Help Apt-x not working with compatible device

[mrkita]

Any ideas on this?

I have a Sony MDR XB950bt pair of headphones which only connects over A2DP (I checked in logcat) to my Galaxy S3.

The headset should support apt-x according to their webpage:
http://store.sony.com/extra-bass-bl...XB950BT/B/cat-27-catid-All-Headphones-Earbuds

I should be running Samsung's stock ROM, so I'm not sure what else would effect it? Some hidden setting maybe?

Thanks!

 

[mrkita]

Ok... so I didn't know how this stuff worked for the headsets... I think I figured it out... I have to power up the headset in a special way with the volume control to even enable apt-X transmission at all. Even then it didn't work the first time I connected over NFC, but after I manually said *connect*, I saw the aptx protocol being loaded in the log.

Wow Bluetooth is kind of a.... piece of shit still. Between all the work I had to do the last week to get the headphones working with my phone and finding a working pc Bluetooth dongle (had to return 2 already) was quite extreme.

Oh well the headphones are awesome and now do what I want.