Well, this is probably going to be the deal-breaker with this phone if it can't be fixed. Whenever I am in the car the device is paired with my stereo's bluetooth. When I receive or try to place a call, it automatically switches to handset or headphones (if the ghetto tape deck aux is plugged in). I have to manually switch it to bluetooth hands free, and most of the time, it doesn't work or switch over. The times that it does, I get no audio and the people on the other end can't hear me. When I try to switch back, it refuses to connect back to the device, and I have to end the call. Needless to say, it is extremely frustrating.
I have had an LG G2, Nexus 4, Galaxy S5, and other phones... and haven't experienced this problem with any of them. Is there a way to set the priority to bluetooth or fix this problem? Anyone else experiencing this?
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Hi, I have been searching and can't seem to find anything on this. My wife's and my epics pair, and work, great with with our car stereos (clarion). but, when we get out of the car, and the phone unpairs, we have no more system sounds. we miss calls and texts because we never hear them. the sounds now only come out the ear piece. Only a reset corrects it and then we hear sounds from specker again. Of coarse until we get in the car, and it all starts over again.
any ideas? I'm stumped.
thanks!
have you tried turning bluetooth off entirely when u leave the car?
also are you using any applications to send media with bluetooth such as BTmono?
I have the same problem -- as does my wife. I'm using a Motorola BT in the car, but it seems to be a problem with any BT connection as she primarily connects to our BT phone connection in the house. I saw this problem mentioned in a couple other threads, but no real solutions other than things like turning off BT on the phone before disconnecting, etc. Frankly, that's a hassle and I never remember to do it. I was hoping the latest version of Syndicate ROM might fix it, but just had it happen again this morning. So, I can confirm it's a problem on both Froyo stock and Syndicate ROMS. At least it seems like rebooting is a bit faster on Syndicate, so that's my solution for now as soon as I realize sounds aren't coming through. Just gotta remember to check before I miss a call!
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thanks for the replies. I am not using anything that starts to stream to the car stereo. Music player use to, but I removed it. I did notice today that the specker sound loss only happens if i make/receive a call. Today I drove to store and while in store away from car sound was fine. got back to car, called wife, and then when I was at home sound was gone. I will try to toggle off BT before phone is unpaired. what a pain.
Wouldn't ya know I found a thread about this after I post this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1029198
This post has worked for me: thanks mattallica76. I had to be in car paired to do this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13102385&postcount=31
This problem is a bug that exists while using Bluetooth on a device for both ad2p and phone calls. The only workaround (until Sammy or one of our great devs comes up with a fix) is to use the BT device for one or the other. This will prevent the audio from being routed to the phones earpiece after BT disconnects. To do this, go into the phones BT settings. Then long press the device that you are having trouble with. Next uncheck "Media Audio" or "Phone Audio", depending on which purpose you want for the device.
So by a weird turn of events, I've gone from an HTC Rezound back to a Gnex I am having two issues with Bluetooth in my car (2012 Subaru Impreza).
First, I can pair the device without a problem, but any time I leave and come back to my car, I have to go back into the Bluetooth settings and reconnect the device every time. This never happened with the Rezound, as the Bluetooth would automatically reconnect and start playing whatever I was listening to.
The second issue is the sound quality. When I first start playing music over Bluetooth, the bass is stripped out and everything sounds tinny. I actually found a fix, which is to plug in an AUX cable for a few seconds and then remove it so the music goes back to Bluetooth. After that, the sound quality is perfect. Again, never had this issue with the Rezound.
I will note that I previously had a Gnex before the Rezound, and that never had the reconnection issue or sound problems.
Anyone have any idea what may be happening here?
Anyone know how to get the headset jack to NOT.shut. down the bluetooth in phone calls? I play music through the jack when driving. If a call comes in, the call is following the earphone path and bluetooth wont work until it's unplugged.
Thanks.
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Bump... anyone?
Anyone know of a rom where this doesn't happen?
I've experienced this same problem. Another irritating "feature" I experienced was when I was on a call on a headset, I went to get in my car and was expecting it to connect and switch to handsfree. I even unplugged my headset FIRST before starting the car. The car and phone wouldn't connect while the call was still going on. I had to wait until I ended my call before it would connect.
My old HTC EVO 4G would handle bluetooth switching like this so easily. Extremely frustrating that Samsung can't get it right.
From what I was able to gather via Google searches, this is a known issue and there doesn't seem to be any kind of fix. I don't think switching ROM's will help although you might want to look into CM9/10.1?
Is anyone else having issues with their 5x connecting to their car's bluetooth automatically (I drive a 2015 Subaru Forester)?
My Nexus 5 would always just automatically connect, but since I switched to the 5x I have to either connect to the car from the phone or vice versa.
I'm sure I could work something out with tasker or whatnot, but that feels to me as though it should not be necessary?
I have yet to get back in my car after pairing to my bluetooth adapter (I just paired this morning) but I will check later.
Do you have a list of saved or prioritized devices in the car? I wonder if the Forester bluetooth is trying to connect to your first device (Nexus 5) unsuccessfully.
I have a 2014 Ford Focus. The bluetooth will connect automatically, but I have noticed weirdness when placing calls. The car will take a while to initiate the call and then display an error saying "call cannot be completed". Then, 2 seconds later the call audio (ringing) will occur.
I am hoping that these are just some initial bluetooth issues that will be ironed out.
I had deleted my old device from the car's memory.
Another thing I am experiencing is that even if my phone IS connected, the calls are going through the device, and not my speakers.
It still pauses the music...
It could be either my car or the device. I've heard of other Subaru owners having issues with multiple devices in their car, just wasn't sure if it was a little of Column A and B. It seems likely enough it's a little bit of both.
No issues at all. I have a 2012 Dodge charger with the 8.4 Uconnect. This phone actually connects quicker than my S6 edge did and the sound is louder at max volume (on the phone) than the S6E. The only thing that doesn't work is the text messaging from the Uconnect, but overall I am very pleased.
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I had deleted my old device from the car's memory.
Another thing I am experiencing is that even if my phone IS connected, the calls are going through the device, and not my speakers.
It still pauses the music...
It could be either my car or the device. I've heard of other Subaru owners having issues with multiple devices in their car, just wasn't sure if it was a little of Column A and B. It seems likely enough it's a little bit of both.
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My in-laws own a 2015 Forester so perhaps next time I see them I'll try to pair my 5X. May be a while before that happens though so don't hold your breath
2013 Honda Civic here (so cool, I know). I'm getting mixed results on it automatically connecting. Sometimes yes, but other times I need to connect manually. Yesterday, Bluetooth audio got really choppy in the car, and I had to restart in order to stabilize that again. Have not seen the choppiness issue with my other Bluetooth devices.
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I had no problem with my Mazda 5 connecting to my Moto E on 4.4.4, but since the upgrade to 5.1 I now have to turn bluetooth off then back on every time I get in the car for it to connect. Also, the connection can drop. I tried deleting existing connection data from both car and phone, setting up from scratch, but it hasn't made any difference. Wish I could downgrade by phone's OS back to 4.4.4.
Might depend on the sound system. Reconnects to my 2013 VW Passat every time.
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No issues in my Audi or aftermarket radio in the Subie... It sounds like you may not have calls being routed through the phone (based on your comment), maybe that is causing the connection issue? Something like only a phone connection is automatically connected (and the audio comes with it), but an audio connection is not?
I have a 2011 Mitsubishi Ralliart and i don't have any issues with my 5X auto connecting to the factory bluetooth system, my problem is the factory bluetooth is garbage since any time someone calls there is too much interference i can't hear what the other person is saying.
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I have a 2014 Ford Focus. The bluetooth will connect automatically, but I have noticed weirdness when placing calls. The car will take a while to initiate the call and then display an error saying "call cannot be completed". Then, 2 seconds later the call audio (ringing) will occur.
I am hoping that these are just some initial bluetooth issues that will be ironed out.
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Exact same issue here but with a Kia. As soon as the phone "reacts" to a call being started on the headunit, the headunit says "call was hung up". As soon as the call is answered, it offers to be used for handsfree. It's as if the phone's "CallStatus" messages over bluetooth aren't correct
Subject crosstrek 2014, BlackBerry z10 never had an issue whatsoever, but since I got my 5x, I get half a connection (Bluetooth connects with no audio), with 6.0.1, no automatic connect... Blackberry's reputation may be downhill, but I sincerely miss its reliability and the hub...
Nexus 5X and 6P Uconnect 8.4 Grand Cherokee 2014
I recently started experiencing a similar issue.
I use my 6p for music and audio only, and my 5x for phone calls and sms.
About a week ago, they would stay connected as long as nothing was being streamed. However, as soon as I received a call on the 5X, the phone would lose BT connection to the system, and then connect back after about 30 seconds. It would do that throughout all of the calls, regardless of the length of each call. After the first 2 calls, I started streaming music from Google Play Music on my 6p, and the same thing would happen.
I removed Uconnect from both phones, and both phones from Uconnect. Paired them back again, and it is still doing the same thing.
I will try resetting the Uconnect to factory default later today and see if it has any positive effect, and will post my findings here.
If anyone else has a uconnect system with the same issue, please post it here, and we can try looking for a solution together.
Thank you,
I've been having issues with bad static/noise in voice calls when connected to my car's Bluetooth. Music streaming over Bluetooth is fine, however. Does anyone else experience this issue. I used to have an S6 paired to my car and it was perfect for both voice calls and music.
My audio for like music is fine but tried making a car handsfree the other day for the first time and couldn't hear the other person who said they didn't hear me either. I had to click on the dialer app to switch out it to phone speaker and then back to Bluetooth then it worked.
It's been like this since I first got the phone...it's almost unusable for phone calls in the car. I wonder if this is a software or hardware defect and if it will be corrected in a future update. I don't want to have to RMA this phone if I don't have to.
I'll try your workaround, acheney...thanks for the tip
Pixel XL connects via Bluetooth to both of my cars without problems. And call audio is fine both ways.
I have had zero issues with music streaming or phone calls. 2014 Infiniti q50
I'm having this issue too. Music and video play fine, but when someone calls i can hardly understand what they are saying due the static. Was hoping the update would fix the issue. I'm not sure what to do at this point.
Same issue. Audio over BT is fine. GPS navigation over audio was playing up, but now appears to be ok. The moment I call someone (or they call me) the call is all garbled and I have to switch to speakerphone.
My Bluetooth earpiece however works fine. Not sure if headunit issue or phone bt stack.
i have this same issue. so annoying. so far there's no solution?
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i have this same issue. so annoying. so far there's no solution?
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None that i have found. Flashed AptX codec and still have same issue. Don't think it is hardware because the phone works fine when paired with other Bluetooth items like speakers, headphones, my watch, and other car stereos. Just doesn't like my factory pioneer unit in my Tc for some reason.
Audio issues for me have always been carrier issues.
Redialing the number usually fixed the call
I ended up finding if I mounted my phone far away from the head unit (near the door/drivers window for example) and tilted the phone in a weird way, the calls were fine.
I don't quite understand it, but seems like there is interference from the head unit when using BT to make calls, which for some reason isn't a problem when you play music (or GPS navigation is on).
Either the Pixel needs better shielding or there's something borked with the Bluetooth chipset.
I would like to use wireless headphones, but the in-channel headphones with a large battery and with good sound have not yet been invented
Yes!
I've only made a few calls over my cars bluetooth, but yesterday I ran into this:
Conversation was fine for several minutes, and then every word the other person said came through as static. When they paused between words or stopped talking, it was quiet. But as soon as they said a word again, it was static.
I toggled the call back to handset and it was fine. So I switched back to bluetooth, and it was fine for a minute or two, and then it became static voice again. I switched back and forth again and it was back to normal voice and remained that way.