I'll start with the usual apology. I searched the forums, and while there are many threads, I did not see a recent thread that discusses music syncing with iTunes. I have been using DoubleTwist but am tired of the bugs and lack of support. My ratings are always lost, and edits made within the application to songs, etc. do not sync to the android app. I'm looking for an app that will 2 way sync with iTunes that will also sync playlists and ratings. I know that people like WinAmp, but it is my understanding that it does not sync with iTunes, but rather with itself. What are people using out there these days?
Thanks!
Try isyncr I have a review of this app on my YouTube channel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75wZ8-mHRyk&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Have a look here if you want to.
It does wifi sync and normal sync via cable and works with all playlists
Winamp is great... syncs with itunes too
Another vote for iSyncr. I absolutely hate doubletwist. I use iSyncr Wifi with my Mac and it's been flawless. My playlists are automagically updated every night at midnight.
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murse said:
Another vote for iSyncr. I absolutely hate doubletwist. I use iSyncr Wifi with my Mac and it's been flawless. My playlists are automagically updated every night at midnight.
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Yep using isyncr & isyncr wifi add-on and works well. You can even set it to upload your photos and videos every time that you sync, serving as a kind of backup or just to transfer them wirelessly as well.
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Yep using isyncr & isyncr wifi add-on and works well. You can even set it to upload your photos and videos every time that you sync, serving as a kind of backup or just to transfer them wirelessly as well.
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Right, I forgot to mention the photo and video backup. Now I don't worry about losing any pics on my phone, knowing their tranferred every night.
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iSyncr is great!
Well, I went ahead and bought iSyncr and the WiFi add-on and it is great! Does everything it says and does it seamlessly! Much better than the buggy and unreliable Doubletwist which I wish I could get a refund for! Thanks for the suggestion!
Hi All,
As a reminder, I'm always working on iSyncr. Questions, comments, feature requests, bug reports and stories about your dog can all be emailed to info [at] jrtstudio [dot] com.
Cheers!
Justin
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I'm a converted iPhone/iTunes user. This is my first android phone. What's the easiest way to get my music out of iTunes onto my Galaxy?
Thanks.
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If you just use google music and download the music manager, from there choose the file folder for your iTunes library and google music will upload it all. You can just use google music to stream only, or you can make it available offline and download the music
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Or you can just copy and paste your music folder onto the phone.
Then there are also other sync options like DoubleTwist which is very similar to iTunes (don't use it myself but it's known to be like an iTunes for Android if you're into that sorta thing)
search for iSyncr in the Market
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Or you can just copy and paste your music folder onto the phone.
Then there are also other sync options like DoubleTwist which is very similar to iTunes (don't use it myself but it's known to be like an iTunes for Android if you're into that sorta thing)
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I just transfered my library like this, but the tags are all messed up. The tags are fine on my iDevices, just the Galaxy. Specifically the Albums are split up. They show up as different albums even though they have the same name.
Mine show up fine. Although I am pretty meticulous on editing my tags in iTunes. Could be that there are different entries for the Artist and Album Artist.
I just copied and pasted. The only thing lost from iTunes to the phone was album artwork. Which is slightly annoying but, something I can live with. I tried using kies to do it that was a mistake though.
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Mine show up fine. Although I am pretty meticulous on editing my tags in iTunes. Could be that there are different entries for the Artist and Album Artist.
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I just switched over to CM7, and the same music folder is showing up fine. Maybe it was just the stock rom.
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I just copied and pasted. The only thing lost from iTunes to the phone was album artwork. Which is slightly annoying but, something I can live with. I tried using kies to do it that was a mistake though.
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Yeah. I'd rather just use Windows explorer.
Thanks for all the suggestions!
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Yeah windows explorer is the best way to go. When I tired kies it was.to see if I would keep the artwork. None of the tags stayed at all. So I had to delete and use windows explorer again.
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I made a playlist for my galaxy in iTunes then synced the playlist to Doubletwist. It copied the playlist over minus some artwork. I've got the artwork now. All is well.
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I use iSyncr, the best app you can get to sync all of your iTunes playlist (every single one off them). I also came from an iPhone and at the beginning had difficulty finding an app that would provide all the functions itunes had from the music aspect.
Try it.
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Despite never looking back since binning my iphone (actually it got nicked!) I have missed the use of itunes on my Galaxy, and the ability to download music on the go. What music download/purchase apps are, the best? What's being used and which has the best database of tracks?!
Thanks in advance!
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Why download when you can stream?
This opens the gates for things like Spotify and such.
You can try Amazon Mp3 store download from there.
I like TuneTribe here in the UK in the weekends albums 320kbps are priced at £4 in the evenings much cheaper than iTunes and better quality, the top 100 albums.
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There are countless apps on the market which use sites like Kontakte to download music.
Countless apps? Any recommendations? Streaming is all good and I do use spotify, thing is I need music when I'm offline too. Maybe I'll give amazon a look...
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Woot i just tried the amazón app its awesome
So I'm looking for a program that looks like Google Music and will list all the tracks I have on my phone in a list sortable either by band or album. Google Music has for the past couple days refused to play anything that's not streaming and even when streaming it sometimes tell me it can't play the selected stream. I can use root explorer and play the files on my phone individually but when selected in Google Music it says sorry can't play selected track. I think I'm gonna try winamp if this thread gets no replies. Thanks in advanced for your help guys!
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I've actually been having the same problem with my google music as well. would you happen to be on a ROM? or just stock phone?
I tried out the free demo of poweramp and i actually liked it quite a bit. Winamp was also very good for me and it let me wirelessly sync to my laptop to boot!!
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I've actually been having the same problem with my google music as well. would you happen to be on a ROM? or just stock phone?
I tried out the free demo of poweramp and i actually liked it quite a bit. Winamp was also very good for me and it let me wirelessly sync to my laptop to boot!!
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I have the issue using both aokp and shostock2. Haven't tried on a stock rom but I have little interest in going back to stock just for Google Music. I like face unlock too much. =P I don't want a music manager on my computer. Do you think I can plausibly use winamp and just ignore the sync component conpletely? I think I'll look into poweramp for now. Thanks for the suggestion. =]
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I have the issue using both aokp and shostock2. Haven't tried on a stock rom but I have little interest in going back to stock just for Google Music. I like face unlock too much. =P I don't want a music manager on my computer. Do you think I can plausibly use winamp and just ignore the sync component conpletely? I think I'll look into poweramp for now. Thanks for the suggestion. =]
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Oh yea, you don't need winamp on your computer to sync it on your phone haha and no problem bro
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I use Poweramp (bought the full version because I loved it) works great
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i use winamp and its pretty good
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I use Poweramp (bought the full version because I loved it) works great
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Yup,
I do love me some Power Amp!
Can I get an amen!
I personally like Player Pro
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Power amp user here. I love it and it's highly customizable, check it out!
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I'm liking Apollo/CM9 player.
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I use Player Pro - and one warning about winamp - I could not get the phone app to stop looking for the desktop component that wasn't there - which meant it was draining the battery something nasty continually pinging the network.
This was a couple of months ago - they might have fixed it, but just be aware.
I had cloud skipper before flashin ics and it was cool but didn't ever think bout getting it again been using stock player and it's fine but I see alot of ppl sayin power amp might check it out
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Coming from the Iphone for many years, is there a way to use iTunes to sync music onto the Galaxy S3? I have all my music organized there so I hope I don't have to switch.
isyncr has been working well for me.
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I used a program called Itunes agent...it should work as long as you can get the phone connected in USB hard drive mode. It creates a playlist in your itunes library with the device name and you drag the music you want into that playlist.
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isyncr has been working well for me.
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How does Isyncr work? The thing is that I don't want the complete itunes library on my phone, are you able to select?
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How does Isyncr work? The thing is that I don't want the complete itunes library on my phone, are you able to select?
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you can sync playlists on the isyncr app if you do not want the whole itunes on your phone
I'm an idiot when it comes to cloud storage. I have a bunch of music and I know it won't fit with the 16gb capacity on my DNA so I was wondering if there is a website or an app that will let me access all of my music from my computer on my phone?
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I use BubbleUPnP to stream media from my pc. Works great with pix, music, and video. You need to install the server software on your pc to stream over mobile network.
Win7, media player 11 works great for me. I use MX player as a renderer on my phone. It has the best codec support.
There are several free cloud storage services but I don't know if you can stream to your phone from them
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Awesome thanks for the info, ill check it out
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Google music lets you store like 20k songs for free. Also drop box gives you 25 gigs of storage although I think that might be only for verizon.
I use BubbleUPnP too. It is really good and easy to use.
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Google music lets you store like 20k songs for free. Also drop box gives you 25 gigs of storage although I think that might be only for verizon.
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How did you get 25 gigs for dropbox. I only have 3 1/2
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When I opened drop box on my DNA I had to go through a tutorial and then I got the extra space. Not sure if its a Verizon thing or not.
I'm gonna look for the tutorial. I gained a little space (500mb) for auto upload but didn't see an opportunity for the rest. Will check it out
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I don't know if this would be able to cover all of your needs, but you should check out Bitcasa. It's a new Cloud Storage service and I like it very much. You sign up and start off with 10gb free and you can upgrade to unlimited storage for $10 a month.
I use Bitcasa for my pictures and documents, but I use Spotify for music though... but I still hope this helps! :good:
Yeah I use Google music. Download the uploader from the Google music page and just start uploading your music then you can also redownload it later to all of your devices if you want to or stream it
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Try Plex
Plex, app and desktop media server work well. I think the app is $5 but it works not only for music but you can access your movies, pictures, anything you upload to the app you can watch from pretty much anywhere. But for a free alternative, use google music.
I've been using Subsonic for a few years now. I have the Subsonic server installed on my desktop at home which allows me to stream all of my movies and music to my phone or computer. It was pretty easy to setup.
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When I opened drop box on my DNA I had to go through a tutorial and then I got the extra space. Not sure if its a Verizon thing or not.
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The dna does not have a dropbox promotion associated with it. You probably got it from a Rom which includes a promotion from a different device.
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No it has nothing to do with any roms. When I first installed dropbox on my DNA it had the 25gb bonus once I completed their tutorial. If you Google "HTC DNA dropbox" the first link from dropbox.com has all the details.
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No it has nothing to do with any roms. When I first installed dropbox on my DNA it had the 25gb bonus once I completed their tutorial. If you Google "HTC DNA dropbox" the first link from dropbox.com has all the details.
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Please link me, cuz the page I found when I googled that specifically said verizon phones aren't eligible.
https://www.dropbox.com/help/249/en
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I have a bunch of music that I need to stream so ill check out the apps you guys talked about, thanks everyone for the information!
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Yep, Dropbox 4.0/4+ bonus is not available for Verizon. Some people were able to get it from custom roms. I received a small bonus when i was on a custom rom with my thunderbolt so maybe that is why I cant get the second 4+ (25gig) bonus on my ViperDNA. You might be only able to receive the bonus (w/ custom rom) if you have not received any other sense bonuses in the past.
I My Google music uploaded on my pc stopped working and I get the couldn't connect to Google play. I have tried un installing reinstalling and disabling av as well as sent logs to Google and tried the access code and it still won't work. I have been working with Google for 2 months. So today I got an email and they have forwarded my case to a supervisor because the rep I initially got was horrible and they also credited me 10$ for inconvienece. Which is nice but it's still not working. I have had to transfer music to my laptop and upload which I use only for school so it's a pain in the butt has anyone had this issue and found a fix for it just curious because I don't think Google knows what to do.
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I My Google music uploaded on my pc stopped working and I get the couldn't connect to Google play. I have tried un installing reinstalling and disabling av as well as sent logs to Google and tried the access code and it still won't work. I have been working with Google for 2 months. So today I got an email and they have forwarded my case to a supervisor because the rep I initially got was horrible and they also credited me 10$ for inconvienece. Which is nice but it's still not working. I have had to transfer music to my laptop and upload which I use only for school so it's a pain in the butt has anyone had this issue and found a fix for it just curious because I don't think Google knows what to do.
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Have you tried creating a second gmail/google account and using that for music? Your phone can have several google accounts setup. I have a google account with all my music synced to it; and all of my family put that account on their phone, in addition to their own personal google account. That way they have access to the same music, and we only sync the music from the computer to one account, instead of many accounts.
No my account is fine it's the upload program for the pc that doesn't work. It says it can't connect to the Google play servers so I can't even get into the sign in app...
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