This is driving me batty. Ever since I upgraded to ICS, my phone will not consistently reconnect to my Soundfly View that I use in my car.
Sometimes it connects automatically, sometimes not. I did completely remove the pairing from both devices and repaired, but to no difference.
Most maddeningly, today, it wasn't connected, so I woke the phone (by pressing power) and unlocked it, then it connected. Almost like it was "asleep" or something???
Anybody else have this issue? Is there any fix?
I don't have a suggestion for you, just saying that my experience has been the opposite. I use two completely different stereo bluetooth headset devices to listen to music all day at work (neither one of them has a long enough battery life to last throughout the day so I have to switch)
I use a sony mw600 and a samsung hs3000. I'm sure they are different than your car thing, but I'm sure they do the same thing. Ie, phone and media sounds go through the headset instead of the phone.
Autoconnect has always worked well. For what it's worth I use poweramp as a media player and in the settings there is an option for a persistent service to always start auto playing when the phone pairs to either device, and to stop playing upon a device disconnect. All I have to do is turn on the power, or turn off the power, the service automates the rest.
So if your intended point of the car thingamabob is to get songs to play from the phone through your car speakers, and to use the car speakers to talk on a phone call, maybe consider a media player that has a similar option to what I'm talking about. I'm sure poweramp is not the only one that does.
Thanks for the reply (and sorry for the late reply...busy, and been experimenting).
I've been using the app A2DP Volume which sort of does what you suggest, to launch any app upon BT connect. It's been working fairly well...but I still have this problem.
After some experimentation, I really believe the phone is going into some kind of deep sleep if I haven't used it in a while (even though it is on). My clues: one, this Bluetooth issue, where it will not connect. However, I've gotten to the point of just hitting the power button (even through the case) when it does not connect, and it will then immediately connect and play just fine. Also, I've noticed that in the mornings I have started to hit the power and swipe, and it doesn't show that I have any new email. So I hit power and put it away, and it will ding in a few minutes with my new mail. So at some point in the evenings, it quits checking email.
Is that plausible? I've looked everywhere for some kind of setting, but don't see any.
Well, I blew that theory...
Left work yesterday, it connected fine, first time. Stopped to get gas, got back in, didn't connect, until I pressed power. So, it could not be a sleep problem, over just a few minutes.
I don't get it. So many use BT in their car, but it's always been a pain for me.
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I have the Kenwood DNX8120 and it works fine with my Fuze (did have disconnect issues but just updated the Kenwood firmware which should take care of that) but the SMS feature on the radio doesn't work. I know only certain phones are compatible with this feature but on the Kenwood compatibility list there are several HTC devices that work. In any case, does anyone know how to enable SMS over bluetooth on the Fuze?
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I have the Kenwood DNX8120 in my car and have had no luck getting the Fuze to work correctly. It constantly drops connection. I updated the Bluetooth firmware and that only seemed to make matters worse. It will pair with the Kenwood, but either won't make a phone call or will take up to 60 seconds (or not at all) for the Fuze to recognize I it the call button on the radio. SMS, sent and received call history also do not work.
Have you had similar issues?
I can not get sms working. The only other issue I have is that after a call, it drops the connection. If I get another incoming call, it will reconnect and the radio will ring and handle the call. But, if I want to place a call, I have to either select "set as hands free" of something similar, in the bluetooth settings on teh phone and it reconnects and I can dial. I just upgraded to elite rc3 and the problem is still there. I havn't messed with it enough yet to know if it dials ok without having to bring the phone out of standby yet. I too have updated the bluetooth drivers from Kenwood and that didn't help. I also tried the jetware handfree extension and didn't see any improvement.
I called HTC about this, and they told me it only "officially" supports a hand full of car units. Mostly in the Audi and BMW. They don't "officially" support anything from Kenwood so they were absolutely no help on this. I've also noticed this phone drops all connections except cell and data when it sleeps. Wifi, GPS and Bluetooh all seem to go to sleep with the phone. This seems to make bluetooth pretty useless if the connection drops every time the phone sleeps and needs to be manually reconnected.
I haven't seen it drop the bluetooth connection during sleep. I see that the Kenwood supports some HTC devices but not this one specifically. The other wierd thing is that the first time it pairs it shows the battery indicator but after the next connect it doesn't show it. It shows the battery icon but shows it empty. The jetware extension however does fix that. I will play some more with it and report here.
After resetting my phone to AT&T's original setup, I am experiencing the exact same functionality as you. It now sync's my call history and phone book. No voice dial support or SMS yet. (These have never worked with any of my phones) It will disconnect after a couple phone calls and I have to set as hands free to reconnect. Also, mine still looses the connection to the unit when it goes to sleep. I'm keeping it on a car charger for now and turning off any sleep function when charging. That at least keeps it connected until I make a call. It's almost still not worth using with having to reconnect hands free. Maybe if a hands free quick connect shortcut could be created?
This is all really ridiculous that a phone with this kind of tech can't auto pair and be ready for a call. My LG Chocolate had absolutely no problems with the Kenwood. As soon as the Kenwood finished booting the LG would auto connect and be ready for a call.
I thought I found a workaround at
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sho...ghlight=bluetooth+connection+drops+phone+call
But, once installed an trying to run BT Restart I get an error saying that I need .net compact framework (version 1 or 2) installed. Not sure what to do now, cant seem to find a cab for this.
I've used this package from another post on the forum. It has many useful apps including the latest version of .net compact framework.
http://www.tyguy.net/_xchg/PPC/@essentials.rar
Let me know how it turns out!
I will take a look but I have 3.5 already installed. I guess that app needs the older version. Not sure I want to mess with downgrading it.
Not Kenwood
Hey Guys,
I drive a Jag XK8 and it has the same issues you are mentioning with your Kenwood, but its an Alpine unit, it drops calls, and after the first call connects the second call rings on the stereo but you can only answer on the handset.
I also recently had a new Jag XF for a week. It had a full integration to the phone. It also only showed the battery status when the phone first connected then the battery showed empty. It would drop bluetooth connections constantly on some days (every 90secs) and then somedays it would keep the bluetooth connected without issue. Very unreliable.
The reason I bring this up, is just to let you know these issues are not limited to the Kenwood.
Dave
Just an FYI. I have found it easier to just go into setup in the Kenwood and reconnect the bluetooth from there when the phone disconnects. It's under Setup/Bluetooth/Set, then just click on the device and hit connect. It seems easier than fiddling with the phone while your driving.
So I just ran into these problems today and I wanted to find out if anyone else is experiencing them.
#1 My Charge's bluetooth will not stay connected to my Kia Soul's built bluetooth for phone calls, it would connect for literally 3 mins then just disconnect, almost like the phone was transmitting a bluetooth signal to pair with.
#2 I was using a cord to plug in my phone to my radio's auxiliary plug to test the phone as a replacement to my Ipod. However, every time I turned the part plugged into the phone using the headphone plug, or moved the cord or the phone, the phone would stop playing music and sometimes randomly skip to the next song. This is no longer an issue, just me not pushing the cord in far enough.
Im running the custom ROM so I am going to try this with stock, but neither things seems like itd be a ROM issue to me.
1) Does it disconnect during calls? It should go to sleep after a while, but if receiving a call it should reconnect if bluetooth is still turned on on the phone. This is Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR power saving working correctly unless it happens DURING calls, but it should sleep when idle.
2) I have had similar issues with cables no fitting properly, high end cabls likfe griffin/monster/etc have given me less issues, also make sure if you're usinga case that it is seated fully, some cases will keep it from being seated, on a headset with controls it uses a third ring for the mic and controls, and poor fitment can cause a stereo cable to short out on the third pin causing those issues.
I don't use BT, so I'm not much help with #1. For #2 though, I have read from several different users that the WM8994 chip/codec that this phone uses + voodoo sound is one of the best sound audio devices available, and provides a much nicer sound than any iPhone/iPod can. Now if only I could get my kernel config fixed.
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1) Does it disconnect during calls? It should go to sleep after a while, but if receiving a call it should reconnect if bluetooth is still turned on on the phone. This is Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR power saving working correctly unless it happens DURING calls, but it should sleep when idle.
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It does not do it during calls, however, it does not reconnect when a call comes in either, I have to reconnect manually.
If this is how its designed, its actually a HUGE pain in the butt, I am an advertising salesman for a newspaper so I spend half my week driving and part of the reason I bought the Kia was for the bluetooth.
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It does not do it during calls, however, it does not reconnect when a call comes in either, I have to reconnect manually.
If this is how its designed, its actually a HUGE pain in the butt, I am an advertising salesman for a newspaper so I spend half my week driving and part of the reason I bought the Kia was for the bluetooth.
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Check the ford sync thread for your bt issue
I actually was trying to find it earlier (I did not use search though) seemed it got buried somewhere, but I will look through it.
I have the same problem in my week old Kia Forte. From what I've read it's not the cars. It happens on several types of cars with several types of phones. It has to do with the down loading of the phone books. If you have a lot of contacts on your phone the BT messes up. I read that if you turn off your phone and then turn it back on it will reconnect and stay that way.
So far that DOES work. I do that almost every time I get in.
But that's the bad thing, you have to do that a lot. My suggestion is clean up your contacts. If you have old ones that you don't really use or call dump them.
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I actually was trying to find it earlier (I did not use search though) seemed it got buried somewhere, but I will look through it.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1092436
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I have the same problem in my week old Kia Forte. From what I've read it's not the cars. It happens on several types of cars with several types of phones. It has to do with the down loading of the phone books. If you have a lot of contacts on your phone the BT messes up. I read that if you turn off your phone and then turn it back on it will reconnect and stay that way.
So far that DOES work. I do that almost every time I get in.
But that's the bad thing, you have to do that a lot. My suggestion is clean up your contacts. If you have old ones that you don't really use or call dump them.
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I think I might have fixed my problem because I had my phone set to show contacts that did not have phone #s, just email addresses (I have a lot of those from work), anyways I had the hide those and it may have cleared up my problem, probably confused it trying to download contacts with no phone #
So I got one of the iClever Himbox BT adapters to use with my car's AUX jack. Now that we have the always-on "OK Google" trigger, I want to use it more in the car. A couple times it has worked correctly.
However, most of the time, once I trigger "OK Google", it won't pick up my voice. The mic indicator shows no response when I'm talking, and it just sits there waiting to hear me say something. This would be bad enough. But after this point, I can't even go back to playing music through the BT adapter.
The setup is basically dead in the water until I disconnect and reconnect to the BT adapter (BT icon still shows connected, play/pause button still works, but no audio). Obviously this is not something I can fool around with while driving down the road.
Has anybody ever had this happen?
Anybody else ever have this happen? It's really annoying having to disconnect and reconnect to my BT device just to get the audio passing back through to the car speakers.
Well, some good news... I was trying this out after upgrading to lollipop, and haven't had a recurrence of the issue yet. Hopefully it was just fixed in the upgrade, and I haven't just been lucky the few times that I've tried it since then!
Yes I've had it happen. I haven't seen it on Lollipop yet but for sure it happened all the time on Kitkat. It seemes to happen when it can't connect to Google servers to process. Total PITA
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Yes I've had it happen. I haven't seen it on Lollipop yet but for sure it happened all the time on Kitkat.
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Yes, it's definitely helpful to have the voice activation... I use torque in my car, and it's great to be able to "OK Google" search something for later, and then "OK Google.... open torque" to switch back when done.
Now, if google can just get a landscape mode for the dialer and the home screen, I'll be all set!
I'm having an issue with my bluetooth holding a connection with my 2013 Honda Civic LX. When listening to music through any music playing app, the connection always stays steady. When there is no music running from the phone, I'll frequently get a message from the display on the dash that the phone has been disconnected. The phone will usually reconnect in a second or two, with another display indicating that it has been connected. This will happen at least two times during my commute to work (25 minutes), oftentimes as many as five times. When I am actively in a phone call, the disconnects seem to be more frequent. It has a timer on the display that shows how long the phone call has been active through the car, and it rarely gets above 3 minutes before the call gets routed back to the phone's speakers while the bluetooth reconnects. The strange thing is that my wife's LG G4, also AT&T, has absolutely no connection issues at any time. I switched phones with her for a week just to confirm since I'm the one generally driving this car, and I didn't have the car drop the connection to the phone even once. Before that week, her phone would have occasionally been used when we were both in the car and she wanted to listen to music through her phone, so it had been connected to the car for more than a week.
I factory reset the phone just to see if there was a strange software issue causing the problem. After the factory reset, the phone and car had a steady connection with no drops for about a week. When the problem came back and was obviously just as bad as before, I tried another factory reset. Once again, the connection stayed steady for about a week before I would get disconnects again. At this point, I contacted AT&T, who replaced my phone thinking that it could be a hardware issue. A week after getting my replacement, the issue popped up once again.
Besides factory resetting, which is the only thing I've found to fix it at least temporarily, I have tried a few different troubleshooting steps. I have cleared cache using the storage screen in the settings menu. I've deleted the phone from the car's connection list. I've re-paired the phone to the car without giving permission for contacts or messages. Also tried to just do a simple reboot of the phone, as well as turning bluetooth off and back on. None of these have any effect on the connection issues once they start coming up.
I can take the car to Honda, but judging on the fact that my wife's phone works just fine in the car, I'm convinced that it is somehow an issue with the software on my phone. My phone is not rooted, and is currently running Android 5.1, S/W H81010o, Build LMY47D.
My guess is hardware problem. My G4 seems to do the same thing with my Jaybird X2 headphones. I've had Jaybird swap them and I'm having the same exact issue of disconnect as with the previous set. I doubt I'd get two bad sets, so its gotta be something hardware related. Sorry I wasn't any extra help. I'm just searching to see if anyone else is having my issue.
My hunch would be whatever the BT protocol is that's being used to pair the devices. Or possibly just an isolated hardware incompatibility. I'm on my second G4 (totally separate reason from BT), and neither has had issues with pairing or staying paired. Even if I were to pause or altogether stop playback of audio, the connection remains stable for me. I pair mine with a Sony BT speaker, a Kinovo receiver for streaming to my car stereo, and even a receiver attached to my Yamaha A/V receiver at home. No issues whatsoever.
For what it's worth: I use PowerAmp Pro when I stream, almost exclusively.
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My guess is hardware problem. My G4 seems to do the same thing with my Jaybird X2 headphones. I've had Jaybird swap them and I'm having the same exact issue of disconnect as with the previous set. I doubt I'd get two bad sets, so its gotta be something hardware related. Sorry I wasn't any extra help. I'm just searching to see if anyone else is having my issue.
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The strange thing for me is that my wife's LG G4 (now 6 months old) works fine in my car under the same circumstances, but I've had 2 LG G4's of my own that essentially showed the exact same symptoms almost immediately. I'm leaning far more towards it being software, with whatever glitch not being present immediately after I factory reset but shows up within a week on my Google profile. My guess is that it's related to the phone related data transferred to the car since it stays connected just fine during media playback but disconnects soon after the media stops, but I can only block contacts to test that theory.
Hi, I've been having some fairly big issues with my in-car Bluetooth and phones. I have a 2013 Subaru WRX with the stock stereo which is made by Clarion.
I first started experiencing problems with it about 2 years ago: I would be driving along when all of a sudden my phone would randomly disconnect from my car while I'm talking, listening to music or just had the GPS running (or a combination of these). Oftentimes my car stereo will spaz out once it disconnects and will actually freeze (all buttons are non functioning, including steering wheel controls, power button, am/fm buttons, volume, etc) and take many minutes to reset the connection or it won't do anything at all (the stereo says, "please wait" or "paused" or will get hung on the song title that was playing when the phone disconnected) and my phone won't reconnect to it - I'll have to restart my car. Sometimes the stereo will reset and simply won't reconnect to my phone.
The kicker is that it's an intermittent problem, but still happens semi-frequently for periods at a time then it seems to get better. I've tried deleting my paired phone list in the car and on the phone, I've tried formatting my phone and nothing worked. I even brought my car into Subaru to diagnose the problem because I feel it's a car issue and they claimed it worked with their own phone which I feel is BS because they didn't want to fix it while the car was still on warranty, but that's another story! They said they couldn't fix it because they saw no problem (couldn't reproduce it) even though I provided them with video and pictures of it occurring.
This first started happening with my unlocked, stock, HTC One, m7 (currently running lollipop) . I thought there was a chance it could be related to an app or the OS but was not able to diagnose or isolate the issue. I just recently bought a Nexus 5x (marshmallow), unlocked, stock, thinking if it was the phone then this would fix the problem. It actually seems to have gotten worse with the frequency, however I've noticed that the phone is better at pairing with my car after the connection is lost. I still can't reproduce this on a consistent basis.
Can anyone suggest some possible causes and fixes? I'm hoping someone here is a Bluetooth Guru!