Hey guys,
I have been looking for a Bluetooth adaptor that has a 3,5mm plug.
I found that one:
http://cgi.ebay.de/3-5mm-Stereo-Blu...286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66:2|65:15|39:1|240:1318
Looks great and seems to be the right for me... has anyone already bought it and would it also work with my Eten x600?
thanks in advance
just bought it... you can't complain about the price (13€)
will receive it in approximately 7-20 days^^
arrived today... can just say it's great!
after some settings the sound quality is great
and it's so small^^
thats cool i was thinking about the Jabra BT3030
but i was thinking too expensive
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my truck has a 3.5 mm input and its much easier leaving it plugged in and i dont have to plug my phone everytime i got in and out of the car
two questions
does this have any annoying blue lights flashing??
does it have a built in mic??? (i do see it in the picture, but does it work good for making phone calls with echo canceling??)
I am currently on my 3rd BT Stereo Headset/Earphones. I originally had the Motorola HT820. It is the best I have used compare to the rest of the bluetooth headsets I've used. The reason is not because of it's comfortableness (it's not because it hurts after using past a hour or 2 on the ears), but it autoconnects to my Dash/Wing via A2DP, easy port mini-USB charging, and great battery life with little effort in having a full charge. It also produce the best sound/bass (if any). I decided to switch to 3.5MM bluetooth adapter because earphones were more comfortable for me. I move on to the Itech R35. This 3.5mm adapter uses a non-standard charging adapter which was very inconvenient. Since the Dash/Wing uses mini-usb port charging, the HT820 was much more convenient because I can use a universal usb charger. The battery life was decent but not as long as the HT820 which lasted well over 7 hours at least for me with great idle time. The sound for the R35 was mediocre but reasonable for most people I believe. No Bass obviously. I used the JVC Marshmallows (earphones) along with it. Unfortunately, the adapter started coming apart after a year of use and due to detach wiring from the chip, which I don't know where to properly solder the wire back onto, I moved to my 3rd bluetooth headset/earphone experience. It's the same one mention by the OP. I bought mine off DealExtreme.
This was the cheapest option thus far and the most disappointing experience out of the other 2. The convenience factor of having it charged via USB is nice. However, it takes up the 3.5mm port unlike the Itech R35. But I guess it doesn't matter because the biggest downfall of A2DP devices is the inability to charge and use at the same time. I have used the wall charger it came with, a ipod shuffle charging adapter (3.5mm to usb adapter), and the 3.5mm to usb cable it comes with. According to the manual, a blue light is suppose to be on when it's fully charged and a sound I believe. I NEVER get a blue light indicating anything or any sound. The USB wall charger (not the 3.5mm adapter itself) that it comes with, shows a red dot, when I plug it into the power socket which I am not sure if it's suppose to be that way because the charger also has a green light indicator which I can't seem to get the wall charger to properly light up. When plugged in, the wall charger and the 3.5mm adapter both show a steady red light indicating it's charging something. And it still does charge the adapter somewhat. But once again, it never lights up blue as a sign of full charged. The red light on the 3.5mm adapter actually goes away whenever it wants. I use to think it was already done charging. I would have it charge for about 10 hours the night before prior to use assuming its charged since the light was off. HOWEVER, the most annoying problem comes when I hear that 3 consistent beeps, indicating low battery life while listening to music 15minutes in after a night of charging. These symptoms don't change despite 3 different ways of charging the adapter. I use usb ports from my netbook/pc with same results. So I am not just using a different adapter with the same wall charger that it came with for these results. Another flaw, exactly like the Itech R35 or similiar cheap bluetooth products alike, do not automatically connect via A2DP like my Motorola HT820. I have to manually tell my phone to set the device as Stereo. The hands-free connection works just fine without syncing anything; meaning once I turn the adapter on, I can dial/hear calls via bluetooth. But once again, the A2DP feature has to be manually connected. ANNOYING! The battery for this thing is terrible too. It will not last more than 3-4 hours. The most idealistic thing to say is 2 1/2 hours of listening to music at most; basically no point of listening to music in long commutes. Hearing that stupid low battery indicating sound does not make the matter any better after 15minutes of use for me. Overall, a very cheap product I must say. Now I am not doubting that there might be something wrong with my specific adapter but it won't get any better as the battery life is poor in general. Read reviews from DealExtreme about battery life. So whether my chargers all magically have a problem or whether the issue is with my adapter itself, it won't change the fact that this bluetooth adapter sucks in battery life. I came from 7+ hour (HT820) headset to a 6 hour 3.5mm adapter (R35) and ended with <3 hours crappy headset. The sound is also the worst out of all 3. It does the job you can say but not well and not for very long. This is why this device is so cheap.
to unknown123456:
Oh yeah... I have the same problems with my Headset. Red LED goes off after some seconds of charging, I never saw a blue LED flashing and I also had the problem with the 3 beepings...
But I've listened to music with that Headset for some hours now and didn't have to charge it. So I think it charges, but there will never be a blue indicator. And the beeps... I pushed the function button for 1-2 seconds and then it stopped beeping.. so it seemed to be solved.
And Jabra 3030 looks really great!!
xdatrion said:
arrived today... can just say it's great!
after some settings the sound quality is great
and it's so small^^
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I am also planning to get one. Can you please tell me what kind of settings you had done ?
I have HTC Elfin.
Thanks !
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Hey Everyone,
Thought I would start a car charger thread.
I picked up one of these at Walmart the other day:
http://store.griffintechnology.com/smartphone/powerjolt-dual-universal-micro
And it works quite wonderfully. It's tiny, and even with bluetooth/GPS/Navigation running, it was slowly charging the battery. And it charges it quite quick if you don't have nav running.
It can be a bit annoying to pull out once stuck in, although you probably don't need to do that very often.
- Frank
I have the single port version of the one you have cracking charger and sits flush worth the extra few pounds over the cheap ones and delivers plenty of juice
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If you have amazon prime you can get it for less than $10 in two days here:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0042B9U8Q/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&seller=
I got it the other day but haven't driven far enough yet to need to use it
Glad to hear though that it charges even while using GPS.
what is the exact output of each USB of this Griffen car charger ?
i have a JABRA charger (comes with JABRA Cruiser) and it doesnt seem to charge my GN while GPS navigation is on (even though its saying charging on the battery icon)
it used to work perfectly on my HTC Desire HD (with GPS+Bluetooth+WIFI ON )
any recommendation on how to fix this please ? like a reference output current that is enough to charge the GN while navigating ?
thanks.
Goodm7sn said:
what is the exact output of each USB of this Griffen car charger ?
i have a JABRA charger (comes with JABRA Cruiser) and it doesnt seem to charge my GN while GPS navigation is on (even though its saying charging on the battery icon)
it used to work perfectly on my HTC Desire HD (with GPS+Bluetooth+WIFI ON )
any recommendation on how to fix this please ? like a reference output current that is enough to charge the GN while navigating ?
thanks.
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The Griffen claims 1A per USB port, and I believe it.
Online reviews say some users with other phones need to mod the Griffen to charge their phone, otherwise it only supplies 100mA. Some crack open/mod the Griffen to short two terminals to get the full charging ability, and/or use a 'charging cable' which shorts the terminals within the cable.
As a reminder, the Griffen seems to charge the Note full blast, but perhaps something similar is needed for the Jabra. I suggest installing 'Currentwidget' to see what sort of charge you are getting.
- Frank
SGP has one as well, it will lit up BLUE!
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OR you can just get a no brand one on eBay for around $3.
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The Griffen claims 1A per USB port, and I believe it.
Online reviews say some users with other phones need to mod the Griffen to charge their phone, otherwise it only supplies 100mA. Some crack open/mod the Griffen to short two terminals to get the full charging ability, and/or use a 'charging cable' which shorts the terminals within the cable.
As a reminder, the Griffen seems to charge the Note full blast, but perhaps something similar is needed for the Jabra. I suggest installing 'Currentwidget' to see what sort of charge you are getting.
- Frank
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Thank you for the reply.
I have battery monitor widget installed & it shows charging via usb when i connect it to jabra charger, but the weird thing is that the galaxy note starts mtp mode once i connect it!
Could it be the cable? Or shall i just take the griffin charger to solve this?
By the way,griffin charger works out of the box out do i have to solder modify it?
Cheers
I just bought this dual port 2.1A + 1A charger on eBay for £2.49 inclusive and delivered the following day....
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-1A-Dual...neChargers&hash=item19ca66b4df#ht_2865wt_1163
At first it seemed the phone was only drawing a "USB" level of current, so I was all set to rip it apart and solder the centre pins to force AC charging, but when I double checked with a dry run and a temporary short the phone switched to AC charging. Now it seems to be continuing to draw "AC" levels, so maybe I had a poor contact initially and a few (un)plugging operations have made the contacts more reliable. I'll try it out later today with satnav running and see if it keeps up with the pace and report back.
EDIT : Charge level draining like water out of a sieve with this thing whilst running satnav, and the phone said it was "AC" charging too. Switching ports didn't help.
i'm using the official car charger from my old nexus, the only charger i found can charge my phone with 3g and nav on because of the 2A output. other cheap usb chargers i tried with so called 2A output just don't work
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A couple months ago I got this one for my SGT:
http://www.cyberguys.com/product-details/?productid=51740
It does 2.1a. I paid full price:-( not the current sale price. Works fine with my SGN.
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So as my title states, which wireless headphones should I buy? Keep in mind, my price range only goes up to £66. And also I would be really happy if it was in the UK!
Thanks.
I bought the Sony Ericsson MW-600 and love them. The dongle has a 3.5mm jack so you can use your own headphones easily.
I also use the Sony Ericsson MW-600 headset.
It came bundled with my former X10i.
Excellent bluetooth headset with built-in FM radio and good battery-life compared to its size.
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Hiya,
Have a look in here. I have SoundWear SD10 and Im very happy with them. Good sound quality and the bass for its price. Very good connection and range as well. Calls quality is also good. I also had Moor (the thin ones) which were very good. Dont buy Plantronics or Jabra Sport, too expensive and they dont work as good as these above.
What they said!
I love my MW-600s, depending on what music player you use it sends track info to the OLED screen on the dongle (Works with stock player, not poweramp )
You can pair up to 3 devices to it, I have my PC, phone and Laptop paired up.
Sound quality is great but I had some driver issues with Windows but that was resolved.
It's my second pair after my first pair were stolen as soon as the police said
they couldn't do anything I ordered a new pair right away £30 I paid.
They also work great for a home audio set up, plug that into the AUX port on your stereo
and you can control your music from the phone without getting up.
9/10 I give them, they lose a point because the ear buds that came with them have started to get a minute crackle in the right driver.
How is battery life when using a bluetooth headset or earphones?
I use these ones
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-HS3...I998/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1331676330&sr=8-1
Work perfect with all bt devices, good sound and radius. And you can use your own headphones as well. Also the clip is quite handy.
Havent noticed any great battery eating by bt so far. The battery doesnt make more than one day anyway but one day was no problem with normal usage und bt for 2 or 3 hours.
I really do appreciate all the suggestions and responses. But, what part of "headphones" did you guys not understand xD?
Still thanks a lot!
Wireless = bluetooth.
Headphones = Objects inserted into ears that produce noise.
Everyone seems fairly on-topic IMO.
My personal suggestion though, Plantronics Backbeat 903 or 903+. Wearing my pair as I type this. Beyond comfortable, durable, great battery life, good sound.
http://www.plantronics.com/us/product/backbeat-903-plus
http://www.amazon.com/Plantronics-BackBeat-903-Headset/dp/B00428N9OK
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then http://bluetoothlounge.com/ces-2008-live-coverage/philips-brings-shb9000-bluetooth-headphones/
I use the Philips SHB6110
Very good headphone.
If you listen about 8 h/day, the battery should last for 2 days.
wow i can't belive the difference between 3.0 and 2.0 bluetooth, I;ve tryed yesterday and its incredible, so I'll recommend someone with bt 3.0
i got these for over a year.
http://store.sony.com/webapp/wcs/st...&storeId=10151&langId=-1&partNumber=HBHIS800Z
Squishie said:
Wireless = bluetooth.
Headphones = Objects inserted into ears that produce noise.
Everyone seems fairly on-topic IMO.
My personal suggestion though, Plantronics Backbeat 903 or 903+. Wearing my pair as I type this. Beyond comfortable, durable, great battery life, good sound.
http://www.plantronics.com/us/product/backbeat-903-plus
http://www.amazon.com/Plantronics-BackBeat-903-Headset/dp/B00428N9OK
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then http://bluetoothlounge.com/ces-2008-live-coverage/philips-brings-shb9000-bluetooth-headphones/
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There is a huge difference between "earphones" and "headphones" mate...
thanks for the suggestions..help me decide what to buy. will try one of these
Thanks to this thread I got some Sony Ericsson MW-600s. After a few days I'm really pleased with them, using my own phones. Has all the features I want - volume/skip/stop/call, easy to clip on anywhere and works flawlessly.
I got those a few days ago:
LG Tone (HBS-700)
What shall I say? Awsome!
I use Sennheiser MM100's, picked them up cheap (£60) when O2 were selling them off as end of stock.
Battery life is good, 7+ hours continual use, charge from USB (one of the rarer USB types too, replacement cables are a nuicance to get but not impossible and not expensive either). They can charge from PC/Laptop or a 5v adapter same as most phones use.
Not sure if you could get them as cheap elsewhere, I lucked out with O2, but worth hunting around for!
Sideromelane said:
I use Sennheiser MM100's, picked them up cheap (£60) when O2 were selling them off as end of stock.
Battery life is good, 7+ hours continual use, charge from USB (one of the rarer USB types too, replacement cables are a nuicance to get but not impossible and not expensive either). They can charge from PC/Laptop or a 5v adapter same as most phones use.
Not sure if you could get them as cheap elsewhere, I lucked out with O2, but worth hunting around for!
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I actually ended up on settling on the Sony MDR-RF865RK
It gets me 25 hours of battery life, 100m distance and charging to full takes 3.5 hours .
It only set me back £65, so I'm not so fussed about it ;P
have u tried the 100m distance? as far as i know, bluetooth is best indoors, but even then for only 10m.
MICa.fighter said:
have u tried the 100m distance? as far as i know, bluetooth is best indoors, but even then for only 10m.
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Well, I think the 100m distance is for people with backyards that they need to mow every week And luckily I do not have a backyard
But still the feature is pretty cool ^^ The only bad thing is that I don't know how to connect these headphones to my TV -.-
is there a way to modify a car usb charger to fast charge the nexus ?
thanx
Mine charges plenty fast on my free one that amazon sent with my phone.
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guinnes.s said:
is there a way to modify a car usb charger to fast charge the nexus ?
thanx
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Get the charger at the link below
http://www.amazon.com/Motorola-Vehi...Q9CA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1334801727&sr=8-1
I got this to replace a cheapo one i had when i had my Droid X. With the old charger, I couldnt keep the screen on and use GPS and listen to music at the same time without the battery losing power. Basically the old charger acted like a battery extender lol.
This new charger charged my phone at least 3-4x faster...even while doing all the things listed above...WELL worth it
Vanhoud said:
Get the charger at the link below
http://www.amazon.com/Motorola-Vehi...Q9CA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1334801727&sr=8-1
I got this to replace a cheapo one i had when i had my Droid X. With the old charger, I couldnt keep the screen on and use GPS and listen to music at the same time without the battery losing power. Basically the old charger acted like a battery extender lol.
This new charger charged my phone at least 3-4x faster...even while doing all the things listed above...WELL worth it
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ho well i hope it works!
i previously got a 2amp usb car charger and still slow.
guinnes.s said:
ho well i hope it works!
i previously got a 2amp usb car charger and still slow.
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I have that exact same car charger. Just make sure that you get it from a reputable dealer... I got mine from one of the parties for a few bucks cheaper and they sent me counterfeits. I had to contact Amazon where Amazon gave me my money back and also sent out two OEM from an Amazon warehouse with free expedited shipping!
guinnes.s said:
ho well i hope it works!
i previously got a 2amp usb car charger and still slow.
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Quite a few of the cheaper car chargers simply do not have a point soldered on their boards, causing the phone to think it's charging from a 500mA USB port (like you'd find on a computer) and not go above that even if the charger does 1A/port.
I know even the belkin one has a forum topic somewhere regarding modifying it so that it'll always get detected as an AC power. I believe custom ROM's and kernels has a Fast Charge feature that can fix this too (ie force the device to detect the power as AC), I think.
I use the Motorola charger as well, and it works just fine... I had two lying around, one came with my Milestone and the other came with my Milestone Car Dock that I've bought separately...
Vanhoud said:
Get the charger at the link below
http://www.amazon.com/Motorola-Vehi...Q9CA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1334801727&sr=8-1
I got this to replace a cheapo one i had when i had my Droid X. With the old charger, I couldnt keep the screen on and use GPS and listen to music at the same time without the battery losing power. Basically the old charger acted like a battery extender lol.
This new charger charged my phone at least 3-4x faster...even while doing all the things listed above...WELL worth it
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Interesting, this is the model I had and I ALWAYS felt like my battery was draining while using the GPS+Music combo. Not a lot, a few percent over a couple hours, but it's not charging it or atleast keeping its current charge. I want the official Sammy card dock. SOMEONE JUST TAKE MY MONEY.
HideYoKids said:
Interesting, this is the model I had and I ALWAYS felt like my battery was draining while using the GPS+Music combo. Not a lot, a few percent over a couple hours, but it's not charging it or atleast keeping its current charge. I want the official Sammy card dock. SOMEONE JUST TAKE MY MONEY.
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I believe you will be disappointed...
First, this Motorola charger is good up to 2A, while the original Galaxy Nexus Wall Charger is good up to 1A, and Galaxy Nexus recognizes it as AC Charging, meaning that phone is draining as much current to charge as it can...
Second, I do not believe that those pogo pins are good to move 1A, and I could bet the farm (if I had one ) that it won't go over 1A for sure, so, I do not believe that the official car dock will allow more current than what this Motorola charger is already providing...
But, anyway, I doubt that charger is the one to blame, and I will tell you why... Battery is rated 6.8W/h and it usually allows up to 4 hours of screen on time... So, quick math, phone in use, screen on, is draining 1,7W/h and USB charging (500mA x 5V) gives you 2,5W/h, AC charging gives you 5W/h....
Lets say that you get up to 3 hours screen time with GPS on... It still is 2,27W/h... Below 2,5W/h USB charging limit...
So what is going on? Probably battery is too hot charging and being discharged at the same time (and probably the phone is not able to use the battery like a no-break and get its power from USB, so, phone is getting juice from battery and battery from charger) and phone will stop charging to avoid battery damage/explosion due to high temperatures, and also, battery efficiency is lower when battery is hot (it will drain faster)...
My guess is that if phone is still draining with a charger, in this case, check if it is too hot, and if it is, try to move it so it is cooled by car A/C / vent... At least, with milestone, it helps a lot, since I still own my Milestone and its gps is leaps and bounds better than Galaxy Nexus GPS, I've never really used Galaxy Nexus to navigate (yes, my Milestone turned into a dedicated Google Maps GPS )
its very easy to mod any usb charger to turn it into a AC charger. what you need to do is connect the two data pins.
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just connect pins 2 and 3 by solder, i've done this on a few car chargers and it works great always shows AC. i didnt modify the usb wire itself but opened up the charger and connect the solder points connected to the data lines, not sure if you can just mod the usb wire. i have 600mah car charger that i did this to, before it wasnt enough to charge the phone with google maps running now it can charge it very slowly.
Just a update,
i purchased the motorola charger and been working great for nearly a month till this couples of days.
the only way that charge is by holding and pushing up the micro port wile inserted in the phone.
i noticed that the charger micro plug does have clips on only one side ,the other side is flat.
does that mean is not a original charger???
thanx
I'm currently using this cables
http://ca.startech.com/Cables/USB-2...USB-Cable-A-to-Left-Angle-Micro-B~UUSBHAUB3LA
with this charger:
http://www.kensington.com/kensington/us/us/p/1411/K39224US/powerbolt™-micro-car-charger.aspx
No issues. the USB cable is very thine, so hides well on the dashboard.
http://www.amazon.com/HTC-T-Mobile-...KTHO/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1337307263&sr=8-3
generally can be had for about 3 bucks shipped. works fantastic - the phone reports as being plugged in and charges accordingly.
I'm using the AT&T Galaxy SIII Pebble Blue 16 GB.
I searched high and low for a thread about this issue but I haven't seen one. Hopefully someone will embarrass me and bring one to light!
Maybe its just the make of my car (08 Saab 9-3 but the head unit is pretty standard across a few GM products), but getting car audio (Using Aux in) to work in this car is very flaky and unreliable. If I plug both ends in directly and try to play the "Earphones connected" message never pops up. The moment i remove the cable from the head unit the ear phones connected pops up. Plug it back in to the car, it goes away and still no audio.
The work around is very annoying. I have the unplug it from the car and press play on Spotify, then plug it in hoping that it will work. It does sometimes... but after I get it plugged in if I receive a text or phone call it will immediately cut out the audio from the car and replace it with a periodic crackling sound. My old iPhone, iPod touch, and Galaxy SII do not have this problem. My friends brand new Galaxy SIII is having the exact same issue.
If ANYONE knows of this issue any help you can provide will be much appreciated.
Brandnew70x7 said:
I'm using the AT&T Galaxy SIII Pebble Blue 16 GB.
I searched high and low for a thread about this issue but I haven't seen one. Hopefully someone will embarrass me and bring one to light!
Maybe its just the make of my car (08 Saab 9-3 but the head unit is pretty standard across a few GM products), but getting car audio (Using Aux in) to work in this car is very flaky and unreliable. If I plug both ends in directly and try to play the "Earphones connected" message never pops up. The moment i remove the cable from the head unit the ear phones connected pops up. Plug it back in to the car, it goes away and still no audio.
The work around is very annoying. I have the unplug it from the car and press play on Spotify, then plug it in hoping that it will work. It does sometimes... but after I get it plugged in if I receive a text or phone call it will immediately cut out the audio from the car and replace it with a periodic crackling sound. My old iPhone, iPod touch, and Galaxy SII do not have this problem. My friends brand new Galaxy SIII is having the exact same issue.
If ANYONE knows of this issue any help you can provide will be much appreciated.
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Am I really the only one?
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Am I really the only one?
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I haven't had this issue with my 2007 Chevy Cobalt, which seems to have a VERRRRYYYY similar stereo...
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yours=first, mine=second (and my display looks exactly like yours)
But, mine does do one thing that really bothers me... as soon as I plug in the aux cable it automatically starts playing stuff (I think it's whatever the last thing I was playing). I'm not sure if this just happens in my car or in other places too. I just plugged in some headphones at my desk and it didn't do anything so I'm thinking it's the car. I'd ask if you have experienced this too, but it sounds like your problem would supersede mine.
(It also doesn't stop playing when I unplug the cable, which is really annoying, but that one I know is a TouchWiz thing. The problem I explained above I can't tell yet whether it's a TouchWiz "feature" or some sort of weird bug)
You'd be right..
I can "trick" it to work... which involves plugging the jack into the phone pressing play on Spotify then plugging it into the aux in on my car and it will work. Any stop in music playing (Like the end of a playlist) will disconnect it and any text or anything of that nature will too..
Its so annoying...
I have an '07 9-3 and have the same exact issue.Streaming music in my car is one of the main uses of my phone and the fact I cannot is a huge annoyance.
My thought on a way to "fix" this problem was to create a widget (perhaps using something like AnyCut) that switched the phone into earphones mode. The change into earphone mode is obviously normally done by a physical action (plugging something into the jack) but I was hoping there might be a manual way to do it. However my knowledge on the matter is very limited. My phone is rooted and I was searching databases using SQLite Editor for a variable to change to put it in earphones mode but was unable to find one. Does anyone know if this is even a viable way to do it and if so how to implement such an action?
Cheers,
Celtic Browncoat
I also have an 08 saab 9-3 and am having the same problem. It figures that the problem would only exist with a saab
Not sure if everyone has come up with a solution, but in my 2007 9-5, I found that grabbing an inline volume control from Radioshack fixed the issue. I plugged it in on the phone side and everything works as it did with my old Droid X.
pibbsman said:
Not sure if everyone has come up with a solution, but in my 2007 9-5, I found that grabbing an inline volume control from Radioshack fixed the issue. I plugged it in on the phone side and everything works as it did with my old Droid X.
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Hey! I stumbled across this old post a few days ago, as I was looking for a solution to the exact same issue with my 2010 9-3/Samsung Galaxy S4. The inline volume control cable ($10 from RadioShack) fixed the issue for me as well. Thanks!
My sgs3 is only 2 days old. I'm on the stock Rom. Not rooted.
When I plug my Mytouch 4g slide into my 3.5 mm audio cable, it assumes I am plugged into headphones and starts playing music through my car. (The headphone symbol shows up on the status bar.)
With my gs3. I plug the phone into my car and it continues playing music through my phone speaker and ignores the fact that I have a 3.5mm cable plugged in.(no symbol in status bar.)
Headphones work fine, however playing music through my car does not. What is the fix for this? New cable?
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do you have any kind of case on the sgs3? I noticed that some cases don't let you plug in the aux cables all the way and it doesn't get a good connection. make sure your aux cable is plugged in all the way. if that doesn't work try another cable to see if that's the issue.
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do you have any kind of case on the sgs3? I noticed that some cases don't let you plug in the aux cables all the way and it doesn't get a good connection. make sure your aux cable is plugged in all the way. if that doesn't work try another cable to see if that's the issue.
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Yea, I had this same problem. My case was preventing the cable from making a good connection. Took case off and works but now I hear music thru the left speaker. Anyone having this problem??? I tried a different AUX cable and I still have the problem. I wonder if there's a phone setting I need to change? Anyone please???
p.s. CD's and radio audio is thru both speakers but not phone.
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I have a case but the aux cable I use is thin and goes all the way in. I am starting to think that the sgs 3 only likes the triple stripe plugs.(the ones on headphones that include a Mic on the wire). I'm going to look for a 6 foot male/male triple stripe 3.5 mm cable at fry's.
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I have a case but the aux cable I use is thin and goes all the way in. I am starting to think that the sgs 3 only likes the triple stripe plugs.(the ones on headphones that include a Mic on the wire). I'm going to look for a 6 foot male/male triple stripe 3.5 mm cable at fry's.
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Get Bluetooth my friend go wireless and you won't regret it, the hs3000 headset from Samsung is a great buy. In reference to you issue try another cable usually its the cable I have some cheap cables and a nice monster studio quality cord all work fine.
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unplug it and reconnect. sometimes it happens. that fixed it for me.
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I have a case but the aux cable I use is thin and goes all the way in. I am starting to think that the sgs 3 only likes the triple stripe plugs.(the ones on headphones that include a Mic on the wire). I'm going to look for a 6 foot male/male triple stripe 3.5 mm cable at fry's.
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I have no problems with my regular 3.5mm headphone jack in my stereo, but I do agree that it is kind of touchy, especially with my case on. For a work around, I put my music on my SD card, and plug the usb into my phone, mount it as UMS with SGS3 EASY UMS, and Voila! Music on my stereo and control of the music through my car stereo vs the phone.
I got a new cable and having the same problems. Headphones still have no issue but I tested my phone connected to my ihome via audio cable and I'm having a funny issue where between songs if I press next, the speaker sounds like there's nothing plugged in. (Audio feedback) but then it stops when the new song plays.
Also... in my car I was able to play music if I plug the cable into my car and press play simultaneously. The 'headphones connected' notification comes up for about 1.5 seconds. If I press play while that notification is there, I can play one song. But then after one song finishes, the same problem happens.
Edit: I cannot produce the headphones connected notification by plugging the cable into my phone, only if the cable is already in my phone and I plug it into my car
I'm beginning to think that my headphone jack is not grounded properly so imma exchange the phone for another one if I test this issue with my friends gs3 and do not have the same problem
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My friends sgs3 had some weird background noise in my car but it was working for the most part... it still wasn't perfect which makes me rather unhappy with the phone. Tomorrow I'm going to test my phone on my friends car radio to continue troubleshooting. Maybe I need to replace the audio jack in my bmw x3
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