[Q] Why is caller name announced from phone instead of bluetooth headset? - Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I enabled hands-free mode on my S4 and the option that's supposed to read me the name of who's calling me. What's weird though is that the name is announced from the phone's speaker and not from the bluetooth headset. What's up with that? What's weird is that all the other announcements are sent to the earpiece and not the phone's speaker (for example, message reading).
How am I supposed to get the caller's name announced in my earpiece instead of the phone's speaker? It makes no sense that the phone tells me who's calling and not the headset.

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Bluetooth Handsfree problem: answering from the handset

HI all,
I got a t-mobile Vario II and have a plantronics 655 handsfree. I have searched the forum but found nothing that answers my problem.
I want to be able to answer a call from the phone and when the handsfree is paired the sound to come through the handsfree. I have tried a few handsfree kits but none seem to work and all the calls come through the phone until i pull the handsfree out of my ear hit answer n put it back in. Am i missing something? I want to be able to answer a call from the phone and talk through my handsfree. When i make a phone call however from the phone it works fine and the sound comes through the handsfree like it should.
I read something about a handsfree profile...where is that? i don't have a handsfree profile option on my phone. Is it an add-on. I tried the handsfree with my ericsson phone and when u answer from the phone it asks if i want the audio through the handset or the handsfree..
hellpppppp...its driving me madd lol
I Take it no one knows the answer to this or has created a patch? Does everyone answer there phone from the answer button on the bluetooth handsfree then? ??
What you are trying to do, is contrary to the feature designed into your dialer. When you answer the phone call from the phone instead of the connected headset, you obviously wanted to talk via the phone not the headset so that is where it routes the call. You can get it back to the headset after you answered on your phone by selecting the menu option and selecting "Turn Handsfree On".
similar issue
I have an ATT branded 8525, and a Motorola H550.
I'm using the built in voice dialer, as I really don't feel like shelling out any more money for voice commander, when I'm paying for the spb products I have (pocketplus, mobile shell, and phone suite).
With other phones, I could use the phone (by hand) to dial a number, while wearing the BT headset, and it would automatically put the conversation on the phone.
This doesn't.
Also, when I receive a call, I don't get the ringtones I have selected for specific callers, just a generic beep.
Morgan
That issue is actually unrelated. The issue that arnie_ahu has is trying to do something differently than the phone design. However, your issue is a real issue. Dialing on the phone and pressing call should send the call to the headset if it is connected properly. The ony conclusion I can think of is that it is not connected properly as a headset.
In my experience, this is Bluetooth device specific. When I use my Jawbone, I can answer on the phone and the conversation will be on the Jawbone. However, if I use a Plantronics 320 and answer on the phone, the conversation will be on the phone.
The reason why I answer using the phone instead of using the Bluetooth headset is out of courtesy to the caller. For some reason, when I answer with a Bluetooth device, the caller hears a very loud sound that is reminiscent of a fog horn. I have experienced this with multiple phones and headsets. I am guessing this is related to the Bluetooth handshake.
edited: spelling correction.
It may be (for me) because I am using mp3 ringtones on a mono earpiece.
From what I have found on line, that won't work with WM5, which sucks, because it worked on my old piece of crap nokia 6230.
Why oh why must this be so hard?
Now I have to try and convert the mp3 ringtones I made from full songs to something the phone will use.

ring through bluetooth (Voice Caller ID)

I love my new Sprint Hero, but I have one problem. 90% of the time I have my Plantronics 975 bluetooth in my ear.
Problem is the phone rings it does not pass through to bluetooth. I am a DirecTv installer and up and down ladders, in crawlspaces etc. There are apps in marketplace that change your ringer to read the Caller ID to you. However because this phone only makes my bluetooth beep and not ring with the ringer, I get the callers name read out loud through speaker, not bluetooth. That does not work when with a customer.
Any help???

bluetooth stereo headset with caller id

i need a bt headset that can show or tell me who is calling me.I ride a bike and i need to know who is calling me and to accept or deny the call handsfree.I now have a Jabra bt3030 and the Enhanced sms&call id.I can hear caller id reading sms/mail/notifications BUT not the caller's id.The jabra cant play phone's ringtone,only makes a beep when incoming call.
Anyone knows a bt headset that can do that and work for sure with x5 ideos?
You got me confused, are you looking for one to play audio or one with a screen to look at?
For something to play audio you need an A2DP one or stereo bluetooth - these have 2ch and also play the ringtones instead of just beeping. But at least in my case, in U8800 stock or custom, stereo bluetooth suffers from low range (actually VERY low, sometimes needs to be next to the phone to work, others 30-50cm away). I haven't tested it in official 2.3 perhaps the BT drivers there are better if it's a software bug - which I think it is cause sometimes it works 5m away for hours and then back to less than half meter for days.
For bt displaying caller ID on a screen, I tried one from Erricson and it only displays the calling number not the name, perhaps there's an app in the market that fixes that.

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I am looking for a bluetooth headset that has caller ID - but plugs straight into the ear as opposed to via headphone link.
It should be able to scroll through recent calls to dial through.
Has anybody comeacross anything like this?

Calling problems with smartwatch connected

Hi hello guys how are you. So i have th essential phone and the gear s3 frontier. When the watch is paired to the phone whenever i receive or make a phone call even using the phones dialer. I would get no sound at all. The other person cant hear me either. I noticed that even if i pick up a call with the phone it would automatically switch to the watch. I think it might be a glitch thinking is more like a radio Bluetooth. So even if i switch to the phone or speaker. No audio at all. If i turn off the Bluetooth everything is back to normal. Any suggestions. I would like to keep on using my watch. Sometimes im not near my phone and would like to talk through the watch. If i go into the Bluetooth settings i can toggle the option for voice calls. I would get the notification when receiving a call but on the watch i cant only decline now.
You have to go in BT settings and set the watch not to be used for phone audio
no audio when answering an incoming call, while paired with a smartwatch
hi,
I'm experiencing the same thing, but I would use another title for the bug (see above).
The answer in post #2 is helping me to get audio when answering a phone call, BUT I can't use my smartwatch (Gear S3) for making calls or answering calls anymore.
So when I disable the "phone audio" in the smartwatch Bluetooth connection profile, the phone sends the audio to the earpiece, as no audio Bluetooth device is connected --> audio is available when answering the call.
But as I want to use my smartwatch for making and answering calls, I'd like to get a solution for this.
Side note: there is no audio on both ends. I can't hear the other end and the other end can't hear me. And the "no audio" thing is only present for the first 10 seconds of a call. After that the audio starts to work on both ends via phone (when watch is connected as BT audio device).
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