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Bluetooth streaming to car stereo

Im using my Nexus 5 to stream Google Play Music (all access) to my Jaguar XF (Meridian system).
I can connect fine, and music streams, but i get the odd 'drop' that lasts for a second or less. There doesnt seem to be a pattern to it. It happens on locally stored music as well as 'streamed' so i dont think its a 'cloud' issue.
Anyone seen anything similar ? i am trying to see if it happens when an email comes in, or an SMS, or some similar issue but i cant spot anything.
Unsure therefore whether its a Nexus 5 hardware issue ? an app issue ? a bluetooth issue ? a Jaguar issue ?

wilbur-force said:
...Unsure therefore whether its a Nexus 5 hardware issue ? an app issue ? a bluetooth issue ? a Jaguar issue ?
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I experience the same thing from time to time. When I first researched the problem, I read that Google Play Music, for some reason, uses a data connection even when playing tracks that are on the device. I then saw that the hiccups occurred only during times when the signal was weak or changing bands. Have you noticed what kind of connection you have when the skipping occurs?

You should trying using another music player. I noticed that skipping issue on GPM on all my car and trucks. I use Power Amp and i have no issues, but i guess if you are streaming directly from GPM thats your only option.

Most definitely happening from streaming instead of playing from the sd card. Even then you have to force the phone to use from Device Only as leaving All Music chosen will still try to stream music you already have on the phone. And even further still if you decide to try to do a random playback list you can't go into the queue and chose a song without being connected to data. It's completely stupid. Not really sure what you could do though seeing as you use the All Access service.

Thanks both.
I will try another player to test the theory. it would be a shame if its GPM as I got the £7.99 deal and Im very impressed with it to be honest. particularly as i subscribed on a shared account to wife and kids all get access too

I've never had this happen with my N5 while streaming BT audio using Google Play Music, but I only play On Device music so no data connection is required for me....

signal was weak or changing bands.........

wilbur-force said:
Im using my Nexus 5 to stream Google Play Music (all access) to my Jaguar XF (Meridian system).
I can connect fine, and music streams, but i get the odd 'drop' that lasts for a second or less. There doesnt seem to be a pattern to it. It happens on locally stored music as well as 'streamed' so i dont think its a 'cloud' issue.
Anyone seen anything similar ? i am trying to see if it happens when an email comes in, or an SMS, or some similar issue but i cant spot anything.
Unsure therefore whether its a Nexus 5 hardware issue ? an app issue ? a bluetooth issue ? a Jaguar issue ?
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I've only noticed this when I receive some sort of notification and I don't have the device on Silent/Vibrate. But I have noticed that when occasionally streaming that the quality/sound drops and then picks right back up. I'm sure that will have to do with me driving around and it relying on network.

Bluetooth issues on 38R?

I've noticed that ever since I upgraded to 38R I keep getting disconnected from my bluetooth car stereo. When it disconnects the Bluetooth icon on the OPO goes grey. It looks like the Bluetooth module is crashing and then getting reset by the OS. I just got done with a 30 minute drive and it happened 3 times. Has anybody else noticed anything funky with the Bluetooth stack?
I've also had the phone itself hard crash several times. Not sure if 38R is ready for prime time.
I'm not running anything custom, just pure 38r on a rooted/twrp device. No exposed or other mods.

I updated manually last night and this morning on the drive in, I had it suddenly switch from my Ford's Sync system to the internal speaker. The dash display showed the phone was attached and when I switched from Pocket Casts to Play Music, it reflected what was playing, but the sound came out of the phone, not the car stereo. I went into the settings and toggled music off and on, switched Bluetooth off and on, then switch the stereo to AM radio then back to Bluetooth and it behaved properly.
I was using Waze which keeps the screen on and things were fine until I got off the freeway and shut down Waze. The screen shut off after a minute as normal, but when I double-tapped the screen to wake the display up, the audio dropped from the stereo and started playing from the phone. Hmmmm. I unpaired Sync and deleted the OPO from the car's side and I re-paired the phone.
It seemed OK until my drive home just now when once again, tapping the screen to wake it up cause the audio to drop back to the speaker. Since I don't use nav apps all the time, this is clearly an unacceptable bug that makes me wonder HTF they're beta-testing. It's nice that the GPS doesn't seem totally broken and the touchscreen goofiness is gone, but being unable to maintain Bluetooth connectivity for media is a huge gaffe.

Ok, I'm still trying to figure out what is going on here. I restored my TWRP backup from 33R and I had two bluetooth crashes on the way home today. Could there be a firmware update that is causing this that would not have been rolled back as part of the restore? I've read online that there is no new radio in 38R? Is there something else causing it?

I ran the full 33r factory image and it fixed the Bluetooth issues. I ran that way for a couple of days and had no BT problems even on a 2+ hour drive. I did a clean 33r to 38r OTA and within the first 30 minutes in the car had a BT freeze and disconnect. Its pretty clear, at least with my device, that there is something wrong with the BT stack on 38r.

I have little different but seems to related with BT.
When BT is enabled, my wifi performance drops significantly. I tried to remove all paired devices and reset BT config, but nothing really fixed the issue. I need to turn off BT completely, if my wifi speed goes down. I'm running 38R. I don't think I noticed any issue on 33R.
https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/...with-cell-data-turned-on.143815/#post-6381709

DirkBelig said:
I updated manually last night and this morning on the drive in, I had it suddenly switch from my Ford's Sync system to the internal speaker. The dash display showed the phone was attached and when I switched from Pocket Casts to Play Music, it reflected what was playing, but the sound came out of the phone, not the car stereo. I went into the settings and toggled music off and on, switched Bluetooth off and on, then switch the stereo to AM radio then back to Bluetooth and it behaved properly.
I was using Waze which keeps the screen on and things were fine until I got off the freeway and shut down Waze. The screen shut off after a minute as normal, but when I double-tapped the screen to wake the display up, the audio dropped from the stereo and started playing from the phone. Hmmmm. I unpaired Sync and deleted the OPO from the car's side and I re-paired the phone.
It seemed OK until my drive home just now when once again, tapping the screen to wake it up cause the audio to drop back to the speaker. Since I don't use nav apps all the time, this is clearly an unacceptable bug that makes me wonder HTF they're beta-testing. It's nice that the GPS doesn't seem totally broken and the touchscreen goofiness is gone, but being unable to maintain Bluetooth connectivity for media is a huge gaffe.
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I'm having this exact same issue since upgrading to 38r. Bluetooth audio works fine until screen goes off and I turn it on again. Then audio comes out of the phone, but Bluetooth icon is still lit up and otherwise still connected to the car. VERY annoying.
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Yeah... Right now when I get into the car, audio plays though the speaker (despite bluetooth connection) unless I open Play Music specifically. Somehow that does something that also fixes other apps (Slacker, book readers, etc).

menos08642 said:
I've noticed that ever since I upgraded to 38R I keep getting disconnected from my bluetooth car stereo. When it disconnects the Bluetooth icon on the OPO goes grey. It looks like the Bluetooth module is crashing and then getting reset by the OS. I just got done with a 30 minute drive and it happened 3 times. Has anybody else noticed anything funky with the Bluetooth stack?
I've also had the phone itself hard crash several times. Not sure if 38R is ready for prime time.
I'm not running anything custom, just pure 38r on a rooted/twrp device. No exposed or other mods.
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I'm on 44S, and have a similar issue. Had the issue since 38R though. Bluetooth stays connected to my car fine if I'm not using the OPO or if I'm just streaming music. But in phone calls, it drops the bluetooth all the time. Really really annoying.

menos08642 said:
I ran the full 33r factory image and it fixed the Bluetooth issues. I ran that way for a couple of days and had no BT problems even on a 2+ hour drive. I did a clean 33r to 38r OTA and within the first 30 minutes in the car had a BT freeze and disconnect. Its pretty clear, at least with my device, that there is something wrong with the BT stack on 38r.
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I'm having same problem. Disconnects but just on calls and this happens with my BT headset. This doesn't actually happen on my stock Nexus 5. I'm thinking CM must be using different BT drivers? It's been the same on 33 and 44. I'm betting it carries to 5.0. If I don't find a workaround I may be forced to go to a different ROM. Just have no idea which one may be unaffected?

any fix for this?

[Q] Bluetooth reconnecting every 10 minutes

Hi all,
Been reasonably happy with the z3 so far but I'm having problems with Bluetooth connectivity, specifically in my car. I'm used to an iphone, which works flawlessly, but the z3 only seems to be able retain a connection for 10 mins before slowly reconnecting. It's become frustrating as it restarts some of my tasker profiles(?).
Has anyone else had similar issues? Are there any known fixes for this?
I've tried turning off stamina, wifi, bluetooth timeout, display timeout, re-pairing my device - nothing has helped!
Cheers,
Russ

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rgtuit said:
Hi all,
Been reasonably happy with the z3 so far but I'm having problems with Bluetooth connectivity, specifically in my car. I'm used to an iphone, which works flawlessly, but the z3 only seems to be able retain a connection for 10 mins before slowly reconnecting. It's become frustrating as it restarts some of my tasker profiles(?).
Has anyone else had similar issues? Are there any known fixes for this?
I've tried turning off stamina, wifi, bluetooth timeout, display timeout, re-pairing my device - nothing has helped!
Cheers,
Russ
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The normal Stamina mode (not ultra) won't disconnect any connection just limit background process.
This can be bug in firmware So try to repair it by PC companion
+ and a question; is this happen with another bluetooth devices or just with car?
cause if it happen with car it can be software compatibility & ...

Thanks for the reply. I thought I would update.
I did try checking for firmware updates but I found a different solution shortly after. I downloaded the 'Xperia Z1 Bluetooth Fix' from the google play store, installed it and selected the Tune2Air device (when it was in range). Since then I've had no reconnecting problems! I have no idea what the app has done but it has completely solved the issues I was having. I suggest giving it a go if you are having similar symptoms. :good:

rgtuit said:
Thanks for the reply. I thought I would update.
I did try checking for firmware updates but I found a different solution shortly after. I downloaded the 'Xperia Z1 Bluetooth Fix' from the google play store, installed it and selected the Tune2Air device (when it was in range). Since then I've had no reconnecting problems! I have no idea what the app has done but it has completely solved the issues I was having. I suggest giving it a go if you are having similar symptoms. :good:
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I get this all the time, constant every couple of seconds when connected to my Mercedes Comand unit..
I will download this app and test it out, hopefully it sorts it.

I have Volvo V40 and when I step in my car with my bluetooth on, I see on my Z3 Bluetooth connect and then disconnect. This repeats all the time. When I then disable bluetooth and enable, the problem is gone. I don't know for sure, but what I have see on my car's phone menu, although I get these disconnects on my phone , the disconnects are not noticed by my car. But again, I didn't look into that yet. Do you have similar problems?

Hi all,
Great to know im not crazy bcuz im having the same issues in my toyota as the volvo. My phone automatically tries to pair & sometimes this works flawlessly, yet other times it connects, stalls, then spends an age tring to reconnect & all the while the cars head unit still perceives a connection. What i hav noticed is that i get great connections (fast & from where i left off) when i pause before switching off my car. If i dont pause then i need to manually connect even if the phone says its pairing with my car. Iv come from a nokia n8 which worked flawlessly however i could not control the volume from the phone which i can do from the z3 & i was wondering if the problem could be with either the phone or stereo having conflicting memory of what was last played, volume level , etc. As there must be data stored somewhere on either or both devices.

Look at this page for an explanation of Sony, seems to be a problem from the bluetooth version of the car:
https://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Xper...s-connecting-disconnecting/td-p/853609/page/2

I dont think its necessarily the car as the problem i outlined is resolved if i pause the playing music before cutting power. I should correct an earlier comment. My problem is with playing music from my phones harddrive via a player such as the native music player, vlc music player, music visualiser, etc rather than streaming music so im not sure what peolpe using cloud services or internet radio can do.
Does anyone know why pausing the music before leaving the car is necessary when in my experience using bluetooth 3.0 didnt require this?

Bluetooth issues with Ford Sync 3

Wondering is anyone else is having this issue. When I play music over Bluetooth it has constant stuttering. I have no issues on my other Bluetooth devices, like headphones or speakers. I did not have this issue on 9.0 and this affects both my OnePlus 6T and 7 pro. Issues on both 10.0.1 and 10.0.2

I'm not the only one!!! I upgraded my OP6t to 10, and on my 2019 Ford Ranger, had all kinds of skipping. I ended up purchasing a OP7t, and it had the same issue. I returned the 7t, and downgraded my 6t back to 9. I was unable to get it to play well with my truck. The REALLY weird thing was that it skipped worse at slow speeds. Once I was at freeway speeds, I had no skipping.
EDIT: I should note, that it seemed to work fine with my wifes Ford Escape, which also uses Sync 3.

Ok... You need a new car....

muzicman0 said:
I'm not the only one!!! I upgraded my OP6t to 10, and on my 2019 Ford Ranger, had all kinds of skipping. I ended up purchasing a OP7t, and it had the same issue. I returned the 7t, and downgraded my 6t back to 9. I was unable to get it to play well with my truck. The REALLY weird thing was that it skipped worse at slow speeds. Once I was at freeway speeds, I had no skipping.
EDIT: I should note, that it seemed to work fine with my wifes Ford Escape, which also uses Sync 3.
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I was able to kind of fix it by doing a master reset on my car, it stutters but I can get 3 minutes into a song before it happens. It was every 10 seconds before. Not perfect but at least I can live with it now. Hopefully future updates remedy this issue.

I'm on Sync 1 and while I don't have stuttering issues I do have extremely low Bluetooth call volume to the point I have to crank the radio to 100% to have normal call audio.

Use the latest open beta. Fixes all stuttering

gonzo237 said:
Wondering is anyone else is having this issue. When I play music over Bluetooth it has constant stuttering. I have no issues on my other Bluetooth devices, like headphones or speakers. I did not have this issue on 9.0 and this affects both my OnePlus 6T and 7 pro. Issues on both 10.0.1 and 10.0.2
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I have the exact same problem. It works fine on all other devices, including my Jeep, but skips on my F150 sync 3. If you connect to your sync 3, then turn your bluetooth off on your phone and turn it back on, once it connects to your sync 3 again, it will stop skipping. Of course I have to do this every time I start my truck, so not a lot of phone. 10.0.3 does not address the issue either. I submitted a bug to OnePlus so hopefully they can figure out what it is and fix it.

Has anyone found a permanent fix for this yet?

muzicman0 said:
Has anyone found a permanent fix for this yet?
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I created a macro on macrodroid to solve the issue for me anyway. Give it a shot and see how you get on.

hallo dare said:
I created a macro on macrodroid to solve the issue for me anyway. Give it a shot and see how you get on.
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I'm decent with MacroDroid, but your macro confuses me, can you tell me what it actually does?

Android 10 has issues still. Until they fix Bluetooth on 10 this ain't gonna go away

muzicman0 said:
I'm decent with MacroDroid, but your macro confuses me, can you tell me what it actually does?
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I just played around until i got something that worked. This way does, so it's good enough for me

hallo dare said:
I just played around until i got something that worked. This way does, so it's good enough for me
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Is it just reconnecting (restarting) bluetooth? I already have a macro that starts spotify, then pushes play when connecting to my truck.

Finally got around to re-installing Android 10 and trying out the Macro, seems to work perfectly...now to decide if I want to go buy the 7t McLaren version...decisions decisions...

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Android 10 has issues still. Until they fix Bluetooth on 10 this ain't gonna go away
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Kind of disagree, this is not a general Android 10 issue as other devices work fine with the Sync 3 on my Ford Edge.
Both the Oneplus 6 and the 7T Pro have the skipping issue and it is super annoying.
Resetting the Sync app or the phone kind of makes it better for a while but it always returns and gets worse over time (quickly)
As mentioned, other devices do not have this issue, Xiaomi or Samsung work fine. It's definitely a Oneplus/Sync 3 related problem.

Android 10 Open Beta 8, I find since I switched to ElementalX 2.11 kernel my bluetooth performance has improved (Sync3 on 2016 F150)

Macrodroid work around
Tried submitting this response with pictures, but I don't have permissions.
In case anyone is still experiencing this issue, here is what I did to work around the issue:
Step one: Download macrodroid from google play
(You will need to mess with permission a bit to allow md to disable and enable bluetooth.)
The first macro I created is as follows:
Macro name = sync fix
Trigger = Device Connected "Sync"
Actions = Disable Bluetooth, Wait 2 seconds, Enable Bluetooth, Toggle macro "sync fix"
Basically this macro will turn off bluetooth once it connects to "sync" and then renable bluetooth followed by turning itself off, AKA sleep. (otherwise you would get a never ending loop, no bueno)
There might be a better way of sleeping a job but I could not figure out another way. Maybe with variables...but I didn't look to much into that.
Since the first macro disables itself, you need another to turn it back on.
The second macro I created:
Trigger = Bluetooth disabled
Actions = Wait 10 seconds, Enable macro "sync fix"
Once this macro detects that bluetooth has been turned off (triggered from the first macro disabling bluetooth) it will wait 10 seconds and then turn the "sync fix" macro back on.
I could have used a timer, but sometimes we get in our vehicles for a few minutes or a few hours... didn't want to mess with it.
Anyways, this is what I came up with.
Hope it helps at least one person out there contemplating another device..or vehicle! haha
Have a good one!
EDIT:
I found another way:
Trigger: Device connected "sync"
Actions: if macro(s) [This macro] not invoked in the last 10 seconds
disable bluetooth
wait 2 seconds
enable bluetooth
End if

The macros do help a bit, as does turning off WiFi. Nonetheless there will still be the occasional cutting out of audio. Did some testing today and it's definitely an issue with the OnePlus software, in my case with the 7T pro. When using a Xiaomi Mi 9, with Miui or AOSP, there is never even the slightest audio stuttering or cutout.

I just use the android auto plug and set phone in cup holder. Zero issues and truly safest way to use your phone on the car. I mean voice music app navigation, voice activated maps. Reply to text and messenger without any issues. Safest bet truly. As yes sadly the BT issues where driving me crazy

lg3FTW said:
I just use the android auto plug and set phone in cup holder. Zero issues and truly safest way to use your phone on the car. I mean voice music app navigation, voice activated maps. Reply to text and messenger without any issues. Safest bet truly. As yes sadly the BT issues where driving me crazy
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You're right, audio through Android auto seems to work much more reliably. The plugging in and out is a bit of a bummer though and the location of the USB doesn't really help the cable routing in my Ford Edge.
Does anyone know if this issue is only happening with Sync3 / Ford models or is it happening with other cars as well?

Question Strange Bluetooth issue

I use a bovee Bluetooth dongle to listen to music while I drive. When I'm playing music it's like someone hits mute for a split second and this happens every 10 seconds or so. I first noticed this behavior on my last phone (OnePlus 8pro) but only on custom roms. I'm 100% stock on the pixel 7. Anyone else have this problem? Any suggestions? Thanks.

Sounds like a bad Bluetooth connection. Connected to my Nvidia Shield my Bluetooth headphones do that sometimes. I just forget the pairing and restart both, re-pair, and it usually works.

Have you reset your radio/bluetooth yet?
My wife had a similar issue, not quite as bad as yours, but frustrating, which got better, after a BT reset, but not 100%.
When she moved to a new phone recently, I suggested I install apps/accounts, and let her fresh configure it from there, so basically almost a full-reset. That solved the whole issue, to date (going on 2+ months now). I suspect there were a few "iffy" apps along the way too, so who knows what all got fixed, through that process...

Bastafari said:
I use a bovee Bluetooth dongle to listen to music while I drive. When I'm playing music it's like someone hits mute for a split second and this happens every 10 seconds or so. I first noticed this behavior on my last phone (OnePlus 8pro) but only on custom roms. I'm 100% stock on the pixel 7. Anyone else have this problem? Any suggestions? Thanks.
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Maybe try to change ypur AVRCP to lower version from Developer Options. Help me with some quirky BT appliance

Bastafari said:
I use a bovee Bluetooth dongle to listen to music while I drive. When I'm playing music it's like someone hits mute for a split second and this happens every 10 seconds or so. I first noticed this behavior on my last phone (OnePlus 8pro) but only on custom roms. I'm 100% stock on the pixel 7. Anyone else have this problem? Any suggestions? Thanks.
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So I have the same problem on a 2015 Toyota Highlander. On the Highlander, there is a phone connection function for Bluetooth and a video/ audio player. Only connection with Bluetooth. If I select both, it plays normally. I might have to do with your device not connecting using full Bluetooth functionality.

Bastafari said:
I use a bovee Bluetooth dongle to listen to music while I drive. When I'm playing music it's like someone hits mute for a split second and this happens every 10 seconds or so. I first noticed this behavior on my last phone (OnePlus 8pro) but only on custom roms. I'm 100% stock on the pixel 7. Anyone else have this problem? Any suggestions? Thanks.
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So I have the same problem on a 2015 Toyota Highlander. On the Highlander, there is a phone connection function for Bluetooth and a video/ audio player. Only connection with Bluetooth. If I select both, it plays normally. I might have to do with your device not connecting using full Bluetooth functionality
otonieru said:
Maybe try to change ypur AVRCP to lower version from Developer Options. Help me with some quirky BT appliance
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This I believe is the issue when it comes to other equipment and not the phones