Help Notifications and S Voice doesn't work via Bluetooth

[gwuk]

Hi
My Galaxy S3 connects to my car's Bluetooth and allows me to make and receive calls. However, notification sounds are not playing via Bluetooth. It seems that the phone is sending the sounds to bluetooth but the car system doesn't play them. The result is that I have no audible indication when I receive a message when my phone is connected to my car's Bluetooth system.
Similarly, if I try to use S-Voice it would seem that the phone is expecting sound input via bluetooth and not from the phone's built in microphone, which means it does not detect any sound. Audio output also does not play on the phone or via bluetooth.

Presumably my car's bluetooth does not support receiving such sounds - only supporting basic phone functions. I cannot find any configuration settings on the car system to enable it.

Is there any way of stopping my phone trying to send notification sounds to bluetooth and to just play these via the phone's speaker but still allowing the phone to be connected to bluetooth for making and receiving calls? Similarly can I force S-Voice to use the phone's microphone and speaker if it cannot be made to work with my car's bluetooth?

 

[busman11x]

you could always use the line out and ditch BT all together.when you recieve a call it would play through your stereo. Svoice and every other sound should work and it would use the phones mic. I also have a BT car receiver but dont have my phone yet and this worries me because i stream BT music from my dinosaur DX. hopefully another solution is found....i cant stand wires everywhere ie. audio jack wire charger wire....

 

[gwuk]

Thanks for your reply. I don't really want to use a cable. The advantage of Bluetooth is that I don't have to remember to plug in the phone in the car. It also means I can listen to the radio and the phone audio will interupt it when a call is received.

My guess is that my car Bluetooth doesn't support AS2P. Surely the phone should realise this and not try to send anything but phone call audio by Bluetooth? Previous phones that support A2DP were able to keep notification sounds playing via the phone.

My Bluetooth settings show the paired car Bluetooth as only using the profile call audio, so surely it should still play other sounds via the phone?


Is this a bug with the S3 software or with ICS in general?

 

[omegadcuk]

I'm having this problem too. Any solution other than awkward cables anyone? This really does look like an ICS bug, so hopefully it will get fixed :/

 

[gwuk]

As a temporary solution, I've downloaded an app called Auto Bluetooth. What this does is turn on Bluetooth when a call comes in then turns it off again. It's not an ideal solution and does mean you'd have to manually turn on Bluetooth to make an outgoing call.