Help Pandora w/ Bluetooth

[PiERiT]

Having some trouble using my Bluetooth headset in Pandora. In short, after a song finishes, there's a 15~30 second delay before the next song starts. The audio will also skip/freeze frequently.

This does not happen in the Music app with Bluetooth, nor does it happen with wired ear buds in Pandora. Lastly, if I keep my screen on 100% of the time while using Pandora, it does not happen, but that eats up my battery.

Sounds like something is happening on my phone when the screen shuts off, but I don't know what it could be. My Wi-Fi is set to Always On, but I don't think that's it anyways since it doesn't happen with ear buds. I am running a custom ROM, but it happened completely stock as well. Any ideas?

 

[OverByter]

Try upping the cpu frequency when the screen is off.

 

[PiERiT]

Try upping the cpu frequency when the screen is off.

What's a good app for that? Or do I need a particular kernel? I'm using Mobster ROM, which I believe uses Power Kernel.

 

[OverByter]

What's a good app for that? Or do I need a particular kernel? I'm using Mobster ROM, which I believe uses Power Kernel.

I use kernel tuner with anthrax, don't know about power kernel, check it out in that thread.

 

[PiERiT]

No luck unfortunately. I installed Kernel Tuner and set the minimum frequency to match the maximum, and there's no difference.

I should note that, during the 15~30 second pause between songs, if I wake the phone, the next song starts immediately.

 

[OverByter]

That's why I'm thinking that it has to do with your screen off clock speed not being high enough, try using AnTuTu cpu master, you can set specific profiles including screen off behavior including min and max frequencies.

 

[PiERiT]

Just gave that a go, and same as Kernel Tuner, setting min to match the max, no difference.

 

[OverByter]

Just gave that a go, and same as Kernel Tuner, setting min to match the max, no difference.

Are you making the changes to screen off behavior?

 

[PiERiT]

Profiles aren't an option in the free version.

I just tried it on my mother's EVO V, which is running Midnight, with a completely different Bluetooth headset, and the outcome is the same.

 

[itsrayray89]

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=505419

Setcpu, everything you need and more.

If u like, remember to donate or buy, they work really hard ya know lol.

 

[gary93]

Here's what I have tried and worked for me.
1. Is your pandora set to high quality? If so, un-check it.
2. Set the minimum cpu higher than 400.
3. Make sure there are no other bluetooth devices on nearby (It does jam off for some older devices)

 

[PiERiT]

No luck with any of that either.

I downloaded Slacker Radio, and it seems to work better than Pandora, but it will still frequently fail to load the next song. When it fails, there's a feint clicking sound on my headset immediately after the song that just finished. The sound also occurs with Pandora.

I can reproduce this 100% of the time with two headsets, two phones, two ROMs, and two applications, yet the plain Music app works flawlessly. It's driving me nuts that I can't figure it out. I appreciate your guys' help.

 

[tmpullen]

Pandora works fine with my LG HBS 700 Bluetooth stereo headset. It doesn't seem to matter whether the screen is on or not it takes 5 to 15 seconds to load a song (usually about 8 seconds). I am running Midnight ROM 1.3.3.

Try each of these steps one at a time, then try Pandora after each one.
1- Pull battery.
2- Uninstall Pandora reboot and re-install from fresh download.
3- Uninstall half of all the apps you don't need to run Pandora. Then try Pandora.
4- Without reinstalling the the apps from step 3 uninstall the rest of your apps.

Note- If step 3 or 4 fixes the problem reinstall half of the apps you removed in step 3 or 4 (which ever step worked) and try again. Keep dividing the number of uninstalled apps in half until you find the problem app. For example if you had uninstalled 100 apps then first you would reinstall 50 of them and try Pandora, then reinstall 25 of the 50 remaining uninstalled apps, then 12, then 6, etc.
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Titanium Backup has a freeze function that lets you freeze apps instead of uninstalling them, much less hassle.
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5- Go back to stock ROM.
6- Decide that you like waiting between songs... it gives you time to get in touch with your inner zen.