Google Play Music - "Unknown artist" for Random Songs - AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777

Hey all, I've been using Google Play Music for quite some time with no problem whatsoever. My files are OCD-like tagged and organized. Under CM7 and CM9 I had zero problems with the info being correctly read by the app.
But all of a sudden, under CM10 (and once when I rolled back to CM9), random songs (not the same ones every time I wipe and re-copy the music to the MicroSD card) end up under the "Unknown artist" label.
Since I've had this problem in not just CM10, I am posting this as a separate thread, rather than in that ROM's thread.
Any idea what's going on? It's driving me crazy. I've cleared cache and data many times for the app and let it re-scan my music. I've deleted it off my MicroSD multiple times and then re-copied it. No luck.
I've searched XDA Developers and the Internet about this many times to no avail. Anyone else having this issue?

Hate to double-post, but I feel like this is getting buried real quick.

Have you tried, other players to see if they'd do the same exact thing? Kinda like, if its broken, try a new alternative.

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Have you tried, other players to see if they'd do the same exact thing? Kinda like, if its broken, try a new alternative.
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+1 I've been running CM9 stable and at one point Apollo stopped picking up my music from my phone all together, it was just blank. I decided to dl double twist and it gather all my track info. After that Apollo started working.
I know you're running cm10 but I thought this might be helpful
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I'll give that a try and report back here. Thanks for the suggestion!

PR-0927 said:
I'll give that a try and report back here. Thanks for the suggestion!
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Any word on whether that helped or not?
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ricktherick said:
Any word on whether that helped or not?
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Well for some reason those same songs are showing "Unknown artist" in those programs too. But the tags are perfect when I copy them from my PC. I'll try re-writing the tags for those songs and see what happens.
Might be a bit late in responding though, as I just started law school and am swamped with reading.

Related

Google Music Beta

Anyone here a part of it? I'm actually loving it right now. The fact that I don't really need to worry about sdcard space saves me. I can just stream my music to my phone since I always have an excellent wifi/4g signal. It can automatically copy your itunes/windows media/etc.. playlists and settings and this is a plus. What do you guys think?
I also love the service, but the app itself could use some work. it is a bit wonky.
Biggest pain was getting my 50gb music collection uploaded. Glaring issue is that I need to organize my music better.
Yeah I have It, but I think the app needs an overhaul.
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I have been on Google Music Beta for about 2 months. The only problem is that it would not sync my iTunes acct. I contacted Google and they asked me to send the crash log (don't know why I didn't just send that with the initial email) but they have not yet gotten back to me. I have just about given up on Google Support as I have sent them 4 emails in the last month. It would be perfect if I could get this to work on the E3D.
I had the same issue but when I cleared data it began to work flawlessly.
Vdubtx said:
Biggest pain was getting my 50gb music collection uploaded. Glaring issue is that I need to organize my music better.
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50GBs?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!!?!??! COTDAMN WTF!
Love it, but wish I could delete batches if songs easily. Streaming is a+, organization abilities is c-
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I've been using it as well, but noticed that the Music Manager can be quite finicky with the uploads. There's definitely been many songs that haven't uploaded for no apparent reason.
also, i wish we could upload lossless (flac) and not have it converted to mp3.
other than that, i've been pretty happy with it.
-bob
I love it. Free.
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I agree, i love the concept but the app could really use some work. I really like the native music player on the phone.
Also the album art is a joke. I now have Pitbull as the default album art for everything.
Vdubtx said:
Biggest pain was getting my 50gb music collection uploaded. Glaring issue is that I need to organize my music better.
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i did 21gb and that was a pain, so i can imagine how much waiting you did with the 50.
Can you send out invites like everything else Google? I signed up for it like 2 weeks ago and nothing.
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snarebum said:
Can you send out invites like everything else Google? I signed up for it like 2 weeks ago and nothing.
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No it doesn't let you send out invites....you just gotta wait to get yours...it took me like two months and I know some people who got it in two weeks ...and they requested their invite much later than me.....
I like Google music but the Android app could use some work...better app optimization when scrolling through tracks, albums or artists.....right now it just lags when you scroll.....Also for some reason the tracks in some of my albums do not get sorted by lowest track number to highest .....
Other than that its great.
it's nice and it's growing on me, but here are my quirks
You aren't able to download your music. As far as I know this can only be done on your phone. It's nice that it's in the 'cloud'; however, I still need to maintain a copy on my computer if I need to transfer it to some other device or media that doesn't have the ability to connect to GMusic.
Better online sound quality. Over the phone it seems to sound much better than through a web browser on my pc.
DarkManX4lf said:
No it doesn't let you send out invites....you just gotta wait to get yours...it took me like two months and I know some people who got it in two weeks ...and they requested their invite much later than me.....
I like Google music but the Android app could use some work...better app optimization when scrolling through tracks, albums or artists.....right now it just lags when you scroll.....Also for some reason the tracks in some of my albums do not get sorted by lowest track number to highest .....
Other than that its great.
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Ok I didn't think so but figured is try. Thanks for the info. I'd hit thanks but I'm on my phone.
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One thing I noticed is that even if I have "Sync music" unchecked in my Accounts & Sync settings, the Google Music service will sometimes still start itself up without me ever opening the app. Happens about half the time I do a reboot.
I'm using the service as well and I really like it. On my original evo I had a issue with it constantly disconnecting from my gmail account. Now with the 3D I haven't seen that problem yet
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Google Music
Sup guys, quick question, does anyone have Google music up and running completely on R.G. 2.1 or Virtuous Unity Sense ? I have the music manager set up on my laptop, I downloaded the app from the market,but when I go to Menu/settings/Sync, there is no option to sync music or is this an option at all ? I hope that I'm posting this in the right forum, thanks in advance for your help....
Thing I hate is sometimes for no reason the music manager will give me errors for music i'm trying to upload. Then a few days later I look at it when im about to upload something else and all of the errors that were there are gone and the songs have actually downloaded. That and the fact that sometimes it duplicates music.

[Q] CM7 RC1.2 and third party audio players

Just found a wierd bug in CM7 RC1.2 that I haven't seen mentioned before. When using either Winamp or Google Listen the audio plays fine, but the elapsed time counters don't start - they just stay at 0:00. The default music app works fine, and the two apps above function properly on OMFGB.
I've already uninstalled and reinstalled both apps and fixed permissions.
Any ideas?
I'll confirm this happens in both Winamp and DoubleTwist on RC1.2 although it starts working if you grab the slider and move it to a different time other than 0. Seems like there was something similar to this that wasn't updating that slayher was going to look into but I can't remember right now.
Should be added to the community reported bug list.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1125466
Glad to know I'm not the only one experiencing this on doubleTwist.
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Thanks for confirming it's not just me. Could someone with privileges to post in the dev forum report this?
Thanks!
Once i get my 10 posts i ll see what i can do. :/
scottfreeze said:
Thanks for confirming it's not just me. Could someone with privileges to post in the dev forum report this?
Thanks!
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Ca5p3r said:
Once i get my 10 posts i ll see what i can do. :/
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It's been reported in the thread here and in the rootzwiki thread.
Wow, I have been using Winamp regularly on RC1.2 for almost 3 weeks now, and never noticed that bug till I just checked now. Good catch!

XWLA4 roms incompatible with amazon market?

Anyone able to login to the amazon market app on xwla4? No matter which one it won't accept login and password .
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Works on mine, just signed in, I haven't found any issues reported yet.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1502426
Many of the new roms are being stripped down, I assume breaking things so just ask them to either include the files or ask for what is being removed/modified.
Also having issues with the latest version of google music as well :-/
Everythings perfect with shishirROM
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Honestly I have had this problem on LILROM also (also was playing around with Rebel) and they both do it. I triple checked this before posting so someone didnt think I was just being dumb and it was a password problem but I can login fine to Amazon using the same Email/password on my laptop and on Shostock/ICScrewed fine. It was my understanding that the Amazon market is limited to US users so far and not international which was why I was curious -- its really a deal breaker for me because I have a ton of paid apps that are shared across my phone and several Kindle Fires. Hopefully someone figures this out and thanks for taking the time to respond btw...
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Everythings perfect with shishirROM
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Thanks I will give it a try but having tried LIL/Nonamed and Rebel already I suspect something is going on here that is either in relation to this base or how its being hellraised? I am not a developer but work in IT so if there is any information I can provide that might help correct this please let me know.
I will post back with some results on this later I need to wait for my GF to go to bed so she does not think I am ignoring her texts.
No issue here. Using lilrom, flashed before it was named, if that makes any difference.
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i was on shishir rom also and didnt have any issues with amazon appstore.
Please don't blame ROMs for issues with logging into cloud services unless a problem like this exists for more than a day or two.
Login problems are frequently problems on the service provider side - for example, the Market wigged out on me this morning, but 20 minutes later it was OK.
If you install lots of roms check amazons site under your apps and devices. You may have used up the allowed amount of devices, just delete some and try to login from your mobile again.
Entropy512 said:
Please don't blame ROMs for issues with logging into cloud services unless a problem like this exists for more than a day or two.
Login problems are frequently problems on the service provider side - for example, the Market wigged out on me this morning, but 20 minutes later it was OK.
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Out of curiosity..If it was a problem with the market it wouldn't allow you to log in from computer either?
Nyk0n. said:
If you install lots of roms check amazons site under your apps and devices. You may have used up the allowed amount of devices, just delete some and try to login from your mobile again.
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This. Ran into it a couple weeks ago. I think the limit is 20 devices. Every new login on a different ROM appears to count, from what I saw...though I didn't dig in detail, just deleted some aria and cappy instances.
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Out of curiosity..If it was a problem with the market it wouldn't allow you to log in from computer either?
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No, completely different interface - for example, it's common for the Android Market to be inaccessible or wacky when accessed by devices but for the web frontent to be fine.
Entropy512 said:
No, completely different interface - for example, it's common for the Android Market to be inaccessible or wacky when accessed by devices but for the web frontent to be fine.
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Got ya, thanks for the clarification.

[Q] Music Junk HELP!

Does anyone know where I can find the latest version of Music Junk? Mine just keeps saying "Network Error" and all the searches I have done are really old posts. Can someone help me please???
Looks like it might be gone for good since the Facebook and Twitter page has been pulled....
I've been wondering the same, but I guess it really is finally gone for good... which blows because it was the best app for downloading music, hands down.
After posting my last, I installed Music Junk 4.3 on my phone again and opened it immediately to try it out again. I searched for music and it actually worked. I downloaded a couple of songs and everything, but then it stopped working after trying another search. Not sure what this means, but hopefully something positive...
Can you post a link for 4.3? I couldn't find it anywhere. I found other versions, but not that one. Pretty Please?
I have this problem with 4.3 I also tried to uninstall & reinstall. I tried 4.2 as well with no luck. This is typical of them when they change versions, but I haven't seen a 4.4 version out there...
*thread subscribed to in hopes of a solution*
Cranemachine said:
Can you post a link for 4.3? I couldn't find it anywhere. I found other versions, but not that one. Pretty Please?
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Luckily, I still had this saved on my computer from when I downloaded it off the Twitter page...
http://db.tt/8T5p0jZN
tyler.durden said:
Luckily, I still had this saved on my computer from when I downloaded it off the Twitter page...
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But the more important question is are you getting 4.3 to work? Seems like most of us are getting "network error" on any searches.
I have a 4.3, but it's not like it's doing me any good.
trayson said:
But the more important question is are you getting 4.3 to work? Seems like most of us are getting "network error" on any searches.
I have a 4.3, but it's not like it's doing me any good.
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I did last night, randomly... decided to install it again and try it. The first search worked and I was able to download several songs. After that, no such luck. I've been getting network error ever since.
I remember long time back (HTC hero days) music junk used to have some files, that used to pull data from these music websites, that used to get outdated. hence, the new versions would have the new files and we would not get the network errors...
If we can get a developer to look into some recent music junk versions and look into the changes made, we might be able to get it working again.
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I remember long time back (HTC hero days) music junk used to have some files, that used to pull data from these music websites, that used to get outdated. hence, the new versions would have the new files and we would not get the network errors...
If we can get a developer to look into some recent music junk versions and look into the changes made, we might be able to get it working again.
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I use rolle you tube which works great for downloading MP3s of videos or songs on you tube.
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waterbound said:
I use rolle you tube which works great for downloading MP3s of videos or songs on you tube.
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The thing is that music junk was the only app that showed the bitrate of each song. And it worked! The quality of songs was amazing.
The thing is that there is a very easy fix for this Network error... We just need a developer to look into it.
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nubie said:
The thing is that music junk was the only app that showed the bitrate of each song. And it worked! The quality of songs was amazing.
The thing is that there is a very easy fix for this Network error... We just need a developer to look into it.
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I agree, with Rolle you are at the mercy of whatever is available bit rate wise. I have had good results so far, sometimes CD 44.1 quality or near, sometimes its complete crap. Just throwing out there for a suggestion to hold you over! I agree and hope a developer can modify music junk as necessary.
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My worst nightmares have come true. Music junk hands down the best music app without an overly stupid gui, has bitrate info, and the largest music selection.
I'm seriously debating getting back into java programming to make it work again... but soo much work
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Anybody know of an alternative method of downloading free music, I haven't paid for music in three years thanks to music junk.
jeffyh said:
My worst nightmares have come true. Music junk hands down the best music app without an overly stupid gui, has bitrate info, and the largest music selection.
I'm seriously debating getting back into java programming to make it work again... but soo much work
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I'm sure, that if you start programming, you can definitely get donations! It might be worth your time
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Any developments?
doneski
I think it's a done deal, guys. Anytime the servers went offline & we waited on a new version,I was still able to download on mj ver3.0.that is the only version that would work all the time even when the newer current ones would come network error. Needless to say, 3 isn't working anymore.
No way 4.3 was working for me this month now i get network error why i love this app. Any one know if there is an update like 4.4 or am alternative app out there?
I'm using v 3.0.4, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. The trick is i have to press search a few times, i get the "network error'' the first tries but eventually it loads the search page. I get the error far more times when im using the network than through wi fi. But once it goes through i click on the song and downloads on the first try.

[Q] Google play won't load on Jelly Beans build 11

Hello,
Google play just stopped working for me on Jelly Beans build 11. Google play says "No Connection" and the retry button doesn't work. My Note 2 is online though; the hotspot and web browsing works fine. I do not know what the problem is with Google play. Can anyone recommend a gapps file for Jelly Beans build 11? or another solution? Is it only me that is having this issue? Or is the gapps that is preinstalled with Jelly Beans build 11 unreliabe?
Thanks
Im on build 10 and I haven't had any problems...Maybe try flashing the rom again?
Hooked on Roms said:
Hello,
Google play just stopped working for me on Jelly Beans build 11. Google play says "No Connection" and the retry button doesn't work. My Note 2 is online though; the hotspot and web browsing works fine. I do not know what the problem is with Google play. Can anyone recommend a gapps file for Jelly Beans build 11? or another solution? Is it only me that is having this issue? Or is the gapps that is preinstalled with Jelly Beans build 11 unreliabe?
Thanks
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Clear Google plays cache in the settings menu. Don't go spreading false accusations that beans rom is unreliable. You're the only one with this issue. Read more
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fixed gapps for Jelly Beans build 11
Ok,
So, it was an app called "Freedom" that was installed on my phone that trashed the Google Play. Clearing the cache for Google Play did not fix the problem. I had to re-flash the the Jelly Beans build 11 ROM to get Google Play back. I do not recommend using the Freedom app.
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Clear Google plays cache in the settings menu. Don't go spreading false accusations that beans rom is unreliable. You're the only one with this issue. Read more
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Interesting. He never made any accusations... just said it stopped working an asked for help. I have the same issue. I've been researching for hours and tried many things. I re-installed it many times and wiped cache. I've tried at least 6 different solutions from different forums and finally found this thread while looking for help. Your reply is really defensive and rude. The issue only happens for me with this ROM so please tell me why it cannot be this ROM and what I should read more.
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Interesting. He never made any accusations... just said it stopped working an asked for help. I have the same issue. I've been researching for hours and tried many things. I re-installed it many times and wiped cache. I've tried at least 6 different solutions from different forums and finally found this thread while looking for help. Your reply is really defensive and rude. The issue only happens for me with this ROM so please tell me why it cannot be this ROM and what I should read more.
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Why did you resurrect a solved thread? And one that's been dead for a month? If anyone is defensive here its you pal. Look at your writing hombre
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Why did you resurrect a solved thread? And one that's been dead for a month? If anyone is defensive here its you pal. Look at your writing hombre
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Correct. I was defending the original poster. Sorry, but my tone does not excuse you. I hate it when some "senior member" steps in to scold someone for asking for help. This is a great forum overall. As a developer I can appreciate protecting the ROM's integrity, but some of you guys have some major ego issues. This person was able to find a solution on their own, but there is still a live issue with this ROM. No, I am not spreading rumors. It is a great ROM and I wish I could use it. Hopefully, someone else will read this and have some good suggestion. After trying everything imaginable and researching for an entire day I gave up and went to Synergy Rom (my 2nd choice). Play Store works for me with that Rom and it has a theme that makes it look like stock. Unfortunately, I cannot post on the actual thread because I am new so I have to look for help on side threads.
There is no synergy rom for the Verizon galaxy note 2......what are you talking about sir? If I see correctly you have an s3. Therefore why are you even posting here? This does not relate to beans rom on the note 2
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o1webdawg said:
Correct. I was defending the original poster. Sorry, but my tone does not excuse you. I hate it when some "senior member" steps in to scold someone for asking for help. This is a great forum overall. As a developer I can appreciate protecting the ROM's integrity, but some of you guys have some major ego issues. This person was able to find a solution on their own, but there is still a live issue with this ROM. No, I am not spreading rumors. It is a great ROM and I wish I could use it. Hopefully, someone else will read this and have some good suggestion. After trying everything imaginable and researching for an entire day I gave up and went to Synergy Rom (my 2nd choice). Play Store works for me with that Rom and it has a theme that makes it look like stock. Unfortunately, I cannot post on the actual thread because I am new so I have to look for help on side threads.
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"As a developer"? I agree add the guy below me though, what phone are you using?
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I'm a new developer (well... new to making ROMs), but have not completed my own yet. It looks like fun though so I'm getting into it.
Currently, I am on a Verizon GSIII and the problem was while using Jelly Beans, but may not be directly with that ROM. Like the original poster I am not using Freedom and have not installed any apps yet.
I tried:
- enabled download manager
- re-installed many times
- cleared all caches
- checked system time
- factory reset
- fix permissions
- no ad-blocking software messing with host file
- logged into Google via browser
- removed and re-added Google Acccount
- good internet connection
- etc. etc.
Switching to Synergy fixed Playstore for me without any other actions, which leads me to believe it was a bug. Since I switched ROMs I cannot do any testing now. However, if I remember correctly since I now have 10 posts I may be allowed to post messages on the Jelly Bean thread. I hope so... then I can communicate directly with that dev and help them debug.
If anyone else has this problem at least they know they are not alone and maybe can post their results.
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I'm a new developer (well... new to making ROMs), but have not completed my own yet. It looks like fun though so I'm getting into it.
Currently, I am on a Verizon GSIII and the problem was while using Jelly Beans, but may not be directly with that ROM. Like the original poster I am not using Freedom and have not installed any apps yet.
I tried:
- enabled download manager
- re-installed many times
- cleared all caches
- checked system time
- factory reset
- fix permissions
- no ad-blocking software messing with host file
- logged into Google via browser
- removed and re-added Google Acccount
- good internet connection
- etc. etc.
Switching to Synergy fixed Playstore for me without any other actions, which leads me to believe it was a bug. Since I switched ROMs I cannot do any testing now. However, if I remember correctly since I now have 10 posts I may be allowed to post messages on the Jelly Bean thread. I hope so... then I can communicate directly with that dev and help them debug.
If anyone else has this problem at least they know they are not alone and maybe can post their results.
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Okay cool well beans is up to like build 13 so maybe the problem some have are fixed now.
By the way hope to see some of your work soon, but I'd wait until you've put some stuff out to call yourself adev. I've made a couple themes for my use (two to release soon) but don't think I'm a themer
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Okay cool well beans is up to like build 13 so maybe the problem some have are fixed now.
By the way hope to see some of your work soon, but I'd wait until you've put some stuff out to call yourself adev. I've made a couple themes for my use (two to release soon) but don't think I'm a themer
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It was the current version, but I am going to try it again in a few weeks (or whenever the next build comes out). I hear you and agree... makes sense. I just meant that I am a professional software engineer in real life. I didn't mean to infer I am a dev here.
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It was the current version, but I am going to try it again in a few weeks (or whenever the next build comes out). I hear you and agree... makes sense. I just meant that I am a professional software engineer in real life. I didn't mean to infer I am a dev here.
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Oh, then your are a dev just not android yet. We'll look forward to some future work
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o1webdawg said:
It was the current version, but I am going to try it again in a few weeks (or whenever the next build comes out).
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Beans14 came out last night, just FYI :good:
I had inverted app causing problem. Installed stock play store and boom, up and runnig.

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