I am having a problem streaming A2DP music. On some of my songs there is static when streaming to my sound system. When I used another phone (myTouch 3g, and iPhone) the sound quality is perfect without static.
Has anybody noticed static on some songs (mostly songs with a lot of guitar and voice going on at the same time)?
Is there anything I can do to edit the blue tooth and stop the static? Maybe a tweek/hack? Its not the worst static, but I am picky when it comes to music quality.
Thanks!
Install SRS WOW HD 121 and fiddle around with the settings. You have to search for the cab yourself. It will improve overal sound quality and maybe let you reduce static.
ive had that problem as well sometimes what i would do is turn the headset off and then back on 1 or 2 times and then its gone i think its just a bug
I installed the srs wow hd 121 and couldnt find the file to fun it. also, i would get an error when trying to enable bluetooth. because of this I uninstalled the program.
I reset my phone many times and it still didnt stop. the static seems to be getting worse. I cant even find a a2dp key in the registory.
do you have a cab by any chance for it?
Thanks
Hi all,
I really enjoy listening to music a lot, and wanted to use my Desire as a MP3 player, so I don't have to drag my iPod around as well.
Now - I get _really_ disappointed with the quality of sound that comes out of that phone.
Be it net radio, last.fm or flac music on the SD card, I hear a lot of interference from the WLAN and 2g/3g network on the headphones (you know. bssssss / dak-a-dak-a-dak, brrrrr, depending on which connection I am on). Not very loud, but very disturbing if you are listening to low-volume music.
Do you suffer from the same problem? Did anyone find a solution to this?
(I found a few similar posts, but none really matching as they cover speaker/BT headsets)
I use my Desire to play mp3 and to listen FM and streaming radio and I've never heart any interference.
Maybe it's another device what is causing the noise?
I also use my phone to listen to music / podcast and never noticed any interferences.
Did you check your headset cable (I've noticed it's the biggest unwanted noise generator when listening to music on the go) ?
Well - partly it is indeed my headset cable.
Although I am using Sennheiser cx150, which sound quality is really good in my opinion, it seems that the cable is very poorly shielded.
So I tried with various other earphones, and the interference is less. Still not gone, which still annoys me, but less.
Oh well, i gonna spend another bunch of money for new headphones until I get a new phone :-(
Thanks, all.
So - I am highly invested in Google music due to the convenience, and I just put a high quality audio system in my 2007 Acura MDX.
I really can't stand apple but, their ipod integration is just everywhere - and I hate it. When I hear music from an ipod I know its a digital connection & it sounds fantastic - just like a cd - its digital direct audio.
Unfortunately, when you stream audio through your headphone jack - its an analog system and so your audio quality is greatly degraded.
Is there ANYTHING at all out there that I can use to get the google music from my Phone to my car system to sound like an ipod?
EyeAndroid said:
So - I am highly invested in Google music due to the convenience, and I just put a high quality audio system in my 2007 Acura MDX.
I really can't stand apple but, their ipod integration is just everywhere - and I hate it. When I hear music from an ipod I know its a digital connection & it sounds fantastic - just like a cd - its digital direct audio.
Unfortunately, when you stream audio through your headphone jack - its an analog system and so your audio quality is greatly degraded.
Is there ANYTHING at all out there that I can use to get the google music from my Phone to my car system to sound like an ipod?
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Why are you so invested in Google Music? Google Music is your first culprit. Have you considered Neutron player? It offers streaming audio and processes the audio at 32/64 bits. It sounds like a blanket have been lifted from my speakers when comparing the sound to google music. It offers much more depth and clarity. If you don't like the UI of it, you can try Power Amp( its still an improvement of Google Music.) Also, You should also check out Ac!d Sound Mod. It really helps to clean up the signal and results in a more natural, less distorted sound. What format is your music in? I have completely retired from the MP3 world and switched to Flac. I don't know if you're familiar with the format, but its Lossless audio, so theres no audio degradation from the original recording. It takes up more space, so its recommended you get a 32 or 64GB Micro SD card, but the difference can be heard immediately. I honestly dont know how I ever listened to MP3 for so long. Even at 320Kbps theres a big difference.
Heres a link to Ac!d Sound Mod
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2002197
EyeAndroid said:
So - I am highly invested in Google music due to the convenience, and I just put a high quality audio system in my 2007 Acura MDX.
I really can't stand apple but, their ipod integration is just everywhere - and I hate it. When I hear music from an ipod I know its a digital connection & it sounds fantastic - just like a cd - its digital direct audio.
Unfortunately, when you stream audio through your headphone jack - its an analog system and so your audio quality is greatly degraded.
Is there ANYTHING at all out there that I can use to get the google music from my Phone to my car system to sound like an ipod?
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Well, I would recommend a bluetooth capable stereo for your car. I have one in my car, and when my car starts up, Google music automatically starts playing. It displays Artist, Track, and Album info etc to the head unit in my car (which is great), and I can skip tracks from the stereo without even removing the phone from my pocket.
Once I arrive at my destination, the music is automatically paused. The quality is much better than what come out of the audio output on my phone...my Galaxy Nexus has a cheap DAC, so streaming over bluetooth bypasses the DAC and sends the digital stream to your car stereo's DAC instead....
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Well, I would recommend a bluetooth capable stereo for your car. I have one in my car, and when my car starts up, Google music automatically starts playing. It displays Artist, Track, and Album info etc to the head unit in my car (which is great), and I can skip tracks from the stereo without even removing the phone from my pocket.
Once I arrive at my destination, the music is automatically paused. The quality is much better than what come out of the audio output on my phone...my Galaxy Nexus has a cheap DAC, so streaming over bluetooth bypasses the DAC and sends the digital stream to your car stereo's DAC instead....
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I tried bluetooth audio once and I wasn't impressed, it had less punch, less bass, less everything. Your saying it was better for you?
For me - It may have been a cheap unit, but still bluetooth is bluetooth right?
Has anyone tried an HDMI Digital audio out?
mattedwards2686 said:
Why are you so invested in Google Music? Google Music is your first culprit. Have you considered Neutron player? It offers streaming audio and processes the audio at 32/64 bits. It sounds like a blanket have been lifted from my speakers when comparing the sound to google music. It offers much more depth and clarity. If you don't like the UI of it, you can try Power Amp( its still an improvement of Google Music.) Also, You should also check out Ac!d Sound Mod. It really helps to clean up the signal and results in a more natural, less distorted sound. What format is your music in? I have completely retired from the MP3 world and switched to Flac. I don't know if you're familiar with the format, but its Lossless audio, so theres no audio degradation from the original recording. It takes up more space, so its recommended you get a 32 or 64GB Micro SD card, but the difference can be heard immediately. I honestly dont know how I ever listened to MP3 for so long. Even at 320Kbps theres a big difference.
Heres a link to Ac!d Sound Mod
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2002197
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Yea I just tried Neutron player and it is HIDEOUS. I'd really like to keep google music as my primary music player because of the lockscreen integration and the UI & widgets are gorgeous.
Right now I'm starting with the basics, Im downloading an album in FLAC right now, its actually not as bad as I thought, only about double the space. Google music album was about 150 mbs, FLAC was 350 mbs. I thought it was gonna be a gig or 2 & that was gonna be a problem.
Acid is just a kernel & more of an internal software mod right? I could still use google music and see the improvements right?
EyeAndroid said:
Yea I just tried Neutron player and it is HIDEOUS. I'd really like to keep google music as my primary music player because of the lockscreen integration and the UI & widgets are gorgeous.
Right now I'm starting with the basics, Im downloading an album in FLAC right now, its actually not as bad as I thought, only about double the space. Google music album was about 150 mbs, FLAC was 350 mbs. I thought it was gonna be a gig or 2 & that was gonna be a problem.
Acid is just a kernel & more of an internal software mod right? I could still use google music and see the improvements right?
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Acid Sound mod is more of an internal software mod. You can use it with any music player( you just have to be rooted) .Flash V5. Its just a zip file you can flash in TWRP or CWM. Have you tried Poweramp? It has a much better GUI,direct gain controls( gets rid of high level distortion), and a better sound overall. The 10-band EQ in it( compared to Googles 5 band) is also much more useful than google. It comes with themes, lock screens, and widgets that are all customizable. Let me know what you think of Flac.. You're right, the size isnt too bad and the gains are just amazing. Also, have you applied any EQ? I give my Low end a 4-5db boost at 31hz, 2db boost at 62hz, and 1-2db boost at 8k and 16k in my car, to get the best sound out of the kick and fill the mix.
Screenshots of GUI located here:
http://powerampapp.com/features/
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Acid Sound mod is more of an internal software mod. You can use it with any music player( you just have to be rooted) .Flash V5. Its just a zip file you can flash in TWRP or CWM. Have you tried Poweramp? It has a much better GUI,direct gain controls( gets rid of high level distortion), and a better sound overall. The 10-band EQ in it( compared to Googles 5 band) is also much more useful than google. It comes with themes, lock screens, and widgets that are all customizable. Let me know what you think of Flac.. You're right, the size isnt too bad and the gains are just amazing.
Screenshots of GUI located here:
http://powerampapp.com/features/
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Yep poweramp looks great. Gonna try that and im gonna flash acid and see how it goes with my new flac file.
And how about that HDMI digital audio out?
EyeAndroid said:
I tried bluetooth audio once and I wasn't impressed, it had less punch, less bass, less everything. Your saying it was better for you?
For me - It may have been a cheap unit, but still bluetooth is bluetooth right?
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I notice a HUGE improvement using Bluetooth audio over using the line-in on my stereo. But like I said, my phone has a cheap DAC so that is where my limitation lies...
I have not noticed any less punch over Bluetooth, but I do run a custom rom (AOKP) and I believe they have tweaked the Bluetooth audio AVRCPso that it streams at a higher quality than is default on Android.
At first I would load FLAC files onto my phone directly, but when I did a comparison to the 320 MP3s that Google converts to when you upload something to Google Music I could not tell a difference. When I did the comparison my car was turned off sitting in the driveway. Since I couldn't hear any differences in that quiet setting, I knew that i certainly would not be able to tell a difference while I was driving and there was noise pollution.
i LOVE LOVE LOVE bluetooth audio
For acid do I have to physically remove dsp manager with titanium?
bekyndnunwind said:
I notice a HUGE improvement using Bluetooth audio over using the line-in on my stereo. But like I said, my phone has a cheap DAC so that is where my limitation lies...
I have not noticed any less punch over Bluetooth, but I do run a custom rom (AOKP) and I believe they have tweaked the Bluetooth audio AVRCPso that it streams at a higher quality than is default on Android.
At first I would load FLAC files onto my phone directly, but when I did a comparison to the 320 MP3s that Google converts to when you upload something to Google Music I could not tell a difference. When I did the comparison my car was turned off sitting in the driveway. Since I couldn't hear any differences in that quiet setting, I knew that i certainly would not be able to tell a difference while I was driving and there was noise pollution.
i LOVE LOVE LOVE bluetooth audio
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Your bluetooth audio is built in, or its aftermarket? If so what is it?
EyeAndroid said:
Your bluetooth audio is built in, or its aftermarket? If so what is it?
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It's just the factory radio that came in my Mazda 3. I see lots of aftermarket radios with it, but I'm guessing you prob don't want to upgrade your deck if you don't have to...
EyeAndroid said:
I tried bluetooth audio once and I wasn't impressed, it had less punch, less bass, less everything. Your saying it was better for you?
For me - It may have been a cheap unit, but still bluetooth is bluetooth right?
Has anyone tried an HDMI Digital audio out?
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Ive read great reviews about the FiiO E7, but they're almost 100.00 dollars. Im sure the gain is nice, but your battery will drain faster, because your powering an external unit with your phone battery.
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EyeAndroid said:
For acid do I have to physically remove dsp manager with titanium?
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I didnt have to remove anything for it to work. just change your EQ settings in sound settings
This has been a nuisance for me ass well. I use Google Music because I have all my music using the cloud. Are you able to set up power amp to play music from there and not stored internally? I was looking into buying an aftermarket deck. Pioneer (deh 6500bt). btw
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chrisram88 said:
This has been a nuisance for me ass well. I use Google Music because I have all my music using the cloud. Are you able to set up power amp to play music from there and not stored internally? I was looking into buying an aftermarket deck. Pioneer (deh 6500bt). btw
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IMO you would not regret that purchase at all!
chrisram88 said:
This has been a nuisance for me ass well. I use Google Music because I have all my music using the cloud. Are you able to set up power amp to play music from there and not stored internally? I was looking into buying an aftermarket deck. Pioneer (deh 6500bt). btw
Sent from my SGH-T999
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The 6500BT is a good buy. When setting it up, read the manual on how to adjust the slope and hz of the three bands. It make a huge difference compared to just Raising and lowering the decibels. Poweramp does not support cloud storage playback...yet. Its still in the works from what i gathered; However, Neutron player is capable of streaming audio file formats like RAM, ASX, PLS and M3U( but I dont believe the pertains to Cloud storage). If cloud playback is really a deal breaker for you, I would consider downloading the modified Acid Beats V2 or Ac!d sound mod V5. This way you can apply a system wide EQ. I've noticed the S3( as well as the other Galaxy Models) Tend to drop off from 50-20hz. So I would compensate there and boost everything above 14Khz 1-2 Db. Hopefully, we'll see cloud integration on poweramp and Neutron soon...until then you could always get an external USB hard drive, format it exfat and use up to 1TB space in your car. You will have to buy a power inverter though, and connect the Ac adapter to it, because USB OTG wont power that big of a drive and just mount it in your car( On my Xmas list)lol. After you get your stereo, you can connect to the USB connector on the front of the stereo and have a permanent 1TB drive( sounds like Heaven) lol
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Ive read great reviews about the FiiO E7, but they're almost 100.00 dollars. Im sure the gain is nice, but your battery will drain faster, because your powering an external unit with your phone battery.
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I didnt have to remove anything for it to work. just change your EQ settings in sound settings
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I've got a fiio e11 I just picked up yesterday and it sounds great but not CD quality, nowhere close.
I assume its because its an analog out with an amplifier. The e7 looks like it will do a digital out. Does the s3 support digital audio out?
Stink in iPod will work with digital audio out and the reviews say its really like CD quality.
Basically exactly what I'm looking for.
Now just to get the digital audio out, how can I?
EyeAndroid said:
I've got a fiio e11 I just picked up yesterday and it sounds great but not CD quality, nowhere close.
I assume its because its an analog out with an amplifier. The e7 looks like it will do a digital out. Does the s3 support digital audio out?
Stink in iPod will work with digital audio out and the reviews say its really like CD quality.
Basically exactly what I'm looking for.
Now just to get the digital audio out, how can I?
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Have you tried connecting your USB Cable into your stereo, using the USB port on your head unit. Essentially, it will be doing the samet hing as connecting an ipod via usb. Ive seen this done with the S2 and S3. Ill attach a link to the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxejnIiuyDE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVEpE0QZNKE
mattedwards2686 said:
Have you tried connecting your USB Cable into your stereo, using the USB port on your head unit. Essentially, it will be doing the samet hing as connecting an ipod via usb. Ive seen this done with the S2 and S3. Ill attach a link to the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxejnIiuyDE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVEpE0QZNKE
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I don't have a USB input but I guess I could get an adapter for my factory stereo. Haven't watched the video, but I like the sound of that, literally!! If I go USB direct in then in theorie, there is No degredation of audio quality because there is no analog out put or loss.
I can only imagine how good it would sound. Am I on the right track here?
EyeAndroid said:
I don't have a USB input but I guess I could get an adapter for my factory stereo. Haven't watched the video, but I like the sound of that, literally!! If I go USB direct in then in theorie, there is No degredation of audio quality because there is no analog out put or loss.
I can only imagine how good it would sound. Am I on the right track here?
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The other advantage to this method is that you'd be charging all the while. Unfortunately, I couldn't get the USB method working between my S3 and new Kenwood BT HD radio unit. However, the Bluetooth function works great, and I can still charge through the USB port if desired.
mattedwards2686 said:
Have you tried connecting your USB Cable into your stereo, using the USB port on your head unit. Essentially, it will be doing the samet hing as connecting an ipod via usb. Ive seen this done with the S2 and S3. Ill attach a link to the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxejnIiuyDE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVEpE0QZNKE
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Think this might be the best bet for me. The pioneer deck comes with both analog and usb so I'm going to try that first then go from there. Thanks guys.
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So, posting here was a last resort, but I've exhausted all my other options. I'll try to make this as concise as possible:
I just did a bluetooth/aux input retrofit for my car so I can stop using CDs for music. Aux sounds crystal clear, bluetooth with my 2nd generation iPod touch sounds crystal clear, bluetooth with my Optimus G Pro has static, crackling at certain frequencies. Doesn't sound compressed necessarily, just crackly.
What I've done:
1) Hard reset.
2) Tried both the original 4.1.2 and the new "value pack" update.
3) Actually sent my phone back to AT&T and got a refurbished one in the mail.
4) Sent my bluetooth retrofit unit back and got a new one in the mail.
5) Rooted the phone, installed freegee and twrp, and flashed the hkfriends kernel.
None of this fixed my issues. When playing the same exact song on my iPod and Android phone, the iPod wins every time.
P.S. My friend's Verizon phone (I think it's a Motorola Razr) has the same sound quality issues. Not sure of Android version, though.
Music is the absolute most important thing for me, and if I can't get this resolved I will have to switch back to Windows Phone/iPhone, despite how much I love Android. I have no knowledge or time to develop a new Rom for the G Pro and there's no telling when we'll get one that could fix my issues.
Is anyone else having these problems, or does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks!
For some reason my phone decided to play music using "Phone Audio". I disabled phone audio for the device in bluetooth setting, then it connected as an AV signal, and quality improved drastically.
khenault said:
For some reason my phone decided to play music using "Phone Audio". I disabled phone audio for the device in bluetooth setting, then it connected as an AV signal, and quality improved drastically.
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Thanks for the suggestion. Just tried it, unfortunately did not seem to make any noticeable difference for me. To clarify, the sound quality is fine for the most part, it's just at certain frequencies I hear crackling.
By the way, earlier I also edited the audio.conf file under /system/etc/bluetooth and changed the values of "SBCSources=1" and "MPEG12Sources=0" to 0 and 1 respectively, which I read should force better quality out of bluetooth. Additionally I changed the value "Master=false" to true, which I also read could improve quality. It might be my mind playing tricks on me but it does seem to sound better, however I still hear the crackling at times, so I'm definitely not where I want to be.
Highly disappointing. Any other suggestions?
Which music player are you using on your phone? And have you tried any of the equalizer apps from the market?
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I've tried both the Music app that LG includes, and Google's Play Music app, which I prefer. No difference. Have not tried any equalizers, but not quite sure what that would do aside from eliminating the frequencies that have issues through bluetooth but work fine through an aux input? I don't consider butchering the music as an acceptable solution, unfortunately.
try this, it might help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=51930699
Does this help with volume output?
russilker said:
Thanks for the suggestion. Just tried it, unfortunately did not seem to make any noticeable difference for me. To clarify, the sound quality is fine for the most part, it's just at certain frequencies I hear crackling.
By the way, earlier I also edited the audio.conf file under /system/etc/bluetooth and changed the values of "SBCSources=1" and "MPEG12Sources=0" to 0 and 1 respectively, which I read should force better quality out of bluetooth. Additionally I changed the value "Master=false" to true, which I also read could improve quality. It might be my mind playing tricks on me but it does seem to sound better, however I still hear the crackling at times, so I'm definitely not where I want to be.
Highly disappointing. Any other suggestions?
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Just out of curiosity - how did you find out editing the audio.conf file? I'm looking for a way to boost the output volume for my bluetooth, did a quick search and saw your post and it made me curious...
Will this change boost the output volume at all or is there a separate line or file to be edited?
Thanks for your help.