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[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] YouSoSimpoh:
I believe that app is used for when you have a headset and the voice search thing keeps popping up it stops it from doing that. because people were having problems when they were using their headset and when they moved the headset cord it would trigger google voice.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] meyerweb:
I've not used LG support for phones, but have tried to use them for some computer equipment, and found them totally useless. Even worse than Samsung. They typically have provided an answer that doesn't address my question, and then when I point that out they say "let me do some research on that" and I never hear from them again.

I was pretty excited about buying a G3, but now I'm having serious second thoughts. I may get one and see if any of the work-arounds described here actually work for me, or I may just go the ugly but safe route, and pick up an S5. And no, the htc and Moto-X aren't options for me for a couple of reasons, and I can't get a Sony on my carrier. Not really sure I want a Sony anyway.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] meyerweb:
It will probably be for all, but it will take the American carriers 3 months to roll it out.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] waqas.sonic:
I came across this thread while searching for the Aux issue. However I managed to solve it myself. All you need to do is play the song (I use player pro) and then plug the Aux cable in, as long as you have a playlist and the music player does not actually 'stop' the aux link stays stable.

It works for me, I have tried for a few hours now. Sorry if this has already been posted.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] McGyver dei poveri:
With soundabout the phone stays connected but the audio is incredibly distorted, so was a non solution for me.

The only thing that worked for both problems was to put on parallel an audio splitter with a pair of earphones, but it's not a practice way to solve a problem, and of course neither a hi-end audio solution, you can hear an output power decrease....

So I suppose it's a hardware-electrical problem of the original project, of course impedance related. I doubt it will be solved, 3 months are passed now.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Harmtan2:
Mine had massive issues before. However, tmo released an update and I haven't had a problem since. So I think it can and probably will be fixed in the future.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jyeatman:
What version is your G3 showing now?
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Harmtan2:
Is the version 10m
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vud911:
10m here also. But still having the issue 100%. This is using a earphone with active noise-isolation (has a box).

Really getting on my nerves.

Also, anyone know when the phone freeze, is there anything else I can do other than do a pull? On my old smartphones I can do a hard reset. Can't seem to do it here.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Harmtan2:
With your double issue, I would venture to say you have a faulty handset. Try a factory reset, with the phone off, press and hold the power button and volume down button. When you see the LG screen, release and press those save two again. This will give your the option to factory reset.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] meherenow:
What a joke, issue still not fixed regarding the audio feedback between tracks.

Will certainly NOT be buying LG again in the future, I'll hang on to the handset until just before I've had it 6 months and then return it (UK law says the onus is on the retailer to prove there is no inherent fault before 6 months, ha, good luck with that).

Still, very pisspoor it has to be said.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] meyerweb:
How is the sound quality of music over that bluetooth dongle?
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swymer:
aux cord

I just bought my lg g3 less than a week ago...and sometimes the aux cord works and someti.es it doesnt...ready to go back to samsung....i have tried three different aux cords:(
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ditalajnen:
I love my g3 and now that ive rooted it its srsly awesome. But i have this wierd thing with my auxcables were it seems like my aux sends out the perfect electrical impulse for Pausing, stopping, changing song etc when i turn the cable around on my Phone, pretty annoying when u have it in ur pocket xD. Anyone else with this problem?

Also it seems to start my voicemate totally random :s usually when im playing music. Someone else? :p

Got EU version
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sokesleezy:
The hissing that comes out of the speakers in my car when I plug in a charger makes music not listenable. SO basically I have to either choose between charger or having the phone connected via aux-in. Why does this phone have so many issues with the aux-in? Was this experienced with the G2?
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dethdfire:
no issues

I do not seem to have the distortion issues like everyone is having, all though I do have a hard time when plugging my phone into my truck vs my headphones... I use skull candy headphones with inline bass amplifier. When plugging into my truck and it actually works, there is a squiggly icon that appears.. When plugged into phones, a headpho e set icon appears. How does it know? **illuminati**

But anyways, the aux cable in my truck is of a higher end series that is 3.5 on phoneside and plugs into the audioplugs in the back of the deck... Sometimes I have to unplug and try again maybe 10 times before it is recognized
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Haxzor11:
Bump! Anyone found a fix?
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] meyerweb:
Several people, I think, have reported this cable works well:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0031U1ATQ...TF8&colid=232BOIF45H89M&coliid=I1DF5R7GYMVXZ2
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swymer:
called lg

I called lg and they stated my phone is not compatible with my car..and they sent me a link about bluetooth....that has nothing to do with6 aux cord...complrte waste of my time
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SightSeeker:
Same problem here. Basically unless in the car trying to listen to anything it keeps pausing until I shake it.

You can stop the voice command from coming up by disabling it in TB. im going to try to sell this and get enough money for a note 3.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swymer:
sound about app

I downloaded the soundabout app...and it still only works a quarter of the time
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jyeatman:
What's TB?
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 17jac17:
aux problem definite fix

Get an auxiliary cord or extension with a male end that has 3 rings. If you look on your cord that doesnt will it will have 2 rings. Get one with 3. Works perfectly.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swymer:
Ok i will try it
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swymer:
just found one

Does it work every time you plug in your lg g3?
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] meyerweb:
Titanium Backup
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BioAndriod:
yeah I totally agree. It's a software issue. My old iPhone never gave me that problem, hell, not even the iPod
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SightSeeker:
Has any carrier received any updates to the phone yet that has possibly fixed this? Verizon hasn't had an update yet.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Harmtan2:
Tmobile had one that made it a little better. But not perfect.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] t1337dude:
Hey guys, I just picked up an LG G3 and wasn't aware of this dreaded problem until I tried to listen to music at work recently. Simply put - the way that this phone handles audio is a complete ****. I have to fiddle around with my Aux cord for minutes before I can get it to properly work with my G3, and I honestly don't like the idea of having run and fiddle with an app for the next few years just to listen to music from my phone. This is one of those things that simply should just work. Even if I get the phone to detect my Aux cord, it will go back to playing out of my speaker as soon as I change up my playlist, so I have to fiddle with it all over again.

It's not just that either - the port is simply way too fragile. It distorts with the slightest bump, and seems incredibly loose and finicky.

Anyways - to the point, do you think there's any way I can trade this phone back without having to pay the restocking fee due to this inherent problem with the phone? I use my phone to mostly stream music, so this is a bit annoying.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SmokinWaffle:
Weird, my phone works playing music in my car via Aux perfectley fine and the quality is fine too. D855, v10L..
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hochoch:
Try removing the headphones from the jack, make a call (i use voicemail). Hang up then try them again. Hissing/buzzing should be gone. Has to be done after each reboot. Sucks but at least it's something.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] t1337dude:
Hissing and buzzing is the least of my issues at the moment. My main issue is that the G3 doesn't recognize the cord is plugged in at all. I've tried SoundAbout and licking the other end of the aux cable and neither solution worked. Not only this issue hasn't been fixed despite it being a blatant problem since July, but the issue seems to be worse than ever. :crying:
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hochoch:
Have you tried another AUX cord? Some people reported having problems with ones that only had 2 rings on the plug and better luck with 3 rings.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] t1337dude:
I haven't, but I'm not going out to try/buy new/different aux cords because there's a problem with the phone. I don't want to have to lug around my "special" Aux cord every time I want to listen to music. It's bologna. I appreciate the advice though, thank you. I'm going to try to exchange my phone for the Note 4 - my research leads me to believe I don't have to pay a restocking fee if I point out a defect with the phone, so that will be my strategy. I'm going to ask Sprint's online chat about that possibility now.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hochoch:
Agreed! I made the switch back to bluetooth headphones b/c of this annoyance. bought a pair of these http://www.amazon.com/Jarv-Wireless-Bluetooth-Headphones-Microphone/dp/B00JAAJ1F6/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1414524067&sr=1-1&keywords=jarv+nmotion from groupon for like $27. They're fine for my use, but i don't really love them.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dtx.boy:
I just bought a g3 ls990 and it doesn't recognize the cord is plugged in.... like not even once and ive tried with all kind of cords/headphones. I thought it could be a software issue with the stock rom but I still have the same issue using cloudyfa rom.

Has anyone replaced the headphone jack?,
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swymer:
aux cord

I have tried downloading apps...like soundabout or whatever it is called i have bought two different aux cords mine work every now and than
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Antonio GT:
Aux glitch - is it a hardware or a software issue?

Hi all,

I would like to expose my experience with the aux issue.

My LG G3 D855 (4.4.2, H3G branded ROM V10j-222-99) has the audio glitch problem when I connect the aux cable (no problem with headphones) at home and in my car.

The problem is not due to the quality of aux cables because I have also an Iphone 4 (that I replaced with G3) and this problem never happend.

Using most music players, when I change song or when the player is stopped and I click on play, I get a "pop" out from the speakers.

The problem is not occurring using N7-Player or PowerAmp.

After reading houndreds of posts I'm still not able of understanding the cause of the glitch (hardware of software) because I read not every G3 are affected by this.

I noticed the same issue is present on the Nexus 5 of a friend of me (made by LG...strange!) even if the "pop" volume is lower than G3.

I created a small Eclipse project just to understand if I could find a workaround to have a music player withouth the glitch, and I find one.

It seems the problem occour when the audio system is initilized, so you could have two instances of the MediaPlayer class, you play only on one instance and when you need to change a song you need to prepare the second intance, play the second instance and immediately stop the first one (in order to have the audio stream always active):

mP2.setDataSource(fileNames.get(id));

mP2.prepare();

mP2.start();

mP1.stop();

mP1.reset();

Debugging the code, also I saw that connecting the G3 with my laptop via cable, touching the G3 screen bring noise on the amplifier. I think LG engineers should pay attention on that stuffs (with iPhone 4 never happened).

Anyway, I don't want to bother you anymore, so I would like to ask if, based on your experiences, the aux glitch is an hardware or software issue.

If the issue is hardware, I see it doesn't affect all models/owners, should I send it to LG for replacement?

If it's a software issue, could I fix it using a custom ROM?

Thanks in advance,

Antonio
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] meyerweb:
It seems to be a software issue. The recent update rolled out to some versions of the phone supposedly fixes it, and the update to the Sprint version that's coming soon also claims to fix it.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Antonio GT:
Hi,

I installed cloudyrom on my D855, hoping the issue was solved in some ways but it still remain.

Yesterday I tried with a D855 coming from U.K. (LG Stock ROM 4.4.2 V10J), the issue occours also in that phone.

Is anyone aware about the potential software fix that was rolled out?
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sigur145:
well i had a diff problem but anyone cant try this maybe you will be surprised....when i bought g3 a jack didn't want to connect properly which result in disconnecting the headset and speaker turned on but few days ago i pushed jack with higher pressure and i heard click so try this...you never know....
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Antonio GT:
Thanks for advice, I tried, but the jack was still completely into the connector.

I tried with two different cables, just in case, but no success. :(

Any other suggestion ?
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] meyerweb:
Several people have reported that this cable, from Kensington, resolves the problem:

https://www.google.com/search?q=ken...i59.1044j0j4&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=0&ie=UTF-8
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Antonio GT:
Hi meyerweb,

Thanks!

I would avoid thisk kind of solution because I use the phone connected to several devices and I don't want to have another device to bring with me, also it is expensive while a workaround is to use PowerPlayer or N7 Player.

I just wrote LG, I want an answer from them because this is totally unaccettable on a high level phone, the problem should not exist with any player and on any circumstance.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] meyerweb:
The latest update on Sprint (ZV6) and a couple of other carriers (not sure about which ones) claims to have made changes to aux cable detection. I've never had the issue with my phone / car combination, so I don't know if the update has really made a difference or not.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Antonio GT:
LG answered, tomorrow I'll bring the phone to the Assistance Service, so I restored the original ROM with LG FLashTool.

I discovered one curious thing: if feedback and touch system sounds are not mute (as I always set) the problem does not occour when you manually change songs in the player, but the the issue is always present when a song ends and the player goes to the next one
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dibrahim:
Solution

reply withdrawn
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kc3:
I have a Sprint LG G3 and updated the firmware with this via adb and it worked, no more aux isues :D http://xdaforums.com/sprint-lg-g3/development/firmware-sprint-lg-g3-ls990-zv6-tot-ota-t2948063
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jyeatman:
My G3 (UK Vodafone) has OTA updated to V20e-EUR-XX today

Android 5.0

Line-out problem appears to be fixed. All devices I have plugged in so far are identified as line out including headphones.

---------- Post added at 02:27 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:20 PM ----------

Update: Headphones are identified as headphones.

When I get back to my car I will do some more testing with line-out.

As least Voice Mate hasn't popped up yet!
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Antonio GT:
Hi

please let us know if the issue is finally fixed ;)

Can you please perform this test?

connect the phone to the car via jack

using the LG music player, play an entire song

wait the song to end and the player to go to the next track automatically (this is the moment the sound issue will usually occour)

Thanks!

Antonio
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jyeatman:
I've let several tracks (both MP3 and FLAC) play to the end and go on to next track. I can hear a very brief click the moment the new track starts playing, but no other anomalies so far. I don't know if this was the same problem others were getting but I wasn't. I was getting headset mode incorrectly identified with the Voice Mate app launching when I plugged car/portable speakers in.

I've done 20 plug and unplug of the cable and 18 times it correctly identified the cable as line-out. The other 2 times it incorrectly identified headset.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Antonio GT:
the "click" you heard when the player changed song is one of the issue.

The other "click" will occuor when feedback and touch system sounds are not mute and you manually change songs in the player.

Those two issues are related to the way the operative systems manages the audio streams, and from your experience they are not fixed :(

I'm wondering if the same test you performed will be ok for Sprint (ZV6) users (it seems the last patch they have fix the issue)
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spz0:
My car will recognize aux in for 2 seconds then switch off. It tends to stay on if I have my phone plugged in to usb charge, but its still spotty.

Has the 5.0 update resolved this issue for you all? Im on AT&T and we have not got the 5.0 update yet. On D855 10F OS
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] christopherwoods:
Just jumping in as I did all the 4.4.2 updates (up to v10i (or V10L, whichever it is) on my unlocked UK handset, then did the Android 5.0 update tonight. Update: unfortunately the problem's NOT fixed with LG stock Lollipop, unlike I first thought.

(posted about this elsewhere first: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=58247504&postcount=143)

If you're having problems with aux cable detection on 4.4.2, perhaps an app like SoundAbout (which I used for years on my S3, and did an amazing job) may help? Useful if you want to forcibly route audio to a particular output, suppress ringtones on the speaker if you're using a wired headset, etc..
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spz0:
Well Hopefully the USA carriers hurry the F up with the updates oi? I just bought a nice aux cable so cant justify buying an aux bt device. :p
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] christopherwoods:
Sadly the problem has not in fact gone away with Lollipop, I posted in earnest... Then noticed it when I was listening whilst going to sleep. :(
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] benlaw110:
problem using headphones

I went out and bought some Goodman's headphones for my phone with built in hands free kit and my phone refuses to play music through them how odd considering they are designed for smart phones and cost £80
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arikbenami:
stuck on aux, after using lg stock headphones....

after a 5-day use of the stock headphones,

my G3 d855 int seems to be stuck on aux

the audio jack icon on notification area is constant and i cant play audio or speak listen to in/out calls.

anyone else had the same experience?

any ideas that can help?
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fullofmillions:
Audio splitter with headphones solve AUX issue

An audio splitter with AUX on 1 IN and an in-ear headphones on 2 IN can solve the AUX cable issue....

not so elegant but working!

[IMG="audio splitter"]https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS9StG6pu6K_oPpY4R7WwubwPSriSTP9mrs7EbkfXvg4rL05_Gk5QymTA[/IMG]
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eatfood:
[MENTION=2315688]Lennyuk[/MENTION] said: "I have had no AUX or headphone issues with this device, its simply down to the quality of the products you are all using."

This is incorrect. Search 'aux cable not working LG' and you'll see.

I feel strongly about making this point because my G3 behaved well when playing with an aux cord for a year, and recently began ignoring the aux cable. [MENTION=2315688]Lennyuk[/MENTION]... Beware... It could happen to you, too!
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mfrey0118:
Bump...

Straighttalk customer here, on month to month prepaid using Verizon VS985 G3. I got tired of my galaxy core prime and its horrendous touchscreen sensitivity for texting, and I decided to buy a slightly used G3 on Swappa a few weeks back.

This phone is really nice, but one thing that was diving me mad was, like many of you, the audio cable issue. I play a Jam XT at work and I don't like BT so I use a 3.5mm cable. Well, finicky is putting it mildly. Whenever I would move the phone, music would stop and/or some voice app would keep popping up...I couldn't take it, lol... I was like for real this phone is pretty sweet considering it's almost 2 years old now but this could be a deal breaker as I use it for wired music connection quite frequently.

Anyway, even in my truck whenever the phone would shift music would pause or stop...

I finally hit the internet to do some research and sure enough the G3's 3.5mm audio issues were all over the place.

A couple of people mentioned software fix attempts (I did disable several google apps I don't use), but then a few said it was a hardware problem that LG was aware of. I did a search for a fix and found several sites, such as Amazon and eBay, that sell the replacement port for a few bucks.

I decided to grab it and it took me just a few minutes to replace. There's several good videos on YouTube about it.

Since then, no issues so far, I tested in my truck and threw the phone around and it didn't skip a beat...literally...lol. I hooked it up to my Jam and basically had a seizure with the phone in my hand and the music never even paused.

Also, the phone is now properly recognizing my headphones as headphones instead of a audio cable with mic.

G3 is still a very good phone IMO. I like it for my first LG product.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] meherenow:
This just shows the quality problems with this handset - mine has no trouble at all recognizing the AUX, only the distortion on play/pause issue, it can tell my Klipsch earbuds are headphones and the car or my amp is an AV source. I haven't had any sound dropouts or lost the connection.

Last chance with LG for me when the replacement arrives next week sometime.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] inc0gn3gr0:
So we figured out how to consistently get the cable to work through outputs that it was not originally working on. The car needs to be set to AUX and running before the cable is plugged in. Basically whatever output you are using it needs to be hot. This can also prove why there is so much discrepancy as some car AUX jacks are always hot, we tried 3 cars 2 of the same make (same generation, just different models) had problems while another did not (we also tried an older audio setup we have in our garage it also had no problems).

While others are not active until selected. I believe that this is likely a software issue, and probably has something to do with them wanting to display the "cute little headphone or aux icon" on the status bar. Someone has released a ROM claiming to fix this issue I have yet to install it and was wondering if anyone else has.

I played music today through my phone using AUX, I had no distortion or humming while charging. I also believe that the "cable" quality has nothing to do with it as the 2 output giving us problems gave us problems no matter the cable (we tried 3). While the two outputs that did work (1 car and older audio setup) had no problem no matter the cable. We had no problems pausing, taking a call, etc during playback either.