Recent content by rpasports

I discovered it was the Voxer app (an audio chat app). When connected to an external audio device, it will automatically take over the audio. If I disable the use of my bluetooth headphones on the Voxer app, the problem immediately stops. I discovered it was an app issue and not a phone issue...

And now that I listen to more music over the headphones attached via a wire AND I have bluetooth on the phone turned off, the music just sounds dull and muddy, so I think this issue is persisting even when bluetooth isn't related. So it's definitely not a headphone issue, and it's definitely...

If I plug the headphones into the phone, which disconnects the bluetooth, music directly coming from the phone sounds very clear, but audio responses from the headphones such as "volume maximum" are muffled. Again, that's the behind-the-call behavior, though perhaps that's because they're...

I don't see evidence Google Assistant or the Samsung assistant is running. I can do everything normally on my phone, but the headphones just act like they're on a call. Even my noise-canceling headphones turn off the noise-canceling function, just like they would if a call were happening.

I've got an account now, so I can converse a little better on here! :) Hmm, yeah, there isn't actually a call going on. I have no call to hang up, and pushing the end call button on my headphones doesn't work. Also, now closing the apps doesn't fix the issue. It's still doing the same thing...