[Q] BT a2dp autoconnect? - Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi. I belabored the correct area for posting this message, and decided, based on research, it's closer to an O/S question than anything else.
Summary: I have an AT&T Galaxy Tab with a paired Dell BT keyboard that I use at home and a Logitech BT keyboard that I use at work. It is also paired with a Plantronics 590A headset with A2DP. I'm running Overcome 1.6.3 firmware with the No-OC/UV kernel.
When I turn on either of those keyboards, the Tabby will display a "... keyboard connected" message after a short delay. All cool, so far. But when I turn on the headset, it never connects with the Tab. I have to touch on Settings / Wireless and Network / Bluetooth / 590Plantronics... and then it will connect.
The headset will connect automatically to other phones that I have, but not to the Tab (which is set to Media Only in the Options... which may also have an impact).
So... my main questions are: is this working as expected? If so, is there anything I can do to make a headset autoconnect? Change headsets? Change configuration? Hold my tongue a different way when I turn the headset on? More prayer? ...
Bluetooth seems to be a huge area of opportunity for Android (or maybe just for G-Tab) - with its audio cut-outs and so on - and I want to get the most out of it.
Edit: If automatic connection is not a possibility, is there a shortcut (preferably one that can live in the notifications area) that I can use in order to quickly "connect" the headphones after turning them on? (Bluetooth lives in that area as an on/off, but I don't see a way to access the BT options from there.)

This is a problem that has plagued me since I first got my Tab. The best I've been able to come up with is an app that shortcuts me to the Bluetooth Settings page (and I'm afraid I don't recall the name of the app at the moment, but there were many that did this as I recall).

delovelady said:
Hi. I belabored the correct area for posting this message, and decided, based on research, it's closer to an O/S question than anything else.
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Sorry dude but that doesnt make a difference. Wether its an OS question or not this section is for posting developments only, not questions. You post questions in the Q&A forum.
PS. you cant have done much "research" at all
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delovelady said:
it's closer to an O/S ***QUESTION***
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A question by any other name, still belongs in Q&A....
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TheATHEiST said:
Sorry dude but that doesnt make a difference. Wether its an OS question or not this section is for posting developments only, not questions. You post questions in the Q&A forum.
My mistake. I will try to discover how to move the thread.
I did do extensive research, by the way, but spent all that research in the problem at hand, and none in the "how to ask" section. Having said that, the "yes, this is a question" radio button could be smarter, then, huh?
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How do I turn HER OFF

i'm not sure if i touched some setting by accident but everytime i get a phone call (must be a text to speach feature) a voice comes in and lowers the volume of my rintone and says the name of whoever is calling. It is very aggrivating since the volume decreases quite a bit and i have missed a lot of calls because of it, and on top of that the voice is not very clear. ive searched, and ive gone through the settings in my phone, but cant find anything.
I have the 3.29 hardspl, and dutty's apr 29 rom.
PS. i havent searched for this problem yet, but if anyone has a simple fix for this, people tell me that i cut off during calls once in a while but i can still hear them so im guessing its an internal microphone problem?
To turn her off I usually say that her butt looks big in those pants. That usually does the trick.
Seriously, Start -> Settings -> Voice Command -> Notifications.
You need to search for the answer. It's very straight forward, and easy to find. Although someone will probably spoon-feed you the info within minutes...
I can't believe you admitted to not searching!?!?!
DAMN! Tricked me into Spoonfeeding him by setting up a joke!
That's it vw_krazy....
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NotATreoFan said:
You need to search for the answer. It's very straight forward, and easy to find. Although someone will probably spoon-feed you the info within minutes...
I can't believe you admitted to not searching!?!?!
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This one I found after searching for "turn her off"
NotATreoFan said:
You need to search for the answer. It's very straight forward, and easy to find. Although someone will probably spoon-feed you the info within minutes...
I can't believe you admitted to not searching!?!?!
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please read my posts properly, your a senior member and yet you still misread posts that are very clear. I said that I haven't searched for the OTHER problem in my PS. statement. I clearly said ive searched this forum for the first problem (turning "her" off).
Anyways thanks for the help, i actually named the thread "turning her off" partially to see some of the things you guys would come up with, again thanks for the laughs and help!

HELP! Key Lock not working after enabeling device password

Having gotten no help from HTC im posting this here (previously sent as a support request to HTC)
Afther having set a device password (Settings > Personel > Lock) I'm unable to enable the Key Lock. I checked the following settings:
- Settings, Long Press End Key is set to Automatically Execute: Lock Device
- Settings, Key Lock is set to Lock all buttons except Power button.
I get no error messages, the only thing I see when holding the End Key is a short flicker of the screen, after which the Home Screen comes up. Do note that the keys are not appropriately locked.
ROM version installed is latest HTC original ROM:
_HTC Touch Diamond_MR_RUU_Diamond_HTC_NOR_2.03.409.1_Radio_Signed_Diamond_52.51.25.26_1.09.25.23_Ship
So far all i have gotten from HTC is the following response:
Dear Sir/Madame, Thank you for contacting HTC Europe. We can confirm that this is a feature on the Touch HD. It might change in future updates, but at the moment the setting cannot be changed. We hope this will answer you question but feel free to contact us again. Best Regards, Alex Nyberg HTC Europe www.europe.htc.com
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Don't know if it's just an automated respons or they just can't be bothered to give a sane message.
1) Why are they refering to Touch HD when I clearly stated that it was the Diamond i was refering to
2) They can't seriously expect anybody to belive that it works as intended and you aren't supposed to be able to lock you phone when you have set up a device password
Does anybody have a fix or any experience with how to get though to HTC?
Hi,
Take a look at this topic and post #108, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=473457&page=11
FormerPalmOS said:
This changed in SYS version 20954. It's not a bug - Microsoft decided we wanted it this way. LongEndKeyPress just simulates a keypress of F22. F22 used to call the KeyLock. With 20954 it changes to call DeviceLock if a PIN is set, KeyLock if not.
Search for and use TouchLockPro for screen locking. If not using TF3D, the today screen lock plug-in works as you would expect. LongEndKeyPress will always be broken.
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Sounds really odd, but I got what I wanted with TouchLockPro software.
Touch HD is having the same "issue" and maybe that explains HTC supports reply.
Thanks Meiz, that actualy made a stange kind of sence. Couldn't help my self probing HTC a bit more so i replied to their original answer with:
Are you really telling me that im not supposed to be able to use the Lock Device function when a device password is set? Im sorry but that seems totally insane!
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Got a the prompt and polite answer:
Dear Xxxxx, We are sorry about the inconvenience, but at the moment that is the case. If an update is released, you will be able to find it at the following link: http://www.htc.com/europe/support.aspx We hope this will answer you question but feel free to contact us again. Best Regards, Alex Nyberg HTC Europe www.europe.htc.com
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Seems like im just going to have to settle for TouchLockPro, found this link for it http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=444215

[Apk]How to replace HTC's Car Panel with Google's Car Home

This is a quick guide to show you how you can launch Google's Car home app and navigation instead of HTC's horizontally challenged car panel. While its simple enough to setup car home is not available on the market place for the DHD.
First install Google's car home app
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17102005/com.google.android.carhome-1.apk
Open car panel from you apps or launch it from your HTC Locations Widget
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What launcher are you using? I quite like your homescreen and notification bar.
I presume DHD=Desire HD. I've got a Desire running 2.2 w/ Sense and I can't find/don't seem to have this My Locations/Car Panel app/widget.
-also, noticed you're from NZ, goodonya.
Very nice tip!!!
Now I can switch to another gps software on the panel and it can be in landscape!!!
I'm running Revolution HD by Mike1986 with Vistagamer's theme Desolution and couldn't be happier, Girlfriend wasn't so impressed with the background though
Edit: Yes DHD = Desire HD
And I found out a guy who posted the last version of CarHome, v2.2.1.4
http://www.mediafire.com/?8fkv48e9lpvx8d8
I already install it and it works fine
thanx for this !
very nice
FletchNZ said:
This is a quick guide to show you how you can launch Google's Car home app and navigation instead of HTC's horizontally challenged car panel. While its simple enough to setup car home is not available on the market place for the DHD.
First install Google's car home app
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17102005/com.google.android.carhome-1.apk
Open car panel from you apps or launch it from your HTC Locations Widget
Now choose Google's Car home
Enjoy
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i just installed aokp in my device and doesnt have a car mode app. so i downloadaded the in the previous comment, now how do i activate car mode?
Hi arana1,
This is a couple of years old, im not sure that is is valid any more.
arana1 said:
i just installed aokp in my device and doesnt have a car mode app. so i downloadaded the in the previous comment, now how do i activate car mode?
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Special cable, but as its an old phone hard to find.
This one has a picture but doesnt sell it anymore. https://www.htcaccessorystore.com/sk/p_htc_item.aspx?i=205737
FletchNZ said:
Hi arana1,
This is a couple of years old, im not sure that is is valid any more.
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Altho true, at least it wasnt posted as a new topic. I thinks thats a very positive thing.
HanZie82 said:
Special cable, but as its an old phone hard to find.
This one has a picture but doesnt sell it anymore. https://www.htcaccessorystore.com/sk/p_htc_item.aspx?i=205737
Altho true, at least it wasnt posted as a new topic. I thinks thats a very positive thing.
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thank you i downloadad an app called car mode and with it i dont need any cable, thank you.
Hello Can you update links?

[Android 2.1+] btPair - A bluetooth pairing helper

Folks,
Sitting in a rental car wanting to connect your phone with the bluetooth handsfree?
Got a new stereo headset and want to pair it with your device?
Want to send a file via bluetooth to a friend and need pairing first?
Whenever you want to pair to a device or unpair from a device you have to go deeply into the settings of Android. If you finaly got there, the bluetooth pairing partner is out of pairing mode again...
That's the reason I wrote btPair. On opening the App you can scan for visible devices surrounding you and a red or green image shows you the current pairing status. With just one click you can pair or unpair to any device around you.
It's that simple...
Available on the Market now.
If you have questions, rants, comments or feature requests leave a message here or send me an email.
Cheers
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Thanks always bugged me!!!!!
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I so needed this about two days ago, thank you!
Sent from mah 'Bolt made by Zeus himself
Thanks for buying and your response.
So, how do you like it? Everthings working as expected?
Cheers
Didn't quite like it. It's full of bugs and have sent you an email of the problem. Hope to see it resolved. Thanks.
Just to clarify: It is not FULL of bugs. There was one bug on one specific device. It was a duplicate device entry (the discovered device was listed after each discovery additionally) on a Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus with HC 3.2.
I was not able to reproduce this behaviour my Xoom with HC 3.2 and all my other devices (including emulator). However, I made some changes and added a function to display already paired devices uppon startup of btPair, and added a button for that.
So version 1.1 is published now.
Cheers
Many thanks to the developer. Now it doesn't show duplicates anymore. Hopefully the developer will add more feature in the future.
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How to permanently disable bluetooth Audio

On older Windows Mobile phones you could delete the codec for Audio and leave the one for phone. Maybe you could do this on older Android too, I can't remember.
Now it's just a Check Box to disable it.
Problem is, every time I start my car it gets re-enabled when it connects the phone. And sometimes will even start the music player on the phone. even when that source is not selected.
Car is 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee with 8.4AN Nav package.
It's Nav is no where as good as the Nav in the phone.
While this isn't an answer for bluetooth on the whole,
On the 8.4, go to the bluetooth settings, go to the second tab on the left for audio device, and disconnect there (while leaving the phone connected). As long as it has seen that once, I don't believe it attempts to reconnect it again unless you tell it to specifically.
jskup said:
While this isn't an answer for bluetooth on the whole,
On the 8.4, go to the bluetooth settings, go to the second tab on the left for audio device, and disconnect there (while leaving the phone connected). As long as it has seen that once, I don't believe it attempts to reconnect it again unless you tell it to specifically.
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I've done that, It will reconnect next time you start the car.
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good luck with this though
I'm not sure if this applies to HTC phones but on samsung ones you can longpress whichever pair device, select options, and uncheck media. This should disable music and should still alow phone calls to come thru
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im0rtalz said:
good luck with this though
I'm not sure if this applies to HTC phones but on samsung ones you can longpress whichever pair device, select options, and uncheck media. This should disable music and should still alow phone calls to come thru
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I think that's what the OP meant when they said:
"Now it's just a Check Box to disable it."
If not, that's entirely valid
jskup said:
I think that's what the OP meant when they said:
"Now it's just a Check Box to disable it."
If not, that's entirely valid
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Correct. I can disable it fine. Until the next time you start the car and it rechecks it.

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