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[Q] LG G2 Bluetooth audio quality issues

I have the verizon g2 and the bluetooth connects fine and all but sounds bad compaired to other phones even older ones. I guess im just an audiophile but it sounds very cracklie when a song get louder. I know i cant be the only one experiencing this but i have looked and looked and found nothing but great feedback about its sound. Has anyone else experienced this and maybe found a fix?

findogg213 said:
I have the verizon g2 and the bluetooth connects fine and all but sounds bad compaired to other phones even older ones. I guess im just an audiophile but it sounds very cracklie when a song get louder. I know i cant be the only one experiencing this but i have looked and looked and found nothing but great feedback about its sound. Has anyone else experienced this and maybe found a fix?
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I see it more with talking on my car's BT than with audio streaming, but so far I am not that impressed with the quality. It works, but isn't all that great.

SquireSCA said:
I see it more with talking on my car's BT than with audio streaming, but so far I am not that impressed with the quality. It works, but isn't all that great.
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Yeah thats all im seeing also. But i hope it will change with an update

Using my Motorola Elite Sliver, Bluetooth sound has been just fine. Phone call clarity has been great; significantly better than my DNA.

Posted about this a while back on the Nexus 4 here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44130362
It's -super- irritating, and I believe this is a bug in all recent android versions (after 4.1 I think) with the new bluetooth implementation. I was hoping we'd find a way to 'fix' it in a similar manner, but I have no experience developing for non-nexus devices. I'm glad someone else notices the crackle though, it's annoying to the point where I won't listen to audio over the G2's bluetooth anymore.

Just gonna wake this back up to see if anyone else has any ideas on what we can do here.... this issue blows on newer Android phones and we ought to be able to find a way to fix it ^^

cbaronne said:
Just gonna wake this back up to see if anyone else has any ideas on what we can do here.... this issue blows on newer Android phones and we ought to be able to find a way to fix it ^^
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I read through the thread you linked and it looks like you fixed the issue on stock Android ROMs. I have the AT&T D800 running CleanROM XE, also had the issue on stock G2 ROM.
I wanted to offer to test anything you came up with. I connect to a 2011 Hyundai daily and stream Pandora and XiiaLive.
Thanks in advance.

I ran into this as well, although I've only tried Soundcloud, Pandora and Google Music. Pandora is the only app in that list that has issues. Soundcloud and Google sound fine.

findogg213 said:
I have the verizon g2 and the bluetooth connects fine and all but sounds bad compaired to other phones even older ones. I guess im just an audiophile but it sounds very cracklie when a song get louder. I know i cant be the only one experiencing this but i have looked and looked and found nothing but great feedback about its sound. Has anyone else experienced this and maybe found a fix?
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I actually found it sounds better on bluetooth than my old Rezound and my wife's DNA do. In wife's car, songs on bluetooth (any app) have an echo/hall effect. The G2 is the first phone that sounds normal with no echo. Plus, the song info is finally displaying properly on the screen. Just wish my car had bluetooth because then I wouldn't have to deal with the thumping sound I hear while plugged in via the aux/headphone jack and changing tracks. I have another thread here regarding the thumping noise.

Enable aptx. Bluetooth had been nice and clear for me even before doing so.

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Enable aptx. Bluetooth had been nice and clear for me even before doing so.
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How do you do that? Is there a menu/switch for that?

Prop command in terminal emulator. Is around here on forum in another bt thread. Most variants aren't enabled out of the box. Hell, Verizon didn't even have the logo on the box.

Steamer86 said:
Prop command in terminal emulator. Is around here on forum in another bt thread. Most variants aren't enabled out of the box. Hell, Verizon didn't even have the logo on the box.
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Saw that thread. Figured that if the G2 was already set up for that, then you shouldn't have to go through superuser and ADB to make it work. I mean, if it is an advertised feature then it should be easier to activate. What am I missing here?

I went ahead and enabled aptx a few weeks ago to test it out... either my headunit doesn't support it or it doesn't seem to make much of a difference on my end as I still have the crackly highs as I did before. This was the same issue that I had on my Nexus 4 that I was able to fix by tweaking the sbc bitrate... I'm just not sure how to do that in the source code on this phone. (or if that's even possible here)

Could someone please link the thread to enable aptx? I am unable to find it or how to do it.
Or at least tell us here how to do it?

I am also getting the crackling over bluetooth, when plugged into an aux jack the sound is amazing, over bt not so much. Also track data is really wonky, it rarely works. When the track changes it shows the song info for a split second then says unknown. I've never had a problem with the track data in my car and this is the 4th device I have used in this car. This is a link I ran across for enabling aptx, don't know if it works I'm not rooted yet.

monkeefied said:
I am also getting the crackling over bluetooth, when plugged into an aux jack the sound is amazing, over bt not so much. Also track data is really wonky, it rarely works. When the track changes it shows the song info for a split second then says unknown. I've never had a problem with the track data in my car and this is the 4th device I have used in this car. This is a link I ran across for enabling aptx, don't know if it works I'm not rooted yet.
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Same problem here, except my car stereo doesn't support aptx.
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Just to pitch in -- I get the same crackling on music. Driving me nuts.

When I play music over my car stereo it's great. When I call using sync the person on the other side said it sounds like a whining noise for the entire call. The whining does fluctuate from moderate to extremely loud.
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megadeth8828 said:
When I play music over my car stereo it's great. When I call using sync the person on the other side said it sounds like a whining noise for the entire call. The whining does fluctuate from moderate to extremely loud.
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This sounds like a ground issue in your car maybe? Does it change pitch with engine rpm? Mine sounds like when your stereo is up too loud and the bass distorts, except it's only distorting for high's. Much more noticeable when listening to rock or something with a lot of cymbals. Rap/hip hop sounds fine (not really any high's there). Enabling aptx doesn't sound like a solution here, why would enabling a premium sound feature correct this when other devices I have used that don't have aptx sound better than my G2? Not trying to ridicule here just trying to keep the ball rolling. I really believe this is an issue with phone or bt antenna or something.

Bluetooth Audio Streaming Static/Crackle

Just got my GS 7 Edge yesterday, and after having the S6 and Note 5, one thing I've noticed immediately was there was a crackle/static noise when streaming audio via bluetooth to my car. This issue was also present in the last 2 phones, but when I use my Nexus 6P everything is fine. Has anyone else seen this issue with their phone yet? It sucks because my '15 Honda Civic does not have an AUX port so I have to use bluetooth. I've tried using different apps (Spotify and PowerAmp are my 2 most used apps) and no change. Seems to be more noticeable in PowerAmp though.

Try turning down the volume on one device and turning it up on the other.
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I am not experiencing static or cracking but what I do notice is that when streaming audio on bluetooth while watching a video, the audio is out of sync by like 2 seconds always. Very annoying

Tradio said:
I am not experiencing static or cracking but what I do notice is that when streaming audio on bluetooth while watching a video, the audio is out of sync by like 2 seconds always. Very annoying
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I'm also experiencing the Bluetooth Audio delay on my Galaxy S7 Edge. I tried 3 different bluetooth devices, cleared the cache, reset phone to factory defaults and still the delay exists. When using a wired headset or playing through the built in speakers, there is no issue.
I went to Best Buy and paired my bluetooth device to one of their display Galaxy S7 Edge phones, played a video and also noticed the same delay. I emailed Samsung technical support and they asked me to send it in for repairs. Seems like it's a general issue though. I hope they issue a patch for this.

I also have this problem with S7. The audio quality is really really bad when compared to e.g. Nexus 5. This might be "Samsung" related, because the other Samsung phone I own suffers from exactly the same crackling and overal bad quality sound over A2DP. I tried 2 different bluetooth receivers, so I'd not blame receivers for that.

Also noticed this.
Also noticed this with the S7 Edge I bought just yesterday. I switched up from my HTC One M8 and immediately noticed the crackling and static that was coming out from my car stereo. Never had the problem with my M8, I guess I'm going to be carrying two phones for the time being

Yeah I'm using my N6P as my music player and my S7E for everything else :-/ this is so ****ty. Sucks also since my '15 civic EX-L doesn't have aux in. So I have no choice

d0zrisnot said:
Also noticed this with the S7 Edge I bought just yesterday. I switched up from my HTC One M8 and immediately noticed the crackling and static that was coming out from my car stereo. Never had the problem with my M8, I guess I'm going to be carrying two phones for the time being
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Got this aswell. Both in car and on Bose Soundlink 2. It's horrible. Back to Android after a few years with a iPhone and never had these issues over at that side. Hope this gets fixed. Else I have to sell this thing sadly.

Huh... thought I was crazy. Might be a deal breaker. Had my S7 Edge for almost 4 weeks now, and somehow just noticed it last week when the right song was playing... male vocals of all things, when hitting high notes, crackled like a mother. No problem in AUX, and no problem on my 6P. How Samsung screwed this up, I have no idea. So I've been using it via AUX in my car and controlling the songs via BT with my watch. Kind of a pain. Plus I constantly have to turn the EQ on/off switching between the car and headphones.

wschamps42 said:
Just got my GS 7 Edge yesterday, and after having the S6 and Note 5, one thing I've noticed immediately was there was a crackle/static noise when streaming audio via bluetooth to my car. This issue was also present in the last 2 phones, but when I use my Nexus 6P everything is fine. Has anyone else seen this issue with their phone yet? It sucks because my '15 Honda Civic does not have an AUX port so I have to use bluetooth. I've tried using different apps (Spotify and PowerAmp are my 2 most used apps) and no change. Seems to be more noticeable in PowerAmp though.
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I had the same problem, I did a factory reset and the problem was gone, but I found that the problem was caused by the smartwatch that was connected to the cellphone, it seems that the bluetooth is not capable to manage efficiently two connections at the same time. When I disconnect the smartwatch the crackling is no more. I hope this can be solved through a software update.
Hope this work for you too.

UmrAtTawil said:
I had the same problem, I did a factory reset and the problem was gone, but I found that the problem was caused by the smartwatch that was connected to the cellphone, it seems that the bluetooth is not capable to manage efficiently two connections at the same time. When I disconnect the smartwatch the crackling is no more. I hope this can be solved through a software update.
Hope this work for you too.
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Interesting, because I only noticed the problem after getting my smartwatch. But even when I shut down the watch and try listening, the distortion was still there. Maybe I needed to restart the phone too or something?... not sure. Should have tested with my 6P to see if it did the same thing.

Yes same her if I use my s2 and level U earphones I used to get this issue, but of late after the s7 updates it is sorted
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any of you having an issue were audio and viedo arent in sync via bluetooth

for me the problem was solved when stop using poweramp, now using pulsar and wroks fine, I'm using smart watch and audio bt too

harryflyer said:
I'm also experiencing the Bluetooth Audio delay on my Galaxy S7 Edge. I tried 3 different bluetooth devices, cleared the cache, reset phone to factory defaults and still the delay exists. When using a wired headset or playing through the built in speakers, there is no issue.
I went to Best Buy and paired my bluetooth device to one of their display Galaxy S7 Edge phones, played a video and also noticed the same delay. I emailed Samsung technical support and they asked me to send it in for repairs. Seems like it's a general issue though. I hope they issue a patch for this.
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this is driving me crazy as well did phone get fixed ?

Static/Distorted Bluetooth Audio

Anyone else experience static or distorted sounding audio over Bluetooth?
I don't hear it when using my Jaybird X3 earphones, but when I play audio through my car head unit it sounds horrible.
I didn't experience this with my 3t.

Works fine with my car. Haven't tried any other devices yet.

Andrew025 said:
Anyone else experience static or distorted sounding audio over Bluetooth?
I don't hear it when using my Jaybird X3 earphones, but when I play audio through my car head unit it sounds horrible.
I didn't experience this with my 3t.
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I have the same issue, it works fine with my Bose QC35 but if i connect to my Soundboks 2 I have terrible sound, but only with OxygenOS, LineageOS works fine without distorted sound

Never had distorted sound but it keeps dropping my Bluetooth headset at random times. Sometimes works for hours, then sound drops out. Might be only a minute or so next time and I have to turn headphones off and on again.
Really cheesing me off....

Andrew025 said:
Anyone else experience static or distorted sounding audio over Bluetooth?
I don't hear it when using my Jaybird X3 earphones, but when I play audio through my car head unit it sounds horrible.
I didn't experience this with my 3t.
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I'm having the same problem as well.
Have you been able to fix the problem?

magicman1358 said:
I'm having the same problem as well.
Have you been able to fix the problem?
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Nope, all the ROMs I tried all had the same experience.
I'm assuming it's a hardware problem or deep software issue...
I have a Note 8 now and haven't had the issue on the same stereo.

Andrew025 said:
Nope, all the ROMs I tried all had the same experience.
I'm assuming it's a hardware problem or deep software issue...
I have a Note 8 now and haven't had the issue on the same stereo.
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Mhmm okay. I do really like this phone but this Bluetooth issue is a big issue for me. Looks like I'm going with the Pixel 2

Audio stuttering

Hey guys.
I don't think I am the only one who experience audio stuttering while playing music, but couldn't find another thread about it.
So, initially I thought it's only via Bluetooth, but then it turned out audio skips for some miliseconds even while playing it on the speaker of the phone.
Is there any way to fix that? Please note that player priority DOESN'T have an effect. That's the first thing I've tried.
I am on Oreo.
Could you help somehow?
Thanks

celeronix said:
Hey guys.
I don't think I am the only one who experience audio stuttering while playing music, but couldn't find another thread about it.
So, initially I thought it's only via Bluetooth, but then it turned out audio skips for some miliseconds even while playing it on the speaker of the phone.
Is there any way to fix that? Please note that player priority DOESN'T have an effect. That's the first thing I've tried.
I am on Oreo.
Could you help somehow?
Thanks
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What audio player do you use and have stuttering? With bluetooth there is a little delay in sound playing for example youtube vid if you dont have at least aptx connection (aptx not original supported by mia1 butpossible with a magisk module).

I use PowerAmp.
Also, I don't have AptX BT headset, but as I mentioned this issue is NOT only Bluetooth connected.

Bluetooth Music in slow sound issue

Hi guys.. I just wanna try to inform you, when I try to connected bluetooth from M1 pro to my bluetooth speaker, it can be connected normally, the problem is when I tried to play a music from my phone, the sound like in slow music. I have tried using another music player, but the problem still have a same sound, it could be a hardware problem or other issue, but when I play a music in youtube or playing a game over bluetooh the sound is normal, why play music on my device using bluetooh the sound like in slow singing... anyone have the same problem?? please tell me.. and how to fix it??
you may try it by your self.. and tell us here if u have the same issue
sorry bad in english

canset said:
Hi guys.. I just wanna try to inform you, when I try to connected bluetooth from M1 pro to my bluetooth speaker, it can be connected normally, the problem is when I tried to play a music from my phone, the sound like in slow music. I have tried using another music player, but the problem still have a same sound, it could be a hardware problem or other issue, but when I play a music in youtube or playing a game over bluetooh the sound is normal, why play music on my device using bluetooh the sound like in slow singing... anyone have the same problem?? please tell me.. and how to fix it??
you may try it by your self.. and tell us here if u have the same issue
sorry bad in english
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I got 4 scary post not to buy this phone, do you have any other alternative device in ur mind

And i just ordered it today, hope it works with my speaker.
The only alternatives i see are the rn5 pro(costs more) and realme 1. (No bl unlock)

low volume on bluetooth headsets is solved in update 323 of August

quickshivam said:
low volume on bluetooth headsets is solved in update 323 of August
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This thing didn't happen in my bluetooth headset and in my device.

Experiencing low volume via Bluetooth headphones
Yup, the low volume problem still exists after the ota update.I use mivi-t-beats Bluetooth headset & the sound is extremely low even at 100% , no base nothing just flat sound as compared to when I use them with any other phone. They just sound about 65% at 100% volume when used with m1 pro as compared to any other phone though it has aptx hd audio codec:crying::crying:

PratikVerma said:
Yup, the low volume problem still exists after the ota update.I use mivi-t-beats Bluetooth headset & the sound is extremely low even at 100% , no base nothing just flat sound as compared to when I use them with any other phone. They just sound about 65% at 100% volume when used with m1 pro as compared to any other phone though it has aptx hd audio codec:crying::crying:
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Yeah I am also facing same issue

Sound is very low in BT, any solution