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using 3.5mm headphone jack & bluetooth

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salmonpincher

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hi all,

I am thinking about getting a note 4. I would like to be able to use the 3.5mm jack to play audio, but would also like it if the handset can connect to a bluetooth speaker & play the same audio.

is this possible?

thanks
 
Yes this is absolutely possible. In fact, all Android Phones that have both a 3.5mm headset jack and bluetooth will work this way. Unless for some reason you want to connect your wired headphones and bluetooth speaker simultaneously... don't think that will work.
 
Rob said:
Yes this is absolutely possible. In fact, all Android Phones that have both a 3.5mm headset jack and bluetooth will work this way. Unless for some reason you want to connect your wired headphones and bluetooth speaker simultaneously... don't think that will work.
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I think that's what the OP wants to do. There as a similar thread recently where someone asked about this, and there may be an app which lets you do it, but I don't recall all the details.

Perhaps a search is in order...
 
Ah! Like for going running with someone and both listening to the same music at the same time:
http://androidforums.com/threads/using-2-bluetooth-headsets-at-once.178052/

There are a few recommendations but this seems like it would work:
Theoretically, you could also connect 2 wired headsets or 2 bluetooth headsets with this method. This is more of a worst-case scenario hack. It seems devices with Bluetooth 4.0+ are already able to support multiple profiles:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth#Bluetooth_v4.0

But one wired and one bluetooth seems a bit different. Let's see if we can get a definitive answer from a Phandroid blogger.
 
there are 2 reasons why i would want to do this:

1) use my phone as a radio (using phones in built FM radio - hence need for headphones plug in) & transmit the sound to a bluetooth speaker

2) i could create a 2 zone music system, with 1 wired in stero (through 3.5mm) jack & another zone connected wirelessly via bluetooth

thanks for input & any other suggestions
 
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salmonpincher said:
hi all,

I am thinking about getting a note 4. I would like to be able to use the 3.5mm jack to play audio, but would also like it if the handset can connect to a bluetooth speaker & play the same audio.

is this possible?

thanks
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I want to do this too. In my case I want to play the sound of an Audible book over my car speaker system using the 3.5mm headphone jack but if a phone call comes in, I want the phone to work with the Bluetooth link by which it is connected to the vehicle.
Another example is that I want to play the Audible audiobook through the fixed speakers in my house, but I also have a Bose Soundlink speaker which is bluetooth enabled and portable. That way I can move around and "carry" the sound with me. I want both to work simultaneously. However, currently I have to unplug the speakers from the headphone Jack to make the bluetooth work. It is one OR the other, not both. This is a ridiculous limitation. Hopefully there is a way to overcome this problem.
 
I found an app called "SoundAbout" that will let you route media audio, ring tone audio, & notification audio to different sources simultaneously.
You could have music playing routed through a bluetooth speaker, have your phone ring though the built-in speaker, & notification sounds through your headphones. Just an example of ourselves.
However, it won't alow you to use multiple bluetooth devices at once, or (what I would like to be able of do) have audio from specific apps routed to different locations.
 
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