WM6 and A2DP

[sids911]

Hi all Gurus!

I was planning to get myself a Jabra BT8010 and plan to get it working with WM6 installed XDA MiniS.
Generally, how is the sound quality of BT A2DP as compared to normal headphones? Are there many issues in BT Stack of WM6 that might prevent nice music experience?
Also, has anyone tried BT8010 with WM6 Orwell's rom? and got it working perfectly fine?

And can we just jot all the issues/problems/solutions faced with WM6 (whether Orwells or PDAViet) and A2DP here in this thread?

Mods, the specific threads are all scattered so I thought I would start off this thread specifically for WM6 and A2DP. Please delete this thread if this topic doesnt require a separate thread.
thanks,
Sid

[AlanJC]

Works fine on mine with a Sony Ericsson DS910, and an iTech Blueband.

It has AVRCP also, so with the DS910 it supports all the controls.

Quality is probably about the same as A2DP from my K800i, but it is all quite memory intensive, so if you're low on ram it will stutter like a bastard.

[XSIVSPD]

i had the PDAviet 3 WM6 and the xound quality on mine was okay..its just a cheap think i bought on ebay that you plug your own headphones into. its eem sto lose some base and sound a bit tinny compaired to the same headphones plugged into my 8125 directly, but that could just be my BT receiver.

[totalcmdext]

I have Nokia HS-12W and the music quality if good with same gaps in music but the quality in voice is very bad!

The voice is like talking from far!!!!

If someone solve this problem please tell us!

[ZaJules]

Im Using my Mono SE headset to listen to movies etc on the go and have noticed a bit of a drop in quality from WM5 to WM6, It seems to crackle more on WM6.
Bluetooth range is very good though, I was on a call the other day and someone came to the gate so I got up and went outside still talking on the headset only to realise my Wizard was still on my desk 10 meters away:D

Jules

[rodalfa]

I have Nokia HS-12W and the music quality if good with same gaps in music but the quality in voice is very bad!

The voice is like talking from far!!!!

If someone solve this problem please tell us!

I use iphono mini with WM6, quality in music is quite good (similar as WM5) once you add the bitpool registry key to 40 (before a lot of skips).

But used as hands-free has quite bad quality, at least in my case most of the times I have to disconnect the bluetooth and use the phone.

Perhaps the Jabra are better in this aspect.

[sids911]

I use iphono mini with WM6, quality in music is quite good (similar as WM5) once you add the bitpool registry key to 40 (before a lot of skips).


Can you share the exact location of this key in the registry?

Although my Jabra hasnt arrived yet. I just want to be ready.

--Sid

[sids911]

Hi All,

I got my Jabra BT8010 working with the WM6. I am pleasantly surprised with the voice quality. Music thru the stereo headset is also excellent, but sometimes the songs seem to slow down or plays fast randomly.
I tried overclocking, but it did not do much good.
Has anyone faced this? this doesnt happen everytime.Just randomly, the speed of song increases or decreases. Any pointers in this?
Further, Anyone knows how do I activate cyberon voice dialling thru this? The MS Voice commander doesnt work well with Indian names :-(

Thanks for the help...all. I also filled the petition for XDADEV to allow storing the ROMs at this site! :-)

[computer9cowboy]

Hi All,

I got my Jabra BT8010 working with the WM6. I am pleasantly surprised with the voice quality. Music thru the stereo headset is also excellent, but sometimes the songs seem to slow down or plays fast randomly.
I tried overclocking, but it did not do much good.
Has anyone faced this? this doesnt happen everytime.Just randomly, the speed of song increases or decreases. Any pointers in this?
Further, Anyone knows how do I activate cyberon voice dialling thru this? The MS Voice commander doesnt work well with Indian names :-(

Thanks for the help...all. I also filled the petition for XDADEV to allow storing the ROMs at this site! :-)

Give this cab a shot. My buddy uses it on his Mini S, says it works wonders. I don't have a a2dp headset yet. I forget what brand he has, it's a something-com I think, the one that folds up.

[computer9cowboy]

My BT620s is on the way, I can't wait. I will let you know how it works out.

[computer9cowboy]

My BT620s is on the way, I can't wait. I will let you know how it works out.

I got it today.

The damn thing took forever to charge the first time.

I have to say I am very impressed with this thing. Works out of the box with WM6, so far no issues whatsoever. The sound quility is not audiophile level, however it is a lot clearer than I thought it would be!

I was listening to some songs that i have only heard on my crappy laptop speakers and they are awsome. I can hear a lot of things that I couldn't hear before. The bass on these is great.

the best part is that they were only like $60 US, that is less than I paid for my Jabra BT800 a year ago.

I Give the BT620s a 2 thumbs up!!!!!

btw no A2DP fixes have been applied to the Mini S, I am using PDAViet 3 so I am not sure, actually there may be some tweaks in that.

[Antboy]

Using A2DP on pdaviet3 with the itech clip IIs headset works great for me:

PROs:
- no skipping after 20 min of mp3 playback
(EDIT: it does drop audio for one sec about 1-2 secs after initial playback, but then resumes)
- not wired headphone sound but pretty darn close
- seamless music pause/resume with incoming calls
- no problems at all with MS Voice Command

CON:

only one so far - people on other end when asked about sound of MY voice said it was a little distant/tunnel sounding (but this is more due to the mic location on the itech)

That being said, I've just "reverted" back to faria's 3.3 rom. Today screen with SPB Pocket Plus/Diary combo seems snappier.

[__s]

i have wm6 and sonorix OBH-0110, and sound quality if awfull comparing to PC connection with toshiba bluetooth stack. and some cooker said that wm6 bt stack is alot worser then wm5 one.

[sids911]

Hi All,

I dont have this location on my WM6 Orwells: "HKLM/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Bluetooth/AD2P/Settings/"

The "Settings" folder and the subkeys are not there. This location was there in WM5 while it isnt there in the WM6. Does anyone know where it has been relocated?

And any settings for A2DP skipping and Music playback speed uneven-ness?

[AgentSmith]

Added those bitpool registry keys but they seem to have no effect. How can I improve A2DP sound quality in WM6? :)

[sids911]

Added those bitpool registry keys but they seem to have no effect. How can I improve A2DP sound quality in WM6? :)

Did you create those locations manually?

Even after installing that bluetooth fix cab in this thread, I still have problems with skipping and song playback speed intermittant. :-(

Gurus!!! where art thou????

[AgentSmith]

Did you create those locations manually?

Even after installing that bluetooth fix cab in this thread, I still have problems with skipping and song playback speed intermittant. :-(

Gurus!!! where art thou????
Yes I created those manually. Now I use Molski's AKU3.3 Crossbow style rom and sound quality improved alot. Still not on the same level as a wired headset but much better nonetheless. As soon as there is a better WM6 rom with working A2DP tweaks I will upgrade again.

[sids911]

An Update,

I used this A2DP fix http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=284974
and skipping went away. Also, music quality reduced.

I uninstalled the fix, and I have the quality back, but songs have started skipping again.

Cant MS provide for a better BT stack in WM6 with all their development prowess??

Would going back to some stable ROM like Molski's or Farias WM5 help?

[sids911]

Another update....sighhh

I updated my Wizard to Faria's latest fully loaded WM6. The skipping reduced a bit, but thats about it. The Music speed is still intermittant.

Seems like I wouldnt be able to enjoy this gift. Why cant things just RUN....

I am guessing, changing ROMs wouldnt help...or would it? Does Widcomm stack work on WM6? Anyone with this experience?

The next ROMs I am gonna try are:
1. WM6 MBE
2. Farias 3.3 AKU
3. Molski's WM5

After that i will try selling my Jabra BT8010.

[hotmail]

I updated my Wizard to Faria's latest fully loaded WM6. The skipping reduced a bit, but thats about it. The Music speed is still intermittant.

Anyone figure out a cause behind the intermittent skipping and speed fluctuations when playing music over bluetooth? I'm using the XDA Mobile 6 release 2a ROM with my BlueAnt X5i headphones. Everything works for the most part. But about 10 to 15 minutes it will drop audio for a few seconds, then start back up again. Annoying but I can live with it.

What's really irritating is the fluctuations in playback speed. For some reason playback tends to speed up every 5 minutes or so. When I skip ahead or go to the next song and it's fine. Then the issue recurs again in 5 minutes... repeat cycle.

I've tried using different mp3's of different bit rates and that doesn't seem to have an impact. I've also tried different players - WMP, TCPMP, GSplayer, Mortplayer, etc. All seem to behave the same way when it comes to variations in speed during playback. Any ideas on this one????