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I have tried three different headsets on two different Incredibles and the music skips when walking or running when listening to music on the headset. Has anyone else had this happen and is there a fix?
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Might defeat the purpose but use the headset blocker widget in the market. Just search "Headset blocker" and put the widget on one of your homescreens then activate it.
It may defeat the purpose of saying commands and such, but it should let you listen to your music without problems.
droidiac13 said:
I have tried three different headsets on two different Incredibles and the music skips when walking or running when listening to music on the headset. Has anyone else had this happen and is there a fix?
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I have the same problem with my Motorola H9s. That was with my Blackberry Storm.
After much searching on the internet, it seems the position of the source is important. I get a minimum of skipping if I carry my phone in my back pocket.
I had skipping before I had to keep the phone above my waist to avoid it.but it was better indoors
same here. if i keep it above my waist it works better. doesn't seem right though!
If you are running a 2.2 rom, there seems to be some issues with bluetooth in general for the leaked build. My friend has had problems with music stuttering in his car connected thru the Sync thingie, and said there were a bunch of reports of shoddy bluetooth connectivity.
Just something else to consider.
I've been curious about this myself (if there's a bluetooth issue) - I have a motorolla t505 in the car, and bluetooth to it has been flaky to setup since SR2.5 and there have been random skips during playback.
I truly think it is a bluetooth issue. I'm on stock 2.1 and it has occured on two seperate phones and I have also tried 3 seperate headsets. Of course HTC says they have never had this problem.
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If you are running a 2.2 rom, there seems to be some issues with bluetooth in general for the leaked build. My friend has had problems with music stuttering in his car connected thru the Sync thingie, and said there were a bunch of reports of shoddy bluetooth connectivity.
Just something else to consider.
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Its not just Htc, friend runs cm6 nightlies on droid 1 and has bluetooth issues. I haven't looked into it much because I don't use bt, but he was saying there were lots of people having problems.
Not that that's necessarily what's going on here, however.
This is typically a headset issue. I have the moto s9's and the skipping happens when a good line of site to the device isn't present. Kind of defeats the purpose if you have to hold your phone while using the headset. I have noticed though that single mono headsets dont have this problem when running the audio apps.
I ran across this thread while trying to find a similar thread about the Samsung Captivate. I had the same issue and was going to post what I did to fix it. I'm sure the problem is phone-specific, but I figured I'd post it here anyway. I use my Motorola S805 headphones with my Captivate at work on a daily basis. I typically leave my phone on the charger and stream music through Rhapsody via my 3G connection (unlimited, thankfully...we don't have wifi at work). I regularly walk up to about 40 feet away from my phone, with no skipping or sound-quality issues whatsoever. I had a lot of issues with skipping when I first got the phone, and I figured out what was happening. If I leave WIFI turned on, but I'm not connected, the music skips. If I'm connected to a router, it doesn't. I believe the phone was polling for WIFI connections every so often and possibly causing a CPU spike or something similar. If I'm out of WIFI range, and simply turn my WIFI off, my music will play great all night long.
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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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.
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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.
The issue of Bluetooth devices not connecting and speakers dropping out was a hot topic when the 4.2 OTA came out, and to the best of my knowledge, the 4.2.1 update did nothing to fix it. Since then, I've read dozens for reported "Bluetooth fixes" for various Nexus devices (and I've tried most of them), but this is still a major unresolved issue for a lot of people. My gamepad and mouse refuse to hold a connection since the update, so after banging my head against the wall for a few weeks I reverted to 4.1.2.
Has anyone found an actual fix for the Nexus 7, or have there been any reports of when Google might respond (I've read several reports that Google tech support claims to not even be aware that a problem exists)?
For the record, I've tried the following:
- Fix permissions
- Disable all devices, clear Bluetooth Share cache... reconnect devices
- Perform a full wipe and install the 4.2.1 OTA.
- Install custom ROMs or kernals
- Disable wifi when establishing the initial device conection.
- Sacrificed a young goat at midnight on the winter solstice.
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- Sacrificed a young goat at midnight on the winter solstice.
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Did you check and make sure it was a virginal young goat before you sacrificed it? :angel:
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I also had big bluetooth issues in stock 4.2.1. I have since changed quite a few things on my nexus7. Somewhere along the way, something I did seems to have fixed the issue. I didn't do any tests along the way, so I can't tell with any certainty which changes had any affect. All I can say is stock 4.2.1 bluetooth was completely and utterly broken, and what I have now doesnt have any bluetooth issues that I've noticed. I am able to stream music over Pandora (WiFi) and listen to it over bluetooth now without any interruptions.
So, here's a brief description:
CM10.1 nightlies + gapps, using the default kernel, no over/underclocking or anything like that.
wifi is always turned on, gps is always on, nfc is always turned off
About half of the gapps and a few of the default apps I have disabled. I have no proof to back it up, but I believe constant syncing and phoning home from these apps may have something to do with the issue. Calender, Exchange Services, Face Unlock, Calender Sync, One Time Init, Partner Setup, Play Movies & TV, and Play music are all the apps I disabled.
I also purposefully avoid other apps that run constantly chewing up battery and sending data to the internet like the facebook app.
Nope, nothing fixed it for me, aside from downgrading to 4.1 (which uses the Bluez bluetooth stack, rather than the Broadcom one in 4,2)
It's possible that CyanogenMod 4,2 (CM10.1) uses Bluez, and not Broadcom. I asked in the dev section, but nobody knows it seems.
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Did you check and make sure it was a virginal young goat before you sacrificed it? :angel:
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The goat said she was a virgin, but you never know.
I'd be very interested to see exactly how widespread this issue is. Are the people reporting issues the small minority, or are they just the only ones attempting to use a bluetooth device? If you're reading this and are running 4.2.1, but have never connected a Bluetooth device, please try to do so in the near future and post your results. Based on the number of forums claiming that Bluetooth is flat-out" broken, I'm thinking that most people don't even realize that it's a problem.
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The goat said she was a virgin, but you never know.
I'd be very interested to see exactly how widespread this issue is. Are the people reporting issues the small minority, or are they just the only ones attempting to use a bluetooth device? If you're reading this and are running 4.2.1, but have never connected a Bluetooth device, please try to do so in the near future and post your results. Based on the number of forums claiming that Bluetooth is flat-out" broken, I'm thinking that most people don't even realize that it's a problem.
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I have had success with an old Dell XPS bluetooth mouse. Scrolling was fast and paired immediately.
No luck with Plantronics M100 headset. Nexus 7 could see it but no joy...
Maybe we need a list of what really works after 4.2.1?
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The goat said she was a virgin, but you never know.
I'd be very interested to see exactly how widespread this issue is. Are the people reporting issues the small minority, or are they just the only ones attempting to use a bluetooth device? If you're reading this and are running 4.2.1, but have never connected a Bluetooth device, please try to do so in the near future and post your results. Based on the number of forums claiming that Bluetooth is flat-out" broken, I'm thinking that most people don't even realize that it's a problem.
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Got my N7 2 weeks ago. Never had a chance to run on anything but 4.2.1 since first thing it updated. My bluetooth is not usable. If trying to stream video the audio is so bad that you cannot decipher anything. With music it is better but will start stuttering and becomes unusable. Same devices work fine with my Verizon Galaxy Nexus running 4.1.1.
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The goat said she was a virgin, but you never know.
I'd be very interested to see exactly how widespread this issue is. Are the people reporting issues the small minority, or are they just the only ones attempting to use a bluetooth device? If you're reading this and are running 4.2.1, but have never connected a Bluetooth device, please try to do so in the near future and post your results. Based on the number of forums claiming that Bluetooth is flat-out" broken, I'm thinking that most people don't even realize that it's a problem.
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I for one was completely unaware of the 4.2 bluetooth problem until I got a pair of bluetooth stereo earbuds from Audiosynq for Christmas. I got them paired and working, but the audio kept dropping out, only to come back a few seconds later. Very annoying when you are trying to listen to music But the earbuds worked flawlessly when I used them with my Samsung Galaxy Player running Gingerbread. That was my first clue that something was amiss....
Same stuttering for me with my jambox. Clearing blue share data helps it and seems to keep the problem away for a while.
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The issue is widespread enough to have 400+ comments on the bug tracker.
http://code.google.com/p/android/is...ed&colspec=ID Type Status Owner Summary Stars
I've been using Paranoid Android with my Bluetooth controllers and my new Motorola stereo headset.
Honestly I expected problems with the audio and have not. In fact I'm very impressed by the range. I can pretty much walk anywhere in my house without the music skipping. Of course this is streaming Pandora... so the bitrate may be lowered for streaming but whatever. Still impressed.
I'm not saying Bluetooth doesn't have its problems with 4.2 but perhaps a wipe will fix it. They did change Bluetooth protocols and there could be some remnants leftover screwing with us.
My moga controller had lag but I found that problem being caused by the Moga Pivot app. Using the universal driver fixed it right up.
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I had the same problems with stuttering Bluetooth over audio, then I thought it was fixed with the latest update - but I was wrong.
In my case at work I have a very weak WiFi signal, and it drops in and out and that's when my Bluetooth over Audio plays up. If I disable WiFi it's better a lot better but still not 100%. I get better results in the same environment with my Desire HD running ICS than the Nexus, which is quite disappointing
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The issue is widespread enough to have 400+ comments on the bug tracker.
http://code.google.com/p/android/is...ed&colspec=ID Type Status Owner Summary Stars
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People should click the star and leave it at that, rather than whinging, complaining, and making **** up. But yeah, 620+ stars on that bug.
4.1.2 works, had to go to that
So I paired the One with my QED uPlay at home and I'm having issues. The phone has to literally be 30cm away from the receiver or the audio will start getting distorted until it eventually cuts off. I have two uPlays, issue exists on both so its not tbe receiver. Also my iPhone 4s has no issues either. I was hoping the One had better audio than the iPhone since it has aptx, but its quite the opposite. Has anyone tried bluetooth music streaming? Is it just a faulty phone?
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So I paired the One with my QED uPlay at home and I'm having issues. The phone has to literally be 30cm away from the receiver or the audio will start getting distorted until it eventually cuts off. I have two uPlays, issue exists on both so its not tbe receiver. Also my iPhone 4s has no issues either. I was hoping the One had better audio than the iPhone since it has aptx, but its quite the opposite. Has anyone tried bluetooth music streaming? Is it just a faulty phone?
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Bluetooth and Wi-Fi both use the 2.4GHz channel. Asus had issues with the Prime because of its all-aluminum design where they had to greatly amplify the Wi-Fi signal and use diversity antennas to get through it. HTC uses the latter on the One. When used together, the Wi-Fi signal can overpower and interfere with the BT signal. Try turning off Wi-Fi and see if your connection quality changes. You're the first one to mention a BT issue so it could be unique to your device. Time will tell.
I have had a problem with bt connecting to my car (audi a1) I can hear the call but the other end cannot hear me. Going to delete connection and try again tomorrow.
Thanks for the replies. I switched off WIFI, re-paired the device and bluetooth started working perfectly, so it makes sense it was interference. Strange thing is I turned WIFI back on and bluetooth was still working fine. I'll do further tests in my car tomorrow see how it goes. If I'm not convinced I'll just get the phone replaced.
I have also had issues with bluetooth paired to my hands free car kit. Issues have surfaced when streaming music and also when making audio calls via bluetooth.
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The One X had a similar issue:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1688538
It could be that when I was first trying the WIFI antenna was stuck on high power, which caused the interference, but when I reset the WIFI it reduced its power and no longer interfered with the BT. I have changed the WIFI at home to run at 5 GHZ, but work still runs on 2.4.
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So I paired the One with my QED uPlay at home and I'm having issues. The phone has to literally be 30cm away from the receiver or the audio will start getting distorted until it eventually cuts off. I have two uPlays, issue exists on both so its not tbe receiver. Also my iPhone 4s has no issues either. I was hoping the One had better audio than the iPhone since it has aptx, but its quite the opposite. Has anyone tried bluetooth music streaming? Is it just a faulty phone?
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What version you are using. I have update to latet ROM:1.29.709.4 and the issue is fixed. :laugh:
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What version you are using. I have update to latet ROM:1.29.709.4 and the issue is fixed. :laugh:
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I am running 1.28.401.7. How did you update to the latest ROM? I don't want to unlock my bootloader in case I need to return it.
Did you used to have the same exact issue in the previous ROM?
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I am running 1.28.401.7. How did you update to the latest ROM? I don't want to unlock my bootloader in case I need to return it.
Did you used to have the same exact issue in the previous ROM?
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I have the same version on mine 1.28.401.7. However I also do not want to update in case of needing to return it.
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I have the same version on mine 1.28.401.7. However I also do not want to update in case of needing to return it.
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Apparently 1.29.709.4 has been officially released in Taiwan by HTC, so it shouldn't be long before the update arrives to the rest of us (hopefully).
got the same issue...some times I got no lags in audio streaming, but sometimes they are there...until it (maybe) will be fixed I'm using a widget, my cousin has coded for me yesterday . Quite simple solution. If I press the button, wifi turns off and bt turns on...works fine for me, so far
I have received my T-Mobile Note 4, and I have the infuriating problem of random Bluetooth streaming skips / stutters. Does anyone else have this issue? I know it was a known problem on the S5's, and it never really got fixed...
Does anyone have any solutions for this? I checked out the ViPER EQ mod, could that help?
Currently I am 100% stock (latest version, got the T-Mobile patch right away), and I only use Spotify for music. I have experienced stutter in my Nissan, a pair of Sennheisers, and a Monoprice Bluetooth adapter. What's also upsetting is that the stock Samsung music player often starts playing when a Bluetooth streaming device is connected...
Any advice?
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I have received my T-Mobile Note 4, and I have the infuriating problem of random Bluetooth streaming skips / stutters. Does anyone else have this issue? I know it was a known problem on the S5's, and it never really got fixed...
Does anyone have any solutions for this? I checked out the ViPER EQ mod, could that help?
Currently I am 100% stock (latest version, got the T-Mobile patch right away), and I only use Spotify for music. I have experienced stutter in my Nissan, a pair of Sennheisers, and a Monoprice Bluetooth adapter. What's also upsetting is that the stock Samsung music player often starts playing when a Bluetooth streaming device is connected...
Any advice?
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I am having the same issue. I really don't know if this is an issue or not. I drive charger and my M8 was the same. It's annoying I feel ya. hopefully someone can tell us how to control this thing.
i've had that issue since HTC One...
not sure if i ever saw a way to fix this issue.
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I am having the same issue. I really don't know if this is an issue or not. I drive charger and my M8 was the same. It's annoying I feel ya. hopefully someone can tell us how to control this thing.
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It's funny because I'm coming from the M8 and it was flawless for me. That is was running 4.4.2, whereas this is 4.4.4... Any correlation?
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It's funny because I'm coming from the M8 and it was flawless for me. That is was running 4.4.2, whereas this is 4.4.4... Any correlation?
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I really don't know if this an issue. My M8 4.4.3 and had same thing. But to be fair Note 4 is more superior inside my car. I am able to listen to my text msg. Voice commands works really good on note 4.
I have this issue from time to time on my Nexus 5. I have to reboot it to fix it. It happens maybe 1 out of 30 times I use BT headsets. Enough to be annoying but not a deal breaker. I am beginning to think this may be an Android issue and not Samsung. Those that have the issue on Note 4, does a reboot fix the problem?
Every now and then when I play Tunein Radio Pro, it would be a hick up. I already did the 30 sec buffer. But usually it works. Is this what you mean?
In my Jeep Wrangler I have BlueTooth. Every few months when I get a new device, I always have to call my mom for the BlueTooth test. The Note 4 has been the only phone to pass. For whatever reason my mom's phone would always sound like I was in a tunnel with the exception on the Note 4. Even the LG G3 failed this. In my 2012 GTI I had issues with some devices as well as my 08 WRX. It always came down the the BlueTooth stack for phone call quality and skipping and sometimes just dropping/crashing out of BT all together. Hope you guys get yours resolved. I know this is a huge problem. Heck when Note had its recent update, I was worried it would break something its just been too good so far! Best of luck guys.
I believe its a kitkat bug. It happened on my note 3 as well
Might warrant a return.
This is so annoying. I'm coming from an M8 (and previously M7) and use bluetooth for everything. Wireless headphones at the gym, wireless speakers at home, media in my car, and a Moto360.
Never had any skips/stutters on previous devices through any of these. Moreover, sometimes the music just STOPS and drops the connection and I have to repair the two devices in the middle of a workout. Is anyone experiencing the music STOPPING? Might return/exchange mine if not.
This happens through any media app - GPM, Milk, Netflix, etc. Want to throw my device.
I am having this issue in my Outback, but it is not happening in my WRX. I was thinking maybe it just doesn't like one, but now I see this is a larger issue. I haven't had this problem with my S5, so maybe it'll clear up when some Roms are released.
I'm having the same issue with my wireless Bluetooth headphones. I thought it was because I was too far away from the phone, but I'm having the same problem when I'm close to the phone also. My Note 3 does not have this problem.
I used my like at least 6 years old Bluetooth headset for like the 4 hours and in that time I barely had skips it only skipped when I left the room and went a few feet away also
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same here
I'm having the same problem
I find this happens when the screen is off. When it's on, no issue. I hope an update fixes this soon.
This stopped after I went to Firekat Rom. Not sure why or how, but Bluetooth is smooth now
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...sometimes the music just STOPS and drops the connection and I have to repair the two devices ...Is anyone experiencing the music STOPPING? Might return/exchange mine if not.
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Just wanted to verify if anyone is NOT experiencing this issue? If there are Note's out there that are not experiencing it then I might exchange mine. If this is a software issue for all notes then this blows.
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Just wanted to verify if anyone is NOT experiencing this issue? If there are Note's out there that are not experiencing it then I might exchange mine. If this is a software issue for all notes then this blows.
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As I reported before, I had a similar issue on my Nexus 5 and rebooting would fix it. It was a rare occurrence but it would happen from time to time.
I have not experienced the issue at all on my Note 4 in the 8 days I have had it. I use BT quite a bit with my Heart Rate sensor and BT headsets while running and also connected to my stereo in my Sonata. Has been flawless so far.
This might have something to do with S-Health. Audio skipped for me every 10 minutes or so. Didn't matter the BT equipment. Yesterday, I decided to Disable S_Health. Today, at the gym, about a 90 minute session...no skips. The guy above using FireKat, by any chance that rom has S-Health disabled/uninstalled by default?
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This might have something to do with S-Health. Audio skipped for me every 10 minutes or so. Didn't matter the BT equipment. Yesterday, I decided to Disable S_Health. Today, at the gym, about a 90 minute session...no skips. The guy above using FireKat, by any chance that rom has S-Health disabled/uninstalled by default?
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Thanks so much for this idea...going to try it out :good: