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GB..Bluetooth Audio messed up :(

Can someone please confirm that their BT Audio still locks up after about 1hr? Yesterday after installing GB i have noticed that my BT audio locked up and phone says it is connected by no audio comes out. This is the same behavior i have on the Froyo version. The only way to release or fix it is a reboot. I really need BT to work i hate holding phone to my ear. Anyway can someone please confirm that theirs is doing the same thing. I have BlueAnt Q2. I also have another BT and i do believe the froyo version did the same thing with the other BT so i am sure it will happen with the GB version.
PS: the other thing that does not work with the BT is uploading contacts on the BT. This worked fine with Froyo.

can anyone confirm their BT Audio is working for more than 1-3hrs?. I am re-testing and will keep updating on what i find out.

UPDATE: BT has been on for exactly 2hrs and still working. I am currently testing it with the Jabra BT3030. I will report back.
PS: i have made and received calls using this BT just incase.

I've found that for when my BT locks up I can disable it then re-enable it, but it takes between 5-10 tries of re-enabling it before it takes. Probably faster to reboot, but I've had an aversion to rebooting ever since using the G1.

Bluetooth seems to be working better for me with this update. It has not yet failed to pair with my cheap Sony head unit, both handsfree and A2DP.
A2DP in particular used to suck. More than half the time when I'd start my truck the music icon would be missing from the Sony's display, but so far this build's A2DP seems to work right every time just like with my N1.
Navigation instructions through my car stereo FTW!

UPDATE: it is now 6hrs and 32mins into this testing and so far it is holding steady with the Jabra BT3030. I will keep on testing and report back.
PS: I am really amazed how well optimized the battery now is with this GB build.

cenwesi said:
UPDATE: it is now 6hrs and 32mins into this testing and so far it is holding steady with the Jabra BT3030. I will keep on testing and report back.
PS: I am really amazed how well optimized the battery now is with this GB build.
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So it won't play nice with the Q2? Frack!

mr mystery said:
So it won't play nice with the Q2? Frack!
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I am not about to rule that out just yet... Waiting to see what happens once i get past 8hrs. I will test Q2 next. so far i am really impressed with the battery optimization on this GB. Once i start freezing things or use one of those custom roms i am sure battery life will be even better.
PS: i wonder if they is any firmware update for the Q2?

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So it won't play nice with the Q2? Frack!
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I have a q2 and was connected yesterday for about 3 hours without issue. Was able to make and receive calls during that time without bluetooth disconnects. I did have a disconnect when I first updated (without rebooting), but after I rebooted my bluetooth worked fine.

matyou98 said:
I have a q2 and was connected yesterday for about 3 hours without issue. Was able to make and receive calls during that time without bluetooth disconnects. I did have a disconnect when I first updated (without rebooting), but after I rebooted my bluetooth worked fine.
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Were you able to upload your contacts? Could you do me a favor and leave it on all day for as long as you can to see if it locks up or you get NO audio. I am about to begin the test for the Q2. So far the Jabra BT3030 seem to be working just fine. Now 8hrs and 20mins and no issue.

I have a Q2 also and I'm constantly turning off and on bluetooth and the headset itself. etc etc, reboot.. damn. I changed from a Jawbone ERA (which was having issues also)
Using the EB 105gb leak rom atm and was using the stock g2x w/faux uv kernel earlier.

I have a Q2 that locks up on EB Froyo, but I love EB Froyo and the only reason I would update to GB is to fix the BT problem with Q2. Please let us know if your Q2 test is positive.

My q2 would not transfer phone book and has lost audio a few times today. Its more stable than stock but the previous gb leak worked perfect for me. Let me also mention that Bluetooth works perfect on cm7, phone book also transfers as well. I see myself going back to cm7 soon mainly because of Bluetooth.
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matyou98 said:
My q2 would not transfer phone book and has lost audio a few times today. Its more stable than stock but the previous gb leak worked perfect for me. Let me also mention that Bluetooth works perfect on cm7, phone book also transfers as well. I see myself going back to cm7 soon mainly because of Bluetooth.
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Which rom? Or just straight CM7 (which build too? or any/all?) ?
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I'm on a stinkin Wired Headset atm, so I'm quite interested. (0.0)b

Well guys, i can almost confirm it does lock up or looses audio. After over 9hrs testing the Jabra BT3030 i had NO issue with that BT. Charged phone up to 97%, reboot the phone and added the Q2. 1hr and 30min into testing it locked up or lost audio. This was after multiple calls and playing few songs just to make sure i haven't lost audio.... I don't know what to make of it. I don't know if it is the Q2 or our phone. One thing that i noticed and saw this on Froyo as well as other GB roms is that when you turn off the BT on the phone and try to re-enable it in like 2-3secs its like it is still trying to shutdown or something. After about 1-2mins it is back to normal....
As far as not being to transfer contacts to Q2 i can tell you that i spoke to BlueAnt tech support tonight and found out that if you have contacts on your sim card, it confuses the hell out of Q2. This wasn't the case for other roms that i tested or Froyo. I ended up taking my sim card out and guess what, it uploaded the contacts to Q2. Anyway i am thinking about taking my Q2 back to AT&T to see if i can exchange it for another one to see if that will solve this problem seeing that i bought it December of 2010.
Please i ask others that have the Q2 to leave BT and Q2 on for over 4-5hrs and see if it stays connected.

cenwesi said:
Please i ask others that have the Q2 to leave BT and Q2 on for over 4-5hrs and see if it stays connected.
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I dont need to wait 4hrs to tell you, my problem with it is exactly what you described.
On another note.
Least I only got my q2 a week ago, I can still return it to Bestbuy this weekend.
Dunno what else to get that has a2dp though. Other than jawbone(have/had them all) what headset on the market would anyone suggest or recommend? I had the Discover 975 worked great until I lost it, no a2dp though.. Had the Bose which was fun, but no a2dp either... any suggestions?
That and of course possibly switch to CM7.1 rc1? Except no A2dp.. which defeats the purpose of the whole paragraph above. haha.
What are you leaning toward, Cenwesi?

hiazn said:
I dont need to wait 4hrs to tell you, my problem with it is exactly what you described.
On another note.
Least I only got my q2 a week ago, I can still return it to Bestbuy this weekend.
Dunno what else to get that has a2dp though. Other than jawbone(have/had them all) what headset on the market would anyone suggest or recommend? I had the Discover 975 worked great until I lost it, no a2dp though.. Had the Bose which was fun, but no a2dp either... any suggestions?
That and of course possibly switch to CM7.1 rc1? Except no A2dp.. which defeats the purpose of the whole paragraph above. haha.
What are you leaning toward, Cenwesi?
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Well i know for sure the Jabra BT3030 works but does not have the phonebook feature so i am leaning towards it. I really think people with A2DP really need to test theirs and then we will know for sure if it is the Q2 or is the the phone or software. Very hard to tell right now.

Lol, looks like it just locked up again. This time more like 2hrs.

cenwesi said:
Well i know for sure the Jabra BT3030 works but does not have the phonebook feature so i am leaning towards it. I really think people with A2DP really need to test theirs and then we will know for sure if it is the Q2 or is the the phone or software. Very hard to tell right now.
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Hows the sound quality with the 3030? How well does the other person hear you from where it normally hangs if you wear it around your neck? Hows the noise cancellation and the quality of your connection to your phone?

hiazn said:
Hows the sound quality with the 3030? How well does the other person hear you from where it normally hangs if you wear it around your neck? Hows the noise cancellation and the quality of your connection to your phone?
Anyone got first hand experience with the Jabra Stone 2?
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Sound quality is fine and people here me just fine. Noice cancellation is fine.

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.

rosedog said:
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?

Bluetooth Audio Clicks

Hello,
Please help who know how to solve this problem...
I have A2DP to AUX adapter in my car and before N5 I had S3 and it worked fine and I did try MackBook Air works fine too
but my new Nexus 5 make some bad clicks with audio streaming and even when no audio - clicks still clicking...
I did try my friends N5 and it make clicks also...
so looks like problem in N5s....
anyone have/had this problem? any way to solve it?
Thanks!

Try another car.

PhilipTD said:
Try another car.
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anything about problem? car is the best! and other phones works fine - just N5s

EvgeniX said:
anything about problem? car is the best! and other phones works fine - just N5s
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I'm not entirely sure, but, I think that the next logical troubleshooting step is to test your phone on another car's audio system in order to eliminate the possibility that the issue is restricted to your phone's connection to your car.

PhilipTD said:
I'm not entirely sure, but, I think that the next logical troubleshooting step is to test your phone on another car's audio system in order to eliminate the possibility that the issue is restricted to your phone's connection to your car.
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My bluetooth not in car it just dongle... and I have 2 of them and they works fine with Mac and PC other phones not kitkat but not with my 2 N5s. ..
But also I find out clicks only when I do something on the phone if I leave audio and leave phone after 5-10 min all clicks stops... now its even more strange...
So now it looks like or N5s or kitkat...
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Bad sound quality through Bluetooth

I'm having bad sound quality when making call through Bluetooth in my car. It sounds like the audio is breaking up. Anybody else have this problem? My note 3 was working just fine through bluetooth
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I also noticed the same thing yesterday driving home. I did not have this problem earlier in the week. I'm not sure what is going on. This along with a strange wifi problem has recently surfaced. If I leave my wifi range and then return, it does not want to reconnect. I have to toggle the airplane mode then wifi will reconnect. I am running stock 11s rooted with 2.7.1.0 TWRP, Xposed framework, Xpoxed GEL, Gravity Box, Tasker, Autovoice.

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I'm having bad sound quality when making call through Bluetooth in my car. It sounds like the audio is breaking up. Anybody else have this problem? My note 3 was working just fine through bluetooth
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Are you still experiencing poor Bluetooth audio in your vehicle? Mine is still the same.
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kevinga said:
Are you still experiencing poor Bluetooth audio in your vehicle? Mine is still the same.
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I am. I'm looking for suggestions for things to try and improve the stuttering/skipping/dropouts that I'm experiencing when using my OnePlus One in media playback mode through my Chevrolet MyLink car radio. I have some additional details to offer and things I have tried:
1) The playback application doesn't seem to make any difference, the problem is most pronounced (unlistenable) when playing back music files and is highly annoying when listening to speech (e.g. podcast) files. I suspect the difference is the music having a beat that gets interrupted while there are some normal pauses in speech so the stuttering blends in a bit more. In any event, it's not a problem with the playback application.
2) It seems unlikely to be a problem with the car radio (Chevrolet MyLink). Though I haven't done extensive testing I have done some using my old Motorola Atrix HD with a nightly CM11 on it from a few weeks back and that does not seem to have the issue, or at least it is not nearly as severe.
3) When I use a third party bluetooth audio receiver (some cheap no-name one from ebay) the quality seems to be fine but when I try to go directly to the car stereo I get tons of stuttering/skipping/drop outs.
A friend suggested that I try running an alternative kernel and see if that improves things. Any ideas on whether that may be the case or which one might be the best to try? Any other suggestions? It's quite annoying that I can't playback audio through the car radio...
Thanks!

Anyone have any ideas? I tried running the Franco kernel tonight and it seems to have the same issue. I did some logcat captures and I seem to be getting a lot of "W/bt-btif ( 2104): btif_media_aa_prep_2_send congestion buf count 24" messages when playing back audio through the car radio. See the attached full logcat captures with both the stock and Franco kernels and connected to both an alternative Bluetooth dongle and to the MyLink car radio.
Any suggestions?

After further testing I was able to determine this is an issue with the phone and not the car radio as I was able to find at least one other BT device which exhibits the same issue. I have created a ticket for this issue at: https://jira.cyanogenmod.org/browse/BACON-1005 if you are also experiencing this issue you are encouraged to go and vote for the ticket.

One question though. Do you have WiFi on when traveling in your car? Try turning it off and see if you still get skipping.

I do in fact have WiFi on at all times. I tried turning it off for the day today while doing some driving and it appeared to clear up the problem. I would think it's still a bug because having WiFi on should not prevent BT audio from working correctly but it at least gives someone a direction to investigate.

So I've done some slightly longer term testing and what I can say is the problem is not totally cleared up when WiFi is off but it is much, much better (definitely listenable). I will still get a couple dropouts when first starting a stream (sometimes, not always) but after 30 seconds to a minute it seems to settle down and be fine as long as I keep the WiFi off.

BenFranske said:
So I've done some slightly longer term testing and what I can say is the problem is not totally cleared up when WiFi is off but it is much, much better (definitely listenable). I will still get a couple dropouts when first starting a stream (sometimes, not always) but after 30 seconds to a minute it seems to settle down and be fine as long as I keep the WiFi off.
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Just to clarify the situation..
My Xperia Z2 have the same issues.. It is not your phone but the Bluetooth stack in android that pretty much sucks the problems you are dicribing has been there since android 4.2 on a lot of devices.
I have just changed my Lumia 1020 out with this Z2 and call me disappointed in music quality! On the Lumia you would have trouble hearing a difference between jack/auxiliary and Bluetooth..

And today I did notice some dropouts even with WiFi off well into my drive but it was just a few packets I would guess more of an annoyance than a serious problem. I've heard about issues in the Android BT stack but the confusing part of that is why certain devices (such as my Atrix HD) don't seem to experience the problem.

I have a bluetooth stereo I use every morning in my home and a bluetooth stereo in my car. I almost exclusively use pandora, but I have also used power amp on longer trips. I have never experience this issue with my opo. I have ran 25-33 all rooted with no problems and am currently using CM11 nightlies. I also am not having any wifi issues.
Sorry it's not very helpful, but it doesn't sound like a widespread issue at least.

It certainly has something to do with the particular bluetooth implementation used by the receiver interacting with the OPO. As I indicated I have three different BT receivers I can test with and the problem affects two of them but not the other.

Weak Bluetooth?

Anybody else experiencing a weak bluetooth connection with the S6? I'm losing the connection with my Garmin Vivosmart in places I've had no problem connecting with other devices. I'm curious about other's experiences on this as a search hasn't turned up much yet.

I have noticed this as well. I could walk pretty far away from my S4 before it would drop. With this S6, I only get a few feet away before audio gives out. Doesn't disconnect, just loses audio.
Also, random loss of audio from time to time, even when the phone is right next to my head.

Yeah I've noticed the same thing with my S6. At work I don't always keep my phone on me and with my M8 I could walk around the whole building without my G Watch disconnecting and with my S6 I can only get a few feet away before the connection drops.

Yes happening with my moto 360 it is annoying and hopefully will be fixed soon

Haven't had any disconnect issues, but for some reason connecting to my car stereo has been a nightmare. It takes like 5 tries before it actually connects.
Galaxy S6 (Verizon)

sd0070 said:
Haven't had any disconnect issues, but for some reason connecting to my car stereo has been a nightmare. It takes like 5 tries before it actually connects.
Galaxy S6 (Verizon)
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I'm having issues with my car bluetooth too. It works fine initially, but every couple of days I have to delete my phone and re-pair it for it to connect again.

grim281 said:
I'm having issues with my car bluetooth too. It works fine initially, but every couple of days I have to delete my phone and re-pair it for it to connect again.
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Same here, takes me 3 or 4 times to try to bluetooth sync with ford sync system. Yesterday it would sync then play for 30 seconds and pause play back. I don't know if its the phone or lollipop as alot of the problems I see are also happening on my nexus 9.

I'm getting sent a new one since I've been having these problems
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sleightofhandus said:
Same here, takes me 3 or 4 times to try to bluetooth sync with ford sync system. Yesterday it would sync then play for 30 seconds and pause play back. I don't know if its the phone or lollipop as alot of the problems I see are also happening on my nexus 9.
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I had Bluetooth issues on an old phone, and when I flashed different roms the issues were fixed. This leads me to believe that it's software related
Galaxy S6 (Verizon)

iowabowtech said:
Anybody else experiencing a weak bluetooth connection with the S6? I'm losing the connection with my Garmin Vivosmart in places I've had no problem connecting with other devices. I'm curious about other's experiences on this as a search hasn't turned up much yet.
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Identical experience. With my S4 and my Nexus 9 I was able to literally get to the edge of my large yard before losing connection with my Vivosmart. Now I can't leave the room since getting my S6. I hope it's software and we can somehow change it, because it's ridiculously bad. I also have had to turn my BT off and back on three times this week because it would crash and refuse to talk to either my Vivosmart or my car. As soon as I toggle the BT on the phone it reconnects to everything. Seems to be triggered by starting my car (i.e. the BT car interface becomes available.) Never had either problem with the S4.

lilshooter said:
I'm getting sent a new one since I've been having these problems
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Since so many people are having this problem, it's probably phone related and not just an isolated incident.

cybermage1 said:
Identical experience. With my S4 and my Nexus 9 I was able to literally get to the edge of my large yard before losing connection with my Vivosmart. Now I can't leave the room since getting my S6.
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Yeah this is one of my only remaining complaints about the device. I can't use my Vivosmart for sleep tracking anymore...it disconnects/reconnects way too many times and the persistent vibes wake me up.
So honest question...let's assume it is fixable by software tweaks. What's the fix in that scenario? Reroute more power to bluetooth radio? Other?

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So honest question...let's assume it is fixable by software tweaks. What's the fix in that scenario? Reroute more power to bluetooth radio? Other?
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Well I've seen a lot of threads online for other devices where an Android update affected bluetooth range. Obviously there's some sort of software control for this. I'm rooted, and I'm willing to try some things but I don't know where to begin. I'm not an OS / Kernel guy.

i wonder if its what it is connecting to as well as a problem with S6? i have the Motorola Buds headset and it has worked as expected giving me about 100 foot range when talking on it. i also have a 2013 Ram truck with Uconnect and have not had any issues and it connects right away and reads my text etc.. as it was doing with my Note 3 and ATIV.
i havent tried other devices but have a few like a speaker and will see as i use them if i have issues.

Haven't messed with Bluetooth that much on this phone, but I think wifi is a bit weak
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I've had Bluetooth issues. Seems really short range.

Wifi is about the same as my LG G2, but BT is about half as far. I used to be able to get around 15m at work (lots of shelving) but now I'm lucky to get 5m before hearing static and starting to cut out. Sucks because BT is my main source of music at work.

Anybody had better luck after applying the new ota?