I've had enough of the hassles with the BT headset, sometimes it works, sometimes it won't, poor reception, etc, so I'm selling it and using the earpiece that came with the 'phone - and what a good piece of kit it is, light good sound, handy jog dial. One feature I would like is to activate Voice Command from the call button on the headset - is this possible?
Yes it is..
The problem is; nobody knows how.. ..yet!
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OK i have both the xda2i and the mini s, i have only installed the O2 upgrades from them... i have never hacked or modded the units in any way. if i need to i will need complete idiot guides to do so. this is the thing that i have found on here a lot of posts assume you have some knowledge of hacking or reg editing etc. I have none what so ever.
currently i have tomtom 5 on the xda2i with a wired gps. i have been fine with this and a jabra BT205 for car use.
Press the button on the BT205 and i get the tomtom commands in the ear. I can answer calls and use it fine.
The thing it lacks is the voice dial.
I can also get music on the BT205 from WMP10 although very poor quality and listen tomtom5 at the same time.
I got the Mini s as an 'upgrade' on contract. I have used the BT205 0n it and its good, i can press the button and it brings up the voice dial which also works. The keyboard is good for txt etc.
I cant get the audio from wmp to play through the BT205
I have not transfered the tomtom 5 accross as this means i will need to buy a bluetooth gps and a new cradle for in car. also i like the larger screen on the xda 2i
Now this is what i want to be able to do for use on the motorbike.
I want to be able to listen to music at good quality
I want to be able to hear tomtom5 at the same time
I want to be able to make a call without having to take my helmet and gloves off so voice dial
I want to be able to receive calls again without taking off helmet and gloves
When i end a call i want the screen to go back to tomtom and the audio back to tt5 and wmp
Now bluetooth seems like a good idea. I have no problem if i can get a headset, stripping it and mounting it in the helmet with new buttons fitted so i can press just inside the helmet (i am an electronics engineer)
I had looked at using a wired system from the 2.5mm port on the units. but on my tests so far.
XDA2i
running wmp10 and tomtom 5 (tomtom 5 open on the display)
audio from both wmp10 and tt5 fine
making a call
press the green call button on the headphones and the phone opens press again and i can do last number redial, the audio switches from wmp10 and tt5 to the phone
press the red call end button the audio switches back to wmp10 and tt5. the screen back to tt5
receiving a call
audio switches from wmp10 and tt5 to phone ringing.
press green button and answer the call fine.
Press red button, call ends, screen goes back to tt5 audio to tt5 and wmp10.
On the mini s
I dont have tt5 on there so i cant do a full test. but running wmp i get the music through the earphones
press the talk button and the mini s does nothing, no voice dial, no phone screen no last number redial.
incoming call the audio switches from wmp to the phone ringing (very loud could do with a seperate level setting for headphones being used)
press the talk button and chat.
press talk button ends call and wmp audio comes back.
SO out of the two units the xda2i does the most i want to be able to do apart from the voice dial.
the advantage of using bluetooth is no wires to the helmet and only having to connect mini s or xda 2i for power. if i use a bluetooth gps.
the advantage of using a wired unit is at the moment i get the closest to what i want without much messing, i could also build a small audio mixer so i can use the same earphones and mic with rider to pillion or bike to bike radios.
If i go down the route of wired
is it possible to get a good voice dial program for the xda2i that will run when the green call button on the headphone connector is pressed.
is it possible to get the mini s to do the same as the XDA2i but using the voice dial when i press the talk button on the earphones.
If i goto bluetooth can i get a set up for either device to do my wish list??
Will the use of bluetooth gps effect a bluetooth headset.
I have looked at a lot of posts on here and lots have different elements of my problems but i just find each post seems to link to another and another and another.
I have looked at lots and lots of A2DP headsets and bluetooth devices but short of going and spening a lot of money i dont know if my ideas will work.
Thanks for takin the time to read i hope you can help.
Hi all,
I have a problem with MS Voice Command 1.6.
It 'sorta' works right now ... when I press the button on my BT headset (Motorola H700) it initiates the voice command on the Treo. However, the 'beep' is played from the treo speaker, not the BT headset. When I spoke the voice command, I must also speak to the Treo mic, not the BT headset. This sucks when you are in a noisy environment.
When the call is connected, it does go through the BT headset so that's good. But it's just when you want to initiate a voice command, you have to speak to the mic on the phone. All the announcements also come through the phone's speaker only, not the BT headset.
Has anybody found a fix to this?
Thanks in advance
Try deleting the headset and reacquiring it via bluetooth. I had to do this a couple of times before this corrected
Hmmm I've done it quite a few times already ... but I can try it again.
Mine does this too. If there is no fix, I will have to go back to the at&t one.
Removing and re-adding BT headset doesn't work. After doing some more homework, it seems like the problem is Treo 750, among a # of other phones (like Hermes) uses a BT stack that is incompatible with MS's and that is the reason why.
Searching on the Hermes site there IS actually a workaround which fixes half the problem.
To make long story short, after trying to fix recommended by that site, now I can speak to the BT headset to issue voice command.
Meaning, when I press the BT headset button, I hear the VC chime from my headset, not from the phone's speaker. And when I issue voice command I also speak to the BT headset, not the phone's mic.
What it doesn't fix, is notification STILL comes through the phone's speaker and not the BT headset, even with all the correct settings under MVC.
But I'm ok with that ... I can live with this.
number16 said:
Removing and re-adding BT headset doesn't work. After doing some more homework, it seems like the problem is Treo 750, among a # of other phones (like Hermes) uses a BT stack that is incompatible with MS's and that is the reason why.
Searching on the Hermes site there IS actually a workaround which fixes half the problem.
To make long story short, after trying to fix recommended by that site, now I can speak to the BT headset to issue voice command.
Meaning, when I press the BT headset button, I hear the VC chime from my headset, not from the phone's speaker. And when I issue voice command I also speak to the BT headset, not the phone's mic.
What it doesn't fix, is notification STILL comes through the phone's speaker and not the BT headset, even with all the correct settings under MVC.
But I'm ok with that ... I can live with this.
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you have a link to this fix???
Hi,
It's hard for me to even find a title that makes sense for this thread since I'm not a native English speaker. I struggled also on where to post this one, so i hope I did it right.
I've been searching for a better quality headset replacement for my Trophy since the HTC ones not only fall from one of my ears but the sound quality and isolation leaves a lot to be desired. That said, they at least have the functionality of controlling the volume and answer-end a call.
So actually I have 2 questions:
1) The HTC headset allows to answer/end a call plus volume control. Some Samsung focus users reported that they can skip tracks by double or triple pressing the answer button. Now I wonder if these functionalities are Hardware or OS dependant. Is there any documentation on what WP7 is capable of handling?
2) Does anyone know of a higher quality alternative to HTC's headset (wired), with at least the same functionality, but proved to work on HTC WP7 devices? (I've seen recommendations on Android HTCs but I rather not assume they work in WP7 devices, too much money to be wrong )
Thanks in advice
The best thing for you to do, would be to get a set of Bluetooth (A2DP) headphones. These will also include the microphone so you can listen to music, control the music player (skip track, play/pause, etc) and take calls.
With anything else except the HTC headset, I don't think you can do anything but listen to music.
EDIT: Another advantage of Bluetooth headset is universal compatibility- they'll work with just about any phone/computer with bluetooth
i would also recomend an bluehoot headset.
im using the nokia bluethoot stereo headset
http://www.pixmania.com/ch/de/2478328/art/nokia/bluetooth-stereo-headset.html
it works with calling, music scipping, play, pause
I'm using SE MW600 with mango and everything perfect,
able to control music, accept the incoming call, use voicecall, speed dial , display the caller-id and song name.
and the most important..
It's can use you own headphone.
http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/products/accessories/overview/mw600?lc=en&cc=us
ps. caller-id doesn't work in NoDo but work great in mango.
imotz said:
i would also recomend an bluehoot headset.
im using the nokia bluethoot stereo headset
http://www.pixmania.com/ch/de/2478328/art/nokia/bluetooth-stereo-headset.html
it works with calling, music scipping, play, pause
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Using the Nokia BH-503 and it works like a charm also.
For reference the headset I use is the Samsung SBH-650, it lets you use your own headphones too which is excellent for me as I wear glasses so the annoying neck-or-headband style that BT headphones normally are doesn't work for me
Thank you all for your replies.
I'm particularly interested in SE MW600 first and the Samsung SBH-650 as an alternative, because they allow you to use whatever headphones you like best. The first seems to have killer features, especially the display. The second seems to be cheaper, which is always good .
EDIT: Actually I've found the SE to be cheaper than the Samsung...
Perlnx said:
I'm using SE MW600 with mango and everything perfect,
able to control music, accept the incoming call, use voicecall, speed dial , display the caller-id and song name.
and the most important..
It's can use you own headphone.
http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/products/accessories/overview/mw600?lc=en&cc=us
ps. caller-id doesn't work in NoDo but work great in mango.
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What WP7 device do you got?
Just reporting back that the SE MW600 works like a charm just as Perlnx described.
Thanks for the advice!
Hi all,
well, problem is there since I purchased Huawei S7 Slim. I've tried it with several BT headsets and always the same problem.
It's paired and connected pretty fast, but when in call, other party can't hear me well while he is talking. It seems like tablet can't send my voice until other (incoming) voice is on. When other party stops talking I can talk and sound is sent normaly.
I've noticed this to be even bigger problem when other party is in some noisy place (on the street, listening to the music etc) and all those noises are sent as a sound to me, so everything I say gets muted (or in best case choppy).
Anyway, I can hear other party good, there is no problem in opposite direction, just outgoing voice get muted.
When I switch to speaker everything is good.
I've read somewhere that this is problem in Froyo, but my question is if anybody else got this problem and if there is some kind of solution. Wired headset works fine but I would like to get rid of it and move to BT.
Headset is Nokia BH 105, but I've tried BH 104 as well. Both headsets works just fine with other phones, and it seems to support A2DP, HSP etc
One more thing... when I try to listen music no sound comes to BT headset...
Hope I was clear with question and looking forward to your responses. Thanks in advance.
The G3 seems to use the phone mic, not the Bluetooth headset mic for all audio input. I don't recall having this issue with my S5. I know this used to be a huge android issue but I though they had this worked out. The issue is that when I hit the button on my Bluetooth headset to place a call or whatever, the G3 switches to the phone mic for input. The problem is that if your phone is in your pocket, it can't hear you. Can anyone confirm this? Does anyone know of a solution?
After trying just about every voice recognition and control app on the play store I think I can say with certainty that the only app that, on the G3, is able to use the microphone on a Bluetooth headset for input is the Google app. Unfortunately this is not the Google Now app, it's the older Google app which is limited to phone only calls via voice command and requires umpteen confirmations before your call is placed. I'm pretty sure this is an android limitation at this point and is in no way confined to the G3 alone. sigh...
Would this be a function of the make/model of Bluetooth device in any way?
I use google now, dialer pad, voice dial, etc. through my Plantronics earpieces (carry 3 for work, on phone a lot) with the g3 in my pocket, and I have no issues w/BT mic.
I use an LG tone Pro headset as well as the Sync function in my Ford Explorer and both work just fine when connected via BT. Also, I can use voice commands thru my LG G Watch, so I think you may have an issue related to your phone.
What have you "done" to it? Rooted? Xposed MODs? Etc..?