How To: Fix The Bluetooth Audio on Android Lollipop 5.1 From Skipping

Problem:AwesomePlayer
Soon after upgrading to Lollipop 5.1 on my Motorola g xt1031. I noticed that my car’s bluetooth receiver began skipping.

UPDATE 5/24/2017: There is no fix, skipping still continues, although less frequent. Rebooting fixes it temporarily.

Solutions:

  • Revert back to the old music player.
    • Steps:
      • 1) Enable Developer Mode (Settings–>About Phone–> Tap “Build Number” until give access)
      • 2) Press back and you should now see a “Developer Options” menu item near the bottom of the settings screen.
      • 3) Enable “Use AwesomePlayer”
      • 4) Enjoy Skip Free Audio!
  • Other things I tried:
    • Clearing the cache and  data from the bluetooth process
    • Re-pairing my phone to my car’s stereo

  •  Backup your data and Factory Reset the Device
    • Unfortunately this seemed to be the last thing to try. This is what I did (on 1/10/2015) and it hasn’t skipped yet. Will update if it does skip again.
    • Update 2/4/2015 –> Doing a factory reset has significantly stopped the bluetooth from skipping. When I get into the car, the phone does skip 2-3 times within the first minute of playing but then It doesn’t skip at all.

Source:

Bluetooth audio skipping since Lollipop from nexus4