I have the IconX (2018) version earbuds from Samsung right now. Galaxy buds were supposed to connect instantly on S10+.
Does this do the same on IconX if I use the S10+'s software? If not, what makes it different than connections of the Galaxy buds?
I looked at the specifications, and there didn't seem to be any additional hardware for connections.
Thanks!
Not really sure what you meant by connect instantly. I have both gear iconx 2018 and s10+. The gear iconx works with s10+ just like it did with my old s8.
myth1001 said:
Not really sure what you meant by connect instantly. I have both gear iconx 2018 and s10+. The gear iconx works with s10+ just like it did with my old s8.
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On my S8, the connection prompt doesn't show up consistently with iconx. When I looked at the galaxy buds previews, when they opened the galaxy buds, the prompt showed nearly immediately on the S10. IconX, I have to usually go to bluetooth settings, etc. It is sorta annoying, so I'm wondering if it still happens on the S10 (if its software based).
My phone's bluetooth is constantly on as I use a smartwatch.
The moment I put the earphone out of the box and into my ear, it will automatically connect. I don't have to press anything. Just open Spotify and play.
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Has anyone with a Galaxy Gear smartwatch been able to figure out a way to activate utter! using the Gear, without touching the phone? Once utter! gets activated on my Note 3, then the speaker and mic get transferred to my Gear, which is great and what one would want. If I could now activate it using the Gear itself, that would be super sweet as I wouldn't even have to touch the phone to send emails.
I tried sideloading the utter! quicklaunch icon onto the Gear but when I press it on the Gear, utter! says, "How can I help? I'm off the network connection."
Thanks!!
Agreed
I just installed null_ on my gear and fully agree it would be ideal for the phone to be able to integrate with utter! and the watch without needing to go back to the phone ever. Well see what the future brings I guess.
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I know this is an old post but i just read it.
When my gear is connected Utter! it tries to use the speakers on the watch and has no sound what so ever. I'm guessing because I am using a gear 2 neo there is a conflict between OS and the microphone and speaker will not work with the Utter! app. If using a blue tooth headset with this it may help Utter! communicate and by pass this problem. I would suggest using tasker to integrate the two. Setting up a task to wake Utter! via text, and create a hot key with the given command on the gear watch. So you text the word "Activate" to your self and Utter! becomes aware and can listen for a command.
Have not tried this yet my self waiting for my BT headset to come in the mail.
Yes!
Download wearable widgets from the play store (not Samsung cost $1.99 there.) Though I got it to work i can not use the microphone or speaker on gear 2 neo so when it wakes up it can't hear me in my pocket BT headset may still be the best bridge for this combo, but wont be as impressive to friends.
Dont feel like starting a flame war but every samsung phone i have owned since the moment has had the worst of the worst bluetooth for audio. Trying to see if they have their **** together yet.
Issues im referring to specifically.
Every samsung phone i have owned will randomly fail to reconnect to my car stereo about 1/4 the time when starting the car, no other phones have had this issue.
Intermittent connection drops with bluetooth headphones (wifes note 4 still does this at literally less than 2 feet away skipping and dropping connection).
Ridiculously short range like 5' and im dropping connection.
Prone to interference. My brothers s6 edge is awful on his motorcycle with bluetooth, something is interfering causing tons of connection issues and interferance, every other phone is fine.
This still going on?
I have never seen any of these issues with any of the Samsung phones I've owned and I've had every one since the s3...
I have 2 different cars that my phone pairs to without an issue every time I get into. I used to use a bluetooth FM transmitter in one of my older cars with my s6 and it connected and played music perfectly every time with amazing clarity. I use a bluetooth headset on my s6 and now my s7 with no issues, and range is great (phone in living room and I go upstairs with the headset and lose no quality and does not disconnect). I'd say you have a faulty device but it is unlikely you've had that many faulty ones... I honestly can't see any reason you'd have such bad luck because they literally work perfectly for me every single time. I've used it in 4 different' GM cars, a lincoln, and a Nissan.
This phone connects far more consistently than my HTC One m8 did.
My Galaxy S7 does take longer to automatically connect to trusted bluetooth devices compared to my old G3. Also when listening to music through a bluetooth speaker it will get really really choppy sometimes. Annoying...
My VZW S7 connects instantly when the car is turned on. Then drops out after a second. Connects again after about 5 seconds after that and stays connected the rest of the time. The only problem I'm having is that none of the metadata (song title, artist, etc) information is displaying on the car's audio display. It plays the music, but doesn't show any of the information about the song. This used to work on my HTC One (M8). Any ideas? I have a 2015 Nissan Murano SL.
As the title says - when I have my Gear S3 (was also an issue with Gear S2) connected to the phone, the audio quality to other devices becomes total crap with distortions and crackling.
The only headsets that keeps the quality are the ones supporting AptX.
I had an OnePlus 3 with the Gear connected before, and this was never a problem! I don't care if it drains extra battery if there is something that can be done... like forcing higher streaming bitrate or whatever, my device is rooted, I'm up for suggestions. (Tried ViperFX, didn't make it better.)
Anyone else have experience with this? I can't understand how this slipped through, someone over at Samsung must have noticed their bluetooth audio is **** when their Gear is connected simultaneously.
Non rooted S7 Edge G935F + Gear S3 here, no problems with Bluetooth audio quality
I have the same problem with my S8.
It's making me crazy!
daymnnn YES same problem with my s7 edge ( rooted , running MM + xposed)
I had the same problem with my s8 and gear s3. I complained to Samsung but no one solved my problem. My solution was returning them and buying an iphone 7 and an apple watch. Problem solved.
Have this issue w/ the S7, note7 and now this s8+. The S5, S6 works, note5, etc. Exact same results with the phones that do not work.
In my other cars it works fine so I know its my Kia but I don't have any idea how I can rectify this. Called the tech at Kia and he said they've not tested the note 7 and may never as the car is a few years old so It looks like I'm on my own here. On my 2013 Kia optima w/ navi I do not get media audio so only BT that works is the phone. It will show the first song sometimes on pandora (Streaming audio, NOT pandora app radio) but never will update after that. All audio always comes from phone speaker. I can change songs from the stereo but that's it. Totally useless. Works fine in my other cars and my BT radio in my garage so it's a problem w/ my Kia but WTF?? My note 3, note 5 and S6 work just fine. Very disappointing. My wife is running android 6.x on her s6 and it works so it is not that.
I had a ticket into google on this for my note7 but they blamed samsung saying the ROM is fully customized by samsung. Samsung says it's googles issue.
Anyone else have this issue? Any suggested fixes?
Yes, I had this issue! When I got my S8 yesterday it would connect for phone and the third(?) option, but not for the media option. Your car might be the issue though, if none of those phones work. Mine did show three options: phone, media en another one.
Well: during the car ride I noticed there was an update for 'Samsung Connect' so I downloaded that. After that update still no joy. I then proceeded into work, obviously disconnecting the bluetooth connection. Once I got back in my car at the end of the day the connection magically worked. So it might be one of a few things:
1. Update Samsung Connect (if you can)
2. Disable bluetooth
3. Remove bluetooth paired device
4. Turn off car and restart phone
5. Try again
I`m about to head out for work again so I`ll see whether mine still works or not.
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Yes, I had this issue! When I got my S8 yesterday it would connect for phone and the third(?) option, but not for the media option. Your car might be the issue though, if none of those phones work. Mine did show three options: phone, media en another one.
Well: during the car ride I noticed there was an update for 'Samsung Connect' so I downloaded that. After that update still no joy. I then proceeded into work, obviously disconnecting the bluetooth connection. Once I got back in my car at the end of the day the connection magically worked. So it might be one of a few things:
1. Update Samsung Connect (if you can)
2. Disable bluetooth
3. Remove bluetooth paired device
4. Turn off car and restart phone
5. Try again
I`m about to head out for work again so I`ll see whether mine still works or not.
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I've done all of these and yes I did have the notification to update samsung connect which I did. Mine never shows media audio, just phone audio and contact syncing.
Dave
TT_Vert said:
I've done all of these and yes I did have the notification to update samsung connect which I did. Mine never shows media audio, just phone audio and contact syncing.
Dave
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Yeah so there's prolly something else wrong, as mine did show the media option. Sorry
Yeah it occurs on all 2011-2013 kia/hyundais w/ navigation and i'm sure other cars as well. Nobody wants to fix it and basically it keeps me from even using this phone.
Dave
TT_Vert said:
Have this issue w/ the S7, note7 and now this s8+. The S5, S6 works, note5, etc. Exact same results with the phones that do not work.
In my other cars it works fine so I know its my Kia but I don't have any idea how I can rectify this. Called the tech at Kia and he said they've not tested the note 7 and may never as the car is a few years old so It looks like I'm on my own here. On my 2013 Kia optima w/ navi I do not get media audio so only BT that works is the phone. It will show the first song sometimes on pandora (Streaming audio, NOT pandora app radio) but never will update after that. All audio always comes from phone speaker. I can change songs from the stereo but that's it. Totally useless. Works fine in my other cars and my BT radio in my garage so it's a problem w/ my Kia but WTF?? My note 3, note 5 and S6 work just fine. Very disappointing. My wife is running android 6.x on her s6 and it works so it is not that.
I had a ticket into google on this for my note7 but they blamed samsung saying the ROM is fully customized by samsung. Samsung says it's googles issue.
Anyone else have this issue? Any suggested fixes?
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I have the same issue. I have a 2012 of the same car, Navigation with Infinity speakers. This is not the UVO head unit. I can connect for phone calls and contacts, but all media plays through the phone. I can see the first item from the music app, and can only skip to next song (I haven't tried previous song as I am only streaming). It does not pause though. All audio keeps coming through the phone no matter what.
I've enabled/disabled streaming on the car. I've reset the radio/head unit. I've reset the Bluetooth on the car. I've unpaired from the car side and phone side. I've tried various combinations of these things. None has fixed it. I've mentioned the problem in forums here:
http://www.optimaforums.com/forum/2...9-galaxy-s8-streaming-issues.html#post2107250
and:
https://us.community.samsung.com/t5...onnection-not-working-in-car/m-p/117894#M6891
and:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8+/help/bluetooth-issue-car-stereo-t3600412/page2
Try the bluetooth app called bluetooth auto connect. I can not connect w/ my car on my s8 and s7.
Dave
I think it is samsung software. I paired it with a pioneer avic head unit for a trip 8 hours away to deliver the car to my friend. When first paired, it worked fine. Most of the time no issues. But for some reason after one of the rest stops (turned car off) I ran into that issue. When you go into BT settings in the phone, the media option was grayed out.
Only way to fix it was to forget the device, and repair it. It happened a few times on the way over.
Now that my friend has the car, he has no issues and streams with his Moto Z.
I have another issue with my car. The phone connects to Bluetooth but I can't navigate thought my music folder within the car system. Previously I had no issue with S7 edge and iPhone 7 plus. This is driving me crazy considering that Android auto just sucks with music playback. Most of the time audio apps I use (Spotify / Google play music) seems to do not work properly.
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TT_Vert said:
I've done all of these and yes I did have the notification to update samsung connect which I did. Mine never shows media audio, just phone audio and contact syncing.
Dave
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I need to toggle off and on the bluetooth 2-3 times for it to connect to media audio. Call audio goes on every time, it is a pain to connect this way every time. It worked perfectly until the first Nougat update.
That certainly isn't the case for kia/hyundais and a few other cars produced around 2011-2014. What make/model is your car?
Did you resolve this? I think I might have seen your post in the samsung forums. I have a 2013 Optima with Nav and having the exact same issue. I've done everything in the samsung forums to no effect. TIA.
TT_Vert said:
Have this issue w/ the S7, note7 and now this s8+. The S5, S6 works, note5, etc. Exact same results with the phones that do not work.
In my other cars it works fine so I know its my Kia but I don't have any idea how I can rectify this. Called the tech at Kia and he said they've not tested the note 7 and may never as the car is a few years old so It looks like I'm on my own here. On my 2013 Kia optima w/ navi I do not get media audio so only BT that works is the phone. It will show the first song sometimes on pandora (Streaming audio, NOT pandora app radio) but never will update after that. All audio always comes from phone speaker. I can change songs from the stereo but that's it. Totally useless. Works fine in my other cars and my BT radio in my garage so it's a problem w/ my Kia but WTF?? My note 3, note 5 and S6 work just fine. Very disappointing. My wife is running android 6.x on her s6 and it works so it is not that.
I had a ticket into google on this for my note7 but they blamed samsung saying the ROM is fully customized by samsung. Samsung says it's googles issue.
Anyone else have this issue? Any suggested fixes?
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Yes, bluetooth auto connect
I have the same issue with a Civic. With S2, it paired fine, but contacts only synced like 200 of them. Music info displayed.
With S8, imports all contacts fine, syncs music fine, but no music metadata. I would like to see artist name, track and album on screen.
All apps I have tried do not work
My issue with the S8+ is that I cannot get my AppRadio 3 microphone to issue voice commands despite having all the correct settings for Google as near as I can figure. The head unit works fine on my LG G3. I cannot for the life of me figure out what the problem is. It's destroying the phone's usability.
Old thread but I was having the same issue and found a fix that's been working pretty reliably for me so I wanted to reply in case I can help anyone here.
I was having the problem with my g6 and Hyundai. Phone connects to call audio fine but media audio won't play through the car, I can see the song that's playing and even use steering wheel controls to change it but sound comes out of phone.
What I did. Disconnect from the car, connect to another Bluetooth speaker and play music through it. Connect to the cars Bluetooth and you should get a notification asking what device you want to play audio on, pick the car. Should work for about two weeks and then you'll have to repeat the process.
Hope this works for you guys as well.
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Old thread but I was having the same issue and found a fix that's been working pretty reliably for me so I wanted to reply in case I can help anyone here.
I was having the problem with my g6 and Hyundai. Phone connects to call audio fine but media audio won't play through the car, I can see the song that's playing and even use steering wheel controls to change it but sound comes out of phone.
What I did. Disconnect from the car, connect to another Bluetooth speaker and play music through it. Connect to the cars Bluetooth and you should get a notification asking what device you want to play audio on, pick the car. Should work for about two weeks and then you'll have to repeat the process.
Hope this works for you guys as well.
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I think Google has some things to fix with BT. Hopefully it is fixed in Oreo and above.
I've been a long time galaxy user. I have recently added the wireless buds and a galaxy watch to complete the trio. I have AT&T and they have a number sync feature, where they say you can leave your phone at home and your watch will pickup/receive calls & messages that go to your cell phone number. Neato. Additionally, I recently started running. Having mobile data on the watch makes it easier to listen to a service such as Spotify. Double Neato.
Now, how does all this work? I have my buds connected to the wearable app on my phone. If I leave for a run and say want to listen via my watch and leave the phone, should they switch automatically to the watch? Can they switch automatically to the watch? Can they be paired to more than one device or am I in a situation where every time I want to leave the phone, I have to unpair to phone and pair to the watch. I'm confused as to how it should all seamlessly work together.
-NVE
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The Buds can be paired to multiple things. Just not at once. Mine pair to my Sammy Smart TV at night so I can listen without waking the baby, and they're still paired with my phone. It shouldn't have an issue with transferring once the phone is out of range. If anything turn your bluetooth off on your phone before hand and it'll connect to the watch.
I have all 3 as well. S10+ (1tb), Frontier, and Buds
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The Buds can be paired to multiple things. Just not at once. Mine pair to my Sammy Smart TV at night so I can listen without waking the baby, and they're still paired with my phone. It shouldn't have an issue with transferring once the phone is out of range. If anything turn your bluetooth off on your phone before hand and it'll connect to the watch.
I have all 3 as well. S10+ (1tb), Frontier, and Buds
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I finally figured out how to get the buds paired to my phone AND my watch. I did have to turn off Bluetooth on my phone, but now they work pretty seamlessly between the devices. I just have to disable BT on my phone and on my watch connect them. I wish they would auto-connect to the watch, but I suppose it's a minor hassle.
-NVE
If enough of us complain about it, we might get that in an update. Seems like it would just be a software fix.
Mine works all paired no turning anything off.
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If enough of us complain about it, we might get that in an update. Seems like it would just be a software fix.
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I don't know. I've posted on the Samsung Community board. I've come across hundreds of posts regarding the connection issues with the buds. It makes NO SENSE, for whatever reason, having the phone a few feet away in your pocket results in such poor connection issues, but I can leave it on the counter and walk 40 feet across my apartment and experience ZERO issues. It's ridiculous.
-NVE
Tidbits said:
Mine works all paired no turning anything off.
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After I paired it to my phone and then my watch, I believe it can switch between the two if I go to settings and connect. But I find it easier to just turn off Bluetooth on my phone and pop my buds in to have them automatically connect to my watch.
-NVE
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I don't know. I've posted on the Samsung Community board. I've come across hundreds of posts regarding the connection issues with the buds. It makes NO SENSE, for whatever reason, having the phone a few feet away in your pocket results in such poor connection issues, but I can leave it on the counter and walk 40 feet across my apartment and experience ZERO issues. It's ridiculous.
-NVE
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I've been wondering about the connection issues myself, especially in pocket. I do a lot of farming (hemp) and I have my phone in my pocket or on my otterbox belt clip and it still breaks up no matter where it is.
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After I paired it to my phone and then my watch, I believe it can switch between the two if I go to settings and connect. But I find it easier to just turn off Bluetooth on my phone and pop my buds in to have them automatically connect to my watch.
-NVE
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My buds are only on when I want to listen to music. Other than that it's off.