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Tilt2 Bluetooth Headset List

Hello,
I've had my Tilt2 for 2 months now and am ready to get a headset. After many searches I can't find a definitive list of headsets that are working/ not working correctly.
I'm using a stock ROM and have the Tilt2 2 tweaked to 43% memory usage on boot-up. The phone is fast and everything works correctly. Also using SPB mobile Shell.
Has anyone tied in the Bluetooth 2.1 vs 2.0 headsets with correct operation? I want the voice command, audio passthrough, and buttons to work correctly.
Maybe we can start a list of Phone - ROM version - Headset - Whats working/not working.
I'm mainly concerned with the stock ROM but any info may assist others.
Thanks
Jim O

Well, I have the Jawbone Prime & Motorola HX-1 and both work fine.

Motorola H710 works fine as well.

Thanks for the info. Does the voice command work for making calls and you can also hear music files and audio from websites?
Thanks Jim O

Surely more folks can contribute to a good list. Lets get some more response going. This could be of great benefit to one and all.
Thanks!!!!!

Samsung WEP 850 with voice command works just fine.

The Sony DRBT100CX stereo bluetooth earbuds also work very well with the Tilt 2. All A2DP/AVRC audio and handsfree calling functions are supported. Nice bargain at $50 as well.

Yes, but...
... has anyone found a BT headset that announces the incoming caller ID over it instead of the phone's speaker?
I've tried a couple of older as well as one new BT headset. All pair and work flawlessly with my Tilt 2, but none of them will announce the incoming caller ID over the headset as it did with my original Tilt.
Yeh, I'm pretty sure this was a screwup in the Widcomm BT stack but just want to make sure. FYI, HTC tech support states that none of their phones do this! When I asked 'em why the old Tilts did, I didn't get any more response.

Well, I picked up a new Motorola H17 12/30/09. Everything works as advertised, except the incoming caller announcement (on phone announcement only). This headset was released only a couple months ago with the latest Bluetooth 2.1 and all the other amenities so this problem does seem to be a problem with the stack.
On a side note, this headset works great. Get ALL phone sounds transferred and also volume control on both the phone and headset. Works great with streaming video/audio. And it is loud, usually have it set to mid volume. Also, I bought it from an AT&T store ($80) and he stated that if anything goes wrong with it for 1 year just bring it in and he will replacement.
Jim O

I have the Jabra HALO and works wonderfully well with my TP2, running Win6.5

jlmwrite said:
... has anyone found a BT headset that announces the incoming caller ID over it instead of the phone's speaker?
I've tried a couple of older as well as one new BT headset. All pair and work flawlessly with my Tilt 2, but none of them will announce the incoming caller ID over the headset as it did with my original Tilt.
Yeh, I'm pretty sure this was a screwup in the Widcomm BT stack but just want to make sure. FYI, HTC tech support states that none of their phones do this! When I asked 'em why the old Tilts did, I didn't get any more response.
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The manager @ my local AT&T store has a Tilt 2 using a Blue Ant Q1 bluetooth & he says that his BT does all these things. I just ordered one so I will let you know when I get it. FYI he was using a Jawbone prior to the Q1.

Montea said:
The manager @ my local AT&T store has a Tilt 2 using a Blue Ant Q1 bluetooth & he says that his BT does all these things. I just ordered one so I will let you know when I get it. FYI he was using a Jawbone prior to the Q1.
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I got my Blue Ant Q1 and it does announce the incoming calls over the blue tooth & your text messages, e-mail, reminders, your music- I like it. If you turn "announce incoming call off" in voice command it will not announce them over the speaker on the phone. I bought mine off e-bay for $48.99.

[Q] Desire HD & Voice Dial over BT Headset

Hi there,
I've searched this great forum for this piece of information and haven't found it, so here goes:
I was about to buy a Desire HD and then I read several users reporting absence of voice dialing over a bluetooth headset. I have to be sure about this, because it would be a deal breaker for me. Apart from this the DHD seems to be a device that fits my needs perfectly.
Hope you guys can help me out.
Thanks for your help in advance
best regards
André

it does do voice dialing over bluetooth with android 2.2 and up, hope that's useful for you.

thanks for answering
I heard that Froyo solved the issue, but that there was still a problem with the Desire HD regarding this feature. could you just confirm that it works. do you have the dhd and tested it yourself? Hope you don't mind my asking, but I don't want to buy a USD 500 phone and find out that this very important feature for me doesnt work. So could you kindly tell me if your info is based on your personal experience with it?
Thanks in advance

Hi,
i am also very curious about this question. I was searching the internet and did not find information about how to get this feature to work. It is not so important for me, as for my father (he owns desire 2.2 fw), but i will also appriciate it. It`s mostly needed in car and it`s quite dangerous without it, i think you know what i am talking about. Thank you for your answers.

I tried voice dialing using Google's Android Voice Actions which worked. However, I did not use bluetooth headset.
I understand there is another app that does voice dialing too (became free from USD$10) which name I cannot recall now.
I believe these can do the job you require.
*Edit* The name of the other app is Vlingo. You can try it out.

just tried Google Voice Search with my BT headset (Plantronics 975) and long-pressing the button didn't get me anywhere...
let's see if Vlingo works
if anyone has a solution it would be very appreciated, since having to tap the phone while driving completely misses the point of using a bluetooth headset in the car.
best regards
André

I have a 10 day old desire hd, it does indeed come with a voice dialer (cyberon voice commander) - at least the telus version of the phone does.
I've not had issues with getting the voice dialing to work...
BUT, after much troubleshooting, I have found that whe the cyberon voice commander app is running, the phone's external speaker volume becomes much quieter - the result: it can be difficult to hear your phone ring in an environment that is not extremely quiet.
the fix: force close the voice commander.
I'm currently in search of a replacement voice dialer app to replace it with

Revolution HD 3.0 is based on Froyo 2.2.1 and I am not able to dial via BT.
There is no response to BT button!
Froyo 2.2 should solve this problem. Should.... In my case this is still issue.
ps. My BT is Plantronics 975

Vlingo does not work with BT Headset long-press button, but it's kind of a workaround. Very, VERY big mistake on behalf of HTC in not making handsfree BT headset voice dialing work, at least until now. I've been escalated in the HTC support, but up to now the only thing they told me is that i works with the plantronics 220. I asked them why it doesn't work with Plantronics 975, since it is their top-of-the-line headset and am waiting for an answer.
If this doesn't get fixed soon it'll be a dealbreaker for me.
Hope someone has a clue as to how to solve this.
best regards
André

See this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=780687
it has the voicedialer.apk which works along side with google voice actions (does not replace it) and allows you to voice dial with a long press of the bluetooth button.
I installed it this morining, works great. It is included in LeeDroid Rom.

Nerds2You said:
See this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=780687
it has the voicedialer.apk which works along side with google voice actions (does not replace it) and allows you to voice dial with a long press of the bluetooth button.
I installed it this morining, works great. It is included in LeeDroid Rom.
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Thanks a lot. Will try it later this evening Does my DHD have to be rooted in order to use it?

Vlingo was working rather well will bt heaset long button press until the update to 3.0. now I have to interact with the screen, which defeats Voice Dialing with BT headset for me.
Does anyone have another solution which works well for BT Headset Voice Dialing?
Best regards
André

I'm having problems getting voice dialing to work with the bluetooth headset as well. I've tried both RCMix3D Runnymede 1.4 and Android Revolution 6.1.1. It was very difficult to get the headset connect and it won't reconnect automatically. Further, the voice dialing app was missing from one of the ROMs and when bluetooth voice dialer starts up on the other one, it freezes the phone and you have to pull the battery which you know is a nightmare on this phone. Note that bluetooth will work when the phone is used to do the dialing but I need to be able to initiate this from the headset so it is truly hands-free to satisfy safe driving laws.
Does anyone have bluetooth voice dialing working on their Desire HD where it is invoked from a tap on the bluetooth device? Please post which ROM you are using and any special tricks required to set it up.
Thank you.

As a followup, I installed LeeDroid to try that out. It is still difficult to connect to the headset and reconnect automatically. However, once it is connected, handsfree bluetooth dialing works!
Can anyone tell me what needs to be fixed to make the BT connection work properly?

[Q] Can't use wired headset with wifi calling?

Is this a known issue/"feature"? If I'm using wifi calling on my G2, the device ignores my connected wired headset and uses only the phone speaker and mic. If I'm not using wifi calling, everything works fine. It did this before and after installing Bacon Bits. I haven't tried this with Bluetooth, but wired is really where my concern is.
Brad

Sorry for the shameless bump, but is anyone else having this problem? It happens on both mine and my wife's G2. The DTMF (dialing) comes through the headset, but when the call itself connects, it goes to the handset. Speakerphone works fine also.
Anyone else? Is this a known bug or "feature" that I'm just not aware of?
Brad

Yeah, I just discovered this issue....any have any information on this? I was hoping to use this for long conference calls...kind of useless if I cannot use a headset.
Edit: Bluetooth seems to work fine - but I don't want to depend on it.
Jeff

bsnelson said:
Is this a known issue/"feature"? If I'm using wifi calling on my G2, the device ignores my connected wired headset and uses only the phone speaker and mic. If I'm not using wifi calling, everything works fine. It did this before and after installing Bacon Bits. I haven't tried this with Bluetooth, but wired is really where my concern is.
Brad
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I hope that's not a bug b/c my main use on my phone (HTC magic 32b) has been making calls through internet using new built in sip and the next phone I will get is an HTC T-Mobile G2 and if I can't talk through headset will making calls through sip then that will be a huge drawback.
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google voice

hello guys...
just wondering if anyone of you tried google voice app on our tablet? i installed it but no luck on how to run it. i signed in my google account. but theres no way to find the dialer.
need some help thanks

Add GrooVe IP and you can have it dial with Google Voice.
Phone calls sometimes have an echo on the A100 unless you use a headset. But you still have to speak into the tablet's microphone as the headset input is "out" only.
I tested it out and it works, but it's pretty inconvenient to use a 7" tablet as a phone. (Unless you're using video Skype.)

thanks. ill try it out.

sorry but... what Google Voice does exactly? Is like another VoipCalls program?

What about bluetooth, is it audio playback only? I haven't tried yet as i don't have a need for it.
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I tried thd grooveip i love it thanks
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dms76 said:
I tried thd grooveip i love it thanks
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bluetooth is audio only. headset worth built in mic should work. Google voice is for texting and voicemail. I have sprint so I can port my number to google voice for free which allows me to recieve all voicemail and texts on tablet. in combination with grooveip I can recieve and place calls. so an incoming cal rings on tab and phone.
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Calls with car dock..

Hey guys I have the official nexus car dock and was wondering if there's a way to get calls to come through the car speakers? I have a phono going from phone to stereo which handles music navigation etc fine but as soon as a call comes in it goes straight to speaker phone. Is there something I'm doing wrong or is there a 3rd party app that can handle it better?
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Shameless bump..
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The only workaround I've found for this is to use SIP calling, i.e. set up a VoIP account and use that for calls - everything is routed properly through the dock audio output. This is nicely integrated in Android / Phone.apk, you don't need a third-party app.
Forcing regular GSM voice calls to go through the dock audio output might require some kind of kernel modification, I haven't found anything in the AOSP codebase that would change this behaviour.

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The only workaround I've found for this is to use SIP calling, i.e. set up a VoIP account and use that for calls - everything is routed properly through the dock audio output. This is nicely integrated in Android / Phone.apk, you don't need a third-party app.
Forcing regular GSM voice calls to go through the dock audio output might require some kind of kernel modification, I haven't found anything in the AOSP codebase that would change this behaviour.
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Setting up a VoIP account does that mean they'd have to call me on a seperate number or will it push it straight through to my normal number?
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Correct, a VoIP account would be a separate number, but depending on the provider and the type of number you might be able to set up forwarding (at the provider end) from your regular number to your VoIP number.

easiest solution and future proof to boot: get a bluetooth headunit !
Have a Kenwood KDC-BT60U, a pretty basic model, payed 200 for it, and it rocks: can access latest incoming, latest outcoming, missed, phone book, plus it has A2DP.

Get a bluetooth car stereo. Or some kind of interface kit. Google for it.