it turned off since I drive a very noisy big truck, but I also have a high quality hands free noise cancelling headset that I just use for phone calls (media audio unchecked) . I leave both connected while driving. When a call comes in, I just answer it with my headset and it pauses the media receiver and my headset functions like normal...once I hang up, it resumes playing.

Reading Bluetooth Text / SMS Notifications Aloudin Car WHILE LISTENING TO FM RADIO

A.K.A. The only thing I miss from Windows Phone. WP did a stellar job of this, right out of the box. But in Android, as is Android, I have to download 30 apps that might work, try them, research online as to why they don't, and finally settle on a hacky solution. Which is fine. I just don't know what that solution is. Here is the use case....
Get in car, and connect phone to Bluetooth for Audio, media etc.
Turn on Car audio system to FM radio input (NOT BLUETOOTH INPUT)
Wife texts me
How can I get the phone to read the text to me? I have seen some apps that can do this while BT input is selected. But the challenge is how to get this while not listening to Bluetooth Audio on the car's speaker system.
I know there's gotta be a way. Windows phone did it flawlessly, all the way since WP 7 in 2011.
Any ideas? Much obliged!

Android Head-Unit Bluetooth Problem - Clone CarPlay Hardware

Hello.
I use an Android multimedia system in my vehicle. I bought this system online. A Chinese-made CarPlay system for vehicles that do not support CarPlay. I think it has some flaws because it is a system that has not been developed very carefully. This system came with a CarPlay clone application called QLink. Everything was going well, but when the phone call came in, things changed.
The system turns off the playing music and shows the incoming call. That's nice. When I answer the call, when the voice of the other person comes, the music that has been stopped starts playing again. Likewise, at a time when I have stopped the music in the car, if I turn on Siri, the stopped music starts to continue with the first beep of Siri. In short, every sound triggers other sounds that have stopped. I'm so tired of this situation. I disassembled the hardware. I couldn't find any port to connect to PC. I decided to tamper with the software.
There is a situation like this; my car has a bluetooth module and also the hardware i bought has its own bluetooth. But when I want to connect to this Android device via bluetooth, no option about sound is seen in the details. Only "contact list" and "internet sharing" options appear. Permissions such as "music" or "call" do not appear in the bluetooth options. I think it's because this "tablet" has access to the car's multimedia tools, but doesn't have any sound devices like microphones or speakers on its hardware. This is my guess of course. If a tablet does not have a microphone and speaker on it, then the sound-related permissions should not be visible when connected via bluetooth.
I want to bypass everything like QLink on this system and turn it into an Android tablet only. Then I will create a vehicle system as I want by installing my own applications. Here is the problem. While I understand electronics in general, I'm a total alien when it comes to mobile gadgets and Android. That's why I have a few questions for you and I will follow a path accordingly.
1- Can I fix this bluetooth audio permissions problem on tablet? With tricks like virtual microphone, speaker. Or is it something else other than my guess?
2- If I clean the tablet and connect directly via bluetooth, will the music and calls playing on the tablet play on the car speakers through the connections of this hardware to my vehicle? The service that installed the system brought the air conditioner, media and ECU connections of the vehicle together with a connector and connected them to this tablet. Will this link continue to work the way I want it to?
3- Did I explain my problem clearly? I dont know but if you need to know anything that I didn't mentioned then you can ask me every detail.
I really need every bit of information. Thank you so much for everyone's help so far. I'm looking forward to your answers.
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