Parrot - Auto-Answer not working

[davesony]

I wonder if anyone can help me please:

My old Galaxy Ace Plus was paired to a Parrot system and when an incoming call came in, it rang a couple of times and was automatically answered - all I had to do was start speaking.

I replaced it with a Sony Xperia M2 and it paired up on the first try and worked in exactly the same way - a couple of buzzes and I was talking to the caller. But last week I found calls are not put through and I have to accept the call on the handset (swipe across the Answer button) which defeats the object of a hands free phone system!

I have installed two apps: Speed Dial: which allows contact numbers to be called by pressing their ID from an on screen display (works perfectly) and Voice Dialler which allows you to say "Call John Smith" etc (a bit hit and miss and I am probably going to bin it). But these are for outgoing calls and I wouldn't expect them to affect answering - though anything is possible of course. I will try deleting these one at at time but I don't really expect any difference.

I have looked at every setting on every option (spent ages on it!) and I cannot find any Auto Answer settings so now I'm completely stumped.

I will be very grateful if anyone can give me a pointer please - or suggest an app that will fix it?

 - Thanks - I hope someone can offer some help!

[mobile13]

Hi,

I have got a Parrot MKI 9000. It is already paired with my mobile phone and working well excepted 1 thing:

When I'm sending a call from the Parrot kit, the Sony XPeria M2 is asking me with Sim card I have to use. Thius means that I have to use the mobile phone, whereas I should be able to send a call from my Parrot kit without any manual operations on the mobile phone.

Is there a way to solve that issue?

Best regards,

[davesony]

You could try the app I mentioned - look in the Google Play shop for
Auto Answer Handsfree Car
- Copy/paste or use this exact wording to get to it
- check the author's name : Kallós Róbert is the correct one - and the app is free.

It has to be worth a try and if it doesn't solve your problem you can always remove it from your phone.

Regards
Dave

[davesony]

Uliwooly:  You said "Keep reporting back" so here goes.

UPDATE

I drove in and around Birmingham on Saturday and had three incoming calls. 

Before departing from home I heard the "**bleep**" of the Phone/Parrot automatically pairring but to be sure I went into settings and pairing and there was the Parrot "connected".  I received three calls and had no problem whosoever (I use the car's "phone down" button the steering wheel to end the call).

As I mentioned in my last posting, I can use a steering wheel button for "redial" and before leaving I dialled my home number and hung up.  While we were out I used the button to call home and left a message on our answer phone - no problems.

ISSUES

So far :

The first option in the settings (displayed when you first press the icon) is

Auto Answer

Description: You can enable or disable autoanswer

• I have it set on and the app does exactly what I want.
• I am still testing this because I got strange results but unsure...
• I have the auto answer time set at 2 seconds so I need to adjust it and check the result.

There are two options and I am running with them both ticked “on” and really haven’t figured out the effects of switching them.

Speaker On-off

Description:  to switch the speaker on or off before auto answer

Status: On

Bluetooth on-off

Description: Switch the bluetooth headset on-off before auto answer.

Status:  On

Testing Status

I remain fully satisfied with the application.   - I have to say that it does what it says (and what I need!).

[mobile13]

Thanks for your answer.

My concern is not for incoming calls, but for outgoing calls.

When I'm initiating an outgoing call from my parrot hand free system, the Sony xPeria M2 Dual is asking me on the mobile screen which sim card (sim 1 or sim 2) I want to use.

I would like to be able to generate an outgoing call with a pre-selected sim, that would avoid me using the screen of the mobile phone itself.

Regards,

[davesony]

Oh sorry... stupid of me.

This phone doesn't seem to be too well controlled for bluetooth attachments.  Just an idea - I am with Virgin and can make calls with a normal (yes there is such a thing!) mobile connection or I can use their Smartcall app.  The problem is, the (expletive) phone wants to pop up and ask which one... grr.  But I found that for each call I can specify which call option to use and then flag it "Once only" or "Always" and fortunately, it remembers the "Always" option next time I call.

If you can't set a default SIM toi be used, then I'm stumped.  

 - I guess you have to ask Sony Support (but don't hold your breath!).

 - But I would have thought they MUST have had questions for this problem.

Have you looked through the apps available for a "Twin Sim" tool or "Dual Sim" ?  I just took a look and see there are lots e.g.: Dual SIM Selector from  PixelRush - this is a 7 day trial so might be worth it.  IK was lucky and got what I needed (with drawbacks) on the first hit.

Best of luck!

[davesony]

UPDATE - PLEASE NOTE

In my last posting I said:  Auto Answer - You can enable or disable autoanswer   PLEASE NOTE:

You MUST turn it OFF when you get out ot the car.

...Otherwise incoming calls will be put through to the phone's loudspeaker after the number of seconds specified for Auto Answer.

It was quite embarresing yesterday, walking around a busy warehouse in town when I fond myself - without warning - talking to my doctor's receptionist through my jacket!  The app did what it had been set to do..  

 - I had set

Auto Answer On-Off to.....: ON and

Speaker On-off to............: ON

 - This option switches the speaker on or off before the phone automatically answers calls  ...doh!

 - Switching the whole thing off (Auto Answer On-Off to OFF) when getting out the car is necessary.

   -  This  turns the mobile back to a "pure" mobile - although you can use the phone's loudspeaker option as required.

Oh well, live and learn.  That's what testing's for.

A shame this wasn't made clear in the isntructions... but the app was free so who's complaining?

[mobile13]

Hi Dave,

Yes, this is exactly my issue.

I'm not able to set a default sim for all outgoing calls.

I'm not able to associate a sim with a contact and/or phone number.

I already tried many applications from google market for dual sim management like the one you highlighted. Some of them let such behaviour, but only from outgoing calls from the mobile phone itself.

If the outgoing call is initiated from the parrot kit, the dual sim application is bypassed, and it is requested to click on the sim on the mobile screen.

I'm really disapointed by that phone.

I had up to now an Acer Liquid E2 Duo on which dual sim was well managed.

I thought the Sony Xperia M2 Dual would behave the same or even better. Definitely very disapointed...

Thanks for your answer. If I find a solution, I will keep you posted through this forum.

Thanks and regards,

Sylvain