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I listen to stuff on my Galaxy Note via samsung bh 3000 Bluetooth headphones. My problem is that occasionally the sound just stops. It's not that the Bluetooth connection has been broken - the device remains connected, and I can still stop and start the playback by pressing the button on the headphones. When I do that stop and start, the sound comes back again if some budy call me.have flashed all diffrent kernels with some kernels it works some time. Any ideas of how to avoid this problem?
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I have that problem too. I've only had my BT headphones a couple of weeks (Plantronics Backbeat 903+). I use Power Amp.
The BT connection is still active. Other sounds come through OK. The play button on Power Amp shows the pause symbol though, as if it is still playing. I usually have to force close PowerAmp and start it again to get the play button to work again and to be able to hear music.
Yesterday I tried using the stock music player when I went for a bike ride and it didn't stop at all. So I don't think it's a problem with the headphones or BT on the Note.
I don't like the stock player much (sound and interface) though, so I just downloaded the player pro demo and will see if that plays nice with my headphones.
I never noticed the problem when not using the BT headphones in PowerAmp, but I've never used it for a long period without the BT headphones.
I'm on the stock LC2 with root.
I'm using Nokia bt905i headphones as well as a parrot bt interface for my car stereo, and these for several hours a day. GN side, I use poweramp player and a series of Internet radio players.
Never had a problem of this type.
Kernel : cf-LC1, stock rom.
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I did some more testing today.
I had the same problem using Player Pro, but again, no problems with the stock player.
What I did notice, that it seems to coincide with announcements I get through Sports Tracker.
So if Sports Tracker gives me an update on distance or tells me it has auto paused or auto resumed timing, then sometimes (not all of the time) Player Pro and Power Amp seem to freeze up and the play button is stuck on pause.
I have to stop the app via task manager to get it to work again.
The stock player doesn't seem to have any problems.
I'm not sure why, or if this is just a coincidence, and if it is just with BT (I only use Sports Tracker when I use my TT headphones too).
Maybe when Sports Tracker access the BT audio, it's conflicting with the way Player Pro and Power Amp access the audio, but the stock player doesn't have a problem?
But it's not all of the time either, sometimes I get the Sports Tracker updates and Power Amp and Player Pro keep playing fine...
Do you have anything else trying to access your BT audio at the same time too ?
If you are talking about Sports Tracker of Sports Tracking Technologies (there are many of them called "Sports Tracker"), from my experience I can say that this program causes a lot of problems in wireless communications of my Galaxy Note. For instance, it interacts badly with phone's wifi radio, so each time I use it, I first turn wifi off and, what's more, when I finish using it, I go through the application manager to Force Close Sports Tracker. Otherwise, sooner or later, I'll have to restart my phone! Notice, that while activated, Sports Tracker works fine with my polar bluetooth heart-rate belt (no disconnections).
Yes it is Sports Tracker of Sports Tracking Technologies. I haven't noticed any problems with wifi on my Note. I use wifi at home and it has worked each time I've come home.
It works fine with my bluetooth headphones in terms of giving status updates. But I'm starting to think those status updates cause Power Amp and Player Pro to freeze.
I might try Endomondo tomorrow and see if that makes any difference to Power Amp and Player Pro...
Therese a app called btswitch from market. It helps.the problem is you must switch it on every time
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Just an update on this, I emailed the developer of Power Amp the other day describing the problem.
He sent me an updated apk.
I've used it for a 40 minute and a 60 minute session with Sports Tracker and my BT headphones and no music freezing. So he seems to have fixed the problem I was having.
I'm not sure if you were using Power Amp also, or some other music player. But if you are, it might be a good idea to contact the developer, or wait for an update if he integrates the changes into the next release.
Volume Boost app
What you're describing will happen if you have an app called Volume Boost on your Note. As the name implies it helps to boost the sound volume and bass a bit for your headphones. But I find interferes with Bluetooth and the built in FM radio when its activated.
If you have the Volume Boost app, set it that it does NOT come on at start-up and DON'T put it's widget on the home screen. Only activate it when you need it.
Hi everyone,
I picked up my GSIII yesterday (SGH-I747, Bell version from Canada). The phone is a champ, but so far I found fairly serious problem. My car has bluetooth phone functions built in. I paired the phone with it, and it pairs just fine. I can receive and make calls from the car just fine as well, but there is no incoming or outgoing audio. When connected to my car's bluetooth, there is no audio going through my car's speakers or through the phone. It is only when I grab the phone and unclick the "bluetooth headset" button that I can talk on the phone. If I turn "bluetooth headset" back on, there is no sound again. My car worked with my old Blackberry 8330, so the car is fine. It's a 2009 Mercedes-Benz B200, fully loaded, Canadian spec. It has the AUDIO 20 system built in.
My phone specs are as follows:
-stock ROM, not rooted or anything (do we have root yet?)
-Baseband: I747MVLLE8
-Build: IMM76D-I747MVLLE8
The GSII seemed to have the same problem when it came out and it was fixed with a firmware update (http://samsunggalaxysforums.com/showthread.php/5212-Speaker-and-mic-problem-when-calling-someone.)
Anyone have any ideas? Thanks!
Did u by any chance turned down the volume on the phone?
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Bluetooth worked fine in my car. Made a call. And they could hear me and I heard them. This with a Kenwood hdx6980
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Yeah Bluetooth works on my CD player also
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after pairing did you go into the bluetooth setting for the paired device (car) and check the "call audio" box?
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Did u by any chance turned down the volume on the phone?
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Nope, I checked the volume and everything is turned up the way it's supposed to be.
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after pairing did you go into the bluetooth setting for the paired device (car) and check the "call audio" box?
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Yep. It's checked. Moreover, if I uncheck it, the car doesn't connect to the phone.
I'll check my calling this morning, but yesterday I had streaming audio via bluetooth (audible playing a book). The only thing I noticed was that, unlike my old myTouch 4g running CM7, the book didn't stop playing when I turned the car off. That's something I'll have to work out.
EDIT - it's only audible that gives me a problem - looks like a specific app issue.
I'll l have to check if my calls work. All my music and podcast work good. They stop when the car turns off and starts up again when I start the car the next day.
Edit: Just tried it out and incoming and outgoing call sounds work great. No issues here.
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I have absolutely no issues with incoming and outgoing calls through Bluetooth in my car. Also, I have no issues playing music through Bluetooth. Possibly try a factory reset on your phone and try again...
It sounds like all your cars support A2DP for playing music. Mine doesn't, it just acts as an old-school bluetooth headset. Can that make a difference?
Mine plays perfectly using Googles Play Music streaming service, also calls work fine, too. This is on my Dodge's U-Connect.
Update: I tried with an old jawbone headset to see if it's a general Bluetooth problem or just specific to my car. The jawbone works like a charm, so it's not a problem with Bluetooth versions or anything like that. But I did notice something interesting: in the Bluetooth options in the gs3 the jawbone comes up with a picture of a phone handset beside it whereas the car has a picture of headphones. I think that's the problem: the phone recognized the wrong Bluetooth profile. I can't seem to delete th car off the list of Bluetooth devices. This is rreally irritating. Any suggestions (short of a total reset)? Thanks!
You might see if there's an update for your car's Bluetooth... if so that might fix your issue.
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No go so far. I'll have to try a reset, otherwise wait for an update or some custom ROMs.
Update: I still haven't done the reset, but I went to the Mercedes dealer today. They told me (after almost a day of investigating) that Germany said that the GSIII is forever incompatible with the B200. I think that's pretty dumb because the problem is clearly software, but the dealer seems to be washing its hands of this matter.
Has anyone had this issue? Anytime I'm on a call with my Bluetooth headset I can't use WiFi it won't scan or connect. When I switch to phone speaker or earpiece it connects. Also when I'm listening to music with Bluetooth it connects just not when calling.
Thanks for any reply.
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I have a different issue with Bluetooth. Whenever I turn on Bluetooth and am done with it I turn it off. The next time I want to use it I try to turn it on and the on toggle switch toggles to the off position. It won't turn on until I reboot the phone. Then it's on as soon as I reboot. When I'm done with Bluetooth I turn it back off. Rinse, repeat. Any body got any ideas? Hopefully the op doesn't feel I'm highjacking his thread. I just haven't seen any other post relating to Bluetooth troubles on the Nexus 4.
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Not at all it might help get these issues exposure
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Moemoks said:
Has anyone had this issue? Anytime I'm on a call with my Bluetooth headset I can't use WiFi it won't scan or connect. When I switch to phone speaker or earpiece it connects. Also when I'm listening to music with Bluetooth it connects just not when calling.
Thanks for any reply.
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Yup having this issue. WiFi connectivity does when on a call using Bluetooth. Connect to a 5ghz WiFi network so both can work together at the same time or hope Google will fix it.
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Having done a small amount of digging around trying to figure out why I can't use my 2.4GHz WiFi at the same time as a Bluetooth headset, it looks like it's most likely due to the change of Bluetooth stack in 4.2.x.
Bluetooth has a feature called Adaptive Frequency Hopping that is supposed to automatically detect which frequencies in the 2.4GHz range are being used by other services, such as WiFi, and then avoid them. My wild and uninformed guess is that this is not working correctly and hence the Bluetooth and WiFi signals are interfering with one another to the point that neither can operate reliably. Fundamentally this is likely to be the same for headsets used for voice calls as well as basic audio playback.
If I switch the N4 to the 5GHz radio on my AP then everything co-exists happily and fluffy bunnies hop around peacefully in flowery fields.
In my case it certainly doesn't just affect streaming audio. If I play a local music track via my Bluetooth headset or speakers, the WiFi connection will usually drop; though even if it doesn't, it's not possible to download any files for example.
I have also tested on a Nexus 7 running 4.2.1 and, whilst it seems this can just manage streaming audio, as soon as I start to download a file the BT audio stutters very badly. That could also be down to the poor I/O bandwidth, though, and I'm not in any hurry to downgrade to 4.1 to prove the point at the moment.
Final test was on an ASUS TF300 with 4.1.1. This happily streamed audio over BT and downloaded a file at the same time. Also no problems playing a local track over BT whilst downloading a large file using WiFi.
There are a few related bugs open on the Android bug-tracker, for what that's worth. There are a massive number of Bluetooth issues overall, but a few WiFi/Bluetooth ones are:
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=39633
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=41631
Thanks
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It also happens when using a Bluetooth game controller, the WiFi stops functioning properly!
When the Bluetooth in my car pairs with my Nexus 4 it automatically starts one of several apps that play audio. Often its not the app I want and sometimes it even starts an app on top of a different one that was already playing when the bluetooth connected.
It doesn't do this when my bluetooth headphone connects.
Is there someway to disable this auto start behavior?
I have a strange situation here. My GPS will only read aloud when I am NOT connected to Bluetooth in my car. If I am connected to bluetooth while on the phone but not actually using the Bluetooth, using the handset to talk on the phone, the GPS voice comes through the earpiece on the phone. The GPS voice works fine when I'm not connected to Bluetooth in my car. Does anybody else have this problem? Any solutions? Thanks in advance!
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Ditto!
I too had that problem. I recently was traveling for work and needed GPS in the rental car. I almost missed my exit because the nav voice wasn't working over the car's bluetooth connection. Calls worked fine but not the nav voice....
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I too had that problem. I recently was traveling for work and needed GPS in the rental car. I almost missed my exit because the nav voice wasn't working over the car's bluetooth connection. Calls worked fine but not the nav voice....
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ok good to know that I am not loosing my mind
I have no idea what is causing it tho.
Under Bluetooth settings can you see if you are connected as phone and media or just phone? Every once in a while mine just connects as phone for some strange reason!
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Under Bluetooth settings can you see if you are connected as phone and media or just phone? Every once in a while mine just connects as phone for some strange reason!
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You know what....It didn't occur to me to check that. Good call!
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Under Bluetooth settings can you see if you are connected as phone and media or just phone? Every once in a while mine just connects as phone for some strange reason!
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I will check this too! Was planning on checking it today but we took my husband's car all day, his doesn't have Bluetooth. But I will check that in the morning when I go to work! Thanks!
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Under Bluetooth settings can you see if you are connected as phone and media or just phone? Every once in a while mine just connects as phone for some strange reason!
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Both media and phone was checked off.....hmmmm....not sure why it doesn't work when connected to Bluetooth.
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Ok, today I tried my phone with two different Bluetooth devices to make sure I got music and GPS out at the same time and I did so i know the S5 is capable of it. So check to make sure your devices are actually are connected as phone and media when paired next time just to make sure.I know my Motorola roadster2 sometimes only connects as phone even though it is set up as both, I usually have to reboot both the phone and and my roadster to get it to connect as both fir what ever reason. I hope that helps, if not I am at a loss!
I tested this the other day, and it works fine for me. I am using a Kenwood DNX8120 head unit, and it is connected with the S5 with both the headset and media bluetooth profiles. Note that the head unit needs to be on the bluetooth input for me to hear it since it is using the media profile for the GPS voice. If it is on another input (i.e. tuner, CD), you won't hear the phone's GPS.
Still nothing. I cleared my cars system memory and repaired the phone. The weird thing is that it was working when I got the phone a few weeks ago. It worked for a week, then all of a sudden stopped.
A tad bit late, but here nonetheless
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Still nothing. I cleared my cars system memory and repaired the phone. The weird thing is that it was working when I got the phone a few weeks ago. It worked for a week, then all of a sudden stopped.
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I know this is an old thread, but I wonder if you were listening to bluetooth audio or not. If you weren't listening to bluetooth audio on your car radio, then you wouldn't hear the voice navigation prompts. Unfortunately I don't believe voice navigation works like the phone.
The phone will mute any audio currently playing and automatically switch to the phone.
The nav audio works through bluetooth audio only. It doesn't mute anything so unless you are listening to bluetooth audio you won't hear the prompts (they are there, but you aren't listening to the source where they come through).
I think the solution as stated was to turn off Bluetooth media profile so it only comes out of your phone and leave on bluetooth call audio profile so it comes through the car.
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I know this is an old thread, but I wonder if you were listening to bluetooth audio or not. If you weren't listening to bluetooth audio on your car radio, then you wouldn't hear the voice navigation prompts. Unfortunately I don't believe voice navigation works like the phone.
The phone will mute any audio currently playing and automatically switch to the phone.
The nav audio works through bluetooth audio only. It doesn't mute anything so unless you are listening to bluetooth audio you won't hear the prompts (they are there, but you aren't listening to the source where they come through).
I think the solution as stated was to turn off Bluetooth media profile so it only comes out of your phone and leave on bluetooth call audio profile so it comes through the car.
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Thank you! I will give thus a try!!!
Try a program in the play store called BTMONO. This worked for me.
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