AOSP in-car phone call over speaker - Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I know that using a sense rom, the thunderbolt is able to pipe sound over speakers through the headphone jack, but not able to handle calls while still plugged in to, say, a tape deck converter.
I'm just wondering if using an AOSP rom like CM7, OMFGB, or liquid Thunderbread will side-step that limitation? I know my OG Droid was able up make calls over speaker, but I'm not sure if this was an ability given by the phone or the fact that OG was vanilla?
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Go to settings call then scroll down to TTY and select VCO then the mic should work while plugged into the speaker
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If your car is bluetooth equipped, you can pair your Android device and have hands free conversations.

@saab I'm running cm7 now, and don't see TTY options anywhere. Am I missing something?
And unfortunately, my car is a bit too old. I could get a bt transmitter or something, but if I can use the tape deck converter I already have, I'd like to save the money.
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Ah I haven't tried with cm7. I'm on gingeritis and it has the option. It may be a sense only option. Maybe ask some cm7 guys if they know a workaround for TTY settings. I know it's a setting for hearing impaired but it works for me to have speakers plugged in and the phone mic active.
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Headphone Jack issues

Hey everyone just wanted to know if anyone else is having issues with their headphone Jack on the Vibrant? I plug in my headphones but I always have to fiddle with it to get them to work. I have tried multiple headphones to see if this was the problem yet every one I tried the same issue came up.
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Push it in harder the problem your having is the jack is not in all the way trust me push harder
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LOL thanks haha I feel like an idiot
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LMAO same thing happened to me when I first got it
My problem is a little different. I have skull candy headphones with a MIC and sometimes the music will turn on by itself and I'll have to turn it off via the button on the MIC. This happens quite often when it is loud around me or windy(while I am driving). Anyone have a clue why this happens?
ITs the head set samsung is picky
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dbm0361 said:
ITs the head set samsung is picky
Is that right? Im using my new Zagg smartbuds and the sound is very rich, but the remote only seems to work with Zxing,not 3 which I have the remote plug in app?Ive been getting alot of sporadic skips,with Jlabs too,is this a driver issue?
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Vibrant vibrating nicely now,Kthx!

Bluetooth functional questions, SPP, HID, 2.1 etc.

My Dad wants to go the Android route and I want to tell him to get the Thunderbolt but Bluetooth is the single most important function he uses in his car. He has a 2010 Volkswagen Jetta Diesel. It pairs fine with blackberry phones.
I know that the Droid Incredible only worked with cyanogen. I'm just curious for some information on the Thunderbolt. Thanks for looking. XDA has been an amazing resource.
Xarthos
Well the TB is going to be capable of using Bluetooth 3.0 so I'm sure its pretty capable
I use it as a Bluetooth mp3 in my truck, it automatically pairs just fine
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superchilpil said:
Well the TB is going to be capable of using Bluetooth 3.0 so I'm sure its pretty capable
I use it as a Bluetooth mp3 in my truck, it automatically pairs just fine
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Let me ask you... I have a 2011 Sonata and I have notice a little cracking noise when I playing music pretty loud. Now the noise is somewhat low but you can hear it more when raising the volume. Wanted to see if anyone else had this issue.
So wait it's a 3.0 device? I thought it was a 2.1???
I had a lot of problems with this on the Droid Incredible. It's the same reason why wi motes would not work with the Incredible when we tried to pair them using bluetooth. Has this issue been resolved on the Thunderbolt?
I loaded Cyanogen on the Incredible which had a different bluetooth stack native to its build. This resolved the problem on the Incredible and I am looking for verification that by default the Thunderbolt does not have the issue.
If so I will ditch my Incredible too.
thanks,
fgarcia25 said:
Let me ask you... I have a 2011 Sonata and I have notice a little cracking noise when I playing music pretty loud. Now the noise is somewhat low but you can hear it more when raising the volume. Wanted to see if anyone else had this issue.
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No I don't actually... I get a fuzzy noise when there's no.music but it goes away in a few seconds
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xarthos said:
So wait it's a 3.0 device? I thought it was a 2.1???
I had a lot of problems with this on the Droid Incredible. It's the same reason why wi motes would not work with the Incredible when we tried to pair them using bluetooth. Has this issue been resolved on the Thunderbolt?
I loaded Cyanogen on the Incredible which had a different bluetooth stack native to its build. This resolved the problem on the Incredible and I am looking for verification that by default the Thunderbolt does not have the issue.
If so I will ditch my Incredible too.
thanks,
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When 3.0 becomes available they will update the Bluetooth stack to.support it... It has the hardware for it just not software
And as far as I know the thunderbolts Bluetooth stack is up to date instead of being behind like the Dinc
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Bluetooth

So, not that it's SUPER important. But I just got done dialing my system in my truck in. Put all the speakers in, sub, amps, head unit, etc etc. And I got a model with bluetooth. And I must say, it's legit. I can stream music via it from my phone, take calls and it'll mute the music so I can take the call. I recommend to anyone that drives and talks a lot to do this. It's not too much and it's very helpful and sounds decent too.
been doing that in my car for a couple years now... Love it. But for some reason my MoFo will drop the BT connection after playing music for about 20 mins. Well maybe drop the connection is the wrong thing to say, it is still connected, still get message notifications through the Headunit, but it stops streaming the music....
Are you using the stock music player?
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I have run into issues with the stock music player and google music/listen.
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I have CarDock and BT DVD Player. Never had a single issue.
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Are you using the stock music player?
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Happens with Stock, Mixing, nemo, and Player Pro... Normally when it happens i have to reboot either my phone or the car to get it to play again...
Hm that's weird. I haven't hit any issues either.
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My issues seem to only be in wife's car with a newer jvc unit. I have an older eclipse unit and it works decent but no audio interupts
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Just put a jvc unit in my work car. Damn its sweet. Love being able to stream music without the aux cable.
Also mine has a bt remote so i cab skip tracks through Pandora or any of the other music apps without using the phone.
This and the unlimited Pandora apk is the best combo ever.
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I have a Kenwood myself. But that's sweet.
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been doing that in my car for a couple years now... Love it. But for some reason my MoFo will drop the BT connection after playing music for about 20 mins. Well maybe drop the connection is the wrong thing to say, it is still connected, still get message notifications through the Headunit, but it stops streaming the music....
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I'm having the same problem. Your not alone my friend. There are others.....
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Do you guys leave your bt enabled on your phones? Never really used anything Bluetooth except for my ps3 so i don't know how much it would affect battery life leaving it on.
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Do you guys leave your bt enabled on your phones? Never really used anything Bluetooth except for my ps3 so i don't know how much it would affect battery life leaving it on.
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I always have BT enabled. just to lazy to kill it I guess... I still get b=pretty decent battery life too.
Mine usually does okay. But I turn it off when not in use.
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Yea I left mine on all day and didn't see any ill affects.
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Is everyone having pretty good call quality on both ends? And what kinda set do you run? Stock? Just a head unit?
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Mine is a jvc kdr520 I got off Crutchfield. Call quality is great. I had my wife call me from the car and its all clear as it gets.
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Jvc av794 i think. Works awesome. Names of songs pop up via bt through music app. Calls also work great. Car has a factory 9 speaker h/k otherwise
I also have an eclipse cd5030 and call quality sucks. But its been that way with all phones. I think the car is too loud and there is no echo cancellation sw.
Factory speakers otherwise. And a 10 inch sub.
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Right on. I'm running four mids two tweets two amps and a sub. The amp is actually kinda handy for call volume.
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Usb audio

Does the gs3 have USB audio like if I wanted to listen to spotify in the car instead of using Bluetooth?
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Does the gs3 have USB audio like if I wanted to listen to spotify in the car instead of using Bluetooth?
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Good question. My Current radio doesn't see it, but since it presents the onboard media as a file share... is possible that if your radio supports USB memory, it may be able to read the radio as a big usb stick...
I am getting a new Mygig RHR hopefully monday.. that will support A2DP and AVRCP 1.4.. I will make a point of seeing if I can get it to also play USB audio from the s3..
Can I assume that you have seen this working on other android phones before?
The Samsung car dock connects via USB and audio out works from it, so I'd assume the functionality is there.
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From what I have seen is that ics is supposed to be able to.
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[Q] (How To?) Need to get audio from PC to my voicemail.

has anyone done this? i tried the stereo audio cable, male on both ends, to the mic port...nothing.
tried a three ring (left, right, mic) cable, male on both ends, from mic jack on phone to pc output and still nothing.
i did read about another guy trying to get audio from a separate mic during video but didnt get a solution.
anyone? can it be rigged to work?
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Play it through your speakers while using the phones mic ?
You did say from pc to evo right? Then why would you use the mic jack on the pc? Try the headphone output.
What are you trying to accomplish if I may ask?
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Play it through your speakers while using the phones mic ?
You did say from pc to evo right? Then why would you use the mic jack on the pc? Try the headphone output.
What are you trying to accomplish if I may ask?
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think maybe a clean sounding voice mail? if so, id like to replace mine too. lol
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think maybe a clean sounding voice mail? if so, id like to replace mine too. lol
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Oh ok. As in outgoing message. Gotcha
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Ok, fyi for the record.
The HTC Mic port is NOT standard. I used a standard plug with left,right and Mic to record a professional voicemail to my voicemail greeting. I actually had to dial into my voicemail from a Samsung phone and record the voicemail greeting. The port on the Samsung must be standard as it was the only phone it worked on. Tried iPhone 4, HTC evl lte, and my wife's Samsung old school little slider phone. Voicemail came out great...too bad I couldn't use my own phone.
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Cool, glad you got it figured out. I wonder what a good Bluetooth headset would sound like.
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