Hi All
I was just wondering if anyone knew if the Moto X definitely supports AptX for bluetooth audio? I have searched around these forums for a clear answer but haven't found anything. The device isn't listed on AptX.com even though most of the Moto Droid series is, and there really hasn't been official mention of it in the specs.
If anyone out there could confirm this, and know that they have had it working on their AptX devices, I would appreciate it very much! Thanks in advance for any help.
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I "think" it does. The requirement for AptX is bluetooth 4.0 which the MotoX has.
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I doubt it. Moto has to pay for aptX if they want it. Then they would have marketed it. Although it's nice to have it though. Honestly I could not tell the difference with my other aptX supported phone.
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I was looking at bluetooth headphones and found a pair that I really like, but I forgot to check if the Nexus supports A2DP. Can somebody please confirm this for me?
Yes it does, I use my motorola s509 (I think that's the model number) all the type at the gym
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Leviuqse said:
Yes it does, I use my motorola s509 (I think that's the model number) all the type at the gym
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Thanks, I was actually looking at a pair of moto ones. How is the quality? (and I think you got the model number wrong =p)
Well, I use a Motorola S9 & a Jabra BT620s for A2DP/AVRCP streaming... works like a charm and the stream quality is as good as it gets (frankly, it's sounds better than A2DP/AVRCP streaming from my PC)...
my older Sony DR-BT21G bluetooth headphones work great with the nexus and A2DP
Anyone else have problems with the sound cutting out a lot? I use motorolla s9's on my N1, but when I'm active they seem to cut out alot.
So this phone seems to be hitting all the right spots for me, I do wonder about one thing though, since it's Bluetooth 4.0 compliant, will it support aptX like the One X and the One after it?
ali87 said:
So this phone seems to be hitting all the right spots for me, I do wonder about one thing though, since it's Bluetooth 4.0 compliant, will it support aptX like the One X and the One after it?
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Not sure what aptX is, but I'm willing to try whatever out if you can give me some details.
I've got a New Potato Tunelink I've been using with my old Verizon Galaxy Nexus successfully for about a year. Since that time I've gone through several ROMs and Android versions, 4.2.1, 4.2.2 and now 4.3. Bluetooth audio always worked fine with Pandora, Google Music and Pocket Casts.
I got a Verizon Moto X yesterday and while I can pair it with the Tunelink and it plays, music skips, stutters and is unlistenable. Voices sound worse, they're low or deep and also skip and stutter.
I've Googled and found lots of "bluetooth stuttering" threads all over (like this one) but none of the things I've tried have improved the audio. I've turned off wifi, changed wifi settings, tried it with and without the battery saver turned on. I took it out of the box and set it up yesterday, I doubt a factory reset would do anything for me.
I can plug in the stereo minijack and it sounds fine but the Tunelink was supposed to stop the inconvenience of that and did, until the Moto X.
Any ideas? Anyone experiencing the same issue?
I've been using J3 Bluetooth headphones and the moto x has been performing better than my GS4 did. I can put the phone down at my gym and walk 30 feet away and it doesn't skip or degrade.
I don't think it's the phone.
Have you tries re-pairing?
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skinien said:
I've been using J3 Bluetooth headphones and the moto x has been performing better than my GS4 did. I can put the phone down at my gym and walk 30 feet away and it doesn't skip or degrade.
I don't think it's the phone.
Have you tries re-pairing?
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Yes, re-paired several times. If I go back to the Galaxy Nexus it sounds fine.
ShanMan14 said:
Yes, re-paired several times. If I go back to the Galaxy Nexus it sounds fine.
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Just to be clear, I have the Verizon variant of Moto X also. Have you considered trying a replacement Moto x?
Also, the Moto X is bluetooth 4.0 and the Galaxy Nexus is 3.0. Could it be that your headset doesn't play nice with 4.0?
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Just to be clear, I have the Verizon variant of Moto X also. Have you considered trying a replacement Moto x?
Also, the Moto X is bluetooth 4.0 and the Galaxy Nexus is 3.0. Could it be that your headset doesn't play nice with 4.0?
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I haven't considered a replacement yet, the fact the stores don't have them is a factor.
Good point about 3.0/4.0, the specs on the Tunelink don't specify, I'll contact them.
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I haven't considered a replacement yet, the fact the stores don't have them is a factor.
Good point about 3.0/4.0, the specs on the Tunelink don't specify, I'll contact them.
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Good luck!
Yeah - no problem here as well... Do you have another blu tooth device you can try with?
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Just to be clear, I have the Verizon variant of Moto X also. Have you considered trying a replacement Moto x?
Also, the Moto X is bluetooth 4.0 and the Galaxy Nexus is 3.0. Could it be that your headset doesn't play nice with 4.0?
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Yeah - no problem here as well... Do you have another blu tooth device you can try with?
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I have my Galaxy Nexus which works fine.
I ordered this and it should be here today to test out.
I have the same issue with a Motorola Roadster 2. Static is pretty bad when on the phone with other people.
The Kinivo BTC450 Bluetooth Hands-Free Car Kit arrived yesterday and works great. It seems to be the X with the Tunelink. I actually like the Kinivo better as it also allows phone calls and the remote/mic allows me to start/stop music and podcasts.
I also have a Tunelink and am having the same stuttering issue with the audio. Works great with my Nexus 4. Not so much with the Moto X.
+1 for the diagnosis of the Tunelink not playing nice with bluetooth 4.0
I also am experiencing issues with my Moto X and bluetooth. Something tells me it is due to the custom bluetooth 4.0 implementation that Motorola used for Android 4.2.2. I figure that the only "real" fix will be waiting for the 4.3 OTA to add official support.
I tried everything under the sun to resolve my issues. I did a factory reset, un-paired and re-paired, tested on multiple devices and even did a RMA with Verizon. I called up Motorola prior to the RMA and told them about the issue and they said that it was a defective unit. I'm planning on calling them again today to let them know they have an actual issue with at the very least the verizon moto x.
As a follow-up, while my new Bluetooth unit does not stutter and sounds great, my phone now consistently reboots itself after pairing but not until I initiate playing something.
Thankfully the phone reboots quickly.
I am going to wait till the first OTA is released and see if it resolves the issue or not.....if it still has the problem then I'll have to try a 3rd RMA.
I have LG stereo headset, jlabs crasher speaker, and an eclipse headunit and i dont' have any issues with playback. Are you just letting things play or are you messing with the device while playing music? I know on both my Moto X (vzw) and GS3 i'd get some stuttering some times if the phone was under some heavy usage.
I'm experiencing stuttering on my VZW Moto X DE with my Tunelink as well. I had stuttering on my GNex on one version of 4.2.x but all other builds worked fine and it got much better when I upgraded to 4.3, so I'm hoping a new Moto X 4.3 rom will fix this...
Add me to the list of people having the stuttering issue with the Moto X (GSM Dev Edition) and the TuneLink Auto BT unit. Frustrating as hell. I hope the KitKat upgrade fixes it.
Bump. Tunelink is stuttering for me too. Must be incompatible. My tune link is wired to the headphone jack (not using FM transmitter). Sucks.
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Bump. Tunelink is stuttering for me too. Must be incompatible. My tune link is wired to the headphone jack (not using FM transmitter). Sucks.
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Not tunelink related but when listening to my Moto X in car with my Alpine UTE-42BT I notice a crazy amount of skipping/stuttering. Doesn't mater what music player I use. If I turn the device off and restart it seems to fix it for a brief time.
I created a post here about my issues. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48496071#post48496071
Anyone else having the same problems or have a solution it's driving me insane!?
apologies i forgot about this thread. i bought my TuneLink over two years ago. i emailed them and they are honoring my warranty by sending out a new revision of the device. its one they're currently working on releasing and i've been on a waiting list to get it.
so far i've sent in my current device and they sent me the same revision. i'm still waiting on the new device, which is supposed to take care of all issues. I have a Vizio soundbar at home and i have no stuttering issues. looking forward to the update.
Does anyone know how to tell if APT-X bluetooth audio streaming is on by default on the Moto X? I have a pair of Motorola S11-HD bluetooth headphones that support APT-X, but the quality sounds no different than my Rezound did using them. I've tried looking through the bluetooth menus but it doesn't tell you if its A2DP or APT-X. I also tried looking for some sort of bluetooth diagnostic thing in the market with no luck. I seen where someone posted something about the LG G2 and using terminal to examine the build prop to see if it was enabled or not, but I have no clue how to do that with the Moto X. Any insight into this would be helpful, I just am looking for the best bluetooth audio quality possible with my phone, and from what I hear APT-X is he best as of now.
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Does anyone know how to tell if APT-X bluetooth audio streaming is on by default on the Moto X? I have a pair of Motorola S11-HD bluetooth headphones that support APT-X, but the quality sounds no different than my Rezound did using them. I've tried looking through the bluetooth menus but it doesn't tell you if its A2DP or APT-X. I also tried looking for some sort of bluetooth diagnostic thing in the market with no luck. I seen where someone posted something about the LG G2 and using terminal to examine the build prop to see if it was enabled or not, but I have no clue how to do that with the Moto X. Any insight into this would be helpful, I just am looking for the best bluetooth audio quality possible with my phone, and from what I hear APT-X is he best as of now.
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This is hard to answer, because there are many factors in sound quality.
Does the Moto X even support APT-X?
What are your source files? Are they lossless? If not, what kind of bit-rate are they?
I get the feeling that the S11-HD are not that great of quality, sound-wise.....so I'm not sure you would hear the difference anyways. I'm having a real hard time finding the specs on these(what drivers? Frequency range? etc etc). Throwing "High definition" in the name of the product doesn't make it good....it just makes it expensive.
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This is hard to answer, because there are many factors in sound quality.
Does the Moto X even support APT-X?
What are your source files? Are they lossless? If not, what kind of bit-rate are they?
I get the feeling that the S11-HD are not that great of quality, sound-wise.....so I'm not sure you would hear the difference anyways. I'm having a real hard time finding the specs on these(what drivers? Frequency range? etc etc). Throwing "High definition" in the name of the product doesn't make it good....it just makes it expensive.
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Yes I'm having a hard time finding all the specs myself. However if you go to the APTX website http://aptx.com/category/phones it has the Moto X and the S11-HD listed as APTX products. I'm just trying to figure out if my phone is using the APTX profile or the A2DP profile while using the headset that is supposed to be APTX compatible.
Last couple of Nexus phones has been missing the Bluetooth apt-X support. The specs of Nexus 6 has no mention of it despite of Nexus 9 has it listed on its spec sheet. Majority of recent Motorola phones has had the feature what gives a bit of hope for N6. Does anyone have information is apt-X really missing from the Nexus 6? It is a important feature to us who uses bluetooth headphones,
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Last couple of Nexus phones has been missing the Bluetooth apt-X support. The specs of Nexus 6 has no mention of it despite of Nexus 9 has it listed on its spec sheet. Majority of recent Motorola phones has had the feature what gives a bit of hope for N6. Does anyone have information is apt-X really missing from the Nexus 6? It is a important feature to us who uses bluetooth headphones,
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I had to Google this because I had no idea what it was. I assume there is a licensing fee in order to use it. Did LG include it in their non Nexus devices like the G2?
If Moto can include it in the X, I see no reason why they couldn't in the N6.
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I had to Google this because I had no idea what it was. I assume there is a licensing fee in order to use it. Did LG include it in their non Nexus devices like the G2?
If Moto can include it in the X, I see no reason why they couldn't in the N6.
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According the past discussion of Nexus 5 apt support, it needs both hardware support and license.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...5-apt-x-update-nexus-5-support-t2505835/page5
LG G2 and even Galaxy Nexus had the support but it was probably dropped out from both LG made Nexuses for cost saving reasons.
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According the past discussion of Nexus 5 apt support, it needs both hardware support and license.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...5-apt-x-update-nexus-5-support-t2505835/page5
LG G2 and even Galaxy Nexus had the support but it was probably dropped out from both LG made Nexuses for cost saving reasons.
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I dont think the Galaxy nexus had support for APT-X, at least not out of the box. Maybe it was added in later but I remember a few people asking if it was possible to mod into the phone back when I used to use a Galaxy Nexus.
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Last couple of Nexus phones has been missing the Bluetooth apt-X support. The specs of Nexus 6 has no mention of it despite of Nexus 9 has it listed on its spec sheet. Majority of recent Motorola phones has had the feature what gives a bit of hope for N6. Does anyone have information is apt-X really missing from the Nexus 6? It is a important feature to us who uses bluetooth headphones,
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I would like to know the answer to this as well. AptX is very important for me.
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Now that some people have the phone in hand, is there more information about this?
For those who have an aptx receiver and an aptx capable phone or tablet, logcat can be used to determine aptx is working.
Install catlog.
Run catlog.
Enable Bluetooth.
Pair devices.
Unpair.
Stop catlog.
Search catlog log in the catlog app for aptx.
It is pretty easy to tell when looking at the log. You can see when the devices pair in the log and what protocol it uses to connect.
Aptx FTW!
Let's hope the Nexus 6 supports it.
Aptx is really important to me too. Any update on this?
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Aptx is really important to me too. Any update on this?
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No Aptx
https://productforums.google.com/forum/m/#!msg/nexus/gEKm8Izl_tQ/yYu2fdPsrzsJ
https://productforums.google.com/forum/m/#!msg/nexus/-F9o4BA3dBA/QPLsYJ_7s9AJ
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No Aptx
https://productforums.google.com/forum/m/#!msg/nexus/gEKm8Izl_tQ/yYu2fdPsrzsJ
https://productforums.google.com/forum/m/#!msg/nexus/-F9o4BA3dBA/QPLsYJ_7s9AJ
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Can we trust that source?
I think it's really bad if the Nexus 6 does not support apt-X
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Jocelyn said:
No Aptx
https://productforums.google.com/forum/m/#!msg/nexus/gEKm8Izl_tQ/yYu2fdPsrzsJ
https://productforums.google.com/forum/m/#!msg/nexus/-F9o4BA3dBA/QPLsYJ_7s9AJ
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Where in these links do you see someone saying that the Nexus 6 does not support AptX? The only mention of it was two random people discussing the importance of AptX in relation to the Nexus 7 and Moto X.
I did not see any conclusions or affirmations of the Nexus 6 not having AptX.
stefan, the second link shows a Google employee, Claire L.P., stating no Apt-X support. Sad news.
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stefan, the second link shows a Google employee, Claire L.P., stating no Apt-X support. Sad news.
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Ah I see it now. Must've overlooked it earlier. Thanks for that.
That's a shame really. I'm just holding on to a little bit of hope that a Motorola employee says otherwise
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I still have not lost hope.
So Please!
Can someone check with logcat if this device support aptx so we all know 100%.
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Nexus 9 supposedly supports aptx, so maybe it will be possible to port over to other nexus devices.
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I enabled it by using the latest Lineage OS that dates from yesterday, Magisk 14 and the Magisk APTX module. That worked for me and was able to confirm it by using the Catlog which shows that there is a thread working for the btif_a2dp_encoder_init Selected Codec: aptX.