It use to be that my bluetooth (jaw bone) would ignore the volume set on the phone. I've screwed something up by where now if I set the phone to vibrate (consequently turning sound off) the headset turns it's volume down as well. I played with the volume control on the phone and indeed when I move the slider up and down, the bluetooth volume is effect.
I played around with some registry setting I read here that could possibly enhance bluetooth audio quality, but now I've got it like this and it sucks.
Any ideas how to fix this?
When your at the volume menu It say "System" on the left and "Ringer" on the right. When i put my ringer volume on sound (low to high) and than exit the volume, i notice when i get a call my ringer does not sound. So i go back to check my volume and my ringer isn't on anything. The problem is my ringer volume will not stay on, yet my system volume is perfectly fine. Any Suggestions?
Thanks, Matt
Yes, I had the same problem last night. If both the System and Ringer volumes are set to max, then occasionally the ringer volume will drop down to zero, and you then find yourself in the dog house with your girlfriend because she thinks you've been ignoring her calls.
It's a known bug, and is discussed HERE
I've found the best solution so far for me it to have the System volume set to max and the Ringer volume one step away from max.
I am using the N1 car dock only as a charger/holder for the phone. I am not connecting the N1 to the dock, but rather to the A2DP compliant stereo in my car which I am using for both media and calls.
For some reason when the phone is docked changing the BT in-call volume or media volume does NOTHING. However, when I am not docked but still connected to the stereo, at least lowering the BT media volume lowers the output through the speakers (the in-call volume still doesn't change anything).
This is a problem for me because the in-call volume is quite low compared to the media volume so I always have to pump up the volume to hear properly. The kicker is that upon call disconnection the media starts up again at a MUCH louder volume because I raised it to hear the caller.
1) Does anyone know why the dock disables access to the BT volumes and if there's a way to disable that?
2) Is there another kernel I could flash compatible with the CM7 nightlies to boost the in-call volume?
Thanks a ton!
I'm having a problem with bluetooth volume. When it's connected to the car stereo it turns the volume lower automatically whenever I try and raise it. It only happens with this phone and it's super annoying! I can't find any option to stop it. It's like an automatic audio limiter. So in the car my volume can go up to 30 but every time I pass 16 it goes back down really low and I have to fight it to see if it will stay. This happens every time I get in the car. I've seen something similar with headphones when you have them plugged in to certain phones. It would give you a warning and then you you turn it up. That, you were able to turn off in settings. Anyone know a fix?
jayb222 said:
I'm having a problem with bluetooth volume. When it's connected to the car stereo it turns the volume lower automatically whenever I try and raise it. It only happens with this phone and it's super annoying! I can't find any option to stop it. It's like an automatic audio limiter. So in the car my volume can go up to 30 but every time I pass 16 it goes back down really low and I have to fight it to see if it will stay. This happens every time I get in the car. I've seen something similar with headphones when you have them plugged in to certain phones. It would give you a warning and then you you turn it up. That, you were able to turn off in settings. Anyone know a fix?
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I think this has something to do with an option in the developer options:
try to "disable absolute volume" in the developer options and test.
some devices try to sync the volume to the phone and this doesnt work as intended. had this with my jbl charge 2+. after deactivating the absolute volume i can set the volumes separately. e.g. on phone 100% and on the jbl 50% and adjusting the volume on the jbl doesnt change the phone-settings.
MagicMan3311 said:
I think this has something to do with an option in the developer options:
try to "disable absolute volume" in the developer options and test.
some devices try to sync the volume to the phone and this doesnt work as intended. had this with my jbl charge 2+. after deactivating the absolute volume i can set the volumes separately. e.g. on phone 100% and on the jbl 50% and adjusting the volume on the jbl doesnt change the phone-settings.
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Just as an update, that developer option worked!!! All is well. Thanks!!!
No problem.
The issue is that I set my S21 Ultra to max volume for bluetooth devices. The phone remembers this setting during use. But after a reboot, the phone reduces the volume when playing over bluetooth.
When connecting to the very same bluetooth device after a reboot, the volume is very quiet.
This behavior seems to ignore the media volume limit settings, two different settings and both are ignored:
1) Turn off media volume limit
This doesn't work because the phone still reduces volume to bluetooth devices after a reboot, and continues to behave as though media volume limit is turned on.
2) Turn on media volume limit, but set custom volume limit to maximum
This doesn't work because the phone still reduces volume to bluetooth devices after a reboot, and continues to behave as though media volume limit is turned on.
I feel as though most people stopped paying attention to this bug because they don't reboot their phones very often, and the issue shows up after a reboot. However I prefer to reboot the phone every night at 3:00 am.
FYI this is particularly frustrating for use in a car, because I toggle between radio (listen to talk radio shows) and bluetooth (listen to podcast), so when you set the car's volume for listening to the radio, it's unusable when you toggle to bluetooth and can't hear the phone very well. For car radio and bluetooth to be heard at the same levels, the phone needs to have it's media volume set to max. But after a reboot the phone lowers the phone's media volume despite any settings in the media volume limit controls.
KingFatty said:
The issue is that I set my S21 Ultra to max volume for bluetooth devices. The phone remembers this setting during use. But after a reboot, the phone reduces the volume when playing over bluetooth.
When connecting to the very same bluetooth device after a reboot, the volume is very quiet.
This behavior seems to ignore the media volume limit settings, two different settings and both are ignored:
1) Turn off media volume limit
This doesn't work because the phone still reduces volume to bluetooth devices after a reboot, and continues to behave as though media volume limit is turned on.
2) Turn on media volume limit, but set custom volume limit to maximum
This doesn't work because the phone still reduces volume to bluetooth devices after a reboot, and continues to behave as though media volume limit is turned on.
I feel as though most people stopped paying attention to this bug because they don't reboot their phones very often, and the issue shows up after a reboot. However I prefer to reboot the phone every night at 3:00 am.
FYI this is particularly frustrating for use in a car, because I toggle between radio (listen to talk radio shows) and bluetooth (listen to podcast), so when you set the car's volume for listening to the radio, it's unusable when you toggle to bluetooth and can't hear the phone very well. For car radio and bluetooth to be heard at the same levels, the phone needs to have it's media volume set to max. But after a reboot the phone lowers the phone's media volume despite any settings in the media volume limit controls.
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Settings>System>Developer options>Disable absolute volume
Try turning that on. It might solve your problem.
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Settings>System>Developer options>Disable absolute volume
Try turning that on. It might solve your problem.
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Thanks. My car is from 2012 and it doesn't support absolute volume. I had the same issue with my Galaxy S9+ until Samsung finally patched it.
I think they are just including the same bug with the S21 Ultra, where settings for Media Volume Limit are ignored after a reboot, and the phone forces the volume setting lower.
Just to be sure, I've followed your suggestion and toggled the developer setting on for the disable absolute volume, because I dislike that feature anyway. Unlike my car that doesn't support it, my bluetooth headset supports bluetooth absolute volume and I dislike how it works.
I'll reboot the phone and test it out in a couple hours when I go driving, to see if the phone again lowers the bluetooth volume and post an update.
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Settings>System>Developer options>Disable absolute volume
Try turning that on. It might solve your problem.
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No, this did not help. Absolute volume is disabled, and I connected to my car and set the phone's volume to max.
But after a reboot, as before, when my phone connects to the car via bluetooth, the phone decreases its volume as though media volume limit is kicking in.
As for settings, my phone has the media volume limit toggled on, and the custom volume limit set to maximum. So the volume is being changed to lower than maximum, approximately 2/3 setting. So the phone is not respecting the media volume limit setting with the custom volume limit.
As mentioned earlier, I can also turn off the media volume limit, but get the same frustrating behavior where after a reboot, when I connect to a bluetooth device, the phone will lower its own volume setting to 2/3.
It just seems like a bug where the phone always uses a hard-coded 2/3 media volume limit, and disregards the on/off setting for media volume limit, and also disregards the custom volume limit.
Can anyone else actually try this with their phone to confirm it's a bug? The issue happens after you reboot, and connect to a bluetooth audio device. The full volume setting is maintained so long as you haven't rebooted since setting the volume level.
I'm still on the April firmware, T-mobile, so I'm really hoping the May update will address this bug.
Does anyone else see a different behavior?
Will your phone always reduce the volume and prevent max volume, after you reboot and connect to a bluetooth device for audio output?
Use Bixby Routines to set the BT volume to max whenever you connect to your car.
I have a routine for when it connects my car that keeps the phone unlocked, sets media volume to max, and starts playing music.
Doesn't fix the bug but it's not a concern after doing this.
Also I don't see the point in rebooting your phone daily...
Reboots always lowers my volume but I raise it on my Phone to max and it remains that way when on the Bluetooth headphones then control volume via the headset not the phone.
Is there a way to report this bug to Samsung?
It's a bug because the phone ignores it's own settings after a reboot. The settings are obeyed during use only after you've manually increased the volume upon first connecting. This bug was in the S9+ phone, until Samsung finally fixed it. Now they just need to fix the bug for the S21 Ultra.