Can anyone confirm that the Nexus 5 will support (out-of-the-box) digital audio out using a USB OTG cable? I'd like to connect the N5 to a DAC. I've seen it mentioned that KitKat will support this, but haven't actually heard first-hand accounts that it works, specifically with the N5.
Thanks!
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I guess I'm the only one interested in connecting my phone to an external DAC. I ordered the N5 anyway and will test it out as soon as I receive it. I'll post back my results as soon as that happens.
PearcePowers said:
I guess I'm the only one interested in connecting my phone to an external DAC. I ordered the N5 anyway and will test it out as soon as I receive it. I'll post back my results as soon as that happens.
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Yes please let us know! I need to know as well.
Thanks!
PearcePowers said:
I guess I'm the only one interested in connecting my phone to an external DAC. I ordered the N5 anyway and will test it out as soon as I receive it. I'll post back my results as soon as that happens.
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I just saw this thread and I care deeply about this. First thing I did when I turned on my Nexus 5 today (after installing the required update, of course) was try my USB DACs, the hifimediy sabre and Fiio E07k.
Neither worked. When you plug them in, and have your headphones connected to the DAC, you hear a click. But then you go to play music, and the music comes out of the phone's speakers. I even tried putting the phone into debugging mode. No dice.
Did not try the USB Audio Recorder Pro App because I have no desire to use that clunky app, I simply want to easily use my USB DAC via OTG with my new Nexus 5 and after that leak a month ago from the Android 4.4 dump, my hopes got up. They have been dashed now.
hey guys,
Just plugged my E17 in and no go in google music. I'm assuming this means no 24 bit support in kit kat.
Thanks everyone. Unfortunate news. No USB audio and no aptX -- the N5 is not an audio lovers device!
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jeffs471 said:
hey guys,
Just plugged my E17 in and no go in google music. I'm assuming this means no 24 bit support in kit kat.
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Hi, if it's not to much of a hassle, can you try the e17 with usb recorder pro trial? i have an e17 and a nexus 5 but no otg cable. The suspense is killing me :crying:
To further confirm -- received my N5 yesterday. Hooked it up to my Audio-GD Compass DAC via USB OTG cable, and no dice. Phone detects nothing, and the music continues to play out of the horribly tiny built-in speaker. There's got to be some way to get a decent digital (or even line out?) signal from this phone??
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Nyanman said:
Hi, if it's not to much of a hassle, can you try the e17 with usb recorder pro trial? i have an e17 and a nexus 5 but no otg cable. The suspense is killing me :crying:
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It works with the paid version of USB audio recorder pro
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My n5 works fine with my fiio e7 only with USB audio recorder.
I will ask to kernel devs if it is possible add usb audio support into mod kernels.
Bye.
Stefano.
Just wanted to bump this thread as I'm also very interested in getting my Nexus 5 to work with a USB DAC without the ridiculously designed UARP app.
I would also be interested in following what happens both with kernel support etc.
also interested in support for USB audio
Me too
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I support this too
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*10000000
FWIW I asked Faux and he said USB otg should be enabled by default on the N5. Are any of you powering the DAC with anything?
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shiznu said:
FWIW I asked Faux and he said USB otg should be enabled by default on the N5. Are any of you powering the DAC with anything?
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While USB OTG may be enabled by default (for mass storage use, etc.), there is no audio signal being output from the N5 when using a USB OTG cable. I'm using an externally powered DAC, fwiw.
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I don't know if it works or not but USB audio output was merged with CM11.0 last by Cyanogen himself (Steve kondik).
http://review.cyanogenmod.org/#/c/54343/
So maybe it is a software thing.
Hey guys. I've recently picked up one of these watches since I've read that it will somewhat work with the n5. The main issue that I have is the fact that when paired the watch shows up as a headset instead of a watch which my zwatch showed up as. Because it pairs this way I cannot use a Bluetooth headset cause all audio is filtered to the watch. Is it possible to edit Bluetooth profiles of devices or something? Thanks for any help.
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It only works with Galaxy devices natively. It is possible there is a hack out there to make it work with the N5, but I haven't seen one.
Hi,
Found this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2596455...?
Maybe ask here...
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Hey guys. I've recently picked up one of these watches since I've read that it will somewhat work with the n5. The main issue that I have is the fact that when paired the watch shows up as a headset instead of a watch which my zwatch showed up as. Because it pairs this way I cannot use a Bluetooth headset cause all audio is filtered to the watch. Is it possible to edit Bluetooth profiles of devices or something? Thanks for any help.
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Did you download Gear Manager? Secondly, I believe it may pair as a Bluetooth headset because you can make and receive calls directly from the watch.
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viking37 said:
Hi,
Found this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2596455...?
Maybe ask here...
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Yep audio gets directed to the watch. I've managed to root w/custom ROM on the gear. But the biggest thing I've got to get working is notifications on the watch and audio on the BT earpiece. No luck so far.
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Did you download Gear Manager? Secondly, I believe it may pair as a Bluetooth headset because you can make and receive calls directly from the watch.
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Yep I've had gear manager followed all tutorials and got notifications working, its just the fact that I can't use a BT earpiece. I wonder if there is a Bluetooth file somewhere that determines what kind of device is paired to the n5, and if so can it be edited so the galaxy gear is showing up as a watch instead of another earpiece.
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Yep I've had gear manager followed all tutorials and got notifications working, its just the fact that I can't use a BT earpiece. I wonder if there is a Bluetooth file somewhere that determines what kind of device is paired to the n5, and if so can it be edited so the galaxy gear is showing up as a watch instead of another earpiece.
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I'll have to ask my dad but as far as I can remember whenever he used the Galaxy Gear with his phone he never used his Bluetooth headset and I'm wondering if its because the watch is now considered a Bluetooth headset.
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A friend of mine told me he downloaded a app called megaphone and used his phone (not a nexus 5) as a Bluetooth mic for his ps3. Well I downloaded the app and couldn't get it to work. Has anyone ever tried or done this?
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redalertlb said:
A friend of mine told me he downloaded a app called megaphone and used his phone (not a nexus 5) as a Bluetooth mic for his ps3. Well I downloaded the app and couldn't get it to work. Has anyone ever tried or done this?
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That would be a pretty damn cool feature.
can i have the Samsung watch on app for my nexus 5? i need it for tv and projector.. if there isnt that kind of app for nexus 5, can i have an alternative? thanks alot! - Adi.
adi90004 said:
can i have the Samsung watch on app for my nexus 5? i need it for tv and projector.. if there isnt that kind of app for nexus 5, can i have an alternative? thanks alot! - Adi.
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no, it doesnt work on the nexus 5. it needs the samsung framework to work.
simms22 said:
no, it doesnt work on the nexus 5. it needs the samsung framework to work.
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is there any alternative?
Correct me if I'm wrong but the nexus 5 doesn't even have the hardware to be able to do it. Only alternative I think would be something like a smart tv where you can just use it as a remote via Bluetooth or over the network
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There's no alternative. N5 doesn't have IR. If you have a net connected TV there are apps
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I'm looking at taking the dive and getting this watch but before I do I have a question. At work I listen to music of my phone on a bluetooth speaker. Will the watch and speaker connect to my phone at the same time. I would like to monitor my notifications with out taking my phone all over my shop.
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Bisquit69 said:
I'm looking at taking the dive and getting this watch but before I do I have a question. At work I listen to music of my phone on a bluetooth speaker. Will the watch and speaker connect to my phone at the same time. I would like to monitor my notifications with out taking my phone all over my shop.
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It works for me. I have the S2 3G with a Note 4 and several different Bluetooth speakers that I listen to almost daily. The watch stays connected to phone audio and the speakers get the media audio.
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Connecting the S2 3G watch and a Bose BT speaker via the phone's BT at the same time works great for me.
Thanks for the replies. Looks like my gift to me.
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