I have experienced substantial static noise on my Sprint variant of the Samsung Note 7 when using headphone jack to Aux in my car stereo. The static's volume was substantial and made listening to music unbearable. I was thoroughly disappointed that this brand new phone sounded like garbage, and thinking it was a hardware defect and considered returning the phone. I decided to troubleshoot this problem, and found an odd solution, odd because it seems to be a software issue. So, while my phone was streaming music and producing static while plugged into the Aux car stereo, I jumped into settings and toggled on the 'UHQ upscaler' found in 'sound quality and effects' at bottom of sound settings menu. (( Settings > Sounds > (Advanced) Sound quality and effects > UHQ upscaler )) Toggling this switch immediately got rid of the static issue... even after turning the toggle back to off.
Static / White noise Experience Continued....
So, while listening to static free music via Aux cable to car stereo, a call comes in through phone app, static immediately resumes as phone app takes over sound settings. I answer the call and static continues to come through car speakers obscuring the caller's voice. (no, this is not static from a microphone / speaker feedback loop) So, I unplug aux cord and place phone against ear the old fashion way. When call is about to end, I plug Aux cable back into phone, static resumes until phone call ends (phone app releases control of sound) at which point music resumes playing without static.
Troubleshooting methods tried while figuring out static via Aux cable to car stereo:
- plugging in various Aux Cables ( no effect )
- unplugging charging cable while listening to music ( no effect )
- playing music on Note 7 to home stereo via 3.5mm to RCA cable ( Did not produce static )
- toggling UHQ upscaler (( eliminated static via Aux cable to car stereo after toggling on (or off, after it has first been toggled on), static returned for duration of native phone app call and disappeared after call was over ))
I find this issue to be quite odd, seems like it is some sort of software issue... Is anyone else experiencing this or something similar?
STATIC!!!!!
Edit: After doing some more research found that the galaxy S7 and S7 edge suffer from same problem. Workarounds include toggling UHQ upscaler ( Settings > Sounds > (Advanced) Sound quality and effects > UHQ upscaler ) and/or purchasing a Ground Loop Noise Isolator...
The sound on my note 7 is fing horrible especially on the aux line out, the bass and treble is so muddy. i don't get near the clean volume or loudness like I do out of my note 7 compared to my iPhone 6s even over Bluetooth. I'm wondering if there's a volume protection setting on the note 7 I'm not seeing because even my UE mini boom sounds louder and better over Bluetooth with my iPhone.
Galaxy 8 hissing noise
My Galaxy 8 makes a huge hissing noise when I hook the audio jack to an external speaker with the 3.5mm plug.
Samsung engineers are incompetant.
Samsung brags about all these hundreds of "features" on this $650 phone and THEY CAN'T EVEN GET GOOD AUDIO OUT OF IT.
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I am pretty new to Android and still trying to get all the grips on I need. As of now, there is one thing that really bugs me badly.
I use the device for Sat-Nav driving a lot, I have a semipermanent installetion in my car from my previous smartphones. Basically just a power feed and a 3,5mm Jack that come out of the dash panel where the device holder is mounted. I recharge plug in for recharge as needed. The audio jack goes into the device, from there to a so-called Fastmute box behind the dash which is connected to the stereo head unit (the loudspeaker output cables running away from the head unit to be specific. The Speaker lines are interrupted by the box and just pass through whatever audio is being played back by the stereo. However, once there is current on the 3,5 audio jack (i.e. speech from the SatNav) the music immediately goes mute and you can hear the turn instructions in perfect quality through the car speakers. Once the signal fromthe satnav dies down stereo music comes back.
For my taste this beats most commercial, fixed systems.
Now, since I am on Android weird stuff happens.
On a first testrun shortly after I gut the Desire (which was o2 branded stock 2.1 at that point) I noticed that I do not get any announcements through the fastmute. Checked the jack, opened the dash to check internal wiring, retried a mp3 player. It's all good on that side. The accouncements come through the device speaker, hard to hear, easy to miss a turn etc. I do not why or how, but it seems that the audio routing takes a route different from other audio. This had me pretty much meh!
Well few days later, now with a ModaCo R8 custom ROM and Froyo I was hoping for good luck and gave it another whirl. Of course, no dice. When I plug in the jack of the supplied headset (which I assume doubles as a handsfree) I get the symbol for that in the upper symbol bar. When I exchange that headset jack with the regular 3,5mm jack the symbol looks different, but still vaguel like a set of speakers.
But now here comes the completion of the mindfaq... I had the SatNav volume at about medium (so barely hearble with driving ambient noise) when the phone went and I took the call through the Bluetooth Handsfree instaalled in my car and was distracted by the call (the car came euipped with the BT Handsfree from factory, so the stereo goes to "pause" and the conversation is routed into the vehicle speakers.. A few minutes into the call I suddenly hear a perfectly well understandable, clear turn instruction hopping into the phone conservation. I was extremely intrigued and was hoping that I discovered that CoPilot can route instructions either into A2DP or more likely emulate a "call event" that results in routing the audio into the according BT profile.
However, after that singularity I tried reproducing this for a god part of an hour, driving a route that forces many instructions from the SatNav, all the while calling my own answering machine fo have an connection established.
Sorry for the lengty explanation. Questions:
1 Has anyone ran into this before? What was your solution? Bear with it, switch SatNav software, avoid listening to music in oder to not miss any turn directions?
2. Is there a hack, hidden configuration that would enable me to _force_ this audio routint into the direction of the BT Handsfree, making it think it is an incoming call?
As a fellow co-pilot user I share your frustration.
You will probably find that it's nothing as technical as it not routing to bluetooth or whatever.
Co-pilot has a nasty habit of messing with it's own volume setting when a headset is plugged in. It tends to reduce itself down to zero without notification or cause. You would try to reset the volume, but firstly, it wont go more than a third of the way up, and secondly, it will simply jump back down to zero again on it's own.
They know about this issue and their response is not to use it with a headphone jack!
It is rather annoying!!
Hello all, I've got a pair of noise cancelling earbuds (Audio-Technica ATH-ANC3, if it matters) that I've been using to listen to music all the while. With the One X I realise that when noise cancelling is on, a lot of static is introduced in the background. Switching it off makes the noise clean (but then I don't get to remove background noise)
I did a bit of testing and found that this affects only music (or radio) playback and that system sounds are not affected. Furthermore, enabling or disabling Beats audio will affect the texture of the noise. I've played back music using the stock Music app, PowerAmp as well as PlayerPro. Therefore, I am thus inclined to believe that the static is introduced somewhere in the audio pipeline. I've tried installing http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1636914 with CWM to see if replacing the audio filters would do the trick... but it doesn't.
Any clues to remove all filters? I'm currently running a rooted stock 1.28/CWM.
Thanks for any help.
Oh, and if it helps, I tried plugging the same pair of earbuds into a HTC Sensation (the vanilla edition) running ICS and it doesn't have the problem.
Another thing I discovered: if I take the output of the phone, pipe it to my computer via Line In, then listen to the audio via my earphones with noise cancelling on, I don't get the static.
Perhaps there's some frequencies being generated by the phone that's not agreeable to the noise cancelling circuitry? Plugging it to my desktop would filter those frequencies?
All, as there's a lot of questions coming in to iBOLT's customer service, and on forums about connecting the sound to the car-stereo speakers, using aux-out, playing music while a phone call is coming in etc. I figured we can start a new thread dedicated to all the variables involved. I'll try to make a summary below of functionality. If you have not seen the video or images of this product you can do so on www.ibolt.co/ibpf-33307
First, the iBOLT S III Dock solves the problem reported by many users that when they insert an aux-cable from the headset jack their Bluetooth device does not work properly. Since our Dock takes the Aux-out through the microUSB it works differently and from our testing, and end-user reports, the Bluetooth works fine.
Below is a run down on different options how to connect the Galaxy S3 Dock to car-stereo speakers for playing music and sound from all Apps.
BLUETOOTH OPTIONS: Please note that when using any Bluetooth hands-free device (headset, portable, built-in from car-manufacturer etc) with the Galaxy S3 you can choose if the connected device is to be used for phone calls only, for audio streaming or both. This depends on which Bluetooth profile your device is using. See attached screen shot for an example of the S III UI. This is from a Bluetooth U-connect system used in Chrysler cars (although they should all be the same).
1. Car-stereo systems featuring A2DP:
If your car is equipped with a Bluetooth hands-free system it may allow you to to stream audio (in addition to hands-free functionality) but only if your system features the A2DP (Advance Audio Distribution Profile). If it does have A2DP profile you will have the option during the pairing process to select the "Media Audio" in addition to "Call Audio" (see attached screen shot). If this is the case, the Aux-cable that's included with the Dock will not be used as Audio Streaming over Bluetooth is the preferred choice if your system is set up for it. In this scenario, simply hide the aux-out cable end or tuck in under the car seat or center console.
2. Typical car-stereo/Bluetooth systems:
If your car-stereo does NOT allow you to choose the "Media Audio" this means that your system is designed with the so called "Hands-free Profile", thus it is only able to be used for hands-free calling. For this scenario the aux-out cable from the iBOLT Dock should be plugged in to the 3.5 mm aux-in on the car-stereo, usually located in the center console or in-between the front seats. When you play music (or GPS Navigation sound) from your Dock to the car-stereo speakers and a phone call is made or coming in the Aux sound will automatically mute and start again once the phone call has ended. The sound quality when using the aux-out 9ft cable has been reported to be very good. Some users have indicated that the base is even better when using BT A2DP Audio Streaming, versus aux cable. This sounds very logical.
3. Cars without integrated Bluetooth:
If your car does NOT have a 3.5 mm aux-in jack but features a cassette player there's plenty of "cassette-to-3.5 aux" options to buy. Search at your preferred electronic retailer for the solution that is right for you. Once inserted the iBOLT Dock can be used for playing music through the car stereo as if played through the cassette player but at lower quality.
4. Cars with CD player only, no BT, no cassette player:
For cars that has neither 3.5 mm Aux-in, nor a cassette player there's some FM transmitters that features a 3.5 mm aux-in or with Bluetooth A2DP connectivity, allowing a way of connecting the Dock to the car stereo. We have very limited knowledge of this option as it has not been tested by us but theoretically it should work. Any feedback which models work well would be much appreciated!
There's more options and more variables but the above should provide a basic run-down. As there's many knowledgeable users on this forum, clarifications or comments are always appreciated. Connecting the phone's music to the car-stereo is something of high interest to a lot of people.
Our concept with the iBOLT S III Dock was to make the first (?) phone holder truly designed for placement on the left side of the steering wheel. Run the 9ft cable down the door seal and under the drivers carpet and/or seat up to the center console where power and aux-in is usually located. With the phone on the left side it is "out of the way" as far as blocking the view and more importantly, it is within finger tip reach for answering call or switching application. If you have not tried the application "CarHome Ultra" we recommend you do so as it's free for 30 days. Having a good "car panel" in combination with the right Dock placement, and the aux/BT set up as described here is very cool. The S III will become a integral part of the driving experience!
Finally, we strongly recommend connecting the Galaxy S III phone to a Bluetooth device for hands-free calling, regardless which option is used to connect to the car-stereo speakers for listening to music/app sound. To use the S III phone as a "speaker phone" while in the Dock works fine with regards to the driver hearing the other party. However, the party on the other end often hear an echo, a lot of background noise or the driver sound "faint" or like "in a tunnel". This is because virtually no Smartphone (including S III) is designed with a dedicated DSP (Digital Signal Processor) chip for cancelling background noise and echo when used for hands-free speaking. Smartphones don't have full duplex either when in speaker mode, which essentially means the microphone is at least partially shut down while the other party speak. The conversation is therefore similar to using a "walkie-talkie", where only one party can speak effectively at a time. Summary: connect your S III phone to a Bluetooth device from a respected brand manufacturer unless you're holding the phone to the ear when driving (bad idea!) or using a old fashioned wired headset.
I hope this long intro helps setting the stage for a good discussion about the best way to have the ultimate hands-free experience when driving!
Has anyone noticed something similar with their LG G4?
When playing music, or podcasts, using different apps (eg CloudPlayer, GMusic, Pocketcasts) via bluetooth in our newest car (Honda Civic '14) I get a noticeable scratchy electric noise now and again - sounds a bit like an old jack cable that needs some cleaning.
Weirdly though, when I use the G4 in our other car (another Civic but this time a '10) which I don't have bluetooth set up for - but rather use the headphone jack and AUX on the car. This also has some weird noise issues on the left channel too. Not like the sound on the other car - but this is amore obvious distortion/static/crap. It's not a continual noise like an out of tune TV (like you'd get in the old days), but it's a frequent intermittent noise.
Do you think this is due to the G4 - or what?
It seems weird to me that in the two cars there are similar audio issues, via different input sources.
Coincidence?
I haven't tested either car with other devices yet - but before I do, I just wondered if someone on here had experienced similar.
subharmonic said:
Has anyone noticed something similar with their LG G4?
When playing music, or podcasts, using different apps (eg CloudPlayer, GMusic, Pocketcasts) via bluetooth in our newest car (Honda Civic '14) I get a noticeable scratchy electric noise now and again - sounds a bit like an old jack cable that needs some cleaning.
Weirdly though, when I use the G4 in our other car (another Civic but this time a '10) which I don't have bluetooth set up for - but rather use the headphone jack and AUX on the car. This also has some weird noise issues on the left channel too. Not like the sound on the other car - but this is amore obvious distortion/static/crap. It's not a continual noise like an out of tune TV (like you'd get in the old days), but it's a frequent intermittent noise.
Do you think this is due to the G4 - or what?
It seems weird to me that in the two cars there are similar audio issues, via different input sources.
Coincidence?
I haven't tested either car with other devices yet - but before I do, I just wondered if someone on here had experienced similar.
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Had the issue on g3 my fix was when i use music i had to turn off all other sounds even screen toich sounds
"i had to turn off all other sounds even screen toich sounds "
I don't understand. I don't have any other audio on as far as I know when the bluetooth is on.
Are you saying that the phone needs to be set to silent, in order for bluetooth streamed audio not to be affected?
The thing I find weird is that it's only the left channel which has issues - right channel seems perfect.
And this is both for when using bluetooth, or minijack cable.
Why should only one channel be affected?
I've got same issue with sound via bt in my car with a parrot receiver. Scratches for a few secs after connection, then it stops. But continuous scratchy sound when using gmaps or waze
Mates,
It's been a while that I've noticed that there's sth wrong with my m9's sound:
1) jitter (bonfire-sparkle-like sounds) and hissing when I'm recording audio via the native app
2) Boomsound speakers playback too noisy and hissy sound
3) whenever I connect my phone to the car stereo via USB (the pioneer Android support model), the annoying jitters occasionally show up
I've tried multiple hard resets and running the latest Android on my phone. As far as I remember, it wasn't like this the first day.