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Bluetooth Skipping

I just got this phone yesterday and so far I'm still on the fence about keeping it. I just came from a Nexus One and I miss 2.2 severely but I can manage to wait another 30ish days.
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I have a bluetooth radio in my car which I connect my phone to and play all of my music. On the way to work this morning I Connected the Vibrant (for the first time) and the audio was dropping out. It happened randomly and sometimes for 1-2 seconds. I've been using my N1 for BT and I've never had a problem.
I've searched Google and I haven't found anything for the Vibrant.
Anyone else experiencing this?

I had this issue and turned off wifi and it went away. I think it only happens when you have wifi enabled but it isn't connected to an access point. Maybe it is from perodic wifi scanning to find an access point.

dumbestcrayon said:
I just got this phone yesterday and so far I'm still on the fence about keeping it. I just came from a Nexus One and I miss 2.2 severely but I can manage to wait another 30ish days.
To the point of this post...
I have a bluetooth radio in my car which I connect my phone to and play all of my music. On the way to work this morning I Connected the Vibrant (for the first time) and the audio was dropping out. It happened randomly and sometimes for 1-2 seconds. I've been using my N1 for BT and I've never had a problem.
I've searched Google and I haven't found anything for the Vibrant.
Anyone else experiencing this?
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I hear you. Same story regarding 2.2. Still waiting though...
Regarding bluetooth, I can connect without problems to my Genesis Coupe 2010, whether WiFi is ON or OFF. As a matter of fact, I have all WiFi, BT and GPS ON all the time. I have not experienced any difficulties with the audio. This applies to the car/phone functionality, as my car does not support the audio streaming profile.
I'm on my second Vibrant, since I exchanged the first one due to a rattling volume key. The first one had trouble connecting to the car and I thought it was because of 2.1 (Nexus with 2.1 never connected to my car, it did just after 2.2)
One thing I did before attempting to connect to the car was a factory reset. I did it because I started to play with the GPS settings and wanted to go back to factory condition. I mention this because maybe the first one would have connected if I had done a reset to factory as well, but that I'll never know!
My phone is not rooted or modified in any way. No task killers, or anything extraordinary installed.

I have the same problem with my Vibrant. And I had the problem with the G1 as well. There's a defect out there for this (can't recall the number). The problem is with Android.

You can try this.
"Default [FIX] Fix poor AAC streaming performance (Pandora, Slacker, etc) on Froyo
When I installed Froyo on my N1, I found that streaming quality over Pandora suffered tremendously; low-quality was unbearable, and high-quality sounded worse than low-quality normally does. The change to StageFright from OpenCore is to blame here, while it improves HTTP streaming, it's AAC decoder doesn't decode LC-AAC streams properly.
To disable it temporarily, use
Code:
adb setprop media.stagefright.enable-player false
and restart any applications actively playing anything. To disable it permanently, pull build.prop from /system and change the value there. When you restart, it should be disabled; use adb getprop to verify.
Of course, the phone needs to be rooted for this to happen, as r/w access to /system is required.
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One other side note: this change also appears to fix the bluetooth "skipping" issue that appeared in 2.2 as well.
I got this from a post entitled "[FIX] Fix poor AAC streaming performance (Pandora, Slacker, etc) on Froyo" on the nexus one forum.

lpaddikt said:
You can try this.
"Default [FIX] Fix poor AAC streaming performance (Pandora, Slacker, etc) on Froyo
When I installed Froyo on my N1, I found that streaming quality over Pandora suffered tremendously; low-quality was unbearable, and high-quality sounded worse than low-quality normally does. The change to StageFright from OpenCore is to blame here, while it improves HTTP streaming, it's AAC decoder doesn't decode LC-AAC streams properly.
To disable it temporarily, use
Code:
adb setprop media.stagefright.enable-player false
and restart any applications actively playing anything. To disable it permanently, pull build.prop from /system and change the value there. When you restart, it should be disabled; use adb getprop to verify.
Of course, the phone needs to be rooted for this to happen, as r/w access to /system is required.
Last edited by cnunez1987; 27th July 2010 at 12:18 PM.."
One other side note: this change also appears to fix the bluetooth "skipping" issue that appeared in 2.2 as well.
I got this from a post entitled "[FIX] Fix poor AAC streaming performance (Pandora, Slacker, etc) on Froyo" on the nexus one forum.
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Stagefright isn't in Eclair, It's in Froyo and Pandora has already updated to fix this issue [for me anyway].
I'll try switching off Wifi and seeing if that helps. Thanks for the replies.

I'm having the same issue with my jabra halo headset. It's quite annoying. OP please post if you find a good solution.
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make sure nothing is blocking or touching the back of the device, this is where the antenna is located. The ' skips ' you get is when your devices can't find each other... and when they do re connect , you hear a change in the pitch of your music... this is not skipping just a signal block.. if you want to confirm, download the logcat app from the market.. and there you will be able to see what is happening when you get a ' skip '..
hope this helps...

This happens to me as well when trying to connect to my Sony headunit via bluetooth.. Its not skipping.. The music just cuts out for a second or two randomly...I have tried using a mxzing and the standard music player, but it still skips out every once in a while....I will try turning of wifi to see if that helps...
I can use the bluetooth for phone conversations and it works fine with no skipping... I can plug the phone into the head unit via the headset jack and it works great with no skipping... It is only when attempting to listen to the music player through bluetooth that it skips!

Even if you get it to stop skipping the quality is so poor its not worth listening. Broken GPS, compass, and bluetooth, fix this Samsung!
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chadti99 said:
Even if you get it to stop skipping the quality is so poor its not worth listening. Broken GPS, compass, and bluetooth, fix this Samsung!
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My audio sounds great... it just randomly skips....compass sucks though

iflyabeech said:
My audio sounds great... it just randomly skips....compass sucks though
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Try swapping between aux and bluetooth on your phone and you'll know what im talking about. On second thought, maybe you shouldn't if it sounds okay to you now .

techspy said:
I had this issue and turned off wifi and it went away. I think it only happens when you have wifi enabled but it isn't connected to an access point. Maybe it is from perodic wifi scanning to find an access point.
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This was the same problem I had. My music was constantly skipping when I listened to music at work. I thought it might have been the stock music player, so I downloaded MixZing (which I actually prefer now) and had the same problem. At first, I though it was the bluetooth on my phone...but sometimes it would play fine all night long without any issues. I started restarting my phone before playing music, thinking the OS just had some minor memory management issues. Finally, I realized that I was leaving my WIFI on when I left my house. I use WIFI at home and have never had skipping issues with my music. When the WIFI is on, and I'm not in range of a router, I think the skipping almost certainly happens when the phone polls for new connections.

car bluetooth problem

i have a 2013 Toyota Yaris with the manufacturer stereo system.
audio is a bit skippy, but at the end it works (maybe a buffer issue) - but when i try to call someone it always sounds like the oerson talking to me is underwater.
very bad sound quality.
does anyone know how to fix this?
(i've tried: clearing cache, turning off the wifi, clearing data from bluetooth, disconnecting and reconnecting)
thank you!

I have the issue with the audio skipping. It seems to only happen when certain conditions occur, like when I turn the car off for a short period of time. It's a Mazda 3 and the issue happens on both my wife's car (2014) and mine (2017).
I don't notice it that often anymore because I use Android Auto and regular audio seems to go out USB in that setup. I don't have issues with call quality.

my problem keeps going.
in rare situations i can talk, and sometimes the audio actually plays fine
it may be a buffering issue of sorts?
i tried using developer options to change USB settings but that doesnt seeem to stick for some reason (aways reverts back), and i thought that myabe the "best effort" option was a bad choice - but i cant check...

Just to check i tried to stream from both Spotify and YouTube and both works fine with Renault Clio's MediaNav system.
(approx half hour each)

Hi everybody, I think i'm facing the same issue.
I create a bug report on the official MIUI website. It could be great if you can Confirm the bug on the following page.
You just have to connect with your MI account on the website and click on Confirm. It's the only way to be more visible to developpers.
http://en.miui.com/thread-3230620-1-1.html
Thank you very much
Tom.

So there is no solution till now??... I cant have a conversation in my car !!! Only music plays well. Its a Toyota RAV4
Any help?

Problem with Bluetooth audio in the car

When I connect the smartphone with the car via Bluetooth, the music is just intermittent suonds. How do I fix this?

I would like to know this too, anyone?

I started having this same issue after the last/first Tmobile update, before it was fine.

Same thing here. The music would either play through the phone's earpiece or sound like a call playing through the Bluetooth speaker. I read YouMail was a cause so I uninstalled and it still happened I force closed the phone app and it worked normally after that. The issue may definitely be from the T-Mobile update tho.

Yeah been having an issue with volume fading after initial connection, drives me nuts since I use the phone for GPS and music streaming. so I use the v30 for bt music and OnePlus for gps

I'm having an issue with the phone trying to automatically connect to a second Bluetooth device and begin playing music on it. This happened tonight while following behind my wife's car.
Every time we stopped at a light it would connect and I would loose audio in my vehicle and play in hers. No way to stop it connecting other than forget the device or turn off all the functions in that device settings.

R800x_user said:
Yeah been having an issue with volume fading after initial connection, drives me nuts since I use the phone for GPS and music streaming. so I use the v30 for bt music and OnePlus for gps
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I have the T-Mobile 6T and I have this same issue.
It seemed like the previous update fixed it, and was broken by the current update. Anyone know if the international rom has the same problem?

NAB4 said:
I have the T-Mobile 6T and I have this same issue.
It seemed like the previous update fixed it, and was broken by the current update. Anyone know if the international rom has the same problem?
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I have converted my TMobile 6t to international and those bugs are fixed.

R800x_user said:
I have converted my TMobile 6t to international and those bugs are fixed.
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I'll be updating this on the weekend. Nothing worse than having the beat drop to have the volume drop...

NAB4 said:
I'll be updating this on the weekend. Nothing worse than having the beat drop to have the volume drop...
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I feel you, dealt with that for a while until they found a way to convert the phone. anywho hope it fixes your issue.

Bluetooth nightmare
I've been having the same issue since I bought my T-Mobile 6T last year and am pulling out my hair trying to figure out how to fix it. I have a "GTA Car Kit" Bluetooth module installed in my '06 Mazda 3 and I use Android Auto with my phone docked in a CD slot mount to give me hands-free text messaging, navigation and music / audiobooks. My phone is also always connected to my android wear watch, so it's technically connected to two Bluetooth devices at once when I use it.
The problem is that audio playback via Pandora, Google Music and my audiobook app that plays on-device mp3's intermittently stutters or skips. It happens immediately sometimes, other times it will work perfectly for half of my commute and then start stuttering every few seconds until I finally just turn off the music/audiobook completely.
I've tried:
Turning bluetooth on and off
Turning my car radio on and off
Changing the developer mode settings for Bluetooth AVRCP Version, Codec, Sample Rate, Playback quality etc.
Clearing storage/cache for Bluetooth
Switching to the international version ROM for the device
Once I got the Oxygen OS v10 update I really though the problem was fixed, but after a few days of working fine it started skipping again.
Does anyone have any idea what's causing this or other things I can try?
[EDIT] I found one more new thing to try on the OnePlus 6T forums https://forums.oneplus.com/threads/bluetooth-stuttering-solved.1076196/
I'll give this a try and report back

Strange Bluetooth Issue

Been experiencing a strange issue with bluetooth in my car (BMW). Phone is paired successfully but when I call someone the audio does not transfer to the car speaker automatically. You have to press the bluetooth button on the call screen and select the car system manually and then audio is heard over the car speakers. Never had this issue with my old OP2.
I've been through all the settings, both phone and car but cannot find anything that could be causing this.
Phone is a rooted 6T McLaren on 9.0.10.

Still facing this issue. I tried both the original (from playstore) and the modded google dialer as well as the stock dialer of course. Phone pairs fine, contacts sync and I can dial using the steering controls.
However, volume is by default routed to the earpiece not car speakers. On the dialer screen it shows that audio is connected to the car. If I change manually from say car back to phone speaker and then back to car it will then work.
I'm using a rooted 6T McLaren. Previous phone was OP2 running AOSiP with basically the same magisk modules and connected perfectly to the same car. Looked through all possible settings in the phone but cannot find the culprit. Not much to mess about incar settings; everything is as it should be.
Any help would be appreciated.

Interesting problem. Everyone would be stuck with it.

ClydeBreton said:
Interesting problem. Everyone would be stuck with it.
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Same problem with HONDA Pilot and OP6T (and OP5T)

polzovotel said:
Same problem with HONDA Pilot and OP6T (and OP5T)
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out of curiosity, are you rooted and if yes are you using any magisk modules? i have a feeling it could be related to one of the audio modules although my OP2 had exactly the same modules and did not produce the same issue.

zickler_malta said:
out of curiosity, are you rooted and if yes are you using any magisk modules? i have a feeling it could be related to one of the audio modules although my OP2 had exactly the same modules and did not produce the same issue.
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No, pure stock on both devices, the bootloader is locked, no root.
I think the problem started after upgrade to Oreo. Now when I am calling from the phone, the call is always routed to the phone first and I need to manually switch to BT. If I call from the Car device - it is routed to BT immediately.

polzovotel said:
No, pure stock on both devices, the bootloader is locked, no root.
I think the problem started after upgrade to Oreo. Now when I am calling from the phone, the call is always routed to the phone first and I need to manually switch to BT. If I call from the Car device - it is routed to BT immediately.
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ok so it's definitely not the rooting or magisk modules. i did have some problems with my OP2 before, mainly not connecting to the car after pairing. Issue seemed better after changing from RR to AOSiP roms.
but this problem on the 6T is stranger still. would be interesting to see if other people have it. for info car is BMW F20.

Sound>earphone mode>smart answer for Bluetooth? I know you said you checked all settings but just in case...

zickler_malta said:
ok so it's definitely not the rooting or magisk modules. i did have some problems with my OP2 before, mainly not connecting to the car after pairing. Issue seemed better after changing from RR to AOSiP roms.
but this problem on the 6T is stranger still. would be interesting to see if other people have it. for info car is BMW F20.
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I've not rooted or unlocked my T-Mobile OP6T yet... Still stock OOS. Mine works as it should in my truck using a Kenwood DNN991HD both calling out and incoming calls. Just FYI if you are rooted on the stock OS.

Swimguy14 said:
Sound>earphone mode>smart answer for Bluetooth? I know you said you checked all settings but just in case...
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pretty sure that at one point that setting was on. i switched if off a couple of days ago to see if it would make a difference (which it didn't). now I have unpaired and re-paired my phone to my car's bluetooth and put that setting on again. will report back.

Swimguy14 said:
Sound>earphone mode>smart answer for Bluetooth? I know you said you checked all settings but just in case...
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re-tried with this setting on after re-pairing the phone. problem persists. if you manually change from dialer screen from phone speaker back to bluetooth then audio is heard through the car speakers. otherwise, by default, audio comes out of the earpiece.

zickler_malta said:
Still facing this issue. I tried both the original (from playstore) and the modded google dialer as well as the stock dialer of course. Phone pairs fine, contacts sync and I can dial using the steering controls.
However, volume is by default routed to the earpiece not car speakers. On the dialer screen it shows that audio is connected to the car. If I change manually from say car back to phone speaker and then back to car it will then work.
I'm using a rooted 6T McLaren. Previous phone was OP2 running AOSiP with basically the same magisk modules and connected perfectly to the same car. Looked through all possible settings in the phone but cannot find the culprit. Not much to mess about incar settings; everything is as it should be.
Any help would be appreciated.
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What year BMW?
Different year BMWs have different BT implementation.

I don't have that issue with my BMW. I've got a 2014, it's never had perfect Bluetooth performance but calls always come through on speakerphone. Often phone audio will be connected and I'll have to manually get media audio connected.

Morpheus991 said:
I don't have that issue with my BMW. I've got a 2014, it's never had perfect Bluetooth performance but calls always come through on speakerphone. Often phone audio will be connected and I'll have to manually get media audio connected.
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I have a 2008 and a 2013 and I don't have any issue with either.

Morpheus991 said:
I don't have that issue with my BMW. I've got a 2014, it's never had perfect Bluetooth performance but calls always come through on speakerphone. Often phone audio will be connected and I'll have to manually get media audio connected.
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my BMW is a 2012 F series model. when you say speakerphone do you mean calls get routed to the phones speaker by default instead of the car speakers? in my case calls are routed to the earpiece even though phone is connected to the car and I can browse my recents through the steering wheel controls. to listen to the audio through the car speakers I have to manually select phone speaker then back to bluetooth on the dialer screen.

zickler_malta said:
my BMW is a 2012 F series model. when you say speakerphone do you mean calls get routed to the phones speaker by default instead of the car speakers? in my case calls are routed to the earpiece even though phone is connected to the car and I can browse my recents through the steering wheel controls. to listen to the audio through the car speakers I have to manually select phone speaker then back to bluetooth on the dialer screen.
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Sorry I wasn't clear. My calls always come through on the car stereo but music does not usually. When I look at the connection on my car screen I see the phone signal icon but not the Bluetooth logo. Once I hit the media button the Bluetooth logo pops up (alongside the signal logo) and music streams through the car stereo as well as phone calls.
I'm guessing it's a BMW thing. Car tech is pretty mediocre at best.
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Couldn't hurt to bring it up in the community feedback forum that OnePlus has...?

Morpheus991 said:
Sorry I wasn't clear. My calls always come through on the car stereo but music does not usually. When I look at the connection on my car screen I see the phone signal icon but not the Bluetooth logo. Once I hit the media button the Bluetooth logo pops up (alongside the signal logo) and music streams through the car stereo as well as phone calls.
I'm guessing it's a BMW thing. Car tech is pretty mediocre at best.
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Well yes it could be a car issue although my old OP2 worked perfectly in the same car. As you suggested I asked the same question in the Oneplus forums.

I have the issue also with an Audi A3. Anyone has found a fix?

clonfsp said:
I have the issue also with an Audi A3. Anyone has found a fix?
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since that post I got a newer car (2018) and the issue disappeared even though if I remember correctly it had sorted itself out even on the older car.

This sounds a little like what my girlfriend just reported to me on her 6T. I gave her the phone last week with a factory reset, so no root or anything.
She says it paired fine to her car, but wouldn't automatically connect like her old Android (Moto) did.
I'm 5 minutes into looking into it for her, and this is the first similar thread I've seen.

Bluetooth on 10.3.1 is unstable

I've installed 10.3.1 and have a Samsung S3 Gear connected usually. I have trouble connecting to my car and keeping a stable connection. The connection drops out from the car. Is this a known or common issue with 10.3.1? I then tried to put the phone on speaker and then the phone keeps trying to send audio to a bluetooth device and won't just stay on speaker. anyone have similar issues? know any fixes?

Frozilla said:
I've installed 10.3.1 and have a Samsung S3 Gear connected usually. I have trouble connecting to my car and keeping a stable connection. The connection drops out from the car. Is this a known or common issue with 10.3.1? I then tried to put the phone on speaker and then the phone keeps trying to send audio to a bluetooth device and won't just stay on speaker. anyone have similar issues? know any fixes?
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No problems here, I use a Bluetooth FM device in my work van and it works fine.
I also have a Jabra 65t set that work great,
never had any problems through many updates both stable and beta.
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I have Jabra 65t as well and they work great. It's the vehicle Bluetooth in the Nissan that has been really sketchy I guess. I'll look into that as needing to be addressed then.
The other odd part is that even after I hit speakerphone, the phone tries to revert to Bluetooth.

Frozilla said:
I've installed 10.3.1 and have a Samsung S3 Gear connected usually. I have trouble connecting to my car and keeping a stable connection. The connection drops out from the car. Is this a known or common issue with 10.3.1? I then tried to put the phone on speaker and then the phone keeps trying to send audio to a bluetooth device and won't just stay on speaker. anyone have similar issues? know any fixes?
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No issues for me. Phone stays connected to my Fitbit no issue, and streaming music in the car and over earbuds works great for me.

No problems also for me

I have no problem connecting, bluetooth works properly. But I think that the bluetooth is switching on late as if it was turning on faster before, I made a clean installation.

i had a clean install, i did clear cache for the bluetooth system app and decided to just move on and have since installed lineage. bluetooth works like a champ with lineage now.