Bluetooth conectivity problems with my Librem5, L5

[Radran42]

thanks, right now I can’t try it but when I can I’ll tell you how it went.

[Radran42]

i opened my phone, the module is the: AP6275s; B115B006; 2145

[FranklyFlawless]

Definitely the SparkLAN module. When you can, try out @Christal’s suggestion and let us know the results.

[Radran42]

thank you very much for everything really

[carlosgonz]

@Radran42

I don’t know, how do I find this information

Don’t take this bad: but if you not know how to find that information without uncover the device, that means that the Librem 5 is not for you YET.

// wroted from RasberryPi 5 plus an Impure Linux Operating System.

[Radran42]

hello, I have tried it several times and it does not work, it continues to fail, I attach a video so you can hear what happens.

thank you for trying to help me unselfishly and without judgment, thank you very much.

its a google drive link so…

VID20240413125240.mp4

[ASwyD2]

@Radran42

it does not work, it continues to fail

Just covering all the bases…
Try closing all windows but the music player and see if that fixes the stuttering.

Bluetooth stuttering

on occasion i make sure to forget the device, and re-pair, which addresses the no connect issue, once that is done it connects, even to my car fairly reliably - but I feel bluetooth is like a dance, you have to have your feet in the right place at the right time so you don’t step on your partners feet, there is no stuttering except: at beginning of connection when you leave the bluetooth scanning gnome settings page open while streaming as mentioned above sometimes you need to toggle not only…

Bluetooth stuttering

Hey! Here is a new one! The stutter comes and goes depending on whether the bluetooth settings are active or not. When I close the settings window, its gone… I had to run the settings to make the connection to the device, and kept them running after. This is really consistent (at least for now). Only tried it with one device so far. (Edit: there still is a tiny glitch every nine seconds. Also very consistent.) Edit: I get the same thing with another device (an old Beats speaker): bluetooth …

[Sarcasmo220]

I have made this comment in the threads linked above, but I highly suspect the bluetooth card stutters due to signal interference, which is a hardware issue. I suspect it because I noticed the stuttering is based more on environment than anything in software.

When I am driving in a busy city the stuttering is more common, but when I am driving in a rural area there is no stuttering. Also, when I am at work which has a lot of people and devices there is more stuttering, but when I am at home with significantly less devices there is little to no stuttering.

[Christal]

That’s why i like the Time where you could burn a 0,32 Cent CD-Rom with your favorite Music or MP3s to a physical CD-Rom and just played it offline.

I am kind of sorry for you and if your Phone is no solution to play Music. However if an LineageOs or GraphenOS Android phone play music, it still not have the privacy Information from your Librem5. Like Emails, Family Chats over Matrix and Signal-Chats… try to have multiple Devices for that kind of usage.

Bluetooth is kind of a security Nightmare like Flash-Plugin for Browses in the 1990 or 2000 years.

[Radran42]

I’ve been testing it, closing all the applications, closing everything but the music player… and it doesn’t work.

but thank you.

[Radran42]

I also thought about it, and I went to a secluded road in the bush that I have “near”, but nothing, it happens the same in an area with many devices and in a totally empty area for several kilometers around.

[Radran42]

I’m with you,
I think the possible solution is to buy or make a device that is a jack 3.5mm input to a Bluetooth output. The input jack to connect it to the L5 jack and output Bluetooth to connect it to the car.
I guess it should work that way.

thank you

[FranklyFlawless]

Bluetooth adapters with AUX inputs fitting your description do exist on the market.

[Radran42]

Yes I have found one, when it arrives and I can try it I will share my impressions. I have bought this one:
https://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B0BBZZXQTL/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[irvinewade]

@FranklyFlawless

One way is to take off the back cover and housing plate, then look on the module on the right side.

Or: Tips & Tricks · Wiki · Librem5 / Librem 5 Community Wiki · GitLab

[happysmash27]

I’ve noticed Bluetooth reliability issues (mostly during initial connection) connecting my Librem 5 to my 2013 Kia Optima Hybrid’s audio system as well. Another notable thing I noticed (moreso than anything else, since for music everything I have has an auxiliary jack) is that while an Android phone has a separate mode for calls to connect with the car’s system, the Librem 5 does not. Because it’s so spotty and unreliable, I usually avoid calling on my Librem 5 while in the car, preferring to do this at home instead (or to call on a different phone if the call is urgent enough).

Maybe I should debug a bit more, though, since for phone calls I generally prefer my Librem 5 over my other phones.

@Radran42

neither the car nor the handheld speaker have a 3.5mm jack connection

Are you 100% sure of this? On some cars – and specifically I’m thinking of an early 2010s Prius C I drove recently – the auxiliary jack can be pretty hidden while still being there.

[jwilkes]

With bluetooth it could be a million things causing those audio interruptions.

Here’s a start:

1. Open “Terminal”

2. Type this: rfkill block wifi

This will turn off the wifi module so that you can test if it was causing interference with your bluetooth connection. If you suddenly get a flawless connection (or a big decrease in the number of times the audio drops) then wifi interference may be one of the culprits.

Once you are done testing, type this in the terminal to turn your wifi back on:

rfkill unblock wifi

[Radran42]

hello, yes, these last days I have been thoroughly checking all the ports of the car radio, and I have been checking possible hard to find locations, such as inside the glove compartment of the car, behind the radio … and nothing, I have checked the car manual and indeed my particular model ford fiesta 2020 (which is also the most basic of all) of Spain, only has bluetooth, AM FM radio and carplay/android auto.

thank you very much anyway

[Radran42]

Hi, thank you very much for the answer, as soon as I read it I wanted to try it right away, but first I tried to connect it normally to be able to compare the failures. and it didn’t fail. and since the day you answered me, without changing any configuration or anything suddenly the connection didn’t fail anymore. the day it fails again I will try what you say and I will comment if it solves the problem. thank you very much.

[Radran42]

Hi guys, I was trying and I could not get this product to work (that I linked in the message I am answering) , because my car asks for pairing confirmation and with that device I could not confirm the pairing and then I could not use it.(of course I have tried to remove the pairing confirmation and it is not possible in my car.)

I ended up buying this: Amazon.es

is a device to which you can connect with bluetooth or connect a usb as music input and emits an output in the form of radio waves that you can capture with your car radio in a free station. i bought it thinking that the AUX port that has would be input AUX and it turned out to be output for speakers, so i can not use this device for the purpose Input AUX, output bluetooth / radio.

even so for some reason the L5 connects without any problem or failure via bluetooth to this device. it connects better and faster than the car bluetooth and without failures for the moment. so it is a partial solution. if someday it fails again I will try what colleague @jwilkes says.