REPRODUCIBILITY:
OS VERSION: 4.4 (4.4.0.72)
HARDWARE: Xperia 10 III
UI LANGUAGE: English
REGRESSION: Yes
DESCRIPTION:
Unable to see the song details or skip back and forwards on songs. Using a Ford Stereo in Mondeo. It works fine on CalyxOS with Android 13 under the hood on my Google Pixel 6 Pro.
I have seen these issues before on Sony Xperia 10 Plus and back then I had to install BTtons via Storeman to get it working. But apparently since 4.2 the functionality provided by BTtons is included in SFOS from 4.2+
So not sure why it is working then.
I did install Storeman and tried to install BTtons but there was no install option so it must have been disabled to see if that could get it working.
On the Bluetooth connection I have tried switching to Multimedia as this seems to be the default when pairing via the terminal as pairing via the UI is not possible currently.
I also tried the CarKit and neither one displays the song details etc…
PRECONDITIONS:
Tested on a Ford Mondeo
Using Sony Xperia 10 III
Flashed recently with the latest software 4.4.0.72 and no further updates.
Paired with the car stereo via the terminal
Test with native media app and android music apps
STEPS TO REPRODUCE:
Turn on car stereo
Turn on bluetooth on X10III
Let it connect
Test playing radio or music via various music apps
EXPECTED RESULT:
To be able to see all the song details (Artist, song, etc)
To be able to skip back and forwards via stereo buttons or via buttons on steering wheel.
ACTUAL RESULT:
Unable to see and do any of the above in Expected Result section.
MODIFICATIONS:
No mods as unable to add BTtons manually via Storeman.
mpris-proxy.service - Bluez5-MPRIS Proxy
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/mpris-proxy.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Sat 2022-12-17 16:18:42 CET; 1 day 17h ago
Previously on Sony Xperia 10 Plus to get all the music details I had to install BTtons and then it worked perfectly there after once I started the service which was available in the UI somewhere.
So with the above I also had the option to skip back and forwards via car stereo or via steering wheel buttons.
Now you have to do this via the terminal as you described further down which is fine as once it is up it looks like it retains that even after a reboot.
Currently no song details is shown whether in (native music (media, Sailwave, Netradio) apps or android apps (DI.FM, Replaio Radio, TuneIn Radio, VLC)).
However even though the skip back/forward buttons are not displayed they do now work via car stereo and steering wheel, however it did switch from the current music app to another app that was open in the background then I could skip through the tracks in that app.
Paste it exactly there, it’s an empty file. After that run systemctl --user daemon-reload & systemctl --user restart mpris-proxy. Then systemctl --user cat mpris-proxy will show your additions to the service file.
Ive also restarted.the mobile and run.the command.to restart nd check the status while connected to the car and.still no.song.details from both native.and android.apps.
After you used the systemctl --user edit mpris-proxy command:
Type i for edit mode.
Paste the text you want.
Tap the Esc button (until the screen flashes white) to get out of edit mode.
Type :wq to write and save.