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Bluetooth unreliable

I am really getting tired of my bluetooth headset not staying connected. Has anyone been able to figure out why both the Infuse and now my Skyrocket both lose their connection to my bluetooth headset during the day? It will connect to it (manually) no problem in the morning but after awhile it just loses the connection to my device? No ryhme or reason and the only way to get it back working again is to turn BT off/on again. Is the BT hardware in the phone just a piece of dog poo or what?
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After updating to 2.3.6 it folbed it for me
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byrdtulsa said:
After updating to 2.3.6 it folbed it for me
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"it folded it for me" Huh????
Currently Skyrocketing into Android Space!

Blackberrynomore said:
"it folded it for me" Huh????
Currently Skyrocketing into Android Space!
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If you are using the same B/T device for both phones then I would be highly suspect of the device, not the phones. If it is fixed (not sure what folded means) then good...

Sorry to resurrect an old topic, but has anyone come up with a solution to this recently? I've been having similar problems recently. When I turn bluetooth on sometimes, it just hangs and doesn't turn on. I have to restart the phone. This has been happening more and more recently.
If it has something to do with the 2.3.6 update, is there a way to roll back to 2.3.5?

Wait, there was an update to 2.3.6? Did you get that OTA or is that from an alternate ROM? Mine is showing as up to date at 2.3.5 running stock.

burhanistan said:
Wait, there was an update to 2.3.6? Did you get that OTA or is that from an alternate ROM? Mine is showing as up to date at 2.3.5 running stock.
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I got it OTA about a month ago. Apparently AT&T pulled it, though.
Honestly, I see no difference between the two.

I have given up on Bluetooth with this phone! I actually went and bought a decent set of wired headphones incase I need to use them to talk handsfree.
On a more pleasant note (Lol) my new Galaxy Note is superb on my Jawbone and my car. Nice to use Bluetooth in the car again.
The skyrocket definitely has a Bluetooth issue. I had it before and after the 2.3.6 update.
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BTW, where does one typically go to file a complaint? Would I go to AT&T or Samsung? They have probably heard of this issue already, but I figure one more person reminding them wouldn't hurt.

planoman said:
I have given up on Bluetooth with this phone! I actually went and bought a decent set of wired headphones incase I need to use them to talk handsfree.
On a more pleasant note (Lol) my new Galaxy Note is superb on my Jawbone and my car. Nice to use Bluetooth in the car again.
The skyrocket definitely has a Bluetooth issue. I had it before and after the 2.3.6 update.
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where did you get your note? How much and how does it work on ATT? Thanks,

I have a bluetooth issue too. Seems like bluetooth won't always 'start'. I have to reboot and then it will work for a while again.
Stock ROM, rooted.

Edit: I just read my post from weeks ago and I think I posted to the wrong thread. Sorry
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Is everyone having bluetooth issues in an LTE area? I think the first time I noticed this problem was around the time LTE was turned on in LA... or after the 2.3.6 update. Since people w/o the update are having the problem.. maybe it's related to LTE?

I started a similar thread a while back, but the mods moved it to accessories: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342831
There are definitely BT issues with this phone. I returned two because of the BT failing completely. So far so good with the two I have now. Some BT devices work better with this phone, but some don't work at all; it's very picky about what devices it works with. I have the Motorola HX550 headset, it works pretty well with that. Mine does not work well with Blueant, Jawbone, Motorola H17s or HX1s. The Blueant and Jawbone headsets worked, but voice dialing sucked because volume on confirmations was too low to be heard.
It's not LTE related; we have no LTE where I live. It's also not 2.3.6 related.

Nakel said:
I started a similar thread a while back, but the mods moved it to accessories: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342831
There are definitely BT issues with this phone. I returned two because of the BT failing completely. So far so good with the two I have now. Some BT devices work better with this phone, but some don't work at all; it's very picky about what devices it works with. I have the Motorola HX550 headset, it works pretty well with that. Mine does not work well with Blueant, Jawbone, Motorola H17s or HX1s. The Blueant and Jawbone headsets worked, but voice dialing sucked because volume on confirmations was too low to be heard.
It's not LTE related; we have no LTE where I live. It's also not 2.3.6 related.
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Thanks for clarifying the LTE theory. Thought it was worth a shot.
When you say you have two devices, do you mean two Skyrockets? I'm thinking of visiting the store, too.

Yep, I have had 5 skyrockets. 3 returned and I have two functional SRs now.

jedah said:
Sorry to resurrect an old topic, but has anyone come up with a solution to this recently? I've been having similar problems recently. When I turn bluetooth on sometimes, it just hangs and doesn't turn on. I have to restart the phone. This has been happening more and more recently.
If it has something to do with the 2.3.6 update, is there a way to roll back to 2.3.5?
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Mine is the exact same. If I turn on bluetooth sometimes it just hangs and doesn't do anything at all. I have to reboot my phone to get my bluetooth to turn on.

mdz24cavalier said:
Mine is the exact same. If I turn on bluetooth sometimes it just hangs and doesn't do anything at all. I have to reboot my phone to get my bluetooth to turn on.
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i have the exact same issue. im debating to wait for the Note.

[Q] Help!! Bluetooth Issue

Hi All,
I am having issue using bluetooth on this phone. It doesnt connect to my Jawbone ICON HD and my car bluetooth. I tried everything I know to make this work. Is this a software issue? is anyone having the same issue? Please help.
Thanks

pratikjac said:
Hi All,
I am having issue using bluetooth on this phone. It doesnt connect to my Jawbone ICON HD and my car bluetooth. I tried everything I know to make this work. Is this a software issue? is anyone having the same issue? Please help.
Thanks
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It would help if you provide a bit more info here. Do you have the XT925 or XT926? What's your car?
I own a XT925 - Australian (Telstra) version of the Razr HD. I've been able to connect it successfully to the following devices under the stock 4.1.2 and CM10.2/11:
Macbook Pro
Skoda Bluetooth 9W3 kit
Sony SBH-50 Headset
One thing to note is that the stock 4.1.2 regressed BT functionality - it wasn't sending track information (a bug in A2DP?), this has been fixed in CM10.2/11 and I assume really the fix comes from AOSP 4.3/4.4.
Do note that sometimes your phone may not be compatible with the device you're connecting to (actually, usually it's the other way round to be honest, with the device not implementing BT profiles correctly). In-built car BT is often known to do this. The Skoda BT 9W is luckily a very forgiving module with very little trouble reported by users.
YMMV.

I have BlueConnect in my car. It used to work before with no issues but now it stopped. The bluetooth connects to my phone but no voice or anything. I also have a jawbone ICON HD, the phone wont detect it at all. I feel its a phone issue. I am on stock 4.1.2. Phone is XT926
Any thoughts?

pratikjac said:
Any thoughts?
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When did it stop working? Was it after a ROM upgrade or just on its own?
Does the Bluetooth setting appear to work at all - i.e. changing visibility, etc?
Have you tried looking at the kernel logs - i.e. with logcat?

Alright so I got it to work. I had to do a full factory reset erasing all data. Now it works.
I don't remember when I stopped working. But I used to think that it was my car bluetooth until I figured that it wasn't the case.
Thanks anyway.
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Disconnection issues?

Ok I just got the watch and had major issues with the first one so I exchanged it.. This one works alot better but it appears it can't keep a connection, it says it connected but some apps stop being able to communicate. Like the phone finder app will show that's it's loading then it just does nothing...
Running a nexus 5...
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bog3nator said:
Ok I just got the watch and had major issues with the first one so I exchanged it.. This one works alot better but it appears it can't keep a connection, it says it connected but some apps stop being able to communicate. Like the phone finder app will show that's it's loading then it just does nothing...
Running a nexus 5...
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I´ve got the same issue with a Xperia Z1 compact (Android 4.3)
Sometimes it also looses connection and cannot reconnect until rebooted (the watch rebooted!)
Anyone else?
Cheers, Jorge

jorge.aragon said:
I´ve got the same issue with a Xperia Z1 compact (Android 4.3)
Sometimes it also looses connection and cannot reconnect until rebooted (the watch rebooted!)
Anyone else?
Cheers, Jorge
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Makes me rethink the watch and get the pebble
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OK so the issue started when impaired my headset to my phone also, even though that headset isn't on the watch stopped wanting to connect. Just unpaired it and the watch connected again
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bog3nator said:
OK so the issue started when impaired my headset to my phone also, even though that headset isn't on the watch stopped wanting to connect. Just unpaired it and the watch connected again
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Hrmm... I'm afraid I'm not going to be much help here except to mention that I am running the SW2 with a Nexus 5 as well and I frequently connect a bluetooth headset at the same time and I haven't run into any bluetooth connection issues so far. I've had the watch for 2-3 months now, I do remember having to update the firmware once when I first got it... perhaps reset the watch and check to see if you have the latest firmware?

I have problems like this too. This watch seems to have interference issues. My bluebuds X constantly disconnect when I'm on a call with my SW2 connected. Worst part is they never make a sound, I just stop hearing my caller, and I eventually check the phone and see they've been dropped to the headset and I've been talking to myself.
Music also disconnects the headphones occasionally, but it's not frequently enough for it to be a big problem. Calls on the other hand disconnect like every 30 seconds.
Update: I no longer blame my SW2 for this issue. They headphones disconnect when the watch is not connected. The phone disconnects from other A2DP devices. I'm blaming my phone now.

bog3nator said:
OK so the issue started when impaired my headset to my phone also, even though that headset isn't on the watch stopped wanting to connect. Just unpaired it and the watch connected again
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Are you running stock ROM and kernel or custom? I am running SlimRom and stock kernel and have no issues keeping the watch connection with a LG Tone+ headset.

uh60james said:
Are you running stock ROM and kernel or custom? I am running SlimRom and stock kernel and have no issues keeping the watch connection with a LG Tone+ headset.
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I tried everything. Finally got fed up and returned it for the pebble. 2 days of frustration
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Same issue here with a Wiko King (Micromax A110 clone).
Sometime all is ok, sometime no :crying:
For me, disable and enable BT is the workaround.

Fixed
jorge.aragon said:
I´ve got the same issue with a Xperia Z1 compact (Android 4.3)
Sometimes it also looses connection and cannot reconnect until rebooted (the watch rebooted!)
Anyone else?
Cheers, Jorge
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With the Android 4.4 update problem has gone.

Same for me, my watch disconnect ... from my Nexus 5
But the last Android version (of course, it's the Nexus) doesn't solve anything.
I hope a lot has been done with the following SW2 firmware to solve this issue.

My wife was having disconnect issues as well using MIUI rom, then she moved to CM and no more issues
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I have the same issue, BT-connection suddenly drops out, mostly after some notifications happen within a short period of time, after which only a reboot of the watch gets it going again. So to me it looks very much like a watch-problem, not like a phone related.

I have same problem.
On phone it looks like connected but on watch is not. When tried to turn off bluetooth my phone reboots itself.
Start to happen after last update, my first tough was sth wrong with my rom. Reinstalled my rom, still same. Finally returned to stock and problem persist.
As it happen after last update it looks is related. Yesterday I got smartwach update but not resolved.
Using with Sony SP.
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Just a shot in the dark: are you all using wristn! ?
I replaced this with watchify tnis afternoon and havent had a single disconnect since then.
Might be coincidence, tho.

I found another one, when Smartwatch is connected wi-fi not working???? Turned off and everything fine ????

bartmw said:
I found another one, when Smartwatch is connected wi-fi not working???? Turned off and everything fine ????
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Same here
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me too, sometimes it works, sometimes the Wi-Fi is Disconnected, sometimes it's just slow...
(On a Android 4.3 Xperia SP)

Could you guys post your hw version? And if you have disconnect issues or not.
Mine, with Disconnect issues
SW2 version B4154/A411
HW ID 419 rev 1003

bartmw said:
I found another one, when Smartwatch is connected wi-fi not working???? Turned off and everything fine ????
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It probably will make Android 4.3 I had vmobilu SONY Xperia Z android 4.3.
Now I have AOKP ROM 4.4.2 and cool ....
I'm sorry for your English

[Q] bluetooth connectivity issues between one plus one and my car(2012 bmw 328i)

I had same issues with my nexus 5. I bought one plus one thinking that I would not have those issues. but i was wrong.
I can pair my phone with my car but it disconnects after a minute or so. It will try to reconnect and disconnect again. it goes on until i disable my bluetooth on my phone.
it is very annoying. does anyone know if there is a way to fix it. I am on latest release 38R.

Ask bmw if there's an update for your system.

Have you tried a different ROM, such as Slimkat?
I have ALWAYS had issues connecting my Nexus 4/Nexus 5 to my STI when running any version of CM10/CM11. Switching away from Cyanogenmod solved the Bluetooth connectivity issues with both phones. Slimkat has been the most flawless on my Nexus 5.
My OnePlus One arrives early next week and I plan on immediately rooting/installing Slimkat for this reason. CM11 has had bluetooth connectivity/streaming issues since day 1 and the Cyanogen team has shown absolutely no interest in fixing it in every single new release. It's quite frustrating really.

sn0warmy said:
Have you tried a different ROM, such as Slimkat?
I have ALWAYS had issues connecting my Nexus 4/Nexus 5 to my STI when running any version of CM10/CM11. Switching away from Cyanogenmod solved the Bluetooth connectivity issues with both phones. Slimkat has been the most flawless on my Nexus 5.
My OnePlus One arrives early next week and I plan on immediately rooting/installing Slimkat for this reason. CM11 has had bluetooth connectivity/streaming issues since day 1 and the Cyanogen team has shown absolutely no interest in fixing it in every single new release. It's quite frustrating really.
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My OPO (38R) don't work with connected drive. I can go to the internet but BMW online don't work (the request page not found).
It's don't work with LTE but it work if my OPO have and WIFI connection... I try with another rom (slim kat and CM11) and I have the same issues.
BMW online work very nice with my SIII with HDSPA connection.
Only BMW online doesn't work, I can play music in bluetooth, phone with the car and go to the internet. :crying:

i had an issue with BT w my nexus 5 when running CM11 on it with my Audi, but seems like no issues with 33R for me... or 38R for that matter. so not sure sorry

Maybe it's my operator...

[q] bluetooth streaming

Hi guys, I'm enjoying my note edge so far. However, the bluetooth issue bugs me. When i streamed music via Bluetooth on my car, it lags sometime, the music would either stutter or stop then play again. It did not happen when i
first got the phone and i already tried on another car,same issue happened. I also performed a factory reset and the problem didnt go away,samething happen with my gf's note 4 as well. So i just want to know if you guys know
how to fix it? or it just a problem with samsung phone in general.Thanks

BADBOY1412 said:
Hi guys, I'm enjoying my note edge so far. However, the bluetooth issue bugs me. When i streamed music via Bluetooth on my car, it lags sometime, the music would either stutter or stop then play again. It did not happen when i
first got the phone and i already tried on another car,same issue happened. I also performed a factory reset and the problem didnt go away,samething happen with my gf's note 4 as well. So i just want to know if you guys know
how to fix it? or it just a problem with samsung phone in general.Thanks
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FWIW, mine works without a hitch even when using the power saving setting regardless of source (game for kids, local music, network streaming, movies) or client (car, multiple wireless headsets, home sound system...etc.)
The only time I've experienced any issues was when I was tweaking clock frequencies or when trying to optimize for low power usage.
When you say you're getting the same response out of two separate devices, that seems to point more to the client than the source... but that's just a guess - perhaps you have a common app or setting on the devices?
Good luck

I dont know what wrong at this point, I'm considering calling tmobile for a replacement phone. I test my old Htc m8 on my car and it works just fine. And i only install basic app, banking app... Any one else has this problem?

Edge tmobile no problem in Lexus/Bmw

avetny said:
Edge tmobile no problem in Lexus/Bmw
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WEIRD, its not my car though,i test it in my sister Jaguar as well, same thing happen. Music keep stuttering,happened on my wife's note 4 as well in her GLA.

Try to Kies your phone with full wipe.