I have the AT&T Galaxy S II Skyrocket and my phone used to auto-connect to my car via bluetooth without any problem, even after upgrading to ICS in early July. All of sudden since yesterday a problem has popped up: whenever I start the car, the car's control panel shows "bluetooth connection successful" or something similar, and then the car audio system switches into the talk mode as if the phone is in the mid of a phone call. Of course I am not in the middle of any phone call. So there is no audio heard (no radio, no cd playing, etc). I try to press the button on the car's panel to disconnect the call but it always returns to that talk mode. After some tests I find out that if I make any phone call, the call will be disconnected immediately and the status of my car's panel returns to normal. But next time when I start the car, the issue appears again until I make any phone call.
At the beginning I thought something was wrong with my car. Then I tried two other phones: one was iphone 3G, and the other was an old htc magic with android 2.2. Both of their bluetooth systems worked well with my car. So I believe it is something wrong with the Galaxy phone. However I am not sure what could be the problem exactly.
My phone is not rooted.
Any help is highly appreciated!
Have you tried unpairing the skyrocket and your car? Sometimes you just need to break the connection and set it up again.
Reported questions go in q&a and there are threads on Bluetooth issues
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Firedcylinder said:
Have you tried unpairing the skyrocket and your car? Sometimes you just need to break the connection and set it up again.
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Yes I have unpaired the connection, restarted the phone and the car, and paired them again. But the problem persists.
Today I tried my wife's iphone 4 with the car the didn't see any problem. I am pretty sure there is something fishy with the phone.
lik88888 said:
I have the AT&T Galaxy S II Skyrocket and my phone used to auto-connect to my car via bluetooth without any problem, even after upgrading to ICS in early July. All of sudden since yesterday a problem has popped up: whenever I start the car, the car's control panel shows "bluetooth connection successful" or something similar, and then the car audio system switches into the talk mode as if the phone is in the mid of a phone call. Of course I am not in the middle of any phone call. So there is no audio heard (no radio, no cd playing, etc). I try to press the button on the car's panel to disconnect the call but it always returns to that talk mode. After some tests I find out that if I make any phone call, the call will be disconnected immediately and the status of my car's panel returns to normal. But next time when I start the car, the issue appears again until I make any phone call.
At the beginning I thought something was wrong with my car. Then I tried two other phones: one was iphone 3G, and the other was an old htc magic with android 2.2. Both of their bluetooth systems worked well with my car. So I believe it is something wrong with the Galaxy phone. However I am not sure what could be the problem exactly.
My phone is not rooted.
Any help is highly appreciated!
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Common problem:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1630021
Also look in the last couple of pages here, there is some explanation for it.:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1701189
While driving bluetooth stops or some time lag voice if wifi is on. same issue noticed without wifi enable also but very less.
It seems whenever wifi changes to different network or connects or disconnects bluetooth is loosing or lagging voice.
Where as if i put it on speaker i can hear sound from speaker. I tried 5-6 different bluetooth and having same issue. i got replacement of phone also but same issue with new phone also. I could verify with older phone and it seems issue is only with Idol 3. Is any one else facing similar issue?
I tested this using a Bluetooth headset, and I am unable to replicate it. Turning WiFi on and off has no noticeable effect on playback via a the Bluetooth headset. Unfortunately , I have no way to test this while driving .
stl1859 said:
I tested this using a Bluetooth headset, and I am unable to replicate it. Turning WiFi on and off has no noticeable effect on playback via a the Bluetooth headset. Unfortunately , I have no way to test this while driving .
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This issue is mainly happening while driving. It seems like while driving phone tries to goes from LTE to different modes and same with wifi as it tries to connect to different wifi. In this process it starts to lags voice on bluetooth and in few cases sound get disconnected.
Are you listening to music on your phone or streaming?
I haven't had any issues while driving using both Google music and slacker. Those are the only two streaming apps i use tho. I leave my Wi-Fi on all day. My deck is a Bluetooth pioneer unit, though the model number escapes me at the moment. I'm on T-Mobile BTW.
I don't drive anymore but I stream Rhapsody overnight onto my BT speakers and it never has conked out on me yet. There was one time I did lose the BT connection to the speakers before I did the factory reset but no issues with the BT since.
Issue is not with listenting music, it is during call through bluetooth while driving and having wifi and bluetooth both on.
OK I'll test that later on today. How often/with what frequency does it happen to you?
psu2fan said:
OK I'll test that later on today. How often/with what frequency does it happen to you?
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Almost 2 out of 3 attempts i am having this issue. even now in home i started call on bluetooth when wifi was off, then just put wifi one during call and voice from bluetooth started to get blurry and then other party could not hear me. and i had to disable wifi and then disable bluetooth and then on bluetooth again in phone.
Seems like issue is happening when phone is trying to connect to wifi and call is on bluetooth...
airplane mode on, wifi and blutooth on, LG HBS700 oem + netflix = audio lag. firmware update did not help. not ready to switch from s4 just too many quirks.
pepper454 said:
airplane mode on, wifi and blutooth on, LG HBS700 oem + netflix = audio lag. firmware update did not help. not ready to switch from s4 just too many quirks.
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I do not have Netflix - but I tested with HBO Go - and YouTube - with airplane mode , WiFi and Bluetooth - And I am not seeing any audio lag - or audio interruption when switching from speakers to Bluetooth mid session. I am using Arctic P253BT headphones.
Alright I did a call today. It was only 5 minutes long but didn't notice anything. I'll try doing what you did starting a call in my driveway and turn WiFi on/off repeatedly at various time intervals.
I got replacement, but i can still see the issue with new phone also...
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I got replacement, but i can still see the issue with new phone also...
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Sorry, my testing is put on hold as I had to send the device in to get a new screen (cracked). I couldn't get it done before because my wife kept stealing my car
I'm having kinda' the same problem. The thing is everytime I connect/disconnect there's a general lag in the phone! after one minute or so, it starts working ok
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I'm having kinda' the same problem. The thing is everytime I connect/disconnect there's a general lag in the phone! after one minute or so, it starts working ok
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It's possible the bluetooth is unreliable because the phone gets busy as you indicated...I posted a couple of apps in the idol 3 apps section that help reduce lag and may help this...
Something I've done has made my bluetooth totally unreliable....whether linked to car or home phone system I can answer...talk for a few seconds and then it transfers the call back to the cell instead of the bluetooth device. I'll have to go back through my backups and find a version that doesn't do this.
I have demonstrated the same effect with my bt device (lg). When switching wifi networks bt microphone stop receiving so other party cannot hear me and the audio begins to break up and lag. I can switch off bt then back on and am fine till next wifi switchover. I was hoping the update from Alcatel would address this, was not the case. ;(
I also had the same kind of issue while listening music in car using Bluetooth, strangely it is happening when the WiFi try to connect to open WiFi available. And when that open WiFi is not able give internet accesses, then the phone just get stuck for some time. I have these issues frequently I need to restart my phone
I just purchase Alcatel Onetouch Idol 3 and and am having similar problem. I had a Plantronics M50 connected and people complained that I was breaking up and they couldn't hear me and it happened on my end sometimes too. When I'm calling someone, the ring will be normal at the beginning of the ring and then it will fad out at the end of the ring. Store rep told me this was normal. Has never done it with any of my other phones. Bought another bluetooth to try to determine if it was the bluetooth or the phone. Bought the Plantronics E50 and the same thing happens. Alcatel says it's the bluetooth and Plantronics says it's the phone. Betty at Alcatel also says the Plantronics bluetooth are not compatible with the Alcatel, however, the store sells the Plantronics Marque II to use with the Alcatel. Anyone have any suggestions or having the same problem?
I'm having the problem in car on bluetooth where the caller sounds like they are underwater and garbled and I'm told I do too. It comes and goes, very frustrating. I tested another Android and no problem.
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I just purchase Alcatel Onetouch Idol 3 and and am having similar problem. I had a Plantronics M50 connected and people complained that I was breaking up and they couldn't hear me and it happened on my end sometimes too. When I'm calling someone, the ring will be normal at the beginning of the ring and then it will fad out at the end of the ring. Store rep told me this was normal. Has never done it with any of my other phones. Bought another bluetooth to try to determine if it was the bluetooth or the phone. Bought the Plantronics E50 and the same thing happens. Alcatel says it's the bluetooth and Plantronics says it's the phone. Betty at Alcatel also says the Plantronics bluetooth are not compatible with the Alcatel, however, the store sells the Plantronics Marque II to use with the Alcatel. Anyone have any suggestions or having the same problem?
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There's a problem with the phone. It happened after the last Android update. My bluetooth was fine until marshmallow. It's so bad I went back to my Galaxy S4. I loved the Idol for just about everything, but horrible bluetooth. People can't hear you, it's a deal breaker.
I'm not sure when this issue started exactly but I've noticed that when using bluetooth both at home (I have a set of cordless phones with bluetooth link) and when linked to my two automobiles both receiving and initiating calls after a few seconds of conversation the phone suddenly switches to using the microphone and earphone instead of the bluetooth connection. This has occured with wifi on and off...in 3g and 2g areas....while tethering and not....etc....seems to be consistant with the device and I don't recall it doing it in the past so I'm wondering if the most recent 6045i update to ue40 might be part of the problem....in any case I'm looking for suggestions of apps or settings changes that might help with the bluetooth. I should mention I've also had music playing in the car drop at random intervals or at least I stop being able to hear it. This was playing local content so it wasn't a streaming issue.
So I have a Vodafone s8+ that I got just a month ago. I just downloaded an update that they sent out a night or 2 ago (Android 8.0.0, Samsung Experience 9.0, build # R16NW.G955FXXu1CRB7) and since then I have been having periodic problems with the microphone:
Google Assistant does not hear me (acts as if I am constantly talking loudly but no discernible words)
Samsung voice recorder records loud static with no actual input from the mic
Trying to use the voice keyboard fails, not recognizing any speech
phone calls (normal; I'm not talking about speakerphone) work without difficulty (making a phone call actually "resets" the microphone so other problems disappear for 60-90 seconds whereupon the former problems reassert themselves) (the phone call doesn't have to actually go through - I can make the call and immediately hang up before talking and the "reset" still happens)
using a wired headset works without any difficulty
Rebooting causes the mic to work normally for 60-90 seconds
Rebooting in safe mode causes the mic to work until I leave safe mode
Using a BT headset works fine and has the same "reset" effect where the phone mic continues to work after I disconnect BT for about 60-90 seconds before the same mic problems reassert themselves
I am not 100% certain that the update is the cause. I had a malfunctioning BT headset at about the same time - obviously I am no longer using the headset and it is not connected (it is *off* and out of range) when the problems are occurring
I'm trying to figure out when I'm connected to Android Auto on my pixel 7 pro why the animation doesn't come up on my phone. it happened towards the end of my s22 ultra as well. I used to be able to receive a call or make a call out and it shows the animation on my phone but it no longer does that. I used to be able to change it from the car to my handset but I'm not able to do that either. Like tonight I was out of my car and my phone rang and I could hear it on my phone but I could not answer my phone at all because I was connected to Bluetooth and Android Auto.
I'm not on the phone often enough to remember or notice how it may have changed for me, although in my case just recently my sister called me while I was driving, so we talked for a while, then when I arrived home and got out of the car, I knew that my phone would temporarily stay connected to the car for a short while after, so I just turned off my Bluetooth - and confirmed that I still had my phone connection with my sister by talking. Then when I got in the house, I turned Bluetooth back on and put in my Pixel Buds A-series.
I know previously when connected to some other non-Android Auto Bluetooth device that I don't mean to be while on the phone, of course, I can launch the Phone interface (by pressing on the bubble or status-bar in-call indicator / I assume that's the animation you're referring to) and then choose among my available speaker/microphone choices with a drop-down menu where it indicates I'm currently connected via Bluetooth, but I think it's normal that doesn't show up while on a call through Android Auto.