Hi all,
I have had my Nexus One from about 2 weeks after launch, bought directly from www.google.com/phone
In April, I got a new Audi A4, which has the MMI with Bluetooth preparation, for hands-free car kit use.
Now, it used to work perfectly - incoming, outcoming calls, voice dial, etc.
I don't receive many calls when driving - I tend to use the time to ring others, so I'm not quite sure when this happened - but I can no longer receive incoming calls.
If I select "Answer" the call picks up, but the stereo kicks back in and I can't hear the caller, and all they hear is silence (they don't even hear the background noise of the car - it's literally silence).
I'm thinking it may have been when I upgraded to 2.2 FroYo.
And yet I can't find any posts anywhere of anyone else having the same issue.
So, I went to Audi - got them to run checks on the car, tried 4 different phones, all worked perfectly.
Tried the Nexus on another car - same fault.
I currently run Kang-o-rama 1.0 b2 SP1, which is based on Cyanogen 6.0 RC3. I had the same fault with 6.0 RC2 and RC1...
I've swapped ROMs quite a bit, and can't really remember what I've tried before this and when I jumped from 2.1 to 2.2... But as I said, they've always worked with making outgoing calls - it's just the rare incoming ones with sadly don't work.
I even tried evilSense's 2.2 ROM, but sadly couldn't even get that to pair with the carkit (even with the Discovery toggle trick).
So - anyone any ideas?
Yes, I've tried a System Reset on the MMI in the Audi - and the other car performing the same fault seems to rule out the car entirely.
It did work fine, and I can only assume it was with 2.1.
I don't really want to go back to 2.1 just because of my carkit - I'll miss all the auto-updates and other 2.2 lovelies (along with the speed!)
Help!
Plus: have also updated the radio whenever the newest one came out. I did use to suffer from the no data on '3G' bug (but worked fine on GPRS, Edge and HSDPA) but now running the Korean 5.0.. radio and that's running sweet.
Not read any Bluetooth issues being caused by the Radio version, though...?
Well, flashing a Desire ROM to my phone, with working Bluetooth did the trick. Now works perfectly in the car.
So there is something in the standard Bluetooth stack in 2.2 which isn't compatible with the MMI.
But change the BlueZ with Desire... fixed.
Picked up Blueant Sense on special today to use o2x hands free in car.
I had no problem pairing and connecting. O2x audio is being heard clearly on blueant speaker. Also voice call button is launching voice calling app as it is supposed to do.
However mic is not connectimg but remains active on the phone which defeats the purpose of hands free.
Has anyone else had this problem and found a fix or a cm7 nightly that has appropriate bluetooth support?
If not can anyone recommend a similar device known to be working with CM7?
Thanks!
Edit: I forgot to mention I was trying to also use skype which may be the real source of the problem. I Would still like to hear of any successful hands free car setups for the lg o2x on cm7 that are skype friendly.
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rom: cm7kang-O2x-P204-70
Hi everyone.
First post but long time reader.
I have an un-rooted Vivid I updated the other day through the phone dial trick. Everything went fine with the update except all my previous apps appeared except for the voice dialer. I had a shortcut set on one of the screens and the label showed up with the little android guy as the image. When I clicked on it the message said the app is no longer associated. Sure enough I went through all the apps and it was not there.
I tried to install the apk and checked off the box to allow installation of unknown apps. It appeared it was working then I got a message during the install that the it did not install. I tried a few times just to be sure.
I also noticed that I am not able to use my bluetooth ear piece to accept a call or voice dial.
Does anyone have the voice dial app working or was it left out of the update? I tried the google voice app and that doesn't work with bluetooth.
I have a message to HTC regarding this as well. If there is no solution here, I will post what they plan to do if anything.
Edit 4/2/12 see the posts on pages 3&4 for a Voice dialer that works pretty good so far in ICS. There may be others that work just as well but I'm tired of trying to find them. Until (doubtful) google or HTC fixes this issue I'll stick with I have now.
I don't have a solution, but I have the same problem.
My Blueant Q2 headset has a command to activate the phone's voice command. The phone said my phone doesn't support that feature.
That's unfortunate because I use it all the time.
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Does everyone else have the voice dialer like we had in GB? If so can you post the apk?
Using bluetooth without it is very difficult to say the least. It's even more distracting than just picking up the phone and talking except that's not an option in many area I travel through.
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Does everyone else have the voice dialer like we had in GB? If so can you post the apk?
Using bluetooth without it is very difficult to say the least. It's even more distracting than just picking up the phone and talking except that's not an option in many area I travel through.
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Few to try - this was an issue with the Inspire at times too. This is an older apk and probably won't work, but backup and try.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1005228
Some suggestions here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1314862
Also an app in the market called Hands-free voice dial that might work
After reading your post I tried messing with the voice dialer to see if I could help. It turns out it's not even installed on my phone and its not on the market. Voice actions are supposedly alot better and I wonder if the dialer was done away with in favor of voice actions. One problem with this is on my headset it now does nothing but beep at me when I hit the call button where as it brought up the dialer before. Also I held down search and tried to voice dial through voice actions and it couldn't pick up my voice through the headset. Right after I was messing with it I got a call and the caller could here me fine through my headset. So I dunno what the deal is. Oversight maybe? I'm fine with voice actions replacing the dialer but not if my button on my headset does nothing and i can't use my headset to use it.
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Okay, so it was a fluke, voice actions picks up my voice now. However, my call button still doesn't activate it. I have to unlock the phone and hold down search to activate it. I can make calls through it fine however so i think that is the solution. I believe the lack of support of a voice dialer button on a headset is most likely an oversight. Sucks but I hope this at lead helps you out for now.
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Okat HTC got back to me and here is their response. It fixed part of the issue but still no voice dialer app. I can now answer an incoming call by pushing the button on the earpiece. So far only half a fix. I'll try to find a decent dialer on the market. The google one sucks.
I can certainly help you with Bluetooth functionality on your HTC Vivid. I essentially want to clear some Bluetooth data from your phone and then see if the issue continues. First let's navigate to home>menu>settings>Bluetooth. Tap on the settings icon to the right of your Bluetooth device's name and let's select unpair.
Now let's return to settings and tap on Apps, then All. Please tap on Bluetooth share and select clear data and confirm. If your Bluetooth headset has an option to clear its partnerships, please do that as well.
We need to restart the phone. To do this let's just hold down power and select restart. When the phone boots back up are you able to pair with and properly use your Bluetooth headset?
yeah I can answer calls, and if I hold it down, it'll redial the last caller in my call log. But yeah if i just hit the button, it makes a beep and does nothing. I actually primarily use my headset for music playback, its a motorola SD-9 stereo bluetooth headset, but it works for calls too. I had to re pair it after the ICS update.
Ours do the same thing. Thanks for confirming I'm not nuts. I hope they didn't rush the update through just to be first with the update to ICS.
I have an older Moto HS850. I'm searching for a decent visor set since I now wear hearing aids. It's a bit tough to hear with the BT earpiece as it is since I have to have an aid out. Until I can get a decent voice dialer app I'll hold off on blowing money for a half assed solution.
Hope HTC comes through and develops a dialer for ICS. At least you'd know it'll be functional. So far I've tried three apps off the market and none have worked for what I need.
I guess I can always switch my phone out with my daughter if I really need to. I told her not to update yet since I was willing to be the guinea pig. She never uses her voice dialer. I would feel like taking a step back but GB was not bad at all.
I agree, gingerbread was great, I was hesistant to update but figured might as well. Hopefully HTC issues a fix for this problem quickly.
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...Voice actions are supposedly alot better and I wonder if the dialer was done away with in favor of voice actions. One problem with this is on my headset it now does nothing but beep
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I tried holding down the Search to activate Voice Actions. The Vivid seemed to use my Blueant Q2 mic. However, Voice Actions definitely doesn't work as well as the Voice Dialer for dialing contacts.
I'll be monitoring this thread for solutions.
I found a solution that isn't completely eligant buy works.
I downloaded Vlingo and setup the un-car option to auto listen for commands. Don't leave Vlingo in-car on fulltime else it will drain your battery.
However, when I signal phone commands from my header, it fires up Vlingo. Set it to default to in-car Vlingo. From the you can say "Hey Vlingo..." and speak your command. My Blueant Q2 headset still says "Feature not available" but it works.
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I found a solution that isn't completely eligant buy works.
I downloaded Vlingo and setup the un-car option to auto listen for commands. Don't leave Vlingo in-car on fulltime else it will drain your battery.
However, when I signal phone commands from my header, it fires up Vlingo. Set it to default to in-car Vlingo. From the you can say "Hey Vlingo..." and speak your command. My Blueant Q2 headset still says "Feature not available" but it works.
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Vlingo virtual assistant is the best.
Thanks fro the recommendation for vlingo. I haven't tried that one yet. Seems cummbersome to use. The voice dialer app was so easy to use. Everything else so far takes too many steps.
I'm checking out the new Motorola Roadster2. There is a Moto app that is made to use for it. So far all the reviews I read did not say anything about it working with ICS or not working. Most of the gripes were from Iphone users. I may hold off a little while until such reviews start coming in.
The Voice Dialer app we had in GB was an Android app built into GB. I had a version from 2.3.4 on my retired Sony phone that I bluetoothed over to my Vivid. It installed but would not work prpoperly. I tried disabling the voice thingy from ICS and it still didn't work. When I had the GB VD installed ICS was sluggish so I removed it.
Here is the latest response from HTC:
We apologize that you are unable to use the handsfree dialing over Bluetooth. Unfortunately, the Voice Dialer app was removed with the Ice Cream Sandwich update. There is no information available as to when or if this will be added again on the device as it was a change made by Google.
This might fix it,
I took the Bluetooth.apk from a Cyanogenmod and it got my wiimote to connect (see my post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1560647) it should lift any nasty restrictions that HTC's bluetooth version has put on anything.
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This might fix it,
I took the Bluetooth.apk from a Cyanogenmod and it got my wiimote to connect (see my post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1560647) it should lift any nasty restrictions that HTC's bluetooth version has put on anything.
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My issue isn't being able to pair my device it has to do with an app that Android left out of ICS that worked so well in GB.
Thanks for the info though. What can you do with the Vivid when it's paired with a wiimote?
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Thanks fro the recommendation for vlingo. I haven't tried that one yet. Seems cummbersome to use. The voice dialer app was so easy to use. Everything else so far takes too many steps.
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I understand vivid x2. I had used Vlingo before but then switched to the native Voice Dialer for the simplicity.
My problem with most 3rd party voice dialers is the only recognize and expect first names. With over 600 contacts, that won't work for me. Vlingo and Voice Dialer did use first and last names.
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Im having another bluetooth related issue. I primarily use my headset for listening to music. Since the ics update my music will go into random skipping sessions. It's not related to 4g or wifi as I mowed my lawn using a regular set of headphones and didn't have any issues. There is almost a pattern to the skipping actually. If kill pandora or Google Music and restart it'll fix the issue for a little bit but it'll start up again eventually. No issues before the update.
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Bluetooth Hands-Free Dialing Broken
After reading this thread, I tested my bluetooth hands-free connection in my car. It's BROKEN. My Vivid will connect to the car's audio system via BT, but it will not recognize my voice requests to call a number. It was working last week before I did the ICS "upgrade."
I expected something to not work, but I didn't expect something as critical as a safety feature. I use the hands-free dialing for obvious safety reasons. I have a feeling that HTC is catching heck about this one. They are about to catch some more from me.
I hope this isn't a case of "you got your update now shutup". Hopefully they'll release an update for bluetooth and voice dialing
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I regularly use the mic icon on my keyboard to invoke Google's speech recognition in place of typing. But when bluetooth is connected, it doesn't work at all on my HTC One. I know it can still hear me because in Google Now I can say "Google" and the mic pops up. But it doesn't seem to recognize that I'm saying anything after that. And when I press the mic button on the keyboard in any other app, it does the same thing, just sitting there as if I'm not saying anything.
Prior to buying the One, I was running CyanogenMod 7 on an HTC EVO 4G and it worked fine (speech recognition by pressing the mic on the keyboard worked over bluetooth). I'd be willing to replace the stock ROM if a custom ROM fixes this issue. But the closest I've come to finding any other references to this problem through all of my previous searches seemed to imply that this is a Jellybean issue, not something specific to any ROM.
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...the closest I've come to finding any other references to this problem through all of my previous searches seemed to imply that this is a Jellybean issue, not something specific to any ROM.
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I did some more searching and found a number of people complaining about this bug showing up on Samsung devices when they got JB updates. It only affects the phone when paired using Media Audio, and there are a few "fixes" that I've heard of so far:
After activating voice to text, adjust the volume and it will then initialize.
Turn on "touch sounds", and voice to text will initialize immediately when invoked.
Turn off Media Audio pairing, which of course means you can't stream media over bluetooth. But if you only use it to make calls, it's an option.
So, given these fixes, it seems obvious that this is a bug and not an intended change from ICS to JB. I'm still hoping someone out there has a better fix than the three above, but I have yet to find it.
Yeah, I've got this same bug on my One (rooted; stock T-mo ROM). The volume change trick sounds do-able, I'll try that when I'm paired to my car stereo today and see if it works.
UPDATE: Volume trick worked. It's certainly not a permanent fix but it's better than nothing.
Hello everyone,
I'm a recent convert from an iPhone 5. Work took over everyone's cell contracts so I thought why not try it. So far it's been a mixed bag. The hardware is great: nice big screen, loud speakers, decent camera. But, there are somethings that have me scratching my head, like the lack of unified email, on-screen notifications, etc. I've managed to work out most of them but one that is really bugging me is voice control in my car.
I have a JVC X50-BT stereo. With my iPhone, I could hold the call button and it would invoke Siri. With Siri I could send messages, ask for addresses, or pick music to play. With the One, the voice button says "Not Supported". I'm able to stream music and use the next/prev buttons, go through the phonebook, recent and missed calls, but the call/voice control button doesn't work.
Does anyone know of a work around or way of achieving this? I know it may sound like a small thing but leaving the phone in my pocket and being able to do these tasks without taking it out or looking at it while I'm driving is important. I didn't think that it could support all the other features over bluetooth except for this one.
I'm running HTC Sense 4.2.2 (flashed) on a Telus phone.
Thanks.