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[Q] Does the nexus 7 work with bluetooth earphones?

The other day I received a pair of plantronics backbeat GO earphones which are Bluetooth earphones. When I got these I tried to use them with my rooted nexus 7 and they paired and connected to the device fine but will not output any sound except for the connecting and disconnecting sounds the earphones make by themselves. So I was wondering if they just are not compatible with my device.

josefromstatefarm said:
The other day I received a pair of plantronics backbeat GO earphones which are Bluetooth earphones. When I got these I tried to use them with my rooted nexus 7 and they paired and connected to the device fine but will not output any sound except for the connecting and disconnecting sounds the earphones make by themselves. So I was wondering if they just are not compatible with my device.
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They should be, bluetooth devices such as headsets or headphones are pretty universal. Need more details to figure out why they're not working.
Also have you tried pairing them with other devices such as a laptop or another phone or tablet?

Mine work fine with it. Also pair to bt stereo and car fine.
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Yeah I figured they should be compatible but unfortunately I haven't been able to test the earphones out on anything else, I am unsure as my nexus is rooted and I have installed the beats audio drivers which may have disabled the Bluetooth function but I am unsure because I don't have much experience with android
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I can connect and pair with Bluetooth but audio doesn't stream and plays out of the speakers, however if I open the plantronics app I can record audio and hear it with the earphones. This problem also occurs across every player and any possible source of audio output throughout the device.
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josefromstatefarm said:
The other day I received a pair of plantronics backbeat GO earphones which are Bluetooth earphones. When I got these I tried to use them with my rooted nexus 7 and they paired and connected to the device fine but will not output any sound except for the connecting and disconnecting sounds the earphones make by themselves. So I was wondering if they just are not compatible with my device.
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I have the Beats wireless by Dr.Dre and they work fine with my N7.....
On Bluetooth and with the cable
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josefromstatefarm said:
I can connect and pair with Bluetooth but audio doesn't stream and plays out of the speakers, however if I open the plantronics app I can record audio and hear it with the earphones. This problem also occurs across every player and any possible source of audio output throughout the device.
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try your earphones with other devices and also try other bluetooth earphones with your N7...

I don't own any other Bluetooth earphones and everyone else in my house is tech depraved and any device they have doesn't have bluetooth
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I have no problems with the earphones, it is just the device. My speakers have stopped playing at full volume and now these Bluetooth earphones won't stream. My only real concern is whether or not the app attached is the cause of my problems.
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Current Sound Effect not supported by Bluetooth

Hi,
When S5 is paired with a bluetooth headset, the sound effect such as "Concert Hall" is no longer supported when Music application is being used. Just wondering if some settings can be configured to bypass this restriction and allows the sound effect to work under bluetooth? Many thanks in advance.

I suggest using viper4android for Bluetooth music effects. Amazing sound.
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Bluetooth issues

Paired my phone with my level on Bluetooth headphones and the audio is very choppy. Didn't experience this on my note 5.
Any ideas? Will try repairing it and see if that helps.
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BT audio works great for me.
Useless comment, really, I know.
I have three devices I've used it with (LG HBS-730 headset, MPOW receiver for wired headphones, and the head-unit in my car - VW RCD 310 in my '13 Golf).
Have you tried your phone with other BT audio?

Seems to be working better now.
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Works better than nexus 6p with same BT devices. Only had it drop once vs daily on nexus (main reason I sold it). All BT devices can have a little different stack and that includes phones. Unfortunately, BT is hit and miss. Unpair device and boot into recovery and wiping cache. Sometimes that helps.

I have a pair of Samsung level u pro Bluetooth headset paired to my S7E that i bought on friday which when i paired them to the phone they worked fine all day Friday. Now all of a sudden if a contact calls with a custom ringtone the phone plays the ringtone obviously but the headset does not it plays some generic tone at the same time. Any ideas?
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i am getting choppy audio as well did you find a fix with my levels

Fire stick headphones

hi all
just got me firestick and wanted to watch movies quiety and play games on it.
Could someone recommend a good pair of bluetooth headphones and firestick game pad?

use a simple BT Headset and your fine. I use a simple BT-Soundcube and work without a issue
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Make sure to get headphones with built-in volume control. There is no way to control volume on firetv.
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Make sure to get headphones with built-in volume control. There is no way to control volume on firetv.
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Well apparently it's possible to do it via adb but it's well out of my league.
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Bluetooth audio can lag for up to one second behind the actual content.
It seems to vary with different devices, but it definitely is an issue.
Sadly its one thats hard to rule out before you buy a headset - because people like what they bought. I just googled sennheiser's momentum 2 and latency - and you get mixed reports. Some people say aptx (which the firetv doesnt support) is causing the issue - some say it is solving it... Some say there is no issue at all...
So worst case scenario is, that you move through five different headphones and find, that the audio lag is still unbearable.
Thats why people usualy go for RF Headphones in that szenario. That said - RF hadphones need an audio jack and the Amazon Fire TV (/Stick) devices don't have any in their current iterations. So you would plug them into the Audio jack of your TV instead - if the TV has one.
Wirecutter has a new article on them - but I dont agree with the verdict.
h**p://thewirecutter.c*m/reviews/best-wireless-home-theater-headphones/
I like open headphones better than closed ones for pretty much any purpose - so I like the RS 120 II's better than the RS 160 or the RS 165. I havent tried the RS185s. I measured both the RS 120s and RS 160s (which I own) and can tell you that they show the same spike at 4Khz - so when the reviewers complained about some hiss on s sounds, they suddenly liked that on the RS160, I guess - I've never found it to be an issue at all for TV listening. In fact I like it that both of those headphones tend to heighten the mids a little. The RS120 has much less bass - but I actually prefer that as well in most situations, because your ears dont get tired listening to the headphons as soon. Long story short - I very much like the RS 120 IIs (not for music listening, but for watching TV).
If you go the bluetooth route - please report back - id be interested in some additional findings about the usual latencay. When I paired BT speakers with my Fire TV, sound always lagged considerably.
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Found a bit more usable information. Curiously on a manufacturers website.
h**ps://sennheiserusa.happyfox.c*m/kb/article/108-why-is-there-an-audio-delay-when-using-a-bluetooth-dongle
The A2DP protocol adds a latency of 120ms - which is too much for watching TV. Certain BT devices and headphones thereby switch protocols for phone calls (they then use HFP which is a very low quality audio transmission protocol). I'd guess, that the Fire TV (Stick) will not do that.
So analog to those findings I am willing to believe that aptX would solve those issues, but none of the Fire TV devices supports it.
Hence - there will be lag if you don't go the RF route. The Fire TV (/Stick) will be using the A2DP codec.
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edit 2: Turns out the issue also has an android specific angle:
h**p://www.androidpolice.c*m/2015/11/13/android-audio-latency-in-depth-its-getting-better-especially-with-the-nexus-5x-and-6p/
You might be able to live with a 50ms+ delay - or you might not... But 50ms+120ms (A2DP) will be a a bit much in the end... You can easily gage how much of a delay there is (or how it would sound like if there was ) by using the audio delay compensation settings in Kodi. But in the long term always using Kodi to compensate for it isn't ideal and very bothersome.

With my FTVS I use 66 Audio BTS+, Rocketfish RF-MAB2, and Motorola S305 headphones. None introduce any noticeable lag for me, but at least the first set has a quirk where if you get a weak connection and they stutter, they do begin to lag until I pause and resume the stream. Not a problem for me, it's usually fine.
The FTVS is finicky about pairing multiple devices. I often have to unpair my headphones and re-pair them if they've connected to another device in the meantime, or if another set of headphones has been connected to the FTVS.
I'd also recommend using a 5GHz wireless connection if possible so the 2.4GHz band is less congested for the BT stream.

Phone Not Ringing When Connected to Bluetooth Headset

i'm a huge Bluetooth fan and have been using earpieces and headsets for 15+ years.
i've been using a VXI Blueparrott headset with my Note 3 and Note 4 for the last
several years with no problems. Now with the Note 7 when someone calls there
is no audio (ringtone) from the phone, only the Bluetooth headset. i've looked
through all the settings and can't see anything wrong.
anyone else having this issue ?

I'm using watch and headset I haven't had that issue
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called BlueParrott and Samsung and they have no clue ! all i can do for now is turn on
vibration so i know when it rings.

Do a factory reset
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