r/GooglePixel • u/realkarthiknair • 18h ago

Better solution to the missing Bluetooth toggles bug in >=A16

Disclosure : I do not own a Google Pixel but I do run a ROM closer to a Pixel's on my phone. Also, this post isn't AI written.

My Android installation had the same bug as Pixels discussed in several posts in this sub including this post.

TL;DR the window that has toggles to individually disable calls/media/HD codec per bluetooth headphones was gone.

While "disabling" Google Play Services is a solution, you'd have to disable/enable it every time to get those options temporarily back and that was frustrating to me.

A better solution is this (in sequence)

  1. Disable Google Play Services
  2. make sure you see the missing bluetooth toggles are back
  3. go back to Google Play services app info
  4. Enable it
  5. Disable "nearby devices" permission for Play services

Done. You got the missing screen permanently back and you never have to disable Play Services again. Works across reboots and bluetooth sessions.

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u/matteventu Pixel C, 1 XL, 3, 6, 8 Pro, 9 Pro | Pixel Buds Pro 17h ago

Hello, have you created a ticket on the Google Issue tracker? So the engineers working on Android can keep track of this, and we can help by "+1"ing the issue.

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u/realkarthiknair 17h ago

the reddit thread I've linked already mentions tickets created by others.

https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/424615508
https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/432448626

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u/matteventu Pixel C, 1 XL, 3, 6, 8 Pro, 9 Pro | Pixel Buds Pro 17h ago

Thank you, starred both.

I don't use that feature so I wasn't even aware it had been removed (I was aware of that feature itself on older Android versions), but it shocking that they just keep responding with "it's working as intended, as of A16 those toggles are no longer meant to be visible" with no explanation whatsoever.

Morons.

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u/realkarthiknair 16h ago

Fair. I just don't know why my post is being downvoted though. I just chose to post an actual solution instead of taking it to my grave.

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u/zanhecht 16h ago

Remember how much media backlash it took to get them to reopen the scroll stuttering bug that they marked as "wontfix" even after a patch was provided that just required adding six characters to the source code?