I am a noob to the Android seen but, I was wondering you all are banging your heads against the wall. Maybe it something simple like reset the head units! Then try to re-pair and connect. ????? That what i would try. BTW Hello everybody!!
Uh...yeah. Thought of that. Tried it. Multiple times. I'm sure most other folks have as well....given how critical Bluetooth compatibility with car devices and headsets is.
It's NOT the head unit, at least in my case. It's a fundamental change to the Bluetooth stack in Hero 2.1 that's causing incompatibility in some devices.
FYI, not sure if you read my original post (and edits) carefully, but I've also wandered through a few Best Buys with the phone, testing it with a TON of Bluetooth devices....Tom Toms, Garmins, Kenwood and Garmin head units, etc. The bottom line is that it works fine with some, not at all with others, and partially with others.
Frankly, Bluetooth certification standards are a joke these days. Nothing ever really adheres to the profile standards the way it's supposed to. In the early days it was REALLY an issue....getting better, but still too hard for consumers to really know if anything is going to work with anything else. I've tried e-mailing the Bluetooth standards group about this, but they don't care much...they should require INDEPENDENT testing before certifying a device as Bluetooth compatible in any way.
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