[MerlyWerly]

Hello all.

So had my car for about 4 hours and hit a little issue.
I can not for the life of me get any sound to play through the stereo from my phone.
It says its paired for Music and Phone functions all my phone book transferred and I can make and receive calls all fine.

I open spotify on my phone and goto Bluetooth on the Audio section and it just searches forever and eventually says no connection found.
My phone however has detected the car connection and automatically started playing music thinking its connected.

Could anyone else share their experience with using Bluetooth audio and if I am missing something obvious?

Cheers in advance.

 

[david63]

I found Bluetooth to not be very "solid" when played through the media system on the car - it was far better using a usb cable

 

[MerlyWerly]

I found Bluetooth to not be very "solid" when played through the media system on the car - it was far better using a usb cable

I have tried using a USB cable also but this doesn't work either.

It literally finds nothing to play using either method.

 

[ans]

i had no problem at all with bluetooth but i know alot depends on your phone

 

[MerlyWerly]

My phone is listed as compatible on toyota website I'm thinking maybe I need to get the firmware update perhaps?

 

[ans]

My phone is listed as compatible on toyota website I'm thinking maybe I need to get the firmware update perhaps?

got to be worth ago

 

[DrMagical]

What phone are you using, not one of those nasty Android ones I hope? Upgrade to an iPhone!

 

[Karmalakas]

not one of those nasty Android ones I hope? Upgrade to an iPhone!

OMG... Please, stop. Not here.

 

[ans]

Android all the way samsung s7 edge

 

[MerlyWerly]

Oh dear is this going to turn into a Mobile war?? Well I have a OnePlus 3

 

[Garry]

Trying to remember which Android OS the OnePlus3 is on. Been a lot of issues with the Stack in Android N after upgrades with a work-round being resetting all network connections. May be unrelated but symptoms sound right.

 

[MerlyWerly]

Trying to remember which Android OS the OnePlus3 is on. Been a lot of issues with the Stack in Android N after upgrades with a work-round being resetting all network connections. May be unrelated but symptoms sound right.

It uses Bespoke software called oxygen but its still based around Android obviously. I agree that the last update made the Bluetooth odd for some connections. Very very frustrating

 

[Uti]

Put the volume max on your phone! I am using Spotify Premium and all is working fine! Phone is with Android 6!
Uti

 

[MerlyWerly]

Put the volume max on your phone! I am using Spotify Premium and all is working fine! Phone is with Android 6!
Uti

Lol if it was that simple I'd hang my head in shame unfortunately it isn't 😂

 

[Garry]

Does Oxygen have the equivalent of reset network settings (basically wipe out all WiFi and Bluetooth settings but leave everything else there.)?

Reading the google developer threads there are a couple of people describing exactly your symptoms who solved it by doing that.

 

[MerlyWerly]

Does Oxygen have the equivalent of reset network settings (basically wipe out all WiFi and Bluetooth settings but leave everything else there.)?

Reading the google developer threads there are a couple of people describing exactly your symptoms who solved it by doing that.

Just done a firmware cache wipe on the phone. Will see if it has made any difference in the morning. If not I will try another phone to see which is the issue Cheers

 

[Buffynorris49]

Hi make sure you press the Iphone option if using cable not the auxiliary, my spotify works until you get a phone call etc then you have to start all over again, plus turn the sound up and you get sat nav at the same level, bit of a pain, cant get the spotify app on the screen either, any suggestions gang??

 

[Karmalakas]

Some one mentioned you've got to have Spotify Premium to stream seamlessly via bluetooth

 

[MerlyWerly]

I have Premium luckily. Can't live without it haha Anyway I got an old windows phone out the cupboard and that connects and plays music instantly.
So it is 100% the Bluetooth stack on the OnePlus 3. Cheers all for looking. Going to see if there is customer firmware I can flash my phone with. I am just glad that it isn't my car!

 

[MerlyWerly]

Dragging up an older thread as I managed to resolve the issue. Just wanted to make it public in case anyone else gets a OnePlus mobile phone.

I resolved the issue by flashing the phone with a OnePlus certified Community Rom. Not the easiest of things till you get your head round it.
If anyone needs any help with this then feel free to contact me.

Once installed the new Bluetooth stack was obviously much better. It connected to the car almost instantly and now my Bluetooth Spotify playlist comes up on screen along with album art. Super happy

It was the one thing that was making me sad about my car. HAPPPPPY!