Database Develop

Bionic: Bluetooth doesn't automatically reconnect?

My car's headunit has A2DP, and once paired, my OG would always reconnect when in range. The bionic doesn't seem to do this - so I have to open the wireless/network->bluetooth settings screen and manually force it to connect.
Not the end of the world, but it'd be nice to not have to do that everytime you get in the car.
Anyone else have any feedback on the Bionic's BT functionality?

This is not a problem I have experienced as mine reconnects no problem. What type of headset are you using. If problem persists I suggest turning headset off and back on, then it should reconnect. That beats navigating around the phone menu.
Sent from my DROID BIONIC using xda premium

I am having this same issue with my 2010 Ford Ford Fusion Hybrid with MS Sync and the Bionic. The phone connects fine but the A2DP does not. I wonder if there is a thread on the Moto support forums about this?

yutzyscott said:
This is not a problem I have experienced as mine reconnects no problem. What type of headset are you using. If problem persists I suggest turning headset off and back on, then it should reconnect. That beats navigating around the phone menu.
Sent from my DROID BIONIC using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm not using a headset, I'm using a JVC xr810 headunit (in-dash stereo ). Both the phone and A2DP connect quickly when I force it to under BT settings; but neither reconnects automatically, regardless of which device I turn power-on first.
WPWoodJr said:
I am having this same issue with my 2010 Ford Ford Fusion Hybrid with MS Sync and the Bionic. The phone connects fine but the A2DP does not. I wonder if there is a thread on the Moto support forums about this?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Interesting - so the phone auto-connects?

I am having a similar issue with my Sony Head unit. It will always automatically connect via the handsfree profile but the A2PD does not. I have to turn the Bluetooth on the headunit off and then back on and it then connects with both profiles. Its annoying to say the least.

WhiskeySlx said:
Interesting - so the phone auto-connects?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes it auto-connects to the phone, but for A2DP MS Sync says "Connection failed". I used to see this on my Droid X but it would always connect a second later anyway.

I am seeing the same issue with my bionic and pioneer audio head unit. When i force the connection manually it works. But the phone does not connect automatically. I have a friend with a bionic who is pairing with his mini without issues. We will test my phone on his car and his phone on my HU. This will at least tells us if the issue is with the phone itself or the other unit.

Same problem here. I have an Alpine IDA-001 deck. My OG Droid handled it fine.

WhiskeySlx said:
My car's headunit has A2DP, and once paired, my OG would always reconnect when in range. The bionic doesn't seem to do this - so I have to open the wireless/network->bluetooth settings screen and manually force it to connect.
Not the end of the world, but it'd be nice to not have to do that everytime you get in the car.
Anyone else have any feedback on the Bionic's BT functionality?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
My 2011 Frontier has basic connection, and it always reconnects. But, when I paired my BIONIC, I deleted my DROID profile so there is only the one profile for it to connect to.
Could that be the key?

I posted about this here in the Motorola Support forum:
supportforums.motorola.com/thread/57688
---------- Post added at 10:29 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:24 PM ----------
Ziggyrama said:
I am seeing the same issue with my bionic and pioneer audio head unit. When i force the connection manually it works. But the phone does not connect automatically. I have a friend with a bionic who is pairing with his mini without issues. We will test my phone on his car and his phone on my HU. This will at least tells us if the issue is with the phone itself or the other unit.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Looking forward to the results of this test!

johnlgalt said:
My 2011 Frontier has basic connection, and it always reconnects. But, when I paired my BIONIC, I deleted my DROID profile so there is only the one profile for it to connect to.
Could that be the key?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
See my post below on how I resolved this. Thanks!
Sorry I am not allowed by the forum to post links yet so just paste this into your browser:
supportforums.motorola.com/thread/57688?tstart=0

WPWoodJr said:
See my post below on how I resolved this. Thanks!
Sorry I am not allowed by the forum to post links yet so just paste this into your browser:
supportforums.motorola.com/thread/57688?tstart=0
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks for the link! I'll see what I can do, but I don't have ford-media-sync.
I've already tried deleting all pairings, and restablishing, but... maybe I'll connect to my handsfree earpiece first, and then connect to the car's HU?
(I'm not sure if you closed that thread or what, but you might want to leave it open since others without the ford system can continue debugging/discussing?)

looking to get bt working in my nissan, the bionic connects but no sound, my eris connected no problem. deleted all profiles in car system with the bionic #1 priority.

WhiskeySlx said:
Thanks for the link! I'll see what I can do, but I don't have ford-media-sync.
I've already tried deleting all pairings, and restablishing, but... maybe I'll connect to my handsfree earpiece first, and then connect to the car's HU?
(I'm not sure if you closed that thread or what, but you might want to leave it open since others without the ford system can continue debugging/discussing?)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Maybe you should start a new thread at Moto support with your particular issue, so as not to confuse things.
My car has two ways to connect - via the media setup (A2DP) and via the phone setup (headset profile). I connected through the A2DP setup, but again I'm not sure that was what fixed the problem, or whether it was the deleting of some other phones from my Bluetooth list.

I've marked it Not Answered again over at Moto support.

hmmm... My TomTom Go! 730 reconnects just fine every time. Curious!

Mine also reconnects fine, but I don't have A2DP on the headunit so I can't help with that part.

cruiser86 said:
looking to get bt working in my nissan, the bionic connects but no sound, my eris connected no problem. deleted all profiles in car system with the bionic #1 priority.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Nissan's BT implementation is horrible. Moto had the best sound quality on my Altima, but that's not saying much.
I also had slow to nonexistent reconnects in my car as well, with having to force the connection manually to get it to connect.

OK, so today I got some help from my friend with another bionic and we tried my phone that is having issues with reconnecting on his mini that he has no issues with. So, the results are:
My phone was able to pair successfully with his Mini and it reconnected automatically when we turned the car off and on.
I did not try his phone in my car as I see no point. It is clear to me that the issue is with the combination of my Pioneer HU and the Bionic. I am going to conduct another test tomorrow. I will factory reset the BT unit thus wiping anything that could potentially be left over from my old D1 which could be interfering with the new pairing.

I do sincerely hope that clearing out the profiles will work, but I'm less than optimistic about the fact that it is a head unit as opposed to a general BT unit that was included by Nissan in my truck, which I'm almost positive is not controlled by the head unit itself.
At any rate, I had some issue with freezing the wrong app and factory reset my phone, and today it was not connecting (obviously, b/c for some odd reason it did not fetch my saved APNs, WP, BT profiles, etc. from my Google account, while when I first bought the phone it readily pulled everything so that all the info from my DROID transferred flawlessly.
Long story short, I had to re-pair with my truck, but it recognized (presumably by MAC address) my phone and the truck's female copilot announced that the phone was already stored in a profile and that I could just go ahead and connect to it. So I did.
Tomorrow, I'll let you know if it connects automatically or not.
---------- Post added at 10:18 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:16 PM ----------
WPWoodJr said:
See my post below on how I resolved this. Thanks!
Sorry I am not allowed by the forum to post links yet so just paste this into your browser:
supportforums.motorola.com/thread/57688?tstart=0
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah, I'm a member over there as well, same username and everything. I was on the private panel that was studying the Call Quality issues that the original DROID was having with some people.
Glad that it worked out for you, and hopefully it works out for others. See my post just above for my little test to see if it works after a factory reset - I'm suspecting that in fact I'll need to delete that profile and start fresh....

[Q] Car Bluetooth: Problems connecting

Here is what I see:
1. 1st time pairing - Both phone and media audio work fine.
2. Next time whenever I would get in the car: Nothing connects automatically. I try to connect manually from the phone, and it takes a while, and media audio connects. Phone audio fails.
3. Now if I go to advanced options and uncheck and re-check phone audio, it seems to connect most of the time.
4. If I unpair and delete the phone from the car's memory, and do it all over, it works for the first time, same as above.
Phone is running stock HTC stuff, no root etc.
Car is Subaru Impreza 2011.
My HTC Aria used to connect both phone and media automatically each time flawlessly. (Running CM6 and 7, <never got a chance to try with stock )
Any pointers would be great!
Thanks

Might be a car problem. My last 2010 VW GTI had a finicky bluetooth. You could stream audio and take calls, but if you walk out of range of the BT while the car is on and walk back in range it won't connect until I reset the head unit. However in my 2011 BMW, I can walk out of range and it instantly connects to my phone when I'm back in range. Connects every time without a flaw (even though I did have some occasionally difficulty with my iphone and bluetooth in the BMW)

I have exactly the same problem as described by the op. Not sure what to do but I don't talk much on the phone so it's not that big of a problem for me. If it was the other way around it would be much bigger problem. Anyone has suggestions? I woud like to make it work as it should.

Whafrodamus said:
Might be a car problem. My last 2010 VW GTI had a finicky bluetooth. You could stream audio and take calls, but if you walk out of range of the BT while the car is on and walk back in range it won't connect until I reset the head unit. However in my 2011 BMW, I can walk out of range and it instantly connects to my phone when I'm back in range. Connects every time without a flaw (even though I did have some occasionally difficulty with my iphone and bluetooth in the BMW)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'd have thought that but the aria worked fine!!
dacho said:
I have exactly the same problem as described by the op. Not sure what to do but I don't talk much on the phone so it's not that big of a problem for me. If it was the other way around it would be much bigger problem. Anyone has suggestions? I woud like to make it work as it should.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
For you also, does nothing connect by itself? I'd be somewhat happy if atleast media connected automatically
Once we have a good permanent root solution I'll play with tasker to see if I can create a workaround...but this sucks!

Raider
I have a Rogers Raider and it works really well with my Kia Sorento. I think it is the vehicle or both. Both meaning compatibility issue. I had a Samsung Vibrant (i-9000) and it worked but sometimes it doesn't connect and always seems to upload my address book which takes a long time. With this Raider, it works like a charm. The Raider works before and after root.
Did you check your vehicle Bluetooth vehicle compatibility chart? They might have one.

sohoxda said:
I have a Rogers Raider and it works really well with my Kia Sorento. I think it is the vehicle or both. Both meaning compatibility issue. I had a Samsung Vibrant (i-9000) and it worked but sometimes it doesn't connect and always seems to upload my address book which takes a long time. With this Raider, it works like a charm. The Raider works before and after root.
Did you check your vehicle Bluetooth vehicle compatibility chart? They might have one.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have a 2010 Hyundai Sante Fe (similar to the Sorento). After initially pairing my Vivid to the car's bluetooth, the two have always connected, reagrdless of whether I turn on BT before or after I get in the car. I also had no problem with the old HTC HD2 (WM6x) and the Santa Fe's bluetooth.
Have you tried un-pairing the phone and car and re-pairing?

Everything works fine with mine too. I have a Toyota with BlueLogic. I used to have this problem with my old device, Motorola Atrix, didn't connect most of the times. I checked many forums and I found out it is a Gingerbread problem, with Froyo everything worked flawlessly.
Sent from my HTC Vivid via Tapatalk

connectivity issues
I have a Subaru impreza 2011 which has Bluetooth in it, and I just bought an htc rezound. I run all my music via Bluetooth so this is a pressing issue... It pairs and connects just fine the first time but I have to erase the Bluetooth memory on my phone and my stereo and re pair everytime I get in my car. I used go have an iphone and it worked fine. I checked my phone with a Bluetooth headset and it acts just like its supposed to. Any suggestions?

dangeruponu said:
I have a Subaru impreza 2011 which has Bluetooth in it, and I just bought an htc rezound. I run all my music via Bluetooth so this is a pressing issue... It pairs and connects just fine the first time but I have to erase the Bluetooth memory on my phone and my stereo and re pair everytime I get in my car. I used go have an iphone and it worked fine. I checked my phone with a Bluetooth headset and it acts just like its supposed to. Any suggestions?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Same symptopm..
My only hope is that the BT libs of CM9 will do some magic

What's CM9?

Mine seems to automatically connect just fine. However from time to time, very few times, the sound won't work right off the bat. If I press the volume rocket it will play a sound. Sometimes I have to press it twice then the sound will come through the speakers and music will play just fine. It's strange and quirky, but eh. Lol so if you're suck without sound, try to adjust your ringer volume to stimulate the sounds before repairing. See if that works.

dangeruponu said:
What's CM9?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Cyanogenmod 9, based on AOSP 4, Ice Cream Sandwich. Www.Cyanogenmod.com.
Sent from my HTC PH39100 using xda premium

Bluetooth Issue

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?

giorgoxxi said:
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?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
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.
Sent from my HTC One using xda premium

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.

giorgoxxi said:
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?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
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:
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
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?

giorgoxxi said:
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?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
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.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
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

[Q] Anyone have issues with Bluetooth A2DP?

I got my Note 4 yesterday and was trying to connect my car radio (Jvc Kw-V50BT). The phone connected, but when trying to connect the media part of the phone it just doesn't want to connect. I had a LG G2 prior to this phone and it worked fine. I checked JVC and it should work with Bluetooth 2.0 and up. This is baffling my mind right now. I might have to factory reset my phone and try it that way. Any help would be appreciated.

No problems here I use my Ford touch and everything is fine

HtcOnekid said:
No problems here I use my Ford touch and everything is fine
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
well I might have to factory reset it then.

redstar kachina said:
well I might have to factory reset it then.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If it still doesn't work...try another BT source.

Works better with my Ford Touch than any phone previously.
---------- Post added at 10:55 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:53 AM ----------
Try reseting your radio... not sure how you do that with your model. Make sure you delete the old pairing.

bt 4.0, which most newer phones have, is very touchy about what it works properly with; I have a bad time trying to stay connected to my vivosmart garmin band, but pairing to my car and plantronics headset works 100% of the time.
my wife has a G3, and has the same issues; some things work 100% of the time, and some others only work occasionally

A2DP Issues
I just got my Note 4 yesterday, and am definitely experiencing some (admittedly minor) issues with A2DP in my Honda CR-V EXL 2012.
When playing music over Bluetooth, I experience the infamous "Galaxy S5 intermittent half-second skip". Also, I have noticed that when playing an album or playlist, if the screen on the phone is off the currently playing song information will not update.
For example:
I am listening to "Gimme More" by Britney Spears on the album Blackout.
"Gimme More" ends, and the next track "Piece of Me" comes on.
The car screen will continue to show "Gimme More' unless I use the forward or back buttons from my steering wheel or dashboard to manually change songs.
This causes the screen to update to "Piece of Me"... albeit with a brief delay.
Very odd...

SiNJiN76 said:
If it still doesn't work...try another BT source.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I finally got it too work, but I had to get an app to help me out. I think it was called Bluetooth Manager or something. I forced it to accept the media and got it working. I was getting frustrated when even a factor reset didn't help.

Yes, I have the stuttering too on my Note 4. What can I do about it?

Note 4 note; note, Bluetooth.
redstar kachina said:
I got my Note 4 yesterday and was trying to connect my car radio (Jvc Kw-V50BT). The phone connected, but when trying to connect the media part of the phone it just doesn't want to connect. I had a LG G2 prior to this phone and it worked fine. I checked JVC and it should work with Bluetooth 2.0 and up. This is baffling my mind right now. I might have to factory reset my phone and try it that way. Any help would be appreciated.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This may not help but.. Got my Note 4 four days ago; had the Note 3. 3 Had 0 problems with Bluetooth; 30 ft. through walls, drops rare, auto connected to my car while I was in the house. Note 4 range 15 feet,, constant drops and fails to connect. Hoping to get another 3 or 4 from T-mobile but that has not happened yet. I'm good carrying both. The 4 makes calls (although the speaker is a downgrade. The 3 connects to all my stuff. just like the old days at work. :fingers-crossed:

This is what I'm using. No issues.

It's not super new. Just a decent deck. But, the rule is the newer the better with flagship phones:

Not sure if this is related or not - I have an open thread about blue tooth streaming issues with my car...
What I have found so far -
My car (2012 Subaru STi) has two methods to pair a blue tooth device... entering the setup through the steering wheel is the only way to save a device for auto connect and play, entering the setup through the head unit lets you save and select a phone to pair, but you must select pair each time you get into the car. If you do option #2, I have the call audio and media boxes always unchecked. - see if your car has a different method for primary user/secondary user blue tooth set up
and secondly, my main issue was that while listening to spotify my radio head unit would say BT-Audio Paused out of nowhere, when in fact, the spotify track still shows playing and the song is progressing.
after lots of troubleshooting I think this may be an issue to spotify itself and not my phone (I am now testing Pandora/other streaming media to see if they do the same interment freeze/odd stuff)

I've also been having problems with Bluetooth devices connected to my Note 4. Previously, I had been using an iPhone 6 and I didn't have any issues with these devices. Now, I'm experiencing connection problems with my Jawbone UP24, my Plantronics headset, or my Jaybird stereo earbuds, and other devices. Once I reboot my Note 4, the BT connection is usually back. But, sometimes I have problems even after I've rebooted the Note 4. If I power cycle my BT peripheral, I'm usually OK as well.
So - my question is: could it be possible that some of my Bluetooth peripherals (like my Jawbone UP24) may be causing some type of interference? Or, do I have faulty hardware?

Older Bluetooth Devices always seem to be hit or miss on the newer Samsung devices that have been coming out. May be its age being the factor, lol. :silly:

[Q] Looking for some help with my note 4 edge

Morning.
I am having a problem with my note 4 edge and my car stereo. Here is a little background.
I have a 2012 Subaru STi with the stock stereo and Bluetooth capability. When I had a note 2 there were *zero* issues with the device automatically connecting when I got into the car and resuming where I left off.
When I traded my phone for the note 3, I lost the auto paring feature and had to go to my stereo every time I turned the car on and select my device. ( I did lots of trouble shooting here... stock, rooted, un rooted, different ROMs) and no mater what, I could not auto pair. Additionally, there were often times where in order to play a call through the stereo I had to go to the phone, select Bluetooth settings, select pair voice with car.
Soo it is time to get a note 4. I figure it cannot be any worse than going from a note 2 to the note 3. Boy was I wrong!
The note 4 does not auto connect either.
I use spotify for streaming the music and have the files downloaded locally to the phone. Without rhyme or reason, the music will simply stop playing and my car will show "BT-A (blue tooth audio) Paused as if I hit the pause button on spotify. When I look at the phone, the song is still playing without issue and is not paused as far as spotify is concerned. I then have to hit the back or next track song to resume playing music.
it is very random.. for example, 5-10 seconds into a song it stopped and did this about 10 times. The drive home yesterday would let me get about halfway through a song before this, and the day prior would always freeze a the end of a song.
I have reinstalled spotify, factory reset the phone without any luck.
I know the next step for trouble shooting is to start trying different media sources and comparing (holidays/work have made that hard).
has anyone had issues with their note 4 and their car stereo? I will likely just be buying a new stereo because this is starting to be frustrating.

You need new radio that supports bluetooth 4.0
BAD ASS NOTE 4

BACARDILIMON said:
You need new radio that supports bluetooth 4.0
BAD ASS NOTE 4
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Was there a change from functionality from the note 3 to note 4 regarding Bluetooth? If the autopairing is the issue, I understand that. However, once connected, I cannot figure out why it hiccups and stops.

drocksmash said:
Was there a change from functionality from the note 3 to note 4 regarding Bluetooth? If the autopairing is the issue, I understand that. However, once connected, I cannot figure out why it hiccups and stops.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes it had changes
BAD ASS NOTE 4

Interesting. Man this was unexpected! Thank you very much for your info. I guess I figured this was not a Bluetooth generation issue since it still pairs when I manually do it.

drocksmash said:
Interesting. Man this was unexpected! Thank you very much for your info. I guess I figured this was not a Bluetooth generation issue since it still pairs when I manually do it.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
https://www.bluetooth.org/en-us/specification/adopted-specifications
so many changes it not worth buying a head unit cause you still gonna need to modify the phone with the new files as long as it does not need new hardware. if your note 3 worked maybe see if a dev is willing to downgrade ur bluetooth or teach ya what you need to move around.

BACARDILIMON said:
https://www.bluetooth.org/en-us/specification/adopted-specifications
so many changes it not worth buying a head unit cause you still gonna need to modify the phone with the new files as long as it does not need new hardware. if your note 3 worked maybe see if a dev is willing to downgrade ur bluetooth or teach ya what you need to move around.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Well I think a new head unit is in the future regardless, the STi is fast but lackluster with comfort features such as sound. Would it be safe to assume that any mid-top shelf head unit would be compatible? I have looked at a few, they do not seem to state a Bluetooth version with them.
I may just go toy around with some at the store and decide from that.

drocksmash said:
Well I think a new head unit is in the future regardless, the STi is fast but lackluster with comfort features such as sound. Would it be safe to assume that any mid-top shelf head unit would be compatible? I have looked at a few, they do not seem to state a Bluetooth version with them.
I may just go toy around with some at the store and decide from that.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If you go to let's say pioneer site it has a place for compatibale devices. The note 4 is not yet but in future it might be. You can email them and ask if they will make it compatible in time. But it still not 100%
BAD ASS NOTE 4

drocksmash said:
Morning.
I am having a problem with my note 4 edge and my car stereo. Here is a little background.
I have a 2012 Subaru STi with the stock stereo and Bluetooth capability. When I had a note 2 there were *zero* issues with the device automatically connecting when I got into the car and resuming where I left off.
When I traded my phone for the note 3, I lost the auto paring feature and had to go to my stereo every time I turned the car on and select my device. ( I did lots of trouble shooting here... stock, rooted, un rooted, different ROMs) and no mater what, I could not auto pair. Additionally, there were often times where in order to play a call through the stereo I had to go to the phone, select Bluetooth settings, select pair voice with car.
Soo it is time to get a note 4. I figure it cannot be any worse than going from a note 2 to the note 3. Boy was I wrong!
The note 4 does not auto connect either.
I use spotify for streaming the music and have the files downloaded locally to the phone. Without rhyme or reason, the music will simply stop playing and my car will show "BT-A (blue tooth audio) Paused as if I hit the pause button on spotify. When I look at the phone, the song is still playing without issue and is not paused as far as spotify is concerned. I then have to hit the back or next track song to resume playing music.
it is very random.. for example, 5-10 seconds into a song it stopped and did this about 10 times. The drive home yesterday would let me get about halfway through a song before this, and the day prior would always freeze a the end of a song.
I have reinstalled spotify, factory reset the phone without any luck.
I know the next step for trouble shooting is to start trying different media sources and comparing (holidays/work have made that hard).
has anyone had issues with their note 4 and their car stereo? I will likely just be buying a new stereo because this is starting to be frustrating.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Have you tried using your phone with another bluetooth device example a bluetooth speaker etc?...The reason I ask is I have hands free bluetooth with my 2014 Nissan Titan, it worked fine with Note 3 I had previously, connected with no issues but when I received the Note 4 for some reason it would disconnect from bluetooth. I than decided to pair my wireless bluetooth speaker I use to listen music from my phone and it didn't work. So I had to get a replacement Note 4 as bluetooth was the issue on the Note 4 as it didn't work, so you might have the same issue.

Damn... i think you are right. Does the new note 4 work fine with your car? I jus thooked this up to my A33 bluetooth speaker and it does the same thing... cuts in and out, plays weird and not right. I already paid 25$ for the screen protector to be applied... im going to be pissed i have to return it.
Did you get a new device or refurb?

Knight-Rider said:
Have you tried using your phone with another bluetooth device example a bluetooth speaker etc?...The reason I ask is I have hands free bluetooth with my 2014 Nissan Titan, it worked fine with Note 3 I had previously, connected with no issues but when I received the Note 4 for some reason it would disconnect from bluetooth. I than decided to pair my wireless bluetooth speaker I use to listen music from my phone and it didn't work. So I had to get a replacement Note 4 as bluetooth was the issue on the Note 4 as it didn't work, so you might have the same issue.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
To throw another variable in the mix...
I have no issue with streaming Bluetooth Netflix to my Beats headphones... with spotify messing up with my car and blue tooth speaker, perhaps it is a spotify issue.
I will get another streaming app to test out.
How could it work with my headphones without issue, but not with other devices and result in a hardware problem for the phone? This is now making me think it is more likely an issue with spotify

drocksmash said:
To throw another variable in the mix...
I have no issue with streaming Bluetooth Netflix to my Beats headphones... with spotify messing up with my car and blue tooth speaker, perhaps it is a spotify issue.
I will get another streaming app to test out.
How could it work with my headphones without issue, but not with other devices and result in a hardware problem for the phone? This is now making me think it is more likely an issue with spotify
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
And another thought!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnYFs6OpGGs
Shows some interesting ways to mess with my car's stock head unit. One of the comments mentions there are two ways to pair a Bluetooth device and only 1 is meant for the owner which includes auto connect. I am going to see if that is my issue and post back!