I first came across this problem on my GS3 and hardly anyone cared. Luckily CM10 did away with most of these problems. Now that I have a GN2 I can't use AOSP due to the stylus. How do you guys get around the loud notification sounds from the speaker while you are working in a quiet environment? Having to mute your notifications doesn't seem like a valid option because you might not know you got one then. On every phone I've used in the past, regardless of OS, there was an intelligent audio router that put everything through the headphones. Obviously you are listening to the headphones, so why pump it out the speaker? I'm sure people at the library love hearing blaring whistle sound effects, haha.
Secondly, an issue that CM10 also fixed on my GS3 was handling Bluetooth calls while headphones were plugged in. Once again, every other phone I've owned has been smart enough to allow the Bluetooth to override the headphone connection. This is particularly annoying in my two cars... I have to plug in the audio cable to the aux port, but I also connect to the hands-free systems. When a call comes in, I have to unplug the cable while driving to get the sound through the speakers. Seems like a lawsuit waiting to happen, and a clear sign that someone at Samsung just wasn't thinking about common priorities. These are not A2DP systems, hence the requirement for aux. Though I prefer the audio quality over aux over BT any day, so that should always be an option regardless.
Frustrated, since I don't have a workaround like I did on my GS3. Bah.
this -----> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1992947
As far as notifications being on the speaker with headphones. That doesn't happen on my Note
Ringer volume and notifications volume are two different slides, In CM10 they can be merge, on by default i think.
turn down the notification volume from the volumes setting, or expand the volumes (gear button) when you hit either volume button and turn down the notifications volume.
In the bluetooth settings you can configure each device to hand just media, just voice, or both. Again gear button in that menu.
Also "Why does no one care about...blah blah blah" in a topic subject is uninformative and a little insulting, do better next time
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this -----> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1992947
As far as notifications being on the speaker with headphones. That doesn't happen on my Note
Ringer volume and notifications volume are two different slides, In CM10 they can be merge, on by default i think.
turn down the notification volume from the volumes setting, or expand the volumes (gear button) when you hit either volume button and turn down the notifications volume.
In the bluetooth settings you can configure each device to hand just media, just voice, or both. Again gear button in that menu.
Also "Why does no one care about...blah blah blah" in a topic subject is uninformative and a little insulting, do better next time
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That doesn't explain anything... yes, notifications go through Bluetooth if you use A2DP, but the moment you hook up the actual headphone port, with the basic hands-free profile, like a car, the notification sounds do not come out the aux cable. They either come out of the speaker, or the BT device. Honestly, suggesting to turn down or disable the notification volume is a copout. I think most people are unaware of these issues, and then there are many like you, who strangely just don't care, or sidestep the issue. These are both fairly serious issues, honestly. One could even be life-threatening if you get in an accident while playing with the aux cable.
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These are both fairly serious issues, honestly. One could even be life-threatening if you get in an accident while playing with the aux cable.
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I'm going to leave this here http://www.distraction.gov/content/get-the-facts/facts-and-statistics.html
You sir, need to prioritize your life before you hurt someone. (You brought it up)
Also, turning down the volume WILL solve the problem of the volume being to loud.
Of course I wouldn't allow myself to get in an accident due to that, but what is the point of a Bluetooth hands free system when Samsung requires you to fiddle with a cable rightwhen the phone rings?
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Of course I wouldn't allow myself to get in an accident due to that, but what is the point of a Bluetooth hands free system when Samsung requires you to fiddle with a cable rightwhen the phone rings?
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Looks like you got 3 options.
1. Wait for CM (Support it here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2019062)
2. Turn down the volume while you use headphones (Use tasker to automate)
3. Throw your phone in the river and use your HTC again
Also don't text and drive
Shouldn't use your phone at all when driving, since talking actually diverts more of your attention than texting... however that isn't the topic of discussion. I'm more curious why people don't care, myself. It doesn't bother you at all that every time you plug in your headphones in a quiet place, you have to manually turn off your sounds and might miss something important? What about a loud environment? I would never feel my phone buzz in my pocket when I'm running around the data center.
Seems like a mix apathy and not knowing it's an actual bug.
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It doesn't bother you at all that every time you plug in your headphones in a quiet place, you have to manually turn off your sounds and might miss something important?
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Nothing is very important. Automated with tasker once, never had to worry about it again. People dont care because its not an issue for most and the rest just turn it down.
I myself found it to be very strange. I'm used to HTC phones, they always do notifications through head phones. It would be nice to implement.
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what's a library?
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this crap sucks. its a big problem for me. whats the point of the sound coming from the speaker when I have my headphone on? I shouldn't have to turn down my phone and notifacation everytime I'm at the library, school, or gym. last time I post this problem up, I got shot down. obviously, these people never used head phone or bt b4.
I agree. I have the same issue. I really don't care. But it would be nice to know why it does that.
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this crap sucks. its a big problem for me. whats the point of the sound coming from the speaker when I have my headphone on? I shouldn't have to turn down my phone and notifacation everytime I'm at the library, school, or gym. last time I post this problem up, I got shot down. obviously, these people never used head phone or bt b4.
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no it is annoying. i will have to go back through my old stuff and see if we fixed it on the skyrocket and original note
if i recall correctly some files did it while others did not
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This has been an issue with Android for quite a long time:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1134516
I would have hoped that Google or Samsung would have addressed this by now but that doesn't appear to be the case.
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This has been an issue with Android for quite a long time:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1134516
I would have hoped that Google or Samsung would have addressed this by now but that doesn't appear to be the case.
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I'd swear CM10 does it properly, so I didn't thinking was all Android, just TW-based stuff, which we can't use since we have the stylus.
Agreed, this issue did not occur with my galaxy nexus. I hate it on my SIII, whenever I study in quiet places I have to turn the sound down. SOmetimes I forgot, and people look at me like they want to punch my ribs out when I get an email.
Why is this not addressed?
I am using SoundAbout but it causes major issues while listening to audio over the headphone jack. When I'm connected in my car, my music skips randomly. I am using a galaxy note 2.
There is an option under accessibilities that allows you to make your camera flash, well flash, when you get a notification. Not a solution, but another option. Of course if you forget to turn the sounds off and your flash is strobing also, the library I'd going to turn into a discotech... lol.
Well at the library your phone should be on silent or vibrate, if you crashed while messing with your phone in the car and then tried to sue samsung/google you'd be laughed right out of court. How is it anyone's fault but your own that YOU were stupid enough to crash your car because you couldn't leave your phone alone while driving, which is the law in most states(no phone while driving) you can also set a profile to lower the ringer/noti volume when headphones are plugged in. No one cares because its not an issue for anyone who sets up their profiles properly.
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Afternoon all. As with most of us I use the Desire as an integrated MP3/SatNav etc while on the road. The problem I'm having while listening to music via a bluetooth headset is an irritating series of beeps every time the phone loses signal - quite a common occurrence when in a rural area - and I'd like to turn off the audible notification. Can't see anything in settings though, any suggestions as to how to do this?
Also been noticing that when using CoPilot the first half of the voice prompt is missed, almost like its taking half a second or so to engage with the bluetooth. Is this common with all wireless head sets or just the cheap "Clip" unit I'm currently using?
Also been noticing that when using CoPilot the first half of the voice prompt is missed, almost like its taking half a second or so to engage with the bluetooth. Is this common with all wireless head sets or just the cheap "Clip" unit I'm currently using?
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I can confirm that I also have this, the instruction will be played fully by the speakers on the phone but only get half the instruction (at times) via the Bluetooth Headset although sometimes you get the full instruction through it...
Not sure if helps... I realised the phone volume and media volume are separate! If you put the phone on silent - you can still listen to media such as music and videos. Maybe you could silence the phone (and get rid of that beep) but still enjoy your music.
Just an idea to try...
By the way - the above can be annoying if you need your phone quiet but accidentally turn on any media.... lol!
Ah well, I'd hoped it was the cheap head set but obviously not.
Had anyone figured out how to allow music apps to use the headset button? By default vlingo takes it over, and I was not able to override it. I didn't realize how much I depended on play/pause and double click for next track until I lost it. Spend lots of time at airports and in the plane listening to google music and slacker...
so annoying!
No luck using it in any music app I tried.
and I thought my headset was malfunctioning
This problem is like a black hole, everywhere I've seen it mentioned it just goes silent. This issue is really ruining my experience with this otherwise great phone. I used the headset buttons all the time on my old phone and never realized just how much I was addicted to the convenience until this phone proved just how much the lack of that function sucks.
So my question is... does anyone know if any of the ROMs will resolve this problem? I'll root this phone and flush vlingo right smooth down the toilet if it will give me back a functioning wired headset button.
Also, just to rub salt into the wound a friend has the AT&T version of the phone and the headset button on my headphones works just fine on his. *grumbles*
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I'm having a really unbearable problem with the headphone jack - any slight knocks to the headphone connector cause the track to skip or pause - as if I were pressing buttons on a button controller. My headphones are mid-range Shures (i.e. high build quality) and do not cause this behaviour on other phones. Has anyone had anything similar? Or have any suggested workarounds? It makes it basically impossible to use the phone to listen to music with whilst walking...
Many thanks
konsta819 said:
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I'm having a really unbearable problem with the headphone jack - any slight knocks to the headphone connector cause the track to skip or pause - as if I were pressing buttons on a button controller. My headphones are mid-range Shures (i.e. high build quality) and do not cause this behaviour on other phones. Has anyone had anything similar? Or have any suggested workarounds? It makes it basically impossible to use the phone to listen to music with whilst walking...
Many thanks
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That's funny when I knock mine sometimes it goes to voice activate what bugs me
jaythenut said:
That's funny when I knock mine sometimes it goes to voice activate what bugs me
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Yes: I get that behaviour too.
Took mine back to the shop for a replacement. Seems to be fine on the new handset.
Same problems here. Returned the first one to Best Buy,and the new one has the same problem. It's it just a software update to fix it?
Same here. Touching or slightly tapping the headphone plug either pauses/skips the track or opens up Voicemate (which cannot be disabled in settings). There has to be some software running that 'manages' audio connections.
I tried LG support and they didn't address the issue at all but said it might warrant an RMA.
Mine was fine for two weeks and just noticed the problem today. It's highly frustrating.
Update: noticed for some reason sometimes when the headphones are plugged in it recognises it as a headset and thats when knocking the phone jack either triggers voicemate or skips tracks. If you get it to recognise it as headphones it seems to be fine.
Same here. Sometimes with my audio cable it recognizes it as headphones. Sometimes when I plug in the audio cable it doesn't work at all unless I unplug it a few times. Overall volume for audio cable and Bluetooth is pretty low too.
Last two days the problems got worse for me to the point I can't get it to detect my headphones properly, always a headset. I did notice however that if it detects it as a headset the volume would be quieter even on the same sound setting.
To stop the annoying issue for now, as I use PowerAmp, I have enabled the PowerAmp lockscreen widget and disabled the headset controls. As I never use a headset (BT or otherwise) this seems to have stopped the knocks skipping tracks for me.
kinnyfaifai said:
Last two days the problems got worse for me to the point I can't get it to detect my headphones properly, always a headset. I did notice however that if it detects it as a headset the volume would be quieter even on the same sound setting.
To stop the annoying issue for now, as I use PowerAmp, I have enabled the PowerAmp lockscreen widget and disabled the headset controls. As I never use a headset (BT or otherwise) this seems to have stopped the knocks skipping tracks for me.
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Yep I can confirm above fixed issue and besides PowerAmp S**ts on stock player.
I have only noticed it in my cars when listening to Spotify . I use an aux port and a 3.5 mm cable in both. My issue is the phone not recognizing a cable is plugged in some of the time. I have to repeatedly unplug and replug until it recognizes it. Seems to work better if I unplug from the stereo rather than the phone. It had also kicked off a few times between songs. So far it's been fine with headphones, but very limited use, so inconclusive. I'm not sure if the cause, but stinks of a software bug.
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That's funny when I knock mine sometimes it goes to voice activate what bugs me
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Same here except it happens when I'm using Google Maps to navigate on my bike..........any little bump on the road and it goes to Voice Activation. It's really annoying and frustrating
I have to unplug and plug the cable several times in the car before it will recognize an aux connection. Thinking of trying a different cable, who knows, it might help. But it does sound like a software problem rather than a hardware one
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Same problem
I am getting the same issue where Headphone jack: slight knocks change track.
I read Stevemiddies post about what LG said. (good work Steve for raising to them) and I dont see how it be down to the "knock on". I have taken phone out and cant replicate issue by "knocking" the phone anywhere. But the smallest of touches on the headphone input to the LGG3 causes it to pause or skip tracks...
I also read Kinnyfaifais post about how using poweramp can stop this. Great bit of advice. but i dont really want to have to pay for poweramp to fix an issue which LG should fix..it cant be right that a phone with headphones cant be put in your pocket!!! I have the quick circle case too.
COME ON LG lets see a fix
andy9182 said:
I am getting the same issue where Headphone jack: slight knocks change track.
I read Stevemiddies post about what LG said. (good work Steve for raising to them) and I dont see how it be down to the "knock on". I have taken phone out and cant replicate issue by "knocking" the phone anywhere. But the smallest of touches on the headphone input to the LGG3 causes it to pause or skip tracks...
I also read Kinnyfaifais post about how using poweramp can stop this. Great bit of advice. but i dont really want to have to pay for poweramp to fix an issue which LG should fix..it cant be right that a phone with headphones cant be put in your pocket!!! I have the quick circle case too.
COME ON LG lets see a fix
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For sure the response from LG was not really relevant to this issue.
I have used my Shure SE 535's, Sennheisers, Klipch's and of course the LG supplied headphones. The problem remains.
I don't believe it has anything to do with the 'knock code' personally. The problems happen every time I move the headphone jack at the point of entry to the phone.
I also have the Poweramp Pro version but despite following previous posters advice, it has not resolved the problem.
It remains deeply frustrating.
stevemiddie said:
For sure the response from LG was not really relevant to this issue.
I have used my Shure SE 535's, Sennheisers, Klipch's and of course the LG supplied headphones. The problem remains.
I don't believe it has anything to do with the 'knock code' personally. The problems happen every time I move the headphone jack at the point of entry to the phone.
I also have the Poweramp Pro version but despite following previous posters advice, it has not resolved the problem.
It remains deeply frustrating.
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It didn't solve it for me in the end either. As I have root, I disable VoiceMate through TiBu. I agree it's highly annoying and LG needs to address this issue.
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It didn't solve it for me in the end either. As I have root, I disable VoiceMate through TiBu. I agree it's highly annoying and LG needs to address this issue.
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Does disabling voice mate fix it?
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Does disabling voice mate fix it?
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Yup! It seems to have stopped it, not triggered at all since I disabled it.
Original thread modified after i finally figured out what the problem was, original text can be found in the quote below this post.
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Ok so this is a very old annoying HARDWARE glitch.
For some reason android detects regular headphones as a special headset sometimes and this causes many annoying problems such as a nonexistant contact point causing random headset special functions to trigger. (skip music, open google voice, random volume changes, even make random calls)
Software solutions to this problem either don't work on latest Android versions or cause numerous problems and resource overhead.
Solution:
Keep plugging and unplugging headphones slowly, quickly, forcefully, etc etc until you see the headphones icon appear instead of a headset icon. Once this happens the problem is GONE until you unplug headphones and plug them back in again and don't get lucky.
It will presumably not happen with most headphones or else manufacturers would have been made to care by millions of pissed off customers. As it is they don't appear to give a damn to the plight of some of us.
Dinger558 said:
In the last 2 days for some reason Google Now keeps being randomly triggered. Sometimes for a whole minute without end.
When the device is locked I keep hearing that woman's voice of how I need to unlock the device to use Google Now.
it's getting incredibly annoying.
I tried killing it, it just restarts itself. In settings it's already set to "Off" and it still pops up. Uninstalling it just resets it to factory and solves nothing.
Please someone tell me how to get rid of the damn thing.
I'm having exactly this problem on my G3:
android.stackexchange.com/questions/62417/google-search-appears-out-of-nowhere
android.stackexchange.com/questions/66135/google-now-launches-when-headphones-are-plugged-in
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If you're rooted install greenify and xposed. Greenify will tell you what is triggering Google now to start. And you need xposed for that added feature in greenify
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Ok so this is a very old annoying HARDWARE glitch.
For some reason android detects regular headphones as a special headset sometimes and this causes many annoying problems such as a nonexistant contact point causing random headset special functions to trigger. (skip music, open google voice, random volume changes, even make random calls)
Software solutions to this problem either don't work on latest Android versions or cause numerous problems and resource overhead.
Solution:
Keep plugging and unplugging headphones slowly, quickly, forcefully, etc etc until you see the headphones icon appear instead of a headset icon. Once this happens the problem is GONE until you unplug headphones and plug them back in again and don't get lucky.
It will presumably not happen with most headphones or else manufacturers would have been made to care by millions of pissed off customers. As it is they don't appear to give a damn to the plight of some of us.
Dinger558 said:
Ok so this is a very old annoying HARDWARE glitch.
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First of all, thank you so much! Your trick helped
But are you sure that this is a Hardware Problem?... If I just need to plug my headphones in and out, doesnt that imply that this is more of a software issue?
Kalaidos said:
First of all, thank you so much! Your trick helped
But are you sure that this is a Hardware Problem?... If I just need to plug my headphones in and out, doesnt that imply that this is more of a software issue?
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It could be a software but likely both at fault.
Android OS appears to mistake regular headphones for a headset, this does not happen consistently making a hardware aspect to this problem certain.
A very simple fix would be to include in a future android the option to disable headsets entirely or allow manual switching by tapping the icon.
But they probably wouldn't do that, after all, why care about a minority?
Wait is that what the little microphone icon is? I've had that a few times, was wondering what the heck it was.
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It could be a software but likely both at fault.
Android OS appears to mistake regular headphones for a headset...
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I cant convince myself that this is a hardware issue, the G3 is a flagship and they just can't use faulty hardware that affects everyone
Kalaidos said:
I cant convince myself that this is a hardware issue, the G3 is a flagship and they just can't use faulty hardware that affects everyone
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It's a very old issue. You can find mention of it in smartphones going back years.
I can't be sure but I think the headphone jack gets a faulty contact with a non-existent third contact point that only headsets use. Thereby convincing the OS that it's a headset and not headphones,
This doesn't appear to happen to all headphones.
Dinger558 said:
Ok so this is a very old annoying HARDWARE glitch.
For some reason android detects regular headphones as a special headset sometimes and this causes many annoying problems such as a nonexistant contact point causing random headset special functions to trigger. (skip music, open google voice, random volume changes, even make random calls)
Software solutions to this problem either don't work on latest Android versions or cause numerous problems and resource overhead.
Solution:
Keep plugging and unplugging headphones slowly, quickly, forcefully, etc etc until you see the headphones icon appear instead of a headset icon. Once this happens the problem is GONE until you unplug headphones and plug them back in again and don't get lucky.
It will presumably not happen with most headphones or else manufacturers would have been made to care by millions of pissed off customers. As it is they don't appear to give a damn to the plight of some of us.
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My issue is a little different. Whenever I insert headphones (have tried 3 now). The only thing I've not yet tried was unrooting. I had Viper installed as well as Xposed and a few modules all of which I've since removed. All with no improvement. Anyone ever seen this or find a post I may have missed?
This is crazy, one day I just put my headphones that I always use in and they just worked, and every time I put them in they register as normal!
When I connect my G3 to my car stereo via aux, tracks change forwards or backwards, when I give the phone a shake to either left or right. A track also pauses if I shake the phone towards me and starts playing when i shake it away from me. The phone is also very eager to launch Voice Mate when listening music like this.. None of these issues occur if I listen to music with headphones or the phones own speaker. I can't find anything in the settings that would turn this feature/problem off. Has anyone experiences this or know how this could be set off?
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When I connect my G3 to my car stereo via aux, tracks change forwards or backwards, when I give the phone a shake to either left or right. A track also pauses if I shake the phone towards me and starts playing when i shake it away from me. The phone is also very eager to launch Voice Mate when listening music like this.. None of these issues occur if I listen to music with headphones or the phones own speaker. I can't find anything in the settings that would turn this feature/problem off. Has anyone experiences this or know how this could be set off?
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This is not a feature, its one of many bugs with the AUX-output. Sometimes you get the voice mate problem, sometimes skip tracks, audio explosions, buzzings and alot of times the output is not recognized at all.
There is a long thread about this on the forum but as far as I know theres no solution to this particular problem yet. Maybe a ground loop isolator solves this problem too?
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This is not a feature, its one of many bugs with the AUX-output. Sometimes you get the voice mate problem, sometimes skip tracks, audio explosions, buzzings and alot of times the output is not recognized at all.
There is a long thread about this on the forum but as far as I know theres no solution to this particular problem yet. Maybe a ground loop isolator solves this problem too?
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Yeah, it seems there are alot of aux and audio problelms. I hope some of these problems can be fixed via ota updates but i'm thinking about returning this phone..