android [HELP]Bluetooth problems with 4 different android phones

Defloc · June 28, 2018

So I'm trying to move away from the iphone due to their software bottlenecking with time, here are the phones I've had and what I've tested on each along with my equipment info.

Here's the problem:

On my pioneer stereo the bluetooth connects just fine on all phones, plays crisp and clear, but every ~8 minutes the audio with cut out but the phone stays connected and the song is still "playing". It cuts out for .5-1.5 seconds and resumes playing at the current time (ex: song cuts out at 1:00, song keeps playing with no audio, sound returns at 1:015, skipping a bar or so of music).

On my sony stereo the audio doesnt cut out as much as it just does a quick noticable crackle more frequently than the pioneer problem.

Small bluetooth speaker did the same thing as the sony stereo

On kenwood stereos i found the audio to do multiple fast forwards as if the phone was lacking behind the actual time and catching itself up. (Only tested with both pixel 2 devices).

Things I did so far:

Pixel 2: Cleared bluetooth cache and data Cleared stereo bluetooth data Restarted both stereo and phone and re paired Reset phone to factory Ran phone in safe mode Used Google music/default hdd music/blackplayer app/YouTube Tested bluetooth on 4 pioneer headunits, 2 kenwood headunits, 1 sony head unit Got a replacement phone and did all the tests again

Galaxy S9: Tested on 1 pioneer/1 sony stereo Cleared cache and data Restarted stereo and phone and re paired Used google music/default hdd/blackplayer app/YouTube

Huawei Mate 10 Pro: Phone sounded like shit over bluetooth didnt test long enough before returning it

LG LV35 ThinQ: Playing music through normal phone speaker Clearing cache and data Restart stereo and phone and re pair Used google music/blackplayer app/YouTube

Stereos I own:

Pioneer DEH-X8600BS

Sony MEX-XB100BT

Used 3 other pioneers and 2 kenwoods and 1 bluetooth speaker that I dont have the names for.

I don't know what else to do so maybe you guys can give me a solution or more troubleshooting steps. I really don't want to go back to iphone. But that is the only phone that hasn't given me a single hiccup in bluetooth connection for years.

I'm a car audio enthusiast with 11,000 watts rms in my car so its pretty shitty/aggravating to be playing music with that kind of power and it turning off and on intermittently, causing you not to be able to turn it up to enjoy it due to fear of blowing speakers.

Attached video link https://drive.google.com/open?id=1PcpjyzPIHrrm08b0rRt4uw3FYlWQg5ud