Had the same problem and same solution today.
- every video was stuttering as long the BT headset was connected.
I think Aptx is really not important, so shocking bug but no real problem at least.
My firmware version is 5.63. You can upgrade it via Soundcore app from the playstore. Then there is an option to use LDAC as codec for better sound quality.
EDIT: Just found the possible reason: I have the Liberty Air 2 Pro. Sorry for the confusion.
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I have the same issue with Aptx not being able to play audio. Instead the media is constantly pausing and unpausing.
- Aptx worked on Fairphone 4 with Android 11
- Android defaults to Aptx instead of AAC. I would have to switch to AAC in the developer options every time my headphones connect
- For now I can deal with it by turning off HD Audio and using SBC but it’s slightly worse quality-wise
Does anybody know if there’s a way of disabling Aptx as an option?
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Just found this thread while having the same issue with my new Fairphone 4 and Sony WH-1000XM3s. Pleased to see that Fairphone team are already on it!
SBC audio not terrible in the meantime but it will be nice to have the LDAC setting persistent
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Same here 
: since my FP4 upgraded to Android 12 FP4.SP1Y.B.041.20230109, my Sennheiser Momentum 2 don’t play any sound any more.
Am very looking forward to hearing Sennheiser Momentum 2 playing sound from my FP4 again.
BTW: Bose SoundLink Mini is working fine, and so does an old Plantronic PLT_M55 headset.
Update: switching off HD-Audio aptX does work around the problem for me.
Try this
This can only be a temporary solution, no mini jack and no aptx support are a definite exclusion criterion for me.
Welcome to the forum!
For me the words In the meantime and temporary workaround describe it as a temporary solution here…:
Simply not true.
Was working with aptx adaptive until Android 12.
No clue on how you can tell it like that. See feedback from Fairphone.
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I’m not lying, maybe misinformed. AptX is not listed as a codec for the FP4 and FP support did mention to me once that AptX is not included due to licensing or something.
@Yasen_Tomov, sorry to drag you into this. Could you confirm or deny this? Does the FP4 have support for AptX? And if not, why did it work before? Was that just a transparent fallback in the background to e.g. AAC? And thus users may simply not notice that they’re actually using AAC. And perhaps this fallback mechanism is now buggy/broken in Android 12?
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This supported codec list you show is for playback. Not for Bluetooth.
Otherwise it would say you can play AAC+ or FLAC via Bluetooth, what is not the case.
I find it confusing as well, because SBC would be missing in that case. I’m just repeating what support told me with this list. If we cannot trust that as a source, then I don’t know what is.
I am sorry but this time the support was wrong to you.
I trust the Fairphone answer in one of the threat that dev team is taking care of it to correct.
And as I have a 4 - I can tell you that aptx - until adaptive, (TWS I could not try), AAC, LDAC was working. Even AAC is still working with 12. Prove by the receiver that show the type of codec used - in addition to the message in Fairphone 4.
To my knowledge:
In case you have a SoC from Qualcomm - you get by default aptx support as it is built-in in hardware.
If you get aptx adaptive or hd do more pend on type of chip and modem used.
Aptx is qualcomm proprietary content - and so I can understand you need license if you do NOT use SoC from Qualcomm.
Here Fairphone do have Qualcomm - and so you have aptx support.
I do not have heard of any smartphone with Qualcomm NOT having at least one aptx codec. This since my first - HTC Desire.
It would be more questionable for LDAC support as SONY proprietary Codec. But even this runs with the Fairphone 4.
As even the aptx is not working - that must be a configuration error in the kernel modules in Android12. The behaviour of Video playback (slomo) is for me a clear indicator.
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To complete:
LDAC is still working with Android 12.
Only aptx - in all version - fail.
So I can still use my PX7 with appropriate codec - but need a Fiio M5 in the middle.
Hi there,
I also can confirm that aptX did work on FP4 Stock Android 11 with 2 different bluetooth audio devices capable of aptX. Since update to Android 12 only silence if I use HD-Audio and aptX is shown in the properties of the bluetooth connection. Switching off HD-Audio immediately solves the problem.
I’m not happy with this solution. Audio quality has significantly degraded
Please solve this issue, dear FP-Team!
Robsn
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Hi and welcome to the forum.
As this is a user forum with Fairphone only really reading responses to their own posts you may find it more satisfying to contact Fairphone via their support page or by email to support@fairphone.com
See also
Fairphone already accepted this bug and confirmed to work on it, no need to bother support with this
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I can confirm, the issue only appears when using aptX; if you go to developer settings and switch to something else (in my case LDAC), the audio is back.
If someone from Fairphone is looking at this thread: It would be nice if, in addition to fixing whatever issues there are with aptX, the phone could default to using the highest-quality codec available for a given headset as well. I raised this issue with support about a year ago and was told there is not enough interest to consider a fix, but since Bluetooth audio is getting some attention now anyway, maybe the codec prioritization could be tweaked as well. I shouldn’t have to manually switch to LDAC from developer settings every time I connect my headphones to get the best-quality audio available.
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Looking forward to them fixing HD Bluetooth!
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Android 11 with Bowers & Wilkins Px8 - AptX worked fine
Adroind 12 with Bowers & Wilkins Px8 - nothing works at all. Phone shoes that the aptX Codec is active and the sound is running but now played on the headphone.
How long does it need for a fix? I am not the smartest fp user, so downgrading to Android 11 might kill my data xD
Any experiences?
PS: A2DP disabling doesnt change stuff and also disabling aptX in developsettings didn’t fix the problem.
PPS: Yes aptX was not shown on the technical details … I went to a shop and tried a headphones, they worked, I bought them … coming up with “havent you read the technica lsheet on your phone blah” is definitely the wrong way to approach people in this thread.