I want to love this phone but I am having difficulty for one reason: Bluetooth issues.
So I have a Note 3, my wife has an S4, a friend has an S5. 2 I know have the M8. I loved the Note 3 but Kit Kat has killed it until I can root it at least.
Anyway, all of these phones work flawlessly streaming bluetooth music to my car EXCEPT the M8. I had a Rezound for 5 minutes and it had the same issue. It is just this annoying clicking sound that is similar but worse than the stock camera click.It happens about every 10 seconds on the dot. I drive a 2011 Kia Optima LX (daddy car, ha). I know it isn't boom sound because that isn't enabled over bluetooth. I tried playing with max volume, low volume, mid volume. I tried a 3rd party equalizer. I tried streaming music, youtube videos/music, local files...all the same clicking. ALL HTC phones I have tried have the same issue! I I have no idea what to try. I also tried turning NFC off...wifi off. Driving out into the middle of nowhere to make sure there is no interference. This does not happen through the speakers or headphones. Only Bluetooth. I am at wits end!
I really would hate to return this over that issue, but I will. I want to love it - but something like this is annoying enough to make me hate it. Does anyone have any ideas as to what I cold do to fix this?
Thanks for any information.
I have the same problem with Pandora over Bluetooth in a Chevy Equinox and on my Beats Box portable. This did Not happen with my HTC Rezound. Does anyone have a fix for this ? Just makes me want to explode !
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Gamerbuilt1 said:
I have the same problem with Pandora over Bluetooth in a Chevy Equinox and on my Beats Box portable. This did Not happen with my HTC Rezound. Does anyone have a fix for this ? Just makes me want to explode !
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It's such a shame that something that seems so simple could ruin an experience so easily
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It's such a shame that something that seems so simple could ruin an experience so easily
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Last night I tested the Jaybird Bluebuds X and they have the same issue.
Another good question would be: If you have experienced this and rooted - did root fix it?
Hmm weird I have the same jaybirds and no problem here
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jparasita said:
Hmm weird I have the same jaybirds and no problem here
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Hmm. Well that's interesting. Maybe I just got a dud this round. Do you happen to have a car bluetooth that streams media?
FWIW I have horrendous issues with the HTC m8 and the A2DP BT Audio Streaming in my car where in the past my S3 and S4 had 0 issues what so ever.
In some cases it won't pair consistently and other times even when it is paired, I can't control the app to play/advance tracks. I hope/expect HTC is aware of this and is working on a resolution.
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FWIW I have horrendous issues with the HTC m8 and the A2DP BT Audio Streaming in my car where in the past my S3 and S4 had 0 issues what so ever.
In some cases it won't pair consistently and other times even when it is paired, I can't control the app to play/advance tracks. I hope/expect HTC is aware of this and is working on a resolution.
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Do you think I am crazy for wanting to return the phone over this?
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Hmm. Well that's interesting. Maybe I just got a dud this round. Do you happen to have a car bluetooth that streams media?
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I drive a 2014 Camry that I stream music through the Bluetooth also have a pioneer head unit in it that I use the unchain app
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jparasita said:
I drive a 2014 Camry that I stream music through the Bluetooth also have a pioneer head unit in it that I use the unchain app
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Do you have any issues with quality on those?
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Do you have any issues with quality on those?
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No not at all I know some kernals do not play nice with Bluetooth
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No not at all I know some kernals do not play nice with Bluetooth
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I am stock currently. Are you rooted? Maybe I just need to go ahead with that plan! If so, which kernel are you using?
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I am stock currently. Are you rooted? Maybe I just need to go ahead with that plan! If so, which kernel are you using?
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I am rooted with s-off using viper rom
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I am rooted with s-off using viper rom
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Last question, have you tried using google play music at the highest quality setting? After further research - I believe this is directly related to the known issue with FLAC files. HQ Play Music will stream FLAC depending on the artist. I would be interested as to if you have tried that at all and if it exists on viper rom.
I was able to repro the issue on multiple devices and that enabled me to narrow the device itself out. That's kind of good/bad news, haha. Google has a fix but it did not make the cut for 4.4.2 - so I am curious as to if some of the leaked stuff has the fix or not. Trial and error will likely be the only way to know. http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/0...nd-stuttering-on-android-4-4-a-fix-is-coming/ describes the issue to a T.
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I'm curious to find out if anyone has issues with Bluetooth. I just spent a decent amount for a high quality Bluetooth stereo headset so I can listen to music while jogging or bike riding with no wires, and for some reason I can't seem to get good signal with it unless the phone is less than a foot away. I know the WiFi in this phone sucks completely, so I was curious if the Bluetooth sucked too.
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kyhassen said:
I'm curious to find out if anyone has issues with Bluetooth. I just spent a decent amount for a high quality Bluetooth stereo headset so I can listen to music while jogging or bike riding with no wires, and for some reason I can't seem to get good signal with it unless the phone is less than a foot away. I know the WiFi in this phone sucks completely, so I was curious if the Bluetooth sucked too.
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idk about bluetooth on this phone but wifi doesn't suck.... i can be outside about 20 yards from my house and still get a low signal
I can't at all. Have to be with in 5-10 feet.
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YoungCorruptionV2.0 said:
idk about bluetooth on this phone but wifi doesn't suck.... i can be outside about 20 yards from my house and still get a low signal
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Yeah, I can connect 4 houses away.
jesusice said:
Yeah, I can connect 4 houses away.
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Yes sir I love being on my aunts porch 5 houses down the road still connected to my WiFi.....but that makes me wonder who else can pick it up...It's locked and all but still It's the thought
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I can't at all. Have to be with in 5-10 feet.
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your antenna or something must be broken if you have to be that close
It sounds like all around you need a new phone, I have never used Bluetooth but from the sounds of it there are internal problems
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kyhassen said:
I'm curious to find out if anyone has issues with Bluetooth. I just spent a decent amount for a high quality Bluetooth stereo headset so I can listen to music while jogging or bike riding with no wires, and for some reason I can't seem to get good signal with it unless the phone is less than a foot away. I know the WiFi in this phone sucks completely, so I was curious if the Bluetooth sucked too.
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My WiFi works to about two houses away(my house is concrete brick and my router is in a corner, and Bluetooth has worked well for me. I agree its probably your antennae.
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ok well thank you. its possible that i do have internal issue. i have had a lot of bad luck with this phone. but not much else i can do about it but my mom can deal with it when she gets it lol. im getting the E4GT next week.
I have an issue with my jabra stone 2 cutting in and out when listening to music....so idk if that helps at all....
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bigfdaddy said:
I have an issue with my jabra stone 2 cutting in and out when listening to music....so idk if that helps at all....
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i got the motorola S10-HD bluetooth stereo headset and they barely connect to the device. but i heard if your on CM you should be ok with it. idk y but htc sense doesnt have the greatest radio for bluetooth in my opinion. i tested it on 5 phones, and only htc phones i had issues with.
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I'm curious to find out if anyone has issues with Bluetooth. I just spent a decent amount for a high quality Bluetooth stereo headset so I can listen to music while jogging or bike riding with no wires, and for some reason I can't seem to get good signal with it unless the phone is less than a foot away. I know the WiFi in this phone sucks completely, so I was curious if the Bluetooth sucked too.
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Make sure the headset supports A2DP and Bluetooth 3.0.
I am able to stream shoutcast over 3g/bluetooth from my phone to my Pioneer DEH-P9800BT no problem.
I just got a new bluetooth 3.0 set from Fry's for like $30 and it has been working fine. Haven't tried music streaming yet.
Link here:
http://www.frys.com/product/6799615?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG
I have some issues with connecting and have to repair everytime but not sure if that's my kernel or cm7 or the headset itself. Will check later.
I'm on cm nightlie and have my issue....have tried different nightlies with same issue...but haven't tried other peoples roms cause their still based on cm7... mines support ap2d not sure about Bluetooth 3.0....
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I got my NS on December and I am extremely happy with it, though I face a problem when it comes to talking to someone through the original headset. According to them, they can hear all the background noises WAY louder than they are supposed to and they cannot hear my voice! This is clearly a headset problem since I get no such complaints when I am using the phone's microphone and although I can accept that there will be some extra bg noise when talking through the headset I find it hard to believe that I would deafen them by the use of my hands free.
Does anyone face the same problem? Does someone have to propose another kind/3rd party headset that would work better or perhaps some sort of a software tweak that elludes me...
Running ICS 4.0.4 stock unrooted.
Thank you in advance.
Was having problems with my head phones too. I bought new Samsung head phones and everything is perfect now so I'll suggest u try getting a new set.
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I too had problems with my original headset. Funnily enough i had a couple of iPhone headsets that works great.
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peepee999 said:
Was having problems with my head phones too. I bought new Samsung head phones and everything is perfect now so I'll suggest u try getting a new set.
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Just any Compatible Samsung hands free?
erotser said:
Just any Compatible Samsung hands free?
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Yes! But if possible have them test it for u at the point if purchase.
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Just got this accessory from HTC and it doesn't work on stock rom but works flawlessly on CM10. For those that don't know what this is, its a Bluetooth dongle that transmit your music wirelessly to your factory radio in your vehicle.
I followed the instructions to the T. Can't get it to work on stock and Axiom rom. The crazy thing is A2DP works with my bluetooth ear piece and transmit music fine just not the dongle. So i narrowed it down to something to do with a sound file on stock/Sense that is missing or not working properly.
Does anyone else have this accessory and problem?
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Decided to try again today with different methods in connecting my phone to the dongle. Still no go. Below i have attached a logcat rather long, but that how it is haha. So if anyone would like to look at it and try and help, it would be highly appreciated.
http://db.tt/D77kACcx
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HI ,
I also face the same issue.
Did you figure out how to slove the issue?
God I missed you mjbarr..glad you here!
Pleas tell me you are bringing mexdroid pls pls pls :beer:
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chanworldwide said:
HI ,
I also face the same issue.
Did you figure out how to slove the issue?
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Nope. I can't get this clip to work with my stock One S. I swear it has something to do with Sense. Just tried my Acer tablet and it works fine. So far anything stock aosp will work.
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God I missed you mjbarr..glad you here!
Pleas tell me you are bringing mexdroid pls pls pls :beer:
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Late for my reply and yes I did make mexdroid for the One S. They never went public though.
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I bought the HTC Stereo Clip off ebay and it works for me. I specifically bought it for the aptx feature. The retail packaging was a bit beat up but the actual stereo clip was mint. I'm on stock tmo rom. I did not root and flash a custom rom since I do not know if there is something only found in the stock rom that enables the aptx feature. But then again there's no way to tell if the aptx is actually working but it sounds great.
I didn't get the StereoClip, but I got the Samsung HS3000 dongle which also supports aptX (and is about half the price). I did notice that the higher quality aptX codec didn't seem to work in non-Sense roms, and only seemed to work in Sense (running Virtuous Ville+ here).
Without aptX there's some definite high frequency filtering and dynamics compression going on. With aptX it's like I've got an audio cable plugged right into the headphone jack, it's fantastic.
This is the feature that's keeping me on Sense. As soon as AOSP/AOKP's got it I'll switch back, but for now I'm quite happy with this.
Not sure how to exactly describe the sound but I randomly get a ear piercing zapping noise while listening through earphones or connected to aux wire in the car. After it happens the volume gets lower and I have to pull out the wires and then restart the song. Anyone else experience this?
Fyi my setup is latest synergy r147. But it also happened since I had r125.
Maybe its just hardware related.
this is only happening in poweramp and not the stock player.
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If the phone has got wet anywhere the audio input is this happens.
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If the phone has got wet anywhere the audio input is this happens.
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I see.....so I messed it up then...so is it permanatly damaged? Guess I should get replacement request in. Thanks for the info.
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I see.....so I messed it up then...so is it permanatly damaged? Guess I should get replacement request in. Thanks for the info.
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Not necessarily. It could be that your audio cable is damaged or there is a grounding loop if you're charging it as well
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Not necessarily. It could be that your audio cable is damaged or there is a grounding loop if you're charging it as well
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i get the sound like 3 times a day...both on regular earphones and in the car with one of those static cancelling aux wires from kensington. sleeping on the train and wake up from zap sound to the ear......
idk what i should do.
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poweramp seems to be the problem
I tried playing the same files on the stock player but never got the squealing noise. and if i unplug it it still squeals. and it happens when it is cold outside. pls help i cannot figure it out. seems like poweramp is the problem so i deleted poweramp and reinstalled it. and only restored data from TIBU. and after a while the noise comes back. i don't know what to do
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I tried playing the same files on the stock player but never got the squealing noise. and if i unplug it it still squeals. and it happens when it is cold outside. pls help i cannot figure it out. seems like poweramp is the problem so i deleted poweramp and reinstalled it. and only restored data from TIBU. and after a while the noise comes back. i don't know what to do
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It's the file format themselves then. Which file formats do you notice cause the squeaking? For me, I noticed that wma and m4a files cause constant squeaking in PowerAmp whereas mp3's work fine. I have zero issues playing those same audio files in the stock player. Basically, any music files that I placed on my phone from Windows Media Player and iTunes cause music popping/cracking unless using the stock music player.
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It's the file format themselves then. Which file formats do you notice cause the squeaking? For me, I noticed that wma and m4a files cause constant squeaking in PowerAmp whereas mp3's work fine. I have zero issues playing those same audio files in the stock player. Basically, any music files that I placed on my phone from Windows Media Player and iTunes cause music popping/cracking unless using the stock music player.
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interesting im sure most of my files are mp3 but i will have to take a look. thanks for the heads up
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interesting im sure most of my files are mp3 but i will have to take a look. thanks for the heads up
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It's ridiculous that those two file formats cause issues for me. The worst part is I have those same exact files on my HTC Droid Incredible and have absolutely no issues. It was something I noticed immediately once I received my GSIII in July but previously had no issues with. Months ago I sent an email to the PowerAmp dev to inquire about this and they told me it was an issue with Samsung's firmware not their app. It seems like Samsung sabotaged music file compatibility with third party apps. I still love PowerAmp though.
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I've been having the same problem. Whether its my ear phones, AV cable in the car or, at work it does it. Even on different apps (native music player, play music, and podcast app). I have an otter box so my ports are good and clean and no water damage. No idea why it happens but I've got a replacement on the way for an unrelated reason. So hopefully it won't do it too.
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I've been having the same problem. Whether its my ear phones, AV cable in the car or, at work it does it. Even on different apps (native music player, play music, and podcast app). I have an otter box so my ports are good and clean and no water damage. No idea why it happens but I've got a replacement on the way for an unrelated reason. So hopefully it won't do it too.
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yea for me it doesn't seem like a file issue. at least not the same issue as slim. all my files are mp3 and it doesnt happen on a particular track either. seems obly to happen outside. never happened on previous phone, this is my third replacement.
festor pls let me know what happenes after you get you repkacement . maybe ill request one as well.
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Just got my new phone yesterday and so far its sounding good. Tried it in my truck and at work.
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FesterTOR said:
Just got my new phone yesterday and so far its sounding good. Tried it in my truck and at work.
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did you just restore same data for poweramp and play like it was before?hmm maybe i should get it too.
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Fwiw I think I found the problem....it was a low voltage problem. When my voltages for kernel settings were tweaked to be lower I would immediately get the zapping sounds. Can't say what the levels were but anything I setup away from stock...it happened. Hope this helps anyone.
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Has anyone else had the same problems I've been having? The battery life Is horrible. The Bluetooth never stays connected and when I get frustrated with the Bluetooth I try it use a set of in ear headphones with mic but that only works when it wants to. I've about had it I bought a moto x to try before I completely give up on the nexus. And I really don't want to have to go back to the iPhone 5 but I NEVER had any problems out of the iPhone. Thank guys and girls
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jsc619 said:
The battery life Is horrible.
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What is the make and model of the bluetooth headphones you are using?
Jawbone era
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No such problem here - bluetooth works without a hitch.
I must have a bad unit then
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