Ford Bluetooth music skipping tracks with Jellybean

[mike.s]

Hey guys, I have a 2013 Ford F150 that I play music (pandora, rhapsody, music player, etc) thru Bluetooth from my Razr Maxx HD. It worked flawlessly with ICS. Now with JB it keeps skipping tracks every 10 seconds. It is happening with all my music programs and I can't get thru a complete song. It just keeps skipping to the next track every 10 seconds. But it only happens when I'm in the truck. Anybody else seen this problem?

 

[blg923]

I'll try it out on my way home this evening, never had an issue on ICS either. I just updated the software for SYNC in my vehicle but doubtful that has anything to do with cell phone OS changes.

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[PowrDroid]

Hey guys, I have a 2013 Ford F150 that I play music (pandora, rhapsody, music player, etc) thru Bluetooth from my Razr Maxx HD. It worked flawlessly with ICS. Now with JB it keeps skipping tracks every 10 seconds. It is happening with all my music programs and I can't get thru a complete song. It just keeps skipping to the next track every 10 seconds. But it only happens when I'm in the truck. Anybody else seen this problem?

I had this problem with ICS in my 2010 Ford F150 and it was because the phone's WiFi was turned on. It might be worth a try to be sure WiFi is off when you listen to music via bluetooth in your F150.

 

[rbess1965]

I have a 2009 Taurus and use sync all the time. It's been flawless on ICS but like the other poster I have not used it since the upgrade. Hope it turns out to be nothing or an easy fix. I've come to hate upgrades. They just need leave things alone for awhile and let us enjoy our phones for a while. Geesh.

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[blg923]

Just tested mine out on the way to lunch, no skipping on Google Play or Pandora.

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[mike.s]

I tried turning off my wifi, but it still did it.

 

[PowrDroid]

I tried turning off my wifi, but it still did it.

Bummer. I now have a 2012 Ford F150. I haven't tried to play music via bluetooth since getting my Maxx HD a week ago. I'll try to stream music via bluetooth later today (if I remember...)

 

[PowrDroid]

I was able to stream music via Sync and bluetooth with no problems. One annoyance. Got a message in a pop-up window on my phone (paraphrasing)--"Listening to music at high volumes can damage your hearing. Your media volume has been turned down to safe levels."

 

[kixazz2529]

Had this same problem when listening via Spotify....solution for me was a simple restart and the problem stopped.

 

[rbess1965]

Seamed fine last night but I do have a short commute. Try an app call A2DP Volume. It may resolve some of the issues. I do use it.

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[rbess1965]

I was able to stream music via Sync and bluetooth with no problems. One annoyance. Got a message in a pop-up window on my phone (paraphrasing)--"Listening to music at high volumes can damage your hearing. Your media volume has been turned down to safe levels."

The Acoustic Warning. I tried to disable it in the Apps settings. Doesn't allow you to. Ridiculous isn't it.

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[blg923]

The Acoustic Warning. I tried to disable in in the Apps settings. Doesn't allow you to. Ridiculous isn't it.

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Dumbest feature I think I've seen yet...I'll listen to my music as loudly as I want to, thanks.

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[TuringLock]

I'm having the exact same problem.

2013 Ford Flex with MyFord Touch
Motorola RAZR HD MAXX

When connected via bluetooth, all streaming audio/music programs such as Pandora, Google Play Music, etc. spontaneously skip tracks every 10 seconds.

Have done every possible troubleshooting step. Reboots, master resets, bluetooth cycling, etc.

Went into recovery and wiped all caches, then did another hard reset via recovery.

The problem persists. This is a serious bug. It makes the phone unusable for me.
Verizon support claims that I am the first person to report the issue. No way.

Ugh! The phone worked fine on ICS before the JB update.

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[silentjay1980]

this is definitley a sync problem not a verizon problem because every droid ive tried on jelly bean does this, even non cellular tablets

 

[TuringLock]

Absolutely wrong.

No, this is not a Jelly Bean problem because my wife's Galaxy Nexus on Verizon running Jelly Bean works absolutely fine with our Ford Flex with MyFord Touch. Both bluetooth calls and music streaming applications including Pandora work perfectly for her, whereas my Verizon crapware infested Droid RAZR HD MAXX is a piece of junk in the car.

This is the last time I purchase a non-Nexus device. OEM bloat and carrier mandated crap is simply intolerable.

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[mike.s]

Update: For some reason, the problem seems to not be affecting the stock music player anymore, just pandora and rhapsody. I don't know why. Also sometimes turning bluetooth off and back on makes the problem go away for a while with pandora and rhapsody, but the problem keeps coming back.

 

[TuringLock]

After extensive testing and troubleshooting, the problem has been narrowed down to a bug in the Jelly Bean update that Verizon pushed out a couple weeks ago.

This is a serious problem for owners or prospective owners of either a RAZR HD or RAZR HD MAXX on Verizon because it is unlikely that Verizon will push out another software update/bug fix anytime soon.

So, current owners are out of luck with unreliable and non-functional bluetooth. Prospective owners should look elsewhere and avoid the entire DROID RAZR HD/RAZR HD MAXX series.

Best of luck.

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[blg923]

I am having none of these issues with JB and Ford Sync.

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[TuringLock]

Can you tell us what firmware you're using with your phone and what version of Ford Sync?

Also, what year/model car, and is your system regular Ford Sync or the full MyFord Touch system?

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[PowrDroid]

After extensive testing and troubleshooting, the problem has been narrowed down to a bug in the Jelly Bean update that Verizon pushed out a couple weeks ago.

What is your source for this knowledge? Have a link?