I own LG Tone headset and a while back decided to upgrade to Tone+ because of "advanced multipoint" Bluetooth feature. The device has absolutely horrendous bug, which renders the multipoint feature completely unusable. Once you have 2 devices connected and one of them happens to be cell phone - you cannot take your conversation elsewhere because as soon as you move out of range of the other connected device the headset keeps repeating "out of range...trying to connect" literally every 10 seconds, and while its doing that it mutes the phone line, so 50% of the phone conversation is missed on both ends of the call.
I sit in a crowded office and I have my phone and either tablet or laptop connected to the headset. Once I receive a call - I have to step outside to take it. As soon as I do that the "out of range...trying to connect" nightmare begins. I called LG support and all they could offer is an apology and a vague promise to submit customer complaint, which may or may not be taken into account for the future headsets. LG confirmed there is no way to disable that ridiculous notification and muting the phone line and there will be no firmware update to address that. After several days of trying to live with this horrible bug and trying to make it work I gave up and got RMA from amazon and sent the headset back
My questions is: can anyone, who actually owns the new LG Tone Ultra HBS-800 please check if this new model has the same issue? Looking for answer from an actual owner or LG employee - someone, who actually knows. LG support has not been able to answer this question for 2 weeks now - ticket still open and pending.
I'm not interested in speculations or suggestions for another headset.
Thanks in advance.
Since no one replied, including LG support, I went ahead, bought the headset and tested it myself. Turns out, despite me spending many hours on the phone and email with LG support 6 months ago when I tested HBS-730, reporting this issue, having it escalated and doing everything I can to make sure it gets fixed in the next headset in the series (which is this one, HBS-800) those LG morons failed to do anything about it and the exact same issue as described above is present in the new Tone Ultra headset - BUYERS BEWARE!!!
I've already returned mine for full refund.
For those of you, who like this form factor for a BT headset as much as I do, and are looking for an alternative to LG Tone series, which doesn't have the nasty defect described above - check out HV-800 headset. It looks identical to LG Tone series headsets, and it works much better than HBS-700, HBS-730 and HBS-800 combined and it costs literally 5x less than HBS-800. I've bought and tried all 4 models, so I can compare.
As you know, there are 2 Bluetooth profiles these headsets must support, in order to be used in stereo mode for phone and music:
1. Phone Audio
2. Media Audio
HV-800 supports multiple phone audio profiles, so you will be able to pair and connect it to 2 phones simultaneously. It supports only 1 media audio profile at a time, so you will be able to connect it only to 1 device, which plays music at a time. That is still way better than all 3 LG Tone headsets, because HBS-700 doesnt support multipoint connections at all, and HBS-730, HBS-800 have this nasty multipoint defect. Also, switching media audio connections with this headset is a breeze - it disconnects from one device and connects to another instantly, with no issues. LG Tone on the other hand, has a major firmware issue reconnecting to different media devices - it hangs, freezes, refuses to disconnect from one and reconnect to another. Even turning it off doesnt help - it seems to let the death grip of the previous media device connection go whenever it chooses, and sometimes you have to wait like half an hour before it does that and lets you connect the headset to another device via media audio profile.
In conclusion: after spending considerable time comparing the capabilities of these headsets to use & switch multiple Bluetooth connections I can say that between 4 of these headsets the HV-800 is by far and away the best headset in this regard, and definitively my choice, until same form factor headset with proper media audio multipoint connection support comes along.
The next one I'll be trying is Sony SBH80. It comes out in March
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For those of you, who like this form factor for a BT headset as much as I do, and are looking for an alternative to LG Tone series, which doesn't have the nasty defect described above - check out HV-800 headset. It looks identical to LG Tone series headsets, and it works much better than HBS-700, HBS-730 and HBS-800 combined and it costs literally 5x less than HBS-800. I've bought and tried all 4 models, so I can compare.
As you know, there are 2 Bluetooth profiles these headsets must support, in order to be used in stereo mode for phone and music:
1. Phone Audio
2. Media Audio
HV-800 supports multiple phone audio profiles, so you will be able to pair and connect it to 2 phones simultaneously. It supports only 1 media audio profile at a time, so you will be able to connect it only to 1 device, which plays music at a time. That is still way better than all 3 LG Tone headsets, because HBS-700 doesnt support multipoint connections at all, and HBS-730, HBS-800 have this nasty multipoint defect. Also, switching media audio connections with this headset is a breeze - it disconnects from one device and connects to another instantly, with no issues. LG Tone on the other hand, has a major firmware issue reconnecting to different media devices - it hangs, freezes, refuses to disconnect from one and reconnect to another. Even turning it off doesnt help - it seems to let the death grip of the previous media device connection go whenever it chooses, and sometimes you have to wait like half an hour before it does that and lets you connect the headset to another device via media audio profile.
In conclusion: after spending considerable time comparing the capabilities of these headsets to use & switch multiple Bluetooth connections I can say that between 4 of these headsets the HV-800 is by far and away the best headset in this regard, and definitively my choice, until same form factor headset with proper media audio multipoint connection support comes along.
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My experience is a little different but just as annoying as the one you have described. I've purchased two LG Tone HBS-750 headsets from BestBuy over the past month. What I've noticed is that mine will randomly start muting itself during a conversation. The first time it happened I called LG and was told that the headset was defective and that it wasn't an enabled feature for the device to automatically mute itself. I only connect my Note 3 cell phone to it, no other devices. When it does this I have to hit the "headset" button under the phone function and press it again to reconnect the headset - but it still does it again about 3-5 minutes later.
I took it back to BestBuy and purchased the same exact headset in a totally different city so that I wouldn't get the same defective device. After using it for less than 5 days, it's doing the same thing again. Each time the battery is at different levels and I have stock everything on my phone. I'm not sure of the issue but I'll give the headset you suggested above a try.
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My experience is a little different but just as annoying as the one you have described. I've purchased two LG Tone HBS-750 headsets from BestBuy over the past month. What I've noticed is that mine will randomly start muting itself during a conversation. The first time it happened I called LG and was told that the headset was defective and that it wasn't an enabled feature for the device to automatically mute itself. I only connect my Note 3 cell phone to it, no other devices. When it does this I have to hit the "headset" button under the phone function and press it again to reconnect the headset - but it still does it again about 3-5 minutes later.
I took it back to BestBuy and purchased the same exact headset in a totally different city so that I wouldn't get the same defective device. After using it for less than 5 days, it's doing the same thing again. Each time the battery is at different levels and I have stock everything on my phone. I'm not sure of the issue but I'll give the headset you suggested above a try.
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HV800 is a very nice headset. As I mentioned in the last post I'm currently using Sony SBH80. It has better sound quality and fully supports 2 simultaneous BT connections. Both, media and audio profiles. It's also smaller and lighter than LG headsets. The only drawback is that it doesnt have a place to rest ear buds, and they just hang alongside your body, if you dont leave them in your ears.
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My experience is a little different but just as annoying as the one you have described. I've purchased two LG Tone HBS-750 headsets from BestBuy over the past month. What I've noticed is that mine will randomly start muting itself during a conversation. The first time it happened I called LG and was told that the headset was defective and that it wasn't an enabled feature for the device to automatically mute itself. I only connect my Note 3 cell phone to it, no other devices. When it does this I have to hit the "headset" button under the phone function and press it again to reconnect the headset - but it still does it again about 3-5 minutes later.
I took it back to BestBuy and purchased the same exact headset in a totally different city so that I wouldn't get the same defective device. After using it for less than 5 days, it's doing the same thing again. Each time the battery is at different levels and I have stock everything on my phone. I'm not sure of the issue but I'll give the headset you suggested above a try.
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It has something to do with wifi. If you turn your wifi off during the call you wont have the problem. I set up a Tasker profile to turn off wifi when my phone state was in call. That has solved the problem, well, Band-Aid anyway.
Possibly fixed?
I just bought an lg tone+. It has that annoying "out of range" bug as well, however - turning it off and then back on stopped it. A hasty patch ? Must be... But i have also read other reviews where people seemed to have gotten a set from a"bad batch", since the rest of em work great. I've also seen this phenomenon with Keurig reviews, and with other "high quality" products. I believe that, unfortunately, these days companies skimp on quality control.. In the past, buying the more expensive names meant expectations of quality, durability, non-buggy firmwear (or at least a fix), customer service people w/ actual training,, etc., but not anymore.....
LG HBS-750
Bought LG HBS-750 from sprint about 30 days ago.. Same issue. The volume just mutes randomly. If you walk too far away the headset disconnects and wont reconnect always.. Not to mention the headset will just continue to vibrate till you are back in range. Very disappointed mostly about the headset just muting all by its self. 07/12/14 1:32pm CST
I have the 800 and most of the time it auto reconnects to both my phone and tablet once i get back in range but for the occasion that it does not reconnect I just power the headset off and on. 2 quick flicks of the power button and you are back in business with a headset that has GREAT sound and long lasting battery and is very comfortable.
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I just bought an lg tone+. It has that annoying "out of range" bug as well, however - turning it off and then back on stopped it. A hasty patch ? Must be... But i have also read other reviews where people seemed to have gotten a set from a"bad batch", since the rest of em work great. I've also seen this phenomenon with Keurig reviews, and with other "high quality" products. I believe that, unfortunately, these days companies skimp on quality control.. In the past, buying the more expensive names meant expectations of quality, durability, non-buggy firmwear (or at least a fix), customer service people w/ actual training,, etc., but not anymore.....
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There is no "hasty patch" or "bad batch". When you turn off the device and turn it back on it disconnects both connected bluetooth devices. Once you turn it back on - they are not supposed to be automatically reconnected, therefore you dont get that "out of range, trying to connect..." notification. Device has to be not only paired, but actually connected, in order for the headset to detect it being out of range and provide these "out of range" notifications.
What you're describing is not any kind of fix or workaround - you're simply disconnecting the headset from all your BT devices and that of course, naturally terminates this out of range notification. If you reconnect both devices again, and step out of range of one of them you will see this nasty bug again every time.
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I have the 800 and most of the time it auto reconnects to both my phone and tablet once i get back in range but for the occasion that it does not reconnect I just power the headset off and on. 2 quick flicks of the power button and you are back in business with a headset that has GREAT sound and long lasting battery and is very comfortable.
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You seem to have completely misunderstood the issue at hand. My question in the OP, and the bug, discussed in this thread have nothing to do with how well or how bad HBS-800 headset reconnects to your BT devices, once you return back into the BT range.
This particular defect has been formally acknowledged to me by LG Support in writing and I have also received their apology for not fixing it in HBS-800, because I reported it to LG when HBS-730 was released, which was almost a year before HBS-800 and they promised me to take care of in the next headset in the series and failed.
If you think this headset is great - I strongly disagree with you based on first hand experience, but you're entitled to an opinion. However, I do ask that if you wish to mislead people and praise the headset - go ahead and create a separate "Review" thread for it. The purpose of this thread is to warn people of the horrible bug in HBS-800 headset and it's predecessor HBS-730, and discuss adequate alternatives, because people have the right to know and make an informed choice before making a purchase.
same problem on hbs-800
I own the lg hbs-800. I was actually searching for an answer to the same problem when I found your post. I have a samsung note 4 and samsung gear s. When I walk out of range of my phone I immediately get the out of range message and vibration. Even when I answer a call on my gear s it is interupted by the notification and my call is muted during that time.
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I own LG Tone headset and a while back decided to upgrade to Tone+ because of "advanced multipoint" Bluetooth feature. The device has absolutely horrendous bug, which renders the multipoint feature completely unusable. Once you have 2 devices connected and one of them happens to be cell phone - you cannot take your conversation elsewhere because as soon as you move out of range of the other connected device the headset keeps repeating "out of range...trying to connect" literally every 10 seconds, and while its doing that it mutes the phone line, so 50% of the phone conversation is missed on both ends of the call.
I sit in a crowded office and I have my phone and either tablet or laptop connected to the headset. Once I receive a call - I have to step outside to take it. As soon as I do that the "out of range...trying to connect" nightmare begins. I called LG support and all they could offer is an apology and a vague promise to submit customer complaint, which may or may not be taken into account for the future headsets. LG confirmed there is no way to disable that ridiculous notification and muting the phone line and there will be no firmware update to address that. After several days of trying to live with this horrible bug and trying to make it work I gave up and got RMA from amazon and sent the headset back
My questions is: can anyone, who actually owns the new LG Tone Ultra HBS-800 please check if this new model has the same issue? Looking for answer from an actual owner or LG employee - someone, who actually knows. LG support has not been able to answer this question for 2 weeks now - ticket still open and pending.
I'm not interested in speculations or suggestions for another headset.
Thanks in advance.
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Yes how strange. If someone calls me the phone rings, but if pick up the call or i move the volume control up and down i hear nothing. No sound enabled applications make any sound. If i put the wired hands free kit in it still works fine (phone calls and applications). At a gues i'd say the chip powering the internal speaker has died, but then how does the ring get played? Orange said it may be a software problem.
About to clear the memory fully buy taking out the battery for over 10 minutes. Fingers crossed it'll fix it.
Any other ideas, or has anyone else had this problem?
Futurity
I used to have a simlar problem with my Himalaya in that after using the wired hands free there was no sound. This turned out to be the switch in the jack socket not working properly. Plugging and unplugging it a few times it would free it up. But this wouldn't really explain why yours is still ringing.
Hi, That would explain it you know. When the hands free kit is plugged in and the phone rings, the main phone still plays the ring tone, but all other audio goes via the wired hands free kit.
Fantastic, problem solved. Orange are sending me a new one this afternoon anyway, but its good to know its not me going mad.
I do use the wired hands free kit every day though, so something to be careful off!
no sound output from my O2 Xda II mini!
To: futurity and jwhitham
I have had the same problem for a week now and it's driving me up the wall. I have been plugging and unplugging the head phones to no avail. I have been in contact with O2 Technical Support, Asia Pacific Region (where the device was purchased) but all their reset-suggestions have failed thus far. (There is something about a Cab File that I haven't tried yet.) What surprises me is the fact that I have only used this device for 6 months ...I don't want to go back to my old mobile but I love my O2!! and this incident makes me want to cry as there is no O2 support in North America (where I reside)! I feel so alone and lost with my device!!
Any help would be appreciated!
No sound output
Hi Upcityhighroller,
Its a hardware fault so no amount of resetting is evey going to fix it sorry. The socket where the headphones plug is has broken, telling the phone that the headphones are constantly plugged in, even when they are not. the only solution is to fix the headphone socket, or just live with a phone where you will always have to use a headset.
My headphone socket broken within a month of getting the phone, but i think i may have dropped the phone and the headphones lead caught it (i think this may have broken it).
My solution was to exchange the unit with a new one.
I hope this helps?
Neil
sound/speaker issue with O2 Xda II mini
Hey Futurity - thanks for the reply.
Another contributor on this forum had the same problem and suggested tapping the device against my palm. I gave it a try and it worked!! HOWEVER, now my power button isn't working. ARGH!! At the moment, I have the buttons UNLOCKED so it can be turned on by any of the buttons and have it set so it turns itself off after 2 mins of inactivity - but that doesn't solve the problem. I have contacted O2 about this again and although I hope that they would be willing to replace the device for me, I am afraid that it will take an extraordinarily inconvienient amount of time, make me pay the courier fee, and I will be left with no phone to use! I wouldn't be as worry if there was an O2 office here in my city. No matter how I LOVE learning about new gadget/tech toys, It is times like these when I miss my past simple existence with my Nokia 6100 and Moleskin notebook.
From scrolling through this forum, it seems as though many have experienced the sound output problem with the headphone socket. Correct me if I'm wrong but aren't the makers of the Magician suppose to test these things out vigoursly??
Many thanks!
To be honest a lot of these types of problems are only reported after the device has been released due to everyday use. I mean its hard to test all the possible strains that a headset socket would go under. Saying this, a Sony Erricson head set plug would just pop off and would not damage the socket as there are just contacts and no socket.
For me, dropping the phone and the head phone lead being the only thing that stopped it from smashing on the floor put a lot of strain on the socket. I preferred this to the phone being totally broken. Thanksfully my Orange insurance means that i had next day replacement. I phoned before 5pm and got it in the morning the following day.
I think the makes expect everyone to use bluetooth instead of the wired headset, so the socket doesn't need to be so robust. I only use the wired headset because because the voice dial doesn't work through the bluetooth headset and i can't listen to MP3s through it. I still think its a great device and seems to be the must have PDA this Xmas.
Hi all
Sorry, if this has been answered before. I've searched about an hour now in the forums, but couldn't find any solution.
I have a TyTN II and a Motorola BT headset H700C. This combination worked like a charm so far.
Today suddenly, I cannot start or take over incoming calls anymore.
Analysing the problem I detected, that my headset is suddenly only available as a hands-free device instead of a headset device to my phone.
So I repeatedly tried to delete pairing information and re-pairing the headset to the phone, but no success. I always only get it as a hands-free.
The strange thing is, that I'm not aware of any config changes or newly installed software on my phone. Still I suddenly have this weird behaviour.
Does anybody have a hint for me? Would appreciate any, so I can get my headset back to proper functionality again.
Thanks
McYoda
mcyoda from urt? lol.
Hey i just saw an update on the HTC website that addresses a bluetooth issue.
You have to sign up and all that good ****. Then select your device. Theres also a camera fix if you were getting the maze pattern.
I have all sorts of connection issues w/ my motorolla s99 im constantly having to repair it seems when i use the wall plug. IF both items are charged fully, i can walk away (out of distance) music will stop, and when i get close enough it repairs automatically. Something has bugged me out for sure, still working on my issues. (thinking charging the bluetooth on the car charger might be ****ing it up).
My MyTouch 1.2 is acting really frustratingly stupid. The speaker and mic aren't working right, and the closest solution (and explanation) I could find for this was a post I found on a T-Mobile forum:
A few weeks back I tried to make a call on my phone and I wanted to use the speaker, when I brought up the menu to select "speaker", I noticed that the option was greyed out and so I couldn't enable it. After that I looked at the screen and it said it was dialing, but I heard no sound coming out. Next I clicked the volume control all the way down to mute and then all the way to max volume, still no sound. After ending the call I double-checked to make sure I wasn't connected to any bluetooth device, bluetooth was disabled. So then I tried to change the ringer volume and the speaker emitted its beeps letting me know how loud the ring volume was. That told me the speakers worked as well as the hardware responsible for generating sound. My next idea was to see if the media player had sound, so I played an mp3 from my sd card, no sound, went to youtube and played a few different videos, no sound. Called my friend, who was standing next to me, and when he answered he said he couldn't hear me speaking, I couldn't hear him either.
Something was seriously wrong with my phone so I bit the bullet and reset it to factory settings, the problem persisted. I took the phone to a TMobile store and they got me a replacement phone. The phone was working for 3 days and then the same problem occured. I got another phone (my 3rd phone) and this morning it has stopped working in the exact same way. I don't do any hacks or developer apps. There is no pattern to this except that it always seems like I'm at work when it happens.
UPDATE WITH SOLUTION: After thinking about this issue it occurred to me that the phone was behaving as if it had a bluetooth device connected to it. As an experiment, I went to my car which is paired with my phone and selected the audio source as my phone. At first it couldn't connect to my phone. So I looked at my phone's bluetooth setting and the status for my car's connection was "paired and not connected". I selected the connection on phone and retried with my car and bam, audio now works. I disconnected the phone from the bluetooth and sound was restored! So mytouch 3g has a bug in their bluetooth services. TMobile/HTC, hit me up if you are looking for a top-notch developer to fix your defects.
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Unfortunately, this solution didn't work for me, and I've tried pairing it with every device I could possibly pair it with. No dice. Anyone have a fix for this?
Ok so I'm trying to trace down what might be happening here.
Ive got a LG Tone Pro 750 BT headset which I totally love for the most part (epic battery time for one thing). Bought it about a month ago.
About a week ago, maybe two, something weird starts happening. I'll get a call, pick it up and no sound. Caller may or may not hear me, but if they do, it appears to be garbled (I've done a poor job of asking callers if they could hear me and inquiring about that part of the experience so not very good feedback there).
Since I'd had the BT headset for a couple weeks already, I don't even consider there could be a problemo there. So I take the SG4 to Sprint and have a tech check it out.
He comes out to see me (never happens).
Asks me if I have the LG Tone Pro headset. He then proceeds to tell me that he has the same problem on his LG (!) phone with that headset (although it's a later model than my Tone Pro 750...next one up from that model).
He says that the only way he has been able to fix it is by unpairing and re-pairing the headset. Says he has to do it every other day or so.
That was early last week.
So for the next day or two, I go without the headset being re-paired. All is well with the three or four calls I get.
I pair the headset but don't get any calls. I do listen to some podcasts and that is fine (but was never a problem so no change there).
The next day (this morning) I get a call. Problem is back. I try turning off BT making calls and that doesn't fix it. Have to restart the phone.
So I do and I can now make and receive calls. However, BT is off.
It sure looks like this is a problem with the headset.
But I also noticed a preponderance of SG4 owners complaining about a somewhat similar issue where the mic would suddenly turn off on their phone, mid call. Seems WIFI signals would somehow interfere with it (I tried turning off WIFI though and that didn't fix it).
Is there anything else I can do to diagnose this better and maybe get to the bottom of it?
What could be happening here? Is this the headset not playing well with the OS? Is there a way to tell?
Why would this start happening off a sudden two weeks after I'd been using it heavily with no problems?
Also, I'm trying to find more instances of this issue online but it's tough one to Google.
(As a side note, LG doesn't seem to be a very good company when it comes to customer service. I saw several instances on Android Central where their customers reported issues with the headset and then were told their posting violated the TOS of the forum. WTF is up with that? Have they not realized there is ths thing called the Internet? Do they think people won't eventually catch on? )
I'm seriously considering returning this thing, but the truth is, I really want to keep it if I can get it to work. Probably a pipe dream though, now that I've written all this out. lol
I'm even considering rooting my SG4 and throwing another ROM on to see if that fixes it. That's how much I like the headset.
Happy to receive any feedback from fellow forum members. Thanks in advance.
PS: Just realized I haven't really tried just unpairing and re-pairing more than once so I'm going to test that some more over next few days meanwhile...
I am having the same problem but with different headset (MOW and Jabra).
One thing that I tied worked but I can only use my headset to listen to music. In each headset setting located in the Bluetooth pairing list, I uncheck the CALL AUDIO and leave the MEDIA AUDIO check. This allows me to use my headset for music but not calls.
A complete fix would be great, please?
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readable said:
I am having the same problem but with different headset (MOW and Jabra).
One thing that I tied worked but I can only use my headset to listen to music. In each headset setting located in the Bluetooth pairing list, I uncheck the CALL AUDIO and leave the MEDIA AUDIO check. This allows me to use my headset for music but not calls.
A complete fix would be great, please?
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Glad you posted this because I hadn't even thought to try, as part of my troubleshooting, whether I could still play media on the phone through the headset when call audio was not coming through.
Last night I made a couple of calls just fine with my LG Tone Ultra (upgraded to see if this fixed the problem, but no change) and then made a third one. On this third one I could not hear any sound but the call connected (it was to my wife--she later told me she got a call but no sound on her end either).
So this is very strange. Somehow the BT headset is just dropping the call side of the audio.
And, it's doing so randomly.
Sure would like some more insight on what is likely the cause of this situation. I submitted a question to LG through their website but no response. That was days ago.
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readable said:
I am having the same problem but with different headset (MOW and Jabra).
One thing that I tied worked but I can only use my headset to listen to music. In each headset setting located in the Bluetooth pairing list, I uncheck the CALL AUDIO and leave the MEDIA AUDIO check. This allows me to use my headset for music but not calls.
A complete fix would be great, please?
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Just posted a new thread on this issue with some log data that I'm hoping a kindly dev may help decipher.
Letting you know in case you want to keep an eye on that thread as well.
Hi,
I realize this will sound like a strange issue, but I can reproduce it so it certainly exists.
I have an LG G3 running Android 4.4.2 on Verizon. I just bought it back in Jan '15, and the phone has been working great with no issues. I use my car's built in bluetooth connectivity to place and receive calls while driving and have had no issues doing so.
A few days ago (week of 3/9/15), I acquired a used LG G watch from a friend at work. It's in good shape; he only had it a few months, and it's working well. It connects to my phone, and I can use it to txt, place calls, etc. It's running software version 5.0.2.
I am experiencing an issue for which I cannot find the root cause. My issue is that, when I'm in my car, and both the car and the watch are connected to the phone via blue tooth, and I place or receive a call, folks on the other end cannot hear me speak. I tried it with my wife's cell phone, and can reproduce it every call. My voice is barely audible, yet bluetooth is connected to the car and I can hear the other person's voice just fine over my car speakers. As this is happening, if I pick up my phone and switch the call to the handset from bluetooth, the problem goes away and I can take the call on the handset. But as soon as I put it back to bluetooth, the problem returns. Once this happens, if I hang up and try to call the person back using either bluetooth OR the handset, the voice problem returns and I cannot be heard speaking. I tried putting my mouth up to the watch and the phone thinking maybe it was trying to use another microphone, but I still sounded muffled and far away while I was testing this with my wife's phone.
I have checked all my settings in Android Wear, my phone settings for volume as well as call settings...I cannot find anything obvious. I've googled the issue, but there is little to no information regarding this problem.
Can anyone suggest something to help fix this? I really like the G watch, and I would like to get it to work so I can enjoy it. You would think that the G3 and G watch would play nice since they are both LG!
Thanks for any help,
Nick
Having the same issue....sort of...
First, allow me to apologize for any improper formatting or if I've tendered my reply in the wrong way.
I've literally never replied on a message board in my life. Ugh, I know. How, right? Moving on...
I have an issue very similar to the one you're having, only in place of the car, put a Plantronics WalMart headset and change the G3 for it's predecessor. I notice that people call me when my watch is connected to my phone. When I answer, they claim to not be able to hear or understand what I am saying. The problem persists even if I disconnect my headset and use the G2 in either handset or speakerphone mode. The only fix I've found is to restart the phone and return the call. Even then, if the watch is still connected, only the first call can be completed with no "interference".
I've attempted to update the software and firmware to my G2, with no success. I have no idea why this issue occurs.
Also, is probably noteworthy that regardless of whatever Bluetooth device I am connected, very very often during a call, my caller's voice will shift into "speakerphone" mode without being instructed to do so. I have to open the call screen, turn off the BT, then select it again to turn it back on. The call returns to the headset, but doesn't stay there in most cases. Sometimes I have to do this 5 - 7 times a call. Other times, it remains connected as it's supposed to. Again, I can find no reason why this happens, but it's been an issue for MONTHS with my G2. And it doesn't matter what headset I am using, it just "drops" the sound to my speaker phone, but still says that it remains connected to the headset.
It's a Sprint LG G2, if that matters at all.
PrivateBytes said:
Hi,
I realize this will sound like a strange issue, but I can reproduce it so it certainly exists.
I have an LG G3 running Android 4.4.2 on Verizon. I just bought it back in Jan '15, and the phone has been working great with no issues. I use my car's built in bluetooth connectivity to place and receive calls while driving and have had no issues doing so.
A few days ago (week of 3/9/15), I acquired a used LG G watch from a friend at work. It's in good shape; he only had it a few months, and it's working well. It connects to my phone, and I can use it to txt, place calls, etc. It's running software version 5.0.2.
I am experiencing an issue for which I cannot find the root cause. My issue is that, when I'm in my car, and both the car and the watch are connected to the phone via blue tooth, and I place or receive a call, folks on the other end cannot hear me speak. I tried it with my wife's cell phone, and can reproduce it every call. My voice is barely audible, yet bluetooth is connected to the car and I can hear the other person's voice just fine over my car speakers. As this is happening, if I pick up my phone and switch the call to the handset from bluetooth, the problem goes away and I can take the call on the handset. But as soon as I put it back to bluetooth, the problem returns. Once this happens, if I hang up and try to call the person back using either bluetooth OR the handset, the voice problem returns and I cannot be heard speaking. I tried putting my mouth up to the watch and the phone thinking maybe it was trying to use another microphone, but I still sounded muffled and far away while I was testing this with my wife's phone.
I have checked all my settings in Android Wear, my phone settings for volume as well as call settings...I cannot find anything obvious. I've googled the issue, but there is little to no information regarding this problem.
Can anyone suggest something to help fix this? I really like the G watch, and I would like to get it to work so I can enjoy it. You would think that the G3 and G watch would play nice since they are both LG!
Thanks for any help,
Nick
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Have you tried going into android settings for voice input and allowing recording using Bluetooth mic?