My bluetooth headphones have frequently been disconnecting from my S7. I discovered that this could be caused by having two bluetooth devices paired with the phone (especially if one is an Android Wear watch). Once I unpaired the watch, my headphones worked.
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thats total BS. I'm glad I started looking at these kinds of posts because Android Wear + BT headphones is a combo that I run all the time (on a S6 no less....)
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I have done two factory resets to attempt to solve this with no luck.
I have two BT headsets and my car hands free paired with my Eris. My headsets seem to drop the connection to the phone for no apparent reason. Also, before the upgrade, if I walked out of range of my phone, it would reconnect automatically when I got back in range. This no longer happens.
Also, when I get in my car with my headset connected to my phone, it disconnects the headset and connects the car's hands free system. I want the headset to stay connected in that circumstance. Before the upgrade my headset would stay connected.
Also, when listening to audio (music) on one of my BT headsets, I connect to the aux jack in my car, the BT audio is supposed to disconnect, but that doesn't happen. The audio continues to play through the headset and nothing comes from the aux on the car.
Anyone got any ideas on how to solve these issues?
Get a new phone.
Let me clarify - get a non-Sense phone.
HTC neutered BT in Eclair Sense because it was causing "compatibility issues" or some BS like that with Sense. We discovered this when owners of the Incredible started to complain about it.
It's not a problem, it's a feature!!
Seriously, though, if you root your phone and install an AOSP ROM (like CELB or KaosFroyo) your BT will work exactly right again. That's what worked for me anyway.
The feature comment was funny and right on. Thanks for your help.
One other the thought. The car BT uses the handsfree profile. The Plantronics Pro headset I use is capable of both the headset profile and the handsfree profile. However, when it pairs with the Eris you don't have a choice to use handsfree profile so it pairs under headset profile. I think handsfree profile has priority on the Eris. If I could figure that out, I probably would be better off.
How is the Bluetooth audio quality on the S6? I use many wireless headphones and speakers so this is an important factor for me. Is it true that the Bluetooth audio randomly stops sometimes?
Mine randomly starts to skip and pop after some time playing. Turning the BT off/on fixes it for a while.
The problem is worse when paired with my Bēm speaker, rare when paired with my JBL speaker, and nonexistent when paired with my Sony soundbar.
All of these speakers work fine with my other devices.
I only use bluetooth with my truck's stock stereo, but this is the first Android device I've had paired with it that doesn't skip over BT. I've used it with S6, Note 3, Note 4, S5 Active, S4 Active and iPhone 6+. iP6+ was the only other one that didn't skip.
S5 Active and Note 3 also skip with a Jensen BT Nav headunit in a different vehicle.
An update to my previous comment..
I went for an hour-long drive and experienced no skipping or popping while paired to my car's stereo.
It seems the issues are only with specific Bluetooth receivers/speakers.
I can get on-board with this. I have a few different bluetooth devices, all of which have no trouble, ever, but then sometimes (and ONLY sometimes) my BT headphones will skip and stutter to the point that I just turn them off. The other devices work fine 100% of the time.
I'm at my wit's end with the bluetooth on this device. It skips and stutters more times than not. It's embarrassing when friends are over and we're trying to have some background music playing.
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I'm at my wit's end with the bluetooth on this device. It skips and stutters more times than not. It's embarrassing when friends are over and we're trying to have some background music playing.
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No BT problems here. Maybe you have a defective phone. Take it back to the store and try to exchange it. There is no excuse for crappy BT on a $700+ device.
My wife has an S6 also, with the same issues.
I have FINALLY noticed an issue with the BT on my phone. When connected to my truck and listening to music, I go to a call (incoming or outgoing doesn't matter), when the call ends and goes back to the music, the volume "flutters". It goes low/high/low/high alternating twice a second. It's a very slight change, but it's enough to notice that it sounds "weird".
Exiting and restarting PowerAMP, or switching to a different input then back to the BT audio stream will fix it, so I haven't figured out if it's the phone or my truck.
Hi,
I have a problem with my WiFi connection when I'm connected to a Bluetooth Speaker or Headphones.
The strange part of the matter is, when I remove my car (bmw 1 series) from my paired BT devices (it's only paired not connected at the same time as the BT speaker is) , WiFi connection and audio via a BT speaker are possible.
As soon as I have paired my phone with my car again (although the car is not in reaching distance to the phone) the problem is there again.
Can someone imagine what causes this error?
I'm getting tired of removing and re-pairing my car every time I want to use a BT audio device and WiFi at the same time.
I have a rooted 930F with stock 6.0.1 firmware.
I can't think how to describe this without just launching into what happens.
In the morning I connect my bluetooth earbuds and listen to a podcast while walking around the house getting ready. When I get in the car, I turn the earbuds off and connect my phone to the Android Auto capable head unit, via USB. After arriving at my parking spot, I turn the car off, disconnect the USB, and turn the earbuds back on. Usually at this point I have to tap the volume up button in order to hear anything (I suspect because when nothing is connected, I keep the media volume muted, and the phone gets confused swapping from AA [which I think uses bluetooth for audio] to nothing to bluetooth). I then walk the rest of the way to work, usually taking about 10 minutes.
Nearly every day, just as I arrive at work or after I get into the building, the audio cuts out. The only way to get it to resume is to completely power off the earbuds and power it back on. Occasionally I have to go through re-pairing, even. I've had this experience with two different bluetooth devices from different brands (JayBird and Jabra).
Any ideas? :/
Are you paired with any devices in the building and do you disconnect the bluetooth from the devices before leaving proximity?.
Bluetooth will try to connect to a device if the signal was dropped instead of disconnected. If 2 devices are in the area Bluetooth seems to go cuckoo if the have existing dropped connections. You're not alone. My obd2 and smart watch constantly have fights with each other over my phone. It's a pain.
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Are you paired with any devices in the building and do you disconnect the bluetooth from the devices before leaving proximity?
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I don't have any paired devices anywhere near me when the audio cuts out. The only paired devices I have are:
Bluetooth control button (in car)
JayBird BlueBuds X (at home)
My car head unit (in car)
Jabra Elite Sport (in use at the time)
So I would say I am some 500m away from the nearest paired device when the audio cuts out.
My setup: Gear S3 Frontier [connected to] Galaxy S7 [connected to] vehicle.
The Bluetooth audio going from the S7 to the vehicle will crackle when my Gear S3 Frontier is also connected to the S7. When enabling airplane mode on the Gear S3, I will immediately hear the audio quality get better and the crackling stops.
Is the issue with the way the S7 is handling multiple Bluetooth connections? Or is there some sort of interference with the vehicle?
Same issue here with S8+ and Gear S3 Classic.
Multiple cars and same issue. Airplane mode quickly resolves it, but I would like to figure a way to not turn my watch off this frequently.
I don't have any Bluetooth headphones, but that may be a good step to further identifying the root cause of the problem. I haven't ever heard the crackling from my Bluetooth speakers so at this point I think its related to vehicular Bluetooth systems. My Bluetooth speakers aren't that great though so i may just be missing it.
dethley said:
Same issue here with S8+ and Gear S3 Classic.
Multiple cars and same issue. Airplane mode quickly resolves it, but I would like to figure a way to not turn my watch off this frequently.
I don't have any Bluetooth headphones, but that may be a good step to further identifying the root cause of the problem. I haven't ever heard the crackling from my Bluetooth speakers so at this point I think its related to vehicular Bluetooth systems. My Bluetooth speakers aren't that great though so i may just be missing it.
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I just tested a song with this little Bluetooth adapter that I have (http://gadgetunit.com/2017/03/29/mini-bluetooth-audio-receiver-for-3-5mm-audio-devices-video-review/) and indeed noticed the crackling. The song I used was "Seasons" by "The Veer Union" as the first 30~ seconds has very noticeable crackling. The moment my watch enters airplane mode, the crackling stops and the fidelity improves.
I'm leaning towards the phone that's being the culprit. What I might do is test watch + car connectivity with a few other devices I have around (Galaxy J7 on Android 7.1, Idol 4S on Windows 10 Mobile (not wanting to test features, but just need the phone to connect to the watch and a vehicle / speaker / headphone)).