Ok I finally reproduced this so I'm sure it "SHOULD" work for you.
First off I assume you already have your album art downloaded but if not, get an apk like "album art grabber" or use where built into the player.
The artwork doesn't match even if you clear cache & reboot.
Well.........
Open stock media player....
Turn off shuffle....
Turn on shuffle....
Select library....
Select all songs....
Scroll down a bit letting the device load artwork....
Scroll down some more....
select a song to play....
Should be fixed!!!
I hope this is written well and furthermore....
I hope it works!
Good luck .
btw, this works rooted or not.
more tips in my "goodies" (link in my siggy) as it is a work in progress i will be updating my siggy link regularly.
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Hi there,
I have yet another strange problem on my HD2 (T-Mobile).
My ROM (if relevant) is the original version that came with the phone - 2.13.531.1
when i look into the album, i can see pictures from all kind of sources: wallpapers, camera roll, facebook, internet pages i visited...
Even if i delete the pictures, after i visit facebook pages, they're back on.
any clues as to how to fix this?
Thanks,
Guy
Not sure if this will do what you want, but on starting on Sense albums tab:
Albums > More > [select desired folder] > Menu > Set Album as Favorite > Ok > tap 'x' to close
Photos in your selected album should now be the only ones which show, and no others.
Same Problem Im having also every single ringtone and game sound get into my song list in my mp3 player.
Yorkshire Yellow said:
Not sure if this will do what you want, but on starting on Sense albums tab:
Albums > More > [select desired folder] > Menu > Set Album as Favorite > Ok > tap 'x' to close
Photos in your selected album should now be the only ones which show, and no others.
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Thanks for your suggestion i already applied it previously.
This solves half the problem, since after i take a photo, if i press on the arrow that takes me back to the photo album, then it takes me back to the photo album that displays all the duplicates, facebook pics, etc...
only if i access the photo album from the home tabs (manila menu), it shows the favorite album i assigned.
I assume that something got mixed up in registry, maybe after i installed Hebrew language.
did anyone encounter this issue ?
I am also having this issue, it is rather annoying to say the least. I don't care to have to scroll through pics from games and every pic I have seen in facebook or Twitter. somehow though I keep having to do it .... I am stock out of the box, aside from minor changes like the UI and a new Twitter app.
Well at least i'm not alone here.
Hopefully someone out there has already found a solution for this..
here's for hoping...
When You search this forum carefully You will find a tweak to exclude all folders containing pics, music etc. which You do not want to have shown in Album or playlist ...............
Search-function is Your best friend
Yay my first post, lol.
So anyway, I've decided to move over from the iOS platform because the hardware simply does not stay up to date with Android anymore. I'm quite tired of worrying about jailbreaking; that aside I want to know how I would go about doing the simple things that I got out of iOS, even though I had to be a hacker to get my way.
Restoration (If I screw something up)
How do I restore my phone with a complete firmware file that will recover me from my own stupidity/adventures? With iOS I simply just entered recovery mode and pressed restore in iTunes. How does one download a stock i9100 restore firmware file for future use?
Themes
In iOS, I made my own themes and applied them into the rooted filesystem with no problems. I simply just replaced the files and rebooted, no problems. I've been lurking for a while now seeïng that people need to deoxdex files in order to view them or flash them or whatever. My question is this: can I simply replace system files and expect them to work? As for the many xml files in the apk's that I've been examining, I cannot seem to get a standard format of them. When I view them in various code applications, I get a load of garbage with a faint outline of what could included in the xml file. How can I convert pulled xml files to "normal" readable ones? (or do I need to use a special application that reads binary/encrypted xml's for me?) What is the proper way to replace system files for a theme (what is deodexing?), and is it possible to package my theme and put it on the android market to share with others?
Music
Do any of you guys use iTunes for your music? My iTunes library is meticulously managed to make sure that all my song info and album art are correct. Is it true that if I drag and drop from iTunes (on a mac) into the music folder of my sd card, I will copy over all the song data aswell? I highly doubt it because I cannot get this to work between my two iTunes libraries on different computers. Is there a way to make sure all my id3 tags and album art are added to all my songs so that I have an organized library in my SGS2/android?
Tapping the status bar to reach the top of a long page/form
Does this exist in android either through a tweak or android market app?
Deleting System apps that I no longer need
Is it okay to just delete apk's on my phone's system that I do not need? (Reader's hub, blockbuster, exe) I would assume that would work, but eh, I'm not making any assumptions on a completely different platform.
Launch Dæmons
On iOS, there was a folder in the system that housed all the plists of startup dæmons at booup. By deleting one, the service would completely stop and would free up RAM after the phone got rebooted. Does android have a similar place to house a bunch of services that are optionally deleted/stopped entirely to improve system performance? Things that come immediately to mind are things like debugging, syslogs, android developer tools, and other garbage that is unnecessary to certain users. (A famous example is the "CommCenter.plist"(baseband startup)/"DataMigrator.plist" (move contacts using SIM card) that always run in the background on iTouches despite not having a baseband and SIM card.)
System Button Mapping
Is there any tweak or android app that lets me set certain actions to different button presses or behaviors? For example in iOS I can use "activator" to let me swipe my statusbar horizontally to enter the camera app. I can also long press volume keys to skip/restart music being played in the music app.
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I know that's a lot of questions, but atleast try to help a newbie out =] When fist started out in iOS 4 years ago, I was the same way in nagging looking for ways to make things fit my workflow. Honestly, it doesn't take long before I start to help people out and grasp all the skills needed for a particular platform.
Hello, and welcome to XDA
I'll try to answer all questions.
First of all. The galaxy s ii is almost impossible to break. If you need to re wipe your phone. Get the firmware from samfirmware.com and also get odin v1.85 from there. That is all you need to fix a broken phone. It will just need putting into download mode. (Power + home + vol down)
As for theming. All apk files contain files with the images that it uses, so in theory all can be customised. The main files to theme are SystemUI (notifications bar) found in /system/app. And framework-res (anything else theme related, battery text colours e.t.c
As for editing the xml files. Most have to be edited in a hex editor (e.g. HXD). But there are guides to show you what numbers to edit. And its not that complicated once you try it.
With regard to the music. I recommend mp3tag. Its what I use and simply copying the tracks works well for me.
For removing system apps, look on the market for system app remover, or if you are willing to pay, get root tools. Great combination of tools and uninstalling is as easy as ticking a box.
And yes, there are some apps that when you remove them your phone will bootloop. Look in this forum. I'm sure I've seen a safe system apps to remove in the sgs ii section (will look for link in a mo)
Last bit, system button mapping. I believe it can be done. But it hasn't been done yet on this phone. Different launchers give you the option for swipe gesgures (did I spell that right, doesnt look it). So you can have swiping down on the screen opens notifications and swiping up opens app drawer. If you want that. I recommned searching for ADW launcher on the marketplace (others offer the same feature, but adw is the best)
Think I'm finished now?
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that definitely helped me a lot, thanks =D One thing that was not answered was the launch dæmons bit, does a folder like that even exist in Android? As for themes though, I'm going for a complete and total all out theme of all applications. I cannot stand the blackness of this phone's UI; I'm gonna put little pieces of artwork everywhere I can fit it like I did on iOS so it looks like just a collection of art and colorful things (backgrounds, splash screens, loading screens, exe). I'd love to know though if it's possible to download the firmware from where you described and premod it then just flash my custom ROM all at once...
As for system button mapping and custom button events, that's one thing I'm definitely going to miss ='[ I had a bunch of gestures set up so that while I'm bikeriding/horseriding I can just hit a button to control music without looking at the screen. In all respects, thanks a bunch for the help.
xxhorseriderxxx said:
that definitely helped me a lot, thanks =D One thing that was not answered was the launch dæmons bit, does a folder like that even exist in Android? As for themes though, I'm going for a complete and total all out theme of all applications. I cannot stand the blackness of this phone's UI; I'm gonna put little pieces of artwork everywhere I can fit it like I did on iOS so it looks like just a collection of art and colorful things (backgrounds, splash screens, loading screens, exe). I'd love to know though if it's possible to download the firmware from where you described and premod it then just flash my custom ROM all at once...
As for system button mapping and custom button events, that's one thing I'm definitely going to miss ='[ I had a bunch of gestures set up so that while I'm bikeriding/horseriding I can just hit a button to control music without looking at the screen. In all respects, thanks a bunch for the help.
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Soon enough we will enable an init.d folder.
It's there on other ROMs, we just have to enable it in the ramdisk
pulser_g2 said:
Soon enough we will enable an init.d folder.
It's there on other ROMs, we just have to enable it in the ramdisk
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That's really cool, is there a github/thread where I can track the progress of this? In all honesty making my own custom gestures like longholding a volume button or the options button would be helpful (both volume buttons at once pause/play =D)
xxhorseriderxxx said:
Yay my first post, lol.
duleMusic
Do any of you guys use iTunes for your music? My iTunes library is meticulously managed to make sure that all my song info and album art are correct. Is it true that if I drag and drop from iTunes (on a mac) into the music folder of my sd card, I will copy over all the song data aswell? I highly doubt it because I cannot get this to work between my two iTunes libraries on different computers. Is there a way to make sure all my id3 tags and album art are added to all my songs so that I have an organized library in my SGS2/android?
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I use iTunes & smart playlists. iSyncr (free) & will let you sync based on playlists, genres, and chose where each playlist gets stored (default, internal or external SD). iSyncrWifi (cheap) then adds scheduled & wifi syncing. Then pick your music player of choice. Look to see if it updates play counts (if that is important to you) I think the pay for version of Rocket (also by JRT Studios) updates play counts.
Ed
Mother of god you had to wake up the dead??? its more then a year old!
Some of my album art does not show in Google music. I looked in the folders and the jpg are there but they don't show. They do show up when I use other players such as winamp etc. Does anyone have any ideas on how to fix?
In the past I've had art not show up for a little bit immediately after uploading them to Google Music, but it generally did start displaying eventually. In the cases where it didn't, I manually edited the album info on the Google Music desktop site (Select album > click the little icon at the bottom right where the art should be > Edit album info > "Change" to the right under where the art should be)
Thanks for the reply was hoping to be able to do it on the phone, but no such luck I guess...
Sorry to revive this old topic, but I'm still having this issue I can see my album artwork in the browser player, but only some of them are correctly shown in the phone app. I'm using this ROM. Has anyone found a solution for this?
Thanks!
i3 gaps esque with the borders and the nice blue bg.
i wont go into detail on how i set this up, but i might create a guide tmrw morning, i yet have to finish the second page with the music stuff, album art, track, artist, etc...
screencast: https://vid.me/e/lqG3
feel free to ask me questions , however im going to sleep now, so expect a flood of answers tomorrow if questions are existent.
basic info:
- pf-cm
- nova
- zooper
- media utilities
- cm music (for now, usually i use another player)
enjoy!
Yeah i definitely want it!It ill be a package or we need to do it by ourself?
I have my album art embeded in my MP3 tags of my music files. The default music player on @Malaysk's ROM reads the cover art fine but the toast display on MVG-V70's mtc-music 2.0 doesn't seem to read it. I have tried changing album_cover=cover.jpg in the mtc-music.ini file but still nothing.
Could someone who has an account on 4pda.ru (and preferably speaks Russian) ask MVG-V70 how to make imbedded album art appear on the toast?
I have not been able to set up an account on 4pda.ru.
Thanks,
Steve
I don't think it works like that, that was the main purpose of the module to allow external album art to be used. Why not just put a cover.jpg in the relevant folders.
jakejm79 said:
I don't think it works like that, that was the main purpose of the module to allow external album art to be used. Why not just put a cover.jpg in the relevant folders.
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I have like 400+ MP3's on my SD card with them all embedded. Every player that I use can read them. I was just hoping that this would too.
Steve
Also enabled radio module ?
It also serves to show cover.
comptechltd said:
I have like 400+ MP3's on my SD card with them all embedded. Every player that I use can read them. I was just hoping that this would too.
Steve
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I think there are apps out there that will extract the embedded art and create a JPG. Assuming you have the music properly organized in \Artist\Album\*.mp3 format you shouldn't need to do much else.
jakejm79 said:
I think there are apps out there that will extract the embedded art and create a JPG. Assuming you have the music properly organized in \Artist\Album\*.mp3 format you shouldn't need to do much else.
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I realize that I can extract the album art. I just wanted someone to ask the developer if maybe this functionality was already there or could easily be added. If not, it is no big deal and I can use a workaround.
Steve
comptechltd said:
I have my album art embeded in my MP3 tags of my music files. The default music player on @Malaysk's ROM reads the cover art fine but the toast display on MVG-V70's mtc-music 2.0 doesn't seem to read it. I have tried changing album_cover=cover.jpg in the mtc-music.ini file but still nothing.
Could someone who has an account on 4pda.ru (and preferably speaks Russian) ask MVG-V70 how to make imbedded album art appear on the toast?
I have not been able to set up an account on 4pda.ru.
Thanks,
Steve
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Possible solution.
Check if mtc-music.ini
PHP:
# Transparency projection album cover in the screensaver (in fractions of 1). It lies on top of the background (transparent or black). To remove it completely, put = 0.
cover_alpha=0.25
Before restoring mtc-music.ini the Rom April 23
Valfox said:
Possible solution.
Check if mtc-music.ini
PHP:
# Transparency projection album cover in the screensaver (in fractions of 1). It lies on top of the background (transparent or black). To remove it completely, put = 0.
cover_alpha=0.25
Before restoring mtc-music.ini the Rom April 23
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In mtc-music.ini I have cover_alpha=0.25
Steve