I've read a lot of stuff about how to get Google Now to work with Bluetooth. I've installed the Home2 Shortcut, I've installed Bluetooth Launcher, I've enabled bluetooth in Google Now, I've even tried the "Touch Sounds" option thing.
But I cannot get Google Now to pick up audio through bluetooth.
Can anyone please help? It's so aggravating!
Well, I've figured this much out: If I reboot the phone, the sound through my bluetooth headset will be picked up the first time. The next time I try it, it acts like it can't get sound from my headset.
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I have been reading many threads on getting the "stereo audio" connection to auto connect fot BT Stereo headsets. It seems that when you pair it the first time, both "Hands Free" and "Stereo Audio" are working. When you disconect your headset and reconnect it again, only "Hands Free" connects.
I have tried A2DP toggle and A2DPSwitch, but they dont seem to work on the HD2. A2DP toggle did work when I had my old Samsung Omnia i900, so I can assume that its something to do with the HTC Phone Bluetooth stack
Each time I want to use the BT Stereo headset, I need to go to settings/menu/all settings/Bluetooth/590Plantronics and expand + and select "Stereo Audio". They then connect.
What I would like to do is until there is a fix for this, to reduce the number of taps, is create a shortcut to the Bluetooth Control Panel that shows the 590Plantronics device.
Is this possible?
Thanks Chris
Just make a shortcut to Windows\BTManager.exe and add it as a quicklink.
hi,
i have a jabra 3030 and a motorola s705 and both are reconnecting (handsfree and stereo audio) properly, when i turn them of and on again. when i go out of range (eg. forgot the mobile in teh car), when i come back the handsfree connects direct, and the setereo audio after i press the play button once. maybe this works for you also.
regards mad
I installed AutoA2DP on my phone and ever since, whenever I turn on my headset, it always connects as both stereo bluetooth and headset. I haven't tried it on an HD2 but you should definitely try it out.
I found the .cab of AutoA2DP awhile ago but forgot where I found the download link. In any case, I have attached it for your convenience.
D.W
Hi kilrah, thanks for your advice! That cuts out a few blinkin clix now and will do as a work around till this fiasco is solved, lol
I also noticed something very bizzare, and it is confirming my suspicions that HTC is in cahootz with MS or Widcomm or both, lol.
I tried using auto a2dp as suggested by GurWu, leaving the a2dp.ini file as wmplayer.exe. I then deleted the Plantronics from the system, re-paired them and what should spring to life after turning on the cans? You guessed it..WMP all paired up with HF and Stereo Audio. Turned off the headsets, turned them back on again and sure enough, WMP launches and plays thru the headsets.
All good, except I wont use WMP as it STILL doesnt have an EQ (Not getting in to why one needs an EQ or not here, lol)
No problems, I thought, Ill just set the a2dp.ini to pocketplayer.exe (my preferred player) turned on the headsets and.......nothing....no pocket player came to life.
Doing a manual launch of PP revealed that the headsets were only paired as HF, so back to my original problem.
Renamed a2dp.ini back to wmplayer.exe and it all works as it should....mmmmmm...does this wreak of a MS/HTC/Widcomm ploy? LoL
PS @ mad: When you said press the play button, were you referring to the play button on the software of your chosen media player or a hardware button as I dont have a play button on my HD2
PPS: Got a reply bacl from a2dp toggle author, says that it only supports M$ BT stack :-(
Cheers Chris
I found a thread where someone else asked this question but it was a few months ago and they didn't really get a good answer. I just bought a Motorola bluetooth speaker phone because it was on a wicked sale from newegg and I was hoping it would be a better car solution than the little battery operated speaker I picked up. While the bluetooth device seems to work well for calls it doesn't route the turn-by-turn audio from google navigation through it. It also doesn't seem to trigger the google voice search/dial/command app you get when you long press the search button. Is there a fix for any of these problems? Probably my own dumb fault for not researching it first.
Thanks.
I think I have the same speaker you do. Is it the T505? I never tried Google navigation because 1.5 is more stable than 2.1 for me so I switched back. However I have tried Sprint Navigation and it does turn by turn perfectly.
It works over BT but it goes through the A2DP (stereo) profile, not the HSP (headset). From your description of voice search, I'd guess if doesn't support HFP (handsfree). Search Wikipedia for "bluetooth profiles" for more info. Best thing I ever did was to get a bluetooth enabled stereo receiver for my car -- works flawlessly for both streaming audio and handsfree.
Its the Motorola T215. According to the manual it supports handsfree and headset profiles. When I pair it with the phone it appears to use the headset profile. I guess its not a huge issue since the phone still does a pretty good job of picking up voice commands on its own if I long press the search button. And I can hear the navigation cues alright thru the phone speaker. Thought maybe one of the clever coders on this board might come up with an app or a mod to make this work.
I've been using the Google Voice app for a few weeks now, and one of the frustrations I've had is that the voice messages (during playback) only route over the earpiece or back speaker -- never my Bluetooth headset, which otherwise works fine. I then switched to YouMail, which I assumed would resolve the issue, but it does the same thing. In fact, I can *choose* Bluetooth as an option in YouMail, but it comes out of the back speaker anyhow.
Anyone else run into this? Is it an issue with the OS, app, or my Bluetooth device? Evidently YouMail supports A2DP mode, though I'm not sure if that's the mode my phone is in. Anyway to check this? My headset is a Motorola H375.
Thanks for your help,
Yip
Are you enabling both options (Phone Audio and Media Audio) in the bluetooth settings for the headset? To check, long press the headset in the list of bluetooth devices, and then select Options.
Good catch, Wade -- that option was NOT enabled on my phone. I enabled it and tested again, but still no luck. Very strange.
In further testing, I played Avatar on my phone, hit the MENU button, and then choose to send the audio to Bluetooth. It didn't work... it just "searched" for awhile before giving up. Is that indicative of a non-A2DP compliant headset, I wonder?
Frustrating.
Here's the situation: I have a bluetooth headset that I use in my car for phone calls only, and the media audio goes out of the Car Dock 3.5mm connector. When I work out, I use the bluetooth headset for phone calls AND media audio to listen to music through it.
Question: Is there an APP of some sort that would allow me to create somewhat of a bluetooth profile for my bluetooth headset that would quickly change the bluetooth settings on my headset?
I tried doing some searches, but I was unable to find anyone who has this situation, and I wasn't able to find a Market APP that appeared to do what I want; does anyone know of one?
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I had a simular situation, sort of. I have a Blue Ant S4 in the jeep that I wanted to always launch Vlingo In-Car when connected, and a Motorola head set that I want to always launch "Voice Controls" when it is connected. I found that with Tasker I was able to do exactly what I wanted. I don't know that Tasker will do exactly what you want, but maybe you can get "close enough"
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I had a simular situation, sort of. I have a Blue Ant S4 in the jeep that I wanted to always launch Vlingo In-Car when connected, and a Motorola head set that I want to always launch "Voice Controls" when it is connected. I found that with Tasker I was able to do exactly what I wanted. I don't know that Tasker will do exactly what you want, but maybe you can get "close enough"
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That is quite an app, looks like it can do alot, but not what I need to be done. I will definitely try Tasker out, possibly for other reasons, so thank you for the idea.
At this time, Tasker can't change Bluetooth settings/device profiles.
so guys we go the google now working for our a500, but what we really need is to able to start and use google now from bluetooth headset so far ive managed to ause a bluetooth app to start google now when i press the button on the headset, but it still only listens from the tabs microphone,.
the beep and answer both get sent to the bluetooth headset i beleive from the "audio from phone ' music from phone" settings, but i cannot get it to listen from headset,.
it is abit strange because if you use the headset on a phone with s-voice you can activate and speak throught the headset mic as default? how we apply the s-voice settings to google now?
ive sent a message to civato as he's shown some interest in google now for flex-relix really hoping the a500 demi-god can help out with this lol:fingers-crossed:
im assuming from the 84 views since i went to work, are showing just how many people want this feature, lets make it happen. wish i knew more developing myself but i nearly got a brain tumor just setting up eclipse lol