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I've had horrendous issues with Bluetooth -- getting it paired, placing calls, etc. Haven't seen many places reporting on this, but seems to be 6.0 related. Can we please draw some attention to this and make sure it gets fixed in 6.0.1? If not, I'm probably going to have to return the phone when I'd really rather not
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I've had horrendous issues with Bluetooth -- getting it paired, placing calls, etc. Haven't seen many places reporting on this, but seems to be 6.0 related. Can we please draw some attention to this and make sure it gets fixed in 6.0.1? If not, I'm probably going to have to return the phone when I'd really rather not
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I havent had any issues with bluetooth, on my sonata hooks right up no skips or hickups, on my bluebuds X no issues either. sorry :-x
I have M on this phone and my Nexus 6 and have no issues with my Nissan, Ford or BT head set.
I only have 1 bt device I connect to, my car, and it's worked fine every time. Pairs automatically and quickly, played a lot of audio over bt and made a couple phone calls and all working ok.
I have also had issues with bluetooth. Mainly when connected to my Chevy truck. Sometimes calls will not play through the bluetooth system and I have to pick up the phone and switch to speaker or handset. Very annoying. Has happened about 5 times over the last week. Other times it works perfectly though. No idea what the problem is.
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No issues with my vehicle dongle nor the punk bt speaker.
I actually just asked about a different Bluetooth problem I'm having in a different thread. The answers here have me wondering if it's possibly that some phones have defective hardware. Maybe I'll RMA mine and see if I have the same problem.
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Yeah, I only really use Bluetooth with my Mazda 3 and I've had no problems pairing it there. Haven't taken any calls on it, but playing music the same as always.
There's some high battery drain related to Bluetooth being on that some folks are reporting, which appears to be more software related to 6.0.
gaming09 said:
I havent had any issues with bluetooth, on my sonata hooks right up no skips or hickups, on my bluebuds X no issues either. sorry :-x
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what year Sonata, if you don't mind me asking? Perhaps this is more of an issue with newer or older vehicles?
MrDSL said:
I have M on this phone and my Nexus 6 and have no issues with my Nissan, Ford or BT head set.
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Strange. Seems to very hit or miss..
ikon8 said:
I only have 1 bt device I connect to, my car, and it's worked fine every time. Pairs automatically and quickly, played a lot of audio over bt and made a couple phone calls and all working ok.
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What type of car?
whitlecj01 said:
I have also had issues with bluetooth. Mainly when connected to my Chevy truck. Sometimes calls will not play through the bluetooth system and I have to pick up the phone and switch to speaker or handset. Very annoying. Has happened about 5 times over the last week. Other times it works perfectly though. No idea what the problem is.
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This is exactly what was happening with my phone -- although I have now unpaired it and deleted the phone from my vehicle, I'm not able to get it re-paired. And it has been doing this for every call, so it's not been intermittent at all.
Aridon said:
No issues with my vehicle dongle nor the punk bt speaker.
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Hmmmm
cmo220 said:
I actually just asked about a different Bluetooth problem I'm having in a different thread. The answers here have me wondering if it's possibly that some phones have defective hardware. Maybe I'll RMA mine and see if I have the same problem.
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I would be curious. Trying to figure out how widespread this is, and if it's an RMA issue or a return issue.
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Yeah, I only really use Bluetooth with my Mazda 3 and I've had no problems pairing it there. Haven't taken any calls on it, but playing music the same as always.
There's some high battery drain related to Bluetooth being on that some folks are reporting, which appears to be more software related to 6.0.
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Have you tried to make any calls from your car?
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what year Sonata, if you don't mind me asking? Perhaps this is more of an issue with newer or older vehicles?
Strange. Seems to very hit or miss..
What type of car?
This is exactly what was happening with my phone -- although I have now unpaired it and deleted the phone from my vehicle, I'm not able to get it re-paired. And it has been doing this for every call, so it's not been intermittent at all.
Hmmmm
I would be curious. Trying to figure out how widespread this is, and if it's an RMA issue or a return issue.
Have you tried to make any calls from your car?
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2013 sonata se basic radio with Bluetooth
Pioneer 8500bhs, beats over ear wireless, Motorola Keylink, and waterproof portable Bluetooth speaker all work great for my 6p over BT.
The only strange thing I noticed is this, it paired fine, connects fine, shows the music I'm playing on play music fine, but unless I adjust volume down one click off max I get no audio. Lol
Since it seems like some are having issues and some aren't, I'm thinking this may be some sort of problem with different BT radio hardware
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I've had horrendous issues with Bluetooth -- getting it paired, placing calls, etc. Haven't seen many places reporting on this, but seems to be 6.0 related. Can we please draw some attention to this and make sure it gets fixed in 6.0.1? If not, I'm probably going to have to return the phone when I'd really rather not
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I used my UE Boom speakers with it and had no issues. Mind you, my UE Booms are linked together, so the phone was only truly paired to one, but the odd issues with one channel of audio dropping in and out that I have with my Fire Phone was not present with the 6P.
LOL @ Beats...
Works fine for me with generic head unit.
For people that aren't having issues, have you applied the November security update? There appears to be some type of Bluetooth security fix in there, perhaps that is also fixing the connection issues that some of us are experiencing? I'm willing to flash it later tonight and test if there is any evidence it will help
thacounty said:
Pioneer 8500bhs, beats over ear wireless, Motorola Keylink, and waterproof portable Bluetooth speaker all work great for my 6p over BT.
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I have a question for you about the Bluetooth headphones you use. If you pause what you are listening to with the button on the headphones and keep the phone in your pocket for 15 minutes, will pressing play on the headphones resume what you were listening to? Mine won't. Many times even after just 3 or 4 minutes.
I'm still trying to figure out if it's hardware or software problem. If it does resume consistently could you let me know what build you are on? Thanks.
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shredder47 said:
For people that aren't having issues, have you applied the November security update? There appears to be some type of Bluetooth security fix in there, perhaps that is also fixing the connection issues that some of us are experiencing? I'm willing to flash it later tonight and test if there is any evidence it will help
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I haven't flashed anything yet. Figured I'd unlock and get up to date soon.
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I have a question for you about the Bluetooth headphones you use. If you pause what you are listening to with the button on the headphones and keep the phone in your pocket for 15 minutes, will pressing play on the headphones resume what you were listening to? Mine won't. Many times even after just 3 or 4 minutes.
I'm still trying to figure out if it's hardware or software problem. If it does resume consistently could you let me know what build you are on? Thanks.
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I'll try it here in a few minutes at my desk. Is your music app staying open? On my 6, Pandora or gpm would close and play wouldn't work anymore in my truck until I reopened the app.
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I haven't flashed anything yet. Figured I'd unlock and get up to date soon.
I'll try it here in a few minutes at my desk. Is your music app staying open? On my 6, Pandora or gpm would close and play wouldn't work anymore in my truck until I reopened the app.
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The app is staying open. I'm using this exactly how I used my N6. Same apps and same pairs of Bluetooth headphones. I didn't have this problem on the N6.
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The app is staying open. I'm using this exactly how I used my N6. Same apps and same pairs of Bluetooth headphones. I didn't have this problem on the N6.
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Just tried this.
Google Play Music - PowerBeats 2 Wireless - Nexus 6P
Using the Beats buttons to play and pause each time.
Music paused 9:20AM
Play/Pause working 9:25AM
Play/Pause working 9:35AM
Play/Pause working 9:50AM
I've had some issues with newer Bluetooth music receivers on my 6p. I've read about many Bluetooth issues but not this. The issue is that when the media volume is changed on the phone, the result is very uneven and jumpy. It can be like volume 1=low, 2=very loud, 3=slightly louder than 1, 4 and 5 continuing while 6 once again is super loud. Also sometimes changing the volume makes it immediately jump back to something else. This is super annoying and dangerous as max volume suddenly is pumped out on the next to lowest.
This happens on newer Bluetooth music receivers, assuming Bluetooth 4.0. Older receivers I've had for years belonging to a lower Bluetooth version is still problem free. This leads me to believe that the problem is related to the link between android media volume and the actual Bluetooth receiver volume.
Has anyone else had this problem? Can anything be done about it or is it simply a bug that Google has to fix? Nexus 6p, v6.0.1 stock with some xposed stuff.
Yes. I have that problem. Can't imagine we're the only ones. Am looking for a google complaint page, with no luck.
gni said:
Yes. I have that problem. Can't imagine we're the only ones. Am looking for a google complaint page, with no luck.
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This must be all 6ps, can't imagine just a few being affected. What I have noticed is that it only regards Bluetooth 4.x enabled devices. Below 4 is OK so it's just the newer stuff that screws up. Strange though you're the first noticing it.
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Having the same problem with mine
I noticed that after taking the OTA update to MHC19I that the bluetooth volume of a bluetooth audio device is no longer coupled to the android system's media volume.
The volumes used to be decoupled with Android 6.0. When 6.0.1 rolled out, they coupled the volumes. Now they are decoupled again. I'm wondering why they keep going back and forth on these design choices.
Anyway I was wondering if it was just a weird installation glitch with my 6P, or if others are indeed noticing the same behavior on their phones. Thanks for your feedback, guys.
There is no 6.1
I'm sure OP meant 6.0.1.
Same issue on my LG HBS-810.
iRub1Out said:
There is no 6.1
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I meant 6.0.1. I edited my original post to reflect this.
frylock87 said:
I noticed that after taking the OTA update to MHC19I that the bluetooth volume of a bluetooth audio device is no longer coupled to the android system's media volume.
The volumes used to be decoupled with Android 6.0. When 6.0.1 rolled out, they coupled the volumes. Now they are decoupled again. I'm wondering why they keep going back and forth on these design choices.
Anyway I was wondering if it was just a weird installation glitch with my 6P, or if others are indeed noticing the same behavior on their phones. Thanks for your feedback, guys.
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I'm guessing it's because the coupliing has been problematic. For me, I can't set the volume low enough for a lot of media sources when using Bluetooth headphones. I've been using a buggy equalizer app to bring down the volumes, but I'm happy to hear about the de-coupling. I hope they figure out a better way to do the coupling eventually.
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I'm guessing it's because the coupliing has been problematic. For me, I can't set the volume low enough for a lot of media sources when using Bluetooth headphones. I've been using a buggy equalizer app to bring down the volumes, but I'm happy to hear about the de-coupling. I hope they figure out a better way to do the coupling eventually.
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I just updated my 6P and the Bluetooth volume is still coupled to my headset volume. Darn.
I'm using powerbeats 2 bluetooth and they are still coupled. I'm running DU test build with the new vendor. Is there something I need to switch off?
I noticed this yesterday as well. Couldn't figure out why volume changes on my Jaybirds X2 wasn't adjusting the volume on my device. On the one hand, I prefer it as I just boost device volume to max and use the headphones to adjust listening volume. But, on the other, I wish they would stop going back and forth.
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I noticed this yesterday as well. Couldn't figure out why volume changes on my Jaybirds X2 wasn't adjusting the volume on my device. On the one hand, I prefer it as I just boost device volume to max and use the headphones to adjust listening volume. But, on the other, I wish they would stop going back and forth.
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I'm actually using the same exact headphones that I'm experiencing this behavior with. Maybe it's just the Jaybird X2 that have this problem with the new update. I haven't had the chance to test this theory with any other bluetooth device, though.
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I'm actually using the same exact headphones that I'm experiencing this behavior with. Maybe it's just the Jaybird X2 that have this problem with the new update. I haven't had the chance to test this theory with any other bluetooth device, though.
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Yeah, I liked it better when the volumes were synced up so it was easy to know what the volume was. But, like some have mentioned higher in the thread, they weren't able to get the volume low enough when the volumes were synced up. Man, this stuff never happens with iPhones. And no, not mine...but my wife has one! Android all the way since inception. But still, it's a tad irksome.
They've been going back and forth with this for years. TBH it's really frustrating. They did the same change when the Nexus 5 came out after the initial build the Nexus 5 shipped with at launch.
Hi people,
Both my phone nexus 6p and nexus 7 Bluetooth just went quiet when connected. I've had this same problem with another fm car link and thought it was the device, so changed to another.
The sound was working great until just recently.
I've tested my wife's nexus 5x on the car link and her volume is fine.
But in both mine the volume is around 50% and I would usually raise the volume to max once connected. But now the max volume is very quiet like there is another volume set somewhere else?
There is no option to disable volume sync on both in the Bluetooth settings. And I have disabled absolute volume in dev mode.
This looks more like it's a Bluetooth protocol bug or something? I don't really know alot about this kind of stuff.
The usual reset phone, clear cache ... Didn't work only swapping the car link.
I've had this problem on my nexus 5x, 6p and 7 2012.
Weirdly enough, the first car link I had started doing this. So I swapped, now the new one is doing this, so again I tried the first one and now it's working!
Is volume control memorised on devices?
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I thought Pie would fix this, but it's roughly the same BS, only now each device gets its own volume.. eventually.
I regularly have trouble getting BT to see a device and connect to it. It seems 10 seconds is about the fastest it will connect in a way that I can play media out of some earbuds or shower speaker.. sometimes it never completes the connection. Pretty much EVERY time, it does this strange thing where it connects with BT phone quickly, then Android jacks the volume up to 100%, THEN connects to BT media. If I'm playing something while that happens, it suddenly BLASTS OUT OF MY PHONE SPEAKERS FOR A split second or two, then comes out of my BT device.
WTF is this all about? Is anyone else seeing this? I actually see the volume slider popup, go to MAX volume, then drop back down if and when it connects media to the BT device. I don't have any "Bluetooth manager apps" installed, though it's tempting but i doubt they would fix this an likely make it twice as crazy.
Google store Pixel 2 XL 128 here on Pie, but this was also happening in Oreo.
Yea, BT on Android is a mess. Has been since 8.0 came out. They fix it with an update for some people and that update breaks it for other people. I am about done with it.
It's not much but you could use tasker plus an app like (or even as) "volume profile for tasker" ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.meridiani.apps.volumeprofile )
I honestly don't have issues with any of my Bluetooth speakers or cars. Connects just fine and remembers the volume per device just as advertised.
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EeZeEpEe said:
I honestly don't have issues with any of my Bluetooth speakers or cars. Connects just fine and remembers the volume per device just as advertised.
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Same here. Bluetooth connects to my car instantly, same for my headphones.
Mine is working fine with all my devices (car, speakers, headphones).
Pie stock, no hacks.
arturiu said:
Mine is working fine with all my devices (car, speakers, headphones).
Pie stock, no hacks.
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Same here. No issues what so ever. It connects to my car, home speakers, watch and two different sets of headphones.
Mine works a treat, Much Better than Oreo...
Mine will connect with cars, but if you take a call, it drops Bluetooth music playback. The phone stays connected but no audio.
I then have to cycle Bluetooth off and on so it reconnects or reboot the radio.
It's not consistent either. Sometimes it resumes after a call and sometimes it won't. Completely random.
Also, won't connect to my car if already connected to any other device like a headphone. No way to make it favor one over the other.
Android auto has the same issues. Sometimes it works and sometimes it won't at all.
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My Bluetooth connects fine, eventually, to a dozen devices. My issue wasn't with BT working or not. It's with the volume jumping up before connecting. I guess I will have to record it happening with audio so you can see how bad it is if something is playing at 50 percent vol and it jumps to full blast before switching ovrer (at which point it readjusts to the devices precious volume).
4 different BT headphones and a cheap chinese car stereo. All work perfect on Pie with individual volumes. My personal opinion is BT is much improved in Pie.
My P2XL gets ahead of itself. I just tried something: started music in my media app (GONEmad Music Player), turned on BT, on my Mac I opened BT preferences, on phone I tapped Pair New Device, and on Mac tapped on Pixel 2 XL when it showed up. Before I even entered the PIN displayed on the screen, the volume jumped up to 100%. On the phone. While playing music at 15%. I denied the pairing, but something maxed out my volume as soon as BT started ATTEMPTING to pair..... wtf!?
I'm able to re-attempt the connection, and get a new PIN presented, along with MAXED out volume each time I do that. Even without music playing the volume slider appears on the screen. I can stay in BT settings and attempt to repair to the same device, and each time (before the PIN even pops up for me to verify), the media volume maxes out, even if I jump in and change it before it disappears (meaning there's no pseudo-device which it is remembering volume for).
Here's a video of the volume jumping prior to connection (or in this case even prior to pairing happens)
The only thing is noticed is that you're connecting connecting to computers when this happens. Just tried my headphones and no such jump I'm volume.
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Here's a video of the volume jumping prior to connection (or in this case even prior to pairing happens)
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EeZeEpEe said:
The only thing is noticed is that you're connecting connecting to computers when this happens. Just tried my headphones and no such jump I'm volume.
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Computers, BT shower speakers, 1 year old BT4.1 Anker ear buds, doesn't matter, same thing happens.
I just unpaired my Anker SoundBuds Curve, had music playing low, re-paired the buds, and no volume fluctuations. Can't replicate it on my end.
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Computers, BT shower speakers, 1 year old BT4.1 Anker ear buds, doesn't matter, same thing happens.
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It works perfectly for me after the September update. Now I can call over Bluetooth again. The previous updates somehow messed the routing of incoming/outgoing calls for me. All good now. Hopefully the next security update doesn't break anything.
EeZeEpEe said:
I just unpaired my Anker SoundBuds Curve, had music playing low, re-paired the buds, and no volume fluctuations. Can't replicate it on my end.
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Ugh, thx for checking. It's like I have a service watching for Bluetooth activity and trying to outthink the OS. I disabled Tasker but same result.
i've been having some bluetooth weirdness as well. my huawei watch works fine, until i jump in my truck and my phone connects to the bluetooth in my head unit. Then it takes forever to get my watch to resync with my phone. I've reset my watch and reconnected it twice but it still seems to do the exact same thing.
Hmm ok... so I have my volume turned down on my ear buds today. Well, up on the buds, but down on the phone (disabled that BT fullblast option in Developer Options). Now I see that it's setting the volume not necessarily to MAX volume, but to the volume saved for that BT device, but it does it early... before the point where the media being played is rerouted by a few seconds. If you DO have your BT device going full-volume, then you get this few seconds of NICE LOUD MUSIC/SHOW out of the phone before switching actually routing audio to the device. It's worse if I have both Media and phone going to the BT device, as it connects the phone stream first, and thus adjusts volume immediately, then connects and routes Media a few seconds later.
I guess I just need to get in the habbit of pausing whatever I'm listening to when I switch...