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Hey guys,
I've just got droid charge last week and I like everything about it (only after rooting and installing Gummycharged), but there is one huge problem for me. Well, it might be 2, but one of them is slightly better with Gummycharged and voodoo lagfix.
Here's the issue - I love listening to music in my car through bluetooth and until recently I've been using my Ipod touch 4g and it has been working flawlessly and music quality was great. Now, once I got the Droid Charge, I've noticed 2 things - every minute or 2 the songs would skip (interrupt), and the sound quality was pretty terrible (mainly with the high end - sounded like tweeters were being overloaded).
Rooting the phone helped with skipping - it now happens once in 10 minutes or so, so that's acceptable, however the sound quality is still pretty horrible. I've looked around on these forums and people had similar issues with quality with their stock phones and most people suggest CyanogenMod. I'm not all that familiar with what different ROMs are available for Charge, but as far as I can tell this one isn't. Does anyone know if there is way to fix/configure the quality of bluetooth transmission on this phone? Is there any mod I can install? Anyone having similar issues?
Any help is much appreciated!
FuriousOne said:
Hey guys,
I've just got droid charge last week and I like everything about it (only after rooting and installing Gummycharged), but there is one huge problem for me. Well, it might be 2, but one of them is slightly better with Gummycharged and voodoo lagfix.
Here's the issue - I love listening to music in my car through bluetooth and until recently I've been using my Ipod touch 4g and it has been working flawlessly and music quality was great. Now, once I got the Droid Charge, I've noticed 2 things - every minute or 2 the songs would skip (interrupt), and the sound quality was pretty terrible (mainly with the high end - sounded like tweeters were being overloaded).
Rooting the phone helped with skipping - it now happens once in 10 minutes or so, so that's acceptable, however the sound quality is still pretty horrible. I've looked around on these forums and people had similar issues with quality with their stock phones and most people suggest CyanogenMod. I'm not all that familiar with what different ROMs are available for Charge, but as far as I can tell this one isn't. Does anyone know if there is way to fix/configure the quality of bluetooth transmission on this phone? Is there any mod I can install? Anyone having similar issues?
Any help is much appreciated!
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Have you looked at this thread? It's more about disconnections, but the fix they list might help you, too.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1099603
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Have you looked at this thread? It's more about disconnections, but the fix they list might help you, too.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1099603
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Thanks, but the problem is more fundamental, I suppose. Looks like HTC and Samsung use some custom bluetooth code in their ROMs. Apparently it limits the bitpool value at 32, which makes the audio quality terrible over bluetooth. Surprisingly, everyone knows what the problem is but so far the only reported solution is the cyanogenmod.
Here's more about it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=708685
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=9888
Wow, nasty and long standing! Glad I didn't buy one of those headsets like I was going to. *sigh*
Hey guys,
I'm running GummyCharged 1.85 w/ the voodoo kernel (pbj) and also getting skips over bluetooth to my car stereo. It's seriously distracting and annoying. My Droid 2 worked flawlessly in this respect, but it seems like any time the Charge does any "thinking" it makes the BT audio skip.
Any hope of a fix for this?
My Charge is stock and I haven't had a chance to try the bluetooth audio streaming yet, but when I plug my phone into my car to listen to music through the aux jack it does the same thing, about once every song it skips. Seems odd. I'll try bluetooth today on my way to school and see what happens. You'd think with Bluetooth 3.0 on board the signal would be strong enough to stream decent quality music...
I can confirm this issue is there and in your face a lot. I tried it on the way to school (about a 40 minute ride), it skipped once or twice every few minutes, no big deal. The quality was acceptable for wireless transfer, nothing to write home about. Not a lot of low end, and just a hint of static and slightly over-boosted highs. However I tried it again on the way home once I realized I had forgotten my aux cable, and it skipped so often I just switched to FM. It was so annoying. I can confirm your suspicions that it seems to happen when the phone is trying to do something. Switching towers, background apps, turning on data and checking traffic with Google Maps really freaked it out, but it was fine once I was done. Kinda sucks for those who wish to use the feature regularly.
Update?
I have a droid charge, and the bluetooth streaming quality really sucks, like the OP pointed out, highs are really bad.
Tried with my friends iphone and it worked flawlessly.
CyanogenMod is still unavailable for the droid charge as far as I can tell.
Is there any other fix that anyone has found that will fix the bluetooth sound quality when streaming music?
Any help or places to look is appreciated.
I noticed this today when watching some mkv files through BS Player and MX Player. When playing a movie, I hear a beeping or sqeaking sound every couple of seconds while the video is being played. The interfering sound remains present when I turn the volume all the way down to zero. It sounds like a quiet "beep......beep.....beeeeep...........beep...beep...........beep......beeeep.......beep." and goes on continuously until I pause the video. Is anyone else experiencing this?
Ok, so I've tried multiple headphones and earbuds with the same results. Anyone else hear some squeaking / beeping background noises, even with the volume down to vibrate? It is quite distracting...
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Ok, so I've tried multiple headphones and earbuds with the same results. Anyone else hear some squeaking / beeping background noises, even with the volume down to vibrate? It is quite distracting...
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Yeah, but I ignore it. My animu is turned up loud so I barely notice it.
I thought it was strange ,but my samsung galaxy SII also does this so I think its the wifi attenna
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I turned off both Wifi and Bluetooth; the problem still exists. I can still clearly hear the electronic squeals at normal listening levels that are moderately loud. One of the reasons I purchased the Infinity was to use as a portable entertainment device including movie watching. I hope this is something that is fixable or I will need to return the tablet. It is a shame because other than this highly distracting interference, the audio sounds great.
Hello, I'm having the same problem, it's a more or less static noise/hum from the hardware. I have two great inear-headphones. Triple.Fi 10 and Westone 4. It's especially audible on on my tripple.fi which are very sensitive. I get none of this interference from my Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 or my iPhone 4.
I bought my TF700T in Sweden and have installed the latest update V.9.4.5.26
The thing is, if I pause my movie or music the noise goes away after a little while, It's quite obvious the system is shutting off the output when there is noting playing. I even tried this without headphones connected, putting my ear next to the speaker on the back, pausing my music/movie and I can clearly hear noise then after awhile it goes silent, the same as with the headphones.
Is there anyone else with this problem?
Is this common for Android and or ASUS/Transformer devices? Is there anything that can be done or should I return it and by another tablet instead?
Just to mention I'm having the same problem. And I'm fairly convinced that it is linked with microSD because when I watch stuff from internal memory there is no issue but when Iwatch movies or listen to musicfrom the SD, it does this beep.
And I won't even try to contact ASUS about this because I'm fairly sure they'll just deny the issue and tell me my 4 pairs of earbud all have the same flaw... which is starting to make me sick.
I hope this is software and gets fixed anytime soon. (BTW, I think it appeared with firmware .26 so it should go away)
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Just to mention I'm having the same problem. And I'm fairly convinced that it is linked with microSD because when I watch stuff from internal memory there is no issue but when Iwatch movies or listen to musicfrom the SD, it does this beep.
And I won't even try to contact ASUS about this because I'm fairly sure they'll just deny the issue and tell me my 4 pairs of earbud all have the same flaw... which is starting to make me sick.
I hope this is software and gets fixed anytime soon. (BTW, I think it appeared with firmware .26 so it should go away)
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Actually, I can almost *guarantee* that Asus support will tell you to do a factory reset - that is their solution to everything! Personally, I haven't used my headphone jack yet - I'll find some earbuds and report my findings though.
EDIT: Tested my headphone jack and didn't hear *any* interference at all - tried listening to music, playing games, watching videos - all sounded fine to me... I am using the Volume+ app to boost both the speaker and headphone volume, but that shouldn't matter...
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Isn't there more people that can here the static hum with sensitive earphones and when listening with your ear on the back side speaker?
It is microsd
Very timely topic (at least for me) as I just noticed it today.
But as someone above mentioned it is related to microsd. I have ran exactly the same video off of microsd and then copied it locally off the tablet. The beep sound every 30secs-1minute completely went away. I have never noticed this with video streamed off online. So my conclusion is indeed due to video running from microsd. Though it is of uncertain why the case as microsd card slot seemed good distant away.
I'm having the same issue while watching MKV's and AVI's from microSD Slot, I haven't tried from internal yet, but it's very annoying to say the least, I first had the prime, returned it and bought the Infinity because of hardware issues. Now this, Jeeeez
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I'm having the same issue while watching MKV's and AVI's from microSD Slot, I haven't tried from internal yet, but it's very annoying to say the least, I first had the prime, returned it and bought the Infinity because of hardware issues. Now this, Jeeeez
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+1 on playing music from micro sd. No problem with internal storage or streaming music.
Argh. I can't believe this, I am hearing it too. Seems to only happen when reading media off the external microSD card.
This could be a deal breaker for me, I might be returning this tablet.
Tybalt said:
Argh. I can't believe this, I am hearing it too. Seems to only happen when reading media off the external microSD card.
This could be a deal breaker for me, I might be returning this tablet.
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So I moved my music to internal storage and will use microsd for data. Solved the problem, but I wonder what has caused it in the first place?
Would the type of memory card used cause something like this or just the hardware of the tablet microcard reader? I'm using an older 8gig card that came with my phone from 2yr ago. I don't hear this coming from my bt headset. Just the wired ones.
Doesn't beep for me. Playin goff SD, MicroDS and internal memory are all beep-free in MX, BS and VLC. tried it with a bluetooth headset, Sennheiser hd205 and the apple earphones.
Are any of you using volume boosters, by any chance?
Yes, I get a loud buzz listening with headphones that stops a bit after the audio source ends.
Glad I came across this - I just posted a new thread about this issue.
But I'm definitely having the same problem. Did anyone find a solution?
Does everyone hear it nonstop if you drag/seek a video? It's almost like its interference from the tablet computing
ShadowLea said:
Doesn't beep for me. Playin goff SD, MicroDS and internal memory are all beep-free in MX, BS and VLC. tried it with a bluetooth headset, Sennheiser hd205 and the apple earphones.
Are any of you using volume boosters, by any chance?
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It's a really subtle beep...could you try running some HD video files off your tablet microsd slot and using plugged in jack headphones? Also try jumping around the video file
I've seen that there are others with this same issue: Popping and crackling sounds while listening to MP3, whether listen to a song or even notification sounds that are MP3. Does not matter if coming from external sd or from internal. Streaming audio is find (Pandora, Sirius, YouTube). As there are a lot of people acknowledging this problem, no one seems to have any solution or idea of what it is. Speaker, BT and headphones all have the "noise". I've seen warranty replacements that still have the same problem, software updates by carriers that after the update, still have the issue. Has anyone else had this continous problem as I have, and anyone know of a solution?
Yep and their is an easy solution, though its better to wait for a fix. Its been fixed in the international version already. It seems to happen because even though the audio player is running, the phone is on the lowest CPU speed and put the audio not as an important task.
I'm running SetCPU and I've tried changing the lowest setting to as high as 1100, it still didn't fix it. All that did was get the phone super hot!!!
Still no one else with this issue on here? It did it on stock right out of the box, All of Synergy ROMs, IMO kernels to date, and BEANS 5 & 6. And Samsung and Verizon say there is nothing wrong with the device. Anybody else having anything similar at all?
Its not just us, some people may not notice it. Its their, and its been on almost every Android phone.
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Its not just us, some people may not notice it. Its their, and its been on almost every Android phone.
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Thanks for the reply. I knew I wasn't imagining it. Every notification I get, even my ringtone has it.
I am also having the same problem. Headphones plugged in (NOT the stock ones, one with a TRS plug, not a TRRS plug) and I get the dreaded crackling noise...when I have the USB cable plugged in to the PC (not sure about the wall yet). When I unplug it, the crackling/popping stops immediately. Plug it back in, starts up again. So that's definitely it for me. Do you have it plugged in USB to your PC or wall when this happens or no?
For your information.
-Unrooted, it only has the Aviate launcher but this thing has been going on weeks before it.
-No cellular service(I am using it only at WiFi. It is like as if it were an iPod touch.)
-Happens in videos, YouTube daily motion etc.
-Only when using earphones.
Hey forum! I once again bring up another problem with my Nexus 5. I had it for 60ish days, and this thing has only been occurring for a few weeks. It is this annoying sound which occurs when I plug my headphones and watch some YouTube videos. Initially I thought it was my headphones, but I used two and found that the problem was the same. I believe it is definitely my Nexus 5, but I do not know why and how. It is a pest to me which I want to exterminate, and I gladly could use some help. Is this worthy enough to send back and get a new device? If so, what do I need to be aware of (additional charges, if I can ask for a new color etc).
I found this video which has strong resemblance to my problem only his occurs on speaker. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XZSef6fuKU&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Thank you for your help,
EL
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I'm having the same issue on my N5 (stock, rooted). I've been searching online, but have yet to find an explanation or solution. I'll report back here if that changes.
Hopefully somebody else on this forum can chime in with some useful information.
I'm getting an annoying buzzing through my headphone jack as well. Noticed it more when playing through my car stereo. I'm inclined to say it's software related, not hardware. Hopefully in 4.4.3 there will be something that will take care of it. I can't see the hardware degrading that quickly, i've only had my phone for less than 4 months and this issue is just starting.
So I think I solved this problem on my phone. Before, I was having glitchy hiccups at least once per song. This hasn't happened once in the past two days since I went into the xposed module gravitybox and disabled "More music volume steps." Hopefully this helps someone else or perhaps inspires them to their own solution.
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So I think I solved this problem on my phone. Before, I was having glitchy hiccups at least once per song. This hasn't happened once in the past two days since I went into the xposed module gravitybox and disabled "More music volume steps." Hopefully this helps someone else or perhaps inspires them to their own solution.
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I do have more music steps in the ROM settings I changed, but not on Gravity Box. I'll have to see if those are possibly a cause.
I have the same issue but also when playing music using the internal speakers of the phone. It happens when playing music with Spotify and YouTube but I do not think it ever happened to ingame music of any game.
I will also try the XPosed module and report back if it worked..
Edit: Using this tweak of GravityBox did not work for me. The buzzing continues
everyone with this problem
does it only happen when you have the phone plugged into a car or home charger?
i have always gotten this on all my android phones when charging and listening to music in my car or with headphones.. its just one of those things that happens because all the components inside our phones arent shielded as well as they should be
It does not has anything to do with the charger because it happens without it plugged in
Does anyone have updates on the issue? It still occurs on my phone, even on Android L. So I guess it cannot be a software issue
Mine does this all the time when I'm watching videos on YouTube on speaker or headphone... On every ROM from stock to slimkat (using now) and sometimes through the music player. I'm guessing it's some sort of WiFi interference?
My newly acquired Nexus 5 also suffers from this issue
It's exactly the same as in the video. And I don't know why, it's more apparent when watching youtube videos, and much less common when listening to music (both locally with Poweramp and while streaming with Spotify).
I also can confirm this has nothing to do with the device being in charge or not.
Help??
I'm going to buy Nexus 5 soon and that issue sounds really bad to me. Any more information about it? I listen to music on my phone every day and I'd be really disappointed if the noise happened to me.
For me that issue stills persists after over half a year of owning the Nexus 5. I tried several ROMs, some Audio Mods. Nothing helped. I guess it must be a hardware issue.
I wrote a ticket about it to LG, but never got an answer. Since there is not much discussion about it in the internet it appears like it is only an issue with a small amount of devices. So if you are going to buy one the chances are low to get this bug.
You are probably right but when I consider my luck, I still get worried. Keeping my fingers crossed though Thanks for an update.
i think all nexus 5 devices have it, but not everybody notices it.
from my experience with various brands, as much as i dislike them as a company, but samsung has the best headphone jack sound output.
rayiskon said:
i think all nexus 5 devices have it, but not everybody notices it.
from my experience with various brands, as much as i dislike them as a company, but samsung has the best headphone jack sound output.
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I see. I'm not a big fan of Samsung either, I had some phones from them and I didn't really like those Also for comparision, HTC Desire Z's sound that was coming from the minijack output was perfect for me on my Soundmagic PL11 buds (I'm not an audiophile).
I need to get a new phone anyway and Nexus 5 seems to be something I was looking for - cheap, powerful and comes with Full HD screen. Even if headphone jack isn't going to work well...
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I see. I'm not a big fan of Samsung either, I had some phones from them and I didn't really like those Also for comparision, HTC Desire Z's sound that was coming from the minijack output was perfect for me on my Soundmagic PL11 buds (I'm not an audiophile).
I need to get a new phone anyway and Nexus 5 seems to be something I was looking for - cheap, powerful and comes with Full HD screen. Even if headphone jack isn't going to work well...
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The headphone jack on the N5 works well, i listen to music through my phone almost on a daily basis, so you don't have to worry about that, but i've come across the glitch linked in OP several times, and it can be reproduced. it doesn't just appear out of nowhere.
i had have this issue from when i bought my device
Annoying buzz and static noise but ya live with it ,regard's joe.
since upgrading to lollipop i can notice this sound glitch (while listening to music over headphones) more often, it occurs once in every 10min for sure... it's really annoying
I hope it's not placebo, but for me, since the lollipop upgrade, I haven't noticed this noise. I've even been listening to more music than before, as this quite got on my nerves, but now it seems to be gone.
Several months ago I got an Insignia Alarm Clock/Speaker from Best Buy. It was $20 bucks - a total steal! It sounded great and has been working fine.
However, in the last week, whenever I play music from my tablet or phone every the music will skip or stutter. I have not done anything new to the tablet or speaker that would cause this (that I know of). The phone seems to play the music for longer before there's an issue, but not by much. Weirdly, I've noticed it's more prone to dropping out during a quiet lull in the music. I listen to a lot of instrumental music and whenever one instrument is playing alone, like a piano, it almost seems like the speaker mutes itself inbetween notes. It's hard to explain and super bizarre.
I've tried restarting the speaker, the tablet, reconnecting the Bluetooth - nothing has worked so far. My tablet is fairly old - a Galaxy Tab S - but my phone is a brand new Pixel 3 XL. It'd be odd if the speaker was failing already, but at least it'd be some kind of explanation. It's driving me bonkers. I can post some recordings of what I'm hearing if that will help anyone understand what I mean.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
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Several months ago I got an Insignia Alarm Clock/Speaker from Best Buy. It was $20 bucks - a total steal! It sounded great and has been working fine.
However, in the last week, whenever I play music from my tablet or phone every the music will skip or stutter. I have not done anything new to the tablet or speaker that would cause this (that I know of). The phone seems to play the music for longer before there's an issue, but not by much. Weirdly, I've noticed it's more prone to dropping out during a quiet lull in the music. I listen to a lot of instrumental music and whenever one instrument is playing alone, like a piano, it almost seems like the speaker mutes itself inbetween notes. It's hard to explain and super bizarre.
I've tried restarting the speaker, the tablet, reconnecting the Bluetooth - nothing has worked so far. My tablet is fairly old - a Galaxy Tab S - but my phone is a brand new Pixel 3 XL. It'd be odd if the speaker was failing already, but at least it'd be some kind of explanation. It's driving me bonkers. I can post some recordings of what I'm hearing if that will help anyone understand what I mean.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
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Try booting to recovery and wipe the cache partition, if that doesn't solve the issue then the issue is deeper or it might be because the speaker has low quality hardware/software(doubtful, but possible). More than likely, it's something else that you have installed on the device(s) causing this. You can try booting your phone or tablet into "safe mode", this mode only loads the preinstalled app that came with the device, if the issue is not present while in safe mode, then you know it's caused by something that you installed. If it is still present while booted into safe mode, then it might be caused by something that came pre-installed on the device running in the background, youd have to start experimenting by disabling system apps until you find the culprit causing the issue.
NOTE: Disabling system apps can cause serious issues with device functionality so be careful which ones you disable.
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