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Try this.... Good luck!

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
 
Hamesie said:
Try this.... Good luck!

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
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Does that keep the screen on?

For the record, I don't have a S5 anymore. I went back to my iPhone. My nexus 6 and the Note 4 I used to own even has this problem but not nearly as bad as the S5. I think it's an Android issue.
 
Definitely a 4.4 problem. Bought my Note 4 around the new year, and it came with an old version of android. Bluetooth was working perfectly until a couple weeks ago when I updated to 4.4, and now its every couple minutes that the audio cuts out for a couple seconds, then resumes as if nothing happened.
I even had a phone call disconnect from my car when it happened the other day.
 
I know this is a late reply, but when in Bluetooth mode, songs would "skip" or cutout quickly making for a crappy listening experience. I was ready to throw the Kenwood away, but realized DISCONNECTING THE BLUETOOTH was all I needed to do to get the skip/cutout gone. Completely disconnect the bluetooth connection between phone and car and all is clear. Hope this helps.

  • Kenwood Excelon DNX690HD
  • Galaxy S5
  • Porsche Carrera S Cabriolet
skipping, cutting out bluetooth receiver
 
That kind of defeats the purpose. So how do you listen to music through your bt connection if you disconnect it?
 
Also should mention that this seldom happens now on 5.0 but I also put in a Samsung memory card as someone suggested.
 
I am having the same problem with my Samsung Galaxy S6 and Jabra Sport Pulse earbuds :-( both listening to Spotify (streaming), VLC (mp3) and TuneIn (streaming). Pretty annoying. Jabra, tells me to contact Samsung.
Anyone know of any solution?
 
I turned off Wi-Fi and also disabled the Always allow scanning option. I also enabled developer options and reduced the amount of apps that can run in the background and enabled force GPU rendering and turned off hardware overlays. It definitely cut back on all the clipping and stuttering.

Now it only happens when I'm using other mp3 player apps (I use AIMP normally), skip through a bunch of songs, or have a couple large apps open.
 
Was reading thru these hoping to find a solution . I have a ZTE majesty that has the same problem with anything that i pair it to .
 
the_5treet said:
Was reading thru these hoping to find a solution . I have a ZTE majesty that has the same problem with anything that i pair it to .
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The only solution I can suggest, and this is after using the Note 4 and galaxy S6, either buy an iPod (or iPhone ; ) or get a Nexus device. Those are the only 2 devices IMO that don't have this Bluetooth issue. (I'm currently using an iPhone 6 plus and a Nexus 6.)
 
Hi, I have had every model of Galaxy from the first one to the S5, and now the Note 4, I have never had this problem, reading the problems here I think I must be very lucky. Phil
p.s. I have always bought SIM free phones, I wonder if not having a carriers bloatware has anything to do with it?
 
I currently have a Samsung S6 on 5.1.1 and I am running into the same problem, intermittent music at times where it drops from the car stereo or my bluetooth dock but the music is still playing from Spotify.
I have noticed that the music will stop all together after a set time (approx 10 minutes), from what I can see is that when the phone screen goes down it reduces the amount of power used to run apps in the background causing stuttering music and brief dropouts, then once the screen goes down the phone has a 10 minute window where it will keep everything going in the background but then shuts all programmes off to conserve battery life, in doing so it closes Spotify causing all music to stop. You will notice that when going back into Spotify that it has not saved where the track went off but instead totally restarted the as if you have never had it on.
 
Craig Scanlon said:
I currently have a Samsung S6 on 5.1.1 and I am running into the same problem, intermittent music at times where it drops from the car stereo or my bluetooth dock but the music is still playing from Spotify.
I have noticed that the music will stop all together after a set time (approx 10 minutes), from what I can see is that when the phone screen goes down it reduces the amount of power used to run apps in the background causing stuttering music and brief dropouts, then once the screen goes down the phone has a 10 minute window where it will keep everything going in the background but then shuts all programmes off to conserve battery life, in doing so it closes Spotify causing all music to stop. You will notice that when going back into Spotify that it has not saved where the track went off but instead totally restarted the as if you have never had it on.
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While I haven't had this exact problem of the music program turning off, so far as I'm aware, you are right about the power saving when the screen is off. Instead my problem tends to be that the audio cuts out for 0.5 to 1.5 seconds while using Bluetooth, leading me to believe that the power saving, with my Note 4 anyway, is solely related to Bluetooth.

My shitty solution is to have the option "Screen on while Charging", in the Developer options in Settings. What this does is keep the phone awake while I have it plugged in in my car, and thus no audio cut outs. (And you can turn the screen back off if you don't want it on with the sleep button, but you get the problems again)
 
This definetly sounds like your cat kit is bad, doesn't sound like it's a device issue.
I'd call your car manufacturer and get in touch with R&D.
 
I have the same issue with my Samsung Galaxy S5, but my Google Nexus 7 tablet works perfectly. Both are running Lollipop. I'm using a Danibos Bluetooth 4.0 receiver that is hard wired into the head unit of my vehicle. I use Poweramp as the music player on both devices.
 
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I have the same issue with my Samsung Galaxy S5, but my Google Nexus 7 tablet works perfectly. Both are running Lollipop. I'm using a Danibos Bluetooth 4.0 receiver that is hard wired into the head unit of my vehicle. I use Poweramp as the music player on both devices.
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Your Nexus 7 works perfectly either because its stock android or there are no cellular interferences.
 
I've had this bluetooth "skipping" across 4 android phones now, several iterations of the OS (gingerbread through kitkat) and many bluetooth audio devices. In all combinations, the same. Among other uses for bluetooth audio (speakers for camping, etc) I also commute almost 15 hours per week by motorcycle. Without bluetooth feeding audiobooks, podcasts and music to my brain, I'd lose my sanity.

The skips finally got to be too much for me. The solution was to toss android and switch to iPhone. THIS IS A BIG DEAL. I have never in my life been an apple guy - I've always loved the total control, variety and tweakability of the much more open PC and Android ecosystems.. but this is just absolutely too much. Any system designed to interface with a user HAS to put the UI, and that includes audio output as well as visual and touch response, in (pseudo)real time. Even if it momentarily slows other processes to do so. I'm sorry, but as a developer myself, it's obvious.

The adjustment curve for me has been real.. but it is something I should have done a long time ago. RIP Android. :(

Still a PC guy though. They've largely fixed their UI issues.. if you skip windows 8
 
Robert Miles said:
I've had this bluetooth "skipping" across 4 android phones now, several iterations of the OS (gingerbread through kitkat) and many bluetooth audio devices. In all combinations, the same. Among other uses for bluetooth audio (speakers for camping, etc) I also commute almost 15 hours per week by motorcycle. Without bluetooth feeding audiobooks, podcasts and music to my brain, I'd lose my sanity.

The skips finally got to be too much for me. The solution was to toss android and switch to iPhone. THIS IS A BIG DEAL. I have never in my life been an apple guy - I've always loved the total control, variety and tweakability of the much more open PC and Android ecosystems.. but this is just absolutely too much. Any system designed to interface with a user HAS to put the UI, and that includes audio output as well as visual and touch response, in (pseudo)real time. Even if it momentarily slows other processes to do so. I'm sorry, but as a developer myself, it's obvious.

The adjustment curve for me has been real.. but it is something I should have done a long time ago. RIP Android. :(

Still a PC guy though. They've largely fixed their UI issues.. if you skip windows 8
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So, how has your experience been so far with the new phone?
 
Mostly pretty sweet. It's actually a secondhand iPhone 5.. I couldn't bring myself to spring for a new one on contract as I didn't seriously believe I'd be switching. I miss the more eclectic mix of developers and apps available for Android, and the interface does have it's dumb-downedness issues that grate on me a bit. Furthermore, the interface isn't much like the Android tablets I have, so it's a bit of a hangnail setting one device down and picking up another around my house.

What I really don't miss are the slow, dragging UI responses, having to reboot to clear unacknowledged memory leaks/mismanagement by the OS, popping open the case to take out the battery(!) on certain devices to break total system hangs, etc.. etc.

Many issues with Android have been corrected or improved with new releases, but the issues I've complained about haven't budged a bit from the beginning through today, and I really do not understand the thinking behind the basic faults of the OS. UI first, UI first. It's not even a real-time OS in the first place, so why not? I just don't get it.

Did you know that clicking the bluetooth activity intent button on every phone I've had doesn't summon Google Now for voice interaction? It summons the horrible Google Voice Dialer. In the year 2015. On a modern phone. Unbelievable. I've quite a bit of work to get around this problem, and have been only partially successful even when wwriting my own apps to do it. Guess what happens when you click the button on iPhone? Siri. What a concept - These guys must be geniuses or something. It's just.. embarrassing.

The bluetooth thing is just the straw that broke the camel's back. Even if they were to correct that issue alone, it won't be enough to bring me back at this point.
 
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