yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] 18th.abn:
[EDIT] Removed false warnings related to booting device whil holding vol(+)

Safemode will boot your device up without any 3rd part apps. This is only to diagnose issues you may be experiencing with your phone by determining if it is caused by a 3rd party app or not.

1. Turn fastboot off in your power settings.

2. Power down device.

3. Power device on

4. Once you see the FIRST htc splash screen appear, press and hold volume up(+) ONLY. DONT BE PRESSING ANY OTHER BUTTONS.

5. continue to hold it until the phone boots up. It will give a big vibrate and say safemode at

your screen upon booting:-)

6.try to recreate whatever issue you were having. If it recreates, its not a 3rd party app. If it doesnt, its a 3rd party app.

Reboot to exit safemode:-)
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] expertzero1:
There's a thread about this somewhere below I think
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] 18th.abn:
I saw the one warning about booting whil holding vol+ button, but not on safemode. Sorry if its a repost
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] gunnyman:
the whole danger with booting up with power and volume UP doesn't occur with our phone. The One V was the phone in question.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] v3patel:
it worked for me with volume down button, (fast boot off is necessary)

it worked for me with volume down button, (fast boot off is necessary)
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] 18th.abn:
Thats your bootloader, safemode is vol +
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Modnet:
safemode is vol Down -

works for me
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] 18th.abn:
Ok, so as long as you arent holding power and volume down from full power off, which loads hboot, then you can press power and volume down or power and volume up to get safemode. Very nice, thank you guys for posting, i was not aware. :thumbup:
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ChongoDroid:
I got into safe mode the other day by accident, tripped me right out

Sent from my HTC One X
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] 18th.abn:
Its ok, atleast u were safe once u got there:D
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ChongoDroid:
Haha
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] redpoint73:
Hold Volume down when screen is still blank = hboot

Hold Volume down during HTC logo boot screen = safemode

Went into safe mode once by accident, too (prob trying to go to hboot). Only reason I knew vol down during boot screen went to safe mode, is that HTC support had me do it when troubleshooting a Bluetooth issue.

Wasn't aware volume up did safemode too. Good to know.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] WarRaven:
Good info,thank you too.

WR

Sent from a CleanRom-V OneX
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Robmtx:
I have a Sprint S3, and it will pair to my car stereo just fine, but it keeps disconnecting. Once paired, there is option boxes for "Call audio" and "Media audio"

It seems like if I turn one option on, it disables the other, and vice versa. Every time I start the car, the pairing is out of whack and I have to start over, enabling whichever one I want, and after a few times it works. I did get both to work one time, but as soon I turned car off then on, it was broken again.

My old phones have never had a problem connecting both Call and Media to my car, so I am concerned it is an issue with the S3.

I have 2010 Nissan Altima with the upgraded stereo. I have removed all previously paired devices so only the s3 shows up. I have removed and re-added the s3 several times. I have renamed the car's bluetooth name several times as well.

Is anyone else experiencing a similar issue, or can you test it with your car audio systems and let me know if it works for you?

Let me know if there some information I should provide to better understand the issue.

Thanks,

Rob
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] socalwrx:
Hey robmtx, this might help you out. Theres an app in the market called bluetooth fix repair.

I had the same issue with my last two droids (1 and 3), and this solved the dropped connections. good luck
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Robmtx:
Thanks.

I'll give that a try.

I've also been reading how this might be more of an ICS issue than a device issue. It appears there are similar discussions in other device threads. I'll keep researching and also try this app.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foo:
I used my S3 in a rented car a view days ago and paired it with the installed Ford car stereo.

I played MP3 via Bluetooth and made some calls via Bluetooth. It all worked flawless. I also did not see any checkboxes for "call audio" or "media audio".

When I left the car and came back later it connected automatically. So I guess the problem is not a general problem.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ExTREmE99:
this happens on mine as well from stock XALE8 to the latest XALF5. i went ahead and posted on samsung's FB page..but doubt we'll get a response

by the way, ive had this same issue whether im connecting to a bluetooth 2.0 or bluetooth 3.0 headset/car kit.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Motogp1:
Right I might know the answer to this as I had the same problem as few weeks ago.

If you have Facebook, twitter, whatsapp or anything like this best thing is to get rid of them if you don't want to go to your accounts and sync on your phone and untick the sync with contacts on any of the apps you have installed.

Then go to call log and clear your call history.

Delete the bluetooth pairing turn the phone off and back on, repair with the car, mine has worked perfectly since I did this.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Robmtx:
Did you remove your Gmail account too when doing this? I plan to remove FB, stock e-mail (yahoo) but wasn't sure I wanted to go through removing gmail and removing Touchdown for Exchange.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Robmtx:
Sorry for the newb question - but what are these in reference too? Are they a firmware or similar version of something? I was looking under About phone but didn't see anything similar.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Motogp1:
No Gmail is fine.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gothier:
I have no problems pairing the s3 with my Volvo. Streaming, skipping titels, switch to phone during streaming - everything is working fine. Syncing E-Mail via Exchange an Gmail makes no difference.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ExTREmE99:
yes this is your firmware version. settings > about > build number > I9300XXALF5. this is the most current. stock should be I9300XXALE8. under baseband version is your modem (which should contain the drivers for your 3G radio/bluetooth/wifi (i think)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Robmtx:
My Build number is IMM76D.L710VPALEN which threw me off. Guess it is different for Sprint. Baseband L710VPLEN

I think I'll just buy a car without bluetooth and be done with this mess. It's so annoying playing the "will it pair" game. :laugh:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NatTheCat:
Some Sony Head Units tend to be a nightmare.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danekkalivoda:
bluetooth bug

I have a strange problem with my bluetooth audio...I have a Denso radio in my Ford Mondeo and the nightmare starts whan I connect phone via bluetooth to it. Phone some time don´t wake up from sleep. The only way how to solve (partialy) this is to reset phone (long press of power button). Then phone connect perfectly and everything is working like a charm. This problem I had on every rom I´ve tried yet:(

Every other phone I´ve had before didn´t suffer such prblems (galaxy note, evo 3d...)

Somebody could help? I don´t know what to do...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] otakonx:
Same Issue

I'm having the exact same issue with my SG3 (Stock, not rooted *yet*). The initial pair works great - phone and audio sync. Once I shut the car off and back on again, the Phone connection does not automatically initiate and I have to manually connect it on my head unit. I'm driving a 2013 Mazda CX5. It's not my headunit since both my HTC Inspire 4G and HTC One X connect without issue. Another annoyance is the lack of song titles or other ID3 info on screen. Even my old Inspire had that!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SmoothB:
My connection is great, but I am having an issue with tags. I'm using PowerAmp, but my Alpine unit displays the wrong song info - it automatically uses the default app. Is there any way to fix this?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sylviofurtado:
i have the exact same problem, having before a Milestone/Droid 1 and a Galaxy S1, both have functioned flawlessly with my car...

By the way, my car is a Renault Fluence 2011, maybe it uses the same BT chip as your Altima as Renault and Nissan are pratically the same manufacturer...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NatTheCat:
PowerAmp does not send the Tags - Period

The devs may be working on it soon

---------- Post added at 03:29 AM ---------- Previous post was at 03:25 AM ----------

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1732226

Not just you mate :crying:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gravyuk:
Mazda CX5

Hi,

Did you get it working with CX-5 as I just spent 500pounds on this phone and have exact same problem. Thinking of getting an HTC One X instead.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] otakonx:
So far I'm still in the same boat. I rooted today and used a market app called "Bluetooth fix" so next time I'm in the car I'll see if it fixed the issue.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] apemonkeyman:
I am having this same problem between my S3, HTC Car A100 adapter & my Honda Civic hands-free.

In the S3 Bluetooth config page, the hands-free shows a checkbox for Call Audio, & the A100 shows a checkbox for Media Audio.

If I am connected to both but not playing audio through the A100, the hands-free Bluetooth connection is stable. Within seconds of playing audio via the A100, the hands-free connection drops & repeatedly tries to reconnect a couple of times every minute.

If I stop playing the audio via the A100, the hands-free connection stabilizes.

I don't want to try the "Bluetooth Fix Repair" app as I have not rooted yet - probably will but after 2 1/2 years of HTC HD2 mostly with custom ROMs, I want to soak up Samsung's "designed for humans" experience for a bit longer first! :angel:

On the VERY MUCH plus side, the HTC Car A100 Bluetooth audio bridge (via Dension 300 Gateway) sounds fantastic in my car compared to wired. Louder & clearer than using a 3.5mm jack lead. If I can sort out the Bluetooth drop-outs then I will be a seriously happy chap. :cool:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tonyep:
Never had any problem streaming music, Spotify via bluetooth to my cars' head unit, both Merc and Lexus. My S3 is rooted, on Omega ROM.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] otakonx:
Bluetooth fix on the market did not fix the issue.

---------- Post added at 09:28 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:17 AM ----------

Nat, I seriously missed that link you posted. I originally thought your post was just saying I wasn't the only one with the bluetooth issue on the S3! Sorry about that.

Before the S3, I had 2 different androids sync'd without any issues (HTC One X and HTC Inspire 4G). currently I only have the S3 paired so that rules out the head unit in my head. Or at the very least it doesn't seem it inherited that issue. My Uncle had the original Galaxy and it was riddled with GPS and Bluetooth issues. I hope this isn't the case for us.

---------- Post update at 02:27 PM ----------

Quick update on my bluetooth woes - things have gotten dramatically worse. Before, I'd at least be able to auto connect to the music player portion of the S3 but now I get frequent drops/resync issues. Eventually everything just drops off and I have to manually re-pair the device to the head unit. What a mess.

Currently on Omega v7 (XXALF5) ROM and Siyah Kernel.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mchinsky:
I have an Infiniti G37, 2012, which probably shares similar bluetooth tech to the Nissan's.

I have a Sprint Galaxy S3 stock. Exact same hell. All worked wonderfully on my Sprint Epic Touch Galaxy S2 with Gingerbread.

I'm going to get killed trying to get my bluetooth handsfree working, and yet if I don't its against the law in NJ to use the handset to your ear.

The darn Infiniti has no other direct audio input unless you have an iphone/ipod. At least my old G35 (2008) had an RCA input for audio.

I seem to be royally screwed and so far can't find an answer. My only hope is that since this will be one of the hottest selling phones of all time, Infiniti won't ignore it like they did the Galaxy S1 and come up with a fix assuming it's Inifiniti's issue

Bluetooth just seems to suck in general.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] otakonx:
Running a AOKP ROM fixed the issue for me at the sacrifice of the stock TouchWiz camera :(
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] apemonkeyman:
I have a workaround for my "experiences"... I re-paired my car hands-free with the HTC A100 still paired. Now, if I disconnect (not unpair) the auto-connected hands-free, connect the A100 then re-connect the hands-free, I get stable connection for hands-free all the time.

However, this does mean disconnecting & reconnecting each time I start the car. It's a workaround & now I need to find some bright spark who can come up with an app to specify the order that the S3 connects bluetooth devices. :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bendezium:
I've been having problems. I was able to successfully pair to my Kenwood car stereo after running the bluetooth fix app in the market, although I still had some trouble getting it set up.

My iPad 2 says the device is unsupported. My PCs bluetooth dongle times out when the two devices are trying to pair.

I had no problems pairing a wiimote.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Raul77:
having the same problem with Rogers S III and Acura RDX, every-time i start the car, i have to go into BT settings and check "Call Audio" it got so annoying that i switched back to my Captivate (Galaxy S) !
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DJ41:
See http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1754903 for a possible workaround I figured out.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peaster3:
I'm having issues with the gs3 connecting to my Kenwood stereo. Although, the error message says "Kenwood BT CD / R-3P1 rejected connection", I can't rule out that it might be a software issue. Not rooted yet. Stock from ATT.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] masterivc:
My galaxy SIII will not connect to my 2012 Infinity G37.

Tried everything. Even flashed different Roms. I am seriously concidering returning it and getting HTC One X, one problem is only 16Gigs of storage.

If anyone has a solution, please help. :crying:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chae1020:
I also have a galaxy SIII and a 2012 infinity G37 and having issues with the bluetooth. I was wondering if you have verizon?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] genepool:
Same problem here, S3 on verizon with Infiniti M37x. My previous phone was the Droid X and my wife has the Incredible and we never had problems with bluetooth phone or music. Meanwhile, my S3 doesn't reliably reconnect when starting the car. I received a call while playing music through blue tooth and it didn't auto connect to the phone, I think it dropped the call.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Robmtx:
Update from OP

Since I started this thread, thought I'd stop back in a month later to report that I still have not been able to resolve the issue with my S3 connecting to my Altima. I even tried DJ41's workaround from another thread here.

Thanks to those with similar units (Renault and Infiniti) for confirming similar issues. I had to prove my unit works fine with other devices by using my very-old blackberry, old Evo 4g, and my transformer prime tablet. All of these work great on my Altima's BT.

I sought out support from Nissan too, although we all know that outcome: "not our problem" - additionally the S3 isn't on their "officially supported device" list.

I'm not totally familiar with custom ROMs and because my phone is my lifeline (no other household members with phones and no home phone) I never tried doing a custom ROM. Now that I have an old Android, I decided to put CM7 on it, to familiarize myself with the process. I'm looking forward to putting a ROM on my S3 when a stable one is ready for Sprint... but my question now is: Do custom ROMs typically address issues like this, or does this bluetooth issue sound more hardware related?

Thanks for all the replies on the matter.

Rob
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elvisn:
Rob,

I have a Renault Fluence (aka Megane III) and have a similar issue. Last night I did some tests and at least I found what were causing the problem.

Maybe you can try what I did as well to see if at least the device stops disconnecting.

The thing is, it seems my BT device have a unhandled expection when it tries to download the contact list from the Galaxy S3 (the same happens with the S2 one).

Perform the following test:

- Unpair any devices from your handsfree;

- Remove the pairing entry on your mobile;

- Start the pair procedure;

- HERE IS THE TRICK: When Android asks for confirmation to allow the BT device to access your contact list, tap CANCEL.

After this, see if the issue is gone.

I know this is a workaround but at least this allows me to use the bluetooth as before that my car radio was rebooting every time Galaxy S3 connects to it - even listen to FM radio.

Please let me know the outcome.

Cheers.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] otakonx:
It all depends on the device or in other words it can be three things: the hardware, the software or both. In this case, custom ROMs based on CM9 fixed the issue for me. I also don't have any issues anymore on Omega's (9.0) Samsung ROM. A new Kernel or radio could also potentially fix the issue. I'm running siyah 1.3.8 Kernel and I9300DXLF3 modem (which I believe came with the rom).
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Raul77:
POSSIBLE SOLOUTION

Guys, this problem was driving me nuts, just like many it worked the FIRST time it synced with my car but after that no go ! i randomly was trying stuff until something odd happened, i installed this program : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.medieval.blueftp&hl=en and tried connecting to my car within the program, from now on, as long as that program is running, EVERYTHING is working, i can even get to my Text Messages from my car , all good !!! hope this helps you guys.

Running AOKP ROM on Rogers S III.

Cheers,
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bistl:
All issues fixed with XXBLFB for me in a Nissan R35. Perfect reconnect, track autostart and display of artist + title works again. All these broken things since galaxy SII ICS.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tacomaboy:
I am having the same problems - 2010 G37 Vert. My previous Galaxy S2 worked perfectly. Also the S3 worked fine till the latest update. The workaround didn't fix it for me... REALLY unhappy.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drlongisland:
Same problem. Verizon S3 and 2011 M56. Connects then disconnects. Can't connect while driving. Have to be stopped. Always says paired though. Just not connected. It's a real pain.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Robmtx:
I mentioned this in the thread about the workaround too, but since I originally opened this thread several weeks back, thought it was appropriate to update it as well.

Sprint pushed an OTA to me this morning. My bluetooth is now working in my car!! It works great and now correctly displays the song information on my car's display.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] A|ex:
Spent ages searching the web and car forums for this. Having the exact same issues as many of you here. I found that the cause of it is the "bluetooth share" service and/or any other bluetooth share pdap service running. I fixed mine by force stopping it and starting it again. Sometimes had to restart bt for the pair to work.

I am unsure why this works as i have tried different versinos of roms that use different basebands and kernels but no matter what i do restarting the service fixes it. What is strange is that it worked perfectly before previous weeks
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Erwan960:
It's because of the PBAP (Phone Book Access Protocol).

I managed to fix it by replacing it from previous version. You can have a look here : http://www.tmaddict.com/forum/viewtopic.php?style=4&f=218&t=25446#p332866
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bagulhodoido:
I got a similar problem. If I check only the Call Audio, everything goes great, but if I check Media Audio, every single sound is reproduced in the car speakers. Sometimes, during a call, I receive a random notification and the call is interrupted to play the notification sound.

The only solution, so far, was to check only call audio, but that way I can't use the bluetooth to play downloaded musics.

It would be nice to have a fix for that.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] A|ex:
OK i tried to downgrade to omega 8 which uses the XXBLFB

and i do not get a PBAP (Phone Book Access Protocol) service listed at all, some people said stop the bluetoothpbap service but i cannto find mine at all.

my BT connects to my car first time correctly, then any 'other' times it just locks up the entire BT on the car.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Erwan960:
If you don't need RSAP (sms...) but only HFP (call+contacts...) you can use this : http://www.tmaddict.com/upload/PBAPInstall.apk

Install it whatever your ROM (Android 2.3, 4.0 or 4.1). Make a nandroid backup first, just in case....

I had the same probleme with my RNS 510 from VW : first time correctly and then connect/disconnect all the time. PBAP was in charge of this.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fractalbit:
YESSSSS!!!! THANK YOU! I also have a renault megane and a galaxy s3 and this trick worked PERFECTLY! Thanks again!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elvisn:
I'm glag this was useful.

Cheers.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ronnyuk:
Just downloaded the APK I really hope this works as I have been waiting for a solution for ages, my car uses the Vauxhall NAVI DVD 100 system and this is a definate problem, as soon as you accept the contact tranfer the phone just repeatedly disconnects.

I have tested the iPhone 5 in my car and that works fine.

Thanks again for the fix.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] czajalublin:
I have a Renault Fluence (aka Megane III) and have a similar issue. Last night I did some tests and at least I found what were causing the problem.

Maybe you can try what I did as well to see if at least the device stops disconnecting.

The thing is, it seems my BT device have a unhandled expection when it tries to download the contact list from the Galaxy S3 (the same happens with the S2 one).

Perform the following test:

- Unpair any devices from your handsfree;

- Remove the pairing entry on your mobile;

- Start the pair procedure;

- HERE IS THE TRICK: When Android asks for confirmation to allow the BT device to access your contact list, tap CANCEL.

After this, see if the issue is gone.

its working thank u very much. i am really happy now
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaseouk:
Jeeeezzzzzzzzzzz

Having just purchased a Mondeo 2009 with standard cd6000 I'm having the same problem.

I resigned myself that the days of streaming Bluetooth music are gone I thought at least the blooming phone would accept and send calls!

I have deleted and re-paired it a million times,tried all methods here and it still the same!

It connects to my phone,then as you watch it it keeps reconnecting,connecting(10 secs) then disconnecting.

:confused:

Any more ideas????
[HTC Sensation] tekken1972:
How can i make my hboot display Locked and not relocked?