You leave home with your phone full, open the music application, put the Bluetooth headphones on your ears and press “play” to start playback. But something happens the music does not play because the headphones do not finish working. Are you going to spend all day without hearing anything? Do not throw in the towel, maybe you will solve the error in a few steps.
First things first: do Bluetooth headphones have a battery?
You wouldn’t be the first person to happily listen to his music only to discover to his horror that not only did he forget to recharge his headphones, these died completely when exhausting their load (happens to us over and over again, there is no way). Therefore, the first step is mandatory: check that they still have a battery.
Click on the power button of the headphones (or the case, everything will depend on the type they are) and check that the lights come on. If this is not the case, you only have to recharge them as soon as possible. Or, if they are Bluetooth headband headphones, and they have a cable as an alternative, take the opportunity to use them in this way (remember to bring a USB adapter if your mobile does not have a 3.5 mm jack).
Make sure they are paired with the mobile
It may be that, despite having them synchronized with the phone, the phone has lost the headset link. So, in case they have a battery, try restarting the pairing process. You will solve most of the problems.
- Go to the settings of your mobile and go to “Connected devices”. It is likely that on your mobile the menu will vary.
- Go to “Bluetooth” and look at the list of paired devices. Your headphones should be on that list.
- Click on your headphones and then on “Forget”. So you will delete the pairing to start over.
- Put your Bluetooth headset in discovery mode. Most often, you need to hold the power button for a few seconds until the light on the headset flashes.
- Go to the mobile and click on “Pair new device”.
- Select your headphones, accept access to the agenda (this notice is common) and you’re done.
Renewing the pairing usually solves most connection problems with the headphones. We recommend you carry out this process before trying anything else, it usually gives good results.
The music plays in skips
It is very common for it to happen in very crowded and closed places, as is the case with buses or the subway, for example. It is usually due to wireless congestion: too many devices are working and interference occurs, too saturation of channels used by Bluetooth connectivity.
In the event that the music is not continuous, and the sound is choppy, try turning off the headphones and turning them on again, turn off and turn on the Bluetooth of the mobile and, if everything remains the same, wait until you leave the congested area. Sometimes there is no other solution.
The headphones are disconnected and the sound comes out of the mobile
The stability of the Bluetooth connection between the mobile and the headphones depends largely on the quality of both devices: if they both have recent and high-end hardware the sound should be heard stable, without cuts and without pauses. However, this is not always the case.
There are times when there is no way: the headphones disconnect over and over again without being able to hear anything through them. Let’s see how to fix the problem (as long as the hardware allows it).
- Turn the phone/headset off and on.
- Restart the pairing of the headphones with the steps above and check that they don’t disconnect again.
- Make sure that on your mobile you have selected the audio output through the headphones (and not the phone): pull down the player from the notification area and note that the audio source icon refers to the headphones. If not, tap on that icon and select the Bluetooth device.
Headphones do not sound very good
Do you think your music should sound better than it does? You can try different codecs, there is also the option to turn on HD audio. Of course, your mobile and headphones must be compatible.
- Go to your Android settings and enter the “Phone information” section.
- Repeatedly tap on “Build number” until the development settings are activated.
- Enter the developer menu and scroll down to the advanced Bluetooth settings. There you can activate the “HD-Audioif you didn’t have it on already.
- You can also toggle between the different available Bluetooth codecs. SBC is the most compatible, also the one that the phone usually chooses by default: if you manage to switch to AAC, for example, your music should sound better (the audio is transmitted with less compression).