I have a Nexus S, and i have a pair of B&W C5 earbuds. My Finance has a bunny that decided to nibble into the headphone cord. Despite thinking they were high enough away and out of the way, that little adventurer found them.
Basically it screwed up all the headphone controls, Is there a way to disable all of the controls? it skips, and pauses on and off. basically rendering my headphones useless. I can use them when controls are not required, like in a desktop pc, or a cd player without controls.
I am rooted and everything. It affects all apps except for Winamp i have found. and i like using the android default player with DSP. but
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Among all it's great uses I'm using my Gtab as an MP3 player plugged into my trucks stereo. I have an MP3 player but promised it to my wife when I got the Gtab . The problem I'm having is that it's rather awkward to pause or skip tracks on the tablet while driving. I've been hunting for a small remote or steering wheel mounted remote connected through bluetooth or at this point, any connection. All I can seem to find are care MP3 players that come with remotes.
Does a universal Remote for mp3 players exist? Is there another option for limited remote control of the Gtab?
CyanogenMod has the option of using the volume keys to skip songs. You'll have to set it up to not wake up by pushing the volume keys. I don't think there is an easy way to get it to pause though, other than disconnecting the cable. Oh, and there are apps that you can get that detect when headphones are plugged in and automatically start the music app and hit play. Combining those should work for you without any extra gear.
haha, or the post right next to you http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1045590
So I've been trying to figure out why it is that my Touch Pro 2 which I am just now getting into using as a music player (late bloomer I know) has such a LOW volume level with the 3.5mm headphones (using the mini-usb adapter that it CAME with). It seems that the volume level is only absurdly low on items played with HTC Music and Windows Media Player. Other apps I have tried, such as nanoGroove and ICYGroove seem to not have this volume level issue, meaning that it's loud like I want it to be without distorting to nonrecognition.
I've tried hacks and other apps that claim to make a big difference, such as Advanced Configuration's ability to turn on the HTC bass/treble/3D sound boost, which ends up with major distortion. And "Audio Booster" which does make some improvement on HTC Music but not nearly to the level that I hear music from nanoGroove and ICYGroove on.
So the question at this point I guess is, is there any way to get around this or safely and sanely amplify the volume level for music from mp3s? nanoGroove and ICYGroove are both kind of questionable because the sound data comes from an external source (the internet) so I have no idea if they run it through some level amplifier to begin with and that's why it sounds better, or if it's the program itself that is piping it through the sound system differently.
The only other alternative I can think of at this point would be to re-encode my mp3's with a higher volume level, but given my diverse music tastes and frequency of shifts from one artist/genre to another that would end up having to re-encode pretty much everything on a regular basis which I would really rather not have to do. Not to mention having "phone versions" of all my music..
If anyone can recommend something that would either clear this up so it made sense, or just replace the HTC Music/Windows music players in general with something that does not have this problem or an easy and sane workaround, that would be hugely appreciated.
Thanks!
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I have a Motorola Triumph (running CM7) and stream music via Bluetooth to my Sony DSX-S300BTX head unit in my car. The quality and consistency of the audio is flawless and can also use my head unit to change tracks and pause/play music with no issue. I recently began using Google Music on my PC and it made sense to use the Android app for accessibility purposes. The only drawback I have experienced is that the artist and song title info is no longer shown on my car stereo. This functionality worked perfectly using my previous phone (WP7 LG Quantum w/ Zune Pass) and on my current Triumph with the stock music app packaged with any version of CM7. I download and listen to quite a bit of new music and this functionality is pretty much a must have feature for my primary music app.
Does anyone know of a fix/hack for this issue? The only workaround I have thought of would be to sync music via the Google Music app and then listen to it via the stock music app. This is less than ideal due to the fact it involves 2 apps and takes away the option to stream music not downloaded to my phone. Also, the Google Music app has a much nicer UI compared to the stock app. If you don't know of a specific fix, but have some knowledge of A2DP and AVRCP Bluetooth profiles and could point me in the right direction as to what all goes into making this work, that would be awesome.
I've a suggestion, most of the Sony headset has aux in, so you can buy an aux in cable in shop, it is quite cheap, I get my 3 metre cable for about Rm3.50 ~2us$. The output quality of the sound should be good compared with Bluetooth. You won't be able to change track via headset, only phone. If you want a great quality, it is a good choice
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melvinchng said:
I've a suggestion, most of the Sony headset has aux in, so you can buy an aux in cable in shop, it is quite cheap, I get my 3 metre cable for about Rm3.50 ~2us$. The output quality of the sound should be good compared with Bluetooth. You won't be able to change track via headset, only phone. If you want a great quality, it is a good choice
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It has an auxiliary input, as well as 2 USB inputs, but I definitely do not want to use a wired connection. I considered mounting a Nook Color in my car using the aux input and purchasing a head unit that focused purely on audio quality since the Nook would be the central control mechanism by design. The big reason I bought the Sony head unit was for the excellent Bluetooth integration. I don't want to mess with wires, worry about carry a thumb drive with music on it, or worry about constantly updating the flash drive with new music. My current setup is exactly what I envisioned except for the track info problem which I am almost certain is app/phone specific. If I can just get this last little thing figured out I will have everything I want out of my set up. Information regarding this issue seems to be pretty spotty, so any input would be appreciated.
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I have the same issue with my 2012 Volvo and my Sony Arc. While streaming with my 2 year old blackberry it will show the song info text in the car stereo but with my Sony Arc it just says "streaming". The skipping of songs back and forth works fine with the car controls although it seems for both phones you cannot scroll the song menu in the phone like you would with a USB stick or play random.
Did you find a work around to this?
I have 2011 Ford Focus and my wife's phone (SG2) streams track info, yet her old HTC Desire nor my HTC Desire HD dont. I have tried heaps of roms. Is it a hardware limitation?
Hi, I can`t say that I`m a fan of beats audio but without it, the phone lacks a bit of bass impact, this is compared to an siii, ipod touch 3g and ipad 2, the volume is also very low without beats with the 4th notch equal to the first on the siii but that is fine since I like listening to my music softly. However whenever I enable beats audio there is a distinct increase in background noise that doesn`t really affect rock music but does classical and such. This is especially annoying in the gallery app where you cannot turn off enhancers but rather choose between htc enhancer and beats with the htc enhancer increasing bass to the point that everything sounds boomy and echoes. Does everyone have this issue with beats and if so how do we fix this?
TURN BEATS OFF ALWAYS.
Beats Audio is just essentially an EQ setting that is being hyped for marketing. To get the best sound, you need to do equalization based on your listening device, ideally at the amplifier, not the source. For example, audio will sound a lot different in your car than in your living room. So you want the source (the phone) to output a flat, unchanged signal, then adjust the EQ (or tone controls) on your car stereo or home receiver to make it sound best.
Now I'm guess you are probably talking about listening to music on headphones which is a different story, since the headphones don't have an EQ. In that case, just use a music player app (like PowerAmp) that allows you to adjust the EQ in the playback software. You could actually save different profiles: headphones, car, living room to switch between them. Problem with that is, then say you are watching a movie in your living room instead of playing music on your phone, then the movie may not sound optimal. That's why it's best to have the source material unchanged and do the equalization at as close to the amplification device as possible.
The only value of Beats is as a fashion statement for today's young people.
ryanjsoo said:
Hi, I can`t say that I`m a fan of beats audio but without it, the phone lacks a bit of bass impact, this is compared to an siii, ipod touch 3g and ipad 2, the volume is also very low without beats with the 4th notch equal to the first on the siii but that is fine since I like listening to my music softly. However whenever I enable beats audio there is a distinct increase in background noise that doesn`t really affect rock music but does classical and such. This is especially annoying in the gallery app where you cannot turn off enhancers but rather choose between htc enhancer and beats with the htc enhancer increasing bass to the point that everything sounds boomy and echoes. Does everyone have this issue with beats and if so how do we fix this?
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I'm the kind of person who likes to use my phone as a GPS. Google's free navigation used to be a selling point for the OS, but it currently has some issues. Prior to Android 2.3, there used to be separate volume levels for media and navigation. However, these got combined into media so you can no longer tweak your navigation volume independent of your music. The end result is that the only way to make navigation audible in the car is to have the stereo volume at a level that would cause the music volume to bother many people (I usually drive with two toddlers in my car).
But there's another thing that I noticed. Switching between bluetooth output to line output (the car's AUX input) has an effect on volume, but not one that makes sense. Music played through Google Music (and other media players, including PowerAMP) is louder over bluetooth. I have to have the volume at 2 bars in my Fusion on Bluetooth to match the music volume set at 4 bars on line out. But here's the weird thing, navigation volume is not effected. It sounds the same on both, meaning that it suddenly becomes audible on line out.
Android is doing something weird where it amplifies music over bluetooth, but not other sounds. Anyone have any ideas on how to alter this? As it stands, bluetooth is more convenient, but it makes turn-by-turn navigation more difficult.
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