[Q] Ringtone and Caller Name in Bluetooth Headset - Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi,
I recently started using A2DP compatible Bluetooth Headset(Nokia BH-103) with dell streak. It works perfectly for Music and Calls, but for incoming call alerts, it just plays beeps in BT headset.
Tried applications life "Talktome" and "Blue Control", but did not help.
Whats strange is that SMS ring tone is transferred to BT headset, but only for calls, there is just beeps.
Have been searching for solution since 5 days now, any help will be appreciated.
Also, if there is an app which can say caller name and works on Streak, please help me out with the name.
I am using 218 Stock ROM.

I read somewhere that caller name is not allowed through Bluetooth. Android restriction.
I have the same problem with my MW600.

I have the BlueAnt T1. It speaks caller name and then asks if you want totake the call or ignore. It is all done verbally. You just need to make sure your phonebook (contacts) are uploaded into ear piece.
Coach

freco said:
I read somewhere that caller name is not allowed through Bluetooth. Android restriction.
I have the same problem with my MW600.
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Caller name definitely goes through BT. "Talktome" was doing this but only for 1 second of length. It was reading only beginning of the name. So, that restriction is definitely not there in android.
FBCoach said:
I have the BlueAnt T1. It speaks caller name and then asks if you want totake the call or ignore. It is all done verbally. You just need to make sure your phonebook (contacts) are uploaded into ear piece.
Coach
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I am using A2DP compatible headset, but it does not have contact storage in the headset.
Thanks for the help anyways.
Anyone, please help me out, this problem is driving me crazy !!

I have the same issue with BH-103 and HTC Desire S. Notification sounds are come trough the headset but for calls I'm stuck with the default Nokia tone. So it's maybe a software issue...

Jawbone ERA does allow that, up to 20, if they are in the JB phonebook.
Otherwise, it just gives the number in the headset.

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Headset & Handsfree Profile: which differences?

Hello everyone,
I have tried the two reg patch by Sin () to add the Handsfree profile to my Qtek 2020 (with WM2003SE). I use the very good Bluetooth headset by Globalsat BTH-808, and I have seen these things:
- When in Headset mode: the blu BT Led on the Globalsat flash one time per second. If one call incomes, an icon on the top bar light on in my Qtek and I can use the Globalsat to answer the call, or I can transfer audio back to Qtek and use it to answer the call.
- When in Handsfree mode: the blu BT Led on the Globalsat flash three time per second (awful). An icon noticing the HF Profile is ever on the top bar (with or without a call incoming, and this is not good, i think). If one call incomes, I can use at the same time the Globalsat or the Qtek (audio comes out from the Qtek and from the Globalsat).
Where is the good useful way of this? Why do I need the Handsfree profile too? to make voice dialing (adding relative software)? I didn't liked it and I disabled back the HF profile...
Can someone explain to me how the Hadsfree profile is good?
Thank's
facts
Hands free mode is great when using the right OS.
hands free is more robust. It offers caller ID, etc.
Headset will not do caller ID but I believe it may offer better battery life.
Also with your 2.02-2.06, you will notice while in hands free that the mic on the headset does not work, only the one on the phone.. Even though you can hear sound on the headset!!
If I am wrong, please tell me.
One OS that supports Hands free is the 2.20 translated or in original Chinese. But the caller ID is not consistent on some if not all devices. The caller ID will not be displayed if you have already received the call or if it is in your contacts. It also has some bugs when someone calls on the call waiting and you switch over to it, you will loose the sound on both the headset and the phone until you turn off hands free and then back on.
The other OS, 2005, is GREAT with the Hands free and the phone program, no bugs AT ALL with bluetooth and the phone, BUT, the contacts, email and calendar database are different so it will not work with many programs and the memory size is messed up and small.
I am switching back to my 2.20 translated today.
I wish someone wuld fix it.
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ccrrazzzy said:
Hands free mode is great when using the right OS.
hands free is more robust. It offers caller ID, etc.
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Hmmm, no... with my device (Qtek 2020, aka XDA II/MDA II and WM2003 SE 2.06) the CallerID works great with either Headset profile and Handfree Profile...
ccrrazzzy said:
Headset will not do caller ID but I believe it may offer better battery life.
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Yes this is real: Headset is more light for battery life cause it lets BT headset to go online only during call incoming...
ccrrazzzy said:
Also with your 2.02-2.06, you will notice while in hands free that the mic on the headset does not work, only the one on the phone.. Even though you can hear sound on the headset!!
If I am wrong, please tell me.
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According to me you are wrong, cause my device have the headset mic working in either Headset and Handfree profile. The only practic difference between the two profiles are that HS goes idle and come online only during call incoming, instead HF is online not stop.
ccrrazzzy said:
One OS that supports Hands free is the 2.20 translated or in original Chinese. But the caller ID is not consistent on some if not all devices. The caller ID will not be displayed if you have already received the call or if it is in your contacts. It also has some bugs when someone calls on the call waiting and you switch over to it, you will loose the sound on both the headset and the phone until you turn off hands free and then back on.
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Again... with my device all works fine, but I don't like the headset all time in waiting/online modem with its led blinking speedly and the boring icon on the top bar (so if you miss a call or receive a sms, you see the baloon tooltip to advice you that more than 1 alert are waiting). I don't know about your bugs cause I never tested these cases
ccrrazzzy said:
The other OS, 2005, is GREAT with the Hands free and the phone program, no bugs AT ALL with bluetooth and the phone, BUT, the contacts, email and calendar database are different so it will not work with many programs and the memory size is messed up and small.
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I am yet not happy about the WM2003SE 2.06WWE speed on booting and its stability... so I will not go further on with Magneto/WM2005... When I will be able to do, I will buy a new device with Magneto natively working...
ccrrazzzy said:
I am switching back to my 2.20 translated today.
I wish someone wuld fix it.
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Good flashing and have a nice weekend!
The difference between the two right now using WM2k3SE is:
Handsfree allows you to redial the last number using your BT headset (hold headset button for 2-3 secs).
Headset allows to use the BT headset to talk on the phone.
Other than that they don't do anything else with the current OS (at least for me)
tesking
I am using a Jabra BT800 and I have talked to people who are using Erickson HBH200 and HBH660 and one guy who is using an xLive. The people I have talked to using 2.02 or 2.06 or Sin's 2.02-2.06 merge, all said these devices are not having the caller ID working and the Hands Free would give them the stereo affect.
You are the first.
I have tried 2.02, 2.06 and the Sin's combined one. All would not display properly with the caller ID on my BT800. And even with the addition of the reg key, hkey local machine, software, Microsoft, Bluetooth, "HandsfreeProfileOn", I would get the caller ID, only if the number was not in my contacts and it was not already in my call history of the BT device.
I have also tried BT tools, I have tried every patch and tried all the widcomm stuff too.
I am very curious to know what you have for a ROM and any BT additions or patches and I am very interested to know what caller ID BT device you have.
Maybe you misunderstood what I was saying as well, please know that I was talking about caller ID being displayed upon the BT device, not the phone.
One other thing that Hands free does is allows for the possibility of BT activated voice dial. Like the the voicesignal program on my MPX300.
There has to be a hardware specific driver for each device so when you press the button, it transfers the audio and Mic to the BT headset and starts the voice recognition program. Other wise, we would have had BT voice dial on our HTC devices by now. http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=15191&start=50
ccrrazzzy
I misunderstood the BT device you're using for caller ID (I don't have such device, I was talking about the phone itself).
As far as redialing using the Headset, I am using the Motorola HS850 and I was able to use it to redial the last number. However I end up turning the Handfree off when I don't need it in order to avoid the Mic issue on the headset. When I paired the headset, I chose headset profile only. When ever I need the handfree capability, I normall go under Start/Settings/Connections/Bluetooth/Devices hold my stylus on the device (HS850) then choose "Set as Hands-free" on the pop menu.
For Crrrrraaaazzzyyy:
For Crrrrraaaazzzyyy:
Sorry for your device... I can tell you that with the Globalsat BTH-808 (see the ebay link below), it works smooth in headset Profile (1 or 2 seconds and I can answer from the headset button), and it works smooth in Handfree profile (but as I said, i don't like the behaviour): you can buy the headset from here
http://cgi.ebay.it/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6334980179
Have a nice day!
BT
Sorry I was not clearer at first. I was speaking about the caller ID on the BT headset or in a BT car audio system.
Hands free is needed to have features like caller ID on the BT device and voice dial and to be able to scroll through the BT device's caller ID history and make calls from that while leaving your cell phone safely tucked in your briefcase or hip case.
With my MPX300, because it supports BT voice dial through the BT headset, and with my caller ID on my Jabra BT800 BT headset, I can have all the power of my phone on my ear; being able to make calls through the caller ID history and through dialing via voice dial by speaking the phone number OR speaking the contacts name AND be able to see who is calling me, all while my cell phone-PDA is about 30 feet away!
I just wish we had this on the XDAII because I hate my MPX300; small screen and low memory make it useless.
Through the 2.20 OS, I am able to get caller ID functioning somewhat, but I have to disable call waiting. However to get BT voice dial to work, we will need someone to make a driver like the one that is in the MPX300 and use software like FONIX or www.voicesignal.com
Here is how we can make voicedial work on BT.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=19233&highlight=
XDAII-TSM500 and Jabra BT800 incompatibility ???
I cannot use neither the microphone nor the headphone of the BT800 instead of the XDAII for listennig mp3 files or recording notes.
When I use headset mode, I can speak and hear throuhg BT800 and it is possible to use the buttons to answer and hang during a phone calling, but is not possible to dial, see the caller number and other features.
When I use handsfree mode, I can get most of features but the BT800 microphone does not work and I have to use the one of the PDA.
Any way, only it is possible to use the BT800 in phone mode, not in PDA mode. However it works perfectly whit my IPAQ.
Could anybody give me any idea ?
BT
Please read everything.
Again,
With a caller ID device like the BT800, it needs Hands Free mode to work right. 2.02 and 2.06 do not do Hands Free well.
Only 2.20 and 2005 but 2005 has other bugs. In 2.20 you must disable call waiting or live with clicking upon Tools, Hands-Free Off, then Tools, Hands-Free On to resume the sound on the BT headset when you try to switch back to the first call. You will have to do this even if you ignore a call.
2005 works VERY well with BT and the phone but there are other bugs like lack of memory and database not compatible with third party programs.
I am sorry ccrrazzzy
I did not mention I have two other poblems:
One is that I am a beginner whith these machines, less than two weeks working whith them, and some concepts are confusing to me.
The other is, my short english (obvious ?) make me misunderstand things and to explain them is even worse.
I understood that all problems appear using the phone and not using the PDA for listening mp3 files, for example. When I use the BT800 whith my IPAQ 5500 (headset only) works like a wired headphones and I thought that it should work in the same way whith the XDA, forgeting the phone features.
I will try whith 2.20.
Many thanks for your answer and excuse me.
mp3 will not work unless you get http://www.bluetake.com/products/BT420EX.htm or the HP one.
While using Headset profile, in 2.02, 2.06 and 2.20, The BT800 will work but I experienced an 8 or 9 second delay before call is transfered to the headset when someone call me. Calling out is OK.
Hands free and 2.20 is only good way with BT800.
No audio on BT headset on the XDAII, no matter what OS... Like the mono audio on your other pda, it will not work on xdaii.
I am trying the xLive now, will post results. It has built in MP3 player and is BT cell phone Hands free. Only $90.
These will not make you look like you are from outer space
http://www.itechdynamic.com/html/border22.htm
Support HiFi audio, stereo but I doubt they will work on the XDAII.
You could make them work with the widcomm stack but that stack does not work with Hands Free and I forget if it works with Headset.
If this thing had caller ID and worked for sure with the XDAII, I would get it.

Tilt2 Jawbone Icon/Voice Command Issues

Just upgraded from Tilt/Jawbone2 (lost the jawbone) to Tilt2/Jawbone Icon.
First Issue: Voice dial seems to work until I get to the notification but then my 'Yes' does not dial.
Second Issue: Incoming call notification is set to BT only but the Icon does caller ID by number and the name announcement is coming through my phone speaker.
Any help would be great.
I have the ICON and I don't have those issues, that's really odd. It must be related to your ROM.
Jawbone Icon
I just ordered an Icon, but haven't received it yet.
I'm using the latest Energy ROM, and it has allowed me to use the Bluetooth handsfree features of my Plantronics 590 Stereo Headset and my old original Jawbone just fine.
I sure hope my Icon will work? I agree that it is probably the ROM software, because the original T-Mobile stock ROM wouldn't allow any handsfree features from either of my Bluetooth devices.
I did some of the stuff on the site here to reduce the RAM usage and that helped the confirmation. It was timing out before the mic was even engaged.
The incoming call is actually weird. It reads the number and then transfers the custom ring and voice name announcement to BT afterwards. I think it may be the Icon firmware. I know the firmware is customizable on the Icon on the new site. I am going to try and change it from the default voice firmware and see if that is the conflict.
Well it is fixed. It wasn't the firmware. The settings available on the Jawbone MyTalk website were though. The Icon has an internal caller ID feature you can turn off there. Conflict gone, distinctive ring goes through to BT right away.

X10 GB2.3.3 with MW600 Bluetooth problem.

I'm totally confused, whenever my X10 paired with MW600 use for media audio, the incoming call ringtone became crazy, it just like double the play speed. I try to flash the audio lag fix from zdzihu, it became worse: the phone totally go mute when there's an incoming call. I missed a lot of calls. Can some one fix this problem?
system/lib
libaudio.so
libaudioflinger.so
libaudiopolicy.so
libmedia.so
Stock rom from vmcms is perfect if he can fix this problem I hope anyone can help him to fix that.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1307572
Hi
Has tried this?
I have this headset and I have this problem, provided you have the option properties off the multimedia, because if not, you will not hear the ring tones, and must always have the earpiece in the ear to hear the Call Ringtone entrants, so I say you can use the hands free and be careful not to lose incoming calls.
Best regards
Haha, good idea~ if there's a widget to switch multimedia mode it would be better;p
Thank you, dear~

[Q] Jawbone ICON BT Handset and incoming call notification

Hi,
I bought a Jawbone ICON and it is not bad.
However the Jawbone software does not read out the names from the contacts of the incoming call. It just reads out the actual phone number, which is pretty pointless, unless one has a fantastic memory. I have circa 700 entries in my phone book.
Does anyone know of a method to have the contracts names read out over the BT headset?
This is for an SGS i9100 running CM7/Insanity. TTS is installed and works well.
Regards.

Hangouts Video Call Issue

This is a weird bug that has made my hangouts video calls unusable. If this has been addressed before I apologize.
When I make a video call on my G2 and the mic is set to speaker the person on the other end cant hear me. It is only until I set the mic option to headset that can the other caller hear me. This makes for my having to hear the other caller through the earpiece at a low volume. My phone works for calls through both speaker and earpiece so IDK what's up. I am currently on Slimrom If this belongs in that thread ill repost it there.
Thanks for any advice.
hi,
i am using a stock firmware, and i do not encounter this problem
so i tend to think it's related to your rom
did you try however to delete the cache and data for hangouts ? and basically reconfigure the app . Perhaps it will help

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