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[Q] Help with a few issues

Love my infuse, but there are a few quirks that drive me up the friggin wall about it and I'm wondering if there are any quick/easy (or even not so quick/easy) fixes for them'
1. Wifi refuses to reconnect to a known network if I leave the range of the network and then come back. I know the phone has wifi issues that are detailed here, but I haven't seen that one specifically.
2. Bluetooth will not reconnect to a known device that it has been (and is still) paired with. Every time I want to use bluetooth audio in the car (via my sony head unit) I have to turn on bluetooth, go to settings, and then network/connection settings and find the head unit and click on it. It would be quicker/easier to use an aux cable at this point. Every other phone I've had would auto-connect.
3. Bluetooth audio quality. Sounds very tinny, no bass to it what-so-ever
Would appreciate any help

Some info would help... are you stock? If not, what are you running?

If I didn't turn on bluetooth before I started my truck, I had the same problem with the bt connection. I think the problem was with the stereo not looking again for the bt signal. If I turned off the stereo then turned it back on everything was fine. Hope that helps.
Edit: I have a sony unit also.

Oops, sorry I mean to include that I am on Infused 1.6
Had these issues even with the stock ROM though. Was thinking about trying a GB as some people seem to have better luck with the wifi but not sure about the BT.
Thanks for the tip fishjam, I'll try turning on BT before the stereo.

blackwrx02 said:
1. Wifi refuses to reconnect to a known network if I leave the range of the network and then come back. I know the phone has wifi issues that are detailed here, but I haven't seen that one specifically.
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Same issue on stock. I created a tasker profile that flips the wifi on and off when wifi disconnects and it helps but doesn't cure it. I think part of the problem is that the phone "holds on" to connections that aren't really there. For instance according to tasker my wifi strength will be 1 but I won't actually be able to use it yet the phone insists it is still connected when you are at the fringe of wifi range. I may tinker more when I have time as I was looking at the tasker forums and you can parse out data from the info page. I may try to just have it connect/disconnect when the signal strength is 2 or less. My main issue is at work with multiple waps as I make my way through the facility.

Was able to get the bluetooth to reconnect to my head unit by leaving it on, or turning it on before starting the car as mentioned above. Thanks for that, much much better now. If only I could fix the damn wifi issues!

Does turning wifi off and back on solve the wifi issue?

blackwrx02 said:
Was able to get the bluetooth to reconnect to my head unit by leaving it on, or turning it on before starting the car as mentioned above. Thanks for that, much much better now. If only I could fix the damn wifi issues!
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Check your settings for checking wifi my auto connects if I leave and come back but it won't untilled the interval has ended IE if the interval is every 10 minutes and you leave and come back in 8 it will really assign to your wifi in two minutes. If you have this option turned of you will have to manually reconnect ecerytime
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Where is this? I must be totally overlooking it.
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I'd like to know as well, I don't see that option

[Q] Problem with bluetooth connection.

Hi.
I had some problems with disconnections from wifi router. I could watch video or TV only for a few seconds sometimes longer, then info pop out wifi disconnected and sometimes bluetooth either.
Was trying to find what the problem is I did disconnect stereo bluetooth. And it seems to be that.
My T699 is on untoched T-mobile firmware 4.1.2 now (not rooted.. yet
I believe before update was better, but I am not 100% sure.
So my question is - how to go back to previous Android?
I can see in wiki that everytime there is some improvements regarding bluetooh, but... it seems not for me.
Headset is Nokia BH 214 which is for sure good.
Any other solution or sugestions would be helpfull.
Thanks

Idol 3 Bluetooth + Wifi while driving or changing Wifi

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...

attitude_it7 said:
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

jcipactli said:
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.

skisom said:
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.

bad wlan if bluetooth active

Hi there,
I've tried to hear some music with spotify and an bluetooth speaker. Sadly it's not going well. I've noticed that, if my bluetooth is connected to an bluetooth speaker, my wlan bandwidth is very bad. If I turn bluetooth off, it's going well again. I've tried two speakers with the same effect. My tablet has the same bug. I use Cyanogenmod 13 first in a stable Version and now in nightly, same bug on boths versions.
My devices:
Nexus 5
13.0-20161015-NIGHTLY-hammerhead
LG-GPad 8.3
13.0-20161004-UNOFFICIAL-awifi
Can someone help?
Regards

To all not knowing what WLan is... German for Wi-Fi.

or wireless lan, sorry my bad

Is the V10 also experiencing bluetooth problems?

Is anyone else here having a problem where bluetooth switches to loudspeaker when playing music?
I want to find out if this a general EMUI 8 Android 8 problem or if it is specific to the Mate 10/Pro.
For more details, here is the original issue thread for the Mate 10 Pro:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-10/help/audio-switches-bluetooth-to-loudspeaker-t3731065

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Is anyone else here having a problem where bluetooth switches to loudspeaker when playing music?
I want to find out if this a general EMUI 8 Android 8 problem or if it is specific to the Mate 10/Pro.
For more details, here is the original issue thread for the Mate 10 Pro:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-10/help/audio-switches-bluetooth-to-loudspeaker-t3731065
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No Problems,Bluetooth works with headphones as long as you hear

Yes, there is such problem.
Wifi and connectivity speed drops even when Bluetooth module is on, without any devices connected, and becomes hardly usable.
Thus if you intend to use any Bluetooth devices together with WiFi, this is hardly a device for you. This is especially the case if you intend to use any of the smart watches of fitness trackers, that become hardly usable due to the repeated disconnections.
I don't know if this is a EMUI related problem, or not (installing Lineage may void my warranty, and i intend to return the phone), but the problem is quite persistent.

edelgul said:
Yes, there is such problem.
Wifi and connectivity speed drops even when Bluetooth module is on, without any devices connected, and becomes hardly usable.
Thus if you intend to use any Bluetooth devices together with WiFi, this is hardly a device for you. This is especially the case if you intend to use any of the smart watches of fitness trackers, that become hardly usable due to the repeated disconnections.
I don't know if this is a EMUI related problem, or not (installing Lineage may void my warranty, and i intend to return the phone), but the problem is quite persistent.
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I was looking for some answers to my problem and I think this could be related... As you mentioned, when I have bluetooth connected to my earphones, the wifi connection speed drops a lot. It depends on the router though... I have a Virgin SuperHub 2 (UK) and it drops to 4-10 Mbit/s or so... I have done some test at work with a Netgear 6800 and it something like:
No bluetooth: 90 Mbit/s down / 90 Mbit/s up
Bluetooth connected to earphones but not playing anything: 67 Mbit/s / 90 Mbit/s
Bluetooth connected and reproducing music: 27 Mbit/s / 80 Mbit/s
Just checking the speed tests on my phone with the superHub 2 at home, it drops to 7 Mbit/s if it's connected to bluetooth and at around 100 Mbit/s if it's not...
Is there any software fix for this problem or is it a hardware problem?
Thanks!

I've ended up returning the phone, as I use a pebble watch and a fitbit m the time, and a headset in the gym, and then WiFi became intolerable.
I really liked this phone, but after 10 days of looking for a solution I've ended up returning it.

bluetooth phone calls not working
The problem is bluetooth audio for phone calls isnt working, i tested this
in 3-4 vehicles as initially thought this could be problem in the vehicle.
However i noticed the same issue in all vehicles. So this is definitely not
a vehicle issue. the phone audio on calls isnt routed via the vehicles (pairing is fine) -
however if play a song through a music player on phone, it works fine.
i have tried restarting phone several times and also deleted all pairing
and re-pairing the devices, i deleted the bluetooth data/cache as well but
no success..
Anybody have this issue on the honor view 10 ?

iron rock said:
The problem is bluetooth audio for phone calls isnt working, i tested this
in 3-4 vehicles as initially thought this could be problem in the vehicle.
However i noticed the same issue in all vehicles. So this is definitely not
a vehicle issue. the phone audio on calls isnt routed via the vehicles (pairing is fine) -
however if play a song through a music player on phone, it works fine.
i have tried restarting phone several times and also deleted all pairing
and re-pairing the devices, i deleted the bluetooth data/cache as well but
no success..
Anybody have this issue on the honor view 10 ?
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I further tried resetting the network settings, still same problem, hi care diagnostics tell me bluetooth is fine..strange!

I am on B160 and no Problems with Bluetooth or Wifi at same time enabled.I test on 2 Vehicles calls works and play Music with the View 10.I test with Youtube over Wifi with Bose Headset over Bluetooth,all working without any Problem!

Hm, I use BLK-L09 and I didn't notice either of those problems. Bluetooth calls work beautifully with my car's built-in bluetooth thingie and I can use WiFi with no problems while using my Mi Band 3. I use Carbon ROM though

I'm on a BKL-L04. I have not experienced any issue at all with bluetooth. I have an LG Urbane connected all the time. I stream music in home and in my vehicle and bluetooth has never caused me any issue - even with wifi on (and wifi does not slow, at least to my perception). Times when I've used my bluetooth headset, I still haven't had any bluetooth issues. (I came from, and still own, an Honor 8. I could barely leave the room with my headset connected to the Honor 8 before the signal would start dropping. No such problem with the View10. In fact, I have much more range in my house on my headset on the View10 than I did on the 8). My View10 is completely stock, no root.
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Hi my problem with bluetooth started all of the sudden , it was working fine all the while - it isnt anything to do with using with wifi.
The problem simply put is bluetooth pairing and song streaming works fine, but through bluetooth phone calls audio isnt working - very strange!

iron rock said:
Hi my problem with bluetooth started all of the sudden , it was working fine all the while - it isnt anything to do with using with wifi.
The problem simply put is bluetooth pairing and song streaming works fine, but through bluetooth phone calls audio isnt working - very strange!
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make sure you go into permissions. then mic. Make sure its turned on for carrier services. just found that out this morning