I would like to use a custom ROM on my TMO LG G3, but I'm finding Bluetooth range to be horrible. With stock, I can use my headset within about 30 feet of the phone, and my Android Wear works throughout my home. On custom ROMs, I can't even keep the phone in a pocket on the opposite side of my body from the headset without having signal disruption.
Anyone else having this problem? Any guidance other than sticking with stock?
Thanks
datawrhsdoc said:
I would like to use a custom ROM on my TMO LG G3, but I'm finding Bluetooth range to be horrible. With stock, I can use my headset within about 30 feet of the phone, and my Android Wear works throughout my home. On custom ROMs, I can't even keep the phone in a pocket on the opposite side of my body from the headset without having signal disruption.
Anyone else having this problem? Any guidance other than sticking with stock?
Thanks
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I think this is a known issue with AOSP roms. Yes I have that issue also with my Plantronics Pro Legend. You need to stick with stock for any kind of range.
Bummer.
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Recently flashed my tilt 2 rodium to energy rom. Everything works great except the bluetooth, for some reason the range sucks on it. If i move more then 6 feet from the phone and the headset, quality starts to get choppy. Never had the problem with the other phone. Any idea, or fix maybe??
any help would be great
t1000 said:
Recently flashed my tilt 2 rodium to energy rom. Everything works great except the bluetooth, for some reason the range sucks on it. If i move more then 6 feet from the phone and the headset, quality starts to get choppy. Never had the problem with the other phone. Any idea, or fix maybe??
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I'm not personally familiar with that ROM, but some of them may include a different radio than you had in your stock rom, and that can definitely affect BT performance. If you have a new radio in there now and are seeing issues like this, you can try out different radios to see if one gives you better results. Info and instructions HERE.
Im using OMFGb and it works fairly well but there are a couple things that really bug me and Im wondering if all the roms do this.
1, I use wired headphones to listen to music and sometimes to talk on the hone if its noisy around me. When you use a wired head phone the mic on the phone wont work.
2 when using Blue tooth if you disconnect from the BT the mic is disabled and wont work unless you end the call and call over. You can see how these things can start to piss me off after a while. Especially since one of my cars is a standard.
Is there a rom that has this issue solved??
I believe that is all AOSP ROMs. Its something in the programming that hasnt been flushed out yet. I dont know of any of these problems on a Sense based ROM.
Agreed, I jump back and forth between the AOSP and Sense based roms. I only have the issues you stated with the AOSP's.
So Im not crazy Why dont they address this issue, I love the AOSP roms but I cant have those issues. Yesterday I used Skyraider and was able to use BT and headphones without issue. Battery life didnt seem as good, I will watch it the rest of this week.
Bobby Buggs said:
So Im not crazy Why dont they address this issue, I love the AOSP roms but I cant have those issues. Yesterday I used Skyraider and was able to use BT and headphones without issue. Battery life didnt seem as good, I will watch it the rest of this week.
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if it only were that easy
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Try out TSM's sense-less rom. It looks like aosp, but is flawless like sense. The battery life is great too.
where do I find that
hello,
I flashed cm 10.1 some days ago, it works pretty fine, one thing I found out,
is that the bluetooth signal strengh seems worse then as I had in the Stock Rom.
I have a LiveView Device I got working pretty good with Stock 4.1.2, in CM 10.1 I get
often disconnects and it struggles on the reconnects too.
Is there a way to increase the power of the bluetooth signal about the same level as in stock?
cheers Avalun
Avalun said:
hello,
I flashed cm 10.1 some days ago, it works pretty fine, one thing I found out,
is that the bluetooth signal strengh seems worse then as I had in the Stock Rom.
I have a LiveView Device I got working pretty good with Stock 4.1.2, in CM 10.1 I get
often disconnects and it struggles on the reconnects too.
Is there a way to increase the power of the bluetooth signal about the same level as in stock?
cheers Avalun
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CM has had bluetooth issues for as long as I can remember. There isn't much you can do, except not use it.
Flashing Radios Should Affect Bluetooth
Avalun said:
hello,
I flashed cm 10.1 some days ago, it works pretty fine, one thing I found out,
is that the bluetooth signal strengh seems worse then as I had in the Stock Rom.
I have a LiveView Device I got working pretty good with Stock 4.1.2, in CM 10.1 I get
often disconnects and it struggles on the reconnects too.
Is there a way to increase the power of the bluetooth signal about the same level as in stock?
cheers Avalun
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Correct me if I'm wrong anyone but can't you find alternative radios to flash? This would affect WiFi, basic cellular reception/call quality, and Bluetooth. That's what I've read in multiple threads on here.
PKFR4Life said:
Correct me if I'm wrong anyone but can't you find alternative radios to flash? This would affect WiFi, basic cellular reception/call quality, and Bluetooth. That's what I've read in multiple threads on here.
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Flashing a Radio does affect bluetooth too? Nice, I thought that is only for GSM stuff.
I got my S3 from T-Mobile in Austria(EU), so is the Hardware compatible with the Radio from T-Mobile in the USA?
I read some threads, where people destroyed their phones because, they flashed them with incompatible radios, so I am a bit afraid of that
Edit:
Oh I see i am in the wrong board, T Mobile in Austria ships the GT-I9300 and USA the T-999.
Which troll ships different chipsets of the same device in the same company
I couldn't say for sure if flashing the modems would have any affect on BT. Itd make sense, but it being such a short range tech anyway, I doubt it'd make any noticeable difference.
I doubt it'd have any affect at all on any CM related BT problems. Every modem so far has worked fine for it on stock, so it would more likely be a purely rom issue.
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DocHoliday77 said:
I couldn't say for sure if flashing the modems would have any affect on BT. Itd make sense, but it being such a short range tech anyway, I doubt it'd make any noticeable difference.
I doubt it'd have any affect at all on any CM related BT problems. Every modem so far has worked fine for it on stock, so it would more likely be a purely rom issue.
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Okay I see, is that only a CM issue, or does that occur with all 4.2.X Roms? Perhaps the radio doesn't work so well with 4.2?
All 4.2 roms are cm/aosp based as far as I'm aware.
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Has anyone used any Bluetooth headphones/earphones and noticed that with this phone and minor interference it skips? Say like my arm gets in front of the phone while in my pocket......it skips, every time. Anyone else have these complications?
Are you on a custom ROM? I only noticed this after I rooted and ROM'd my phone.
camit34 said:
Are you on a custom ROM? I only noticed this after I rooted and ROM'd my phone.
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I am, I thought it might be the ROM, is this issue non existent on stock?
I've used Bluetooth loads of times at work with phone in pocket using a Bluetooth speaker with no problems and have been rooted on a stock based ROM so I would try a clean flash or different ron
Critical Detox said:
I am, I thought it might be the ROM, is this issue non existent on stock?
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I have this problem on any of the Lollipop ROMs out right now. I actually think it's pretty much any ROM not based on stock. Custom or source-built ROMs, for the most part right now, just don't seem to be using an optimal bluetooth stack and my performance with Bluetooth was so poor I had to go back to a stock-based ROM. The devs are doing such a badass job with the early 5.0 development but there were just too many little things I wished worked well to stick around until CM has official nightlies or T-Mobile pushes Lollipop.
If you're on CM11, CM12, or another 5.0-based ROM, try going back to stock. I have excellent reception and performance.
Good luck!
Hi,
I'm on 3.2.4 OOS, rooted, AT&T, xposed, gravity box.
I continue to be disappointed by ongoing issues with wifi strength indoors, gps lock, and maintaining LTE. Inside buildings I'm constantly dropping to H+ when other people maintain LTE on their devices.
My Bluetooth "skips" often in my car streaming on-board music or Spotify.
I've read it may be hardware, may be software. Some of us have issues, some do not.
I tried CM13 and it ate my battery. Others have written it makes no difference, yet some say it has helped them.
What might be some solutions I can try before asking for a new device from One Plus?
Should I drop back to 3.2.2? I had issues then, too, but I wasn't paying enough attention to how bad they were.
Will a custom kernel like elemental make any difference?
I've read about custom radios but don't see any for the OP3.
I'm going to try going without a case to see if they makes a difference but I hate that solution.
digger16309 said:
Hi,
I'm on 3.2.4 OOS, rooted, AT&T, xposed, gravity box.
I continue to be disappointed by ongoing issues with wifi strength indoors, gps lock, and maintaining LTE. Inside buildings I'm constantly dropping to H+ when other people maintain LTE on their devices.
My Bluetooth "skips" often in my car streaming on-board music or Spotify.
I've read it may be hardware, may be software. Some of us have issues, some do not.
I tried CM13 and it ate my battery. Others have written it makes no difference, yet some say it has helped them.
What might be some solutions I can try before asking for a new device from One Plus?
Should I drop back to 3.2.2? I had issues then, too, but I wasn't paying enough attention to how bad they were.
Will a custom kernel like elemental make any difference?
I've read about custom radios but don't see any for the OP3.
I'm going to try going without a case to see if they makes a difference but I hate that solution.
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custom rom or kernel will not help in radio strength because modem files are independent of them.
Taking the case off seemed to help but when I put the phone in my pocket, it drops LTE and doesn't automatically get it back. Is this something with doze?
Is this just bad design?
Can I modify the modem files?