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Audio streaming quality post EK02 - "popping" or "clicking" via bluetooth

Audio streaming quality post EK02 - "popping" or "clicking" via bluetooth
Anyone experiencing any popping, clicking or static when streaming music from Pandora, Google Music, etc.
I tested streaming using a EG30 versus a EK02 updated E4GT and on the EK02 I am getting an intermittent click or pop on music playback. This used to happen on the Evo 4G a while back, but an update fixed it at some point. I stream my music via bluetooth to my car stereo.
Anyone else experiencing this?

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Don't know why it happens but it sucks!
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mmark27 said:
Anyone experiencing any popping, clicking or static when streaming music from Pandora, Google Music, etc.
I tested streaming using a EG30 versus a EK02 updated E4GT and on the EK02 I am getting an intermittent click or pop on music playback. This used to happen on the Evo 4G a while back, but an update fixed it at some point. I stream my music via bluetooth to my car stereo.
Anyone else experiencing this?
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I had it on eg31 ....was verry anoying...havent used it since on ek02
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You're not talking about the normal horrible stock Android Bluetooth sound? Where the audio sounds too "hot " or just distorted?
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For me it was like a faint buzzing or what ever u call it...
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No mine stutters or skips every 30 sec.
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bigfdaddy said:
For me it was like a faint buzzing or what ever u call it...
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especially during high pitched sound? such as a guitar solo or cymbols?
if so, this is typical for Stock android devices. the only think I know of that fixes is it Cyanogen.
they got a whole lot of nowhere over in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=708685
except to verify that it's pretty much a stock thing on most android phones. Which is F'ing idiotic. Who would be android's biggest competitor? iphones? how did people start on that? replacing their ipod, right? yeah...ipods don't have this problem and it pisses me off to no end that no phone manufactures give a damn to fix it.

globen said:
No mine stutters or skips every 30 sec.
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Mine did that with the old evo...pissed me off i changed to sgs2 and its the damn faint buzzing or what not.its like the phone sends a constant signal to the bluetooth wich keeps my earpiece on...
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I am on an all EK02 setup and mine is working great but I will charge my stereo headphones and check on those as well...
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Just an fyi, I can guarantee that this is not an android problem. I know this because this problem has been plaguing me for a while, and the only satisfaction I got was when I had the nexus s. The problem lies somewhere in the Bluetooth stack that Samsung (and some other manufacturers implement). Its either the fact that the encoding is changed from mp3 to something else (I forget which format), or they changed the lowered the bitpool to increase range but sacrifice quality.
I'm dying for someone to find a solution to this.
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How am I the only one not having this problem? ....unless I just haven't noticed it. What music player are people hearing this on? I am using PowerAmp
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JohnCorleone said:
How am I the only one not having this problem? ....unless I just haven't noticed it. What music player are people hearing this on? I am using PowerAmp
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your sig tells all.
Though, to be honest, I never notice this either....from evo4g, evo3d, ns4g, et4g....I notice no difference.
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Mines when it idle dont notice much when talking or playing music...im using the jabra stone 2....
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JohnCorleone said:
How am I the only one not having this problem? ....unless I just haven't noticed it. What music player are people hearing this on? I am using PowerAmp
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I am no audiophile but I agree. Using pandora, poweramp and radio.com all work with no noticeable issues on an old set of Motorola bluetooth stereo headphones.
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Pretty sure it's the Bitpool setting. CM7 worked wonders on my Evo 4G on this issue. In fact, it's now why I have my wife's Evo and she has the S2.
I'd really describe the sound as more of a cracking noise that is especially prevalent on guitars and/or cymbals.
I'd be completely pleased with the stock ROM and simply setting the Bitpool higher.

Resurrecting this thread, searched forum to no avail. Does anyone know of a fix to this problem? I just purchased a new JVC KD-X50BT headunit for my car and am experiencing this annoying, no, unacceptable noise while streaming from my Epic Touch. My wife has the GS3 & it sounds amazing when using it. http://forum.xda-developers.com/images/smilies/confused.gif
Just to clarify, the issue is that the audio over bluetooth makes it sound like the tweeters are blown (they aren't http://forum.xda-developers.com/images/smilies/wink.gif), it's only really noticeable in higher frequencies, and only over bluetooth.

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Resurrecting this thread, searched forum to no avail. Does anyone know of a fix to this problem? I just purchased a new JVC KD-X50BT headunit for my car and am experiencing this annoying, no, unacceptable noise while streaming from my Epic Touch. My wife has the GS3 & it sounds amazing when using it. http://forum.xda-developers.com/images/smilies/confused.gif
Just to clarify, the issue is that the audio over bluetooth makes it sound like the tweeters are blown (they aren't http://forum.xda-developers.com/images/smilies/wink.gif), it's only really noticeable in higher frequencies, and only over bluetooth.
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I am one of only a few people that share your same experience. For more info check these threads here and here.
So far, my research tells me it basically has to do with the bitpool setting in the kernel. Times_Infinity's AOKP seems to be the only ROM with the bitpool set high enough to eliminate the problem. I hope to soon dive into kernel source myself and see if I can do some bitpool editing and see how far it goes on other ROMs. No promises though.

Thanks for the reply. Sounds like it's been narrowed down to the Bluetooth stacks. Subscribed to your thread & hope for some progress toward resolving this issue. Fwiw, I have the problem regardless of the source. SD card (via PowerAmp), Pandora, calls, all same experience over Bluetooth. Le stink! Lol

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Keep the screen on while streaming ...problem solved ...some how when screen goes of connection becomes staticky .....but it will drain the battery fast ....u can adjust the screen brittleness setting to lowest to save battery. ...

My Bluetooth is acting funny.

Ok Sorry if this has been posted. I searched but it was from the app and i didn't see anything.
When on a call using my Bluetooth sometime's I lose the ability to hear the other person. They can still hear me though. Disconnecting and then reconnecting the ear piece fixes it for awhile. I have replicated this issue with both my lg ear piece and my Motorola ear piece. I am stock rooted. Am I missing a setting or might this be a radio thing.
Used both these ear pieces with my et4g with no issues.
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did you get the ljc update? it said in the changelog that it brought Bluetooth fixes...
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No been traveling for the last week and I am rooted. Haven't seen the update I can apply without unrooting so far and my pc is at home , but that is great news, thanks.
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The update seems to have fixed my Bluetooth issues.

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did you get the ljc update? it said in the changelog that it brought Bluetooth fixes...
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I got the update this morning and am still having the same issues will be hitting the store in am 14 days is up soon
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Went to the Spribt store yesterday and they exchanged the phone seemed to work better but this morning the music via bluetooth kept cutting out in the cars radio guess ill check voice calls later
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My et4g use to cut out and a quick reboot always fixed it. Never really pinned down why it did this other than long up times without a reboot. Haven't had this issue on the note 2 yet.
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My et4g use to cut out and a quick reboot always fixed it. Never really pinned down why it did this other than long up times without a reboot. Haven't had this issue on the note 2 yet.
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Ya that worked for one call then it started messing up again.... if I'm on a call and it starts acting up I can toggle the headset button and it'll act right for a minute or so..... it's not just acting up this way with my headset but also my car:banghead:
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Well I spoke to soon. still doing it just doesn't happen as often now. Maybe once or twice a day in stead of once or twice a call.

Nannuq said:
Well I spoke to soon. still doing it just doesn't happen as often now. Maybe once or twice a day in stead of once or twice a call.
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Do you have any bluetooth tethering apps? I noticed that since I deleted open garden and wiped almost everything... Since then it has only garbled once maybe twice today if my memory serves me right
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No don't have any tethering apps at all.
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Increase bluetooth volume and quality

Is there anyway to get louder bluetooth volume on a phone call and better quality.. I had the sammy victory 4g and volume was crazy loud and quality of sound was amazing for a cheap low end phone
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Anybody have a clue
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havent really noticed any issues on my lg tones, jambox or my bt head unit....what are you connecting to?
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I am using a blue parrot headset.

I'm using a Plantronics Voyager Legend and the volume does seem a little low even at maximum. It can be a bit staticy sometimes as well. Neither issue is so bad as to be annoying though. I had thought that the issue was with the Plantronics, but I suppose it's just as likely that the problem is with the Note. I haven't searched for a solution yet.
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I have tried my headset with my wifes gs3 and my old phone photon and it is crazy louder with those phones, then I connect if back to my note2 and the voice prompt and commands are loud but when on a phone call isnt nearly as loud....

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I have tried my headset with my wifes gs3 and my old phone photon and it is crazy louder with those phones, then I connect if back to my note2 and the voice prompt and commands are loud but when on a phone call isnt nearly as loud....
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Silly question...but did you turn it up? I think there is a setting that adjusts in call volume to a lower level by default
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I've seen the same thing. Its a software thing because on Jellybomb 5.1 the volume us definitely louder but still not loud enough. My same BT headset was much louder on my Evo and is much louder on my WP7.
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Ya I just wish I was smart enough to figure it out I have tried multiple Bluetooth headsets and all them get quiet when you start taking but use thm on other phones and are louder
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Any super smart developer that can figure this out there has to tweaks somewhere to increase the max volume
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I would Definitely say its a problem with the note. The volume is way low on a call. I use a Moto hx550 and my GS3 worked great with it.
I have been following this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1931970
and tried the tweaks by editing manually, but it didnt help bluetooth volume. So I'm either not tweking the right volume values or there will have to be another solution found. Its frustrating, but hopefully something will come out of one of these threads...

I have an issue with my Note 2 Bluetooth quality as well. Using Motorola Elite Silver. Seems to be perfectly fine with playing music and as soon as I initiate a call the quality degrades their voice breaks up as well as mine. Works fine with other devices, currently have tried on a couple different ones in the Sprint store I work at.

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SCA123 said:
Has anyone found a solution to this issue?
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Can you give me a link where it was moved to?

I know I would love to give a donation for this to be fixed it really sucks that the quality sucks on this phone
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sliverr7x said:
I know I would love to give a donation for this to be fixed it really sucks that the quality sucks on this phone
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What rom/kernel are you running? If its a tw rom with a compatible kernel you could try STweaks.
It has an option to increase standard volume limits.
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cbucz24 said:
What rom/kernel are you running? If its a tw rom with a compatible kernel you could try STweaks.
It has an option to increase standard volume limits.
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thanks i have tried different kinds of kernels and played with it in stweaks with no luck it really sucks

sliverr7x said:
thanks i have tried different kinds of kernels and played with it in stweaks with no luck it really sucks
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Hmmm, its got to be rom related then. If your headset works fine on a different phone, then thats all thats left. There is one last option for you
I use a jawbone icon I got fron ebay.
What really made the difference for me...jabra ear gels. They look crazy! But they hold inside the ear without a hook. An it tunnels the sound dramatically. $6 for a full set left and right.
Honestly bud, this made night and day difference! Sadly their not available in any store anymore. But online everywhere!
If sound is this much an issue for you. I would say the $6 is worth a try.
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There should really be a VLC-like setting on all ROMs that allows you to go above 100% on bluetooth volume if you choose to.

BT sound quality issues

Wondering if anyone else is having issues with bluetooth sound issues during calls with the S3?
Since getting my S3 I have tried 2 different BT headsets Jawbone Era and a Plantrantics M165. Both I get people telling me that it sounds horrible.
I'm hopeing someone else has seen nthis and knows a fix.
Thanks
Jesse

I have a blueant q2 and it works perfectly no quality issues also what rom are you using stock?? That might be the issue.
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daxecutioner24 said:
I have a blueant q2 and it works perfectly no quality issues also what rom are you using stock?? That might be the issue.
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Yes stock rooted per Mr. Rodinsons no trip method.
Is there a better ROM for BT quality?

I have used bt in both my cars and haven't had any complaints.
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[Q] Earpiece not working, volume tweaking!

Well I noticed that my earpiece quit working on the N2 today and my volume goes down all on its own... any ideas? It was dropped bu only like 18". Its taken many falls in the past with no problems...
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SO, I am not so sure its a fall thing... It fell at about 2pm and I have made and received calls SINCE then just fine... It's degenerative. Examples: First, I could not hear out of the handset earpiece... but people could hear me. Now, a few hours later, they can also NOT hear me which indicates the phones mic is not working... IF I turn on Speaker Phone, it works fine and I can communicate just great with anyone/everyone... also works with my car hooked up to Bluetooth just fine... So, could the Tweaked ROM I am running be screwing with something? Should I just try to flash another ROM and see what happens? I have already tried the last modem and the newest modem, both which had no effect on the situation... Any info would be greatly appreciated!

I would try another ROM to see because I am having somewhat similar issues with no drops at all. I had this in TOUCHWIZ and it was bad. But when I switched to PAC-rom I have different volume issues. Certain (newer I believe) headphones play either double out the phones as well as my integrated speaker and once I had the volume phreak out going up and down inadvertently.
I just love my ROM sooo much that I am dealing with it for now. PAC-rom 4.3 JB nightly updates on Galaxy note 2.
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Flashed stock kernel to fix.

Sweet where did you get it from?
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superhero7 said:
Sweet where did you get it from?
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Tesh would be my guess
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