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I can barely play a podcast or song without it skipping around and sounding terrible. I’ve looked around for possible a2dp fixes, but cant seem to find anything that works. I tried the cab fix floating around, and it seemed to make it worse...
Anyone else having this issue, or know of a fix?
Ill even try a new ROM if need be. I’m current running the latest stock AT&T ROM at the moment.... haven’t tried any homebrew stuff on the tilt yet. I just broke open my old 8125 and installed WM6.1 with the touch flow cube... that was cool!
Don't use bluetooth headsets, but there is a fix for that in kaiserTweak as far as I remember. Besides, I've seen lots of threads about bluetooth issues here. You should search around.
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Don't use bluetooth headsets, but there is a fix for that in kaiserTweak as far as I remember. Besides, I've seen lots of threads about bluetooth issues here. You should search around.
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Wow... Dont use one... Great idea... Thanks for the advice.
Im gunna go return my Tilt and grab one of those bag phones off eBay today. Screw technology....
I haven't had an issue streaming internet radio over my S9's, on the old or new ROM. There are some BT tweaks in advanced config though...
-Jay
You talking bout the advanced config in KaiserTweak? I just unlocked my tilt and installed Dutty's latest and it still does it...
What advanced config are you refering to?
EDIT:: I just noticed there was an advanced config in system settings on Dutty's... playing with the BT settings now... but even the call quality with the S9 is garbage...
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You talking bout the advanced config in KaiserTweak? I just unlocked my tilt and installed Dutty's latest and it still does it...
What advanced config are you refering to?
EDIT:: I just noticed there was an advanced config in system settings on Dutty's... playing with the BT settings now... but even the call quality with the S9 is garbage...
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Advanced config is a similar program to Kaiser Tweak. It is made by Shapp's. You mentioned that you saw it in your Dutty ROM. Dutty may have baked that Shapp's goodness right in...
-Jay
Bull****...Here's your problem
Lower your bit pool setting in schap's advanced config......Set your bit pool to 61....max supported bit pool to 64.....minimum pit pool to 14....sample rate to 48000Hz that will fix your problem...I promise
Moto S9 are ****n' awsome.....
Peace
Mike
mike19722 said:
Lower your bit pool setting in schap's advanced config......Set your bit pool to 61....max supported bit pool to 64.....minimum pit pool to 14....sample rate to 48000Hz that will fix your problem...I promise
Moto S9 are ****n' awsome.....
Peace
Mike
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I agree. I wear mine to the gym. I stream internet radio over an HSDPA connection on my Tilt to the S9's. I can't stand when I forget to bring my S9's and I have to use a wired headset with an mp3 player. The wires really annoy me.
-Jay
mike19722 said:
Lower your bit pool setting in schap's advanced config......Set your bit pool to 61....max supported bit pool to 64.....minimum pit pool to 14....sample rate to 48000Hz that will fix your problem...I promise
Moto S9 are ****n' awsome.....
Peace
Mike
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I had my bitpool set at 20... Max 80... Everything else the same... Heard lower bit pool was better... haven’t tested your settings yet, but i did notice something strange. I paired the headset to my buddies laptop, and the audio worked fine after a few seconds...
Paired it back up with my phone, and as long as I’m not holing it in front of me (the phone), the audio was actually fine. Holding it in front of me, and having it gripped as if i was just holding it to hold it, covering up the majority of the phone, the audio sucked.... I placed it on the table in front of me, and off to the side, and the audio re-establishes a decent quality... really strange....
do the radio versions make a diff on the BT quality for a2dp? Should I try a different radio....?
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I had my bitpool set at 20... Max 80... Everything else the same... Heard lower bit pool was better... haven’t tested your settings yet, but i did notice something strange. I paired the headset to my buddies laptop, and the audio worked fine after a few seconds...
Paired it back up with my phone, and as long as I’m not holing it in front of me (the phone), the audio was actually fine. Holding it in front of me, and having it gripped as if i was just holding it to hold it, covering up the majority of the phone, the audio sucked.... I placed it on the table in front of me, and off to the side, and the audio re-establishes a decent quality... really strange....
do the radio versions make a diff on the BT quality for a2dp? Should I try a different radio....?
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I am sure you may have already tried this, but turning of WiFi eliminated this problem for me...Very annoying to be sure.
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I am sure you may have already tried this, but turning of WiFi eliminated this problem for me...Very annoying to be sure.
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Huh... didnt think about that.... although i usually have wifi off anyway.... ill double check
At least its more widespread than i thought.... is it just an A2DP issuie? it didnt seem to do it with a regular BT headset for talking.... and using the s9 for a conversation didnt seem to suffer the same issuie either... just sterio audio...
Still Having issues
Wireless is off and bit pool is down to 64 but I still have the "skipping" issue about 3 or 4 times a song
Hmmm
Yeah i have the settings set like suggested, but still have the issue when the device is obstructed.... I suppose thats just the nature of the beast. Not sure what else to do...
Will a different radio version provide different bluetooth performance?
Hate to say this, but I bought some S9's yesterday and they seem to be great! I'm using the default settings for A2DP.
However, I can see that there might be issues if the phone is directly infront of your head, since the transmitter and the receiver would have your head between them. Doesn't bode well for having the phone in your pocket and using the controls on the headphones does it! I'll see how they fare over the week with normal usage and then see if I'm still pleased!
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Hate to say this, but I bought some S9's yesterday and they seem to be great! I'm using the default settings for A2DP.
However, I can see that there might be issues if the phone is directly infront of your head, since the transmitter and the receiver would have your head between them. Doesn't bode well for having the phone in your pocket and using the controls on the headphones does it! I'll see how they fare over the week with normal usage and then see if I'm still pleased!
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I found some posts saying to delete the reg keys involving min and max bitpool, and that seemed to help somewhat... and it seem slike after the first bit of skippage, it seems to be fine.... all this and I havent had time to hit the gym to really try it out yet lol... Ill report back when I know more real world testing... on my desk seemed fine...
S9's are just crap. I have a set, and I hate mine, due to the constant interruptions unless there is direct line of sight between the transmitter and the receiver, and the pressure they put on my ears while still being very loose at the same time.
Not recommended.
Surur
Well, here is the report back! I'm still pleased. Tonight I gave them a real work out streaming audio through WMP since it's the biggest memory hog, surfing the net using Opera Mobile via a WiFi connection, logged into Skype and MSN and occasionally sending/receiving SMS. There was one heck of a lag whilst sliding the keyboard out. i could type SMS, but it took a few seconds for the screen to catch up. Im not dissapointed since all the other apps were running in the background at the time and would have all been reformatting for the switch to landscape mode. However, the S9's were perfect. No jumping, skipping, or lagging at any point, and I could use the headset audio controls without delay no matter what else was being done to the phone.
All in all, a great set of headphones and I reckon will give me 5 days of use based on around 4hours a day of music use. However the Kaiser is only just lasting a day now I'm using approx 5hours of the screen being constantly on, with 3 hours being WiFi use, and 4 being streaming music. Bigger battery time and larger memory card me thinks! (Larger card, cos I want to store more music than a 2GB card will let me!)
Hey guys the problem isn't totally the Tilt's fault. Playing with the Tilt's BT settings will make it a bit better, the real issue is in the S9. The BT radio is not very strong. If you review the S9 manual it will show that the phone has to be put into the "optimized zone' of the body, which is basically above the waist and below the neck and preferably to the left or right side of the body. Yes I know it's BT and it should go 30 feet and does well (not quite 30 feet) as long as the device is not right up next to something, like your body. Also, make sure nothing is covering the back bar of the S9. i can use my hand to cover the bar (where the radio is) and I will get drops immediately. i found this out because the first day I tried to use the S9 I had a jacket with a big thick collar. I would get skips left and right. Once I moved the device to the "optimized location" and made sure the s9 wasn't obstructed then I got good signal.
I think the s9 is great for workouts where you can leave your Tilt sitting on the bench, then you can go without any issue. As long as you don't throw your sweat towel over the Tilt.
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Hey guys the problem isn't totally the Tilt's fault. Playing with the Tilt's BT settings will make it a bit better, the real issue is in the S9. The BT radio is not very strong. If you review the S9 manual it will show that the phone has to be put into the "optimized zone' of the body, which is basically above the waist and below the neck and preferably to the left or right side of the body. Yes I know it's BT and it should go 30 feet and does well (not quite 30 feet) as long as the device is not right up next to something, like your body. Also, make sure nothing is covering the back bar of the S9. i can use my hand to cover the bar (where the radio is) and I will get drops immediately. i found this out because the first day I tried to use the S9 I had a jacket with a big thick collar. I would get skips left and right. Once I moved the device to the "optimized location" and made sure the s9 wasn't obstructed then I got good signal.
I think the s9 is great for workouts where you can leave your Tilt sitting on the bench, then you can go without any issue. As long as you don't throw your sweat towel over the Tilt.
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That's all I've ever used the S9's for is going to the gym. I usually either have the Tilt in the cupholder of the treadmill, or otherwise I have it on the floor at my feet while I'm using another piece of equipment. Never had any problems with it.
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For what it's worth, I own both a pair of S9's and a pair of Motorola HT820's. As much as I love the size and styling of the S9's, they do not hold a candle to the HT820's.
As mentioned in previous posts, I believe that the BT antenna on the S9's is extremely weak, and perhaps they lack a large buffer for streamed audio? What leads me to suspect this is that when using my HT820's, I can go a long distance from my device without skipping or interruption, even having music play on for a few seconds after going outside of what I would reasonably think their range would be.
With my S9's, all I need to do is turn my head the wrong way to have skipping.
If I was buying again, I would never spend money on the S9 headset again. Try as you might, tweaking out out device settings won't really fix your reception.
Anyhow, that's my $0.02
Alright so I have 2 issues, 1 my signal is pretty bad, I should have booming full signal, and I only have 1-2 bars. 2 the speakers are not very loud, they sound great they just aren't very loud like everyone is saying. Now could this be an effect of the 4.3 update? Because I noticed that in all the videos where everyone says its loud, they weren't on 4.3.
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Alright so I have 2 issues, 1 my signal is pretty bad, I should have booming full signal, and I only have 1-2 bars. 2 the speakers are not very loud, they sound great they just aren't very loud like everyone is saying. Now could this be an effect of the 4.3 update? Because I noticed that in all the videos where everyone says its loud, they weren't on 4.3.
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I could be remembering things incorrectly, but from what I heard 4.3 doesn't represent LTE reception correctly when it comes to signal bars. You could check this by googling the proper signal strength ranges against your rated signal strength in Settings > About.
The speakers were always pretty loud, 4.3 didn't seem to change that. However, remember that beats is quieter on the speakers but sounds cleaner (**** y'all who say it's just an equalizer - even if it is, it sounds good through the phone's dual speakers). Usually if you turn off beats, the speakers are louder, and flatter.
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I could be remembering things incorrectly, but from what I heard 4.3 doesn't represent LTE reception correctly when it comes to signal bars. You could check this by googling the proper signal strength ranges against your rated signal strength in Settings > About.
The speakers were always pretty loud, 4.3 didn't seem to change that. However, remember that beats is quieter on the speakers but sounds cleaner (**** y'all who say it's just an equalizer - even if it is, it sounds good through the phone's dual speakers). Usually if you turn off beats, the speakers are louder, and flatter.
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I looked at the signal and it said -105 dbm, that's not very good, right? I think my 4G sim card is bad. I believe that it is causing my phone to strive for more signal because while it was plugged up (even with a 2 amp charger) It stopped charging and was really hot while I was using it. I tried taking it out, restarting the phone, and it still didn't get any better signal. even when it is unplugged it still gets hot. i used the madaco toolkit to get rid of the high volume warning, and the speakers seemed twice as loud. Thanks for the reply.
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I looked at the signal and it said -105 dbm, that's not very good, right? I think my 4G sim card is bad. I believe that it is causing my phone to strive for more signal because while it was plugged up (even with a 2 amp charger) It stopped charging and was really hot while I was using it. I tried taking it out, restarting the phone, and it still didn't get any better signal. even when it is unplugged it still gets hot. i used the madaco toolkit to get rid of the high volume warning, and the speakers seemed twice as loud. Thanks for the reply.
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Actually, -105 is LTE and that's a reasonably decent signal. Could be better, but it isn't terrible. I don't know where you live, and what kind of LTE signal you are used to. As far as heat is concerned, it shouldn't get hot for any reason. Warm while you are playing a game or watching a film(I watch Blu-ray on mine), sure, but not hot. Shouldn't get hot while charging either, unless you are using it at the same time, and then it shouldn't be more than warm. Maybe you should go back to stock before 4.3 and test all of your functions.
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I looked at the signal and it said -105 dbm, that's not very good, right? I think my 4G sim card is bad. I believe that it is causing my phone to strive for more signal because while it was plugged up (even with a 2 amp charger) It stopped charging and was really hot while I was using it. I tried taking it out, restarting the phone, and it still didn't get any better signal. even when it is unplugged it still gets hot. i used the madaco toolkit to get rid of the high volume warning, and the speakers seemed twice as loud. Thanks for the reply.
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I have a tower right next to my house, I got full bars of lte on my last phone. I was on stock, and had the same issues. Right now as I'm typing this on my phone the battery is slowly discharging, and it's kinda warm. I'm not doing anything else on it.
Yeah, 3G in the same spot gets much better signal, 5/6 the same that I used to get with 4G , any way I can detect and see if it is my SIM card?
Question, if I were to downgrade to the previous update (4.2) will it fix this issue?
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Question, if I were to downgrade to the previous update (4.2) will it fix this issue?
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Stock 4.2? Are you using a verizon One?
I have a Sprint one. when it was on 4.1.2 My LTE and signal bars were at 4 bars.
When i did the OTA for 4.3 it always stays at a measly bar or 2.
Id give it a shot.
anyone able to fully test the turbo and moto voice in a car environment please? maybe with windows open also.
i would like to confirm if the turbo can handle all the touchless functions while the car has the windows open.
On the note3, it is unable to differentiate voice from car engine/wind noise and thus continues to listen until it times out and thus recognises nothing useful at all., totally useless in the car.
Im hoping the turbo mics are able to block out the wind and engine noise and such.
if it all works, im hoping to root the phone and add custom commands so nearly everything can be performed without touching the phone.
I'll give moto voice a few stress tests. I'll post back with results.
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For me.. Moto voice has a tendency to pick up road sound....I'll be done talking and it'll keep listening..Microphone seems uber sensitive..
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I'll give moto voice a few stress tests. I'll post back with results.
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nice thanks. its one of the main reasons to moving over to a turbo from a note3, for me anyways.
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For me.. Moto voice has a tendency to pick up road sound....I'll be done talking and it'll keep listening..Microphone seems uber sensitive..
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Really? cos thats what my note3 in doing now, makes the google now voice service useless unless your in a car that is silent.
So, Is this with the windows down? so it cant separate wind noise or car engine noise?
Windows up or down.. doesn't make a difference..
thats a shame, hopefully someone finds a work around.. thx!
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thats a shame, hopefully someone finds a work around.. thx!
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I'll report some better findings. I use Moto voice in my car all the time for placing phone calls and short text messages. I also use the voice recognition of Swype for longer texts/email replies.
Generally I'm in a Mazda 3 which is a bit quieter than the cargo van i also drive. In the car with the windows up, it always recognizes the wake up phrase and as long as there isn't a commercial vehicle next to me, it also recognizes my commands. When Moto voice doesn't recognize the commands, it punts the voice data over to Google Now which can usually finish the job. In the cargo van, i usually have to loudly speak the wake up phrase, and it almost always needs Google Now to finish the task.
I find the voice controls and recognition much better than on S4/5 and can easily use it without worry or frustration in a car.
Got my turbo on Sunday. I picked it over a note 4 because of the touch less control. After spending a few days with it and constantly trying to use the touch less feature. I must say it sucks. Its pretty good at picking up the wake line. But after that its a hit or miss. I have to turn off my radio every time when I have to use touch less because it won't stop listen with the ratio running. Overall I don't think the touch less control is ready for prime. I'm at the verge of turning this feature off completely.
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Got my turbo on Sunday. I picked it over a note 4 because of the touch less control. After spending a few days with it and constantly trying to use the touch less feature. I must say it sucks. Its pretty good at picking up the wake line. But after that its a hit or miss. I have to turn off my radio every time when I have to use touch less because it won't stop listen with the ratio running. Overall I don't think the touch less control is ready for prime. I'm at the verge of turning this feature off completely.
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I wouldn't expect it to work with the radio on, it is listening for human voice after all. Once you unlock it, any words (yours, your passenger, or the radio) start to get analyzed. It does ignore music without lyrics and auto noise.
I've had really good experiences with the voice. Of course it will pick up the radio. It's kind of silly to think it could pick out your voice from all kinds of ambient noise. I usually just kill/mute the radio while I use the voice. It's only for a few seconds anyways.
If there is a lot of road noise or there is a strong crosswind that I can hear in the cabin of the car, Moto Voice will tell me it's a little noisy and I will need to speak up. But as long as I speak a little louder and clearer, it works really well. I just need to get another car dock that fits the Turbo. My old Moto X dock is too small.
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Thanks for the replies everyone, now im back on the fence again
i do know the the tubro wouldnt have the ability to isolate different voices so definitely would lower/ mute the radio.
If voice control is something you REALLY want, I can say that my Moto 360 lets me voice control my Turbo while in my Mazda Miata, with the top down, at 75 mph.
Since this topic is in the "accessories" category, I figured I could mention this!
After a certain amount of time, or opening a certain app, the phone will develop this annoying speaker pop on some screen clicks. I haven't figured out what causes it yet but it happens even when the phone is set to "total silence". A reboot always fixes it. I had my screen clicks enabled but have turned them off and rebooted and everything is fine now. If I figure out which app or circumstances cause it, I will post the fix.
I'm having the same issue. Happens during app launch for pretty much all my apps.
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I'm having the same issue. Happens during app launch for pretty much all my apps.
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Reboot fixes it temporarily. If you notice it happens after the speaker goes dormant. If the speaker is making continual sound it won't do it. Once to goes to make its first sound after sitting, it pops. Even does it on silent. Don't know what is triggering it yet.
Supposedly someone has done a FDR and no longer has the issue.
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Supposedly someone has done a FDR and no longer has the issue.
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I will let others try that first because it takes a couple hours to get everything back to the way I like it without root.
I have not experienced any kind of "pop" from my speaker at all...
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I have not experienced any kind of "pop" from my speaker at all...
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Do you have the JBL mod?
seh6183 said:
Do you have the JBL mod?
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Yes, but I've only used it for maybe 5-10 minutes total
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Yes, but I've only used it for maybe 5-10 minutes total
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The pop has not returned today and the only thing I did different is not hook up the mod. It may be that.
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I'm having the same issue. Happens during app launch for pretty much all my apps.
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Try disabling audio effects and rebooting.
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Try disabling audio effects and rebooting.
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Well that really wouldn't say much because a reboot fixes it every time by itself. Where is the audio effects setting?
I started noticing this in the Twitter app.
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Well that really wouldn't say much because a reboot fixes it every time by itself. Where is the audio effects setting?
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I've noticed this as well. When scrolling through my FB or IG feed, any time a video starts playing (even with the sound defaulted to off), I hear a tiny lil speaker pop. It doesn't particularly bother me all that much, but I definitely noticed it.
I was thinking about it the other day and noticed it sounds a bit like a static pop. Kinda like when you plug a guitar into an amp when it's on. Might be some sort of initiation for the speaker. As long as it doesn't affect anything else or causes damage, I'm not too bothered by it. Especially hearing that it's as widespread it is.
hey guys ive figured out what is causing it but the solution might be some sort of software patch.
its the act of connecting to a BT device and then streaming audio like XM/Google music ect. once you disconnect the pop/snap sound appears on all things that activate the speaker. the twitter pull down is the best thing to test this with but it happens on all sounds from the first time you play a song/video to changing a ring tone ect.
here is a video of the sound. ive tried it on both my cars BT, a bose standalone BT speaker, and even and old FM transmitter and all the BT devices cause the pop once they are disconnected.
the reason why its happening is a little over my head but I was thinking something with DRM possibly?
another thing i discovered is it does not happen on the non Force regular Moto Z. I tested the exact same scenarios on it and it does no speaker pop
I was going to return my phone for another but this thread and a few others makes me think its a full on bug with the Force not a bad phone out of the box
ive tried a simple network reset clearing BT but that didnt work. before I try any luck with a factory reset or is it a waste of time?
Looks like this has been posted on the Moto forums https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Moto-Z-Force/Speaker-issue/td-p/3382728
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Well it makes sense why I've never heard it then...I've have not had my phone connected to a Bluetooth device
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I have confirmed today that it definitely is not "mod" related. I haven't had my JBL hooked up in 48 hours and there has been no pop. I drove to work today listening to music through my truck speakers using bluetooth. Pop is back. @MCN1SMO was right, it is bluetooth related. The only way out is to reboot. LAME.
Just my two cents on the topic, I am not having this issue, however, I do use bluetooth daily, my phone has been on continuously for almost two weeks now. I work outside so use the JBL speaker and have my phone in my shirt pocket listening to music while working. I keep it at about 80% volume for battery life. I am averaging about 6 hours of listening a day.
Also I have my bluetooth connected to the work truck (Ford Sync) to and from work which includes a 4 hour commute home on Fridays and back on Sunday nights to the town I stay in during the week. I have yet to hear any kind of pop from either the JBL or device speakers.
Personally I keep bluetooth off when I am not connected to a device I am not sure if this has any effect or not but it could be worth testing if you are able to replicate the problem. I have been taking off the speaker when not using it as well, but have left it on a few days.
I do also remember reading about an issue with Pandora and bluetooth. I am not sure if Pandora is what you are using or not, if it is try something else and see if the problem persists. I stopped using Pandora a few years back when I was a mechanic and had a bluetooth adapter for a code scanner for cars. If I opened Pandora I would have to reset before the adapter would operate normally.
Alright, I've had this since late April and you guys here have managed to make this a great cheap buy for me, but I have been sitting on these questions for awhile now.
1. The sound is garbage. It is not only distorted, it is very low. I assume this is a common gripe of the tablet. Is there a universal thing here that everyone is doing to make this better? An XDA app maybe? I have a volume booster app and the Equalizer FX app, but what a pain running them both when I want to use headphones. My cheap LG cell sounds incredible compared to this tablet which leads to...
2. Why does this tablet constantly drop wifi, and when it is connected it usually has no more than two bars? The same LG cell always always stays connected with full bars. The tablet is usually disconnected also every time I wake it even though I have that power setting disabled. I'd gladly accept help here guys lol. Thanks.
I do not have either issues.
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Alright, I've had this since late April and you guys here have managed to make this a great cheap buy for me, but I have been sitting on these questions for awhile now.
1. The sound is garbage. It is not only distorted, it is very low. I assume this is a common gripe of the tablet. Is there a universal thing here that everyone is doing to make this better? An XDA app maybe? I have a volume booster app and the Equalizer FX app, but what a pain running them both when I want to use headphones. My cheap LG cell sounds incredible compared to this tablet which leads to...
2. Why does this tablet constantly drop wifi, and when it is connected it usually has no more than two bars? The same LG cell always always stays connected with full bars. The tablet is usually disconnected also every time I wake it even though I have that power setting disabled. I'd gladly accept help here guys lol. Thanks.
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I do not have either issues.
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Nor do I. An inexpensive Bluetooth speaker might improve sound quality. Have never experienced a reoccurring WiFi connectivity issue with this device.
I am honestly surprised you guys have no issue with the sound. I watched youtube revies of the tablet before I bought it and they all said the sound was not good so I expected it, I guess. Maybe the wifi problem is a defect, I have no clue. I still do love the tablet though.
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I am honestly surprised you guys have no issue with the sound. I watched youtube revies of the tablet before I bought it and they all said the sound was not good so I expected it, I guess. Maybe the wifi problem is a defect, I have no clue. I still do love the tablet though.
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I think the volume output is getting a little more bang for it's buck, than it should be. As Davey said, using a bluetooth device or an aux cord to a portable speaker, greatly improves your listening experience. If I had to take a guess, I would say Amazon went through more than they should've, to see that we're at least able to expand in those areas. I am not sure if any non-root, 3rd party audio apps work with this device, but that's always an option. Also double check your sound settings. If you do a reset or you buy brand new, the volume settings are usually set to a few taps above the lowest (mute).
As for the WiFi, I experience the same problem, though only in areas where there are several open and or saved WiFi spots. Unfortunately we do not have access to the setting which allows us to turn off automatic WiFi scanning, and the option to disable the 'don't connect to poor signals' or however that goes. Those are two huge things alone that suck the energy and smooth sailing from WiFi. A fix is to 1) try not to have so many saved spots in one area. One is enough if you aren't moving or traveling too much. 2) Turn off WiFi when you are traveling. It will continuously scan if turned on. That also drains the battery.
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Davey126 said:
Nor do I. An inexpensive Bluetooth speaker might improve sound quality. Have never experienced a reoccurring WiFi connectivity issue with this device.
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I bought a JBL Bluetooth speaker like 2 years ago for about $125 on sale. One of the best investments I've made. I've subscribed to Pandora for years, have a huge playlist on 2 stations. It's gotten at least triple it's money's worth.
I wish Busybox didn't require root. I've been drooling to try Viper4Android on this thing.