Found my first douh. I use the LG700 stereo Bluetooth headset and the controls are a little screwy.
Volume up and down, no problem. Track forward and backward no problem.but the play/pause button doesn't work right. Pauses only if you hold down the button. But does not play again. Actually play function doesn't work with button at all.
Haven't used call button cause this headset sucks for calls. But great for stereo Bluetooth play back.
Just thought I'd share, maybe someone has a solution.
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Ok, I am going to dig this thread up. Its only less than a month old anyway...
I have the same problem. With my Bluetooth FM transmitter, I am able to skip forward and back tracks but I cannot play or pause.
Worked fine with my Evo 3d. Anyone have a solution ?
This probably doesnt help you much but I use the Wireless Beats from Dre and everything works fine.
dsk00185 said:
This probably doesnt help you much but I use the Wireless Beats from Dre and everything works fine.
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Yah didn't help much but thanks for the response.
Anyone else have any suggestions?
Bluetooth Play Pause
I have this same problem too. I've done a little fiddling to find that it's somewhere in the BT communication.
I upgraded from the OG EVO and previously used a Belkin BT receiver to transfer Pandora to my car stereo EXT plug. It worked very well with the OG. When I got the new LTEVO, I immediately noticed that the Play/ Pause wasn't working.
I've installed a couple of BT media widgets to help figure it out. I use the Media Button widget to mimic the functionality of the Play/Pause BT command. When I start Pandora and then use the P/P Media button, it operates perfectly. So the command is being interpreted properly by the Apps when it is received.
Next I installed a Widget called Media Button Router, which allows the BT command to be received by the phone and then pauses the current app and pops up a menu to choose which program you want to send the command to. When I hit the P/P button with this widget operating, the menu pops up properly and then attempts to send the command to the app. In this case, Pandora pauses while the menu is up. Once the command is sent to Pandora, it is ignored. So this means that a command is being received, however it is not the correct P/P command that the apps will respond to.
I am really hoping that any update to the kernel by HTC will resolve this soon. Either way, as soon as KushDeck has a few more miles under the CM9 build, I'll be jumping over to that. I am quite sure that the AOSP kernel won't have this issue.
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Any chance that the Bluetooth 4.0 protocol is having compatibility problems with older devices???
kofkorn said:
I have this same problem too. I've done a little fiddling to find that it's somewhere in the BT communication.
I upgraded from the OG EVO and previously used a Belkin BT receiver to transfer Pandora to my car stereo EXT plug. It worked very well with the OG. When I got the new LTEVO, I immediately noticed that the Play/ Pause wasn't working.
I've installed a couple of BT media widgets to help figure it out. I use the Media Button widget to mimic the functionality of the Play/Pause BT command. When I start Pandora and then use the P/P Media button, it operates perfectly. So the command is being interpreted properly by the Apps when it is received.
Next I installed a Widget called Media Button Router, which allows the BT command to be received by the phone and then pauses the current app and pops up a menu to choose which program you want to send the command to. When I hit the P/P button with this widget operating, the menu pops up properly and then attempts to send the command to the app. In this case, Pandora pauses while the menu is up. Once the command is sent to Pandora, it is ignored. So this means that a command is being received, however it is not the correct P/P command that the apps will respond to.
I am really hoping that any update to the kernel by HTC will resolve this soon. Either way, as soon as KushDeck has a few more miles under the CM9 build, I'll be jumping over to that. I am quite sure that the AOSP kernel won't have this issue.
My $0.02
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Any chance that the Bluetooth 4.0 protocol is having compatibility problems with older devices???
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Yep I use media button router too. And it works somewhat.... Sometimes when I hit play/pause it will pause and still bring up the media menu... Sometimes it will pause the music for a second but the music keeps playing. FF AND RW buttons do almost the same thing with media button router.
I haven't had any problem with FF or RW on the Bluetooth. Just the play/pause.
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This is pretty much the exact issue I'm having.
I use bluetooth to listen to Pandora on my car Stereo (JVC) and with my Evo 4g phone I had no issues with any of the controls. From my stereo I could skip songs and play/pause Pandora. I just recently got an Evo LTE however and while I'm still able to skip songs the play/pause button on my stereo doesn't do anything anymore.
From reading here, it sounds like that's the same issue everyone is having. All functions work over BT ~EXCEPT~ Play/Pause. This is actually a good thing that the issue is occurring so consistently, means we're more likely to see it fixed via an update from Google.
I have the same headset as the op and mine is hit or miss, but works most of the time. Sounds like it might be a phone issue hopefully it will get fixed with an update or after the source is released.
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hey so i got the atrix and i paired it with my shure music adapter (its a mic with a button on it). i have been using poweramp but when i try to use the button during playback all i got was the option to complete that action using voice command or vlingo. I figured that maybe those were taking priority of the button or something so i stopped those applications but then when i pressed it nothing happens. a long press of the button also dials the last person called. I tried downloading winamp to see if it would work with that, and it does.. however it just does play/pause there doesn't seem to be an option for next track/last track. i know the mic/button works with my friends droid x.
So basically my question is....has anyone found a way to enable next track/last track using the atrix and any combination of apps?
That only works on apple branded products.
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That only works on apple branded products.
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if you read my post completely you will see that i have tested this exact product with my friends droid x and i can confirm that it does work for play/pause AND next track/ prev track.
anyone else have any other ideas?
My apple branded wired headset paused and controlled volume with my Captivate just fine, too, but is not functioning on my Atrix. Hope there's a fix, it's nice to hit pause on the wire rather than grab the phone, unlock, open the music app, hit pause.
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My apple branded wired headset paused and controlled volume with my Captivate just fine, too, but is not functioning on my Atrix. Hope there's a fix, it's nice to hit pause on the wire rather than grab the phone, unlock, open the music app, hit pause.
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yea even more than play/pause (which did work in winamp for me) im really looking for next track/ prev track hoping it will be working next time some of these apps update
Funny I lost controls on my MOTOROLA S9 headset on the MOTOROLA Atrix. LOL go figure
Same issue with BOSE MIE2i headset - mic works, buttons do not. I hope for fix
for anyone else experiencing this issue here with poweramp i have just recently spoken with the developer:
Unfortunately, WinAmp uses old Android 2.1 API, which is used in PowerAMP only on Android 2.1.
For Android 2.2+ PowerAMP uses new headset API.
I think I will get Atrix in 7-10 days and there will be a patch immediately on market.
The sd card issue already has been resolved in current dev builds.
Thanks!
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so hopefully within a week or 2 this will be resolved
same issue with atrix + mie2, just replied your post on the PowerAMP fourm
Right, now this almost made me send this phone back, thats how much it annoyed me, but i decided to soldier on none-the-less. I have a pair of Sony in earphones with remote, said remote works on my Desire, with every music player ive ever used in the last 19 months, never had a problem, but for some reason they dont work with my Razr, and neither do a pair of iPod/iPhone in earphones that are kicking around the abode (the missus', not mine ), with any music player i try that i know works on my Desire.
I queried this on another forum and apparently both sets of earphones i tried are "incompatible" Is this true? are only certain earphones able to work with the Razr? And if so, does anyone know if there is a "compatible" list of earphones that work?
Could you good people just list the earphones that work for you, and maybe we could get a good list of working sets for people to be able to reference to, to make life a bit easier for all us music listen too'ers.
Any help with this would be much appreciated, and not just by me im sure.
AFAIR there is an app on the Market to assign functions to those buttons.
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AFAIR there is an app on the Market to assign functions to those buttons.
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LOL the buttons dont even work, never mind need assigning functions to.
Ive tried a few of these apps but none seem to work atall.
Come on guys, lets get a list started, i cant surely be the only one that finds this a really annoying problem?
My marleys buttons don't work with the razr.
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nafpez said:
LOL the buttons dont even work, never mind need assigning functions to.
Ive tried a few of these apps but none seem to work atall.
Come on guys, lets get a list started, i cant surely be the only one that finds this a really annoying problem?
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Try "Headset Droid" out. I haven't tested with the RAZR, but it's worked for me on every other device.
I can confirm my SGS2 in-earphones are working flawlessly on my RAZR.
As for buttons, try one of the apps for assigning the buttons to functions.
any of these work for beats?
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Try "Headset Droid" out. I haven't tested with the RAZR, but it's worked for me on every other device.
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Cheers Brian, tried it, and many others...and nothing, i think it must be a hardware issue TBH, which if Moto did on purpose, thats COMPLETELY RIDICULOUS.
kholk said:
I can confirm my SGS2 in-earphones are working flawlessly on my RAZR.
As for buttons, try one of the apps for assigning the buttons to functions.
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Cheers kholk, can you confirm that the button from the SG2 are working with or without an app?
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Cheers Brian, tried it, and many others...and nothing, i think it must be a hardware issue TBH, which if Moto did on purpose, thats COMPLETELY RIDICULOUS.
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ugh, seriously? Google needs to standardize the headset controls pronto - this is a problem that should NOT exist..My RAZR arrives today so I'll post later this evening (CST) if the JLab J3M's work or not.
If all else fails, there's always bluetooth (those controls are standardized, so they'll work). I personally like the Jabra Clipper (if you can still find it). Allows you to use any set of headphones you prefer with the bluetooth receiver.
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ugh, seriously? Google needs to standardize the headset controls pronto - this is a problem that should NOT exist..My RAZR arrives today so I'll post later this evening (CST) if the JLab J3M's work or not.
If all else fails, there's always bluetooth (those controls are standardized, so they'll work). I personally like the Jabra Clipper (if you can still find it). Allows you to use any set of headphones you prefer with the bluetooth receiver.
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Yeah let us know how they go, personally i dont want to rely on an app to do something like this, just want to find a decent pair that WORK!
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Yeah let us know how they go, personally i dont want to rely on an app to do something like this, just want to find a decent pair that WORK!
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Ok, so without Headset Droid installed, my JLab's did not work - at all. Not even pause worked.
I installed Headset Droid and configured it as such:
General Settings ->
Double Click Delay: 250ms
Click and hold delay: 450ms
Target Media Player: Music
Ignore Simulated Clicks: NOT checked
Button Actions -> Play/Pause button actions ->
Single Click: Play/Pause + answer call/end call
Double Click: Next Track + decline call/mute mic
Triple Click: Next Track + repeat caller
Quadruple Click: Next Track
Click and Hold: Volume reset and rise
Double click and hold: rewind
triple click and hold: fast forward
These settings work acceptably with the stock music app (and I'm sure they'll work for any 3rd party app as well, just change the target media player setting).
Remember: Headset Droid will not work if on the main screen it doesn't say "service is activated". Headset droid should automatically start once it detects the use of headset controls.
You can try to tweak it for better response (mine's not perfect) by clicking on "headset monitor" and testing to see how your headset button presses are being interpreted by the system. You may need to change delays or other settings to get it just right for your tastes (i'm not 100% happy with mine yet either).
This is the only solution I have..but it's certainly better than buying a new headset that will most likely sound like..well..awful. Once it's set right, you never have to touch it again, it really is a silent app - if you like it, throw some cash the developer's way (as I have).
is there something like this for the razr
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1348504
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Ok, so without Headset Droid installed, my JLab's did not work - at all. Not even pause worked.
I installed Headset Droid and configured it as such:
General Settings ->
Double Click Delay: 250ms
Click and hold delay: 450ms
Target Media Player: Music
Ignore Simulated Clicks: NOT checked
Button Actions -> Play/Pause button actions ->
Single Click: Play/Pause + answer call/end call
Double Click: Next Track + decline call/mute mic
Triple Click: Next Track + repeat caller
Quadruple Click: Next Track
Click and Hold: Volume reset and rise
Double click and hold: rewind
triple click and hold: fast forward
These settings work acceptably with the stock music app (and I'm sure they'll work for any 3rd party app as well, just change the target media player setting).
Remember: Headset Droid will not work if on the main screen it doesn't say "service is activated". Headset droid should automatically start once it detects the use of headset controls.
You can try to tweak it for better response (mine's not perfect) by clicking on "headset monitor" and testing to see how your headset button presses are being interpreted by the system. You may need to change delays or other settings to get it just right for your tastes (i'm not 100% happy with mine yet either).
This is the only solution I have..but it's certainly better than buying a new headset that will most likely sound like..well..awful. Once it's set right, you never have to touch it again, it really is a silent app - if you like it, throw some cash the developer's way (as I have).
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Where do I find headset Droid?
Edit: nevermind found it.in.market, tired it, doesnt work for me.
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I use a set of Bose headphones that work great. They worked on my Droid X, my Droid Charge and now the Razr.
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I use a set of Bose headphones that work great. They worked on my Droid X, my Droid Charge and now the Razr.
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Are they control headphones?
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Yep I've had probs, when running I've randomly called people, not sure how as there's no controls on my Panasonic sport headphones, but did have endomondo and the music player running, perhaps there was a software conflict, any one else had it?
Hi, i have AKG Q350. Control (vol + & -) and mic don't work
I have a Motorola S10-HD Bluetooth head set. Sense it is motorola, all functions work with the RAZR, to include, play, pause, skip, go back a song, and volume. With a built in mike you can also send and receive phone calls.
Being wireless, it's great for working out or what ever. I have great range with mine. Haven't had any issues with sweat or humidity.
Only draw backs, if you have a small head, it may not fit you correctly. Also, sense the 2.3.6 update, volume is very loud. I have to keep all media volumes turned all the way down most of the time. And with the Battery/receiver portion in the back, it's not very comfortable to lay on. I have to go with regular head phones when lounging on the couch.
I love them for 95% of the day though. Give them a look.
Headphone jack wiring
I had this problem as well - I tracked it down to the pinout of the jack being reversed at the tip (mic and ground reversed) - which makes iphone-compatible headsets not razr compatible.
I picked up a nice set of Seinheiser's specifically for android, and they worked without a hitch. Anything designed to work for apple though, forget it.
I am of course excluding bluetooth from this, I'm talking wired headsets only.
It's a pain. There's an adapter you can purchase - kvconnection had them the last time i looked - but it's annoying to need yet another bit of tech.
My dr dre ur beats that came with a sensation xe dont work on the razr. They do respond with the app player pro. But still not 100%
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Reguardless what i connect to with bluetooth be it my computer, my car, or my bluetooth headset the music controls (play, pause, forward, reverse, and starting the voice talk thing) no longer seem to work properly if the screen is off when i activate them.
Scenario: Listen to music via bluetooth in my car.
Press voice call button on my deck
Phone screen is off, its sitting in the glove box (not legally allowed to be within reach when driving)
What SHOULD happen: Brings up the voice control app... "What would you like to do", and i can tell it to play music or make a call or text or whatever.
What DOES happen: most of the time nothing, returns an error that the phone does not support this feature.
The same happens for when i want to change the song or play/pause the music.
Also get the same sort of problem from my bluetooth headset (Blueant T1) when starting the "voice commands" option. If the phone screen is off i get an error, if the phone screen is on it works as it should.
This only started happening after updating to ICS XXLPQ (stock). Has anyone else noticed this? Is there a different version of ICS that works better, or a custom rom thats tweaked for everything? I use bluetooth damn near every day, it has to work for me.
Thanks in advance!
Bump? Does anyone know what im talking about, have you experienced this sort of thing? Are there others with this problem or should i try reinstalling my rom as if it were an isolated event? I could really use some direction here.
Hi,
I have same problem with my autoradio sony MXBT3900U.
GS2 reboot every 15 min when I use bluetooth function (a2dp, phone, etc.)
I've read that 4.0.4 ics version resolve this issue.
I think we should wait this update or install a custom rom with 4.0.4 (hydrogenics, etc.) or install a GB version.
rgs.
I've got the same problem while playing music in my car.
What I've found MIUI ICS roms support this nicely.
and I've been using them cause of this very purpose.
Actually I kinda like MIUI.
Regards
Gaurav
FWIW, when I got the message you mention about not supporting this feature, I found it was because it was trying to ask me which app I wanted to open in response to the button press.
Try pressing the BT button when screen unlocked and check that it's not something silly like that.
Having read your post properly, it probably isn't.
Yes, it most definately is not something silly like that. Glad to hear im not the only one, now to wait another 5 months to get an update from Samsung I really with sammy was better with updates...
Yep...got the same problem too - pause/play just wont have it on ICS. I've tried a few ICS ROMs - all got the same issue, sound is clear as bell and next/prev tracks work fine - but not pause/play! But must admit, I've yet to try a MIUI Rom.....suggestions?
ICS is proving a PITA for me. I'm on Wanamlite at the mo and I need Sky Go to work (which it does fine) but on the 4.0.4 ROMs I've tried like Hydrogen, it wont work! Knowing my luck, if I try a MUIU rom and I get pause/play to work on my BT headset - Sky Go won't
Found the following post when doing a search on it:-
Fix Bluetooth headset/headphone controls in Mog for Android 4 (ICS)
I submitted this via Mog Mobile App Support but was shot down and told to submit it as a "feature request" here. The problem is that Bluetooth play and pause controls do not work in the Mog app for Android 4 (ICS). The skip and rewind buttons work just fine, but play and pause are not responsive. Specifically, on my Galaxy Nexus device, I cannot play or pause music using the Bluetooth controls on any Bluetooth headset or headphones. This worked with previous versions of Android.
I have contacted the Android development team about this, and they said that the Play/Pause specification in ICS has changed a bit. And all that is required is a short coding change on your part (and other developers with similar apps).
They even provided the proper coding:
--- DownloadServiceLifecycleSupport.java 2012-03-26 14:46:29.000000000 -0600 +++ DownloadServiceLifecycleSupport.java 2012-03-26 14:44:21.000000000 -0600 @@ -210,6 +210,12 @@
case KeyEvent.KEYCODE_MEDIA_STOP:
downloadService.reset();
break;
case KeyEvent.KEYCODE_MEDIA_PLAY:
downloadService.play();
break;
case KeyEvent.KEYCODE_MEDIA_PAUSE:
downloadService.pause();
break;
default:
break;
}
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So it looks like there's the answer.... it's just that it may as well be written in Swahili for all the good it does me. Maybe the Devs can implement whatever that means, into the roms (or produce a flashable zip?)
EDIT: Found a temp workaround during more googling.... it's an app called Media Button Router and seems to do the job on my S2.... HTH somebody else here!
It helped me! Thanks! Now I hope they fix it for everybody. Media Button Router works for most of my audio apps. I wish it would just go back to the previously playing thing when you hit play though. That and it doesn't seem to recognize Audible for Android...
Willie_Heckerslyke said:
EDIT: Found a temp workaround during more googling.... it's an app called Media Button Router and seems to do the job on my S2.... HTH somebody else here!
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Dude, you just made my day !!!
It works flawlessly with my Pioneer Car Radio! I couldn't use any HW buttons to control my music until you mentioned this app .
Kudos!
Sorry if this is out of place here, but I'm getting zero help from Pandora and Alpine on this one. Just wondering if others have seen this issue and how it might be resolved.
When I connect my Alpine CDE-HD137BT car stereo to my HTC Thunderbolt running Pandora, the connection is made and the music plays. I can even skip, pause and play songs from the car stereo buttons. But the Pandora app on the phone just shows a black screen with:
Pandora
^v (up/down arrows)
Alpine
...and not the regular Pandora screen with the artist, track name and cover art.
If I go to the Android notifications screen where it shows what song is playing in Pandora and touch that notification, it takes me to the Pandora app and very briefly (for a fraction of a second) shows the regular Pandora screen, then immediately goes to the screen described above.
The Menu button when the screen describe above is showing only gives one option: Quit. This, of course, ends the Pandora app altogether.
I've seen videos online of others controlling Pandora on their Android phones from this particular stereo unit, and the normal Pandora screen is shown on the phone, which should be the norm here.
Any guess what's causing this? Anyone seen it before?
I'm running a rooted version of the stock Gingerbread image.
If you go into the settings before pairing your device hit the advanced menu and select Bluetooth for automotive.
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If you go into the settings before pairing your device hit the advanced menu and select Bluetooth for automotive.
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Yes, that I've done, thus the fact that I can hear music, skip, pause and play. Everything operates normally, there's just this annoying screen, as described in my original post, overlaying the normal Pandora screen, so I can't see what's playing.
Hmmm... Thats really weird.
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I have the same head unit and pairing it with my HTC EVO 3d running Mik's ICS.... I too have the same screen... It might be a HTC thing
old thread, but I just got the same head unit today. I've got a droid 4, and Pandora does the same thing. It's a pandora thing, not an alpine thing. When the head unit is first connecting, the screen says the same thing, but instead of alpine, it is accessory. It might be getting the alpine logo over bluetooth, and it's just a generic API.
What you can do: just do bluetooth audio. You should still be able to control pandora, but you will probably lose the thumbs up / down and other pandora specific features, but play/pause, and next track should work just fine.
its both Alpine and Pandora if you want to display pandora and not the black alpine/pandora screen use the BT Audio function you have some of the functions you can skip songs play and pause but you cant use the search feature or thumbs up/down
Hi, so I've noticed this happen a few times on my trips to and from work, usually when I have bluetooth enabled. Once this morning when I had bluetooth connected to my car stereo, but was just listening to the radio, I unlocked my phone and music started playing. It happened again when I shut my car off too.
I've looked all over the setting menu, but I feel like I must be missing something that I have enabled that's causing this. Either that or this is the beginning of Toby from Paranormal Activity choosing me as his next victim.
Any help is much appreciated.
I tried to re - create this with John Zaffis the Haunted Collector and he thinks Harold Ramis hid a secret back to the future sports almanac in your trunk. He wants to do an investigation, what day and time is good for u?
As for the music playing automatically I couldn't get mine to do it. I have poweramp and there is a setting in it to allow/disallow automatic play when bluetooth or headset is detected. If u have another music player see if you have that in settings and disallow it maybe. I tried digging through stock music settings and couldn't find anything.
Good luck with that almanac though. RIP Ghostbusters
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There's an app in the playstore called blutooth connect and play that should let u control it better. It actually gives u settings that will allow u to pick what music player plays over bluetooth and if it autoplays or not when connected. Check it out.
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So I think Voice Control was the culprit. I noticed twice this morning that the music started playing right when I started my car, and I think the sound of it starting triggered the voice.