[Q] Bluetooth only turns on with wifi? - T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide

I'm only able to turn bluetooth on while I have wi-fi powered on. Otherwise it will just say "powering on" for a while before giving up and turning off. If wi-fi is on, it powers up instantly like it should, and works great. If you turn off wi-fi, bluetooth stays "on" but doesn't actually connect. This was happening when I was on MikTouch and is still happening on CM9. Anyone else have this problem?
Now this is a noob question, but would flashing a radio likely do anything? I don't know if that is just the cell radio chipset, or if it includes the wi-fi and bluetooth radios. I never really cared about bluetooth before, but now I have a Pebble and would like to use it without the power-hogging wi-fi on all day. Any ideas?

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I wiped everything and did a fresh install of CM9.1 and again with Miktouch 0.7, and the bluetooth behaves the same way on both. On a whim I tried GimmeABreak too--the bluetooth toggle won't even switch there.
Sooo, hardware right?
But here's the twist: I didn't mention this before because I thought I was misremembering, but I pulled my old beat-up MT4GS out and tried on there. Same deal! Same exact deal. Bluetooth works flawlessly if wi-fi is turned on, but won't do a thing if it's off. How can this have happened to me twice, and yet I haven't seen anyone else mention it here??

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[Q] bluetooth issues with Froyo leak

Has anyone encountered bluetooth issues in this leak. I drive ford vehicles with sync. Sync uses the bluetooth for handsfree calling. Since going to froyo, my phone will pair with sync initially but drop out when i try to make a call. Furthermore, the phone will do a soft reset if i try to turn the bluetooth off then back on through the power widget in an attempt to reconnect with sync. I have also encountered the soft reset twice when turning gps on an off through the power widget. Any opinion would be awesome. I'm going to flash to jf6 then back to froyo tomorrow since i originally went from Cog2.1.6 to froyo to see if that corrects the problem. I'm spoiled by handsfree calling and its driving me insane not having it! Fords new lineup with Sync rocks by the way in case anyone is wondering
+1 for same bluetooth issue
cmanatam said:
Has anyone encountered bluetooth issues in this leak. I drive ford vehicles with sync. Sync uses the bluetooth for handsfree calling. Since going to froyo, my phone will pair with sync initially but drop out when i try to make a call. Furthermore, the phone will do a soft reset if i try to turn the bluetooth off then back on through the power widget in an attempt to reconnect with sync. I have also encountered the soft reset twice when turning gps on an off through the power widget. Any opinion would be awesome. I'm going to flash to jf6 then back to froyo tomorrow since i originally went from Cog2.1.6 to froyo to see if that corrects the problem. I'm spoiled by handsfree calling and its driving me insane not having it! Fords new lineup with Sync rocks by the way in case anyone is wondering
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I'm having serious Froyo JI6 bluetooth problems too. It's dropping my Motorola H371 handsfree like crazy. Never had this problem with any other firmware.
Same here
My bluetooth connects to my headunit but after a few seconds it shows connecting... again and never connects. Then it soft boots. Before Froyo it was working fine. Any help is appreciated.
Wii Conectivity with 2.2 Bluez
I have been waiting for someone to incorporate the stock "bluez" bluetooth for the captivate- thats how the wii controller connectivity works. With the new Cog2.2 the controller actually shows up. The remote apps still do not see it however, so I suspect something is still not quite right...

[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] bluetooth ???

I was looking for this on all forum and did not find answer. I get second one skyrocket and second blutooth device plantronic voyager pro HD and still have problem as is had with last one. Devices paired with no problem and worked for some one-two days with no problem. After that time sound is scrachy and disconnect from phone, then i can not turn on or off blutooth on phone and also can not find device antill i restart phone. Skayrocket running on rooted stock and I installed CWM on. Did not flash with any rom yet. Any idea what is the problem or this is hardware problem again ( that why i replace last one phone and bluetooth) ???
There's an issue with bluetooth on the skyrocket and the galaxy s2 for some reason. I am running the newest version of seanzscreams ROM and I've had no issues since I updated. My bluetooth would think it was connected but when I made a call I'll have no audio. I would have to reboot my skyrocket and resync my bluetooth. Hopefully they fix it in the ICS release.
so many ppl having bluetooth issue. SO i ma gonna take out my jawbone and see if i can help these ppl out.
I have the Era, Plantronics backbeat 903+, and the Blue Ant Q2 and they all do the same darn thing. It's weird, the phone even shows it's connected. When I press the button on my Era is says how much talk time is left but not connect me to your phone. It is a pain. I wish it would automatically sync to my car when I turn it on and switch off my earpiece. Guess we need to wait for an app or something.
Well my jawbone got connected to phone easily. Made phone call and every thing went smooth so good news for me. Running Ice cream rom.
What I found was that you have to make sure it's set to auto connect if not then you'll have to manually connect it every time in your Bluetooth settings.
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Thanks all for answers.. I hope someone will find solution for problem , i also will try to flash some roms to see what is working what not..
I was having a strange problem with bluetooth as well. The audio would become undecipherable sometimes. I found that when I had wifi turned on I could recreate the issue and when I turned it off the issue when away. I've since used tasker to turn off the wifi when initiating a bluetooth connection and haven't had the problem since. Your results may vary, but couldn't hurt to try it out. Hopefully it'll fix your issue.
There is a definitely issue with bluetooth. I use 5 different sets of bluetooth (Bose, Plantronics Voyager Pro, Plantroinics 975, Blueant Q2, Jawbone) and they all seem to have an issue with Skyrocket. Even tho they are paired and connected to the phone, I can't seem to hear anything. Also, sometimes it does not turn on or off. There are times when it won't even connect/pair even though the bluetooth is set on auto connect. I have to reboot in order to get it working correctly. With my Bionic, I never have that issue. This is my 2nd set of Skyrocket and my first one had the same issues.
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In "Settings", "Use Power saving mode", there are a number of defaults, one of which is "turn off blutetooth".
If you have powersavings enabled and this ticked off it will drop your BT connection if it's idle for a bit... It also has the same foy wi-fi, gps, and sync, and timeout and response values for brightness and timeout.
Also note that reaching your "low power" threshold set in this area will turn off all of those too.
Jamie
robinsonj said:
In "Settings", "Use Power saving mode", there are a number of defaults, one of which is "turn off blutetooth".
If you have powersavings enabled and this ticked off it will drop your BT connection if it's idle for a bit... It also has the same foy wi-fi, gps, and sync, and timeout and response values for brightness and timeout.
Also note that reaching your "low power" threshold set in this area will turn off all of those too.
Jamie
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I have the power saving mode OFF and still have issues. I definately feel that there are bluetooth issues with Skyrocket.
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I did try everything you sugested and only think so fare working is when i flash with icescreemsandwich rom.. so if anybody have same issue can try this.. thanks all one more
I'm on my second White Skyrocket and am still having the same bluetooth issue. After connecting with my car, then leaving the car and returning later, I cannot turn BT back on without a reboot. Once it connects, it works well though.
Issue w/Speaker
I've not connected with a bluetooth headset, but I have HORRIBLE audio issues when using my Parrot 2.1 b'tooth speaker.
Rocket connects & keeps connection, but audio drops & is choppy - even when < 4' away.
White Skyrocket on faux's kernel & seanscreamz SkyIceCreamSandwich RC6.6 ROM.
I did something diffriend on my wifes skayrocket with stock rom and no root totaly clean...
I turn on bloototh on phone and connect to handset, connection is exelent so i never turn off bluetooth on phone and so fare so good for last 2 days.
norbarb said:
I did something diffriend on my wifes skayrocket with stock rom and no root totaly clean...
I turn on bloototh on phone and connect to handset, connection is exelent so i never turn off bluetooth on phone and so fare so good for last 2 days.
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BT sucks down too much battery life to leave on all the time for me.
That's what we have found to be the issue....everything works unless bt is toggled off then back on
Bt draining battery when not connected does not make much sense...it doesn't scan frequently once on from what I can tell. Would have to run some logs to verify
norbarb said:
I did something diffriend on my wifes skayrocket with stock rom and no root totaly clean...
I turn on bloototh on phone and connect to handset, connection is exelent so i never turn off bluetooth on phone and so fare so good for last 2 days.
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tstaiano said:
I've not connected with a bluetooth headset, but I have HORRIBLE audio issues when using my Parrot 2.1 b'tooth speaker.
Rocket connects & keeps connection, but audio drops & is choppy - even when < 4' away.
White Skyrocket on faux's kernel & seanscreamz SkyIceCreamSandwich RC6.6 ROM.
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Try with Wifi turned off and see if that helps
I'm running Sky Ice Cream Snadwich 6.5Z. I seem to have bluetooth issues with my Backbeat 903+ when Wifi is turned on. I just tested it. I hung up the call, turned off Wifi and the audio was much better. I still have to have the in-call volume turned way down though
I will say that the 903+ were kind of crappy when I used them with my iPhone 3GS too though. Again, had to turn the volume all the way down. Its too bad because I really loved the first gen of this headset
I was palying with bluetooth and I notice if i turn off Bluetooth PBAP and Bluetooth Share my connection to handset if perfect. Can somebody explain what are this two thinks and what role they have in phone ?
You can find Bluetooth info here:
(sorry new member... can't post outside links... search wikipedia for "Bluetooth profile")
It will explain what PBAP and all those other services that do not work and cause you grief...
I have a feeling that this issue with this model of phone could be because it is using Bluetooth 3.0, maybe the Bluetooth devices we are trying to connect to are not compatible or struggle with the data transfer rate?
In any case it is super annoying, lets hope the issue gets fixed with ICS. I am trying to use my SGS2 LTE (on Rogers in Canada) with my Bluetooth in my Hyundai Tucson 2010... it rarely connects, and when it does either it cannot download my address book or people cannot hear me.
I read in this thread "set it to connect automatically", I cannot find this setting on the phone, any help?
Thanks,
Marc

Wifi anda Bluetooth

Wifi and Bluetooth stopped working on my S510e few months ago. When I try toggle wifi or bluetooth slider it say "Turning on.." then comes back off. I tried different roms, even stock that I had when I got my device.
Any clues on how to fix this issue?
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[Q] Bluetooth and Wifi Sporadically Turn Off

Periodically the bluetooth and wifi on my phone will just turn off. When this happens while I'm listening to music, the music will start playing from the phone speakers, which is very awkward at work/in public. This only seems to happen when I have both bluetooth and wifi on at the same time.
I've had this problem since I was stock and it's persisted now that I rooted the phone and am running viper. Has anyone noticed this or could it be a hardware problem with this phone?
Might be hardware, but I'd suggest looking at all other possibilities first. Do you run tasker or ittt (if this then that) type recipes? Have you gone through all your power saving features to make sure it's not powering radios with the screen off?

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