galaxy s4 Bluetooth

[someguyatx]

i have a pioneer head unit in one of my cars, and an oem head unit in my 2013 subaru sti, and in both cars it works fine. I noticed sometimes the bluetooth skips for whatever reason randomly, but it does it in any car I connect my bluetooth to.. must be something with the s4 itself

Similar issue with my S4. Bluetooth sound quality is good but it can get choppy and cut out briefly with car (Hyundai) and various bluetooth speakers. My S2 had similar issues but the LG Viper I used for a few months was perfect over bluetooth. Samsung issue I suppose. Hopefully its a software thing that can be addressed. And yes I am on 4.2.2

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[jn106]

One more solution that resolved the intermittent connection problems in my 2011 Nissan Altima. Set the visibility timeout to never time out. Click on settings-bluetooth-click menu button--visibility time out and set to "never time out". I had no issues after I made this change.

 

[jn106]

I was having similar erratic connection issues. I set the visibility timeout to never timeout and everything works fine. On the S4 click on settings-bluetooth-click menu button--visibility time out and set to "never time out".

 

[knight1fox3]

Wow, really great thread, glad I found this. Just purchased an Infiniti FX35 and like many here (including the post below), can only get phone audio to connect on my Verizon GS4. When I check media audio, it just unchecks itself after a couple seconds. Has anyone gotten the Bluetooth Auto Connect app to work in this manner with a Verizon GS4? Just curious. Either way I'd like to try the app and see if it will now connect to the vehicle's Bluetooth audio system. However, I can't seem to find the one that is referenced as being authored by Jakub Klos. Any thoughts?

EDIT: NM, I found it here. Seems the developer goes by the name of "UniqTec" now. Hopefully this works.

I stumbled upon this thread last week when I got my new S4 and found that it did not connect to media audio on my Ford Sync system automatically (only connected to phone audio by itself), so I had to manually bring up bluetooth and click the checkbox for media audio each time, which was a pain. I just loaded and installed the 357MB Samsung update for AT&T (Update the Software for the Samsung Galaxy S 4 (i337) - AT&T Wireless Support*) because I wanted the "moved to SD card" option for apps, and, as a side benefit (not documented in this update), my bluetooth now autoconnects for both phone and media audio. I did it several times today, and every time it worked correctly. So, for those of you for whom this is still an issue, maybe try the latest update. The only negative I see in this update is that some people mentioned worse battery life. I have not had it long enough to find out yet.

 

[icronic]

Same for me.

My iPhone 3 GS worked perfectly with my JVC bluetooth car deck. Now, with the S4, the navigation vocal instructions will not mute the radio. So now if I need vocal navigation I have to set the deck's audio source to "BT", but I cannot listen to radio or CDs...

Is this the standard behavior with Android phones?

This "not muting" behavior was corrected for me by installing AudioBT Plus from the play store. (https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...om/store/search?q=audiobt+plus&token=ceZmzQwP)

I use Tasker to turn AudioBT Plus ON before any Navigation app and also to turn it OFF when I exit the Navigation app (mostly Waze)

I have a Sprint Samsung Galaxy S3. YMMV

 

[allyn274]

You're my hero. This is a perfect solution.

I had the exact same issue. I found a workaround:

• Install "Bluetooth Auto Connect" (there are two in the play store, I used the one by Jakub Klos).
• Check both profiles in the app (Media Audio & Call Audio)
• Select "Screen On" as one of the events (I leave bluetooth on most of the time for my phone, so this was the best trigger event)

That's it, now it works as I would have expected.