Car Bluetooth & Fascinate with ICS - General Questions and Answers

Hi All. I recently upgraded my samsung fascinate to aokp ms6. Everything was working great, until I paired to the bluetooth in my car. A was able to pair it correctly, but right away I knew something was wrong, because the signal strength on the car display kept jumping from full bars to no bars. On calls, the audio is extremely distorted - very echoy and robotic, and the other end hears it too.
I tried a few other variants of ICS (THS, AOKP w/ Devil, Gummy) and they all did the same thing. However, I just happened to have a new S3 from work running stock ICS, and that connected and sounded just fine.
Any suggestions on trying to the bluetooth sounding okay? I'd really like to stick with ICS on the fassy, felt like a completely new phone once it was on there, but this one issue is really a deal-breaker for me right now.
Thanks in advance.

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Interference with bluetooth voice calls

I always use my bluetooth headset when talking to family and friends(due to the length of time, hate holding phone). Since, I switched from my nexus one people have griped about the interference/noise they hear when I'm on my bluetooth headset. It is not my BT headset as I've tried a few(motorola S305, and two smaller bluetooth earpieces), all of which exhibit the noise. I was wondering if anyone else has had this problem ?
Running the Galaxy S I9000 ROM rooted.
Everyone complains about hearing me whenever I try to use a headset. Seems like the stack sucks or the radio is terrible.
Got the same problem. My bluetooth calls are loud and clear on my side, but everyone on the other side complains about static noice and I sound very distant.
I tried the original ATT rom (stock unrooted) and the most current 2.1 that is available for download. No difference.
Any ideas what to try to remedy this?
I haven't noticed anything like this on my Motorola S9-HD headset.
I have noticed sometimes it will cut the music every once in a while, whereas my iPhone never did.
konawayne said:
I always use my bluetooth headset when talking to family and friends(due to the length of time, hate holding phone). Since, I switched from my nexus one people have griped about the interference/noise they hear when I'm on my bluetooth headset. It is not my BT headset as I've tried a few(motorola S305, and two smaller bluetooth earpieces), all of which exhibit the noise. I was wondering if anyone else has had this problem ?
Running the Galaxy S I9000 ROM rooted.
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This is a known issue with the I9000 ROM... Bluetooth doesn't work well for some...
I'm running the stock rom... is that the I9000 rom?
None of my friends have mentioned such a problem when i've called them, although I've only made bluetooth calls a couple of times (including on the bus and at home).
Using after-market Nokia BH-503s.
I'm definately seeing the same problem on the stock rom. Not as bad as athe I9000 ROM but still bad enough for them to complain. Seems like it's made worse by the different roms/kernels we've been flashing but there's definately a problem.
wpb2 said:
I haven't noticed anything like this on my Motorola S9-HD headset.
I have noticed sometimes it will cut the music every once in a while, whereas my iPhone never did.
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I'm seeing similar symptoms, except my music cuts out every 30 seconds or so. My setup is a Kensington iPhone adapter connected through aux input in my car with an Anycom FIPO on the iPhone adapter (it converts the iPhone/iPod adapter into a bluetooth receiver). I then stream from my Captivate to the adapter and it works fine except that it cuts out every 30 seconds. Did you ever figure out how to fix it?
UPDATE: Just wanted to add that I figured out what was causing my problem: having Wifi turned on. Once I turned it off, my bluetooth streaming worked beautifully, with no hiccups.
Still have a problem with this. Stopped using my BT headset completely... sucks having this thing stuck to my head for calls.
I have encountered several problems:
Party can not hear me at all; though I can hear fine.
Party hears tinny sound to my voice.
Headset disconnects while playing music.
Using a Motorokr S9-HD. Works fine with Samsung A-737.
I too have the static problem. This phone sounds wonderful on my end, but everyone complains that that can't hear me! This is so far the only complaint I have.... I hope someone will have a fix, or come up with something.
I have this problem too !

[Q] Bluetooth Audio Quality Issues Fix?

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.

Bluetooth problems

I've been having bluetooth problems with this phone since day 1 & I'm wondering if it's just my phone or if anyone else is having the same experience. No matter what rom or headset I use, I get a craptastic connection. I don't have any problems pairing devices, but I can't get 10 feet away from the phone without it disconnecting and I can't even turn my head without the audio cutting out. It also randomly disconnects for no reason & sometimes won't reconnect until I reboot. This has happened with every rom I've tried & every headset too. I've bought & returned multiple headsets thinking it was just my Blueant, but it happens with every one.
Could I have a faulty unit or does the bluetooth on this phone really suck this bad? I listen to podcasts & music all day long at work so I need to have a decent connection. Opinions needed please.
I think it may be a bad phone.
I have and used the following bluetooth devices:
Plantronics 590A
Jawbone Icon and Era
BlueAnt S4 which I use in the car. And auto connects before I sit down to drive when I have it on.
Sony Ericsson MW600
And Jabra Pro 9470 (office phone setup that connects to my phone via bt)
All connects without a problem. Have you done a titanium backup and perform a factory reset? And after the reset use titanium backup to restore app and data only and leave the system settings alone. You can restore the wifi stuff if you like. From there that's like a fresh install. Hope that works for you.
Yeah I've done many, many wipes & fresh installs & nothing helps. I don't have any problems connecting, I just have problems STAYING connected & listening to audio. It cuts out constantly without me even touching the phone. I've never had such shoddy bluetooth on any other device.
*sigh* Looks like I may be doing an exchange...
kabuk1 said:
Yeah I've done many, many wipes & fresh installs & nothing helps. I don't have any problems connecting, I just have problems STAYING connected & listening to audio. It cuts out constantly without me even touching the phone. I've never had such shoddy bluetooth on any other device.
*sigh* Looks like I may be doing an exchange...
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Well before leaving the store...if you are going to a brick and mortar to do the exchange, bring the bt headset with you and try it out there and try to replicate the problem with a new phone.
I do not have range problems but I don't usually have my phone more than 5 ft way from me when talking on it via bt.
I have a replacement on the way for bluetooth problems,people complained of a horrid background noise and the range was maybe 8 feet before major static would kick in
Macklessdaddy said:
I have a replacement on the way for bluetooth problems,people complained of a horrid background noise and the range was maybe 8 feet before major static would kick in
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My BT sounds like crap! People say it sounds like I'm in a wind tunnel or they can't hear me that well, when they speak to me it cuts in and out.
This is when I connect to my Parrot BT in my truck. I know its not the Parrot system because my HD2 works fine with it.
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My BT sounds like crap! People say it sounds like I'm in a wind tunnel or they can't hear me that well, when they speak to me it cuts in and out.
This is when I connect to my Parrot BT in my truck. I know its not the Parrot system because my HD2 works fine with it.
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I have a Dual car stereo & now that I think about it, everyone says they can't hear me even though I installed the mic on the side column & it's no more than a foot from my face at any time. Aargh this is so annoying. Freaking $600 phone & my damn $25 RAZR from Big Lots has better bluetooth.
If I bring it to the store, would they exchange it for me? I ordered it directly from T-Mobile, I didn't get it in a store.
kabuk1 said:
I have a Dual car stereo & now that I think about it, everyone says they can't hear me even though I installed the mic on the side column & it's no more than a foot from my face at any time. Aargh this is so annoying. Freaking $600 phone & my damn $25 RAZR from Big Lots has better bluetooth.
If I bring it to the store, would they exchange it for me? I ordered it directly from T-Mobile, I didn't get it in a store.
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No you will have to call T-Mobile and do a warranty exchange. I have no problems with BT on my phone at all.
http://androidforums.com/htc-sensation-4g/375199-white-noise-bluetooth-htc-sensation-4g.html
http://community.htc.com/na/htc-forums/android/f/133/p/12494/52795.aspx
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1184936
a few threads about bluetooth problems
So whats the deal? Has anyone been able to fix the BT problems with this phone yet?
Can we flash a different BT.apk file or something?
Somebody by now should have some answers I would think.
My parrot system in my truck suck ass with this phone. Always cutting in and out.
Streaming audio is fine its the talking to people I'm have problems with.
rosedog said:
So whats the deal? Has anyone been able to fix the BT problems with this phone yet?
Can we flash a different BT.apk file or something?
Somebody by now should have some answers I would think.
My parrot system in my truck suck ass with this phone. Always cutting in and out.
Streaming audio is fine its the talking to people I'm have problems with.
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I use this with my blueant s4 without an issue and experience no cutting in and out. However, I have been running MIUI and now running sense-o-maniac 3.5 and I have no issues.
kpjimmy said:
I use this with my blueant s4 without an issue and experience no cutting in and out. However, I have been running MIUI and now running sense-o-maniac 3.5 and I have no issues.
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You've been running what and what?
MIUI / Sense-o-maniac 3.5?
I'm running the latest ARHD w/sense 3.5
horrid bluetooth sound quality
it seems a lot of people have been having issues with the bluetooth sound quality. i have mine paired with a motorola HF850 car kit, which has bluetooth v1.1, or something like that. i wonder if the problem is with backward compatibility, as people seem not to have as many issues with newer devices. would flashing a different radio potentiall help this problem? is it possible to downgrade the bluetooth version with a custom ROM? any other thoughts on ways to address this issue?

A2DP choppy

First I guess it'd be important to say I'm using Ravers (awesome) Beatiful SG4G build and I love it. It's terrific. The only thing "plaguing" me is bluetooth.
I have a Motorola S9 headset, which sounds beautiful. The problem is sound randomly seems to cut in and out at times, especially when walking around the city. I tried disabling wi-fi, but to no avail. It's fine sitting in my dorm, and seems to always be ok when the screen is on. But if I walk around with it in my pocket, sound goes to crap. Is there any known fix to regain stability.
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First I guess it'd be important to say I'm using Ravers (awesome) Beatiful SG4G build and I love it. It's terrific. The only thing "plaguing" me is bluetooth.
I have a Motorola S9 headset, which sounds beautiful. The problem is sound randomly seems to cut in and out at times, especially when walking around the city. I tried disabling wi-fi, but to no avail. It's fine sitting in my dorm, and seems to always be ok when the screen is on. But if I walk around with it in my pocket, sound goes to crap. Is there any known fix to regain stability.
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have u had that issue on all gb or is this ur first gb?
Sadly that's hard to say. I've been using your roms since Audiophile Froyo. I just got the headset today, so I haven't been able to see if it's a rom issue, phone issue, or a headset issue yet. I'm trying to figure out if anyone else has already been through the process before I flash my phone a few times troubleshooting.
Looking around, signal issues are common with my particular headset, so it may not be a phone issue. I'll try and do some flashing to further test it, and try to use it with other phones.
So I think I figured it out and sadly I don't think software can fix it. The bluetooth has a "blind spot". The headset works fine when my phone is in a bookbag or coat pocket or sitting on my desk across the room, but it fails in my pocket. I guess it'll keep me in a good habit of actually bringing my notes to class

Bluetooth issue when audio jack connected

I am wondering if any of you fellow Verizonites would be willing to help me test this out, as I have already asked my friend with the AT&T version if his does this, and it does not:
When connected to the aux in (very common on cars and stereos nowadays, you know, so you can listen to music off your phones and iPods and MP3 players, etc.) I now have the SAME incredibly aggravating problem I could never resolve with my Fascinate. As usual, I have my bluetooth connected to take the call. When I answer the call, I hear NOTHING over my bluetooth unless I disconnect the audio cable out of the headphone jack!!! This is a huge safety hazard, as it takes your hands and eyes off the road, requiring you to disconnect a cable every time you get a call!!
I called Verizon and complained about this with my Fascinate to no avail. I never had this issue with my Droid X, HTC Eris, or my Galaxy Nexus, another dual core Snapdragon based Verizon LTE phone made by Samsung.
Not to mention the SGS III is laggier and less responsive than my Nexus, although not as bad once you disable S Voice (S is for stupid, by the way, at least in my opinion ... I can't get it to work worth a darn!! Could be that I'm the stupid one, but I've certainly given it a lot of effort in a very quiet environment.)
This is horrible because the screen is incredible, and the battery life far outpaces every other smartphone I've ever had by a ridiculous margin, so PLEASE, fellow Verizon SGSIII friends, help me out if you can!! I don't want to have to return this phone, but reasons to do so are stacking up.
If there's no fix for the audio cable thing, that is a definite deal breaker, and enough to make the phone "defective" in my opinion. That is such a blatant safety hazard. I do NOT want a "Fascinate 2". The other issues pale in comparison to the audio cable issue.
Here is a video of the AT&T version NOT having this glaring safety and functionality issue:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A37p4fF-h-k
This is a glaring safety issue you are right. I planned to have bluetooth on my ear to take calls but have the phone plugged in for music on my car speakers.
The other thing is I bought a Samsung HM7000 thinking it would work with the SAMSUNG S III. Pff. I guess FreeSync App doesn't support the S III yet. I will definitely express to Verizon/Samsung why I have to return this headset if this isn't solved in a few weeks. I will contact Verizon on this.
So this doesn't affect other US Galaxy S III units only Verizon? That's so weird but it also suggests it's an easy fix.
I tested it with Bose Bluetooth earpiece and that works, somewhat. If you have the Aux plugged in and get a call, the phone picks up your voice from the Bluetooth and plays the other guys voice through the Aux. Unplugging the Aux mid-call will route the other guys voice back to the Bluetooth. In both cases both me and my friend could hear each other.
There is a problem though. When the Aux is plugged in, with Bluetooth our not, the call quality will drop significantly. It will sound as if you're in a horrible signal area and will cut out every other second or so making it impossible to carry on a conversation. Funny thing is as soon as I unplug the Aux the call is back to normal and we can hear each other just perfect. It's as if with Aux the noise cancellation kicks in and starts cancelling out everything, including your and the other guys voice, lol. Not sure if that's just my phone or SGS3 in general. I actually intentionally used this "glitch" to avoid taking to annoying person. Just tell them "I'm in a bad area and can't talk" and plug in the aux mid-call and they will stop bugging you as soon as they hear the voice glitch up
My bluetooth headset works fine with the audio out through the "dock" connector.
macdroid01 said:
This is a glaring safety issue you are right. I planned to have bluetooth on my ear to take calls but have the phone plugged in for music on my car speakers.
The other thing is I bought a Samsung HM7000 thinking it would work with the SAMSUNG S III. Pff. I guess FreeSync App doesn't support the S III yet. I will definitely express to Verizon/Samsung why I have to return this headset if this isn't solved in a few weeks. I will contact Verizon on this.
So this doesn't affect other US Galaxy S III units only Verizon? That's so weird but it also suggests it's an easy fix.
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Same here
Using bluetooth in a 2009 infiniti, AUX jack prevents proper bluetooth calling or receiving. I had come to rely on this in my other phones (HTC).
same here too
I upgraded from a fascinate to a s3 and have the same problem on both phones. It is really annoying and I'd love to find a fix for it.
adsbar said:
Using bluetooth in a 2009 infiniti, AUX jack prevents proper bluetooth calling or receiving. I had come to rely on this in my other phones (HTC).
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I think I am having the same problem with the Bluetooth in my 2010 G37. It seems like if u connect via Bluetooth for media audio, I can't get calls and vice versa. Plus when I connect to media audio and try and switch back to just phone, it doesn't auto connect when I get in the car.
My Rezound didn't seem to have any of these issues.
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This was the case with my 1st generation galaxy s epic 4g. Looks like Samsung still hasn't recognized this as an issue. The smart developers here ultimately fixed this on my epic but my s3 is still suffering from this... Btw I'm on synergy. I would love for someone smarter than me to figure this out. Please, please....
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This was the case with my 1st generation galaxy s epic 4g. Looks like Samsung still hasn't recognized this as an issue. The smart developers here ultimately fixed this on my epic but my s3 is still suffering from this... Btw I'm on synergy. I would love for someone smarter than me to figure this out. Please, please....
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I don't know who to blame, Samsung or Verizon. I have the Samsung Galaxy Nexus and it does NOT have this issue. Never had that issue, with stock or custom ROMs. A good friend has the SIII on AT&T and it also does NOT have this issue, as the video above demonstrates. He also owns the Galaxy SII, which also does not have this issue. I used to rock a Droid X. At least my Droid X did not have this issue, although I have read reports of other Droid X owners' phones having this problem. My old HTC Eris also didn't have this issue. But, as mentioned above, my Fascinate does have this issue.
It's horrible. I have messaged Samsung, and they have responded that they are looking into it. It's the same response they gave me several weeks ago when I first posted on the support page on Facebook about this issue. I have also called and complained, after which their support tech said she wasn't yet fully trained on the SGS III yet, and they had a special number for me to call, which of course wasn't open at the time.
If a dev can figure this out, he can at least count on a donation from me.
I am sick of this ... I decided to keep this phone despite this issue, because of all the other goodness it brings to the table (especially battery life!! Wow!!) But this is still a horrible issue.
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I don't know who to blame, Samsung or Verizon. I have the Samsung Galaxy Nexus and it does NOT have this issue. Never had that issue, with stock or custom ROMs. A good friend has the SIII on AT&T and it also does NOT have this issue, as the video above demonstrates. He also owns the Galaxy SII, which also does not have this issue. I used to rock a Droid X. At least my Droid X did not have this issue, although I have read reports of other Droid X owners' phones having this problem. My old HTC Eris also didn't have this issue. But, as mentioned above, my Fascinate does have this issue.
It's horrible. I have messaged Samsung, and they have responded that they are looking into it. It's the same response they gave me several weeks ago when I first posted on the support page on Facebook about this issue. I have also called and complained, after which their support tech said she wasn't yet fully trained on the SGS III yet, and they had a special number for me to call, which of course wasn't open at the time.
If a dev can figure this out, he can at least count on a donation from me.
I am sick of this ... I decided to keep this phone despite this issue, because of all the other goodness it brings to the table (especially battery life!! Wow!!) But this is still a horrible issue.
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I have the same problem - my 2008 Tundra does not have A2DP for audio streaming, but does have BT for phone calls (and works great). On my previous Droid2, I could use the AUX jack for music and the BT for calls no problem. Now, with the S3, if I hook up AUX for music and BT for calls, then when a call comes in the phone keeps the audio out going to the AUX jack while my truck switches to BT for sound. Therefor, I can't hear the other person (but they can hear me) unless I unplug the audio jack.
From what I've found on the net, it seems it's something in the bluetooth settings/drivers in how Samsung has them implemented on the phone, which is not the same as how they are implemented in the Motos and HTCs. I was unaware that other carrier versions and/or certain other Samsung phones (S2, Nexus) did not have this problem.
For now, I've solved it by getting my hands on a car dock for the ATT Infuse 4G, which has the "dock" mode built into the USB connector with both power and audio output. I dock my S3 into this dock and changed the settings to output audio out the dock. Then I plug my AUX cable into the dock and it works like I expected it to from the start.
CIPuyleart said:
I have the same problem - my 2008 Tundra does not have A2DP for audio streaming, but does have BT for phone calls (and works great). On my previous Droid2, I could use the AUX jack for music and the BT for calls no problem. Now, with the S3, if I hook up AUX for music and BT for calls, then when a call comes in the phone keeps the audio out going to the AUX jack while my truck switches to BT for sound. Therefor, I can't hear the other person (but they can hear me) unless I unplug the audio jack.
From what I've found on the net, it seems it's something in the bluetooth settings/drivers in how Samsung has them implemented on the phone, which is not the same as how they are implemented in the Motos and HTCs. I was unaware that other carrier versions and/or certain other Samsung phones (S2, Nexus) did not have this problem.
For now, I've solved it by getting my hands on a car dock for the ATT Infuse 4G, which has the "dock" mode built into the USB connector with both power and audio output. I dock my S3 into this dock and changed the settings to output audio out the dock. Then I plug my AUX cable into the dock and it works like I expected it to from the start.
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Does the S3 fit into the dock ok? Any stability problems? And you get proper 3.5 inch output for your car's input, plus your bluetooth call works? I have the same kind of deck in my Freestyle. Installed it myself. It does bluetooth for calls but not A2DP. Thanks for your responses so far! I am willing to buy a dock if it works like that. I would just appreciate any reassurance you could give me that it will work out ok ...
but that's a really nice idea that i didn't consider. I would really like to get this thing working and willing to apply any dev fix. what's interesting is that skype calls work fine, yet regular phone calls do not i'll give this doc a try.
Ok, I have the dock now, and wanted to update everyone on this. Audio quality is good, better than bluetooth, but an ever so slight downgrade from just plugging straight into the headphone with an audio cable, but it's certainly good enough.
The one thing that is annoying enough to prevent me from using it is that there is an audible click between each song. I haven't a clue how to get rid of this!! ARGHH!!! I haven't tested the dock with video or pandora output to see if the clicks persist, but as of right now, it's a bit annoying on a long trip. Otherwise, this would work really nicely, and is a pretty cheap fix for $18, not to mention getting a fully functional windshield/dash mount to use your phone as a GPS with.
Hoping my new ROM I installed might solve the audio issue. It has a custom kernel, and possibly improved car dock compatibility. We shall see...
Hello everyone!
I just upgraded to the SIII from my Droid 4 and am having this same issue. Does anyone have a fix? It seems silly to have to buy additional items to get it to work when it worked fine on other phones.
I like the stock ROM, but will flash if necessary to get this to work, as its very distracting while driving.
misterpat1975 said:
Hello everyone!
I just upgraded to the SIII from my Droid 4 and am having this same issue. Does anyone have a fix? It seems silly to have to buy additional items to get it to work when it worked fine on other phones.
I like the stock ROM, but will flash if necessary to get this to work, as its very distracting while driving.
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SoundAbout Pro is an app that will override Samsung's stupidity when it comes to BT/AuxJack audio routing. Well worth the price of admission.

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