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ICS Walkman App playing through bluetooth problem!?

Tue, 26 Jun 2012 16:52:55 GMT

If I connect to my van via bluetooth and play music so it comes through the vans speakers, it's terrible! It just keeps cutting out and stuttering all the time. I know more with the same problem, Sony can you fix this issue please?!

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Johan — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 10:37:17 GMT

Strange. I think that this needs to be tested with other Bluetooth devices as well to be able to tell where the problem is located. Do you know if you get the same bad quality when using a A2DP headset? Like MW600 or any other stereo Bluetooth headset.

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Wed, 27 Jun 2012 10:43:49 GMT

Mine is connecting to the a Parrot hands free, but others over on xda are having the same problem on different devices

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Wed, 27 Jun 2012 10:51:36 GMT

Same problem here

When playing music or listening Internet radio through BT-headset/loud speakers the music is skipping every time you wake up your phone, open apps, shutting down apps and so fort.

And sometimes even when you do nothing just listening

I use MW600 and Edifier BT speakers

Everything was fine before the update

Very irritating!!

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Wed, 27 Jun 2012 11:08:37 GMT

I am currently sat in my van, connected to the parrot by bluetooth, but I've turned off the option for media so its only for phone calls, then I've audio jack'd my fone into the front of my stereo so its playing as aux in instead and there's no skipping what so ever! It's only through bluetooth!

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Thu, 28 Jun 2012 00:45:42 GMT

Mine stutters a little but the worst part is the EQ, bluetooth sound quality is terrible now...

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ricky_apriady_g — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 04:44:43 GMT

Yes, i am encountering the same problem.

While you switching apps, e.g.: from walkman app to home, home to browser, or even unlock the home screen, it keeps stuttering.

It did not happen in Gingerbread.

Could it due to the RAM consumption that is high in ICS?

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luis_DR — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 01:32:12 GMT

Hi, same problem here playing through stereo bluetooth speakers. it keeps stuttering, I have a SuperTooth. so i have to use the 3.5jack cable now:smileyplain:. i play music through bluetooth every day, so you how i feel now...

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Sun, 01 Jul 2012 10:45:56 GMT

I have the same problem since I've upgraded my Xperia S to ICS 4.0.4. I play music through Sony Ericsson MBS 100 bluetooth speakers, and the sound quality is very bad.

This issue didn't happen with GB.

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jonathanc_ — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 10:56:10 GMT

same problem for me, i am using MW600 stereo bluetooth. sounds interapted evrytime using other application. same problem with X10 when upgraded to GB 2.3. poor implementation or alocation of memory.

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luis_DR — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 00:12:35 GMT

Is this going to be fixed?

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anupong_m — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 00:30:43 GMT

I use MW600, the same problem found. I also test the MW600 to see if the problem is caused by MW600 by connect the MW600 to my Notebook, everything works fine. So this probelm is surely from the upgrading to ICS on Xperia S. Please fix it as soon as possible.

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tobyc — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 09:11:08 GMT

Same problem here with MW600. Even unparing and re-paring again didn't help.

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tobyc — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 11:57:15 GMT

So it turns out that it's not Walkman app's problem, because other player app like playerpro is also showing the same problem.

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luis_DR — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 23:47:33 GMT

This became an issue after the ICS update, so it gotta be something with the ICS software.

One thing is for sure: they gotta fix this ASAP. i hope it doesnt happen like the problem with the camera.

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johnnyenglish — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 14:12:33 GMT

I have MW600 too and am experiencing the same problem. Didn't happen with Gingerbread.

Actually I noticed another thing. When using my MW600 with my old SE C905 it displays the song title on the MW600 display. That doesn't work any more with my Xperia S - would be nice if it could do that too.

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tobyc — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 14:38:33 GMT

I've been using MW600 for 2 years or so, but it never actaully displayed any song title whether it's paired with my old Nexus One (from Eclair 2.1 to Gingerbread 2.3.6), nor with my Xperia S (Gingerbread 2.3.7 to ICS 4.0.4). I do have friends with iphone that didn't have such problem. So I guess this is pretty much a problem with Android for not displaying song names or caller ID info.

Luckily, there's a newer certified update for ICS according to here: http://www.xperiablog.net/2012/07/18/certified-firmware-roundup-new-ics-firmware-for-xperia-s-acro-s-and-ion-xperia-p-go-sola-and-u-get-6-0-b-3-177/#comment-591433028 and let's hope this would fix all the issues we're facing now....

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Fri, 20 Jul 2012 18:11:08 GMT

No the actual problem is the update to ICS. i already opened a thread concerning this particular problem here and at the xda-developper. and apprarently a lot of people is having this problem. i own a MW600 and a sony DR-BT50. i got the isssue with the 2 accesories. i did not have this problem when the device was on GB.

To make the music experience better i used poweramp and set the following options

1. enable wakelock

2. set audio buffer to 750ms

using poweramp stil cause this problem(skipping, cutting) but it is less compared to the WALKMAN program.

i also noted that whenever (and all the time) i interact with the device, the music cuts.

please fix the phone. i really like it. and i hope the nest update will fix this issue. and also fix the mtp layer for linux because i cannt transfer files from and to the phone. i strictly use linux. overall its a nice phone.

thank you

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savcom — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 20:11:51 GMT

Hi Johan.

This question is most definitely not answered. After upgrading to ICS on my UK Generic Xperia S I have to report that using Bluetooth for audio with both a MW600 and with a Pioneer Bluetooth head unit the playback stutters every five minutes or so. I only use PowerAmp to play back my music.

This never happened on the Gingerbread release - even during two 200mile+ drives where the bluetooth was used constantly during the drives. I use the MW600 daily on my commute and have never before experienced stutter. Today, the playback was unlistenable - very frustrating and I'm disappointed that a Sony device could be so bad.

Really disappointed here.

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anupong_m — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 00:02:30 GMT

Test on 6.1.A.0.453 firmware, The stutters is still exist but less than the 6.1.A.0.452.