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[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omniphil:
I'd love a 7 inch tablet that functions as a phone. But it seems something is not allowing the Nexus 7 to receive voice/texting only mobile data.

Is this a hardware thing? Does it lack some sort of radio or is this just the carriers messing with us?

I does make you wonder.... New Galaxy Note 2 (no contract) $650. Nexus 7 $300 (HSPA+) Why is the phone so much more expensive? I get that the phone has a few more chips and is smaller, but it can't be that much more expensive..

Does anyone know of any 7 inch tablets that allow voice telephony? I'm not talking about google voice, I'm talking about standard cellular voice/texting. I have no interest in carrying around my phone, I just want a tablet that does it all.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Miami_Son:
Really?:silly: It should be obvious that the lack of cellular phone hardware is the reason behind this. Also, making things smaller is almost always more expensive.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omniphil:
But what hardware is lacking? isn't an hspa+ modem capable of making voice calls?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Miami_Son:
What you are referring to as a modem is, in actuality, separate from the cellular radio that transmits on one or several frequencies in order to make phone calls. When you consider the range required for a phone to be able to make reliable connections to cell towers and compare that to the short range of the modem the phone uses to connect to wireless routers, you begin to understand the complexity and disparities in price and performance. Or not.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nospin:
Just making sure, you are aware he's talking about the 3G Nexus 7 right?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Miami_Son:
Actually, I didn't since he never mentioned 3G in his OP. Still, the radios designed for a 3G data signal are not the same as those required for telephony, which no tablet has because they do not have the hardware. Only AT$T's network supports simultaneous voice and data, by the way.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jrwinscher:
Ok. He did mention 3g HSPA+.. And ATT is not the only network that allows simultaneous voice and data. With my evo 4g lte I could make calls and surf the Web on 3g. Just read this and thought I'd let you know. As far as making phone calls on your tablet you can. Just download Groove ip and Google voice and there ya go. I know it's not as reliable and a little hassle but I don't think many people would invest into having a tablet as a phone. . At least not yet. ..seems bigger is coming back. I have me note 2 on sprint and love it. .

Sent from my GN2
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 2absentminded:
The 3g has the Intel xmm 6260 chipset. The very same one that is in your s2. It is an all-in-one radio supporting voice as well as hspa+. There is a Dev thread about trying to unlock the telephony features in the chip since it was crippled by Asus or google on purpose.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] big samm:
Here in Canada on Rogers network we can do exactly that with the Rogers one number app. This app let's you make or receive calls text or receive text and video calling, free long distances in Canada, all that on my tablet with the same phone number as my cellphone and best part of all that it's free :) So it is possible, the closest you could get is Skype with a skypein number so you could receive calls...

Sent from my Nexus 7 3G
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Witek_M:
Galaxy Tab GT-P1000 or Galaxy Tab 7.7 GT-P6800 does that out of the box. Works on both T-Mobile and AT&T networks in US. I have used both with Orange and Vodafone in Europe.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omniphil:
Excellent, just what I was looking for... Thank you!

I am keeping my eyes peeled for the Galaxy Note 7.7
[LG Optimus 3D] bensmokie:
i have been using my LG optimus 3D P920, for like 9 months now, i never updated it, until last night, you may call it bad luck or stupidity.

I found this Rom- cm-10-20121208-NIGHTLY-p920 , I flashed my phone with it, it was successfully done, the Rom is amazing i mean speed and all views is really great, but there was only one problems I can't call, and i check my network setting it gives me error . WIFI work perfectly, it seems like the Rom it self doesn't read sim card ? i try to flash ThiaiZO3DV2.8BetaGB , it doesn't have Wife no network for phone . Anyway Just help me if anyone can, i know i messed up pretty bad.
[LG Optimus 3D] defcomg:
If you had READ the CM10 you would have seen you need to Change Baseband to V21D and update to the latest Nightly
[LG Optimus 3D] bensmokie:
Can you please give me some steps on how to do that, because i am lost here!, so that mean my phone still have hope isn't it ?
[LG Optimus 3D] OS_Hacking:
Your phone was 2.2 (froyo) or 2.3.5 (gingerbread) ?

If it was froyo you must update it officially to gingerbread (to update the baseband) and then flash thiaiz ROM .

But if you want CM10 you must flash a certain baseband as "defcomg" said . which it is v21d . Flash it with "lg smartflash" it is the easiest way .

Sent from my LG-P920
[LG Optimus 3D] bensmokie:
My phone was 2.2.2 you may call it (froyo) since i got my phone i never updated to any other version , i was with 2.2.2.

Can you please give me a link for official Gingerbread? the CM10 is very buggy i think i mean it drain my batter pretty fast and it doesn't have the 3D space anymore. Please send me the link for Gingerbread so i could flash mine, Thank you for helping me !
[LG Optimus 3D] OS_Hacking:
All the version of CM series do not have 3D functionalty . You can't get 3D with CM .

And about the gingerbread try this :-

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1287236

Sent from my LG-P920
[LG Optimus 3D] bensmokie:
Thx alot,u been help full.:)
[LG Optimus 3D] bensmokie:
THank you!

Thank you guys for givin a time to help stranger :) , i flashed it with the Lg flash tools, for no reason it just update to Android 2.3.5 Kernel 2.6.35.7 P920 -V21F.... i don't know what Version of Android is that but it works fine now.
[LG Optimus 3D] OS_Hacking:
In XDA you are a brother not a stranger .

Sent from my LG-P920
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] vincentistan:
Can anyone recommend the best extended battery for the galaxy nexus i9250?

I would prefer:

The original size as the oem battery, as i already have a phone case which only fits the original

cheaper would be better, i am willing to sacrifice nfc (that thing is useless nowadays
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] PowderdToastMan:
I Use the Official Samsung OEM Extended 2100mAh Battery. I can't tell the difference since I've been running my phone on extended since day 1 but I seem to get pretty decent battery running franco kernel. I get 40-50% by 4pm with average use, I've seen people get better though. Average price is $30, a guy at the sprint store cut me a deal. The Sprint version of the official Extended battery is hard to find, but you can snag a Verizon or generic GSM one easily off of eBay or maybe preferably on Amazon just be sure you know what you're buying because I've seen people try to fit Verizon extended covers on their Sprint phones and vice versa and it just doesn't work.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] alexdemonumber3:
Buy the OEM Samsung 2000mah off eBay from shimshop. Completely stock with NFC built in. Slightly larger with nearly unnoticeable bulge. Fits the phone much better IMO. Great battery life as well. A good 35-40 percent more for me.

sent from my galaxy nexus

hit that thanks button if I helped you
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] PowderdToastMan:
Forgot to add that with the Samsung extended battery, I use a TPU case with no fit problems at all. They of course have 3600mAh extended cases though if you decide bigger is better.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Crostantin:
I have a VHBW EXTENDED BATTERY 3500mAh...I improved the durance more than 30%.

But of course is related to the setting that you use. I think that the durance can increase
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gilgamesh0:
Bump.. help a brother out -- no one using voice over Bluetooth on their N4, or have some perspective on the above?

Seems like a lot more people talking about audio streaming over BT than voice.. not sure if that's because audio streaming is much more widely used, or if people are having issues with audio streaming with their N4 but not voice.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SUTHRNFRIED:
Yes I've noticed BT broken when trying to use voice commands on a headset. But what's more troubling is BT sometimes just doesn't work at all. Tap to turn on and it immediately turns off. A reboot fixes the issue but I have to do this every other day it seems. Hoping for either a 4.2.2 or 4.3 patch.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gilgamesh0:
Thanks Suthrn.. sounds also as though, like me, you never tried voice BT prior to 4.2.1. When you say a reboot fixes the issue, you mean just a simple long-press power off and restart? Or some kind of hard reset?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gilgamesh0:
Oops, just realized, sounds like you mean the reset resolves this other issue you mention with the BT just immediately turning off again after turning it on.

I haven't seen that problem as yet, but of course there's still time. ;)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jayrod1980:
Bluetooth works great for me... Syncs 2x faster than my galaxy nexus. Using Motorola s11 HD flex stereo Bluetooth headset. I think these things are at least BT 3.0 but everything about them has been alright. The only problem i have is that music over BT is blown out crackling depending on the app (Pandora for instance) This is supposedly a 4.2 issue and not a hardware one.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gilgamesh0:
Thanks. But it sounds like yours is another case of just audio streaming to your Bluetooth stereo headphones, not using voice over a Bluetooth voice headset (actually just took a look for the headset model you described, and indeed it appears to be just for streaming output, not for voice input). The problem I'm talking about is specifically with voice input to the phone. In fact, with my Plantronics headset, I've been able to hear the VR prompts coming over from the phone without any obvious problems, it's just my voice input to the phone that appears to be getting munged.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SOLGarion:
I use plantronics back beat 903+ and have less issues than with my iPhone. I stream audio books and make calls. Voice commands are interpreted way better than on Siri. I had a 1 in 5 shot of it picking up "Call Lissa Lu" the first time. I cannot say it is perfect but I haven't had people complaining of not understanding me on a call.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gmichelson:
It might be your phone after all. I've been using BlueAnt Q2 and built-in system in my car - have not noticed any issues before or after 4.2.1 upgrade.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mellowgato:
I also have a Plantronics Discovery 975 and have experienced the same choppiness/digitized sound you describe.

This has happened on my N4 with my 975, and my wife's N4 with her 975. We both had Nexus Ones before and the 975s worked perfectly.

I have not had a chance to try the N4 with another bluetooth device, and I did not get a chance to use the 975 with the N4 before upgrading to 4.2.1.

Anyway, you are not alone in your frustration with the sound through the 975...
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daern:
Parrot MKI 9200 here. Works fine for voice calls... in fact, generally people tell me that it's better than my old GNex. Voice recognition on the parrot works as reliably as on the GNex... If the quality was bad, it certainly wouldn't work.

I read a lot of complaints about the new BT stack in 4.2.x so perhaps this is related to the A2DP issues... audio streaming is definitely poor on the nexus 4. Or perhaps it just doesn't like your headset. Have you tried another?

Daern
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Topgun966:
I have noticed that compared to my old Galaxy nexus, the quality of the connection to my Camaro is much much worse. Its a 2012 and a I had the dealership do a software update just to make sure it wasn't the car. Any other phone its crystal clear by my N4 is just horrible.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fooznugget:
I just noticed this yesterday in my Mazda 3. Music streams perfectly fine, but I was on a call, and the other party could not understand what I was saying. I tried listening from the other side, and it's really distorted and difficult to hear.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Topgun966:
Same. Streaming music is fine. But sound is distorted on calls.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tropmonky:
I'm using a Plantronics Voyager Pro and also have the phone connected via Bluetooth to my BMW. I've had calls come in where I was unable to hardly hear what they were saying (horrible sounding audio) and they said the same thing about me. This has happened on both my Plantronics headset (I have two, and it's happened to both) and in my BMW. Just now I got a pair of VIZIO VXTHB100 Stereo Headphones and when I first tried to pair them up the phone only showed the MAC address of the headset and came up with an error when trying to connect it... It's worth noting that I did do a reboot on my phone earlier in the day already to.

I turned bluetooth off and back on (without touching my headset) and POOF it found the headset (showing by name this time) and connected right away.

I really, REALLY, hope this is a software issue that will get patched soon. Coming from my Samsung Galaxy Nexus which was PERFECT and now I'm dealing with this... I feel like it's my Nexus ONE all over again.... I'm honestly concerned with the quality of this phone compared to the Samsung Galaxy Nexus (internals wise). I'd go back to my Samsung GNexus if my woman wasn't using it as an upgrade from her old Nexus S... Another thing I've noticed is that 90% of the time I can't get Google Chat/Google + Video chats to use my bluetooth headset OR Skype to use it either... SOOOO damn annoying.

BTW, the sound quality on the VIZIO Stereo Bluetooth headset is okay. Not as good as my gaming headset, but hey, they will do the job well and I can answer a call with them on if need be to.

-Kaz
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gilgamesh0:
Thanks for all the replies so far (especially the guy with the also-failing Discovery 975). I had already started to lean toward deeming it a likely software issue, given a) all the apparent general BT issues introduced with 4.2/4.2.1 and, b) I finally was able to try streaming Bluetooth audio, and that worked with no obvious issues. I would think that there wouldn't be anything physically about the BT radio or the way it is situated that would lead it to fail for just voice input but not output, no? I don't really know anything about the hw.

It seems more likely at this point that with the current BT software there are compatibility issues with various devices, but there is also a platform dependency as well (hence the Discovery 975 working ok on my wife's Galaxy Nexus with 4.2.1, but not my N4).

Or else, if it is a hw issue, it sounds like one present on a number of Nexus 4s, given the responses so far.

Of course, if Google would say something about it, we'd not be in the dark. This is a pretty critical feature for a lot of folks. Unfortunately, I've come to be surprised when they announce anything at all. Bugs happen, even severe ones, but it would help a lot to just know what is going on.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jholt1:
I've used seinhessier vmx 100 which worked surprisingly well, as on my old phone I almost threw it out as no one understood me and I could hardly hear them. Now they don't even notice! I'm using stock, not rooted 4.2.1.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d0nnie:
I am using a Plantronics Voyager and i too have some issues. The problem is hearing what other are saying as most sound distorted and to loud. I dont know what to do and the headset worked perfect with my old Galaxy S2.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tr2ride:
Similar poor audio when using LG Bluetooth headset which worked great with iPhone 4s and macbook pro for calls.

Has anyone tried a custom rom, say cyanogen 10 based or aokp?

Wondering if the stacks in the custom roms are any different than stock.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d0nnie:
I would like to know that as well. Or any other fixes/tricks for that matter...
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Catchpen:
I'm pretty sure that's controlled by the kernel. Faux mentioned he's going to add audio mods to his kernel soon. I hope that includes Bluetooth fixes.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d0nnie:
I am affraid it's related to baseband/radio but i am not sure. We will find out sooner or later i guess but ill rather see the solution sooner as i am seriously considering returning the phone because of it...
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sum-xda:
Hi Guys,

Testing Motorola H710 (Bluetooth V 2.0) with my both nexus devices - Nexus 4 and Nexus 7. There are no compatibility issues between nexus 7 and Bluetooth. It works like it use to work with my Samsung S2 and S3. Keep the bluetooth function on on mobile handset. You flip open the microphone arm on Motorola H710 it automatically connects to handsets and disconnects when to close the arm. No issues at all.

It does not work the same way with nexus 4 which is quite unusual. I have to manually switch on off the Bluetooth everytime on nexus 4 to get it connected with Motorola H 710.

Any fixes?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d0nnie:
I may as well inform u guys that i have now tried this in CM10.1 and SlimBean ROMs and the problem persists. My guess is that it must be the radio/baseband or the bluetooth drivers that needs to be fixed.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gilgamesh0:
Since this issue seems rather widespread and remains unaddressed by Google -- besides the ones mentioned so far, what other BT headset models have people been using successfully (or unsuccessfully) with the N4? I've always used the Plantronics Discovery series and am not keen to buy another headset, but it seems clear that it may be a while yet before Google gets their Android Bluetooth house in order, and I really need something working.

(Personally I'm particularly interested in something small/light like my Discover 975, but for the purposes of all interested parties it's probably worthwhile to catalog all models which folks can attest do or don't work.)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Baz8755:
Same issues with my iqua 603 SUN headset & my Kenwood DNX5250BT in car system.

All worked fine with my old HTC Desire but the Nexus 4 just cuts out seconds into a call on both devices. This is unacceptable and surely Google should be working to get a fix urgently
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] faux123:
my kernel has updated BT drivers from CAF.

http://faux.androidro.ms/mako/beta/mako-jb-kernel-004b06.zip

Give it shot and let me know if it helps BT issues or not.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MohinderJaBardi:
Anyone else have issues with Bluetooth dropping in and out every 2min or so?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gilgamesh0:
Kind folks, anyone else have Bluetooth headset models they can report they are successfully using for voice over Bluetooth on the N4? This lack of BT voice is getting critical for me.

I figured with BT manifestly being so widely broken, Google would have to have at least an incremental fix for these issues before long. I'd already come to understand that Google is notably less responsive to problems than the other phone OS makers, but I'm nonetheless by now pretty shocked that not just days or weeks, but *months* have passed, and this situation still persists.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] regius:
I'm using a Plantronics Legend and it works very well. I don't use voice commands though, but call quality is very good. Also I don't have any pairing issues, and it seems to me that the range has improved over my Desire Z.

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kkoksvik:
Nexus 4 and Mercedes Benz. Audio

Not shure about the actual model number of the Mercedes Benz. Audio looks a litle bit like Audio20.

Works perfectly with Galaxy nexus

No audio in phone conversations exept for a small rinnging tone just after hanging up, peering seams to work ok. onlt tha audio not working. Connects as headset

Rebooting, turning on of bluetooth has no effect.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nevrozel:
I have the following Bluetooth problem with my new Nexus 4 and 4.2.1. It goes like this:

- internet works fine, either via Wi-Fi or 3G/2G, headset is connected (Jawbone Aliph 2008)

- call is connected fine

- during the call, Wi-Fi or 3G/2G internet icons get instantly grey and I have NO internet

- the second I hang up all internet gets back, instantly

I have seen this problem elsewhere on the internet as well. Can you reproduce this? I have tried with two Nexus 4's and it's the same. Very annoying!

Thanks.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] msmith1991:
bluetooth problems here too... i have the plantronics 903+ and the music works fine over bluetooth but the voice quality is horrible. worked fine on my HTC One S. #tragic
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nstamoul:
Yep,same phone & Bluetooth headset, same issues.

I really hope they fix this soon.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Edw00d:
Is there a single Bluetooth headset that works with phone calls well at all? Or is it completely borked for the N4?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Simmo3D:
Don't know if this has already been posted, but Google is fixing Bluetooth issues in 4.2.2

http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/0...2dp-audio-streaming-fix-for-the-next-release/
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DrunkFuX666:
Ok I was searching for this issue and found this thread... Not sure if you guys are talking about the same problem...

Basically I have a handset which has the earpiece buzz which can get quite annoying... But decided not to RMA because of no assurity of it being fixed and mainly I use a BT headset or a wired headset anyway...

Anyway today on a BT international call I noticed the audio quality was terrible... As far as I was hearing... They could hear me fine... But I had a very strange static/buzzing ...

After that I tested Audio Streaming and no such static and its perfectly fine... So I'm not quite sure what the problem is... Or if this is the same problem you guys are talking about.

I'm having no problems with connection dropping or something like that... Its a pretty stable connection...

I'm using a Sony Ericsson MW600 which has worked perfectly on my Galaxy S, Moto Atrix And Galaxy S2... Running on cm10.1...
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boondoc:
for everyone having problems with voice calls via bluetooth, have you tried making a bt call with wifi turned all the way off? i've found this is the only way i can successively us my bt to have a conversation with this phone. i know it's not the bt (moto hz720) because it works fine with other phones and i know it's the phone because it works well with wifi turned off with my hz720, a moto h17, and a plantronics m50 but does not work for bt calls with any of them. a2dp works fine regardless of wifi state.

i got so frustrated that i had to download llama to make a profile that if i'm on a call wifi is turned off and then turned back on when the call ends. there's no reason i should have to do this with ANY phone much less googles flagship phone for this year.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imatlin:
Thanks for the tip! I had major issues with voice cutting in and out using Plantronics M165 headset, but things seem to work fine if Wi-Fi is off.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] widu13:
I'm having problems connecting to my car as well. My S2 was great, in fact the best performing handset with bluetooth I've had yet, the N4 is the worst. Doesn't work at ALL with wireless on!