Help Bluetooth not working when phone is locked

[Mike20878]

When my phone goes into auto lock while I'm driving the voice commands won't come up when I press my bluetooth. Is this normal?

 

[vtek63]

i have this problem as well. when the phone is unlocked, voice dial works fine, but once the phone is locked, it doesn't work anymore with my bluetooth speakerphone.

 

[_Aardvark]

This seems to be a known issue. Sucks for me since adding my work exchange account forces my to have a lock screen w/ a PIN. This was real fun the first day I noticed it - nothing like driving and troubleshooting my phone. I found an app called "No Lock" that is a widget that can toggle the lock screen on and off. When I get in my car I disable the lock screen (which isn't so bad since I usually have to turn BT back on anyway).

 

[Mike20878]

I got a reply on the Motorola support forum:

I learned that it's designed this way. If not, someone could use the headset to access the phone, since voice command can do more than just dial. It's considered a security risk. I find this reasonable if not super-compelling.

I suppose this is true, but still not very functional either.

 

[Poe]

Hmmm doesn't sound like a convincing reason to me.
Bluetooth devices need to be paired before they should be able to access your device. What prevents a person from accessing your phone via BT when its unlocked then?

On my Droidx I can control the music player via my BT headset when the phone is locked... I just cannot issue voice commands.

 

[Mike20878]

I recently bought a Jawbone ICON and installed A2DP. I installed their free 411 app but I need to delete it as it's just a glorified autodialer. Once I do that I can try the voice dial while locked again. I wonder if A2DP support will change that behavior.