Hello there fellow Xiaomi users, I have a problem with my Bluetooth earbuds and it's driving me insane! I hope you can help me out. When I connected my newly purchased bluetooth sony earbuds (the model is WF-XB700) I noticed that the volume was really low, maybe 50% less than it should've been. I was perplexed, but had a couple of quick ways to determine the problem. I connected the earplugs to a Iphone 8 and they worked just fine, 100% of their capacity. Then I connected my Xiaomi Mi 2A lite to some other bluetooth headphones (model Pioneer se-ms7bt) and they also worked as they should've. Then I connected the earbuds to a Xiaomi Mi A3 and to my surprise, I could also detect the Low Volume Issue there too! So, it must be something Android/Xiaomi related.
Then I went on a really energy draining odyssey on google to find a solution. What I did find was, firsty, that it was a known issue and secondly, that the myriad of solutions presented did not help me at all. This is a list of the things I tried, some of which spawned problems too :
1) Disabling absolute volume in developer settings.
2) Tinkering with all the options in the develper option - even the following (I will copy paste in from an other thread , which according to many people has worked :
Enable Developer Options (options -> system -> about phone -> click build number 7 times)
Press back
Go to settings, and search AVRCP.
Click on Bluetooth AVRCP Version and ensure it is on 1.6.
Next, search for Absolute
Select Disable Absolute Volume and turn this toggle on, if it isn't already.
Unpair all Bluetooth devices. Restart your device. Pair the devices again. To the right of each Paired Bluetooth device in the Bluetooth settings page is a gear icon, go into each device and turn off the Phone Calls toggle, leaving only Media audio enabled.
Exit settings, connect to the Bluetooth device, start playing something. Increase the volume using the volume up button and rejoice as the volume goes as loud as you need!!!
3) Putting the volume up in the Sony Headphones app. - So, officially the app doesn't support the WF-XB700. There are two options for detection. The first is a list of the supported devices (mine is not there) and the other is a ,,detect via bluetooth''. Tried the second option but it doesn't work
4) Increasing the volume on the physical buttons on the device. Mine are earbuds and have only one button for on/off
5) Ensuring the eartips are tightly fit in my ear.
6) Making sure the earbud isn't blocked by anything.
7) Resetting the phone
8) Changing the Region - This I actually did not succeed in doing. It turns out that the option to change the region has been removed. If there is a way to do it, please inform me.
9) Trying all the volume booster apps in the store.
10) Restart or enable and disable airplane mode
11) Forgeting and pairing the device again
Could the bluetooth version difference be the problem. Mine is 4.2 and the buds are 5.0. According to google there should't be a difference regarding the sound volume/quality, only range and connection strenght. Please help me, I have wasted more than five hours already and I ran out of options to try. Thanks in advance !
My current software version : Android 10 / Security patch level: October 1,2020 / Baseband version 953_GEN_PACK-1/ Kernel version: 3.18.124-perf-gceec2f0 /
Xiaomi removes Bluetooth codecs intentionally from this phone (and seems like from Mi A3 too). Because Xiaomi dont want to pay 1$ fee for codec. Thats why it works as expected on iPhone. It's all about greediness.
Same codec issue is proper on Miui roms too. This means Redmi 6 Pro has an Bluetooth codec issue too. We can probably say same thing (according to ur first post) for Mi A3 and for its Miui version Xiaomi Mi CC9e.
- Redmi 6 Pro
- Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite
- Xiaomi Mi A3
- Xiaomi Mi CC9e
All of them probably has same issue. I didnt use any flagship of Xiaomi or any other Android phone since Jelly Bean so cant say anything about other brands except Apple. I used an iPhone between those times. iPhones has proper bluetooth codecs. You cant fix it via resetting ur phone or something like that.
SBC is the default codec and none of others will work.
Qualcomm is the owner of these aptX, aptX LL, aptX HD, aptX Adaptive audio codecs. We have an qualcomm chipset on our phone too but xiaomi didnt want to pay for these to earn more money from us. So thats why we are stuck on SBC. Dont buy any android device just by looking its specs from websites. Check out everything in the shop (bluetooth, camera,..etc.) before buy.
AndreyTsvetkov said:
Hello there fellow Xiaomi users, I have a problem with my Bluetooth earbuds and it's driving me insane! I hope you can help me out. When I connected my newly purchased bluetooth sony earbuds (the model is WF-XB700) I noticed that the volume was really low, maybe 50% less than it should've been. I was perplexed, but had a couple of quick ways to determine the problem. I connected the earplugs to a Iphone 8 and they worked just fine, 100% of their capacity. Then I connected my Xiaomi Mi 2A lite to some other bluetooth headphones (model Pioneer se-ms7bt) and they also worked as they should've. Then I connected the earbuds to a Xiaomi Mi A3 and to my surprise, I could also detect the Low Volume Issue there too! So, it must be something Android/Xiaomi related.
Then I went on a really energy draining odyssey on google to find a solution. What I did find was, firsty, that it was a known issue and secondly, that the myriad of solutions presented did not help me at all. This is a list of the things I tried, some of which spawned problems too :
1) Disabling absolute volume in developer settings.
2) Tinkering with all the options in the develper option - even the following (I will copy paste in from an other thread , which according to many people has worked :
Enable Developer Options (options -> system -> about phone -> click build number 7 times)
Press back
Go to settings, and search AVRCP.
Click on Bluetooth AVRCP Version and ensure it is on 1.6.
Next, search for Absolute
Select Disable Absolute Volume and turn this toggle on, if it isn't already.
Unpair all Bluetooth devices. Restart your device. Pair the devices again. To the right of each Paired Bluetooth device in the Bluetooth settings page is a gear icon, go into each device and turn off the Phone Calls toggle, leaving only Media audio enabled.
Exit settings, connect to the Bluetooth device, start playing something. Increase the volume using the volume up button and rejoice as the volume goes as loud as you need!!!
3) Putting the volume up in the Sony Headphones app. - So, officially the app doesn't support the WF-XB700. There are two options for detection. The first is a list of the supported devices (mine is not there) and the other is a ,,detect via bluetooth''. Tried the second option but it doesn't work
4) Increasing the volume on the physical buttons on the device. Mine are earbuds and have only one button for on/off
5) Ensuring the eartips are tightly fit in my ear.
6) Making sure the earbud isn't blocked by anything.
7) Resetting the phone
8) Changing the Region - This I actually did not succeed in doing. It turns out that the option to change the region has been removed. If there is a way to do it, please inform me.
9) Trying all the volume booster apps in the store.
10) Restart or enable and disable airplane mode
11) Forgeting and pairing the device again
Could the bluetooth version difference be the problem. Mine is 4.2 and the buds are 5.0. According to google there should't be a difference regarding the sound volume/quality, only range and connection strenght. Please help me, I have wasted more than five hours already and I ran out of options to try. Thanks in advance !
My current software version : Android 10 / Security patch level: October 1,2020 / Baseband version 953_GEN_PACK-1/ Kernel version: 3.18.124-perf-gceec2f0 /
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that's the same problem i am facing on my redmi note 5/5 Plus (Vince) got any solution? or should i change my phone
perfect_ said:
Xiaomi removes Bluetooth codecs intentionally from this phone (and seems like from Mi A3 too). Because Xiaomi dont want to pay 1$ fee for codec. Thats why it works as expected on iPhone. It's all about greediness.
Same codec issue is proper on Miui roms too. This means Redmi 6 Pro has an Bluetooth codec issue too. We can probably say same thing (according to ur first post) for Mi A3 and for its Miui version Xiaomi Mi CC9e.
- Redmi 6 Pro
- Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite
- Xiaomi Mi A3
- Xiaomi Mi CC9e
All of them probably has same issue. I didnt use any flagship of Xiaomi or any other Android phone since Jelly Bean so cant say anything about other brands except Apple. I used an iPhone between those times. iPhones has proper bluetooth codecs. You cant fix it via resetting ur phone or something like that.
SBC is the default codec and none of others will work.
Qualcomm is the owner of these aptX, aptX LL, aptX HD, aptX Adaptive audio codecs. We have an qualcomm chipset on our phone too but xiaomi didnt want to pay for these to earn more money from us. So thats why we are stuck on SBC. Dont buy any android device just by looking its specs from websites. Check out everything in the shop (bluetooth, camera,..etc.) before buy.
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They are literally making 1$ per phone. Stop spreading missinformation
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Hi,
I recently purchased a Huawei Honor Band Zero smartwatch and pairing it with the P8000 is a pain in the ass. I may have tried around 100 times (no exaggeration) and I managed to get it just once. But then, once I got too far from the phone while wearing the watch and it disconnected, I haven't been able to pair the two again.
I've tried with my previous phone, a Xiaomi Redmi 1S, and they pair every time in seconds. Then I can send data from the watch to the phone, and setup the watch from the phone.
I asked @BlueFlame4, author of the visi0nary kernel, whether this could be solved at the kernel level (along with other bluetooth related issues, such as music skipping over BT) and he thinks that maybe the BT stack is messed up, but the solution could be hard to achieve.
Well, today I've been trying again and have discovered a difference between the Redmi 1S and the P8000. When I turn on BT on the Redmi 1S, the watch appears as both a known and paired device. If I tap the device's settings button I can see an input device profile I can activate or not on the phone, such as BT headsets showing audio and voice profiles or options to share phone contacts. Well, on the P8000, I see no box to set up the watch as an input profile. But I remember seeing it the only time the watch paired correctly with the phone.
How can this be possible? Any way (the phone is rooted, so I can do almost anything) to get it working like it does with the Redmi 1S?
Thanks.
I have searched here and the Google, with no joy.
I was browsing DEVELOPER OPTIONS and ran across a setting, that I do not know if ON or OFF is best.
SETTINGS > DEVELOPER OPTIONS > NETWORKING > DISABLE BLUETOOTH A2DP HARDWARE OFFLOAD
I am unsure which was default and could not find the benefits of either selection.
Any info or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
pizza_pablo said:
I have searched here and the Google, with no joy.
I was browsing DEVELOPER OPTIONS and ran across a setting, that I do not know if ON or OFF is best.
SETTINGS > DEVELOPER OPTIONS > NETWORKING > DISABLE BLUETOOTH A2DP HARDWARE OFFLOAD
I am unsure which was default and could not find the benefits of either selection.
Any info or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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According to this article the default is off, but it does not say what the purpose of the toggle is.
v12xke said:
According to this article the default is off, but it does not say what the purpose of the toggle is.
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Thanks! At least this confirms what I thought.
I think I inadvertently turned it on, while scrolling. I believe that's why I noticed it, in the first place, because the switch was blue and obvious.
Did you ever figure out what the purpose of the toggle is?
I looked at this a while ago https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=78362981&postcount=10
Different manufacturers/Models of phones have it disabled or it resets when the phone starts. This could be to do with them implementing their own audio processor (DAC/Chip/etc) for processing the audio. It has no effect when changed according to anyone that's bothered to trying it.
Thanks for the update.
It will affect gapless playback on GPM (dont know about other services) with Bluetooth headphones ( dont know why)
enabling this feature helped me fix a low volume problem on a Bluedio T6 bluetooth headphones.
I want to know exactly what this is too. I only know that it makes music track transitions on GPM gappless. I found that suggestion on Reddit when I was trying to listen to Dark Side of the Moon and the damn gaps kept ruining my chill. :laugh:
I'm using a Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 running Derpfest (android 9 pie) rom.I toggled it off and it asked me to restart my phone.So I did and now it's greyed out.Plus I noticed a slight difference in audio quality while using my BT earphones.Any way of turning it back on or I'll have to live with the consequences?
Yeah at the bottom of dev settings you can reset all to default.
CyberFibre101 said:
I'm using a Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 running Derpfest (android 9 pie) rom.I toggled it off and it asked me to restart my phone.So I did and now it's greyed out.Plus I noticed a slight difference in audio quality while using my BT earphones.Any way of turning it back on or I'll have to live with the consequences?
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This happened to me too. To fix this, in the developer settings menu, toggle Developer Options off then without leaving that screen, toggle it back on again. Scroll down and you should be able to toggle that setting off.
Worked for me on my LG V-40
Not able to turn off A2DP
Hi,
I have flashed pixel experience on Redmi 6 Pro.
It is currently updated to android 10.
This is causing me to have no audio in my tws Bluetooth earphones.
I am not able to turn off A2DP feature in the phone. When I do it asks me to restart my phone and after restart it is already ON again.
Kindly need help
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Hi,
I have flashed pixel experience on Redmi 6 Pro.
It is currently updated to android 10.
This is causing me to have no audio in my tws Bluetooth earphones.
I am not able to turn off A2DP feature in the phone. When I do it asks me to restart my phone and after restart it is already ON again.
Kindly need help.
Jugalgore said:
Hi,
I have flashed pixel experience on Redmi 6 Pro.
It is currently updated to android 10.
This is causing me to have no audio in my tws Bluetooth earphones.
I am not able to turn off A2DP feature in the phone. When I do it asks me to restart my phone and after restart it is already ON again.
Kindly need help.
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i also have this issue, it reverts back when restarting
Dont bother about this
I recently bought an earphone which supports LDAC so i was testing every settings and experimenting all the developer options available, i came across this option and when i disabled it my earphones stopped playing audio like even if tracks were playing i couldn't hear anything and when i turned it back on everything was normal again.....but if u really wanna give yourself a heartattack you are welcome to try have a great day ; )
suri1607 said:
Dont bother about this
I recently bought an earphone which supports LDAC so i was testing every settings and experimenting all the developer options available, i came across this option and when i disabled it my earphones stopped playing audio like even if tracks were playing i couldn't hear anything and when i turned it back on everything was normal again.....but if u really wanna give yourself a heartattack you are welcome to try have a great day ; )
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When disabling it you have to restart your phone and of the feature is working it will remain off and your headphones will work
google voice stopped to work when i turned on this option.
most of you are toggling an option without knowing what it does.
Shouldn't be better understanding exactly what it's for ?
Don't toggle it on, here's why...
How to Disable Bluetooth A2DP Hardware Offload - Steps
In this article, we explain how to disable Bluetooth A2DP Hardware Offload with step by step instructions for Android devices and smartphones.
www.google.com
Hi you guys, how's everybody?
Tried everything: updating the AirPods firmware with a new iPhone (connected both to chargers, AirPods connected to iPhone and all), nothing yet :?
With iPhone, the volume is great. With Xiaomi, the voice messages, music -volume is very very low, although all is on MAX volume.. Tried changing region, tried allowing AAC and disabling dual volume from dev setting.
Does anybody have a fix?
IMUI 11
Same problem with my redmi note 8 pro.
Tried all the things mentioned but didn t work for me
Miui 11 stable
Install Poweramp (don't enable MusicFX , unless you have ViPER4Android)
go to equalizer and adjust according to your preferance
if it still the same then your AirPods are fake ...
Try this; go to developer options and "Disable absolute volume" / Enable.
https://imgur.com/a/O4H3hqY
Thank you, tried this. Still the same
Ideas?
Same here! Someone has any suggestion to solve this? Thank you.
Hey, I have A redmi/xiaomi - on my side, I disabled the Bluetooth A2DP hardware (available on the "Developer options") and it worked really well
Hi all,
I have MI 10T and recently I bought xiaomi's TWS 2S headphones. I noticed that when screen is locked, audio becomes very bad on Spotify (ie). Same thing happens sometimes even if not in locked screen.
Output is distorted, and generally is a bad experience. On the other hand I've tested the headset with other devices (ipad, mi note 3, Samsung S71) and audio is perfect. So my best guess is that there's something wrong (hopefully) at Bluetooth software.
I've changed Spotify to no battery restrictions, and set it to autostart. Didn't help. I also visit developer settings and tried to change the audio codec from default to something else. There I noticed that's not possible. Whatever change I do, when I exit dev's page it returns back to default values.
Any other had Bluetooth problems?
I'm on 12.0.15 stock global.
teoB_Glar said:
Hi all,
I have MI 10T and recently I bought xiaomi's TWS 2S headphones. I noticed that when screen is locked, audio becomes very bad on Spotify (ie). Same thing happens sometimes even if not in locked screen.
Output is distorted, and generally is a bad experience. On the other hand I've tested the headset with other devices (ipad, mi note 3, Samsung S71) and audio is perfect. So my best guess is that there's something wrong (hopefully) at Bluetooth software.
I've changed Spotify to no battery restrictions, and set it to autostart. Didn't help. I also visit developer settings and tried to change the audio codec from default to something else. There I noticed that's not possible. Whatever change I do, when I exit dev's page it returns back to default values.
Any other had Bluetooth problems?
I'm on 12.0.15 stock global.
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I also had this issue, changing the sound effects preset from smart to video/music/voice works for me but just for a while, i have to constantly do this everytime i re-open the music app.
Seems like there are very few user experience this since its been more than 6 month and no one have answer for this weird yet annoying issue, sad
Hi all
I and two other people I know using this phone have the same problem. This must be considered as a bug now. Xiaomi support acts like a fool and gives the same answers all the time. I am also afraid this might be a hardware issue. When connected to headphone and playing music, hold the phone 60-70 cm away from you and cover the camera area with your palm, and you will see it dissconnects.
If anyone installed a custom rom to 10t, can they please tell us if this problem exists or not?
So I'm not sure if this is open beta 4 issue or anything like that, but I've recently started using Bluetooth headset and Bluetooth streaming in my car.
The audio quality is terrible, so I started poking around, downloaded equalizer app as EU version doesn't have it in the system, so I managed to improve it a bit.
Then started checking developer options and no matter which of the devices I connected to had HD audio greyed out and only SBC was available and quality wise all other settings there only had lowest values avaliable.
I know what you're probably going to say, that my devices don't support those, but they do.
First test I did was car bluetooth streaming, I borrowed my brothers poco f1 which sounded way better, but I didn't check the settings.
Now I grabbed my old Nokia 8 and started going into the settings and all the options were available when each of the devices were connected to it and sound quality was way better.
So this is not a matter of end devices not supporting the codec, but my OP 7t not allowing it.
Is there any fix or workaround for this issue?
I did try disabling developer options and re-enable them to enable HD audio, but it made no difference and if phone was restarted and reconnected to any device, it was back to off.