[Q] Pandora Issue With Connecting To Car Radio Via Accessory Feature - Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I have a Sprint 16gb Nexus 5 running Kitkat 4.4 build krt16M (Stock, Rooted)
I have a Kenwood Excelon kdc-x896 car radio, which has Pandora compatibility built in.
When using my Rooted Verizon Galaxy Nexus with 4.3 custom rom installed (or any version down to 4.0), Pandora would connect (sometimes haphazardly) to the radio via the Pandora Feature, resulting in the correct Black screen on the Phone (for the Pandora App), signifying that it was in accessory mode.
Currently, when I press the pandora button on my radio, after my phone has connected via bluetooth, it stays on check device & does not enter accessory mode (or attempt to on the phone). I have tried with Pandora open & closed, and with a freshly rebooted phone. I have also tried with two different nexus 5's.
Any ideas to troubleshoot?

I'm having this same issue... I can't find a fix so far though.

antjw50 said:
I have a Sprint 16gb Nexus 5 running Kitkat 4.4 build krt16M (Stock, Rooted)
I have a Kenwood Excelon kdc-x896 car radio, which has Pandora compatibility built in.
When using my Rooted Verizon Galaxy Nexus with 4.3 custom rom installed (or any version down to 4.0), Pandora would connect (sometimes haphazardly) to the radio via the Pandora Feature, resulting in the correct Black screen on the Phone (for the Pandora App), signifying that it was in accessory mode.
Currently, when I press the pandora button on my radio, after my phone has connected via bluetooth, it stays on check device & does not enter accessory mode (or attempt to on the phone). I have tried with Pandora open & closed, and with a freshly rebooted phone. I have also tried with two different nexus 5's.
Any ideas to troubleshoot?
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If you have bluetooth in your car can't you just play pandora through the BlueTooth Audio and bypass the pandora feature on the stereo? That is how mine works.

I have the same issue with mine (Pioneer z140bt). I've tried resetting the head unit to factory settings and pairing with my N5, but no luck. Mine will popup on my phone "Pandora Accessory" and then my head unit will say "Check your smart phone screen when it's safe to do so" and then nothing.

Mine is working fine. I use built in Pandora feature all the time in my car. The black accessory screen pops up as expected. I'm running stock 4.4.2. Rooted with Franco kernel. FWIW.
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Any updates on this by chance ?

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[Q] Nexus S bluetooth problems

Hey guys
Strange issue here. I paired my phone with my car through Bluetooth to make and receive calls using the car audio system. It works well.
However, if I fire Google Navigation, I can't here the spoken instructions through either the phone speaker or the car speakers.
I was not expecting navigation audio to be routed through Bluetooth audio, but I did expect the navigation instructions to come out of the phone speaker, as it does on the nexus one or the vibrant both running Android 2.2.
Is anybody else having this issue?
Thanks
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bluetooth wont turn on
It just flashes the icon and does not turn on. From in settings same. Any ideas?
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It just flashes the icon and does not turn on. From in settings same. Any ideas?
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did you flash a new kernel or anything because the kernel in the dev thread is known to break bluetooth
if it does this stock out of the box try doing a system restore and then take it back if its still acting up because bluetooth should turn on
yea i used the pkg one that had SU etc on it. Suppose Ill have to flash back to stock arg.
just so peeps know with the bt issue flashing this fixed
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=882333
Anyone?
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Locking up slash rebooting while streaming bluetooth audio
Anyone else experiencing any sort of lockups rebooting streaming bluetooth audio. It seems like I can only get about 10 to 15 minutes streaming audio before the phone becomes completely unresponsive won't power on or anything
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You should be thankful...I can't get more then 10 sec without it being cut off and play again...for...10 sec
what rom?
I had same issue once...i on CM7
Bluetooth doesn't stream audio to car - what's your experience
I've got a Ford Edge with the new Ford MyTouch/Sync system.
The Nexus S connects to the Bluetooth just fine; makes and receives calls perfectly. It will also connect to the Bluetooth Audio Stream for music playback, but won't play the audio over the car's speakers. Also, sometimes it connects, holds the connection for just a few seconds and then disconnects. My SGS and Nexus One work as expected, as does the iPhone, so it doesn't appear to be an issue with the car.
Seems like a bug in the NS to me.
I'm curious if others are streaming audio/music to their auto's BT system without issues?
It would be especially nice to know what anyone else with a new Ford/Lincoln is experiencing, but I'd also like to compile a list of what cars work and what don't.
I'm going to have to find some other BT device that I can test the stream on to see if my phone works with it or not. Maybe my Nexus One dock? I've never used that to stream audio even with the Nexus One.
In terms of troubleshooting my problem, I've already rebooted the phone and the car, un-paired and re-paired the phone with the car.
I've got a Mazda RX8 R3 and the NS will pair with the in-built car BT but drops the connection after a few minutes. It then refuses to connect again unless I re-pair, then a few minutes later it drops and we're back to square one.
The car's in-built BT worked fine with my HTC Desire, Hero, iPhone 3G and Blackberry 9700 so I'm guessing the Nexus S has a Bluetooth issue.
Mine works fine on my aftermarket Sony receiver.
having issues with bluetooth audio too, stream keeps breaking every now and then. Any fixes?
I've only streamed to the car stereo and had no issues. The phone is only about 10cms away.
Haven't tried my BT headphones yet, maybe range is the issue.
*On original ROM.
Mujja said:
I've only streamed to the car stereo and had no issues. The phone is only about 10cms away.
Haven't tried my BT headphones yet, maybe range is the issue.
*On original ROM.
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tried placing the phone right next the the BT reciever and same problem. Only tried this once, maybe I'll try rebooting the phone.
no problem here
using Bionix 1.2
You're lucky, I can't even get BT music streaming to work with my car. No other BT devices to check with besides my Nexus One dock, which has no speakers.
BT works great for the phone, though, to make and receive calls.
Problem with Bluetooth
I cant get to work bluetooth on Nexus S.
When i enable it and try to send something from SGS to Nexus S it says me "This tranfer was canceled by the user" (Nexus S)
SGS says "Remote device rejected your request"
When i try send something from Nexus S, but use not function Send, i use function Bluetooth - it says me "The application Bluetooth Share (process com.android.bluetooth) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again"
I tried factory reset, wipe cache, tried flash any other roms, but got NOTHING helpt me. I have this problem on 2 phones (2xNS).
Can someone give me files of BlueTooth share? (com.android.bluetooth)
That's an interesting problem you have. Mine did the same thing transfering from my computer to my NS. I just tried it again when I read your post (to make completely sure what the error was) and it has automagically fixed its self.
Well, seems i need a file \system\app\bluetooth.apk

Solved: ICS Bluetooth Auto-connect issue for Phone profile

Solved - Finally following setup works for me
No ICS Roms worked for me, but following ROM is working perfectly. I have tried for a day and no issue. As soon as I start my car bluetooth connected and BOTH Phone and Media Profiles remain connected. Audio Track information displays perfectly!!
XDA Thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1621679
ROM: Skyrocket CM9 RC 2: cm-9.0.0-RC2-skyrocket.zip
Radio: Radio for AT&T and Rogers: Radio_RIL__I727UCLE2.zip
Bluetooth Device: Car Honda CRV 2012
Background:
1) I have two bluetooth devices that I use with my phone. Blueant Q2 bluetooth headset and Bluetooth enabled car audio system in Honda CRV (factory not after market)
Note: This works fine in all GB ROMS
Behavior
1) Bluetooth is different in GB and ICS. Go to Settings => Bluetooth and look at Paired Devices.
- In ICS you will see a Settings wheel next to Device Name. Click on that and you can see "Phone" and "Media" Profiles.
- GB does not have these profiles separate.
See attached image for the state of Phone and Media profiles after I start my car.
2) Bluetooth "Phone" Profile does not auto-connect. "Media" Profile auto connects and works fine. I need to go to Bluetooth => Settings => Click on wheel next to Device Name => Check the checkbox next to "Phone" profile everytime to connect the phone and send-recieve calls using Bluetooth.
3) Steps to duplicate the issue
I see bluetooth icon seeing it connect
Few seconds later I see message "Samsung SGS ..... has been disconnected"
At this time "Media" is connected and "Phone" profile is not. In Honda it shows that Phone is disconnected (even though "Media" is connected and Music plays fine
Finally If I try to connect to Phone via Honda it always fails. But if I open Bluetooth settings and select "Phone" profile it connects and remains connected.
More Information
My guess it that in GB there were no separate "Phone" and "Media" profiles. Phone would just connect to car or headset via BT and stay connected. With ICS the phone is initiating two processes. First Phone profile connects and within few seconds when Media profiles tries to connect. This somehow throws off my Car and my BlueAnt Q2 BT and it drop the BT Phone profile connection
http://developer.android.com/about/versions/android-4.0.3.html
Bluetooth
New public methods fetchUuidsWithSdp() and getUuids() let apps determine the features (UUIDs) supported by a remote device. In the case of fetchUuidsWithSdp(), the system performs a service discovery on the remote device to get the UUIDs supported, then broadcasts the result in an ACTION_UUID intent.
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I have the EXACT same issues with my 2012 Honda CRV (Non nav). (well, I’m working on this on behalf of a friend, so their car)I hooked it up to another my car with a Pioneer Avic X920bt head unit, and it was doing the same thing. I then did a firmware upgrade and initialization through KIES and now my Avic loads up, but the Honda is doing the same thing still. Although, before I did the wipe the Honda would disconnect and reconnect randomly and it would take forever for the phone profile to connect and it looked like the bluetooth would turn on and off and “freak out”. So far it seems stable, but I have yet to have much time with it.
qitupx said:
I have the EXACT same issues with my 2012 Honda CRV (Non nav). (well, I’m working on this on behalf of a friend, so their car)I hooked it up to another my car with a Pioneer Avic X920bt head unit, and it was doing the same thing. I then did a firmware upgrade and initialization through KIES and now my Avic loads up, but the Honda is doing the same thing still. Although, before I did the wipe the Honda would disconnect and reconnect randomly and it would take forever for the phone profile to connect and it looked like the bluetooth would turn on and off and “freak out”. So far it seems stable, but I have yet to have much time with it.
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I have 2012 CRV as well. Looks like Bluetooth has changed for ics and some devices don't like it
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cnewsgrp said:
I have 2012 CRV as well. Looks like Bluetooth has changed for ics and some devices don't like it
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I have a Galaxy Nexus with 4.0.4 that worked perfectly fine. Both profiles reconnect upon turning a car on and off. I wonder if Honda is detecting the kind of phone and sending the way to connect based on that and not by what OS version it is. Just a complete guess. Also, I tried with a T mobile Galaxy S II and the same thing occurs on it's ICS update.
qitupx said:
I have a Galaxy Nexus with 4.0.4 that worked perfectly fine. Both profiles reconnect upon turning a car on and off. I wonder if Honda is detecting the kind of phone and sending the way to connect based on that and not by what OS version it is. Just a complete guess. Also, I tried with a T mobile Galaxy S II and the same thing occurs on it's ICS update.
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Thanks. Do you mean to say that everything works with T mobile Galaxy S II or you see same issue I am experiencing with it?
Here is what I see with Honda after I sit in the car and turn on the car.
I see bluetooth icon seeing it connect
Few seconds later I see message "Samsung SGS ..... has been disconnected"
At this time "Media" is connected and "Phone" profile is not. In Honda it shows that Phone is disconnected (even though "Media" is connected and Music plays fine
Finally If I try to connect to Phone via Honda it always fails. But if I open Bluetooth settings and select "Phone" profile it connects and remains connected.
My guess it that this is happening. In GB there were no separate "Phone" and "Media" profiles. Phone would just connect to car or headset via BT and stay connected. With ICS the phone is initiating two processes. First Phone profile connects and within few seconds when Media profiles tries to connect. This somehow throws off my Car and my BlueAnt Q2 BT and it drop the BT Phone profile connection
cnewsgrp said:
Thanks. Do you mean to say that everything works with T mobile Galaxy S II or you see same issue I am experiencing with it?
Here is what I see with Honda after I sit in the car and turn on the car.
I see bluetooth icon seeing it connect
Few seconds later I see message "Samsung SGS ..... has been disconnected"
At this time "Media" is connected and "Phone" profile is not. In Honda it shows that Phone is disconnected (even though "Media" is connected and Music plays fine
Finally If I try to connect to Phone via Honda it always fails. But if I open Bluetooth settings and select "Phone" profile it connects and remains connected.
My guess it that this is happening. In GB there were no separate "Phone" and "Media" profiles. Phone would just connect to car or headset via BT and stay connected. With ICS the phone is initiating two processes. First Phone profile connects and within few seconds when Media profiles tries to connect. This somehow throws off my Car and my BlueAnt Q2 BT and it drop the BT Phone profile connection
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Sorry, T-mobile Galaxy S II does same thing as the Skyrocket. Yup, same thing..honda says connection failed when trying to connect through the car. I sent Honda an email and all I got was a generic responce about turning your wifi off and repairing.
Same behavior with Infiniti G37S
I have the same behavior of my AT&T Skyrocket with SKY-ICS 4.2F6-2.1 and 2011 Infiniti G37S. It is driving me nuts that I have to manually reconnect Bluetooth every time. Furthermore, it tends to disconnect Bluetooth randomly and I have to reconnect it again.
Pasha
It would be great if one of the dev can find a way to install GB Bluetooth files on ICS. GB worked perfectly for me.
A Google search shows a lot of people have the exact same problem. It might be safe to say that this is a known problem and hopefully it will be resolved soon..
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I have the same problem with my Clarion deck. But only when I use a custom kernel. Works fine with a stock rogers one
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waiters said:
A Google search shows a lot of people have the exact same problem. It might be safe to say that this is a known problem and hopefully it will be resolved soon..
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I have more confidence in our dev's fixing this or finding a work around. It might be as easy as replacing ICS BT libraries with GB ones. However I am unable to get their attention.
I have the same issue but with a Dice Mediabridge installed in my BMW. Works for about 10 min then drops, will reconnect with a reboot. My Jawbone Icon stays connected and works fine, but that just had a recent firmware update. I hope this is resolved soon.
Finally a ICS Rom that works for me - see OP
So, what is so different in that ROM? How can the 'fix' from that ROM be applied onto other ROMs?
Pasha
PashaF said:
So, what is so different in that ROM? How can the 'fix' from that ROM be applied onto other ROMs?
Pasha
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CM9 is pure google. No junk from AT&T
Works on CM9
It works perfectly on CM9 builds - I'd hope other ROMs can be modified as well...
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CM9 is pure google. No junk from AT&T
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PashaF said:
It works perfectly on CM9 builds - I'd hope other ROMs can be modified as well...
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It works for some time like a week and them boom same problem.
I am on FORD EDGE, rogers.
BUMP: Still have issue
The last poster says issue comes back even running ROM. I have been dealing with this most annoying issue and still have it. I noticed when i uninstall Pandora app, its goes away. Seems to be a bug in the bluetooth stack and Pandora. Were you guys running Pandora at the time? Seems weird this thread just died with no resolution. Anybody care to explain to me what the fix is if any? does this problem follow the Galaxy S4? I am using an LG HBS-700 earpiece but it did the same thing on my Plantronics. is there a Jellybean available for this version? if so, ATT has not released it for over the air. Thanks.
Its not ota you have to use kies software and his thread is almost a year old
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holeindalip said:
Its not ota you have to use kies software and his thread is almost a year old
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Thanks for your suggestion, it was actually helpful but as far as the comment about the age of thread.. if someone is suffering from the exact problem i dont think it matters much.
So, I wanted to let anyone else struggling with this bluetooth issue what worked for me. I downloaded and installed Samsung KIES software on my PC as suggested above, performed a full backup of phone and made sure it was fully charged. Now, there will be an upgrade to JellyBean from within KIES. UPGRADE! after upgrade perform a restore and most all your stuff comes back.
** A few of my games/apps installed on my SD Card kept uninstalling itself. this is a bug in JB. Go to Settings, APPS, and move the app to your phone memory and that fixes it. **
Other than that, i have been running the update for a couple of weeks without all the annoying bluetooth issues and its like having a new phone!!! LOVE THE UPDATE.
Only issue is i have more battery drain than before. i have read that installing Jellybean clean install fixed that but will have to research how to do that. Good luck.. hope this helps someone else.
P.S. this is update is NOT available over the air, so dont look for it from your phone. only the KIES software gets you this update.

[Q] Bluetooth will pair, but won't connect to media audio

I am running CleanROM 7 (touchwiz basec ICS ROM) on my S3 and I've been using it in my car with a tunelink auto BT adapter that outputs to my aux port.
Lately, for seemingly no reason, the phone has stopped connecting the tunelink to media audio. The device is paired but never connects to media audio. When I have both devices on, under the BT menu on the phone I go to the tunelink device settings and try to check the box that says "media audio" it blinks for a second, sometimes it will say "connecting..." but then just stops and the check box never sets and it never connects to the device (the BT icon in the status bar never turns blue)
I just tried installing the latest firmware (modem) with no luck. I've rebooted, fixed permissions, with no luck. I just gave up in a battle to get BT audio to work with AOSP based ROMs (it was distorted and skipping) so I've just about had it with BT problems. I went back to CleanROM because I had been using it before I tried AOSP for a very long time with no issue. Does anyone have any ideas how I can fix this? Any insight is appreciated!
Any luck with this? I have a new Nexus 6 that I'm having the same problem with. Before my old Nexus 5 I had no issues.

[Q] Nexus 5 Blueooth Failed on Subaru

I just upgraded from Nexus 4 to Nexus 5. My Nexus 4 pairs fine with my Subaru Impreza WRX stock stereo, but when I try to pair the Nexus 5, I get a "Failed" message.
I have paired my Nexus 5 with a Chevy rental car and with a Soundkick with no problem. I have paired my Subaru with a Nexus 4 and Evo LTE with no problem.
So they both work fine independently, but Bluetooth is not working between the Nexus 5 and the Subaru. Interesting that when I put the stereo in pair mode and then select it from the Nexus 5, the stereo says "Failed" but then the phone prompts me for the password. However after I enter the password, I'm back to the device list and not connected.
Subaru's stereo is terrible so I'm guessing something is not right with their implementation. Any suggestions who I can contact to get this resolved?
Maybe you got to many pair devices to the radio. Delete the Bluetooth history.
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Its a terrible stereo. Said it was full when I first tried to pair so I had to delete the history anyway. No luck. Re-paired my Nexus 4 just to confirm and had no issues. Then failed again on Nexus 5.
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Bluetooth pairing is funky on the n5, I had the same failed message a few times while trying to connect to my dodge journey. Most of the time it couldn't even detect my car stereo, but eventually I got it to pair up
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zonkied said:
I just upgraded from Nexus 4 to Nexus 5. My Nexus 4 pairs fine with my Subaru Impreza WRX stock stereo, but when I try to pair the Nexus 5, I get a "Failed" message.
I have paired my Nexus 5 with a Chevy rental car and with a Soundkick with no problem. I have paired my Subaru with a Nexus 4 and Evo LTE with no problem.
So they both work fine independently, but Bluetooth is not working between the Nexus 5 and the Subaru. Interesting that when I put the stereo in pair mode and then select it from the Nexus 5, the stereo says "Failed" but then the phone prompts me for the password. However after I enter the password, I'm back to the device list and not connected.
Subaru's stereo is terrible so I'm guessing something is not right with their implementation. Any suggestions who I can contact to get this resolved?
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I have had this issue on my 2012 Outback as well. The first attempt at pairing always fails. If I retry pairing again right away it'll work. The same process was required for my gnex as well.
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I had this issue too- 2012 Forester.
It took a few attempts to get it to pair, re-entering the pin a few times and I did have to delete the history (I had to do this every time I flashed my Samsung Captivate, so I did expect it).
Now, it won't stay synced. I have to pair it and select device every time I get into the car. Today it kept saying "not available", I could get audio, but no phone connection; I toggled in and out of airplane mode, (just to avoid a reboot), turned the data on and off, and suddenly I could connect again- but I have no if my toggling made it work.
I just thought it was a Subaru issue (it's a pretty basic bluetooth system, imho) but there are some other threads about it (though the car make isn't listed)
I don't rely on bluetooth a lot in the car (just for long drives) so it's not a dealbreaker, but I feel like it should work and connect automatically if my old Captivate could.
I have two problems with my Subaru WRX....
1. It doesn't always connect right away and even when I try to connect through settings manually it doesn't always want to. Sometimes it takes 2-3 tries.
2. When it does connect, sometimes it won't connect to the phone function for bluetooth.
This is terribly annoying.
Cataclysm nov21 + franco r14
I have Forester with stock audio, no problems at all with Nexus 4 before and Nexus 5 now. The phone pairs automatically without any questions.
Stock ROM
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Vissionary said:
I have two problems with my Subaru WRX....
1. It doesn't always connect right away and even when I try to connect through settings manually it doesn't always want to. Sometimes it takes 2-3 tries.
2. When it does connect, sometimes it won't connect to the phone function for bluetooth.
This is terribly annoying.
Cataclysm nov21 + franco r14
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Same here, 2012 Subaru XV... Really quite annoying...
Basically won't auto connect at all and usually have to delete and re-pair the phone to get it to do anything other than pair just the audio part.
Mine has had no issues with Ford Sync in my Mustangs.
seeing what is going on here in this post is making me sure that the bluetooth on the nexus 5 needs alot of work... I too finding hard time to pair up with my computer bluetooth.
ashdragon said:
Same here, 2012 Subaru XV... Really quite annoying...
Basically won't auto connect at all and usually have to delete and re-pair the phone to get it to do anything other than pair just the audio part.
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Definitely annoying. The stock subby radios are junk though. I plan on upgrading soon so I hope that fixes my problem.
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seeing what is going on here in this post is making me sure that the bluetooth on the nexus 5 needs alot of work... I too finding hard time to pair up with my computer bluetooth.
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I'm sure it's the nexus 5's BT? I'm thinking since it's a newer version, some radios with older versions have a hard time connecting. I'm not certain though. Just a thought
I've was having the same issue with connecting my Nexus 5 to my '13 WRX's stock radio. It wouldn't auto connect after my car started and each time I had to go into the Bluetooth menu of my phone and manually connect it to the car. Sometimes the phone would connect with talk capabilities, but most of the time it wouldn't.
Today I updated my Nexus 5 to 4.4.1 and it appears my Bluetooth issues are gone. I had to re-pair my radio and phone, but after that they reconnected with not issues. The connection feels like it is established faster than what my GNex did, but I could be wrong.
Pair using the voice commands the whole way through. Works fine on my 2011 WRX.
Done this method, the pairing will stick and you should have no issue with voice or audio pairing.
Have the same issue with a Nexus 5 and a 2012 Subaru WRX base stereo.
FWIW, I tried a bunch of different things and read a bunch of theories and possible solutions. This is what worked for my Nexus 5 and my 2012 WRX:
1. Delete other phone profiles.
2. Reset bluetooth settings on stock (non-nav) WRX headunit
Still couldn't pair (said "failed" on headunit each time as soon the phone prompted me for the passkey) so...
3. Paired wife's iPhone via steering wheel controls/voice with no issue.
4. Still wouldn't pair Nexus 5.
5. Changed Subaru headunit passkey to "0000" (from factory-set "1234").
6. Paired Nexus 5 easily through steering wheel controls/voice.
I probably would have been able to pair simply by changing the passkey originally however once I deleted both prior phone profiles from the headunit, I couldn't access the headunit's bluetooth settings without at least 1 phone paired. Hence the step with my wife's iPhone.
Hope this helps someone.
Angrybaby said:
FWIW, I tried a bunch of different things and read a bunch of theories and possible solutions. This is what worked for my Nexus 5 and my 2012 WRX:
1. Delete other phone profiles.
2. Reset bluetooth settings on stock (non-nav) WRX headunit
Still couldn't pair (said "failed" on headunit each time as soon the phone prompted me for the passkey) so...
3. Paired wife's iPhone via steering wheel controls/voice with no issue.
4. Still wouldn't pair Nexus 5.
5. Changed Subaru headunit passkey to "0000" (from factory-set "1234").
6. Paired Nexus 5 easily through steering wheel controls/voice.
I probably would have been able to pair simply by changing the passkey originally however once I deleted both prior phone profiles from the headunit, I couldn't access the headunit's bluetooth settings without at least 1 phone paired. Hence the step with my wife's iPhone.
Hope this helps someone.
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This worked! Though the only step necessary is Step 5 - change the passkey to 0000. This allowed pairing (through either bluetooth menu or voice controls) with no passkey prompt.
This presumably bypasses the authentication protocol which seemed to be failing. Fantastic.
Unfortunately, still not a perfect solution, since turning off the car makes it "forget" the pairing. Don't need to repair each time, but do need to go to the bluetooth menu in the head unit to manually select and confirm the Nexus 5 device. A bit of a hassle, but only takes a few seconds and then call and media audio work great.
Android 4.4.3 is rumored to include bluetooth fixes, so hoping it helps this issue. Unfortunately I suspect the issue is on Subaru's side.
I blame your stupid sideways pistons for the problem
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Looks like Android 4.4.3 or 4.4.4 fixed the issue. I set the passkey on the head unit and when connecting from Nexus 5, it prompts for the passkey and successfully connects after I input it.
Unfortunately, still doesn't connect automatically when entering the car, need to manually select it on the head unit every time after turning the car on.
I think the problem is Subaru setup the stereos to work very well with the iPhone but nothing else. it's hit or miss with the Nexus 5 but my 5S connects automatically the moment I turn the key.

Unable to use bluetooth audio

Hi all,
I'm having an issue with my HTC One M8 and using it to stream audio over bluetooth. On my last phone (VZW GS4), when I connected it to my Flex's stereo (Sony SYNC with nav), it would list in the bluetooth pairing as connected to phone & media audio. However now on the HTC One, it only shows phone audio.
I have searched all over and couldn't find any info on this issue and there doesn't seem to be a setting in the stock ROM to set it up. The system still works with the phone when using it for phone calls.
Any ideas?
Cheers,
j
Have you tried re-pairing the phone? I know in my Tundra depending on how I pair the phone, I'll either get audio only or phone and audio. In my 335 it gives me an option what I want to use on the phone (audio, phone, or both). Also if you go into the setting of the pairing on your phone you should be able to put a check beside both audio and phone.
Well I just pulled the fuse for the sync system, so when I get ready to head home, I will try repairing the phone.
No issues with Logitech headphone/mic combo. I've been on vacation for 2 weeks but will be home tomorrow and will promptly attempt pairing to my Hyundai Blue Link system.
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Pulling the fuse for the SYNC system in the Flex corrected the issue. I was able to play Google Music over bluetooth today, was amazeballs...
I just wish that there was an equalizer option in GM like there was on my GS4...

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