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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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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:
cobbcobbdavid said:
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.
djayyy said:
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
Friends ...... , HTC One it seems has a terrible Bluetooth range ....... I have a Logitech BoomBox (Bluetooth spks) and a Belkin Bluetooth receiver connected to my AVR. In both the cases, when connected to my HTC One it looses audio in just couple of feets. Specially with belkin receiver. But when I tested the same with my iPhone 4, it works perfectly, till the Bluetooth's designated range of 30 feet (10 meters) ... with both Belkin and Logitech ....
so it has something to do with HTC One's Bluetooth.
People with HTC One and having any Bluetooth audio device, please test this and report if you are also facing the same issue, Or is there something that I can try to increase the range. Its pathetic, 2-3 feets at the max. I am bitterly disappointed with this ..........
Regards.
Sammy
I think that Android 4.1 had a BT flaw that was fixed in 4.2.
so this means its more of an android issue than HTC One........ any alternatives to improve this, till we have an 4.2 update
I was using bt audio yesterday and it was horrible. I did some googling, try turning off wifi before you connect to the speakers, it solved my trouble straight away. I found if the music was playing when I turned wifi back on it would still be ok. Might help?
jiggle_ said:
I was using bt audio yesterday and it was horrible. I did some googling, try turning off wifi before you connect to the speakers, it solved my trouble straight away. I found if the music was playing when I turned wifi back on it would still be ok. Might help?
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Jiggle .... my friend, you made the day for me, how so ever strange may it seem, it did work .... ..... I switched of my wifi and then connected Bluetooth to Belkin receiver and vola!! :victory:... no drop outs and was able to use BT at full 30 feets, and then if I switch on the wifi later all is well.
Strange, if wifi is working before I connect BT, it drops and is very uneven ......... must be some bug, but anyway, solution is not as irritating as one might expect.
Thanks again Jiggle, for you input, saved me a great disappointment.
Regards
Sammy
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Jiggle .... my friend, you made the day for me, how so ever strange may it seem, it did work .... ..... I switched of my wifi and then connected Bluetooth to Belkin receiver and vola!! :victory:... no drop outs and was able to use BT at full 30 feets, and then if I switch on the wifi later all is well.
Strange, if wifi is working before I connect BT, it drops and is very uneven ......... must be some bug, but anyway, solution is not as irritating as one might expect.
Thanks again Jiggle, for you input, saved me a great disappointment.
Regards
Sammy
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whew you had me in a panic here. (o; I'm still a little traumatized from my asus T201 wireless issues.
The Wifi/bluetooth issue is a drawback of the aluminum body design of the One. Bluetooth shares an antenna with wifi transmit. I believe wifi receive shouldn't interrupt bt though.
Then there should also be a problem if I switch on wifi after I connect BT. ,... in which case it works. It only creates a problem, if the wifi is first on and then I connect BT. ...... which is strange
Just for information. I had 3 htc, desire hd, sensation, onex and ALL had problem with bluetooth, weak signal, using a headset with the phone in my pocket already failed. I now have a note2 and this problem does not occur, being used in the same situation. So ....
sam9s said:
Then there should also be a problem if I switch on wifi after I connect BT. ,... in which case it works. It only creates a problem, if the wifi is first on and then I connect BT. ...... which is strange
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My m7 (TrickDroid, elementalX 0.11 default overclocking and undervolting) is having the BT issue whenever wifi is on, regardless of whether I connect the BT device while wifi is off, and regardless of whether audio is playing when the wifi is turned back on. In other words, on my device, BT really really sucks if wifi is connected, period. Any suggestions other than not to use wifi if I want to use BT?
Update: My router (Netgear wnr2000v3) seems to use 2.4 Ghz channels. Any thoughts about whether swapping the router with a dual-band or 5 Ghz channel router would work around this issue?
pcadvocate said:
My m7 (TrickDroid, elementalX 0.11 default overclocking and undervolting) is having the BT issue whenever wifi is on, regardless of whether I connect the BT device while wifi is off, and regardless of whether audio is playing when the wifi is turned back on. In other words, on my device, BT really really sucks if wifi is connected, period. Any suggestions other than not to use wifi if I want to use BT?
Update: My router (Netgear wnr2000v3) seems to use 2.4 Ghz channels. Any thoughts about whether swapping the router with a dual-band or 5 Ghz channel router would work around this issue?
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I did pick up a new dual-band router and set up the phone to connect only on the 5Ghz band, and it worked! No more bluetooth issues at home. So if you run into this issue, a temporary workaround until (hopefully) HTC/Google provide a fix is to avoid the 2.4Ghz band.
Strangely enough, my Bluetooth range keeps decreasing with each software update. When I first bought this thing, I was generally impressed with how far I could walk from my BT speakers. Not as good as my evo 4g or 3d, but decent. Better than my gs3 and gn2.
Now I tend to make it about 5 feet or so with minor cut-outs while using apt-x. If I put my hand between the signal at 10ft, I can stop it completely. If I touch the upper-right of my phone with my thumb as I hold it in my right hand, I can kill the signal as well. Very much an antennagate going on here just like the iPhone 4.
Hello everybody,
I hope this doesn't repeat an answered question.
I have a well maintained p880 (stock JB, rooted, frequently factory-restored).
I tried to connect to a bluetooth audio receiver. Connection is easy but the sound breaks very frequently. This is clearly not the receiver's fault because sound transmission from an iPhone or a laptop is perfect.
I have no reference to the phone's bluetooth capacities because it's the first time in 2 years that I try to use it.
EDIT: I just found out that turning off wifi solves the problem. This, however, is not really a solution.
Does anybody have any experience with it? Is there a way to improve bluetooth performance?
Thanks!
Im on Beanstalk and the Bluetooth connection with a car radio does break as well very often (about every 20 secs), WiFi is turned off always. Maybe it's the Bluetooth chip itself that has such bad connection.
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Mine stutters when connected to my car's headunit. It's especially bad when in a call. Wasn't a problem with my Note 3 and doesn't happen on other bluetooth devices.
I haven't had any Bluetooth issues other than the fact it eats a lot of my battery throughout the day but that's a usage issue than anything else. I also use Bluetooth in my car while commuting around the city. If the audio stutters, that often means the connection isn't stable therefore move closer or remove anything in between.
Does playing a track before the Bluetooth connection is established make a difference?
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cant connect to my car bt either
Use Bluetooth religiously for music in my truck and my headphones while working out.. No stutters here.. works flawlessly...
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djr4x4 said:
Use Bluetooth religiously for music in my truck and my headphones while working out.. No stutters here.. works flawlessly...
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Same here, no issues to my Kia forte at all.
I don't have any problem.
need to get a fix
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Does playing a track before the Bluetooth connection is established make a difference?
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Not really. It cuts off for a second every minute or so. The phone is right in front of the headunit so i dont think distance os the problem. The case is plastic so that shouldn't be causing interference also.
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Not really. It cuts off for a second every minute or so. The phone is right in front of the headunit so i dont think distance os the problem. The case is plastic so that shouldn't be causing interference also.
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Well it seems like there was a Bluetooth fix for Mazda cars in the latest OTA, do let us know if that fixes the problem.
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I'm having the same issue with Bluetooth not connecting/cutting out when it does.
OnePlus 3T
Android: 7.0
OOS: 4.0.2
Car is a 2016 BMW 328i
Not a problem on my Optima. I actually had to tune it with an equalizer app because stock equalizer raises the Treble louder then the bass. All normal now but not cutting. Had problem connecting phone automatically for a few days but went away
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Use my device with a set off speakers and to connect to my in car audio system and I don't experience the problems you have, sometimes I need to stop and start my music a couple of times whilst it reconnects again if I move between devices but after that it stays connected and working.
my phone has trust issues with my car. it always requires a re-pairing whenever I try to establish a connection (means, whenever I enter the car, and try to connect, it requires me to pair the same phone again)
Working perfectly with my car. Maybe updating car stereo firmware could help?
I will try to see if there is an update for the car master today (their site seems to be down atm). I have had it work at times but it usually has issues connecting and will stop/pause sometimes out of nowhere. It's really difficult because I need a Bluetooth connection when driving but it gets to the point that I need to forget and repair my phone everytime I drive....
I just got my my OP 3T . I had issues with it connecting to my VW Passat. Then I read the following at the car's BT manufacturer's FAQ
Some versions of Android use a deviate pairing method. This can cause the problem of a failing connection. The solution is the free tool Bluetooth File Transfer (Android) for a better Bluetooth connection. It is available at Google Play. Establish the pairing once with this app and from then, everything should work as normal.
So after this app connected for the first time to the car's unit, the phones own BT software also started connecting without problems when I turned the car off and on subsequent times.
Might be worth a try.
Hi,
I'm having a strange issue with audio over Bluetooth when Mobile Hotspot is on and I was wondering if there is anyone who can help me out.
When my Mobile Hotspot is on and I'm listening music in my car over Bluetooth there is sometimes a random stutter in my audio.
The stutter (no audio for small amount of time) only lasts ~300ms but it totally random. Sometimes there are a few stutters in a few minutes of time, but sometimes it can also a just one stutter within 15 minutes.
I've got a dashcam in my car that I want to have connected to the internet when I'm driving, so that's why I'm using my Mobile Hotspot in my car.
The data flow is as follows (simultaneously):
4G connection => Deezer music app => Bluetooth => audio.
Dashcam => Mobile Hotspot => 4G Connection.
I've got a feeling that the stutter is happening when some network activity is happening over the Mobile Hotspot, but I'm not sure.
When I disable my Mobile Hotspot the stutters are gone.
Your help is appreciated!
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After more testing it has nothing to do with the Mobile Hotspot, but with Bluetooth in general. Especially when receiving a notification while streaming audio over Bluetooth gives me stutter.
I have the 8GB Exynos (512GB) edition
I'm getting the random Bluetooth hiccup without hotspot enabled.
Also me even when I connect one Bluetooth device
Hm, yesterday was the first time since this phone releases that my Bluetooth connection also sometimes stutters, even without the Mobile Hotspot enabled. It's a lot less than having Mobile Hotspot enabled but it still happened.
Very weird, my Bluetooth connection also stuttered on my previous phone, the Samsung Note 3. Only on the stock rom though, when I used LineageOS the stutters were gone.
I was getting audio stutter over Bluetooth with music and notifications causing problems. My phone is being sent back Monday though.
From the op I was maybe thinking some crossover signal interference, but with a number of you saying the same and now I've just tried my Bluetooth ear buds and they stutter a little too, I guess it's a more general issue. I doubt it's a hardware problem as Bluetooth isn't exactly a new thing, I can't see Samsung using shoddy radios. I assume software as stuttering seems worse with screen off, maybe some power saving feature misbehaving, or background processes not getting priority, I don't know. Hopefully an update fixes it.
Are any of you on custom ROMs and experiencing it?
I'm going to flash one as soon as my memory card arrives, I thought woohoo 128 GB, no need to buy yet another card for another device, then read all the development forums that say in the process you need to format data haha, so a card is needed after all ? But once I'm done I'll test Bluetooth again.
beta546 said:
From the op I was maybe thinking some crossover signal interference, but with a number of you saying the same and now I've just tried my Bluetooth ear buds and they stutter a little too, I guess it's a more general issue. I doubt it's a hardware problem as Bluetooth isn't exactly a new thing, I can't see Samsung using shoddy radios. I assume software as stuttering seems worse with screen off, maybe some power saving feature misbehaving, or background processes not getting priority, I don't know. Hopefully an update fixes it.
Are any of you on custom ROMs and experiencing it?
I'm going to flash one as soon as my memory card arrives, I thought woohoo 128 GB, no need to buy yet another card for another device, then read all the development forums that say in the process you need to format data haha, so a card is needed after all But once I'm done I'll test Bluetooth again.
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I just went through the list of apps and disabled battery optimizations for Bluetooth and the Deer music app. I also have disabled battery optimizations for Mobile Hotspot, in the Hotspot settings.
Next week I will try to test this and hope there will be a difference. If I can't notice any differences I think I will try to contact Samsung about this.
I know when I used CyanogenMod and LineageOS on my Samsung Note 3 the stutters were gone, but I don't want to flash my new Samsung Note 9 yet.
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I just went through the list of apps and disabled battery optimizations for Bluetooth and the Deer music app. I also have disabled battery optimizations for Mobile Hotspot, in the Hotspot settings.
Next week I will try to test this and hope there will be a difference. If I can't notice any differences I think I will try to contact Samsung about this.
I know when I used CyanogenMod and LineageOS on my Samsung Note 3 the stutters were gone, but I don't want to flash my new Samsung Note 9 yet.
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Yes I have done similar but not had chance to test it yet. I wouldn't waste your time contacting Samsung, they'll either fix it, or they won't, regardless of what anyone wants haha
beta546 said:
Yes I have done similar but not had chance to test it yet. I wouldn't waste your time contacting Samsung, they'll either fix it, or they won't, regardless of what anyone wants haha
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Hmm, I've tested more today but disabling battery optimizations doens't do anything.
And I've noticed that these stutters are happening when receiving notifications, as mentioned above. So I think this has nothing to do with the Mobile Hotspot.
I hope Samsung fixes this, I'm not the one having this problem.
Im having B/T issues too. Random disconnects and reconnects, stuttering, etc.
Others on the Samsung forums are having the same issue.
There is something wrong with the bluetooth stack. This is undeniable.
I guess I'll hold on to my note 8 for now; reading alot of weird stuff about the 9, and a new flagship shouldn't have all this going on with it right out of the gate..
Scott said:
Im having B/T issues too. Random disconnects and reconnects, stuttering, etc.
Others on the Samsung forums are having the same issue.
There is something wrong with the bluetooth stack. This is undeniable.
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Do you happen to have a link to the Samsung Forum topic(s)?
Thank you!
No issue here
I have Exynos 8GB
No issues here. Tried with multiple headphones and the car too. Exynos 128.
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Yathani said:
No issue here
I have Exynos 8GB
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fulcrum1971 said:
No issues here. Tried with multiple headphones and the car too. Exynos 128.
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What happens when you receive a notification when streaming audio over Bluetooth? no stutter at all?
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What happens when you receive a notification when streaming audio over Bluetooth? no stutter at all?
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No. Just a pause, notification, pause and back to music.
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What happens when you receive a notification when streaming audio over Bluetooth? no stutter at all?
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A get the audio fade out and in as I did with my note 8.
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What happens when you receive a notification when streaming audio over Bluetooth? no stutter at all?
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No issue at all. I stream youtube to my car aux bluetooth. I receive multiple notifications as well as calls.
Weird, some have stutter and some have not.
Will try to have the screen turned on while stream music, see if that makes any difference.
Or maybe changing Bluetooth settings in the Developer Options will do something.
Hmm, have the screen turned on while streaming dind't do anything and changing Bluetooth settings in the Developers Options didn't do anything as well.