[Q] Using PowerAmp and Bluetooth Car Control - Screen turns on - Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello,
Got my Nexus 6 yesterday and installed PowerAmp (not a fan of Google Music). The problem I am having is that when paired with my car Bluetooth and I use the Forward/Backward track controls from my car, the Nexus 6 screen turns on and then turns off.
Anyone know how to turn this off? From some initial searches threads are saying it's not PowerAmp but it's something to do with the ROM?
Thanks!

Wintrmte said:
Hello,
Got my Nexus 6 yesterday and installed PowerAmp (not a fan of Google Music). The problem I am having is that when paired with my car Bluetooth and I use the Forward/Backward track controls from my car, the Nexus 6 screen turns on and then turns off.
Anyone know how to turn this off? From some initial searches threads are saying it's not PowerAmp but it's something to do with the ROM?
Thanks!
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What version are you on? This started happening to me since the 5.1 update...using Google Play Music All Access, or whatever it's called now, and the screen turns on whenever I change tracks. If the phone isn't locked, it will stay on until it times out...which is 5 minutes for me...very bad.

Hi there - Android 5.1, Verizon Nexus 6.

Yes this is a known issue, sadly. It happens to me with Google play.
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BMW bluetooth Screen Dim issues

I'm already looked for 3 days all over the internet and can't seem to find the fix.
Issue:
AT&T Note 3 + 2013 BMW X5 paired and happy for 6+ months using BME bluetooth and headset no problems. Phone paired, bluetooth always connects, all functions (phone, messages, music etc all work).
Early March, noticed that when connected to BMW, as soon as screen dims during call, both the bluetooth connection and headset icon stay active but the phone drops into handset (ie phone's own speaker/mic) and although bluetooth remains connected and headset icon on, the sound is now via phone. Touch phone and screen lights up, everything is fine again until screen dims, then repeat fiasco.
Can't find offending issue or setting. Could have been an app or app update.
So, to fix, flashed car into latest BMW updated firmware.
Tried again, same issue.
Then update phone to KitKat.
Tried again, same issue.
Yes, the proximity sensors are off and yes phone is set to not dim when on call. Still does.
Can't figure out why this is happening. Seems to happen quicker with Powersaving Mode on.
Any ideas??
I am now resorting to trying some of the Apps that keep screen lit while app is running....
Phone is OEM (ie not rooted) stock AT&T GN3. Also, previously, the phone would sit on passenger seat or console without any proximity settings and do just fine until this started happened. I suspect it is some kind of app or update that has caused the phone to behave like this. The problem is the phone.
TIA
Same issue with my Honda Accord, paired with bluetooth, phone will become unresponsive for 2-5 min when playing music, but then I formatted the phone and since then no issues.
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[Q] Bluetooth audio cutting out.

Something I noticed today while driving was my Bluetooth audio would cutout every few minutes. It only happened on my Nexus 5 with an alpha ROM, but was fixed later. Anyone else notice this?
gakio12 said:
Something I noticed today while driving was my Bluetooth audio would cutout every few minutes. It only happened on my Nexus 5 with an alpha ROM, but was fixed later. Anyone else notice this?
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On the new moto x? No, I just had a couple hour car ride with zero issues listening to Play Music and Slacker Radio. Made a few calls, no issues either.
This happened to me on a 20 mile bike ride. Horrible having choppy audio for almost a few hours
I just noticed this too. I do have a Moto 360 as well so maybe that is messing with the blueooth? I have gone a couple car rides and it's perfect, and others it's really choppy.
This does seem to be a problem with me too. Sometimes perfect and sometimes not. When connected to Bluetooth I notice that Google maps speaker goes in and out as well as moto voice while driving
I can confirm that if you have a 360 this is the cause. You can verify this by disconnecting the 360 through wear and the problem going away. For now what I have due is set up an IFTT to disconnect wear when by car's Bluetooth is connected.
I actually don't have anything else connected via Bluetooth and it still happens to me.
I figured it out. I was driving and I turned off Bluetooth completely and the voice worked perfectly. As soon as I connected back to Bluetooth the voice got choppy again...
I looked over in the Note 3 forums, and users were experiencing the same thing. Someone said to listen to music with the screen on to fix it. Today I listened to music with the screen left on and sure enough my music didn't stutter once the whole car ride.
This leads me to think either the processor is getting clocked too low for playing music through A2DP when the screen is off, or perhaps active display makes it stutter whenever it activates. I will look into it further today.
In the mean time, does anyone know of a processor control app that will change the minimum processor clock if bluetooth is connected? Perhaps there is one with a tasker plugin.
I'm experiencing the same issue, really sucks.... I'll try disconnecting the Moto360 on my drive today and see if that fixes it - although I swear I've had the issue before while it wasn't connected.
gakio12 said:
I looked over in the Note 3 forums, and users were experiencing the same thing. Someone said to listen to music with the screen on to fix it. Today I listened to music with the screen left on and sure enough my music didn't stutter once the whole car ride.
This leads me to think either the processor is getting clocked too low for playing music through A2DP when the screen is off, or perhaps active display makes it stutter whenever it activates. I will look into it further today.
In the mean time, does anyone know of a processor control app that will change the minimum processor clock if bluetooth is connected? Perhaps there is one with a tasker plugin.
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SetCPU could possibly do this. You can definitely set the minimum CPU clock, but I'm not a 100% whether you can get it to do this WHEN a bluetooth device is connected. SetCPU has a profiles where you can define certain parameters based on conditions.
Of course, before you can get SetCPU working you'll need to root your phone and I have a suspicion that all other CPU clock apps will need root access too.
Has anyone had any luck resolving this?
gakio12 said:
I looked over in the Note 3 forums, and users were experiencing the same thing. Someone said to listen to music with the screen on to fix it. Today I listened to music with the screen left on and sure enough my music didn't stutter once the whole car ride.
This leads me to think either the processor is getting clocked too low for playing music through A2DP when the screen is off, or perhaps active display makes it stutter whenever it activates. I will look into it further today.
In the mean time, does anyone know of a processor control app that will change the minimum processor clock if bluetooth is connected? Perhaps there is one with a tasker plugin.
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I'm hoping that either an OTA or Android L will fix this. My Moto X is fine when I'm using my Motorola S11-HD headset, but when connected to my car it goes in and out every few seconds.
So it isn't the processor. So far i have it down to either Wi-Fi or active display. Will report more when i find it.
Turning Wi-Fi off while connected to my car Bluetooth has fixed the issue for me. At least, so far it has.
I'm using PowerAMP for playing music and when I enabled the "high priority" setting in the headphone/bluetooth settings it seems to have resolved the problem until today. This morning on the way from work it started to cut out every few seconds. grrrr...
I have 2 bluetooth adapters in my car, one which takes only phone audio and one which takes phone and media audio, the latter one continously drops and reconnects phone audio (even after forgetting the other device), which makes me believe it is some hardware compatibility issue
I have posted on the official Motorola Forums but I though I should re-post here as well becuase well....XDA fixes things.
So I just purchased a Moto X 2nd Gen Pure Edition as an upgrade to My 1st Gen Moto G. Both phones have the same problem with the Bluetooth Audio sounding like a scratched CD skipping and studdering and it seems to be way worse a problem on the Moto X than I ever had on the Moto G. It's not buffering it happens with music on the phone. It doesn't happen every time I'm in the car but I'd say 50% of the time.
I would think it's the car but before the Moto G I owned a Galaxy Nexus and never had the problem as far as I remember. I'm sure I would remember it's really really annoying. I have even tested with a friends HTC M8 over a long road trip and there seemed to be no issue there. In my car (2011 Subaru Impreza) with the G or X after a time it eventually starts skipping even if it takes a couple hours.
So I did some research before and have tried various things.
I have disabled the Wifi while connecting to BT as Motorola has recommended to owners of other phones. That didn't help them it doesn't help me.
I have removed all other BT devices from the phone while connected. Nope
I have removed the Phone in the profile so my car doesn't try to use it as a phone as well at the same time. Nothing
I have done all of the above at the same time stopped every other program other than Google Music and added the phone to my car fresh and I still have this issue.
During my research about my car the only complaints similar I found seem to come from someone else with Moto phones. I dont' know what they do special with their Bluetooth but it's not helping me out.
You could try to upgrade your car's firmware. Some dealers do this for free, with some cars it is easy to do yourself
godutch said:
You could try to upgrade your car's firmware. Some dealers do this for free, with some cars it is easy to do yourself
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This is what fixed the audio in my Mustang with Sync. The Ford dealership did not charge me anything for them to do it.
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Bluetooth streaming skipping

The day I got my pure edition it got the update for lollipop, so I don't know if this happened in KitKat. When I stream music over Bluetooth and the moto active display kicks in, the music pauses for a split second. Kind of makes it useless for streaming. Anyone else? Stock, unrooted, locked boot loader
I have the same issue, didn't connect it to the active display tho. Works better after a recent reboot, but still will skip occasionally. I have noticed that it seems to be Google Play music that has the issue. Pocket casts hardly ever skips.
enochpc said:
I have the same issue, didn't connect it to the active display tho. Works better after a recent reboot, but still will skip occasionally. I have noticed that it seems to be Google Play music that has the issue. Pocket casts hardly ever skips.
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i'm surprised no one else has noticed this. it happens with me on spotify.. its terrible in the car
I use Google play all access with the BT in my car with Dodge's Uconnect (2012 MY) and the only time I get skipping or stuttering with the music is if I connect, walk far enough away to loose connection while streaming music and then walk back in range. Like if I forgot something in the house. If I get a notification, the music volume will go down, but then I hear the notification though the speakers.
This is on a PE with 5.0
Interesting... I've used bluetooth to stream Google Music and Soundcloud a lot in my car, and I haven't noticed this issue (I'm really nit-picky on this stuff, so I'm not sure I would have missed it).
I'm also on Lollipop, updated back when I got my pure edition around new years.
I'm looking forward to 5.02 or 5.1, which ever we get next, as I have several annoying bugs (including bluetooth) that I hope are addressed. I am currently stock, 5.0, but am seriously ready to try cm12 now that they have bluetooth ironed out. Still love the active display tho, even tho it randomly goes off or won't work for no apparent reason.
Lot's of manual reboots on my phone, at least compared to my old M7, if it wasn't for the camera I would still have that phone.
I've only noticed skipping using Pandora. Google play music doesn't skip.

Bluetooth and Play music bug

I have an N6 on Verizon. I am rooted and unlocked running stock Android 5.0.1. If I am connected to the phone with my Plantronics bluetooth headset, every time I place a call and then hang up when the call is over, Play music launches and begins to play music. The app doesn't actually open, but music starts and play music is in the notification pull down. Anyone else having this issue or have a solution?
skennelly said:
I have an N6 on Verizon. I am rooted and unlocked running stock Android 5.0.1. If I am connected to the phone with my Plantronics bluetooth headset, every time I place a call and then hang up when the call is over, Play music launches and begins to play music. The app doesn't actually open, but music starts and play music is in the notification pull down. Anyone else having this issue or have a solution?
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is the hang up button the same as the play button? (if the headphones have controls on them)
if i connect my headphones via BT and hit the play button Play Music automatically starts
shelooga said:
is the hang up button the same as the play button? (if the headphones have controls on them)
if i connect my headphones via BT and hit the play button Play Music automatically starts
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Thanks for the quick reply. My bluetooth has one button. I just tried pressing it and music did not start. I called my voicemail twice. The first time I hung up with the button on the phone and nothing happened. The second time I used the button on my headset to hang up and music started playing.
How would I stop this?
skennelly said:
Thanks for the quick reply. My bluetooth has one button. I just tried pressing it and music did not start. I called my voicemail twice. The first time I hung up with the button on the phone and nothing happened. The second time I used the button on my headset to hang up and music started playing.
How would I stop this?
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i havent dove into the settings for : the device itself, the bluetooth settings, or Play Music. it may be imbedded in there, or it may be unchangeable/a bug. not sure tho to be honest
Same problem
I have exact the same issue on Nexus 5x Android 6.0.1 and Plantronics M165
This is a common issue from that BT oem. One of the main reason they are not used alot.

Youtube Music suddenly runs without any interaction

Hello everybody,
First of all : Happy new year !
I own a Pixel 4 XL running a stock ROM with the bootloader still locked (I actually don't flash my phones anymore since I'm a team Pixel member haha). I use Android Auto very often because of my job.
Here is my problem : Since the december update (I guess) when I disconnect my phone from my car (using the cable & bluetooth), and put my phone in my pocket, the song from the last music suddenly runs very loud (max volume) even if I manually stop the music player beforehand. I tried a lot of things to stop this problem that seems very random : I cleared the YT Music cache, I disabled motion sense gestures, I even did a factory reset but the problem is still here.
I have to think every time I get out of my car to low the volume before this bug comes out..
Have you encountered that problem ? Do you guys have any idea that could help me ?
Thanks in advance !
Nobody can help me ?
I don't know, what does team Pixel say?
I don't think there is a solution and you aren't alone. I don't use YT for audio, but all music apps have the same pain in the ass behavior because they don't close automatically and most often you have to use "recents" to kill them off. This is the same with Spotify and Pandora. I find myself having to close AA itself sometimes because it stays open long after I've left the car. Sometimes 20 minutes later I look down and notice it is still running. If it can start up automatically when BT connects, or even when "hearing" driving noises like the engine, the reverse should be true. You turn the car off, unplug, exit the vehicle WHY does it continue running? Not one of the top 3 music apps will kill itself.
Thanks for answering !
I actually didn't know anyone else would have the same problem so this is reassuring me hah
Yes that is so annoying having your phone waking up with music with the volume toaximum whereas 10 minutes ago you thought you did everything to shut it up
I think I've had this happen literally once and I do use YouTube Music. Have never had it replicated. Is it still happening with the happened with the January update?
EeZeEpEe said:
I think I've had this happen literally once and I do use YouTube Music. Have never had it replicated. Is it still happening with the happened with the January update?
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Unfortunately, yes it still happens despite the last update. The only thing that seems help me avoiding the problem is when I manually stop the music in my car before unplugging the phone. Then, for safety I put the media volume to the minimum so if the music starts again in my pocket, I won't hear it.
!J2B! said:
Unfortunately, yes it still happens despite the last update. The only thing that seems help me avoiding the problem is when I manually stop the music in my car before unplugging the phone. Then, for safety I put the media volume to the minimum so if the music starts again in my pocket, I won't hear it.
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Interesting, so you're connected via Bluetooth to your car, turn off the ignition, and it'll still be playing? At that point, that's when my YouTube Music pauses.
EeZeEpEe said:
Interesting, so you're connected via Bluetooth to your car, turn off the ignition, and it'll still be playing? At that point, that's when my YouTube Music pauses.
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Actually no. I plug my P4XL to my car through USB then it connects via Bluetooth and Android Auto runs on my car's screen. Everything work fine. When I'm arrived, I unplug my phone, turn of the ignition and the sound normally stops and YTM pauses. But something like 10 minutes later, when I'm far from the car, the last song I was playing in the car restart through the phone with absolutely no interaction on it.
!J2B! said:
Actually no. I plug my P4XL to my car through USB then it connects via Bluetooth and Android Auto runs on my car's screen. Everything work fine. When I'm arrived, I unplug my phone, turn of the ignition and the sound normally stops and YTM pauses. But something like 10 minutes later, when I'm far from the car, the last song I was playing in the car restart through the phone with absolutely no interaction on it.
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Ah okay. Thanks for the clarification. Yeah I use Android Auto just on my phone.
!J2B! said:
Thanks for answering !
I actually didn't know anyone else would have the same problem so this is reassuring me hah
Yes that is so annoying having your phone waking up with music with the volume toaximum whereas 10 minutes ago you thought you did everything to shut it up
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I have a similar problem. I drive a lot throughout the day and Stream SiriusXM on my Phone through the BT on my work van. Very often, I get out and within an unspecified period of time, Sirius will start playing, full volume for no reason. It's as annoying as the Google Assistant suddenly responding to something I said without me using the OK Google prompt.
The fix is to close Sirius and swipe away the player controls in the status bar dropdown
HipKat said:
I have a similar problem. I drive a lot throughout the day and Stream SiriusXM on my Phone through the BT on my work van. Very often, I get out and within an unspecified period of time, Sirius will start playing, full volume for no reason. It's as annoying as the Google Assistant suddenly responding to something I said without me using the OK Google prompt.
The fix is to close Sirius and swipe away the player controls in the status bar dropdown
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Thanks for your feedback ! I don't have the Google Assistant problem you have but the exact same problem for the media. So it's not due to YT Music or Sirius. It's an overall media problem.
Unfortunately, I can't close the app because when I unplug the phone, YouTube Music isn't even open. And swiping right the player controls doesn't seem to work.
The only thing that seems to work is to stop the stream through Android Auto before turning off the engine and unplugging. But I have to think every time I leave my car
!J2B! said:
Thanks for your feedback ! I don't have the Google Assistant problem you have but the exact same problem for the media. So it's not due to YT Music or Sirius. It's an overall media problem.
Unfortunately, I can't close the app because when I unplug the phone, YouTube Music isn't even open. And swiping right the player controls doesn't seem to work.
The only thing that seems to work is to stop the stream through Android Auto before turning off the engine and unplugging. But I have to think every time I leave my car
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I haven't tried stopping it before I turn off the van, but that's an idea. I think when I turn off the engine, it pauses the stream on the device, sure, but what causes it to just start playing again??
TBH, that and the random dead spots around the edges of my phone since Android 11, I'm getting a little aggravated.
HipKat said:
I haven't tried stopping it before I turn off the van, but that's an idea. I think when I turn off the engine, it pauses the stream on the device, sure, but what causes it to just start playing again??
TBH, that and the random dead spots around the edges of my phone since Android 11, I'm getting a little aggravated.
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I absolutely don't know what causes it to start the music again. But closing it before turning off the engine and then force closing the streaming app does help. That way, the phone has nothing to turn back on
Regarding the dead spots since the update I don't have this problem... Yet. But yeah, Android 11 is one of the worst major update the past few years. Hope they will fix these problems soon.
IsaacDavidson said:
Have you tried to write them in customer support? I think that it is a system bug
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Yes I already tried but the support didn't even seem to understand the real problem. We were speaking in my native language though. Seems like french support sucks

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