Just checking in to see what profiles people use (LG smart settings or 3rd party)? Since my first phone, I've used llama and sound profile pro since both adjust sound, wifi, bluetooth, and brightness, but sometimes I get the sense that it's using up unnecessary battery.
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I'm looking for an app (probably Tasker, but hopefully not $6!) that will invoke a profile (for instance) when I connect to a specific bluetooth device, or when car home is opened. Car Home (and every Car Home app I can find) is missing this simple option.
For instance, I have the Google Car Home set to open automatically whenever my phone is connected to the bluetooth in my car. Great. Only problem is I can't force the brightness, volume, sleep setting, etc., that I want at the same time. I would love to have Profile Valet invoke a specific profile when I am connected to a specific bluetooth device or when Car Home is open, but I don't see options as such.
Anybody have any ideas?
Thanks!
I believe "Setting Profiles"can use BT connections to trigger profile changes.
I found this really awesome APP in the market to automatically turn Bluetooth on and off when your on a call. This allow great power savings by having access to your bluetooth speakerphone or headset without having bluetooth enabled all day draining power.
I've tested it out to some great extent over the past few days and I must say that it is pretty awesome and should come as a stock option in the future.
The program is pretty simple with 2 check boxes: Enable while on call and Enabled with Powered.
The first option is the main one and will enable bluetooth once you receive or make a call. This allows you to simple just turn on your headset or auto connect without any user intervention. The program will also automatically turn bluetooth once the call has ended.
The second option could also be a great one if you are a heavy bluetooth headset user that never takes it off. This option turns on bluetooth every time it is on a charge, so at night you can dock the device or plug it in, then continue to wear your headset to take calls when needed. This option can also be replaced by a NFC tag but works well enough without requiring a tag. One example would be in your car. Plug your device up and it can auto connect to your bluetooth device.
Pretty impressed with the app and it will end up making my normal install list. The app is free on the market and well worth a download if you use bluetooth for any headset or speakerphone.
Android Play link:
Bluetooth on Call
Whats the name? or add a link
It's a surprise! J/k.
It was lunch time and I forgot to post the link before rushing out to eat. Updated OP. I didn't make it or endorse it, but it is just a handy little app. When I first installed it, it wasn't shutting down bluetooth properly... so it would turn on and stay on. But after an update it works as it should.
Do you find bluetooth to use a lot of battery power when on idle (not on an active call)? I find it doesn't really impact my battery at all. I do question if an app like this can have a negative effect on the Bluetooth headset you're using, since it's constantly looking to make a connection when there's no connection to be had... Like the battery drain experienced when a phones cell ratio has to poll for new towers when the signal is low or dead.
EP2008 said:
Do you find bluetooth to use a lot of battery power when on idle (not on an active call)? I find it doesn't really impact my battery at all. I do question if an app like this can have a negative effect on the Bluetooth headset you're using, since it's constantly looking to make a connection when there's no connection to be had... Like the battery drain experienced when a phones cell ratio has to poll for new towers when the signal is low or dead.
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thats a good question....
Not at all. The bluetooth simply turns OFF completely on your phone... it isn't sitting idle or anything. The program simply toggles bluetooth on and off like you would otherwise in settings manually.
For the headset, it shouldn't have any negative affect either. If you have your headset physically turned on, but not connected, it will usually go into a hibernate mode to save power.
But here is my situation and how I use my headset:
I don't wear it all day. I have it in my car door handle. I answer the phone manually like always. I get a lot of calls and most are quick. While I'm driving, if I know the call is going to be long or if I want to be handsfree, I simply turn on my headset and put it on. By that time, my phone's bluetooth is already activated and seeking a connection. The headset doesn't know any difference. Once I'm done, the phone turns off bluetooth and I turn off my headset.
If you were to wear your headset ALL day, and like to answer your calls handsfree... then this might not work because there wouldn't be enough time for your headset to connect before the caller goes to VM.
If your a heavy bluetooth user, then obviously leave BT turned on all day. If you have a headset and like to use it occasionally while on calls, this app is great. With this app, all you have to worry about it turning on your headset and putting it in your ear. Once it connects, the call will be transferred to the headset and you can retire your phone.
I haven't tested how well it works having the ear piece already turned on and ready to go but I would suspect that you would have to manually answer it from the phone. It just depends on how fast your headset and phone connect to each other.
Running a bone stock OP3, non-rooted, no mods, on the Community Build. Since the latest update, my BT audio is weird.
I pair my phone to my motorcycle helmet. Its a Shoei GT Air with a Sena 20S Comm system installed. It's a very nice unit.
So what happens is that when I push the button on the comm to activate Google Now, so that I can speak to my phone and tell it to dial, get directions, play music, etc... No matter what volume level I set my phone to, or the headset, the "beep" and "Ok" that Google Now speaks when you activate it, blows out my eardrums. It is like WAY high volume, 5x as loud as the music or anything else. I have gone through the comm system settings and there is nothing in there to mess with. I also notice that the volume of Google Now only goes that high when the screen of the phone is off. If the screen is on, then the tone is the same level as whatever music is playing, etc...
If I turn the screen off and the music is at a normal listening level and I hit the button to make a call or fast forward to the next some, that damned Google Now tone is back to ear shattering levels...
I am convinced that it isn't the comm system, because a google search shows similar issues with Android phones and BT over the past few years...
Another weird thing, is that when I turn on and pair the comm system and I hit the button to activate Google Now, if I do it 5 or 6 times in a row, it will eventually revert to normal audio levels, the same as the music or navigation... But when I turn off the comm, then the next time I turn it on I have to do it all over again...
Very annoying but I an convinced that it isn't the comm system. It seems to have started last week when the new Open Beta came out and I installed it.
Now, I have unpaired, deleted and repaired the connection, I have wiped cache and stuff, but I can't seem to get this to work right.
Any ideas?
It has to do with how Bluetooth handles its datastream.
Bluetooth has very limited bandwidth, so it has to allocate based on the situation. When streaming music from your phone to the BT device, it can dedicate the entire bandwidth to the unidirectional stream. However, if you need to use the helmet's mic, then BT has to use the same limited bandwidth to stream data in both directions. This is why BT devices have notable audio quality degredation when used to make calls.
When your screen is on, Google Assistant/Now will acutally use your phone's mic to listen for commands rather than your BT's mic, which means that it does not have to change protocols and reduce audio output bandwidth.
To address your issue with Google Assistant/Now's increased volume, try to place a call while your helmet is connected to your phone and reduce the volume while in call with your phone's volume buttons. Hopefully, the volume change will stick when your helmet uses the same two-way protocol when using the voice assistant.
Try:
Developer options -> disable absolute volume
Tried that Developer Option, made no difference. It's clearly something else going on under the hood. Other Android phones have had it over the years when connecting to BT devices... I guess I will have to just live with it.
One of the new features in Pie is that bluetooth volume should be remembered for different devices.
When I use my Bose Soundwear I want volume to be at 25% and for my Plantronics headset I want it to be at 90%.
Last night I used the Bose and this morning I turned on the Plantronics and the volume was only at 25%.
Has anyone else had this issue?
I've never had Bluetooth volume be remembered, not even on Pie (on two different phones). I think individual devices have the ability to force a default BT volume, as my BT headphones always change the volume to 50%, regardless of what it was at last time.
I just set Tasker profiles to get my volume where I want it and it never fails me.
+1 for Tasker setting volume. I listen to the volume at high levels when mowing the lawn/snowblowing but much lower when I'm at work. Tasker lowers it back down for me so I don't blast my ears.
I was using this app before on my Note8 but was hoping to not have to use an extra app on the Pixel.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.darken.bluemusic&hl=en_US
It's probably not a bug then.
This feature on Pie has been working great for me, Bluetooth remembers the last volume for two different cars and two headphones.
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Does anyone else have any issues streaming music over bluetooth? When I connect it to my car, it sounds terrible, as if the phone's volume is up too much.
When I first connected it, I had it at about 3/4 volume since that was the sweet spot on my Note 8, so I turned it down, and even at 2 steps up from off, the music sounds like garbage. I messed with the settings in the car, turning down the input volume, etc, but my wife's phone plays fine through it and my old phone still does as well, so it's not the car.
Playing music through the phone speakers is fine.
Edit: I was wrong about below. When I reconnected next time I got in the car, if went back. Apparently my car only supports SBC.
Turning on the Disable Absolute Volume option is what actually fixed it.
Well turns out there are bluetooth settings int he Developer Options now.. I don't remember that on previous phones.
I set Bluetooth Audio Codec to Use System Selection from SBC. That seems to fixed it. I set the others that had the Use System Selection as an option to that as well.
Oddly, it shows that is the default, yet none of them were set to it.
In one of my 4 cars, that has Pioneer 2018 device, I had to turn off phone and contact sharing in those settings for it to stay connected. Kept doping connection even though it said it was connected.
Butt, I just looked at the settings for that Pioneer, and only contact sharing is disabled. I may have accidentally turned it back on when I was showing my radio installer these options. Maybe I only need to turn off contact sharing. It still worked after I talked to him. I'll test later.
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Had no issues with my head unit in my car or with my headphones. Both have aptX, so they sound the same as my previous phone. No random drops yet.