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I've got the HTC Leo (radio 2.06.51.07). I'm having a problem with the Bluetooth functionality.
My car has the Ford Microsoft Sync capability in it. The phone is troublesome, the music player (via A2DP) won't change tracks from the car interface, only works sometimes. The play button doesn't always work either..it works fine provided I change tracks via the phone interface. I have tried a soft reset and hard reset.
I want to try another radio version ( I think this is related to the Bluetooth, right?). Do I need to reinstall my ROM everytime I do this or can I do it on the fly?
Also, which radio versions will work with my ROM version? (1.66.405.2 (766410 WWE)
I just wanted to say i have the EXACT same problem as you with my Nissan nav system + bluetooth. The phone connects within 10 seconds or so after starting the car, but getting music to begin playing is a real chore and behaves as erratically as you described. Often I'll lean on the FF/RW keys to force it to shuffle, then hit pause or play and it will just start working all the sudden. Once it is going I can choose songs just fine, but if I try to pause good luck getting it unpaused.
Yes that's the same thing I'm having.
I noticed today that if I remove the phone from the sleeve (the leather pouch we were supplied with the phone) it seems to work more often?
I notice that with my bluetooth headphones, if the phone is inside my jacket pocket, the bluetooth reception is really crap... the music starts to cut out as its playing.
I wonder if it's something to do with the reception or bandwidth available over A2DP? Maybe I'll drop the sound quality of the A2DP right down and see if it works better then.
i had similar problems trying to connect the phone to my parrot hands free kit in my car (i still havent got it to work). try radio 2.11, its not the latest but seems to be the most stable. you with have to install hard SPL on your device, but wont have to re-install the ROM. after that give it a try, if you still have issues, have a look at tweaking the bluetooth settings through an app called hd2tweak. there is a section called bluetooth which has a few options you can change, you may need to increase the bitpool. also check that you have added the bluetooth device on the phone and that it is an authorised device and the incomming connections are accepted (this is in the standard bluetooth options). also try disabling SAP (SIM access) and see if that helps, i have to have this disabled to use my blueotooth headset, no idea why though
Is your Bluetooth always visible turned on?
If not, slide over to the settings tab and select all settings from the menu. Select the Bluetooth icon and it will ask if you want to turn Bluetooth on, tap yes. A screen will appear with the settings button in the upper left corner, tap it. A menu will appear, select the discoverable entry (the binoculars) and make sure the always visible radio button is selected. That should do it. Before making this change, the pioneer Nav. system in my car was having difficulty finding the phone. Since the change everything has worked just fine. I hope this helps.
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If not, slide over to the settings tab and select all settings from the menu. Select the Bluetooth icon and it will ask if you want to turn Bluetooth on, tap yes. A screen will appear with the settings button in the upper left corner, tap it. A menu will appear, select the discoverable entry (the binoculars) and make sure the always visible radio button is selected. That should do it. Before making this change, the pioneer Nav. system in my car was having difficulty finding the phone. Since the change everything has worked just fine. I hope this helps.
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Hi thanks for the hint... I checked and it is set to always visible but I can see how that could have affected it! Thanks anyway
matthewharmon102 said:
i had similar problems trying to connect the phone to my parrot hands free kit in my car (i still havent got it to work). try radio 2.11, its not the latest but seems to be the most stable. you with have to install hard SPL on your device, but wont have to re-install the ROM. after that give it a try, if you still have issues, have a look at tweaking the bluetooth settings through an app called hd2tweak. there is a section called bluetooth which has a few options you can change, you may need to increase the bitpool. also check that you have added the bluetooth device on the phone and that it is an authorised device and the incomming connections are accepted (this is in the standard bluetooth options). also try disabling SAP (SIM access) and see if that helps, i have to have this disabled to use my blueotooth headset, no idea why though
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Thanks for letting me know, I'll give that a go and post the results back. I upgraded the Radio to 2.10.50.28_2 a few nights ago, that didn't seem to make much difference, I'll try the 2.11 (if I can find it!)
Ok I think I have figured out whats going on here. It's the sense player at fault. I switched to windows media player and let it import all my tracks/playlists, and it plays the songs 100% perfect without delay every time. I can even get more track info on the nav screen, like album etc. Pause/Play/Skip work flawlessly.
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!! You are absolutely right!
It works like a dream now. I wonder what the hell it is that is different in the HTC sense player?!
Does anyone know why the HTC sense player ignores some commands but answers others?
I purchased a Targus Bluetooth Wireless Keyboard (has the Android logo and claims compatibility). It paired and connected without any issues and works with all of the apps that I have tried (gmail, text client, Docs To Go, etc.). It also works with Webtop apps, including Citrix (which is why I needed the keyboard).
The problem is that when the keyboard is connected, Webtop will randomly crash and re-start (Motorola logo appears and Webtop re-initializes). I have tried this many times, with and without the keyboard and it is definitely related to having the keyboard connected. Sometimes it will crash right away, while other times it will last 2 or 3 mins. It always fails with 5 mins.
I have tried it using 4G (mine will go to 3G at times due to my area) only (WIFI off) and did not effect the crashing (though WIFI does seem to have conflicts with Bluetooth being on).
Has anyone successfully had a Bluetooth keyboard work? Is there a setting I am missing?
Any help would be much appreciated.
I am still having this problem. Has anyone gotten this to work?
I am using a logitech bluetooth keyboard for android 3.0+ tablets, a bit of a PITA to get it paired, but has been working flawlessly for 2 days now.
http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Tablet-Keyboard-Android-920-003390/dp/B0054L8N7M
Not saying its the only one that will work, I'm sure there are more.
Just a heads up for anyone that gets this keyboard, pairing procedure for the razr is...
1. turn on the keyboard
2. hit the "connect" button on the bottom.
3. find the keyboard in the bluetooth menu on your phone and touch to pair to it.
4. When prompted for the password type "0000" in the popup on your razr.
5. On the bluetooth keyboard type "0000" and press enter. Its VERY important to press enter.
6 your keyboard is paired!
I've used an iPhone4 BT keyboard on my ATRIX....and on RAZR works, too.
Well it turns out the Motorola Wireless keyboard works flawlessly with Webtop as well. Guess I chose the wrong keyboard for my first try.
I am now using the Motoroal Wireless keyboard ... bought through Amazon.
Thanks for all of the posts!!
Hello,
I have the HTC EVO 4G LTE and the official car dock that I purchased from the Sprint store. If I understand correctly, this dock should automatically send my phone into the HTC Car app when plugged in. This happens sometimes, but not all the time--it's hit or miss. I haven't been able to pinpoint exactly why it won't go into HTC Car mode sometimes, and it's becoming frustrating after only a few days. Usually I can just unplug it and immediately replug it--I do that once or twice, and then it works.
Does anyone know how/why this is? I read somewhere that the connectors on the dock are somehow different than the "standard" micro USB connectors, which is what alerts the phone that it is in a car dock. I really would like this to work automatically, 100% of the time, because I absolutely LOVE the HTC Car app. It blows away Garmin and TomTom GPS. And it automatically turns on bluetooth and connects to my bluetooth headset for any calls, and to my HTC Car StereoClip and resumes playing the last music or radio station.
Must fix this.
Dude, It's happening to me also. Hit or miss...hope they get this issue fixed. Very frustrating.
When in the car app click on the bottom bar with the white arrows and Bluetooth symbol to launch settings and make sure that auto-launch is selected and auto-connect if you want to connect to Bluetooth as well.
Also I have found you have to click it in all the way to get it to launch. Once the charge light comes on it does not necessarily mean it is completely docked. I was running into this problem as well but these 2 things have it working great for me so far
I have triple- and quadruple-checked...and yes, I have the option set to automatically go into Car Mode when docked. I have found myself pushing the phone down rather "hard," to ensure it connects "all the way." But yea, this is a very annoying little glitch. Last week, I found myself playing with it waaaaay too much, as far as taking it out and putting it back in to see if it would go into Car Mode. 1) This is dangerous, and I probably shouldn't be doing that much while driving. 2) In some instances, by the time I got it to dock automatically, I was just a block or two from where I was going. SMH...
I know you can always start car mode manually, but it's so inconvenient. If you weren't aware already, when car mode works automatically, it automatically turns on bluetooth and connects to my bluetooth headset for any calls, and to my HTC Car StereoClip and resumes playing the last music or radio station. And when you take it out of the dock, it turns off bluetooth and disconnects from your devices...saving you time and just making things more intuitive.
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I have triple- and quadruple-checked...and yes, I have the option set to automatically go into Car Mode when docked. I have found myself pushing the phone down rather "hard," to ensure it connects "all the way." But yea, this is a very annoying little glitch. Last week, I found myself playing with it waaaaay too much, as far as taking it out and putting it back in to see if it would go into Car Mode. 1) This is dangerous, and I probably shouldn't be doing that much while driving. 2) In some instances, by the time I got it to dock automatically, I was just a block or two from where I was going. SMH...
I know you can always start car mode manually, but it's so inconvenient. If you weren't aware already, when car mode works automatically, it automatically turns on bluetooth and connects to my bluetooth headset for any calls, and to my HTC Car StereoClip and resumes playing the last music or radio station. And when you take it out of the dock, it turns off bluetooth and disconnects from your devices...saving you time and just making things more intuitive.
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I do know what you mean it still doesn't launch automatically for me as well sometimes. I was just suggesting those if you hadnt known or tried them. I am not sure if it is a software issue with the phone or a hardware issue with the dock connections? Hopefully they can fix it with an OTA but if not I will be expecting a replacement dock for sure.
For now I solved the issue by making an NFC switch to turn on bluetooth and car app along with a few other things like turning my media volume up and turn off wifi if I forgot to leaving the house or work. Then getting out of the car a second tap reverses everything.
I've noticed this too and was just getting ready to search about this issue when I see it at the top of the list. I've seen it work about 1/3 to 1/2 the time, and if it doesn't, if I undock, turn screen off/on then unlock and try again, it seems to work most of the time (could be fooling myself, though).
I thought Locale could address, but problem is that phone is not recognizing the car dock, not that it fails to launch the app. I'd hope this is fixed in upcoming release if one of the awesome modders doesn't figure it out first.
Definitely hit or miss. Most of the time car mode doesn't launch at all. It is detecting the dock though or the screen wouldn't turn on like it does. Normal charging doesn't make the screen turn on. I'm still stumped though.
I don't have the official HTC dock but I have a 3rd party one set up with a custom NFC tag that launches car mode. You guys could probably do the same as a workaround for yours not launching automatically. Probably not the fix you want but it works. You can find more info over in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1673440
Hi all,
I got my XTZ with docking station the other week.
When I first connected to the cradle it started some app I just dismissed and didn't really care about at the time.
Now its started every time I dock the tablet, but there is a bug I think. The volume starts to go crazy ON/OFF on the tablet.
As if the volume down button is hold, but when I try to volume up with the HW the button it automatically gets down again. When I remove the tablet everything is OK.
I didn't find it to be a known issue and any way to resolve it.
Is there a workaround?
Hate to use the tablet just as photo frame when docket, I would like to use it as a player also.
Rozamar said:
Hi all,
I got my XTZ with docking station the other week.
When I first connected to the cradle it started some app I just dismissed and didn't really care about at the time.
Now its started every time I dock the tablet, but there is a bug I think. The volume starts to go crazy ON/OFF on the tablet.
As if the volume down button is hold, but when I try to volume up with the HW the button it automatically gets down again. When I remove the tablet everything is OK.
I didn't find it to be a known issue and any way to resolve it.
Is there a workaround?
Hate to use the tablet just as photo frame when docket, I would like to use it as a player also.
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Take a look at Smart Connect - in the "View" tab it allows you add start and end actions when charging via the dock - this includes starting apps, open webpages, playing media tracks etc ... I suspect your offending app is being triggered by this - simply delete it and add your own (or have it do nothing like I did).
hth
Rozamar said:
Hi all,
I got my XTZ with docking station the other week. When I first connected to the cradle it started some app I just dismissed and didn't really care about at the time. Now its started every time I dock the tablet, but there is a bug I think. The volume starts to go crazy ON/OFF on the tablet. As if the volume down button is hold, but when I try to volume up with the HW the button it automatically gets down again. When I remove the tablet everything is OK. I didn't find it to be a known issue and any way to resolve it. Is there a workaround? Hate to use the tablet just as photo frame when docket, I would like to use it as a player also.
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The misbehaving app is most likely the Crackle app (see THIS THREAD) that came pre-installed on the tablet and currently, no amount of tinkering with it or Smart Connect will cause it to not start when the tablet is placed into the charging cradle. My research has found it to be a Crackle bug, not a Sony bug. You can solve the problem by uninstalling the pre-installed Crackle app and then installing the Crackle app (version 3.0.2) provided by Amazon.com. Do not install the Crackle app provided by Google's Play Store, it is the same version (3.0.11) that is pre-installed on the tablet. The main difference I have experienced between Crackle 3.0.2 from Amazon.com and Crackle 3.0.11 from Google's Play Store is 3.0.2 displays its selection screens in portrait mode whereas 3.0.11 displays its selection screens in landscape mode. Both versions of Crackle display videos in landscape mode.
Its actually Smart Connect (LiveWare™ Mgr) I think. I downloaded and tested some other apps for cradle like Night clock and even when not docked it behaves the same way if started - Smart connect was not started.
Any workaround? Seems like XTZ issue to me if other apps from the market behave like this as well. I think I found a menu where I can set what to happen if connect to dock/charger, but it has no option to remove auto Silent mode.
It seems strange as my dock station is completely controllable. My XTZ behaves exactly the way I want it to.
Maybe you can try to uninstall ane reinstall Smart Connect. Then go to Dock tab, set the sound to normal whenever your tablet is docked
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Haha thats funny.
I actually can't find SmartConnect as an app. Tried to tinker a bit more with the settings, but realized it is only accessible if started by docking in the cradle. Not in either app browser or app management .
Didn't have access to the cradle yesterday, and when I have access I usually don't have the time.
Today when I connect it automatically started with music playback (still muted) and gallery slideshow. I found it has 4 types of events connect to dock (labeled View??), When on Mobile, When in Home, etc. But none had added option to turn sound OFF. When I added clock to View event, it didn't start the clock, but actually turned on the music player
Any idea how the app is labeled in App managed, or if it is in the app browser with a different name?
Go to Play Store and search for Smart Connect. If it is not installed, install it. If it is, you will see an option to open it.
So far I cannot think of any other solutions for you except Smart Connect. Sorry if I am not helpful
I don't know if Smart Conncet is pre-installed because apps are automatically installed when I link XTZ to my Google account. All apps in my Xperia phone are downloaded to XTZ.
Whenever I dock my tablet I get a popup asking me to choose one of my dowloaded bedside clock/alarm apps. I went into Smart Connect and deleted all events but the popp continues to show. Any ideas what could be causing the auto launch? Thanks.
So, I love this phone and hate it at the same time.
First off, just at random, the BT, Wi-Fi or GPS will just turn off. Has not happened for a couple days, nothing has really changed.
Now the big issues. These are driving me nuts....
I have a Pyle PLDN74BTi (don't laugh, it was dirt cheap) and it supports Bluetooth audio and tagging and speakerphone from a BT phone. All the features work except the tagging. I cannot get BT to display the audio info or the phone info.
Second, I just bought an iBolt xProDockX. When I dock it, the phone recognizes its docked, but it will not open the doc app upon dock. I look in the default apps, and the dock isn't even listed. I purchased Car Home Ultra and it wont auto open, I even install the dock&drive app from iBolt and it wont auto open upon docking either.
Anyone else having these stupid issues with their phone? I have cleared all the apps, and I have restarted the phone. No Dice.
scothern99 said:
So, I love this phone and hate it at the same time.
First off, just at random, the BT, Wi-Fi or GPS will just turn off. Has not happened for a couple days, nothing has really changed.
Now the big issues. These are driving me nuts....
I have a Pyle PLDN74BTi (don't laugh, it was dirt cheap) and it supports Bluetooth audio and tagging and speakerphone from a BT phone. All the features work except the tagging. I cannot get BT to display the audio info or the phone info.
Second, I just bought an iBolt xProDockX. When I dock it, the phone recognizes its docked, but it will not open the doc app upon dock. I look in the default apps, and the dock isn't even listed. I purchased Car Home Ultra and it wont auto open, I even install the dock&drive app from iBolt and it wont auto open upon docking either.
Anyone else having these stupid issues with their phone? I have cleared all the apps, and I have restarted the phone. No Dice.
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It sounds like a bad phone. Might want to take it back and exchange it.