Hi, I was wondering if anybody has come up with a fix for AOSP roms for Bluetooth yet. Sense roms connect to my bluetooth stereo perfectly, but none of the AOSP roms (Cyanogen, ect.) can connect consistently.
The very odd issue is that yesterday I thought I came up with a solution, so I flashed CM7 on and tested. It worked. However I couldn't connect to the market because I forgot to install the gapps addon, so I did, and didn't think twice until last night when going to work, and bluetooth wouldn't work again. It seemed like the gapps addon broke bluetooth, but it could have been some unknown external factor. I can test this later today to see if the gapps addon does in fact kill it somehow.
Can anybody shine light on the bluetooth issues and maybe enlighten me as to a fix if there is one?
Not one response? That's disappointing. I was doing some testing with CM7 today and I could not reproduce the bluetooth breakage that I have experienced every other time. I was trying to isolate what was causing the issue by lashing the rom, then booting, testing, then flashing the RIL, booting, testing, then flashing the gapps package, booting, testing, then re-installing all apps one at a time from titanium backup (the same as I did before) and nothing broke it. Over a full day now and bluetooth is rock solid.
This poses a problem because I don't know WHY it is working. The only variable I actually changed is booting after each thing I flashed. This still will not change issues with any other AOSP roms even if the solution is to flash each separately, because the rest come with gapps installed, and they are broken both before and after a RIL flash.
Also to further convolute things, I started the day testing LeeDroid. Bluetooth would not connect. This is a rom that should have connected just fine.
Hi mrcandyman,
I too have noticed that a lot of AOSP roms have (imho) severe BT problems, mainly with connection to earpieces in my case (voice dialling). I have tried AOSP roms on both my desire and sgs2 and had the same problems on both. Flashing back to rooted stock roms has always cured my problems with BT. I am not a dev or programmer so have no idea what or where the problem lies only that stock roms I've tried don't have BT problems and AOSP do.
feeling your pain,
Night....
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This annoying problem popped out of nowhere I can think of.
Originally running AOKP #37. Since then I've tried all version of AOKP back to M5, wiping, formatting /system, CM9, faux123 16m, 17m, 18 b3. Each ROM the same problem.
I can connect to a media device once, either the car of speakers then a reboot is needed to [play] media again. The phone does show it being connected to the car but it's phone only.
If music is playing, through the phones speaker, and a call is placed the music plays [with] the call.
I've restored to AOKP b34 which seems to work, and totally wiped the phone to factory 4.02 which also seemed to work. Wiped flashed b37 back and was fine for a day.
I'm lost. It's annoying having to reboot at every 7-Eleven, gas station or Starbucks.
rinse and repeat? try a different rom? different kernel?
I rinsed and repeated constantly over the last week.
It's with all the ROMS I tried except for returning to stock, I think, I didn't keep it more than half a day and with AOKP b34 restored.
Oh, I had the "hybrid" radios, I've since installed 4.0.2 radios, 4.0.4 radios and am back to 4.02 thanks to returning to factory.
This is a VZ Galaxy Nexus.
I think I found my issue finally. I think a few more tests will confirm it's the MIUI permissions mod.
I've found the Bluetooth on the GN a bit buggy too. Though i manage to live with it.
When connecting to bluetooth devices i usually get the device to do the connection. If that doesnt work i just toggle Airplane mode on and off, and then it's working again.
If I manually turn off bluetooth it will end up hanging when turning on again.
After i switched to CM9 I think bluetooth overall is working a little better (might be placebo effect though).
The problem is definitely the MIUI permission mod.
Reinstalled it today and the issue returned immediately.
The stock Bluetooth system actually worked pretty good. from Nexus WAS controllable from the car stereo to an extent.
So I've had a VZW Nexus for about 5 months, flashed all kinds of custom ICS stuff on it, never had problems.
When Jelly Bean ROMs come out I flash one built from AOSP, works great, after a while an updated version of the ROM hits Goo.IM, I dirty flash+GApps, and suddenly after a few days my phone seems to be stuck in headset mode, not allowing me to use the mic or make calls without using speakerphone mode.
Do full system wipe, factory reset of radios/system/bootloader back to IMM76K, the issue is still there at first boot, hmm, must not be a software issue then.
I Google, this seems like a known hardware issue with the headphone jack, get a replacement from Verizon, it works fine, no problem.
Until I flash an AOSP JB ROM on this working phone, then, just like before, after dirty flashing a JB AOSP ROM upgrade, a day or so later I get the exact same issue, and again full wipes/factory resets don't fix it.
Verizon sends me a new one. This time, I'm staying on IMM76K.
This seems fishy to me, the odds of getting this kind of hardware failure on two different phones after the same sequence of events and there being no relation is astronomically high.
Again, not running any OC's or anything weird. Never dropped the phone. Don't use it in humid environments. Don't even use actual headsets. Used the first phone for months with no issues. Tried SIM/battery pulls. The AOSP JB ROM in question is used by many without this issue, though I have found what seems to be a few more instances of this that have happened after JB upgrades via Google.
Any explanations? Is there a weird bug in AOSP that's frying stuff? Doesn't seem likely or even possible, but then why?
I am currently having some data connectivity issues with my E4GT. I have been running the Blu Kuban rom for some time now and have been a huge fan of it, but now my phone is acting really weird (no fault to the rom at all). First my GPS wouldn't lock as I thought this was kernel related I re installed the Blu Kuban rom with both of the other kernels and still couldn't get a GPS lock. Since I use GPS daily for work I went back to my classic Epic Venum rom and the GPS worked albeit poorly, it got me through the day. When on this rom whenever I used data my phone would drop down to zero percent battery and power off, this seems to occur only over 4g/3g and not over wifi. I tried flashing multiple modems from EG30 to FI27 on a multitude of roms (both GB and ICS) and using desktop Odin, but I cannot figure out what is causing my phone to crash (which now occurs consistently). I tried installing new roms (currently on AOKP build 37) which works great until the data is used and then it crashes again. I don't think this is cause from any specific rom, and I am now fearing it is a hardware issue. To summarize GPS now works, using data causes my phone to crash regardless of the rom used. Just thought I would ask the community, any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Update: I ended up restoring to stock to see if that would fix the problem and it didn't. So I took it to the Sprint store where they discovered I had a defective battery, and it just so happened that I bought the phone a year ago today so the new battery will be covered under warranty . I will update my status upon receiving the new battery, but I am feeling optimistic at this point.
I'm running the lates 3.21 quantum release with either the included kernel or using ktoonsez's kt747. Bluetooth issues were never an issue with 4.2.x ROM's but seem to be an issue on every ROM/Kernel I've found on the SGS3.
Does anyone know what the actual issue is? Seems like one driver worked possibly with the BMS kernel in early december but hasn't worked since.
I never get disconnects after connection, but once I turn off a bluetooth device I can't reconnect to it without a reboot.
I've been having a nightmare with bluetooth in my car.
It works flawlessly the first time - new connection, pair, works. Then if I disconnect by any method after that and try to reconnect, it spends about 10 minutes reconnecting and then is very sporadic and will disable/crash my phone. When my phone restarts, same thing unless I forget the pairing and recreate from scratch.
Hi all,
I was wondering if anyone else was experiencing this, and/or had any solutions - as it's slowly driving me mad.
I do love my M8, but it's getting old and slow running Sense 6/7, and I much prefer the 'pureness' of GPe/CM12.
My phone is SuperCID'd and fully unlocked, and currently flashed the latest RUU for GPe (full firmware) then Candy5 ROM v2.5.5 flashed (based on CM12).
I've tried various Sense firmwares, and other hacked/full GPe firmwares... Bluetooth seems the same on all - works fine on Sense, but not as reliable on non-Sense.
The biggest issue I have is that I have a LG G Watch R and it will disconnect after a few hours, sometimes days, and won't reconnect unless I turn off and on Bluetooth on the phone. Even then it's temporary - I find Wiping Data on com.share.bluetooth makes it stable again for a few more hours/days.
And no, it's not the watch, as if I'm in the car at the same time - that will disconnect and not reconnect either. It's definitely the phone...
Now I generally keep Bluetooth and WiFi on at all times. I only use WiFi at home.
I have noticed it seems to become unreliable if WiFi is on, but hasn't been connected to anything for a while. It's almost like it's "scanning" buffer is full and it's affecting both WiFi and BT (as it's the same chip).
If I keep WiFi off, and only on at Home where it stays connected - my Bluetooth seems really reliable and I don't have an issue.
This isn't a fix, though. As I don't want to have to rely on Llama to switch my WiFi on and off based on my location. Surely a potential battery drain versus just keeping it on at all times.
I've tried a Tasker task to wipe com.share.bluetooth every couple of hours, but it didn't fix it. Would still die beforehand.
I've tried various GPe ROMs, and CM12 ROMs - all as Clean Flashes and not restoring Bluetooth data in Titanium Backup (I only restore user aps + data).
Just wondered if anyone had any ideas!!
Thanks for reading.
I'm having the exact same issue.
Gpe and sense work fine, but cm12,1 just won't stay connected to my car or watch. Very frustrating.
I really want to run cm as my daily driver, but it's totally incapable of keeping Bluetooth up.
Is anyone running cm 12.1 and has working Bluetooth? If so, can you let us know which radio firmware you're using?
I took a stab in the dark and applied firmware 4.16.401.10. So far my watch's connection has been solid. Still haven't tested the car, but will test today. Hopefully it'll be stable - if it is then I'll finally be able to use CM as my daily driver!
Full commute without Bluetooth disconnecting from my car, and I've had a solid connection to my watch for over 24 hrs! WOOOOOOOT!!!!
4.16.401.10 is the trick. Anyone having Bluetooth issues on CM12.1 should go download and apply the firmware. (must be s-off, obvs.)
Firmware is here (courtesy of Mike1986 of ARHD fame)
Ah great news - thanks.
I'll give it a go later!
Should know within 15 mins after if the bug is fixed!
Thanks again.
Update - looks like that's the fix!
Strange it doesn't seem to be mentioned anywhere else but at least it's now here for anyone else.
Thanks for the tip!