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Does bluetooth normally suck this much on the Hero?

So I bought a set of bluetooth headphones on Amazon.com recently, and they are working really badly! The audio constantly stutters on CM 6.0, and still stutters quite a bit on Darchrom 2.8. It also has pretty pathetic range, if I put my phone in my pocket or even hold it in my hand below my belt it just cuts out completely!
Is this normal for the Hero or do these headphones just really suck?

idumych said:
So I bought a set of bluetooth headphones on Amazon.com recently, and they are working really badly! The audio constantly stutters on CM 6.0, and still stutters quite a bit on Darchrom 2.8. It also has pretty pathetic range, if I put my phone in my pocket or even hold it in my hand below my belt it just cuts out completely!
Is this normal for the Hero or do these headphones just really suck?
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I'd say it was your head set. I use my phone to play bluetooth over my car stereo and it's great. I've had it connect to my phone which was inside my apartment and play without issue.

Thanks for the reply! Which ROM do you use, stock or a custom one? I tried it with the Cyanogen Mod RC1 and also Darchrom 1.8, but I haven't tried the stock sprint rom yet.

I'm running the CM 6.0 RC1 basically. I've had some Sense ROMs on it as well and they've worked well enough. Didn't really run stock build long so can't really say much for how well that works.

I also have bluetooth problems, and it is not my headset. The headset pairs, and has great range with my motorola Q. When I pair it with my Hero, it has a 2 foot line of site range, if I hold it in my other hand, it cuts out.
I have a hero running stock 2.1, rooted. My carrier is MTS in Manitoba.
I don't know of any ROMs that would work with my carrier, so I am hesitant to try any other.
Any suggestions?
Thanks

Try disabling stagefright in the build.prop file. It fixes audio issues with Pandora on CM6.

I have a cheap insignia headset, and it works for my needs...but, I do have the same problem with the phone in my pocket. I sometimes get the stuttering thing, but I think that it happens for me during syncs and other data stuff happening. Usually tho, I don't have this problem. I'm on froyo 817 build
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Jedis said:
Try disabling stagefright in the build.prop file. It fixes audio issues with Pandora on CM6.
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I just tried this, and it made no difference. Thanks for the tip though. I hope to get my hands on another hero, just so I can check if my hardware is defective.

I have the Motorokr S9-HD headset. I get crappy signal or connection on my Hero running cm6 RC1. I've also noticed this on other roms. You pretty much need a arm band to get better signal. I've found that by placing the phone in your pocket it cuts in and out. I think it sucks but the only cure I've noticed so far is an arm band. Hope this helps, peace, Chags

It's so bad, I can't even have the phone on the straps of my backpack 2 feet away. The signal cuts off if you move the wrong way.

bluetooth issues
Hey guys,
I had a motorokr as well, and it blew chunks for range. I also have a Motorola HT-820 bluetooth headset, and it does great with the hero on the same ROMs. This isn't an issue with the Hero software -- I talked to Motorola about it, and they said the headset was defective. I sent it in for replacement and I'll let you guys know how it goes.

[Q] Problem Connecting Dell BH 200 Headset with Streak

Hi people,
Am facing a problem while connecting the Dell BH 200 Wireless headphones with My Streak, it connects fine. I can listen to music but as soon as I get calls the Bt gets disconnected and I have to manually take call using the phone...It happens every time... .
Its such a pain if you are driving and listening to songs suddenly you get a call, pullover take the call and spend five more minutes pairing it again
Am running my streak on stock Froyo Rom, Baseband is 318 and kernel version is 2.6.32.9-Dj_Steve-BFS-BFQ-OC-Vol
had this problem even before with stock kernel and baseband.
Am wondering why cause the same headphones sync beautifully with Galaxy S stock froyo and Galaxy 3 and my HTC Evo.....
Irony of the situation is this that I work for dell but no one in the Wireless or hand held department was able to give me an answer.
So my good people at XDA here I am.....
Please Help Me out!!
Peace Out!!
Sam
>>>>>EDIT<<<<<<
Finally gave up on DELL BH 200 and bought BH 503 it supports all the profiles and no pairing issues as well, not to miss the sound quality and in call quality is at par!!

I have the same problem .... any advice would be appreciated.
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asahay said:
I have the same problem .... any advice would be appreciated.
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Are you using the same rig?? I mean the combo of BH 200 and Dell Streak!!

geo.samuel said:
Its such a pain if you are driving and listening to songs suddenly you get a call, pullover take the call and spend five more minutes pairing it again
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im just curious, why are you listening to your headphones IN the car
on the other hand, i just got a pair of Sony DR-BT101 yesterday and they paired perfectly to my phone. the only problem i can see you might have is the fact that your headset doesnt have one of the profiles that allows for calls? i can remember which one it is, either hsp or hfp but other than that i dont see why it would disconnect itself.
also, you shouldnt have to pair the headphones everytime u want to connect, the whole point of pairing is so it auto connects when the devices are on and in range. if you meant to say connect then nevermind me

rptw said:
im just curious, why are you listening to your headphones IN the car
on the other hand, i just got a pair of Sony DR-BT101 yesterday and they paired perfectly to my phone. the only problem i can see you might have is the fact that your headset doesnt have one of the profiles that allows for calls? i can remember which one it is, either hsp or hfp but other than that i dont see why it would disconnect itself.
also, you shouldnt have to pair the headphones everytime u want to connect, the whole point of pairing is so it auto connects when the devices are on and in range. if you meant to say connect then nevermind me
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Bro I listen to musix on Headphones cause I dont like thumping the car all way long..LOL
Rest as I have mentioned it before the same BT headset works peacefully on several of my other androids....
And yes sorry for the confusion I meant reconnecting it and not pairing!!

i have the same problem... I have tried various roms and nothing seems to help
I think it used to work with 1.6 ( not 100% sure )
However broken with 318, 340 and steves rom.
Edit : works perfectly though with nokiaBT headset and plantronics
Shame that dell does not work with dell .

Dell Headphones are **** mayn!! I too bought Nokia!!

Whoa! Who IS that last poster character?! Iboughtthe Motorolla motoroker sd59. Suppose to be stereo. .........well..... it was,....for one week. One of the sides burned out...
So, crappier than crappy

[Q] A2DP Bluetooth bitpool quality

Hey Guys,
after weeks of trying and searching, i'm really considering to sell my Galaxy. But before i do so, i want to ask once more on this way, if anyone knows or at least got a clue about how to fix the bitpool/bitrate quality for bluetooth stereo streaming. It's important to me as i use my phone for music a lot.
The problem is known for some people, but not a lot coder/tweaker tried their luck on this yet.
The only way I know would be to flash cyanogen. I even tried it, but cyanogen is not for everyday use on the galaxy yet imo. It still has a lot more other bugs, and the battery life is much worse compared to my stock 2.3.3 rom.
Perfect solution for me would be a rom based on the stock gingerbread, with just the bitpool issue fixed. I'd even donate anyone who could fix that.
So if someone knows more about it or would give it a go and tries to fix it... I'd really appreciate that as apart of this issue i really like my Galaxy S

Have you tried gb stock ? I am on jvh and think Bluetooth streaming has improved. Try it and see if you hear the same way?
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Hey fylim, thanks for your reply
Are you sure about that? Currently i'm on stock gb. I think JVB... is JVH newer?
EDIT: I've checked it i'm on JVB and modem is JVK. But i haven't read about any improvement on JVH yet... well i may try JVH then... I'd do everything to get it fixed :/

Ok, ive tried JVH... still the same aweful quality Ok, seems like i'll get a WIN7 phone soon then :/

You've got to be kidding me. Just use fre*kin wired headphones. The SGS +voodoo is like one of the best DAPs in the world and you're going to sell it because you want more quality with your bluetooth headset. Let me tell you something bluetooth and sound quality shouldn't be used in one sentence.

There is a reason i bought a bluetooth stereo headset. And just a little headup: You may have terrabytes of space on your SGS to save FLAC's or Wave files, but i bet you're using compressed music as well... So you shouldn't even start to think about "quality" even with wired headphones. So its not a qualified comment at all...
Also, like i stated before, i tried cyanogen and the quality with the bluetooth headset is the same as with wired ones. Also on my mates W7 phone its decent (after a 1 minute tweak)...

worly said:
There is a reason i bought a bluetooth stereo headset. And just a little headup: You may have terrabytes of space on your SGS to save FLAC's or Wave files, but i bet you're using compressed music as well... So you shouldn't even start to think about "quality" even with wired headphones. So its not a qualified comment at all...
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Dude, sorry to spam in your thread but I got bothered by that "not a qualified comment". First ,as I said the SGS with voodoo just blows out of the water almost all DAPs (and I mean dedicated music players). Second, yeah I have a 32GB micro sdhd card which I use with my SGS and I almost exclusively listen my music in flac or in mp3 which I have personally ripped. And I'm an audiophile with a vast collection of headphones (even bluetooth ones) and I know what I'm saying - even cheap wired headphones with voodoo sound way better than any bluetooth ones. It's your choice, I understand that wireless is more comfortable but trading an awesome phone with awesome audio quality for a Windows phone which doesn't even have Angry birds for it, let alone proper multitasking and stuff is a bad deal

There isn't much room to talk about quality even if we have 320's mp3's... Trust me, i'm really strict and sensible with such sounds issues, thats why it bothers me so much with the small bitrate on stock gingerbread. It sounds like 96 kbps compressed streaming. With cyanogen it seems to stream in the highest possible bitrate which is about 328 kbp's as far as i know (at least thats how fast it streams to the bluetooth devie on my pc). However, whats the difference between a 320 being played without bluetooth and with bluetooth? I can understand your argument if its a non compressed file format. But even Voodoo doesnt do magic with it. I got quite a bunch of cheap and expensive earplugs which i tested with, and without the bluetooth device. Trust me, you wont hear any differnce (on cyanogen at least)...
But anyway, i just tried the newest cyanogen build and some stuff got improved especially battery seems to be somewhat better... so maybe there's light at the end of the tunnel and i'll wait how cyan gets improved. I'll stick with my SGS then, as i know its sound is really good otherwise and also the rest

[Q] Does anybody use bluetooth in their car?

I flashed Thriller before being able to test the bluetooth on the stock rom, but I've noticed when I'm connected to my Kenwood Deck's bluetooth in my car it's really hard to understand people half the time, their voices just have a staticy distorted noise.
I'm unsure if it's my phone, the rom, or just something I need to change in the settings. There's the possibility it's my car deck but I never had these problems with my previous phone on bluetooth.

Why don't you flash to stock, see if it makes a difference.
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Bluetooth issues are the reason my signature doesn't say "Sent from my LG Thrill Faux G" anymore.
I could never find a Bluetooth fix that lasted longer than a week. Stock or Thriller. Doomed Froyo was after I left, but its based on Thriller so I doubt its different.
Sent from my Galaxy S II (i777)

Ronacarino said:
Why don't you flash to stock, see if it makes a difference.
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I would but I don't wanna erase everything and start over again. This is my first Android phone so I'm gonna ask a noob-like question here, but is there a way I can backup my phone as it is right now, flash AT&T stock, then flash Thriller again and restore the backup?
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Bluetooth issues are the reason my signature doesn't say "Sent from my LG Thrill Faux G" anymore.
I could never find a Bluetooth fix that lasted longer than a week. Stock or Thriller. Doomed Froyo was after I left, but its based on Thriller so I doubt its different.
Sent from my Galaxy S II (i777)
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So your bluetooth also sounds distorted like mine? Are you using it over car speakers or a earpiece?
And it's still not fixed yet for you?

You can make a Nandroid back up in CWM, it will backup your entire phone, Apps, settings, everything. Then you can restore in CWM.
I wasn't having that specific problem, but remember a ton of posts about car Bluetooth issues. They never found fixes.
My issue was with a stereo Bluetooth headset. From what I understand they (stereo headsets and the car audio) both use A2DP to transfer data. My headset would drop its connection, and button presses no longer registered. If I was listening to music and a call came in, even if I didn't answer, I would lose the media connection. I would have to turn off the headset, turn off Bluetooth on the phone (sometimes at this point my phone would freeze and require a battery pull), then turn Bluetooth back on, and finally my headset back on.
My phone did this on stock, then I flashed Thriller and it stopped ... for a week. I reflashed Thriller and got another week.
This was the point when gtg bounced, and I had 3 days to exchange my Thrill. I had to choose: warranty swap the Thrill and risk issues on the new one (as I was not the only one with that issue) or swap for the Galaxy S II.
I have no doubt the Gingerbread update will fix this, plus battery issues. But, the update that was promised in October for the unbranded version was pushed to December, and the ATT version has no estimate what so ever.
If you have time to return for another device I say jump. If not I would keep getting warranty replacements through att. If enough come back with issues that might give some pressure to get the GB update pushed.
Sent from my Galaxy S II (i777)

I love this feature of clockwork. So much better than the methods of flashing roms on my WM phones back in the day.
I actually ended up testing a bluetooth call on a friend's LG Thrill unrooted with the att rom still on it, and the crappy distorted bluetooth was there on his as well! Theres a possibility its a compatibility issue with my deck and this type of bluetooth but im not sure what it is yet..

Headphone strange issue

Hi all,
My dad has an i900 which I put darky 7.0 on many months ago. Since then I personally moved on to the i9300 so ive not kept up with the i9000 scene, so excuse me if im a bit rusty!
So his audio was working fine through headset, but he hasnt used a headset for a few months.
His headphones broke and he replaced them with some REALLY cheap £1 ones which didnt work properly.
He has now purchased some "genuine" ones from ebay for "£1". He says they look like they are authentic, but he has the same issue.
Basically the issue is that he has no sound. However the sound works when he gets an incoming call. After that the sound works on everything until he disconnects and reconnects the headset, then it doesnt work again until he gets another call...
Now I would say that maybe the headphones are fakes, but as I dont live close I cant check and as the audio does actually work after a call, I think this may be software related.
Is this a known issue that can be fixed easily?
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