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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] metalco:
ranphi, you said it all. So much potential in Bluetooth technology and so little cooperation between manufacturers of all kind of devices to get it right. Therefore they are all missing the boat and the actual purpose it was intended for.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jjesusfreak01:
BT Streaming music and handsfree works great in my 2011 Sonata.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Blaze9:
I'm very curious about what Rom you guys are using. I see Jesus freak and others saying everything works perfectly, but are you guys on stock/stock rooted roms? If so then BT should be working perfectly with no issues what-so-ever. What I'm having difficutly with is CM7. They don't use the same bluetooth functions as stock rom, so functionality is limited... But how limited is it for other users?

For me, I have to take my phone out of sleep by unlocking it, then connecting the car to the phone (not the phone to the car). Bluetooth Audio works fine, but it won't show any of the AD2P features (such as track, artists, etc). Other than that, BT works fine for me too. Won't drop at all, I can send voice commands and call using the car, everything's up and running.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Toxic17:
had the same problem here with my Kenwood DNX520VBT (Parrott Bluetooth) and my Samsung Galaxy S2.

I have a workaround now though. I turn on my Bluetooth on the phone before turning on the radio, the radio seems to initiate the connection and the phone accepts.

if i turn on my Radio on first i never get a connection though the two devices have been paired.

try it and see.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dfxda:
I have a 2010 Grand Sport Corvette, and my GS2 takes longer to connect to Bluetooth to the car than my iPhone did. Also once connected you can't use Voice talk anymore, it just opens then closes. And for some reason I can't play music on my phone and here it through my car speakers, I thought since I'm on Bluetooth it would do that?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ack154:
I'll give that a try this afternoon, thanks.

And ya, I did actually reboot after freezing the other one - but I'll try the rest of them this time as well. Will report back tonight. Thanks!

---------- Post added at 02:33 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:29 PM ----------

I'm on stock rooted. And ya, I agree, should not be having any problems. Like I said, my iPhone 4 worked perfectly with this car - so my expectations (right or wrong) were that this should too.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ranphi:
Yeah, my own experiences with many diff phones/diff ROMs fits what you stated above; stock Android ROMs seem to usually work much better in terms of BT stuff, rather than customized ROMs.

Still, even stock can definitely have issues with BT-based stuff (from my experience anyway).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ack154:
My phone officially hates me. Still no luck after freezing the other bluetooth items.

I also tried to re-pair it after deleting from the car and the phone. And it still connected and paired OK and worked that one time. But then I shut the car off, left the phone/BT on and started the car again - no dice. :(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] metalco:
Rom used

When I posted this the last few days I used stock rom i777 AT&T version uckh7
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] metalco:
Rom used

When I posted and worked through this I used stock rom AT&T i777 UCKH7. I now changed to UnNamed 1.0.4 and I cannot see any difference for bluetooth. Same either way. That is the reason why I got into all the rooting stuff in order to fix what I know can work but doesn't out of the Samsung box.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dennishhh:
RX 350 Lexus

Our Lexis Bluetooth is total crap. It seems to be able to connect the phone but not the Bluetooth player with my S2 or my wife's iPhone four. Supposedly this high-end car has no capabilities are updating their systems so that they can work with new devices. The dealer just looks at you and shakes his head totally clueless. Please if anyone has had success with this let me know how. Anyone buying a new Lexus beware the GPS sucks to. The galaxy S twos navigation and sound systems are so superior to this thing. Next time we buy a vehicle they can't get everything to work it's not getting purchased.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] metalco:
Very good point. And I had a bit time. So I put on the latest UnNamed 1.0.4. And sure enough I could not get my BT to autoconnect with my car. As much as I like the freedom and ability to differenciate my device with other ROM, the stock rom isn't always such a bad thing to have. Especially when rooted provides some freedom.

So I went back to stock rom and basically went back to factory stock phone. And it worked again. Makes no sense as UnNamed is based on stock and I doubt the developers changed the BT stack. But what do I know?

My point is: Somethings can only be found out through trial and error and it appears it matters what ROM you are running.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] metalco:
Again, trial and error here. My SGS 2 works a lot better in my wife's Lexus then in my Jaguar. (OK, the Lexus has a crappy microphone but it doesn't matter which phone you use it with). Dealers have no clue. And with all the different phones out there I don't expect them to.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] metalco:
CORRECTION: I was wrong. After more testing found out there is a difference and my BT won't auto connect. See my later post.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ranphi:
Yeah, I'm curious why BT functionality in this scenario almost always seems to suffer if you're using a custom ROM. I'm guessing it's because the ROM devs are somehow altering the BT stack (or some other aspect of it).

As I said in an earlier post, I've tried many different Android phones and many different custom ROMs and it's very, very common for BT to be even more problematic when you're using a custom ROM. Due to this I usually try and stick with stock-but-rooted on my phones, anymore. Sigh.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] stalked_r/t:
This issue is perturbing, though I've not tried to do much troubleshooting on it yet.

ROM: UnNamed

Car: 2010 Ford Focus

Current work around: I have to reboot the phone anytime I get in the car. Asking the car to pair, or the phone to pair has resulted in nothing happening.

Next test step: Freeze the things mentioned in previous post

Next test step: Go back to Stock Rom

Final test step: See how far up AT&T's rear I can shove this phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dietzr:
Have you found any solution to that? I got a IS250 model (2011) and the phone connects automatically without any problems, but I just cant get music to stream via BT.

EDIT my S2 is running on ICS 4.0.4
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] nyydynasty:
my VW Golf has no problems connecting ANY device from 2.3 and up. When my captivate had Froyo, it always disconnected but as soon as it was upgraded to GB, the problems went away.

My wife's Ford Fiesta has a hard time connecting to ANY device on ANY android version. Even my phone that works in my car, has a hard time staying connected to her car.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] naturefreak85:
Depends on 2 things,

1) The Firmware. I had Stock TW and rooted TW firmware. Bluetooth wouldn't ever autoconnect like it did on my Atrix or Nexus One. When I say AutoConnect I mean it wouldn't reconnect to the last device. A phone won't cycle through the Bluetooth options you have. CM9 will autoconnect to the last Bluetooth Device though.

2) API Available. I had inquired with the Developer of NFC Task Launcher about this, a NFC tag in the car that would auto connect to a Bluetooth Device.....there isn't a way to do that with the API's available according to him and he had thought of something like that.

The only option you have is a firmware based option, and it will only autoconnect to the last Bluetooth Device.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ack154:
I've had slightly better luck now running SHOstock2 ROM and connecting to my WRX. I say slightly better because it will now connect and stay connected OK and I'm able to manually reconnect it without repairing every time. I just need to initiate the reconnection from the phone.

Previously it wouldn't even reconnect without deleting the pairing and repairing. Total PITA. It's not so bad now but still annoying.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] shanna100:
SGH-I777 ICS-AOKP - Bluetooth pairs but doesn't connect.

I have Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777, it used to pair and connect fine with MB S550, but since I updated to ICS AOKP Build 7.3.2012, it pair fine but doesn't connect.. I mean does not connect period..

I tried de-authorize (delete) and repair, rename the phone .. use titanium backup to freeze the BT share with no luck..

Anyone help will be greatly appreciate it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] MSHampton:
I just got a 2012 Honda CR-V and the Bluetooth pairs, but then, as I'm playing BT audio from the phone, I notice that the "phone" part is no longer paired. I can pair it manually after that and then it stays paired. Strange.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] GigDroid:
This is what worked for me:

I have a Kenwood DNX6140 w/ built-in Parrot BT. I have a SGS2 i777 running SHOStock v3.1.0.

The very first time after flashing the ROM and trying to sync the phone to the car, it did not work. I had to make sure to get prompted for my custom set car receiver pin, input that when prompted on phone. The phone reported that it was paired w/ the 6140. But it really wasnt. What worked for me was to then power cycle (turn off and then turn back on) the kenwood car 6140 receiver, it auto paired, and THEN, i got a new, follow-up prompt asking for permission to access my contacts and media. I clicked allow (can't remember if there was a remember this decision checkbox but if there was, I checked that) and ever since then it worked (auto paired and auto showed up in kenwood receiver).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] daverup:
I had issues with BT audio on AOKP, most of which are due to my car's flakey hardware.

However I did find some changes somewhere which I put in /etc/bluetooth/audio.conf which helped a little. Maybe they can help with yours. Before you replace yours, I recommend backing up your original somewhere.

I'm attaching my audio.conf file that I used on AOKP.

Don't forget to reboot after changing this file
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] phonic:
On my 2011 VW Golf, when I first flashed AOKP I had to repair it. I entered 0000 as the code, and it worked. I was able to place/receive phone calls plus stream media to the receiver. On one occasion it stopped connecting, and I disabled BT and then re-enabled it. It worked fine after that.

On the stock ROM, I ran into a lot of issues like that, where it would work fine for a few days, then require me to restart BT on the phone for it to keep working. Disabling those extra BT services fixed it in stock. I'm hoping that one time (so far) was just a fluke.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] craighwk:
I was having similar problems to a lot of people here. My issue turned out to be the way I was paring the phone to my car (2012 Impreza). I had been using the dials on the stereo to pair the phone. When I deleted the phone and paired it using the voice commands/steering wheel controls, my phone now connects automatically every time.

It was driving me crazy! No idea why there's a difference between voice commands and the physical controls, but there was for me.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] daverup:
What version/rom are you using now?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] unidrew@aol.com:
one fix for the auto connect blutooth problem

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Ans: After the last Samsung Galaxy Epic 2 upgrade, Turn off phone, remove battery for 30 sec. Plug battery back in to phone, let it boot up. MY problem was fixed. Good luck. -Unidrew@aol.com
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] alpike:
Thanks daverup it worked

I have a Rapoo 6000 and my SGSi9100 with Rootbox rom had some difficulties auto connecting it, but the your script worked.

Thanks for sharing mate,

:victory:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] DasDanger:
nfc

Anyone here use an nfc tag to pair their phones with their car? I normally have Llama turn my BT on when it senses that I left my house, but a tag would help for when I'm out and about. I don't know if i have a problem with the tag or with the writer (NXP tag writer), but my phone would disconnect from the car (VW) and turn off BT after a minute.

If anyone knows how to resolve this issue, it could be a possible solution to quickly pairing with cars.

Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks

(i777 running task's aokp for what its worth)
[Motorola Droid Bionic] abuttino:
Is there a way to get all my voicemail off the verizon "server" before I have Verizon shut my voicemail off?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] nosit1:
If I recall, you can't do voicemail redirection with Verizon without hacking it to death with a cleaver.

Sent from my DROID BIONIC
[Motorola Droid Bionic] astrogiblet:
There are a couple numbers you can call according to the Google Voice FAQ. When you call them it just hangs up on you, but it seems to work. I've gotten GV Voicemails.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] nosit1:
Would you be able to point me in that direction? Looking for this for a while now.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] astrogiblet:
I can't post links (Haven't reached 10 posts yet). I'll private message it to you, then you can post it here?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] CC Lemon:
I'd also appreciate this information... I just got my phone and I had GV on my last phone so I assumed I could just do the same thing on the Bionic. Apparently I was wrong.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] astrogiblet:
This is the guide I used. It seems to have worked. Had my buddy call me earlier and it went to my Google Voice Voicemail:

http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/voice/thread?tid=00a93855af6943b4&hl=en

When you call the numbers it tells you, it just hangs up on you after a few seconds. I think thats normal.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] mattgru:
I have been using Google voice since 2009. I haven't had any problems. I don't remember what number I had to call tho.
[General Questions and Answers] prenedo:
My fiance has an iPhone and I use emojis alot. Noticed since ios5 I get the boxes and none of the new emojis. Anyone know of a messaging app that has updated this? Haven't used MIUI in a few weeks, does it support the new emoji?
[General Questions and Answers] bringsexyback:
might have to wait for a tethered jailbreak for ios5, before you can customise it, there are apps but i don't think they will do the trick.
[General Questions and Answers] Patrul:
I have been using the official wordpress applicaton and it is useless if you want to embeed pictures on your post. I loved windows live writer, it was a perfect wyswyg, but this was from my netbook.

Any recommendation?

My blog is alone since i get the tablet...
[General Questions and Answers] Patrul:
Anybody? :(
[General Questions and Answers] Patrul:
No WP managers?
[Desire General] Denimo:
My Contacts application is suddenly force closing every time I want to activate it. I think it is fc-ing after the new WhatsApp update. When I checked my contacts within Whatsapp, it suddenly fc-ed. And from now on it is fc-ing all the time.

Allready removed the app, data, (dalvik) cache. I even installed a new rom (which I wanted to do anyway :P). But then again, after restoring everything with TBP: Force Close.

What do you guys suggest I can do? It is now becoming quite annoying.
[Desire General] Nutterpc:
Run fix permissions. That fixes a lot of FC
[Desire General] Denimo:
Already done that. Didn't help either. :(
[Desire General] Terepin:
Didn't you install app with contacts sync lately?
[Desire General] madnlooney:
what about clearing data on contacts and people and then resync to grab them back?
[Desire General] Denimo:
Last thing I remember is that I've installed the new update from Whatsapp and that is when it crashed. I already did uninstall WhatsApp, but still a FC. Already wiped all my data from contacts. Seems like everything I tried, failed.
[Desire General] Terepin:
Also delete all data from Contacts.apk.
[Desire General] Denimo:
Okay finally I found the problem. Google+ and the contacts of the app seems to cause the force colsing. Uninstalled Google+ (since I'm not really using it) and everything works fine! :D
[Desire General] Lothaen:
The 2.0 version of Google plus kills sense contacts
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dabest56:
everytime I try to lock my screen it wont lock. This is the second time this has happend and the first time i did a reset but i do not want to do it again. So basically when i press the lock button it shuts the screen off but no lock sound comes out and when i repress the lock button it just unlocks the phone without the need of a pattern. Also when i hold the button it does not give me the power option it just shuts offf by itslef
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dabest56:
Anyone? please help
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jr866gooner:
Stock or custom Rom?

sent from t'internet
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dabest56:
Stock
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dabest56:
Anyone
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jr866gooner:
Something is keeping it from locking....any lockscreen apps installed? Or any apps installed since you noticed this?

sent from t'internet
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mjcollum:
Can one of you guru's give a noob a hand and tell me what i'm doing wrong.

no matter what i do i can't seem to theme the status bar.

I've created a new statusbar_background.9.png (yes i know .9.pngs are odd)

but i can't seem to actually make the phone take the change.

everything else i try and change shows up with no problem.

i've tried everything i could think of but am sure i'm missing something.

this file (attached) seems to do what i want if i drop it in framework-res on my old phone. or systemui on my tablet.

there is a statusbar_background.9.png in systemui but ????

but on the touch even if i edit the .xml and call it as drawable both as a .9 and a normal .png and i can't seem to make the touch like the change. i don't get a FC i just see the standard black bar. if i just delete the png i do get a fc though so...

I've even tried with a solid red bar just to see if it was the transparency but no go.

is it calling a different statusbar_background from somewhere i just can't find?

Many thanks to the person who tells me how im an idiot :)

http://www.multiupload.com/YOGY8OQCIE (mirror same as attached)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] VECTUS:
Ahh yes the dreaded 9.PNG file... it drives us themers nuts... it takes special edit which a little more than I can explain here. Search edit 9.PNG and I think you will find threads that will explain it in depth... probably not the answer you wanted but there are people on xda who have explained it much better than could...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mjcollum:
thanks i'll give it a few more shots. but i'm fairly certain i created the .9.png correctly as it works on a couple other devices. and all my other .9 edits seem to work as intended. just was wondering if it was possible that it really wasn't the statusbar_background.9.png in systemui.apk that themed the status bar by some chance. as it seemed to FC if i had an incorrectly made png, but boots fine just with no change if i use one i'm pretty sure works.

just wish some themer had skinned the statusbar at all so i'd know it was just me being a mooley :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] fnut6969:
I'm wondering the same thing, as I've changed almost everything else to MIUI style status indicators just by swapping PNG's in the drawable-hdpi folders. Crysis21 uses an HTC style status bar in his SensatioN ROM, and I've downloaded it to search the files and still can't find where the hell the change is made.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mjcollum:
Yea just seems to want to foil my every try. It should just be the status_bar.9.png in systemui and mine seems to work on my buddies international s2 but for some reason ........ Dunno it may take me a while but ill figure it out eventually. Unless some kind soul steps in and shows us the answer
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] edisonalvarez:
Do you mind aharing what youve done already? Im running starburat rom and would love to get rid of the green gingerbread icons lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] fnut6969:
Sorry about the format, I wasn't able to upload a zip for some reason, the attached file has all of the drawable-hdpi folder changes I've made. The work isn't my own, only some of the tweaks and proper naming, its from HTC, the MIUI devs, and the brilliant minds (obviously mine excluded) on XDA.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] edisonalvarez:
Thanks....gonna try and learn as well. You guys are mch better than i but we all start simewhere right
[Continuum General] verizonless:
I discovered a service named Z7Service that bombards my phone with hundreds of messages per second. I can't see how this could be helping the phone's performance...

There are 2 APKs relating to it:

/system/app/Z7.apk

/system/app/z7-rel-UI.apk

But before going ahead an uninstalling it, I would like to know what it does and why is it there.

Any idea what this Z7 is?
[Continuum General] kapitankoz:
Looks like an email client.

There is a thread on droid forums about that apk. I found it with a google search for "z7.apk". I would post the link but the site won't let me :confused:
[Continuum General] pattielipp:
could you elaborate on what you read?
[Continuum General] verizonless:
Thanks to you I found the following two references:

http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-general-discussions/2154-push-email-system-seven.html

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=753855

Were you referring to one of them?
[Continuum General] verizonless:
Based on all the hints I received so far, I decided to gamble on uninstalling 2 packages that have an identical name ("Social Hub") but different icons (one with the stock Android icon, the other with an envelope).

I am no longer bothered by this flood of messages and the resulting slowness of the phone, so unless something surprising happens, I can safely assume that Z7Logger is part of the "Social Hub" package.
[Acer Iconia A500] fantomv50:
just got a used a500, but its laggy has hell on web browser when typing.

It took three wipes and on the last I had to disable reinstall of apps so the keyboard and system sounds would work.

Its running stock 3.2 do not have root etc.

Also I have found some games that use the tilt feature do not work right, the ones from android 2.1 up. I have some good games but can not play them as I used too. MX Mayhem is one of the games.

I'm new to honeycomb too.

Any help would be great thanks