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I got a new stereo system for my car with bluetooth built in and was worried it wouldn't work well with my One X judging from all the complaints. Needless to say it works flawlessly. The audio quality is the same as direct AUX input and it just worked. What were all the complaints about bluetooth about?
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The problems I had was that bluetooth would randomly disconnect occasionally, and sometimes when I started the car it just wouldn't connect. The random drop outs didn't happen often but it did happen. I have two other Android phones that do not have this problem. I haven't had any drop outs since I updated though so it may be fixed.
That's crazy. Mine has worked flawlessly so far. Has anyone else not had any problems?
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I would guess that HTC has certified A2DP on your new stereo? What model did you get? On my Sony mex-bt2800 (bought it about 3 or 4 years ago) when I pair my One X there is no Acoustic Profile for it on HTC's bluetooth stack so the phone defaults the bitpool to 32 bits causing the tinny sound you can really hear it on Cymbals sounds like your listening to a 96kbps mp3. On the AOSP Rom's like CyanogenMod they use the bluez bluetooth stack which uses a higher bitpool of 53 giving me perfect playback on my stereo.
That's basically what all the hub bub is about. If you tell me what stereo you got I may just go get me one myself so I can get this issue behind me.
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I would guess that HTC has certified A2DP on your new stereo? What model did you get? On my Sony mex-bt2800 (bought it about 3 or 4 years ago) when I pair my One X there is no Acoustic Profile for it on HTC's bluetooth stack so the phone defaults the bitpool to 32 bits causing the tinny sound you can really hear it on Cymbals sounds like your listening to a 96kbps mp3. On the AOSP Rom's like CyanogenMod they use the bluez bluetooth stack which uses a higher bitpool of 53 giving me perfect playback on my stereo.
That's basically what all the hub bub is about. If you tell me what stereo you got I may just go get me one myself so I can get this issue behind me.
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Interesting, I only listen to podcasts over A2DP in the car. I have a Kia Soul 2012 with the Microsoft based UVO infotainment system. I haven't noticed any issues but I might not since as I said it's most ly podcasts. I'm going to try and push some music on it tomorrow and see how it good it sounds.
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I would guess that HTC has certified A2DP on your new stereo? What model did you get? On my Sony mex-bt2800 (bought it about 3 or 4 years ago) when I pair my One X there is no Acoustic Profile for it on HTC's bluetooth stack so the phone defaults the bitpool to 32 bits causing the tinny sound you can really hear it on Cymbals sounds like your listening to a 96kbps mp3. On the AOSP Rom's like CyanogenMod they use the bluez bluetooth stack which uses a higher bitpool of 53 giving me perfect playback on my stereo.
That's basically what all the hub bub is about. If you tell me what stereo you got I may just go get me one myself so I can get this issue behind me.
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I'm using the Alpine CDE-133BT.
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With my experience, it depends on the car or head unit manufacturer. Some function better than others. Some play with smartphones better than others.
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I'm using the Alpine CDE-133BT.
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Holy ****, i need your device info!
I work at an electronics store and have access to a cde133bt, its one of the stereos I tested my phone on.
The results are the same i've had on every other stereo, it starts to cut out after moving not even 15 feet away.
It's so bad in fact, that if i am standing right next to the stereo and I put myself between the phone and the stereo, it drops instantly.
Emailed/Called HTC, no response or solution.
Can you post what carrier youre on, android version, software version, custom roms(?), have you flashed or updated your phone with anything?
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Holy ****, i need your device info!
I work at an electronics store and have access to a cde133bt, its one of the stereos I tested my phone on.
The results are the same i've had on every other stereo, it starts to cut out after moving not even 15 feet away.
It's so bad in fact, that if i am standing right next to the stereo and I put myself between the phone and the stereo, it drops instantly.
Emailed/Called HTC, no response or solution.
Can you post what carrier youre on, android version, software version, custom roms(?), have you flashed or updated your phone with anything?
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AT&T One X. Unrooted and on stock firmware. I got the stereo today and didn't change a thing on it. Simply turned my car on, paired my One X to it, and enjoyed that lossless bluetooth audio.
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Bluetooth hooked up to my pioneer avic bt130 easily. sounds amazing (slacker,tune in, spotiffy, audio galaxy) with hertz audio mille components front and rear and 2 12w6s in the trunk. Jl hd 600/4 f/r and hd 1200 on the subs. I sometimes forget and think I'm on iPod (aac 256 & losless) input. Dumped all my mp3s..even the 320 bit rate. Used iTunes to convert everything with its best quality settings. Can't tell a difference from lossless. I love tha car mode with tune in. All though it would be better if I could choose the app. Have occasionally lost connection though. Not so much it's made me cuss yet.
Hox Bluetooth works crap with Cadillac SRX 2012, which was able to pair beautifully with the Dell streak 5 phone !
The OP seems incredulous or amazed that just because he paired with one stereo, and it works, that other people are reporting issues? Pretty broken logic. There are hundreds of different car stereo head units (not to mention many more hundreds of Bluetooth headsets, headphones, speakers, and other audio accessories) made by dozens of manufacturers all trying to make their units compatible with a slew of different phones. The Bluetooth standards seem loose at best, and its a bit like the wild west. As a previous reply noted, it completely depends on the brand and model of car stereo, some work better than others with the One X. And a stereo that works fine with one phone, may not work well with another.
Mine typically works well once paired, and sounds good (although once in a while it connects media only, no phone; or the skip controls on the car stereo do not work). But it does not auto-connect when I get back into the car. Its a pretty basic Bluetooth function that it should auto connects to a paired device, once it senses that device is within range and powered on. A look at the system files shows that Subaru stereo head units (as well as other car manufacturers) are blacklisted from auto connecting on the One X's Bluetooth stack.
I installed a new car stereo over the weekend that has bluetooth and my HOX connects and sounds great with it. But, like others the phone wont auto connect when I start the car. If I use the power control widget on my phone to turn off bluetooth and turn it back on it connects within seconds. Whats weird though is that both the phone and stereo will say its connected, but no audio will be played through the stereo until I turn the bluetooth off then on again on the HOX.
To be honest, this is not really a big deal to me because I only turn bluetooth on when I get in the car. So when I start the car and then I turn on bluetooth it connects fine. As long as I dont have bluetooth on before I start the car.
2010 Dodge Charger SRT8. The phone wouldn't connect no matter what I tried. I was going to wait for other roms to see if they could fix it, but the phone just caused me too many problems. It went back to best buy and I went back to a iPhone 4S and Lumia 900. Both of which work with my stereo perfectly.
Mine connects just fine to both my cars (a new Toyota Sienna and an old BMW with an aftermarket BT retrofit module). But it won't connect to my Motorokr headphones.
As someone said, this stuff is all over the map. It's not just HTC.
you only get lossless with bluetooth if you have the htc stereoclip.
On my tablet I always get a slight static hiss/background noise during and a couple seconds after the tablet plays any sound.
This seems very odd to me since it's not affected by how loud the volume is (as long as sound is on, not at 0).
I don't have this on any other outputs (HDMI/BT/USB OTG/build-in speakers, all fine)
Every headset/speaker I use outputs this from cheapo Samsung in-ears to a quite expensive 2.1 setup.
I'm used to having a bit of noise at the highest volume levels (which for ex. my Note 3 has) and consider this normal.
But this is very annoying, especially when navigating the UI as I always have to endure this hiss for a couple of seconds.
I'm not sure if it's a hard or software issue, since normally static hiss always occured to me on lower-end devices with higher volume, and if it were a software issue should it not also do this on all outputs (including digital).
I haven't come across anyone with a similar issue.
Yep, this happens for me as well on my LTE version. It also happened on the Nexus 7 2013. The noise is from interference from the other board components in close proximity to the audio chip.
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Yep, this happens for me as well on my LTE version. It also happened on the Nexus 7 2013. The noise is from interference from the other board components in close proximity to the audio chip.
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Yes, I also have the LTE version.
Bleh, that's no fun and really annoying. I have never had anything from a reputable brand do this.
The next test would be to see if it does it through USB Audio or Bluetooth Audio. I have a Microsoft LifeChat 3000 headset that I have successfully connected to the tablet, which doesn't seem to have the hiss. It could be due to the impedance of the speakers of this headphone compared with my Shure SE425 IEMs that I notice it more. I also use Tri-flange tips on my IEMs which makes everything more pronounced.
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The next test would be to see if it does it through USB Audio or Bluetooth Audio. I have a Microsoft LifeChat 3000 headset that I have successfully connected to the tablet, which doesn't seem to have the hiss. It could be due to the impedance of the speakers of this headphone compared with my Shure SE425 IEMs that I notice it more. I also use Tri-flange tips on my IEMs which makes everything more pronounced.
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I did, My USB headset doesn't have this issue (plugged into the shield with a USB OTG cable), my 3.5 mm headphones and cheapo IEMs don't have the issue when plugged into a Sony SBH50 connected to the Shield (via Bluetooth), but they do have the issue when directly plugged into the Shield. Meh.
So that proves that it is the shielding on the 3.5mm jack.
Unfortunately, that's case closed. If it's any consolation, you get used to it after a while.
An update:
I tested with my PC's line-in input, and when I put it in any 24bit mode sound is crystal clear 24/7, I don't get any issues.
mic-in sounds garbage but that's to be expected (I can hear the tablet's internals cause distortion all the time.), it also doesn't always get detected by the tablet.
Is this of the lower impedance that the static noise gets filtered out? I'm not an audio expert.
So i noticed a severe decline in the music quality after i switched from my Z3 compact. Using Poweramp with all the EQ's disabled/flat (and all the samsung eq's off), i get constant minor treble crackling. Full volume and even half volume on the phone. It's really annoying. I have certain songs on my computer and Z3 that i've played so much that i know exactly how they should sound, and the S7 just makes it sound like ****. Has anybody else had this issue?
Do you have any other bluetooth devices connected to your S7, such as a Fitbit or Android Wear watch?
I'm using BT streaming to both my Sennheiser headphones and to my car, and have not noticed any worse sound quality compared to my previous S5.
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Do you have any other bluetooth devices connected to your S7, such as a Fitbit or Android Wear watch?
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yeah my pebble is connected 24/7...why? does that affect it?
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yeah my pebble is connected 24/7...why? does that affect it?
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Yeah it does. What a shame!
http://www.androidauthority.com/android-wear-ruining-bluetooth-speaker-headset-sound-656300/
I suffer with the same issue on my S6 and was hoping they'd fix it on the S7 but guess they don't care.
Thread about it for the S6: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6/help/poor-bluetooth-audio-quality-t3093236
TL;DR, If you disconnect the Pebble your bluetooth audio quality should be good.
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Yeah it does. What a shame!
http://www.androidauthority.com/android-wear-ruining-bluetooth-speaker-headset-sound-656300/
I suffer with the same issue on my S6 and was hoping they'd fix it on the S7 but guess they don't care.
Thread about it for the S6: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6/help/poor-bluetooth-audio-quality-t3093236
TL;DR, If you disconnect the Pebble your bluetooth audio quality should be good.
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thats f***ing ridiculous. i will try it out thanks!
I have a S7 Edge and a Pebble Time connected. I use several bluetooth headphones and the sound is very good. No problems.
Pierre118 said:
I have a S7 Edge and a Pebble Time connected. I use several bluetooth headphones and the sound is very good. No problems.
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Do your bluetooth headphones use aptX?
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Do your bluetooth headphones use aptX?
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Yes, I have 2 aptX headphones. The sound is perfect.
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Yes, I have 2 aptX headphones. The sound is perfect.
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Expected. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=63745683&postcount=22
Unfortunately, my car (100% of my use for bluetooth audio) does not use aptX so it sounds awful unless I disconnect my watch.
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Expected. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=63745683&postcount=22
Unfortunately, my car (100% of my use for bluetooth audio) does not use aptX so it sounds awful unless I disconnect my watch.
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I also use two headphones that do not have aptX, but they sound perfect too.
after tuning off the bluetooth to my pebble and rebooting the phone, the sound came out fine through my ford sync stereo. i might as well use an aux cable to remedy this $700 phone's issue.
FWIW, there are two less intense ways to "refresh" the bluetooth audio connection:
1) Toggle the phone's bluetooth off and on.
2) (New to Marshmallow touchwiz) Bring down the notifications and you'll see "Audio path" on the right. Switch it and switch it back to the bluetooth output.
Thanks for the info everyone. I just upgraded from the s5 to the s7 and noticed a significant degrade in blue tooth audio streaming with my Ford sync system. Really upset me so a little Google search and discover.my moto 360 watch is the culprit. After I disconnect it my sound quality goes back to normal. Certainly a pain but at least it's resolved.
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I have 2016 Lexus ES350 and I have recently started using Garmin Vivoactive HR+ fitness tracker that is connected via Bluetooth to my Samsung Galaxy S7. The bluetooth streaming quality dropped significantly. All music sounds flat even when the music player (Amazon Music) is set to highest quality. In rock music I barely hear hihats. High frequencies are distorted.
Are we supposed to go back to the auxiliary audio input jack again? What's up with this?
Thats because sony always use high quailty DAC's and sammy doesn't. same reason why sammy cant play high res audio.
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So i noticed a severe decline in the music quality after i switched from my Z3 compact. Using Poweramp with all the EQ's disabled/flat (and all the samsung eq's off), i get constant minor treble crackling. Full volume and even half volume on the phone. It's really annoying. I have certain songs on my computer and Z3 that i've played so much that i know exactly how they should sound, and the S7 just makes it sound like ****. Has anybody else had this issue?
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I'm using S7 edge with viper4android and connect to my car bose system the sound looks amazing. ALso I use it with a audio-technica mx-50 and portable amplifier. with bluetooth I don't notice any issue, because mainly I connect to amplified sources. <With direct connection to the mx50 headphones definitly could be better, but I wouldn't say is really bad. I use flac and sometimes spotify in extreme quality.
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Hi the same here, i had a HTC onex/onex+ and the last a LG G3 , the audio was fine when streaming mp3's from my phone, now with my brand new Galaxy S7,
there's so much distorsion that it's not earable, my car is Lexus CT200h(no navigation screen panasonic audio) , worse with waze or google maps i cant anymore ear vocal instructions for navigation except when streaming audio or during a phone call , not anymore when listening a cd in the carplayer as it used to be with all previous 3 phones
ps: i think there should be a "bluetooth" section in the real life thread , i dont know who is in charge of that sections,
i will put 1 star to bluetooth and audio listening and 1 star for audio when recording videos in Gigs i wouldnt buy the S7 if i knew that before
Since my usual Bluetooth headphones (V-MODA Crossfade Wireless) sounds terrible on the S7 due to the lack of aptX in the headphones, I picked up the Sennheiser Momentum 2 AEBT Bluetooth headphones. They're very highly reviewed despite issues early on with the Bluetooth; I've confirmed I have the revised version that fixes that.
But if I go outside with my S7 in a pocket, jacket or jeans, the Bluetooth audio cuts in and out. If I hold the phone in my hand or keep it on my belt clip, it usually sounds fine, but sometimes even a slight wind will cause a hiccup. I'm tempted to blame this on the headphones, because even though the V-MODAs sound terrible, they don't skip when the S7 is in my pocket. I know this can sometimes be attributed to your body causing interference, or the numerous wireless transmissions happening outside.
I'm wondering if anyone else has the Sennheiser Momentum 2 and can shed some light on this. Experience with other Bluetooth headphones would be helpful, too. Thanks.
Yup, I've had some issues with it disconnecting in my car as well.
I really hope it's not because of a lame Bluetooth chip in the S7. I like the phone otherwise and would like a really good pair of Bluetooth headphones that I can also wire to my computer at work.
Not sure if aptX will fix it but the sound through bluetooth is just bad. Bad... Crackles and static noises on the high tones etc. Both in my car and on a pair of Bose Soundlink 2. I know it's the S7 fault, didn't have any issues on the iPhone 6. And my Zenbook makes clear sound on the Bose aswell. Through the jack it sounds pretty good but volume should be higher.
Didn't have any disconnection issues tho!
Not sure if this is the same for the Exynos version but the SD820 doesn't support AptX HD in the S7, only 16-bit.
Lots of edits here but I have a pair of Philips Fidelio M2 with AptX support and the crackling and static noises are gone in these. Sounds pretty damn good but these headphones makes my ears hurt after a little while. OnEar
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Not sure if this is the same for the Exynos version but the SD820 doesn't support AptX HD in the S7, only 16-bit. Lots of edits here but I have a pair of Philips Fidelio M2 with AptX support and the crackling and static noises are gone in these. Sounds pretty damn good but these headphones makes my ears hurt after a little while. OnEar
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I have the Exynos variant, I can confirm that the Exynos variant can play 24-bit audio at 192Khz, it have the Cirrus Logic CS47L91 (Cirrus Logic is the company who bought Wolfson Microelectronics).
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I have the Exynos variant, I can confirm that the Exynos variant can play 24-bit audio at 192Khz, it have the Cirrus Logic CS47L91 (Cirrus Logic is the company who bought Wolfson Microelectronics).
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Good, i got the Exynos aswell!
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Not sure if aptX will fix it but the sound through bluetooth is just bad. Bad... Crackles and static noises on the high tones etc. Both in my car and on a pair of Bose Soundlink 2. I know it's the S7 fault, didn't have any issues on the iPhone 6. And my Zenbook makes clear sound on the Bose aswell. Through the jack it sounds pretty good but volume should be higher.
Didn't have any disconnection issues tho!
Not sure if this is the same for the Exynos version but the SD820 doesn't support AptX HD in the S7, only 16-bit.
Lots of edits here but I have a pair of Philips Fidelio M2 with AptX support and the crackling and static noises are gone in these. Sounds pretty damn good but these headphones makes my ears hurt after a little while. OnEar
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Yeah, I know the aptX here is only SD - I was tempted to get the G5 to get aptX HD but LG's issues with the G4 + the lukewarm early reviews kept me away. I didn't have issues using my other BT phones with the S7, and the Momentums generally work well - if I'm inside.
You've got crappy BT headphones.
My Sony SBH20 doesn't skip a beat or suffer from static and gets great range.
I'm usually in the next room before it starts to lose signal, although I have been able to walk upstairs and keep a solid connection a few times. Doesn't matter if the phone is in my pocket, my bag, the car, or the couch.
If I cover the receiver with my arm or my toddler, then it starts to cut in and out.
And that's only a $40 Cdn dongle.
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I am having the same issue with my Verizon s7 edge and my lg tone ultras. The sound is absolutely horrible! A tone of static and distortion, the volume buttons don't work, and it seems the phone is not picking up that they are headphones because I cannot get the UHQ upscaler to not be greyed out. They work great with my wifes Note 5, but not my s7. The weird thing is call audio is perfectly fine, but media audio is horrible.
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You've got crappy BT headphones.
My Sony SBH20 doesn't skip a beat or suffer from static and gets great range.
I'm usually in the next room before it starts to lose signal, although I have been able to walk upstairs and keep a solid connection a few times. Doesn't matter if the phone is in my pocket, my bag, the car, or the couch.
If I cover the receiver with my arm or my toddler, then it starts to cut in and out.
And that's only a $40 Cdn dongle.
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How about outside? My problems occur outside in NYC, so whether it's being outdoors, the amount of wireless activity in the area, or having my phone in my pocket, something caused the issue. The Momentums sound great otherwise.
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I am having the same issue with my Verizon s7 edge and my lg tone ultras. The sound is absolutely horrible! A tone of static and distortion, the volume buttons don't work, and it seems the phone is not picking up that they are headphones because I cannot get the UHQ upscaler to not be greyed out. They work great with my wifes Note 5, but not my s7. The weird thing is call audio is perfectly fine, but media audio is horrible.
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I was looking into the new Infinim model that just came out. I can't say I know about the UHQ upscaler, but I thought that was causing static through the speakers on some phones? The rest is a bit puzzling, have you been able to try with a different pair of Bluetooth headphones?
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How about outside? My problems occur outside in NYC, so whether it's being outdoors, the amount of wireless activity in the area, or having my phone in my pocket, something caused the issue. The Momentums sound great otherwise.
I was looking into the new Infinim model that just came out. I can't say I know about the UHQ upscaler, but I thought that was causing static through the speakers on some phones? The rest is a bit puzzling, have you been able to try with a different pair of Bluetooth headphones?
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Inside, outside walking, riding the bus, driving the car, sleeping in bed, the BT connection is solid.
Daughter "misplaced" the other BT dongle, the one that supports Apt-X, so only have experience with the one dongle.
But have plugged two different sets of headphones into the Sony dongle with identical results.
This is with the Telus S7, using the Exynos SoC.
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How about outside? My problems occur outside in NYC, so whether it's being outdoors, the amount of wireless activity in the area, or having my phone in my pocket, something caused the issue. The Momentums sound great otherwise.
I was looking into the new Infinim model that just came out. I can't say I know about the UHQ upscaler, but I thought that was causing static through the speakers on some phones? The rest is a bit puzzling, have you been able to try with a different pair of Bluetooth headphones?
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I have not as these are the only ones I have and love them because the sound is usually outstanding. They work perfect with my note 2, 3, and 4, and my LG g4.
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I've been having this issue pop up again. I'll be driving in my Mercedes and it just disconnects. I've tried to re-pair, but still does it. I know it's not my car.
I have the galaxy s7 edge with exynos and some Momentum wireless 2 headphones, and I have the exact same problem. I got someone at work to test the headphones with their iphone, and that worked fine.
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I walked the same route to work with a xperia z5 compact instead of my s7 today. And i had no problems at all. the sound is also much clearer with the z5.
I wonder if the s7 even uses aptx.
Now my headphones are disconnecting sometimes when I'm indoors. Really frustrating. Starting to wonder whether it's the S7, perhaps I'll swap it for another one and see if there's any difference. I really like the phone otherwise and there's nothing out right now that interests me.
I'm having the skipping issue as well with my S7 coupled with the Sony SBH70 Headset and it's bloody annoying
I have Plantronics Headphones that worked great with my S4.
With the S7 I also get crackles and skips when I put the phone in my pants pocket and walk down the street which is a real bummer. The sound quality is fine and it really only seems to happen when I put them in a pants pocket. This did not happen at all with my S4.
The other issue I am getting a lot of (but I dont know if this is the BT or some settings issues) is that I will be on a phone call using a bluetooth headset and then suddenly...nothing. When I take out my phone and look I will see that the BT just disconnected - call still ongoing but seemingly random BT disconnects on calls. VERY FRUSTRATING.
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Hi, I 've just bought a samsung level u pro anc and I'm facing the same problem with my samsung galaxy s7 duos.
when I'm listening a song it cuts out in some parts and it's really annoying.
Guys do you still have the same problem with nougat ?
Leave a comment .I can see there are many users with the same problem
I hope we can find a fix
Hi, I using Mix 2s and the quality of sound on earphones is quite a disaster.
Sound is very grainy and there is a lot of static noise in some songs. I am using Spotify Premium with very high-quality settings and the sound on wireless and wired earphones is the same - means very bad. So, it’s not just bad piece of set.
I was blaming the audio codec on Bluetooth as my BT earphones should be able to use ACC codec, but there is just SBC available in developer option. I heard the BT codec issue in last Global MIUI I am using global 10.2.2) not allowing to use any codec outside SBC, but the sound is the same on wired earphones.
Does anyone experience the same issue with sound quality?
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Hi, I using Mix 2s and the quality of sound on earphones is quite a disaster.
Sound is very grainy and there is a lot of static noise in some songs. I am using Spotify Premium with very high-quality settings and the sound on wireless and wired earphones is the same - means very bad. So, it’s not just bad piece of set.
I was blaming the audio codec on Bluetooth as my BT earphones should be able to use ACC codec, but there is just SBC available in developer option. I heard the BT codec issue in last Global MIUI I am using global 10.2.2) not allowing to use any codec outside SBC, but the sound is the same on wired earphones.
Does anyone experience the same issue with sound quality?
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I have no issues on LineageOS (wired and BT LDAC).
I am using 10.2.2 stable too and i do not have any troubles with sound quality. Using spotify, sound is fine with Bluetooth and wired phones.
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I am using 10.2.2 stable too and i do not have any troubles with sound quality. Using spotify, sound is fine with Bluetooth and wired phones.
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Thank you, and are you able to connect to BT headseat with any other codec then SBC? I am able to change that in developer option but it always go back to default after leaving menu.
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Thank you, and are you able to connect to BT headseat with any other codec then SBC? I am able to change that in developer option but it always go back to default after leaving menu.
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Have tried Mix2s with 3 different phones at home on BT and headset. Samsung A8, Honor 8 Pro and iPhone 6s and most ****ty sound by class is from Xiaomi, which makes me very sad as this is my daily driver... will try MIUI EU if this makes any difference or sell my Xiaomi device.
I come from a redmi note 4X and dont notice any problems with it. I have a brainwavz BLU200, which supports aptx.
Maybe the phone is recognizing the headphones as a headset (for calls which utterly kills the sound quality).
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I come from a redmi note 4X and dont notice any problems with it. I have a brainwavz BLU200, which supports aptx.
Maybe the phone is recognizing the headphones as a headset (for calls which utterly kills the sound quality).
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Thank you, but this is not the case. The sound is bad also on wired headphones. Sound is flat, lot of static noise, missing any stage. By class worst sound from 4 phones I can find at home. I will try different USB C to 3.5 mm adapter if helps.
Ouch, I have not tried the usb adapter with my wired headphones. I'm scared to try now (ignorance is bliss?).
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Thank you, and are you able to connect to BT headseat with any other codec then SBC? I am able to change that in developer option but it always go back to default after leaving menu.
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My LDAC headphones work well. I am afraid there's something wrong with your device and I'd recommend to have it repaired.
Just tested the wired audio with my Brainwavz HM5 and i found it awesome. Also i have searched a bit on the net and seems that the mi mix 2s outputs analog over the USB-C adapter. The sounds come from the DAC on the SoC (SD845) which seems to be a quite nice DAC (https://semiaccurate.com/2017/12/19/qualcomm-ups-audio-ante-snapdragon-845/) to be a cellphone.
Try wiping and flashing a stock rom. If that dont fix it, I suspect that your case is a hardware problem.
And last but not less important, i'm not an audiophile so maybe what i hear good is subpar to you, but if the sound would be as bad, way more people would have complained by now.
Thank you. I have tried different USB-C to 3,5mm adapter then standard Xiaomi one and grain is about 50% less so positive news here, but sound is still flat and dont have any sound stage. May be I am to picky and got luck with my previous phones. I have ordered external DAC adapter to solve this problem as on the other hand this is only problem I have with the phone.
I one of my friends found the core of the problem. He sad to have iPhone 7 that sounds ****ty as well. He had found out after about year of searching and two sets of headphones that somewhere in some different settings was set MONO sound only. My problem was same and very stupid! For my IQ deffence I don't know why this settings is not located in sound section. So problem solved and thank everybody for help! For anyone having this issue you can deactivate Mono sound in Settings -> Additional Settings -> Accessibility -> Turn off "Mono Audio"