Xperia Z5 Bluetooth Blues

[ToddClayton]

So I've had my imported Z5 for several days now and the one thing I notice when compared to my Note 3 is absolutely appalling Bluetooth performance.

The main (and practically only) use I have is connecting to Bluetooth headphones on my commute. The audio quality is just as good, but the number of snaps, crackles, and dropouts is crazy.

Any ideas on a remedy?

[Uliwooly]

@ToddClayton

Could you test your phone on safe mode, if you don't experience the same issues then it's a third party creating this problems. 

[khelben]

I have the same problem, any workaround?

[Uliwooly]

@khelben

Have you tested on safe mode?

[ToddClayton]

I've tried it with and without safe mode, with 2 different sets of headphones.

It just seems very prone to interference. 

In perfect conditions, indoors with a clear line of sight, I can get ~20' away before it starts to drop.

Head outside, place the phone in a pocket, and its hit or miss. I'm betting that cars driving by with their own BT devices are interfering. There seems to be a correlation between the drop outs and more "things" nearby. Possibly the soft/firmware that controls frequency hopping has the interference threshhold set too high.

[khelben]

@uliwooly

Yes but same problem....

[KjellRoar]

I've reported a similar issue here:

http://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Xperia-Home/Bluetooth-seems-not-to-be-fully-compliant-on-Sony-Xperia-m...