Xperia U won't play music or make calls on Bluetooth? - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi I'm new to the forum.
I have the Z2 Sirius Xperience (AOSX) 4.4.2 ROM on my Xperia U.
When I try to connect to my 2013 Ford Focus to play music, when I press Play, nothing comes out of the stereo. Or when I make a call, the car will say 'Dialling' for a few seconds then will say 'Call ended'
I have tried repairing the car and phone and flashing the ROM again. This isn't a problem with the car because other devices work fine. I really like this ROM and I don't want to go back to ICS or JB. I have tried CM11 and the same thing happens. Any ideas why?
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a2dp
adam1308 said:
Hi I'm new to the forum.
I have the Z2 Sirius Xperience (AOSX) 4.4.2 ROM on my Xperia U.
When I try to connect to my 2013 Ford Focus to play music, when I press Play, nothing comes out of the stereo. Or when I make a call, the car will say 'Dialling' for a few seconds then will say 'Call ended'
I have tried repairing the car and phone and flashing the ROM again. This isn't a problem with the car because other devices work fine. I really like this ROM and I don't want to go back to ICS or JB. I have tried CM11 and the same thing happens. Any ideas why?
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there is no a2dp support for now which means no media works on bluetooth

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Xperia U MW600 issue

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Smartconnect opens the Walkman app, instead of Google Music play?

Hello Members
I've a bluetooth Alpine car stereo, and when I connect my XZU the default music player is the Walkman app, if I pause the app and close it then try and use Google Music Player app, I get no sound through the car stereo.
I've worked out that apparently the Sony Walkman app takes possession of the Bluetooth sound connection as default, and that this is showing up in the Smartconnect app under the 'device' section under 'application'.
So, how can I change the default application that opens in the Smartconnect app to Google Music play, when I connect to my car stereo?
Any help would be great, thanks
Regards
Livio
liviococcia said:
Hello Members
I've a bluetooth Alpine car stereo, and when I connect my XZU the default music player is the Walkman app, if I pause the app and close it then try and use Google Music Player app, I get no sound through the car stereo.
I've worked out that apparently the Sony Walkman app takes possession of the Bluetooth sound connection as default, and that this is showing up in the Smartconnect app under the 'device' section under 'application'.
So, how can I change the default application that opens in the Smartconnect app to Google Music play, when I connect to my car stereo?
Any help would be great, thanks
Regards
Livio
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SmartConnect/events then edit the one linked with your car stereo. Haven't tried it myself so don't know it you can change the default, but I have it so it plays PowerAmp on car connection, so should work.
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Thanks SpyderTracks, if I add an 'Event' to the 'Alpine car stereo' device to allow Google Music Player to start, then what I get is, on connecting to the car stereo the Walkman app will open in the notification bar, but I'll have to close it first and then open the Google Music Player app.
Smartconnect should really just allow me simply to change the default startup 'Applications' rather than having to add additional events.
Has anyone got any ideas if the primary Application for a device in Smartconnect can be altered?
I really can't understand how, or why it's having to work in this way, and why Smartconnect didn't ask me first what Application I wanted to start, when I first made the Bluetooth pairing to the Alpine Car stereo.
This option should have been a choice that I make.
liviococcia said:
Thanks SpyderTracks, if I add an 'Event' to the 'Alpine car stereo' device to allow Google Music Player to start, then what I get is, on connecting to the car stereo the Walkman app will open in the notification bar, but I'll have to close it first and then open the Google Music Player app.
Smartconnect should really just allow me simply to change the default startup 'Applications' rather than having to add additional events.
Has anyone got any ideas if the primary Application for a device in Smartconnect can be altered?
I really can't understand how, or why it's having to work in this way, and why Smartconnect didn't ask me first what Application I wanted to start, when I first made the Bluetooth pairing to the Alpine Car stereo.
This option should have been a choice that I make.
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Just worth a try, try adding a new action when you're next in the car and deleting the existing one.
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i can't get this working. i've paired my bluetooth earphones and all headset controls (even if in google music) work through that damn walkman app.
i looked in events and see nothing about stopping that app taking default control of inputs.
i tried to freeze the app and it did nothing.
i listen to audio courses on my phone on the way in to work and need to be able to press pause. this phone can't do that unless the screen is on in front of me the whole time which is going to kill my battery
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ok, froze smart connect and walkman and seems to be better, except oddly the pause button doesn't work as it did before
and what i've done above stops the smartwatch connecting.
any way to have both?
SpyderTracks thanks for the suggestion, and I did think of trying that.
But when I initially connected the car stereo up to the phone the first time, it never gave me the option to setup a new Smartconnect hardware action for the stereo's connection, it made that wrong decision for me.
So, because we need to find out if either the Smartconnect software can either be controlled fully, or if it can be deactivated without effecting the SmartWatch 2 functions, I've email Sony for help also. I think that all bluetooth connect 'Application' decisions in Smartconnect software should be confirmed, and all Sony bluetooth hardware specific items should be automatic.
Or, that the Smartconnect software should only be relevant to Sony NFC Bluetooth, and WIFi products, and nothing else.
Hope your listening Sony!
liviococcia said:
SpyderTracks thanks for the suggestion, and I did think of trying that.
But when I initially connected the car stereo up to the phone the first time, it never gave me the option to setup a new Smartconnect hardware action for the stereo's connection, it made that wrong decision for me.
So, because we need to find out if either the Smartconnect software can either be controlled fully, or if it can be deactivated without effecting the SmartWatch 2 functions, I've email Sony for help also. I think that all bluetooth connect 'Application' decisions in Smartconnect software should be confirmed, and all Sony bluetooth hardware specific items should be automatic.
Or, that the Smartconnect software should only be relevant to Sony NFC Bluetooth, and WIFi products, and nothing else.
Hope your listening Sony!
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Thanks for the info and your time on this... I hope Sony respond. It seems short sighted to lock such a good app to link to Sony apps only... Keep us posted please :sly:
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Just an update,...
Sony never responded to my email, I ended up doing a Web chat, which got me nowhere so I ended calling them with no success.
I have read a few forum posts regarding this type of problem from a while back, people were experiencing problems of the Alpine head unit showing BT A Pause' when using some apps, while other apps on there phones (of the time) worked with no problems.
I think this problem not so much a Sony problem, as it is, how Google Music Player is interacting within the Bluetooth connection of the phone, and the way the Alpine Bluetooth car head unit is understanding the connection.
There was a known issue with Alpine BT head units, and ipods/Iphones/and Motorola s, which lead them to issue a firmware update, I wounder wheather this might be the case again for the XZU
I have just discovered this issue today when trying the google music app. This is frustrating as Play Music allows saving to SD by default, and I am not willing to root my Z Ultra.
It does appear that smart connect is locked to the Walkman app which makes switching music service almost impossible. :crying:
McNexus said:
I have just discovered this issue today when trying the google music app. This is frustrating as Play Music allows saving to SD by default, and I am not willing to root my Z Ultra.
It does appear that smart connect is locked to the Walkman app which makes switching music service almost impossible. :crying:
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I use poweramp which you can set to autostart when there's a BT connection. Bypasses smart connect entirely with the same outcome.
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grrr sony
liviococcia said:
Hello Members
I've a bluetooth Alpine car stereo, and when I connect my XZU the default music player is the Walkman app, if I pause the app and close it then try and use Google Music Player app, I get no sound through the car stereo.
I've worked out that apparently the Sony Walkman app takes possession of the Bluetooth sound connection as default, and that this is showing up in the Smartconnect app under the 'device' section under 'application'.
So, how can I change the default application that opens in the Smartconnect app to Google Music play, when I connect to my car stereo?
Any help would be great, thanks
Regards
Livio
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This is quite a frustrating problem. Sony is quite elitist when it comes to their software. Fortunately andoid is flexible. Delete all events for smart connect. And install tasker. With tasker you can set Google play to start when headphones or bluetooth are connected.
Its not quite as good as smart connect unfortunately, because it has a very confusing interface. But once you figure out how to work with tasker its definately a "set and forget" type of functionality.
Hope this helps ^-^

Bluetooth A2DP quality on 14.2.A.0.290

I'm having trouble listening to music through sbh52. When playing music through any application affected by noise.Does anyone have similar problems? How to solve this problem?
guizz_sf said:
I'm having trouble listening to music through sbh52. When playing music through any application affected by noise.Does anyone have similar problems? How to solve this problem?
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Yep,I found the same problems,and i use SBH50.
8884361 said:
Yep,I found the same problems,and i use SBH50.
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Me, phone: c6802, build number: 14.2.A.0.290
I just got my SBH52 and test on ZU, failed to listen to music and I was thinking about the SBH52 device issue.
then I connected the SBH52 to iphone 5 with iOS7. no problem at all.
I think we need Sony to fix this firmware.
hey guys,
just managed to have it work back. simply uninstall the sbh52 app which u download from google play and it would works. but u will lose function of the sbh52.
freddylao said:
hey guys,
just managed to have it work back. simply uninstall the sbh52 app which u download from google play and it would works. but u will lose function of the sbh52.
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I did not have this problem) The device is connected, the music goes ... But with noise
freddylao said:
Me, phone: c6802, build number: 14.2.A.0.290
I just got my SBH52 and test on ZU, failed to listen to music and I was thinking about the SBH52 device issue.
then I connected the SBH52 to iphone 5 with iOS7. no problem at all.
I think we need Sony to fix this firmware.
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guizz_sf said:
I did not have this problem) The device is connected, the music goes ... But with noise
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well, i did a test just now and confirm the sbh52 app in google play cause my issue.
my issue was, i can make and hear call with sbh52, but when need to play any audio source e.g. youtube, spotify, no sound coming out from the sbh52 at all.
after i uninstall the sbh52 app download from google play, reboot and re-pair, music comes back. no the sound is very clear. but after uninstall the sbh52 app, i cant set any sbh52 setting in the Sony Connect app on ZU.
guizz_sf said:
I'm having trouble listening to music through sbh52. When playing music through any application affected by noise.Does anyone have similar problems? How to solve this problem?
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I don't see any problem about the sound quality so far . But look like after update the new version of "Smart Connect" on Google Play, the connection between ZU and SBH-52 with full function such as phone log, messages...that access on SBH-52 does not establish. Then I've removed the update version and it back to normal again!.
My ZU and SBH52 has same problem (cannot access clock, call log, message, listen music and call only), i have uninstall update of Smart Connect then my SBH52 connected normally
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I have Sony SBH-50 and two devices Nexus 7 2012 (Android 4.4) and Sony Xperia SP (C5302 Android 4.1)
I have similar sound quality issue with my Nexus 7 device but with Sony Xperia SP I have no issues.
Just in case somebody checked BT sound quality on other devices with Androind 4.3+.
Maybe the issue related to Android's BT enhancmets?
Having similar issues my self there is a crackling when running music tracks and pairing up issues too. This all started after the 4.3 update.
I have unistalled and re installed the app couple times but to no positive results.
for me I hear a very slight hickup about every ten minutes when i stream audio over bluetooth, I did not have this before on 4.1
I did a factory reset when I installed the 4.3 and I dont know why this is happenning when I use my iphone on my car stereo it plays flawless
it seems there are issues with bluetooth in 4.3
aptx
I was on. 290 and didn't had any issue with my sennheiser mm400x which has aptx bluetooth profile. Just to let you know

[Q] -Bluetooth streaming problems.

Hi guys !
-6802
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-Walkman version 8.1.A.0.3
Got a strange problem with Bluetooth streaming in the car . The Walkman player suddenly jumping on pause (every 2-3min).
So I need again manually push "play ' button on the phone to restore music play.
My Stamina mode is OFF. (restarting the phone not helps)
Any ideas whats going on ?
Regards.
avetny said:
Hi guys !
-6802
-14.2.A.1.136 (clean stock)
-Walkman version 8.1.A.0.3
Got a strange problem with Bluetooth streaming in the car . The Walkman player suddenly jumping on pause (every 2-3min).
So I need again manually push "play ' button on the phone to restore music play.
My Stamina mode is OFF. (restarting the phone not helps)
Any ideas whats going on ?
Regards.
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I think it's an issue with the rom. I have a feeling the BT is dropping connection which is why it pauses if only for a moment. Not 100% sure though, but yeah, I have the same since 290.
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SpyderTracks said:
I think it's an issue with the rom. I have a feeling the BT is dropping connection which is why it pauses if only for a moment. Not 100% sure though, but yeah, I have the same since 290.
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thank you

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