Low sound volume, android wear? - Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Anyone notice that after you use an android wear device, things such as youtube are super quiet? I'm not sure if its related.
I do have it set to mute while connected to the watch, but after i put teh watch away and use the phone, all sound seems very low, even when its turned all the way up. What gives?

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Pushing Notifications through Bluetooth?

Here is the deal...
I often have no choice but to leave my phone upstairs where it can get a signal while I go downstairs to cook, watch television etc...I've got a fairly big house so I can't hear the phone make any noises, which sucks because if my girlfriend messages me I might not get it for a while.
What I need is to push the notification sound through my bluetooth speaker...so I can hear it downstairs. Is there a way to do that? I've searched and tried everything I can think but all I get are tiny little beeps that are barely audible.
Kirkymole said:
Here is the deal...
I often have no choice but to leave my phone upstairs where it can get a signal while I go downstairs to cook, watch television etc...I've got a fairly big house so I can't hear the phone make any noises, which sucks because if my girlfriend messages me I might not get it for a while.
What I need is to push the notification sound through my bluetooth speaker...so I can hear it downstairs. Is there a way to do that? I've searched and tried everything I can think but all I get are tiny little beeps that are barely audible.
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Hmm... I found that when playing music on my car's bluetooth system, notifications stop the music, and I hear like the last part of the notification noise. I feel that short beeps don't register quick enough for the bluetooth to transmit so it truncates some of it. Also, correct me if I'm wrong, bluetooth has a sleep state to consume less battery, so even when connected to an audio device there's a slight "delay" of audio being played to the system due to having to establish a connection and relaying the audio. It just isn't as real-time as we'd like it to be. Honestly, I don't think there's a way to fix this due to the nature of how bluetooth works and the sleep state it has to reduce battery consumption. Maybe you can use a really long notification that lasts longer than 5 seconds to ensure it can be heard over your speakers?
TamSE3P said:
Hmm... I found that when playing music on my car's bluetooth system, notifications stop the music, and I hear like the last part of the notification noise. I feel that short beeps don't register quick enough for the bluetooth to transmit so it truncates some of it. Also, correct me if I'm wrong, bluetooth has a sleep state to consume less battery, so even when connected to an audio device there's a slight "delay" of audio being played to the system due to having to establish a connection and relaying the audio. It just isn't as real-time as we'd like it to be. Honestly, I don't think there's a way to fix this due to the nature of how bluetooth works and the sleep state it has to reduce battery consumption. Maybe you can use a really long notification that lasts longer than 5 seconds to ensure it can be heard over your speakers?
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Thanks for the reply, very helpful. Maybe you are onto something there with the longer notification tone, I may set up a sound profile profile purely to use at home on Bluetooth where the notification noise is actually the same as my ringtone.

[SOLVED] Music "turning down" when song gets louder - Bluetooth

I've been trying to pin point this problem for a while. I've only really noticed this when connecting to my cars bluetooth, but when a song goes into a louder part, it gets quieter. If the song goes through a quiet section, it turns back up.
I'm not talking about the actual phone going through the turning up and down, it's like the software processes it and alters the volume so I can't "get my rock on"
When a song hits a bass section is a good example. The volume may be cool but if some decent bass kicks in, it'll go quieter. If the bass stops, the music will go noticeably louder.
I know it's not the stereo since my old phone and my wife's didn't do it. It's really bad at times as well, on some occasions I've had to turn it up.
I know it's not the files either. It doesn't seem to do it with headphones, and if it does it'll be a lot more subtle because I haven't been able to pick it up.
I've tried turning off the equaliser but hasn't made a difference.
Does any one else have the problem or know what it could be?
ckai said:
I've been trying to pin point this problem for a while. I've only really noticed this when connecting to my cars bluetooth, but when a song goes into a louder part, it gets quieter. If the song goes through a quiet section, it turns back up.
I'm not talking about the actual phone going through the turning up and down, it's like the software processes it and alters the volume so I can't "get my rock on"
When a song hits a bass section is a good example. The volume may be cool but if some decent bass kicks in, it'll go quieter. If the bass stops, the music will go noticeably louder.
I know it's not the stereo since my old phone and my wife's didn't do it. It's really bad at times as well, on some occasions I've had to turn it up.
I know it's not the files either. It doesn't seem to do it with headphones, and if it does it'll be a lot more subtle because I haven't been able to pick it up.
I've tried turning off the equaliser but hasn't made a difference.
Does any one else have the problem or know what it could be?
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Do you have Dynamic Normalizer enabled in the sound effects? Because that is exactly what it does if on.
hontouni said:
Do you have Dynamic Normalizer enabled in the sound effects? Because that is exactly what it does if on.
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Thanks mate. I didn't think it was on and thought I had played around with all those settings before but had a look at it was on.
After turning it off it's improved it. I also noticed the the EQ on the stereo was set to 'Dynamic' which adjusts everything based on the music. I think this as well as having Dynamic Normaliser on amplified the problem.
I feel like a bit of a plonker now not looking at the simple things

[Q] Strange headset notification problems

Hi, just upgraded from my Galaxy Note to the z1 yesterday.
Very impressed with the phone so far, but I have encountered one strange problem that I can seem to find no other comments about.
When I connect a headset (the bundled one, specifically) and turn my phone to silent mode so I can enjoy my audiobook in peace without being bothered every time I get a new promotional email, the notification sound plays over and pauses my audio book.
It does this no matter whether I turn the phone to silent, vibrate, turn the ringtone and notification volume to 0, and whether or not I make these changes manually or allow the smart connect app to make them for me.
The strange thing is, it only plays the notification sounds when something is playing through the headset. When I'm sitting just using the headset as a handsfree then everything behaves as expected - if a notification comes in, the phone will vibrate, flash the notification led, but won't make a peep otherwise. But as soon as media is playing, the phone seems to make up its own mind to vibrate and play the notification sound even though I've put it on silent.
Am I the only one experiencing this bug, or, more surprisingly, am I the only one who finds it hugely irritating?
Can anyone else even confirm if this behaviour is normal or is there something bugged out?
Over 60 views and no one can even confirm if this is actually how the phone is meant to deal with notifications?
Yes, I think is just You. Anyway, you have to play with settings because there have to be the solution, if you do not that mean is how supposed to be. If you are Rooted maybe you can edit some notification so if they will not show up you will not listen the sound in the handset.
I've tried everything! On my other phones (used an htc desire hd and a galaxy note) once I had my phone on silent then I didn't get audible notifications whether I had a headset plugged in or not. On the Z1 though I can't seem to get rid of them. I only hear them when I'm playing music, I wouldn't mind if it gave me an audible notification if I just had my headset plugged in as a handsfree and wasn't listening to anything, but having my music interrupted is pretty annoying, and I still don't even know if it's just something stupid I'm doing or if that's just the way it is.
I'm not rooted, I don't really want to since it stops sky go from working, but if it can stop the notification headache I might be willing. Don't really want to install a custom ROM unless the camera performance is as good as stock either
Yeah, I get it too. Too lazy to check the player settings though so not sure if it is something in the player settings that is doing this
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Yeah, I get it too. Too lazy to check the player settings though so not sure if it is something in the player settings that is doing this
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Good point, can be the player too.
haven't seen anything in the walkman or audible apps to turn this off and never had to do it on my previous phones. oh well, at least i know it's normal now, hopefully they fix it in an update. thanks.

Bluetooth Issue: Sound quality bad after connecting smartwatch

Been using jaybird bluebud X's on my S6 Edge for a while now, love them for the high audio quality. Then I picked up a Gear 2 Neo, connected it, and noticed my jaybirds were no longer producing the crisp clear sound they used too (highs are crackly and lows are muddy). I rebooted everything a few times, reconnected everything in different order, etc. Nothing really seemed to correct the issue reliably. A few times I got it all hooked up and it sounded good, but I couldn't reproduce it.
If I connect JUST the jaybirds, they sound just as good as ever. But as soon as I connect the watch, the headphones temporarily disconnect, then reconnect (sometimes they need a button push to reconnect), and the audio quality is poop.
Anyone have any ideas? Are there bluetooth settings on the devices that would allow me to force the high quality audio reliably? My assumption is the neo is pulling the audio quality of the jaybirds down since it has such a low quality speaker in it OR a second bluetooth device is stressing the antenna in the phone forcing it to not transmit at a high quality rate, but those are just my generally uneducated guesses.
:crying: PLEASE help this is such a deal breaker for the neo 2 as an every day wearable!
+1 on this. I have the same issue with a Neo 2. It happens with all bluetooth audio devices. My car bluetooth is choppy just transmitting voice. So much so that I can no longer talk hands free. I have Android wear on the watch now, but I also had the same issue with Tizen if I remember correctly. I may need to go back to Tizen to test.
Interesting. I've never had this happen to me. I have sometimes had issues connecting to other Bluetooth devices when I have my Gear 2 Neo connected, but never bad sound quality.
B4W said:
+1 on this. I have the same issue with a Neo 2. It happens with all bluetooth audio devices. My car bluetooth is choppy just transmitting voice. So much so that I can no longer talk hands free. I have Android wear on the watch now, but I also had the same issue with Tizen if I remember correctly. I may need to go back to Tizen to test.
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I also had the same issue with Tizen. I was hoping going native android MIGHT fix it (i didn't have high hopes) but it didn't really impact this issue at all.
How are more people not talking about this though? Can people really just not tell the difference of the audio?
Not everyone has a android wear watch. I am noticing the same thing too. My audio will cut in and out through all songs and this only happens when my phone screen is off and I have both my Wear and headphones connected over bluetooth.
I'm wondering if the minimum CPU state isn't enough to push the audio and wear info. (I have V4A installed as well, and wondering if this is eating up cpu)
I can deal with the cutting in and out, that only happens to me when I connect/disconnect one of the two manually.
But this seems to impact the audio quality specifically, which is driving me nuts. The other day it was I a state where I actually heard the quality dip down for about 20s then back up. The highs get crackly and the mid get muddy.
This watch is about to be shelved so I can utilize my ear buds.
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Question Are there others in this group experiencing strange issues with volume?

I've bought my S23+ about a month ago. One thing I thought I'd leave behind, when upgrading, was the very irritating behavior of the sound/volume suddenly with no reason I've been able to discern, go to almost zero. This happens when I'm listening to a podcast using the Pocket Casts app. I'm sure it would also happen while I'm talking to someone, but I don't make many phone calls, so I'm not sure about this. It's not associated with any podcast. I'll be listening to something, then suddenly the volume goes to almost zero. All I hear is a very faint sound, enough for me to know that Pocket Casts is playing something, but that's it. The phone's sound and volume controls all indicate that they're in a normal range, such as I used to listen to anything like podcasts, phone calls, music, etc. However, when my phone goes into this weird mode, it affects everything, including music, phone calls, etc. If I include the volume to 100%, it doesn't change what I hear, it remains at near zero. I can no longer listen to anything until I reboot the phone. Once I reboot it, then everything goes back to normal.
This shouldn't happen. I've no idea why it suddenly and inexplicably goes to almost zero. Nor do I know why increasing the sound has no effect.
Have other people experienced the same behavior? If so, is there some other action I could take, besides rebooting my phone, to restore it to normal volume?

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