Anyone else experience the following:
After connecting via Bluetooth to external speaker, or car audio system, sound will randomly stop playing in external device and start playing from phone's speaker. Note that car audio system still shows phone as connected to car, and speaker still has connected LED lit. Rebooting phone solves problem for a while. I have yet to start going through my 200+ apps to look for a culprit there. Problem only appeared in past month or so, cannot yet associate it with any Sony system updates (phone is current on such updates).
update: I came across the following on the sonymobile forums; I'll try it and let you guys know:
Go to Settings -> System -> About phone -> tap multiple times on "Build number" until you enable "Developer options"
Go back to Settings -> System -> Developer options -> Networking -> Bluetooth AVRCP Version -> Choose AVRCP 1.4 or 1.5 (my phone was using version 1.6)
Restart your phone
2nd update: I changed the version of Bluetooth AVRCP to 1.5 (was 1.6) and the problem disappeared. Initially changed it to 1.4 but was not getting audio from my 2017 Bolt, even with a BT connection.
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I know this seems to be an old (Samsung) problem, but is there any way to force the system to play notification sound only over BT when a BT audio device is connected?
I found suggestions to mute the device but neither vibration nor mute helps because then no sound is played over BT. Some suggest apps like Bluetooth Auto Connect, but either I am to dumb to configure it that way or it is not working for anyone.
And I noticed that shifting audio focus seems to be quite slow, at least on my G2 it felt way faster (could be because of settings in Poweramp for audio shifting on notifications?). Thanks in advance.
Device: SM-N910F
Baseband Version: N910FXXS1COK1 (should be the latest, is the closed pendant to stock androids software version)
Not rooted yet, but root and XPosed should be running by the end of the week if that helps solving the problem.
In the past I have used the SoundAbout app for just this purpose - routing Notification sounds, Ringtones and even Media audio to my Bluetooth headset when it's connected. There is a free and a paid-for Pro version:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.woodslink.android.wiredheadphoneroutingfix
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.woodslink.android.wiredheadphoneroutingfix.pro
Lots of options and settings to tweak - very flexible app, and the only one of its kind, if I'm not mistaken.
And how did you configured it to work ? I think I have configured it right but keep getting both sounds.
I don't have it installed at the moment as I no longer need this feature, but I was able to tell it to route all Notification sounds to the Bluetooth headset under "Alert Behavior" and "Bluetooth Behavior" and then choose what you want in there. It is definitely possible to do what you want with this app, and you can have separate routing settings for Media, Phone Call, and Notifications. If you don't like the persistent notification in your status bar, you can choose "SoundAbout Service ON - No Status".
Ok, found why it was not working: in changelog there is written you have to restart it after installation. So it's working now.
Thnaks for the quick help
That's great! Glad to hear it
Hi folks,
I have an unrooted, stock N6P on Android 6.0.1. which connects to my car's radio via bluetooth so that I can stream audio from my phone and make and take calls via hands free. My satnav app of choice is Waze which has an option that very few other competing apps have which means that even when the phone is connected to the car via bluetooth the TTS voice navigation instructions are still played through the phone's speakers rather than through the car radio. Certainly TT Go and Google Maps Nav both play all sounds via bluetooth when connected.
There seems to be a problem whereby for no apparent reason every so often when this option is enabled the volume of the phone speaker goes very quiet - almost inaudible over the car - despite all available volumes in the OS and in the app being at 100%. When I disable the option the speaker volume returns to normal when not connected but when connected all the sounds go through the car radio - so unless I've got the right input selected I hear nothing and I get no TTS announcements while listening to the radio or CD.
It has worked fine since I bought the phone last November and this is not tied to app version nor Android updates as since it's gone quiet I've tried installing various older versions of the Waze app (previous versions which didn't show any problem) and I hadn't and haven't installed an Android update since some weeks before. Nevertheless the volume has dropped and I can't find a way to turn it back up again. From Waze's support forums it does seem to be a problem prevalent on Nexus devices though.
Is there another setting in Android somewhere, not for bluetooth volume but for phone speaker volume when connected via bluetooth?
Many thanks!
It's an issues i think. Lot of people have it. Try factory reset.
Hi all,
I'm running the latest OOS4.5.8 (rooted, Magisk (no modules installed)), and noticed for a whilst (including when on previous versions) that the phone will 'hog' bluetooth audio devices connected.
I've got a pair of bluetooth headphones that will pair and connect to 2 audio devices - but only play audio from one at a time (the first to start transmitting). Before I got my OP5 I could connect 2 phones easily and start playing from Spotify on either without any issues.
With the OP5 connected, I've noticed often no audio comes out when I play spotify on the other phone - until I turn off Bluetooth on the OP5 at which point the headphones announces the phone is disconnected and audio that was playing from the other phone comes out.
I think this has been happening for a while, but I've only just identified the actual cause (before this I thought it was a headphone / spotify problem).
Has anyone experienced this / have any suggestions?
There's a Bluetooth audio codec in the advanced menu in settings, would that make any change ?
If not then potentially unpair all the devices and then resync up, there are very few options in regards to Bluetooth, it's pretty much on or off.
Also (could be unrelated) I've read that you can only have one Bluetooth controller at a time connected for gaming, so maybe this is related ? Could a Kernel change possibly help?
Check the threads to see if it's listed.
Did a search and couldn't find anything related to my problem.
I have recently gotten a SM-G950U1 variant of the S8, everything is working fine except for when the phone is connected to bluetooth. On bluetooth, all audio plays over the call channel versus the media channel. I've tried on two different cars and a JBL speaker, all with the same result. Turning off wifi calling helps this only slightly, as the audio is still muffled sounding unless I disable the "Call Audio" switch in each specific connection in the bluetooth settings. Obviously, ticking this switch off for the speaker isn't really an issue, but leaving it off for the car connections is a significant setback.
I'm just coming from an S6 that was on 7.0 that didn't have this issue. The phone is not rooted and I don't have a smart watch or anything like that. I did boot into safe mode and I think the issue was cleared up there, but was still active on my phone when I booted back to normal, with all of the accessibility options and permissions reset as a result. But other than the Samsung Sound Assistant app --which I deleted to see if it was the cause (it wasn't) -- I don't have anything that would change the way default audio functions would work, and I can't think of any specific app I have or a setting I may have ticked that would've caused this.
Have you tried using seperate audio settings? I think it might help...
Hello everyone. I am enjoying my s10+. I don't have any issues with it except for one. I can't get Bluetooth audio to activate on my jvc double din in my car. The model is kw-340bt. On my pixel 3 xl it works with no problem. My s10+ can connect to the unit but it only lets me make phone calls. When I go to it in Bluetooth settings the audio option is off. When I try to turn it on it attempts to turn on then turns off. It will not come on. I have even reset my unit to factory settings and still the same thing happens. Does anyone have any other options I can try?
Yeah I'm having trouble myself with my ps4 controller, it connects but doesnt do anything! And even if I turn off the bluetooth it doesnt disconnect! What hell Samsung. It's so bad I have to force close / clear and data/ cache on bluetooth system app.
This happened to someone I knew when they used smart switch upgrading from their S5 to the S8+and moved over their settings. Unfortunately a factory reset was all they could find to fix it.
This may sound weird but I had problems getting my TV to connect. I had to go through the new Smartthings app, look for nearby devices. When I tapped on the TV it downloaded something and then I could connect.
Audio track data not updating on Bluetooth car audio head unit
Same. My previous phone (LG V20) was a breeze to connect via Bluetooth to car audio (Subaru Impreza MY15) & happily displayed the track information for my audio collection.
Fast forward to the new S10+ (exynos) & while it connects for audio, track information is only displayed for the first track & remains on-screen without change.
I've gone into developer options, and while I can change the Bluetooth AVRCP Versions from AVRCP 1.3, AVRCP 1.4 (default), AVRCP 1.5 & AVRCP 1.6, the Bluetooth Audio Codec Selection always defaults back to SBC.
Has anyone else had this problem?
Better yet, does anyone have a fix that I could apply???
Jimmy_Neutron said:
Same. My previous phone (LG V20) was a breeze to connect via Bluetooth to car audio (Subaru Impreza MY15) & happily displayed the track information for my audio collection.
Fast forward to the new S10+ (exynos) & while it connects for audio, track information is only displayed for the first track & remains on-screen without change.
I've gone into developer options, and while I can change the Bluetooth AVRCP Versions from AVRCP 1.3, AVRCP 1.4 (default), AVRCP 1.5 & AVRCP 1.6, the Bluetooth Audio Codec Selection always defaults back to SBC.
Has anyone else had this problem?
Better yet, does anyone have a fix that I could apply???
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Every phone that I have ever had always goes back to default with the audio options. I never understood why. They give you options but you can't use the options. Makes no sense.