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Bluetooth car streaming distortion

I am experiencing distortion/popping/cracking while streaming music via bluetooth from my HTC One to my car's headunit. I'm using the default music app and 320kbps mp3s. Never had this issue with my Galaxy SII.
I turned off Beats Audio, but that didn't solve it. I hope a fix can be found for this because I love this phone.
Anyone in the same boat?

RageOfFury said:
I am experiencing distortion/popping/cracking while streaming music via bluetooth from my HTC One to my car's headunit. I'm using the default music app and 320kbps mp3s. Never had this issue with my Galaxy SII.
I turned off Beats Audio, but that didn't solve it. I hope a fix can be found for this because I love this phone.
Anyone in the same boat?
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I am having the exact same problem. Quite frustrating. Main problem is distortion, particularly in higher frequencies.
I have tested my HTC One on headphones, and there is no problem. The problem is over bluetooth streaming to car head unit. I have used 2 other phones (GSIII and Iphone) on the same head unit without any problem.
I largely play 320kbps spotify files.
If this problem can't be fixed in the short term, I am strongly considering returning the phone as i consider this a serious fault.

Apparently the new update (1.29) fixes the bluetooth issues amongst other things. I've still not received it though

quicksilver92 said:
Apparently the new update (1.29) fixes the bluetooth issues amongst other things. I've still not received it though
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I can confirm this, 1.29 works great streaming over bluetooth to my car stereo. No distortion at all with beats turned on.

GitAlongLilDoggies said:
I can confirm this, 1.29 works great streaming over bluetooth to my car stereo. No distortion at all with beats turned on.
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I'm presently running software version 1.29.980.2. So it seems 1.29 dosn't fix the problem?

vortex88 said:
I'm presently running software version 1.29.980.2. So it seems 1.29 dosn't fix the problem?
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Any other thoughts on what the problem could be?

https://code.google.com/p/android/i...c=ID Type Status Owner Summary Stars&id=39632
That might be the problem, even though that is a 4.2 issue.
It requires a software fix.

vortex88 said:
I'm presently running software version 1.29.980.2. So it seems 1.29 dosn't fix the problem?
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I am having the same issue with my 2009 Acura TSX and I'm running version 1.29.401.13. I have contacted HTC about this issue and it was escalated to a higher echelon of techs to work on, but so far, no answer or fix.
I have even tried the "fix" located on a german site, still no luck.

Yep... Bluetooth over MyLink sounds awful in the high frequencies... Almost like its only transmitting at 48kbps.

Did anyone every get this issue fixed?
Would flashing to another ROM fix it?

Marshmellow Bluetooth Phone Issues?

As soon as I updated to Marshmellow I instantly starting having issues with my audio quality via bluetooth car. On 5.1.1 voice quality was fine, but now it sounds almost like it's out of phase and skipping badly. Is this a known issue, if so, is there a fix?
Thanks!

I use BT in my truck every day. I haven't had any skips that are consistent. Every once in a while, I might hear the audio drop for a split second, but I don't find that it's worse than it was before. I use mine for music and voice calls. I never have any trouble with voice calls. I've always had those little random split second drops with any phone I've had, so I figure it's my stereo.

This sounds more like someone put the whole car underwater and is trying to speak with their mouth full of water as well. I had no problems before when I was on 5.1.1. I've tried a customer 6.0 rom and it has the same problem. I'll try going back to a 5.1.1 rom and see if still does it.

sirianthe3rd said:
This sounds more like someone put the whole car underwater and is trying to speak with their mouth full of water as well. I had no problems before when I was on 5.1.1. I've tried a customer 6.0 rom and it has the same problem. I'll try going back to a 5.1.1 rom and see if still does it.
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The Bluetooth bug is a known bug in MM, Google it and you'll find out.

DrakenFX said:
The Bluetooth bug is a known bug in MM, Google it and you'll find out.
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I saw issues where there were bluetooth connection issues where there would be no audio, but not specifically my problem. Do you have any documentation so I know what to look for in the future?
Audio streaming from something like Spotify is not affected, just when the car is used as a headset.

sirianthe3rd said:
I saw issues where there were bluetooth connection issues where there would be no audio, but not specifically my problem. Do you have any documentation so I know what to look for in the future?
Audio streaming from something like Spotify is not affected, just when the car is used as a headset.
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i don't remember the Doc. about the issue, i remember reading about it few months ago and yeah was about Car Bluetooth connection but not every car by the way.

DrakenFX said:
i don't remember the Doc. about the issue, i remember reading about it few months ago and yeah was about Car Bluetooth connection but not every car by the way.
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Thanks for trying. I went back to Lollipop and the issue is gone. Definitely a bug in Marshmallow.

My experience was opposite. Bluetooth sound quality was horrible on 5.1. After updating to 6.0 all problem went away. I was extremely happy with their fix.

Huawei Mate 20 Lite - bad bluetooth quality

Has anyone else problems with poor bluetooth quality?
There are some threads for other Huawei phones with the same problem. (https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-10/how-to/mate-10-pro-crippled-bluetooth-t3769366/page3)
I've got poor audio quality over bluetooth, too. The high and mid freqs are distorted. So i can't hear music over BT.
Let me know if you noticed something familiar.

I, too, am experiencing issues with my bluetooth speaker quality.
When playing music, audio will cut in and out but it almost sounds like a CD is skipping, which is weird. What I noticed is that if I received a notification or if there's a background process running, the skipping was even worse.
I did a Google search earlier and I saw some other people having the same issue, but now I can't seem to find the page.
I'll be following this thread very closely and will update as I dig for more information.
Model: SNE-LX3
Build: 8.2.0.110(C605)
Baseband: 21C10B696S000C000,21C10B696S000C000

soundi1337 said:
Has anyone else problems with poor bluetooth quality?
There are some threads for other Huawei phones with the same problem. (https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-10/how-to/mate-10-pro-crippled-bluetooth-t3769366/page3)
I've got poor audio quality over bluetooth, too. The high and mid freqs are distorted. So i can't hear music over BT.
Let me know if you noticed something familiar.
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May I ask what type of bluetooth device is connected to the mobile phone? What is your current mobile version?
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jukidyah said:
I, too, am experiencing issues with my bluetooth speaker quality.
When playing music, audio will cut in and out but it almost sounds like a CD is skipping, which is weird. What I noticed is that if I received a notification or if there's a background process running, the skipping was even worse.
I did a Google search earlier and I saw some other people having the same issue, but now I can't seem to find the page.
I'll be following this thread very closely and will update as I dig for more information.
Model: SNE-LX3
Build: 8.2.0.110(C605)
Baseband: 21C10B696S000C000,21C10B696S000C000
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I don't have this problem. Could you tell me the model of your bluetooth stereo?

bobo have a dream said:
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I don't have this problem. Could you tell me the model of your bluetooth stereo?
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The speaker is a Bose Soundlink Micro. I'm actually updating the firmware at this moment and will be using it while biking to work this morning.
My previous phone (Honor 8) never had this issue.

Update: Forgive me for hijacking this, but I believe it might be related with the BT radio along with background processes which maybe could be related to OP's issue.
When connected to my speaker and playing music, turning off the screen, then turning it back on again reproduces the audio skipping issue. Audio goes to normal after 6-8 seconds but will happen again everytime I wake the screen. Does not matter what app I'm using (spotify, music player, google music, etc).
Hopefully, an update or someone figuring out a hack would fix this but I am actively trying to find workarounds for the interim.

No Bluetooth Audio Through Head Unit!

Hello, Im new to this site but I've always found helpful answers here so I thought I'd ask a question. I have had LG phones for about 4 years now. The G4, and all the v series up to the v40. I have always had an issue with Bluetooth audio and I've yet to find a solution. It seems to be only when connecting to a car radio. At first it will play fine and then it just stops. The progress bar continues in the music app and the radio says it's playing but there's no sound. The only way I've found to make it work again is to restart my phone, which I have to do at least every other song if not more. Anyone else have this issue or know a solution? BTW it's not just one particular radio it's every car Ive tried it in. But Bluetooth speakers or headphones work just fine. So frustrating!

Semi-educated guess; software issue within car systems?
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Any chance you are using a fitbit or other device that uses BLE? I had that issue, disabled the fitbit app and my music started working. Big difference tho, I could restart the google music app and it would start again...didn't require a phone reboot like you mentioned.

Can CC audio be played to a different device?

I am trying to get the audio from my CC with GTV to play to another source. My preference would be to cast the audio from CCGTV to another Google speaker because that would be the most elegant solution. But I do not think this is possible. I know you can include the Chromecast in a speaker group but as far as I can tell that is only so the same audio can play from your speakers and your TV simultaneously.
The other option that could work is to pair an external speaker with CCGTV via bluetooth. But according to this thread this is not a great solution because you have to forget and then re-pair the speaker every time. The thread has nearly 150 upvotes but Google closed it a month ago. There was no solution to this issue at the time but I wonder if the recent firmware update made bluetooth connections more stable?
Shortly after posting this I discovered that you can access the Play store directly on the Chromecast. I wonder if there is an app I could install that would let me cast audio from the CC to a Google speaker?

uscpsycho said:
I am trying to get the audio from my CC with GTV to play to another source. My preference would be to cast the audio from CCGTV to another Google speaker because that would be the most elegant solution. But I do not think this is possible. I know you can include the Chromecast in a speaker group but as far as I can tell that is only so the same audio can play from your speakers and your TV simultaneously.
The other option that could work is to pair an external speaker with CCGTV via bluetooth. But according to this thread this is not a great solution because you have to forget and then re-pair the speaker every time. The thread has nearly 150 upvotes but Google closed it a month ago. There was no solution to this issue at the time but I wonder if the recent firmware update made bluetooth connections more stable?
Shortly after posting this I discovered that you can access the Play store directly on the Chromecast. I wonder if there is an app I could install that would let me cast audio from the CC to a Google speaker?
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I am not experiencing any issues with using my UE Megaboom as an external BT speaker on our CCwGTV. No need to forget and re-pair it every time, I just switch on CC, switch on speaker and they connect automatically.

jbmc83 said:
I am not experiencing any issues with using my UE Megaboom as an external BT speaker on our CCwGTV. No need to forget and re-pair it every time, I just switch on CC, switch on speaker and they connect automatically.
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How long have you been using the bluetooth speaker this way? Have you tried any other BT speakers prior to the Megaboom?

uscpsycho said:
How long have you been using the bluetooth speaker this way? Have you tried any other BT speakers prior to the Megaboom?
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Hmm, let's see...I think we started using it regularly around maybe end of Jan/beg of Feb? Might be related to the latest system update that was rolled out in Feb, but not sure on that.
Haven't tried other speakers yet, since this is our go-to big boy for sound. If you want I can try my BT headphones and our smaller Xiaomi BT speaker to check and see on their functionality with Sabrina.

jbmc83 said:
Hmm, let's see...I think we started using it regularly around maybe end of Jan/beg of Feb? Might be related to the latest system update that was rolled out in Feb, but not sure on that.
Haven't tried other speakers yet, since this is our go-to big boy for sound. If you want I can try my BT headphones and our smaller Xiaomi BT speaker to check and see on their functionality with Sabrina.
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Yes, please. I would really appreciate that. If possible, leave the bt device powered on and turn the cc off for several hours before turning the cc back on. This is my use case, the bt speaker will always be on and I need cc to connect to it right away when it is turned on.
Thanks in advance!

jbmc83 said:
Hmm, let's see...I think we started using it regularly around maybe end of Jan/beg of Feb? Might be related to the latest system update that was rolled out in Feb, but not sure on that.
Haven't tried other speakers yet, since this is our go-to big boy for sound. If you want I can try my BT headphones and our smaller Xiaomi BT speaker to check and see on their functionality with Sabrina.
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Any update on this?
I'm really surprised that you aren't having to re-pair your speaker every time. I discovered two more threads on reddit where people complain about this happening to them to. I have a feeling you are the exception rather than the norm:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Chromecast/comments/lmfya1
https://www.reddit.com/r/Chromecast/comments/lbd3yn
(point #1)

uscpsycho said:
Any update on this?
I'm really surprised that you aren't having to re-pair your speaker every time. I discovered two more threads on reddit where people complain about this happening to them to. I have a feeling you are the exception rather than the norm:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Chromecast/comments/lmfya1
https://www.reddit.com/r/Chromecast/comments/lbd3yn
(point #1)
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Haven't forgotten about this yet, gonna have a look this weekend with the different speaker / headphone.
Last night I was watching a show with my lady via the CC and I switched on our UE Megaboom to connect. I forgot to switch off my phone's BT (had them paired before for workout), so they connected automatically.
I then switched off my phone's BT and also restarted the speaker, it automatically paired with the CC without us having to go into settings.
btw @"norm" vs. "exception": hope you are aware that you would most likely only find threads of people who have troubles with this others without issues are less likely to post and are thus far less visible.
edit: by the way, i noticed one big difference between your experience and the two threads you posted vs. my case: we are using the CC with a computer monitor without in-built speakers. so could be that CC somehow detects those inbuilt speakers and resets to a default that routes audio automatically to the inbuilt system.

jbmc83 said:
Haven't forgotten about this yet, gonna have a look this weekend with the different speaker / headphone.
Last night I was watching a show with my lady via the CC and I switched on our UE Megaboom to connect. I forgot to switch off my phone's BT (had them paired before for workout), so they connected automatically.
I then switched off my phone's BT and also restarted the speaker, it automatically paired with the CC without us having to go into settings.
btw @"norm" vs. "exception": hope you are aware that you would most likely only find threads of people who have troubles with this others without issues are less likely to post and are thus far less visible.
edit: by the way, i noticed one big difference between your experience and the two threads you posted vs. my case: we are using the CC with a computer monitor without in-built speakers. so could be that CC somehow detects those inbuilt speakers and resets to a default that routes audio automatically to the inbuilt system.
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Thanks for the update. I don't know why sometimes I have brain damage and didn't think about how easily I could have tested all of this out myself with a pair of BT headphones.
Anyway, if you are an "exception" than I am too because I tested with my headphones and they paired up every time without any problem. So then I used the bluetooth dongle that I want to use with my AV system and it works fine too. I have turned the CC off and on multiple times and it connects every time, plus I have zero audio delay like many others reported.
Solution achieved.

hmmm....so then what was different with your speaker?