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Originally Posted by Dadhawk
The sound is great, only issue is I have to do the "adjust the volume immediately after selecting BT" trick mentioned above.
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For people who are wondering, this is a ROM issue. I don't understand the cause of it, but I do know that for whatever reason, using certain music apps with AOSP-based ROMs (like CM10 or AOKP) gives you no volume control on the normal, non-Bespoke head unit. I normally use Spotify, so I've tested it with a number of phones:
T-Mobile GS2 on CM10 - no volume control, only shows "BTA" on the head unit
Galaxy Nexus on stock 4.0, 4.1, or 4.2 - volume control works, will display "STREAMING AUDIO" under "BTA" when BT audio is selected
Galaxy Nexus on CM10, AOKP, SlimROM, LiquidSmooth, Paranoid Android and Bugless Beast - no volume control, only shows "BTA"
VZW GS3 on stock or modified stock ROMs, ICS and JB - volume control works, MIGHT display "STREAMING AUDIO", sometimes it doesn't but volume can still be changed
VZW GS3 on CM10 - no volume control, only shows "BTA"
Nexus 4 on stock 4.2 - volume control works, shows "STREAMING AUDIO", but the phone likes to unpair itself every time I start the car.
I've also tried a couple of these with Rhapsody and Rdio and the head unit responses are the same or similar. In fact, Rhapsody will actually show the artist and song for a split second when it starts playing, then it disappears. Google Music seems to work across the board.
So basically if you want to use any of the decent streaming music apps and want volume control, you'll have to use a stock or stock-based ROM. I don't know if this is the same case for pre-ICS phones/ROMs, though.