I think I have found an issue with my Desire when playing MP3s. My phone is a British O2 HTC Desire (contract).
Yesterday evening when on a train, I was simply playing with the phone and I decided to try the music player to listen to the stock free tracks that came with the device. I have only had the phone a few days and havent got round to loading music yet.
The issue I found was when the phone lost signal the tracks went into fast forward and continuously skipped forward until signal was established again. When skipping forward, if the end of the track was reached, the next track was selected and then proceeded to skip forward. All tracks would skip and then start from the beginning of the list. The phone also seemed to slowdown, and scrolling became less fluid.
I have searched the HTC website but there is no mention of a fix. This happened three times.
Can anyone else reproduce this problem?
dieselboy said:
Can anyone else reproduce this problem?
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I use mine (UK Orange) on the train most days and I lose signal in a tunnel but certainly have not had your issue! Looks like a one off or something in the O2 ROM.
Thats what I was thinking. May be someone with an O2 desire will find this and comment. I must have been one of the first to get an O2 desire as I had to call the next day as they had not received any stock. I called the next day, and one was sent which arrived the morning after.. I digress.
Thanks for sharing that info. I'll see if I can reproduce the problem again tonight on the way home.
Weird. Have you tried a different music player app? I love Mort's apps and was deliriously happy when I found that he was working on Android versions of the WinMo apps I loved so much. There are two versions.
One optimised for Audiobooks:
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"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
The other optimised for Music:
(The main difference is the way the apps handle bookmarks.)
And a separate widget app:
I havent tried any other music players. I think my desire has two as standard. I will try the other one and see if it makes any difference.
I had this happen again this morning, I now don't think it's network reception that causes it but may be the proximity sensor or touch screen. I found that if I tap the power button to lock everything and turn off the screen, and then put the phone in my pocket the music skips either forward or back continuously. If I just lock the screen and hold the underneath of the phone, then this doesnt happen. Its very anoying though!
I had some sort of player problems last weekend, too.
I have three different players installed (the default one, Meridian, and Cubed). I plugged the phone into a set of portable loudspeakers but realized that sometimes (when I was using either Meridian or Cubed) the default player suddenly became active (with no external input such as touching either of the devices) and started playing another song on the top of the song that was already playing. I tried closing the default player ("Apps"/"Running"/"close) but the problem kept on coming back - and we had to switch to my friend's iPhone to be able to listen to music with no embarrasing interruptions. Of course, the same problem persisted when I plugged in headphones.
Well, to avoid such annoying cacophony problems when traveling by train, I then switched to the default player. However, when the headphone jack moved, the player skipped to the next song on the playlist. The player kept on skipping songs as long as I was walking or standing (the phone was in my bag).
In addition, sometimes the phone screen remained sensitive to touch though switched off. Thus, I was able to skip to next/previous song by "gesturing" even though I have carefully deactivated such functions from all three players.
Any ideas?
I guess I'll try a different set of headphones, at least...
I have just tried another test. When I twist my headphones, the player skips.
BTW, there were some "solutions" on another forum:
(androidforums.com/htc-desire/57558-skipping-problem-music-player.html)
The tips included covering a part of the headphone jack with tape and/or testing different headphones until the one, which can be twisted without the player skipping, is found.
Nghtngl said:
BTW, there were some "solutions" on another forum:
(androidforums.com/htc-desire/57558-skipping-problem-music-player.html)
The tips included covering a part of the headphone jack with tape and/or testing different headphones until the one, which can be twisted without the player skipping, is found.
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I have just read through that link. Thanks for sharing. That is the exact issue I am having. Whats more, when I plug in a 3.5mm jack and it detects it incorrectly as a headset / mic combo, the phone will really act up and sometimes redial the last person I called.
Hopefully this is just a software problem that can be fixed. Can't listen to music
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Whats more, when I plug in a 3.5mm jack and it detects it incorrectly as a headset / mic combo, the phone will really act up and sometimes redial the last person I called.
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Now that you mentioned it... the same happened to me, too.
Fortunately, I have "Call confirm" installed so - when the application asked if I really wanted to call the friend I had just called - I just cancelled the call function without even realizing that it might have something to do with the music player. But that's darn annoying a bug!
Ah, that problem. I wouldn't bother trying to use a tip/2 rings headphone set in this tip/3 rings socket. I've just bought 3 of these adapters; just waiting for them to arrive.
These threads should be in the interest of those with the music skipping issue.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=6369106
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=667240
The more I use my headphones, the less I am having this problem. When I first posted, and found that it was then caused by the headphone socket I could reproduce the issue every time.
I then found another 3.5mm jack and connected / disconnected it from the phone repeatedly 4 or 5 times, whilst twisting, as this is what seemed to cause the detection problem.
Now, when I use my sennheiser headphones I travelled all the way home without any single problems. I was actually suprised, I even twisted and wiggled the cable / jack and this didnt cause any problems. The phone detected it as headphones and not a headset as it has been doing.
On the way to work this morning, the phone did have some problems when changing trains. I simply paused the track, disconnected, and then reconnected and on the 15 minute walk to work afterwards there was no skipping at all.
I does seem delicate, but It also appears the "playing" I did yesterday has helped it somewhat.
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I googled around for this but could not find any real solution to the problem, only contrived, bootleg fixes. I also seem to find that this is the general consensus that for most people android automatically starts playing music on bluetooth connection.
let me start off by saying I do NOT want to disable my AD2P connection in bluetooth settings. This is not an acceptable solution, since I WANT to use AD2P I just don't want music to instantly play everytime I connect.
Has anyone found a real solution to this? Beyond using tasker, or whatever other contrived solution? I can't believe that this setting was excluded in the system. I really hope there is a setting I am just missing, somewhere. If not, I suggest we escalate this to the development forum.
Thanks!
I've found this happens to me to. It is incredibly annoying if you want to use a program such as pandora for music, as when it connects to my car it starts playing through the music application on top of pandora.
Even aside from disabling the autoplay (which I think might not be auto-play, it might actually be the car/other device requesting an audio stream which defaults to playing from the music app), maybe there is just a way to disable the stock music app in some manner?
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I've found this happens to me to. It is incredibly annoying if you want to use a program such as pandora for music, as when it connects to my car it starts playing through the music application on top of pandora.
Even aside from disabling the autoplay (which I think might not be auto-play, it might actually be the car/other device requesting an audio stream which defaults to playing from the music app), maybe there is just a way to disable the stock music app in some manner?
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I don't think it is the fault of the stock music app, because sometimes it's the stock app, and other times it's Meridian Player for me. I'm also starting to think that you're right - it might be the car / device pressing play as soon as it is connected. If the car / paired device is the culprit pressing play, it seems like the only solution would be to have our Evo automatically press stop. But if possible I'd really prefer not to have background tasks running at all times, taxing the battery / cpu.
Very annoying, in every BT device and paired device, it seems as though not much effort was put into coding the stacks. I'm sure they're only hurting themselves though, since inevitably something will replace BT. Unfortunately now we have to figure out how to deal with the inadequacies.
I fixed this issue by using the autostarts app from the market, then disabling the music app autostart under after startup. It has not done this to me at all since then.
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I fixed this issue by using the autostarts app from the market, then disabling the music app autostart under after startup. It has not done this to me at all since then.
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Really? interesting. I am running Cyanogenmod 6 and there is no Music App, nor Meridian, nor anything else showing in the list. Also wouldn't that mean that this trick wouldn't work if you had opened the music app after starting your phone?
But a question - does it have to remain running in the background at all times in order to catch the bluetooth audio connected event?
nice! got autostarts, I'll try it as I go to lunch.
I think the setting we're looking for is: "Media Button Pressed"
It had both Music and Pandora listed under mine and I just disabled Music. Maybe it will start pandora for me automatically too now, that would be awesome.
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nice! got autostarts, I'll try it as I go to lunch.
I think the setting we're looking for is: "Media Button Pressed"
It had both Music and Pandora listed under mine and I just disabled Music. Maybe it will start pandora for me automatically too now, that would be awesome.
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Lemme know how it goes... even though I'm pretty begrudging about running a whole app in the background just to prevent something that should be a standard setting =/
Thinking about it now, I think tasker may be worth it anyways. It can replace the Gentle Alarm process I have running in the background anyways! as well as Keepscreen, could be a net savings actually.
So if anyone has specific information on how to get Tasker to suppress instant play on BT audio connect, instructions would be appreciated
g12345 said:
I fixed this issue by using the autostarts app from the market, then disabling the music app autostart under after startup. It has not done this to me at all since then.
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When I first ran autostarts, the entry under "after startup" was already disabled... Have not used my car yet so will get back with whether it works as I want or not by disabling Music under "Media Button Pressed".
It appears that autostarts does not keep running in the background, but I could be wrong here. Autostarts mentions it can't kill things if they're already started themselves or if they change the settings again, then autostarts cannot check them and disable them again automatically.
Never had this happen, and I use A2DP every day. Sounds to me like a problem with your headset, or better yet, are you using the call/play button on your headset to initiate the connection? Because that'll probably cause this.
mk8882 said:
When I first ran autostarts, the entry under "after startup" was already disabled... Have not used my car yet so will get back with whether it works as I want or not by disabling Music under "Media Button Pressed".
It appears that autostarts does not keep running in the background, but I could be wrong here. Autostarts mentions it can't kill things if they're already started themselves or if they change the settings again, then autostarts cannot check them and disable them again automatically.
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Pretty sure it does keep running because it has a feature to "keep suppressed" seems just like a task manager would do. :-(
drmacinyasha said:
Never had this happen, and I use A2DP every day. Sounds to me like a problem with your headset, or better yet, are you using the call/play button on your headset to initiate the connection? Because that'll probably cause this.
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Yeah as above, probably is the device's fault not android. I do not press any play button on the car - I just connect but perhaps it is pressing play by itself. Stupid Ford
Just curious what bluetooth device do you use?
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Pretty sure it does keep running because it has a feature to "keep suppressed" seems just like a task manager would do. :-(
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I have no idea where you see this "feature" listed. Maybe you have a different program installed. I have "Autostarts" by Michael Elsdorfer installed from the market.
It says:
"How does it work? Android allows applications to register for a variety of events supported by the system, to be started whenever such an event triggers.... [And in another section] I've disabled a component, but it sems to have it self enabled again after a while? Yes, applications may enable or disable their own components... Unfortunately, there is no workaround for this."
update on my testing:
1) I have a 2010Ford Fusion Hybrid (w/ nav). I found a setting to autoplay or not when the a2dp device connects (and when the BT device media function is selected). Therefore, I could have disabled the setting right there.
2) Using autostarts to disable the "Music" program from under "Media button pressed" stopped the media player from starting when I don't want it to. (I actually turned autoplay on my car back to enabled)
3) Pandora's listed under "Media button pressed", but it will only start playing if it's open already . Oh well, still more useful than before
4) There is still a fairly annoying/serious issue with BT pairing/A2DP, with Pandora at least, as sometimes after connecting and playing once and the car turning off/on -- It will not work again until I either enable/disable bluetooth manually or reboot the phone.
mk8882 said:
I have no idea where you see this "feature" listed. Maybe you have a different program installed. I have "Autostarts" by Michael Elsdorfer installed from the market.
It says:
"How does it work? Android allows applications to register for a variety of events supported by the system, to be started whenever such an event triggers.... [And in another section] I've disabled a component, but it sems to have it self enabled again after a while? Yes, applications may enable or disable their own components... Unfortunately, there is no workaround for this."
update on my testing:
1) I have a 2010Ford Fusion Hybrid (w/ nav). I found a setting to autoplay or not when the a2dp device connects (and when the BT device media function is selected). Therefore, I could have disabled the setting right there.
2) Using autostarts to disable the "Music" program from under "Media button pressed" stopped the media player from starting when I don't want it to. (I actually turned autoplay on my car back to enabled)
3) Pandora's listed under "Media button pressed", but it will only start playing if it's open already . Oh well, still more useful than before
4) There is still a fairly annoying/serious issue with BT pairing/A2DP, with Pandora at least, as sometimes after connecting and playing once and the car turning off/on -- It will not work again until I either enable/disable bluetooth manually or reboot the phone.
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I have a 2010 Ford Fusion too but I don't have the Navi/Hybrid on mine, I went cheap lol. You have an option for autoplay on your car?? How do you access that?
I only kept the app for a few hours but it was definitely the same app you are talking about. My memory isnt too clear on it but I was pretty sure for each item you could choose to either stop it at startup or keep it stopped - sorry I don't really remember the exact words they used.
Also, by disabling "media button pressed", that solves the problem of BT autostarting music, but what about if you actually want to use the controls, do they work then?
I believe I tested with the startup disabled and the play/stop as well as track forward worked. I'll reconfirm that and post it back here for you later.
The settings for me for autostart in the Sync system were in media->BT device->something like "settings"->autostart (from the LCD). I do not know where you can find a tree for your sync commands. You may be able to change the same setting.
Also, about the autostarts program, here is what I see which makes me think it does not keep a background process running:
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"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
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(showed text "Disable" where "Enable" is)
(help page1)
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Overall I think autostarts looks like it could be a very useful program, although I haven't found other uses for it yet
mk8882, Thanks a million for posting that!!! and now that you described where in the menu to go, I will give that a try. So if you disable autostart on the Car, you probably wouldn't even have to do anything on the phone, right?
I must be losing my mind, the program I used before was Startup Auditor, not Autostarts! I will check out Autostarts now that I know it's not what I used before, silly me. lol
I emailed the developer of Autostarts and he confirmed that it does NOT run in the background. It doesn't even run at startup - it directly disables the registrations for those events you choose. That is great... definitely going to keep this program.
berardi said:
Yeah as above, probably is the device's fault not android. I do not press any play button on the car - I just connect but perhaps it is pressing play by itself. Stupid Ford
Just curious what bluetooth device do you use?
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Rockfish RF-MAB2 headphones. Found 'em on NewEggMall for about $36.
Hi, I've been having the same annoyance with a Ford Mondeo with Sony DAB headunit. I haven't managed to find an option to disable the autostart on this, does anyone else know if it is possible on this unit ?
I was wondering how well the Spotify app's been behaving for people.
Specifically, whether you've had any jittery playback, or skipping. I have, on all of the ROMs I've used, and I've been using downloaded/"offline" music with a cleared cache etc. each time.
I've also had the app go into offline mode for no apparent reasons sometimes, again, under different ROMs.
Right now I can't even open Spotify for more than a few seconds (I've restarted the device, tried with/without Wi-Fi etc.). I synced about 500 tracks for offline access this morning though, which is funny. It just doesn't work.
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I haven't used it for very long, but an older version of Spotify (4.11) seems to work better. It's been fine for me so far.
The only issue is that slider tab for the play screen is misaligned, in that the icon is to the left of the tab background itself.
Get it here.
aameerp said:
I was wondering how well the Spotify app's been behaving for people.
Specifically, whether you've had any jittery playback, or skipping. I have, on all of the ROMs I've used, and I've been using downloaded/"offline" music with a cleared cache etc. each time.
I've also had the app go into offline mode for no apparent reasons sometimes, again, under different ROMs.
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Working fine for me as long as beats audio is disabled. I get stutter if it on. Aside from that, no other issues.
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Stutters for me--I'll turn of bleats and try it.
Also get stutters. Will turn off beats and report back
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Stutters a bit if beats turned on.
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Hi,
I can confirm the stutters with beats enabled. Do Not know if its a beats Problem or if the spotify app just needs an update.
Also sometimes the app stays in offline Mode, only thing i can do to fix that is log of from spotify and log in again.
Syncing my playlists for offline Playback causes a interruption in my Internet connection on the phone. This can only be fixed by disabling an enabling wifi. Although This might be a wifi issue Not just spotify specific.
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Spotify + beats on = stutters
Spotify + beats off = fine
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its spotify, the app hasnt been updated since november last year!!! ive cancelled my premium subscription. trying deezer which works great at the moement.
http://community.spotify.com/t5/Mob...t-update-was-november-2011/td-p/16175/page/13
theres probaly more pages now.
Installed it yesterday, at first it wouldn't logon, and now its acting very strange!
Spotify doesn't officially support ICS (or even Android 3) yet, so while the app may work, at least for a while, you could well experience issues.
Based on my own usage on both the Nexus S and OneX, plus tons of reports on the Spotify forums, the app seems to work to start with, allowing you to sync tracks etc, but then after a while (possibly after making changes to playlists on a PC) the app will crash back to the homescreen immediately on launch. You can continue to use it if you force it into offline mode (airplane mode or use the Offline Mode option in the Spotify menus), but obviously the DRM license only lasts 30 days, after which you need to wipe it and start again.
I'm having no issues with Spotify and I have the beats profile on.
Well I don't experience stutters that much while the Beats is On, haven't tested with Beats Off. However, I have discovered that if I star a song, my app crashes. As all the starred songs are offline synced.
Stutters on mine when i play it through my car bluetooth. The app is at fault for sure as other tracks play ok on my stock media player.
Also goes offline when it chooses to.
licenced said:
Spotify doesn't officially support ICS (or even Android 3) yet, so while the app may work, at least for a while, you could well experience issues.
Based on my own usage on both the Nexus S and OneX, plus tons of reports on the Spotify forums, the app seems to work to start with, allowing you to sync tracks etc, but then after a while (possibly after making changes to playlists on a PC) the app will crash back to the homescreen immediately on launch. You can continue to use it if you force it into offline mode (airplane mode or use the Offline Mode option in the Spotify menus), but obviously the DRM license only lasts 30 days, after which you need to wipe it and start again.
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Mine seems to be playing back as expected when on the loudspeaker (so that will be without beats); not had chance to try it with the beats yet but will give that a go in the morning and report back. I hope it's okay and I do use Spotify quite a lot.
Just to let you know that you can download the new beta from the spotify website. It's an apk file not yet out officially in the market but it fixes the buggy app and has a new interface.
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Spotify for HOX
Spotify with beats on is working fine for me.
salmander said:
Well I don't experience stutters that much while the Beats is On, haven't tested with Beats Off. However, I have discovered that if I star a song, my app crashes. As all the starred songs are offline synced.
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i've noticed that - but only if you're playing a song, and you star that song whilst it is playing. if it's not playing it doesnt crash (for me at least)
and the beats stutter problem i thought was fixed in 1.28, that wasn't spotify at least.
aameerp said:
I was wondering how well the Spotify app's been behaving for people.
Specifically, whether you've had any jittery playback, or skipping. I have, on all of the ROMs I've used, and I've been using downloaded/"offline" music with a cleared cache etc. each time.
I've also had the app go into offline mode for no apparent reasons sometimes, again, under different ROMs.
Right now I can't even open Spotify for more than a few seconds (I've restarted the device, tried with/without Wi-Fi etc.). I synced about 500 tracks for offline access this morning though, which is funny. It just doesn't work.
EDIT:
I haven't used it for very long, but an older version of Spotify (4.11) seems to work better. It's been fine for me so far.
The only issue is that slider tab for the play screen is misaligned, in that the icon is to the left of the tab background itself.
Get it here.
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As suggested, you need to run the beta.
I've been using it for over a month, no issues.
New beautiful ICS design
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Is anyone else stil experiencing this with the latest version, with and without beats on?
I'm using BT earphones, so I'm wondering if it's related to that.
OliverHaslam said:
Is anyone else stil experiencing this with the latest version, with and without beats on?
I'm using BT earphones, so I'm wondering if it's related to that.
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Using the latest version, with Beats on, and a pair of Plantronics Backbeat 903+.
Only very occasional stutter, but it was much worse when I first paired them with the phone
or if there's a long break (e.g. few weeks). Much better now (and after I realised you need to keep
the connected device on the left side of your body *facepalm*.)
Same thing happened with my Desire when I first got the 'phones so I'm inclined to think they're at fault.
Using with an iPad there's no issue so could be an Android / Spotify / Plantronics thing.
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Hey everyone.
I have been a proud GS3 user since release and have been having an issue with my headphones from the start but usually it was fixable with a reboot. (Note: I have tried many sets of headphones and the problem persists and or it simply doesnt recognize the headphones) So, it started one night I was streaming a movie on plex, didnt like what the wife was watching in the bedroom, and the movie started fine but every time I would set the phone on the side table the sound would come out of the speaker. Of course I thought it was my headphones so i turned the connector a little and it would pick back up. This happened about 10 times during the movie. Pretty frustrating, but I just took it as I hadnt rebooted in a while, but I didnt feel like rebooting while just lounging in bed trying to fall asleep. The next day was the same at work. This time I rebooted multiple times but the problem remained. (I was streaming talk radio btw ) It would randomly start playing out of the speaker loudly in my office... I wasnt listening to Lil Wayne or anything but its still pretty embarrassing to have loud talking coming from phone randomly.
So, after some trial and error I found that If i put the headphone plug half way in, let the phone recognize it with the little headphones symbol, then push it the rest of the way in it would work. I still had to keep the phone perfectly still in order for it to work, but it would at least work. Wellll what do you know... about a week ago it stopped showing the little headphones symbol when the headphones were plugged in lol. So yeah. I was just thinking wtf else could go wrong with my new shiney toy. Along with the symbol not showing up the halfway in trick and other things were way more hit and miss as well. It was getting far too aggravating trying to convince my phone to let me listen to music/the radio without making a scene. I took to the interwebz for help.
I found other threads where people were complaining about the same thing and that rebooting with the headphones plugged in worked and some other things, but none of them fixed my issue. I dont even try to stream at work anymore . I cant risk it. I have changed out headphones multiple times to no avail. I also know the headphones all work are functioning because I stream from my work comp now. I thought that the update I got on Sunday was going to fix the issue but nope... same issue.
What do you guys think I should do? Is this something I can get a replacement through the company for or insurance? Should I take it back to the Tmobile where I bought it? I had to do that once with my HD2 and they told me I had to send it back to corporate or some crap. I got a new phone but it took a few days. Kinda annoying. Thanks in advance for your help. I did a search but turned up nothing, so please dont snap on me if this has already been talked about.
-RonnyT
this has happened to me as well.
RonnyT24 said:
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It would randomly start playing out of the speaker loudly -RonnyT
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I have had this issue multiple times as well on my Sprint GS3. I originally noticed it happening when the "system output voice" would speak. For example; I'm listening to music, getting ready to jog. I open up Endomondo and tap "Start." At this point Google's speech output says "GO." This comes out of the phones speakers and not the headphones. But, after this happens, the music is now coming out of the phones speaker also, even though the headphones are still plugged in. All I have to do is unplug my headphones and then plug them back in, and its fine.
I thought this was the only instance where this happened until today. Twice today I have been listening to music and when the a song changes (at random) the sound would switch from my headphones to the phone speaker. What I have seemed to notice is that this has yet to happen when I'm using Samsung's Music Player. It has happened using Google Play Music and Apollo. It hasn't happened when playing video. Any theories?
Can I bump this thread?
I'm surprised there aren't a lot people talking about this issue. It is so god damn annoying to know 1 minute you'll be listening to your headphones all fine and then the next its blasting through your speakers on the bus. Regarding what you said on top could be very true, so today I'll be listening to music while the phone is on vibrate. Lets see if that makes a difference. This only happened on Google Music, and once on Samsung player, and now I'm trying doubleTwist. Wish me luck guys, this bug is extra annoying for commuters.
EDIT: Instead of removing your headphone jack and putting it back in, tap the small button on your headphone remote once and then tap to play it again. Its easier!
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After you check your accessory settings, try a factory reset to rule out a software glitch( especially if you haven't since you upgraded to JB). If it persists after a fresh wipe, then you're looking at a hardware malfunction and will need to exchange. As always, make sure you back up your internal storage files
I have the same problem. I'm fairly certain it is not a hardware problem but rather a software glitch. I have 2 S'3s and both have this problem since the JB update. If I roll back to ICS the headphone problem does not exist.
So, i recently started listening to podcasts when going to sleep or when i wake up at night. I finally have a 5X with a good display since a week and i recognized this problem because it always wakes me up.
I still couldn't figure out what causes this bug(?), maybe some of you could test it as well:
I use Podcast Addict, but i tested a few other apps as well, the problem occurs there too.
I listen to the podcast and, with screen off, when the podcast stops because it's finished or the sleep timer stops it, a regularly popping sound comes out of the headphones until i activate the screen.
Sometimes it doesn't happen when i unplug and plug the headphones in again, i use some cheap 3-conductor sony in-ears.
I found additional 3-conductor earbuds in a drawer, same problem.
It seems that it doesn't occur with the 4-conductor iPhone earbuds/headset of my wife. That also seems to be the case with another 4-conductor In-ear headset i found.
I'm on the march build MHC19J and can't tell if the problem only occurs in this build.
Posted on reddit as well: https://m.reddit.com/r/nexus5x/comments/4c4zco/popping_sounds_in_headphones_after_podcast_stops/
Sup guys,
After updating to Android 12 I immediately noticed a difference in audio quality when connecting my Fold3 to my car via Bluetooth. It sounds like I'm in a big concert hall. Dolby Atmos was always on auto, before and after the update. Right now it sounds just bad. I can't listen to songs without noticing it. When changing Dolby Atmos to "Voice", it sounds a little bit better but the fact that it is such a big difference compared to Android 11 Bluetooth sound makes me wonder if its a bug.
Has anyone experienced the same problem and/or has a solution to it?
Thanks
HeyHooBanana said:
Sup guys,
After updating to Android 12 I immediately noticed a difference in audio quality when connecting my Fold3 to my car via Bluetooth. It sounds like I'm in a big concert hall. Dolby Atmos was always on auto, before and after the update. Right now it sounds just bad. I can't listen to songs without noticing it. When changing Dolby Atmos to "Voice", it sounds a little bit better but the fact that it is such a big difference compared to Android 11 Bluetooth sound makes me wonder if its a bug.
Has anyone experienced the same problem and/or has a solution to it?
Thanks
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You can try clearing the system cache and a network reset.
Check the bluetooth audio settings in Developer options. Double check all audio settings.
Factory reset if you haven't already after a major firmware upgrade.
Rule #1 if an OS is fast, stable and fulfilling its mission... let it be.
HeyHooBanana said:
Sup guys,
After updating to Android 12 I immediately noticed a difference in audio quality when connecting my Fold3 to my car via Bluetooth. It sounds like I'm in a big concert hall. Dolby Atmos was always on auto, before and after the update. Right now it sounds just bad. I can't listen to songs without noticing it. When changing Dolby Atmos to "Voice", it sounds a little bit better but the fact that it is such a big difference compared to Android 11 Bluetooth sound makes me wonder if its a bug.
Has anyone experienced the same problem and/or has a solution to it?
Thanks
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I did have this at first but only on the voice guidance in google maps, I left it and it fixed itself
Not that issue, but now after restarting my phone (due to something draining it), the bass is noticeably weaker, and I'm talking about on my Tribit speaker with a subwoofer in it and Extra Bass setting on. I can't find any settings that are different, but I swear the last time I played it was after the update to 12. So odd!!
ButterflyFlutterflyMyOhMy said:
Not that issue, but now after restarting my phone (due to something draining it), the bass is noticeably weaker, and I'm talking about on my Tribit speaker with a subwoofer in it and Extra Bass setting on. I can't find any settings that are different, but I swear the last time I played it was after the update to 12. So odd!!
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Check what codec it's using in Developer options and other bt settings.
Network reset.
Try playing with these two...
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Check what codec it's using in Developer options and other bt settings.
Network reset.
Try playing with these two...
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It is using aptX as I set it, for both that speaker and my car stereo (Android car stereo, Bose speakers/subwoofer set with huge bass in the stereo's EQ, and the bass was also noticeably less when I drove today). I have too many Bluetooth and Wi-Fi networks set to try resetting them, but I will check those two settings you pointed out. Thanks!
ButterflyFlutterflyMyOhMy said:
It is using aptX as I set it, for both that speaker and my car stereo (Android car stereo, Bose speakers/subwoofer set with huge bass in the stereo's EQ, and the bass was also noticeably less when I drove today). I have too many Bluetooth and Wi-Fi networks set to try resetting them, but I will check those two settings you pointed out. Thanks!
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Unfortunately you can't boost what isn't there.
ApkX isn't that good of a codec. The 2 best bt codecs on that phone are SCC and LDAC*.
The Cport/DAC route would yield an exponential improvement if the optimum interfaces are present.
Maybe use old LG or HTC phone as a dedicated server. Get one that supports at least a 250gb SD card. Any wav files you have, kept as such. If any are HDCDs you'll lose the digital HDCD encoding by converting them and with it a lot of added resolution that HDCD**s bring.
PowerAmp is a great music player if you have the hardware/through put to support it.
*try all the codecs at maximum bitrate and sample rate. SBC may work better if you can increase the bitrate.
**If ripped as wav files the HDCD encoding is preserved. A 24 bit DAC can extract about 90% of that for a significant boost in resolution as well as sound stage.
Many HDCDs are not marked, but you can hear it right away vs a 16 bit wav file. A HDCD's resolution approaches about 22 bits. 24 bit digital through put is needed to preserve it though until it reaches the end stage 24 bit or higher DAC.
blackhawk said:
Unfortunately you can't boost what isn't there.
ApkX isn't that good of a codec. The 2 best bt codecs on that phone are SCC and LDAC*.
The Cport/DAC route would yield an exponential improvement if the optimum interfaces are present.
Maybe use old LG or HTC phone as a dedicated server. Get one that supports at least a 250gb SD card. Any wav files you have, kept as such. If any are HDCDs you'll lose the digital HDCD encoding by converting them and with it a lot of added resolution that HDCD**s bring.
PowerAmp is a great music player if you have the hardware/through put to support it.
*try all the codecs at maximum bitrate and sample rate. SBC may work better if you can increase the bitrate.
**If ripped as wav files the HDCD encoding is preserved. A 24 bit DAC can extract about 90% of that for a significant boost in resolution as well as sound stage.
Many HDCDs are not marked, but you can hear it right away vs a 16 bit wav file. A HDCD's resolution approaches about 22 bits. 24 bit digital through put is needed to preserve it though until it reaches the end stage 24 bit or higher DAC.
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The sound and bass worked perfectly fine on aptX on this phone and my previous phone, up until I had to reset this phone the other day when something was draining the battery, which was the first reset since upgrading to Android 12. Now, the bass is noticeably weaker than it has been for years.
I don't need or want an additional device, just need this phone to go back to how it was working last week and prior. The songs were downloaded from iTunes, transferred via iSyncr (and SmartSwitch from my old phone), and are played on the phone on Rocket Player Pro (car stereo uses the built-in Bluetooth player). Nothing is wrong with the setup or songs, just suddenly the bass stopped being loud/boomy enough via Bluetooth.
ButterflyFlutterflyMyOhMy said:
The sound and bass worked perfectly fine on aptX on this phone and my previous phone, up until I had to reset this phone the other day when something was draining the battery, which was the first reset since upgrading to Android 12. Now, the bass is noticeably weaker than it has been for years.
I don't need or want an additional device, just need this phone to go back to how it was working last week and prior. The songs were downloaded from iTunes, transferred via iSyncr (and SmartSwitch from my old phone), and are played on the phone on Rocket Player Pro (car stereo uses the built-in Bluetooth player). Nothing is wrong with the setup or songs, just suddenly the bass stopped being loud/boomy enough via Bluetooth.
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Just giving you options to fix your mess.
You didn't think it be easy did you?
Audio is a rabbit hole that goes very deep and once you know what you're missing you can't unlearn it.
If you haven't done a factory reset, it's time to.
After a major firmware upgrade, always.
Do not use SmartSwitch. It may work ok but if not you'll be reloading again... so there's that.
A factory reset may or may not fix it.
Roll it back to 11 if that's doable. If 11 wasn't working well then pick your poison.
This is an example of exactly why I never upgrade a fast, stable OS that's fulfilling its mission.
blackhawk said:
Just giving you options to fix your mess.
You didn't think it be easy did you?
Audio is a rabbit hole that goes very deep and once you know what you're missing you can't unlearn it.
If you haven't done a factory reset, it's time to.
After a major firmware upgrade, always.
Do not use SmartSwitch. It may work ok but if not you'll be reloading again... so there's that.
A factory reset may or may not fix it.
Roll it back to 11 if that's doable. If 11 wasn't working well then pick your poison.
This is an example of exactly why I never upgrade a fast, stable OS that's fulfilling its mission.
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I tried the volume one (which doesn't go into effect until you turn Bluetooth off and back on, BTW) and it was terrible, could barely hear the music even turning the car stereo way up. The other setting I tried and it didn't seem to make a big difference, and now next time I go in the car I need to see if the song info. will still not transfer at times - not sure if that happened before trying these settings or not, but I never had a problem with it in the past. I restarted the phone since a restart broke the bass, and it might be a little better, but it is hard to tell after you've been trying for a while. I'll see how it sounds on my portable speaker later today.
LOL, you are crazy if you think I have the time to spend doing a Factory Reset. It is bad enough getting a new phone to spend days setting it up, even after SmartSwitch, I'm not going to do it on a phone I already had. Only reason I got a new phone was because Sprint's network is being shut down, so they said I needed a new phone.
SmartSwitch works perfectly fine and saves a lot of time in setting up a new phone, otherwise it'd be weeks to set it up.
With this phone, you don't have a choice but to update 'cause they only give you three chances to delay it to the next day, then they force it on you. For T-mobile at least.
ButterflyFlutterflyMyOhMy said:
I tried the volume one (which doesn't go into effect until you turn Bluetooth off and back on, BTW) and it was terrible, could barely hear the music even turning the car stereo way up. The other setting I tried and it didn't seem to make a big difference, and now next time I go in the car I need to see if the song info. will still not transfer at times - not sure if that happened before trying these settings or not, but I never had a problem with it in the past. I restarted the phone since a restart broke the bass, and it might be a little better, but it is hard to tell after you've been trying for a while. I'll see how it sounds on my portable speaker later today.
LOL, you are crazy if you think I have the time to spend doing a Factory Reset. It is bad enough getting a new phone to spend days setting it up, even after SmartSwitch, I'm not going to do it on a phone I already had. Only reason I got a new phone was because Sprint's network is being shut down, so they said I needed a new phone.
SmartSwitch works perfectly fine and saves a lot of time in setting up a new phone, otherwise it'd be weeks to set it up.
With this phone, you don't have a choice but to update 'cause they only give you three chances to delay it to the next day, then they force it on you. For T-mobile at least.
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Carriers are a pain. Their OTA updates can be pure poison. One of the reasons a never upgrade a fast, stable OS that's fulfilling its mission.
OTA updates can be blocked several ways; a carrier block (yes they can do this), an adb edit or using Package Disabler which is what I do.
SmartSwitch should never be trusted with critical data bases ie photos, movies, documents, contacts, app setting exports etc.
All critical should be backup as files, folders for easy inspection/verification.
It takes me about an hour or so to recreate homepage setup without SmartSwitch. This is about the only thing I would trust it to do. If it screws up another reload at this point would waste little time. Using SmartSwitch to import settings to a different phone or OS version is known to cause issues.
Unfortunately once something you need gets goofed up it becomes one of those whatever it takes scenarios. May take minutes, hours or weeks to correct or find a workaround. Sometimes it's back to back full reloads like with an app that boot looped me twice in less then a week. That was fun. However it encouraged me to streamline my backup and reloading techniques. If I have to I will reload without blinking as in the case of malware I can't erraticate in an hour or two... or a boot loop
Keep playing with the settings. Sometimes you need to toggle them in the proper sequence or just keep playing with them until it takes. I've done that more than once with sound and bt settings, they can be a pain. I've spent more time troubleshooting bt than anything else in the last year... if that tells you something.
blackhawk said:
Carriers are a pain. Their OTA updates can be pure poison. One of the reasons a never upgrade a fast, stable OS that's fulfilling its mission.
OTA updates can be blocked several ways; a carrier block (yes they can do this), an adb edit or using Package Disabler which is what I do.
SmartSwitch should never be trusted with critical data bases ie photos, movies, documents, contacts, app setting exports etc.
All critical should be backup as files, folders for easy inspection/verification.
It takes me about an hour or so to recreate homepage setup without SmartSwitch. This is about the only thing I would trust it to do. If it screws up another reload at this point would waste little time. Using SmartSwitch to import settings to a different phone or OS version is known to cause issues.
Unfortunately once something you need gets goofed up it becomes one of those whatever it takes scenarios. May take minutes, hours or weeks to correct or find a workaround. Sometimes it's back to back full reloads like with an app that boot looped me twice in less then a week. That was fun. However it encouraged me to streamline my backup and reloading techniques. If I have to I will reload without blinking as in the case of malware I can't erraticate in an hour or two... or a boot loop
Keep playing with the settings. Sometimes you need to toggle them in the proper sequence or just keep playing with them until it takes. I've done that more than once with sound and bt settings, they can be a pain. I've spent more time troubleshooting bt than anything else in the last year... if that tells you something.
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That phone restart did work, as my portable speaker that I have in the bathroom was back to making the tub across the room vibrate with the bass, and more so once I took the speaker in the shower (it is waterproof, obviously , and drop-proof), so it's all good. Phew! 'Cause I love bass.
I've never had an issue with SmartSwitch and this is the second phone I've used it with. Since this phone doesn't have an SD card like my previous one, it was even more necessary than doing it via another method. As it is, it takes days to set up a phone and all the apps, so trying to get settings on there, too, like WiFi and Bluetooth devices would be ridiculous.
I use the anti-virus app from my computer on my phone since they offer an app, too. (It is a real anti-virus, not a virus itself like the cheap OEMs.) I also don't download porn, so....
ButterflyFlutterflyMyOhMy said:
That phone restart did work, as my portable speaker that I have in the bathroom was back to making the tub across the room vibrate with the bass, and more so once I took the speaker in the shower (it is waterproof, obviously , and drop-proof), so it's all good. Phew! 'Cause I love bass.
I've never had an issue with SmartSwitch and this is the second phone I've used it with. Since this phone doesn't have an SD card like my previous one, it was even more necessary than doing it via another method. As it is, it takes days to set up a phone and all the apps, so trying to get settings on there, too, like WiFi and Bluetooth devices would be ridiculous.
I use the anti-virus app from my computer on my phone since they offer an app, too. (It is a real anti-virus, not a virus itself like the cheap OEMs.) I also don't download porn, so....
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Yay!
You can use a OTG flashstick for quick dirty backups. Make sure the majority of the critical data is backed up redundantly to at least two hdds that are physically and electronically isolated from each other and the PC.
On Android 9 and higher antivirus isn't needed. Just be careful what you install and download.
I will scan apps and downloads with online Virustotal.
I run a Malwarebytes scan once a month or if needed. Android is fairly secure... and I do like porn. You know for security integrity testing.
blackhawk said:
Yay!
You can use a OTG flashstick for quick dirty backups. Make sure the majority of the critical data is backed up redundantly to at least two hdds that are physically and electronically isolated from each other and the PC.
On Android 9 and higher antivirus isn't needed. Just be careful what you install and download.
I will scan apps and downloads with online Virustotal.
I run a Malwarebytes scan once a month or if needed. Android is fairly secure... and I do like porn. You know for security integrity testing.
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Of course once that issue was fixed, my car stereo's notification panel froze on the screen with the first pull-down (one row of buttons) visible, but not working, and unable to pull it down to restart the stereo. That made several features unavailable, including increasing the volume and the EQ settings, so the bass was not there at all - so weird! If it ain't one thing, it's another!
The anti-virus is free (part of what I'm already paying for for my desktop computer), so might as well use it. It has other features, too.
Yes, security integrity testing is important, just make sure you have a well-oiled machine at the ready. ;-)