can anyone tell me if I can update the Bluetooth in my HTC Desire or have more profiles. the phone is branded o2 but can be rooted. I dont want to change anything else in the ROM just make the bluetooth connect automaticaly & reliably to the car.
There are newer software builds available but have no mention of updating bluetooth.
Ther are no OTA updates available.
Software Number is 2.14.207.1
Andriod 2.2
Thanks for any advice in advance.
Trampsdad
Can't you just pair the 2 devices together? I personally don't use Bluetooth so no idea on that aspect. Also, the software is so out of date because o2 cba to release and update. There are major updates since yours. It might be worth considering to root so then you can flash a newer ROM, or infact, you don't need to root and just use an RUU. With the newest software. No need to root it then and less chance of it mess up.
Hope this helps
I still have some strangeness with Bluetooth. From what I read there are some updates in Honeycomb and maybe gingerbread. But I don't have a feeling what you are looking for is in FroYo
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Well I have a Kenwood Headunit with Bluetooth and the connection to that using stock Froyo and LeeDroid showed some interesting results. Gaps in the phonebook for instance. However, putting a 2.3 ROM (Ginger Villain) sorted that out, its fine now.
Bluetooth depends on the other device too.
What exactly is the problem you are having?
What Car do you have?
What Bluetooth system is installed (is it standard)?
I have used my desire in a number of cars (Vauxhall, Ford, BMW) without any isses with pairing, using the Phonebook,etc. is a different matter.
Personally, I have just received a new BMW 528i, and it doesn't get on well with my Desire at all.
It pairs OK and can use both the phone and music, but when I leave and return to the car, it just refuses to auto-connect again, and I have to go through the pairing procedure again.
Oh, except one - the time I went back to the garage to 'complain' about it and ask for advice, when it worked perfectly. Until I got home again!
Have experimented with my old Nokia N85, and that works fine, too. So it's either the Desire or an incompatibility between it and the car.
Oh, my Desire is running MCR r9 (FroYo) at the moment. Are there known issues with this? Info on any Bluetooth updates I could apply would be gratefully received!
i have to enter my pairing code every time i connect my bt headset - i took this to be a quirk for the moment - hoping its fixed in 2.2.2/2.3.x etc.
Lothaen said:
i have to enter my pairing code every time i connect my bt headset - i took this to be a quirk for the moment - hoping its fixed in 2.2.2/2.3.x etc.
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Im having this same problem also with a Pioneer Head Unit in my car.
Bluetooth has always been troublesome as it doesn't auto connect. It will connect if I either manually click on "Pioneer Head Unit" or turn Bluetooth off and on (which I automate with tasker).
The pin thing is new and happens with all roms I have tried except LeeDroid, (which I prefer not to use as I don't like sense much). Leedroid still has the auto connect problem.
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Bluetooth has always been troublesome as it doesn't auto connect. It will connect if I either manually click on "Pioneer Head Unit" or turn Bluetooth off and on (which I automate with tasker).
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Some good hints there - thanks!
I can connect far more reliably if I initiate the connection from the phone than from the car.
Likewise, if BT is switched off on the phone and then turned on after the car is on, then it sometimes works, too. Certainly don't need to re-pair anywhere near as often.
Can I ask how you use Tasker to automate the BT switching? I've not used that (I use Setting Profiles instead which I understand does roughly the same thing), so am curious what kind of rule you have that's useful for this.
Cheers.
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Can I ask how you use Tasker to automate the BT switching? I've not used that (I use Setting Profiles instead which I understand does roughly the same thing), so am curious what kind of rule you have that's useful for this.
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I use the following rules:
On wifi connection turn off bluetooth
On wifi disconnection wait 30 seconds and turn bluetooth on.
If not wifi connected & not bluetooth connected turn bluetooth off and on every 5 minutes.
If not wifi connected & not bluetooth connected and incoming call turn bluetooth off and on.
If not wifi connected & not bluetooth connected when display switched on turn bluetooth off and on.
The battery drain hasn't been a problem, if I go away or won't be using my car for a while I disable tasker. Of course this doesn't help when it keeps asking for the pin.
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I use the following rules:
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Ah, cunning! Of course...toggle it when it's not already connected. Prifile Settings doesn't seem to let me toggle things like BT directly, although I could probably do so by setting some appropriate profiles.
I'll have to experiment...or just buy Tasker, instead!
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Of course this doesn't help when it keeps asking for the pin.
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True, but so far in my case, I've only had that when I've tried to initiate connection from the car. Hopefully your trick will mean I don't need to do that so often.
Anyone found a gingerbread rom (or any rom!) with improved Bluetooth?
I have found the bluetooth to be terrible on the desire. I have got about 3 devices that my phone just refuses to pair with.
Currently I am trying to get it to connect with an Elm 327 Obd scanner. No luck, it asks for a pin, then I enter the pin, but it immediately rejects it.
I have tried oxygen rom, leedroid, stock froyo, everything...
I also have a parrot hands free kit that does the same thing, asks for pin, then does nothing...
Something makes me think it might be the radio or something. Except that my phone DOES connect with my scala motorbike helmet... So frustrating
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Hi all,
I am currently looking in the NFC functionality recently added in Android. I am not yet familiar with Android development and I would like to have your advises on what I am planning to do.
My goal would be the following: Performing an automatic bluetooth pairing between a Nexus S and a linux computer by means of NFC. To the linux machine is connected a NFC breakout board (from microbuilder). Once the bluetooth pairing is done, I would like to launch automatically an application on the mobile phone, which will then be used to interact between the mobile phone and the linux computer.
I have read in several websites that this should be possible, but I would like to know is someone already tried something like that, or if an experienced Android developer think that this would be possible to do.
Thank you in advance !
Kind regards,
Guillaume
Hey everyone,
My apologies if this is a really silly question, but I'm new to these headunits and was just wondering how network connectivity works.
Assuming the headunits get network connectivity from my android phone, does it do so by connecting to my phone using my phones wifi hotspot? Does it use bluetooth to trasmit stuff like album artwork?
More importantly, does it auto connect to my phone everytime I start my car? What if my hotspot on my phone is turned off, do I have to manually turn the hotspot on everytime?
I've used Android Auto on the Pioneer units and it just pairs up automatically so I thought I'd ask here how these PX5 and newer PX6 units work.
So many questions. Thanks fellas!
Bluetooth connects automatically to your unit once you switch on the unit...(if you have the bluetooth enabled on your phone and you had already paired to the headunit)
With respect to the wifi....you have to enable hotspot on your phone for the unit automatically connects....but you can automate it by means of tasker or any other task manager on your phone in which when detected bluetooth connection to the car bluetooth enable hotspot...or as I do...I use a NFC tag to enable my hotspot.
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Great info thank you! I'm a heavy tasker user so that's a great option. I also have some NFC tags laying around as well! Thanks again!
I guess that also leads me to my final question, is there any difference between tethering wirelessly or tethering over USB? For example album art or anything? I usually plug in a USB to my phone now so it's not a big deal, just wondering if wired has any benefits.
Hello to everyone! I drive a Hyundai bayon 22. my phone is one plus 9 Pro android 11. when i press the command key from the car it says oops something went wrong please try again later. but when I unlock the phone and press the command key again, it executes the command and it works perfectly. I have this problem only when the phone screen is locked. Does anyone know about the solution?
Been using android auto wireless for a while now. I've noticed that it takes a minute for it to connect and you'll get an error message until it does. Keep in mind wireless android auto uses Bluetooth and wifi to connect, so both should be on and have a good mobile data connection. A12 is slightly better regarding connection speed and overall android auto performance imo. I haven't run into an issue having to unlock phone although. Is it possible to update the firmware on the head unit in your vehicle?
Hi, I used the "Automate" application on my other phone, but unfortunately most of its GSM, wifi and localization functions stopped working on android 12 on my samsung Bixby Routines is terribly poor. Is there anything to automate android and control deep functions that works fine on a rooted Galaxy Note running on Android 12? Maybe Tasker? Somebody knows ?
Roger
I've not used either of these on a rooted device, but Tasker and PhoneProfilesPlus by Henrich Gron have both been useful for me. I only use PPP now, and that's to manage my volume as I enter work, etc.