My phone is stock ICS and I've done a reset to fix some issues I was having with accounts synchronizing.
Since then there seems to be a new problem unfortunately. When I open the Music app it doesn't open on the Now Playing screen (the visualization of the cover of the current / latest track with the controls), it instead AWAYS open on the album selection.
The problem is it's very annoying, because even if it's playing a song and I access the shortcut I have on my home screen or the permanent notification by pulling the status bar it opens the album selection instead of the Now Playing. :'(
I don't recall it worked that way before... I remember when I accessed the Music app it'd open on the Now Playing screen either if I exit from it by pressing back multiple times or via the home button. Now it doesn't get back on the screen regardless of what I do (even pressing home and then using the native task switcher to get back into it).
I already force stopped Music and cleared the data, and restarted the phone, but the behavior didn't back to normal. Can someone help? How do your app work?
I noticed this as well, and it's very annoying. However, I believe that's the way it is with ICS. I've flashed 5 or 6 ICS roms, and they all do it.
Hm, I hope I can ask some other things on this topic also...
A minor "problem": Is it possible to make the player to display album art in a per-track basis? I have album art in each track via ID3 but the player gets the one from the first song and spread to the whole album, while I like to switch the covers of the singles and other releases to their own covers on the mp3 files... Doesn't seem possible, never mind...
But I was thinking about how HTC One X Music app behaves in these situations and if I'd be able to get it on my device if I had the apk?
Thanks.
Just so you know, the app is half back to normal. It'll now return into the now playing screen if that was the last one I left the app in (when getting into it via task switcher or status / notifications bar).
Actually it might be interesting to get back in the track selection screen as you can forward just 1 or skip many tracks using the list. But I reported this to HTC anyway.
I'm almost sure there's no way to have per-track album art in the default Music app.
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I jsut sold my ipod touch and am going solely with my Vibrant for media. I have tried different music players, all of which are good but each has a small issue that bugs me. I am on MIUI and love the ROM.
MIUI player - plays great but shows id3 tags differently than what they really are at times
Winamp - plays awesome, all looks great although the MIUI lockscreen doesn't show album artwork. I can set the lockscreen in winamp but then i have 2 lockscreens to get to the phone - redundant.
Doubletwist - doesn't display some of the album artwork
I have tried others but these 3 seem to suite me most. Does anyone know of how to solve these isssues or have a better player app? Coming from the iPod I have high expectations because for music, it just "worked". Now i am having issues with album artwork and id3 tags not showing correctly. Any suggestions for a different player or how to solve this?
PowerAmp far and away is the best music player I have used. I like it better than PlayerPro and Winamp. It is customizable, you can edit the id3 tags, it will play all range of formats even flv. I have been using it for years. Plus there is a trial version to see if you like it and then after 5 days or something like that you have to pay for full flavor.
+1 for PowerAmp
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Thanks guys, I just downloaded it and like it yet I have a question. In MIUI I changed the lockscreen controls for poweramp yet when i am on the lockscreen it's the default music player app controls. I know i can set the lockscreen in poweramp, like winamp but i don't want 2 lockscreens to get to my phone. Thoughts?
This is what you do...
1. Go into "Settings" -> "System" -> "Button" -> "Lockscreen Music Controls" -> "PowerAMP"
2. Go into the PowerAMP app
3. Hit the settings soft key
4. Click on "More"
5. Click on "Settings"
6. Scroll down, Click "Lock Screen"
7. Now change the first two Lock Screen settings to:
Enable Lock Screen... ON
Direct Unlock... ON
8. All the other settings are optional, to make the lock screen better suit your taste.
This should fix your issue.
Thank you, that is what I was looking for! It still "flashes" the default music app lockscreen for a second, but then straight to the poweramp one, is that normal? I really just want it to go straight to poweramp, mostly to display the album art and info.
I have actually uninstalled the stock music apk and that took care of it straight away. Suppose you could freeze it with TBpro. Wish they could bring back the 4x2 lock screen.
PowerAmp + Voodoo + Bose in-ear phones = Eargasm
Woodrube said:
I have actually uninstalled the stock music apk and that took care of it straight away. Suppose you could freeze it with TBpro. Wish they could bring back the 4x2 lock screen.
PowerAmp + Voodoo + Bose in-ear phones = Eargasm
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I want to uninstall it then, how do I do that situation. Center its a system app? Anyone know if poweamp only displays certain size album art too? Seems like the really hi res stuff doesn't show up.
Just pull the music.apk from /system/app and put it on your sdcard so if you want to put back someday you'll have it.
You can adjust the album art size in the settings under album art I think. I have mine set at 85 so it shows the art but then also a glow behind it made from the colors of the album art.
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Well I moved the music apk and rebooted. I still get the flash of the stock music lock screen before it goes to the power amplifier one, is this normal and something I just have to deal with?
Sadly you will for the most part... This is a flaw of using a third party lock screen widget. It will show a glimpse of the stock lock screen then show the PowerAMP one.
Best workaround I've found is this:
1. Go into PowerAMP and play a song
2. Lock the phone
3. Turn it on
4. Lock the phone again
Now, whenever you turn on the phone it will instantly show the PowerAMP one. However if you unlock the phone you'll have to repeat the process... Still, if you have the phone in your pocket and only need to pull it out to change a song real quick this simple workaround works.
Power amp is the best.no doubt about it.Install PowerAmp without any hesitation.
Well I've been tinkering with PowerAmp and love it so I got the full version. The lockscreen issue was solved by uninstalling doubletwist, now the lockscreen goes straight to PowerAmp, even without the little trick above. I suggest uninstalling other players if you're having the same issue. Also, PowerAmp is awesome, so much to customize and displays tags and album art very well.
+1,000,000 PowerAmp! I don't know how I spent the last year on my vibrant without this MUST HAVE app!?! Excellent advice NOOB, this workaround is working great for my Galaxy Skyrocket as well. Shake Flashlight app also works from the PowerAmp lockscreen flawlessly, which is another must have for me at least!
Sokey... I've been tinkering with the lockscreen settings while listening to music and the only time i'm noticing the stock lockscreen flash beforehand is when my previous action before the screen locking is being on the homescreen... and it's more than just a flash... it's a 2-3 second lag! For instance... if my last action was the calculator...then let it auto lock or manually lock it...upon pressing the power button...straight to the poweramp lockscreen. I'll then unlock, close the calc app and i'm left at the homescreen, lock it up, press power, aand there goes the lag stock lock beforehand. Have you experienced that?
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+1,000,000 PowerAmp! I don't know how I spent the last year on my vibrant without this MUST HAVE app!?! Excellent advice NOOB, this workaround is working great for my Galaxy Skyrocket as well. Shake Flashlight app also works from the PowerAmp lockscreen flawlessly, which is another must have for me at least!
Sokey... I've been tinkering with the lockscreen settings while listening to music and the only time i'm noticing the stock lockscreen flash beforehand is when my previous action before the screen locking is being on the homescreen... and it's more than just a flash... it's a 2-3 second lag! For instance... if my last action was the calculator...then let it auto lock or manually lock it...upon pressing the power button...straight to the poweramp lockscreen. I'll then unlock, close the calc app and i'm left at the homescreen, lock it up, press power, aand there goes the lag stock lock beforehand. Have you experienced that?
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I did exactly as you said with the calculator and each time it went straight to the lockscreen - no lag at all! I suggest uninstalling other music players, when I got rid of the MIUI music player and doubletwist I noticed a huge difference. I can lock it anytime and it has no lag. Good luck.
Make sure in the PA lockscreen settings to have Enable Lock Screen and Direct Unlock both ticked and the Slide to Unlock unticked.
Side note on the more recent builds. PowerAmp 1.4 was the bomb as-is. But then they released 2.0 and it was good for the first build, then crappy for the next 2-3 and finally this current one (build 467 I think) has all the goodies. One caveat that I have found in this newer build is the ability to NOT autoscan when your SD card is remove/put back in. It is on Folders/Library Scanner and untick the Auto-Scan.
Also I highly suggest that if you have Titanium Backup Pro that you use it for two things. First, it is always better to "Freeze" your stock/MIUI music.apk as opposed to just uninstalling them. That way if you ever want to go back you can just "Defrost" it and you are good rather than having to search for the apk and re-push it to /system/app.
Second, as I said before PowerAmp has gone through some growing pains on this 2.0 version. While I do like it very much, I have been on the first build of it while they hammered out the problems on current release, which I am using. You can use TBPro to revert to previous builds as long as you have made backups.
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Can you completely remove miui lockscreen and make it always show poweramps lockscreen even if the music isn't playing ? I'm also using the latest poweramp 2.0.4.467
No, but you can use something like Widgetlocker to replace your lockscreen and put it on there.
The only thing i didnt like about poweramp is how it sounds different out-of-the-box than all other music apps ive tried.
what i mean is, whenever ive used playerpro or mixzing or stock, my music all sounds the same (unless i tweak the sound with an equalizer). ive gotten used to the way my music sounds with stock equalizer values because i do the tweaking with my car stereo, not through an app on my phone.
for some reason, poweramp defaults to its own equalizer values. i dont like that. it should use the phones stock equalizer unless otherwise specified imo
if anyone knows how to remedy this, please share.
I want to bring to attention 2 Problems that I am facing with my new Galaxy S3:
1. Using the stock music player on the default lock screen (swipe), there is no music control feature to pause and skip tracks when I am listening to music. Now I know that there are 3rd party apps that can do that, but I am pretty sure that the stock music player must be able to do that too, since on my galaxy s it works. Has anyone the same problem and any ideas on how to solve it? I am thinking maybe it's a bug on my phone, and considering to 'manufacture reset' the phone to see if it changes.
2. I cannot find the stock task manager app anywhere. I know how to start the task manager ( hold home button), but the app is not there and neither any widgets. I wish there was a widget, so I can put it on the home screen to save time. Any solutions? ( again, not using 3rd party apps)
Thanks in advance
PS: I am also curious how to get rid of the branding logo (Optus Australia) that shows up on start-up, it really makes it look bad. Any suggestions?
I'm having exactly the same questions.
Has anyone a idea?
You can find the music controls by pulling down the notification bar on lockscreen. Let's hope they fix this in the next update.
Yeah, pulling down the notification bar works, but it's an extra step which is pretty much useless, because you might just as well swipe and unlock the phone. Really hope that Samsung/Google fixes this problem, it's so basic.
Also, the stock internet browser seems to be not perfec either: Flash-related problems can occur, especially when watching youtube using the browser, sometimes it just keeps loading and doesn't play. I got the adobe flash player installed, still no change. Anyone sharing same problems?
same question, is there any way to add a shortcut to task manager other than long press home key ?
If you want task manager you can go Samsung app store you can download it. While you are there download photo editor too.
You get music controls if you use a Pin lock instead of just swipe... Silly, I know, but at least you increase your phones protection too
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You get music controls if you use a Pin lock instead of just swipe... Silly, I know, but at least you increase your phones protection too
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... I don't get music controls on the lockscreen if I set a pin lock..
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You get music controls if you use a Pin lock instead of just swipe... Silly, I know, but at least you increase your phones protection too
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Thanks I did that sometime ago and totally forgot how it appeared.
suggest you go for poweramp , the preset has much better sound then stock player
"Apllication Monitor" available in samsung apps
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same question, is there any way to add a shortcut to task manager other than long press home key ?
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Install application monitor widget from more services or samsung apps
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You get music controls if you use a Pin lock instead of just swipe... Silly, I know, but at least you increase your phones protection too
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I have a pinlock and get no music controls at all. Tried all the various settings?
Hi,
I installed Winamp Pro on my Galaxy S3 (running 4.0.4), but when I try and use the controls on my Bluetooth headphones it launches the stock music app. Is there any way to set it so that those controls control Winamp instead? I have the relevant check box checked in Winamp, but it doesn't appear to make a difference.
Also, when the stock music app is launched via the icon in the regular app list, you are taken to a view where at the top of the screen it says All, Playlists, Albums, Artists etc. How do you get to this view if you launch the app via the widget?
When I click on the widget it brings up the main screen, but it displays the album art for the current track along with player controls. I can scroll left and right to change tracks, but only for that particular album. If I press the little on-screen button (bottom-right) I get a text based list of tracks, but again, for the current album only. I can't get to that screen that has "All, Playlists, Albums" etc. at the top in order to select a different album or browse my library.
Thanks in advance for any help!
Hi,
For the second part of your query, I believe this is a bug (which I intend to contact Samsung about today).
There is a way around it: from the screen you've described, there should be a button at the right under the album art (next to the shuffle and repeat controls). If you press this it takes you to the "music square" screen. At the top you will now have the menu for playlists, artists, etc.
On mine, in order to not have to scroll across the top, I've disabled everything except Artist and Music Square. Unfortunately you can't disable music square as this also disables the button!
As for the first part, I'm not entirely sure for Winamp but the option to respond to Bluetooth (or headset) controls should be within the Winamp settings (something like "override headset buttons" or something.
Thanks for the reply.
After starting this thread, I noticed that "music square" workaround when watching YouTube vids of people showing off the phone. I had hidden that option, which is why I was finding it impossible to get back to that main menu!
As for Winamp, I've switched to another player now, but I believe Winamp has now been updated to fix the problem I mentioned.
Sorry to bug you guys again, but I'm having trouble with playing music.
I can start my music in another app, it'll show in the widget, but none of the controls work. I've tried this on multiple themes. I know this was working before.
Suggestions?
BTW, thanks for such a fantastic project. Will this cost money when it comes out of Beta? I'm ready to pay!
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Sorry to bug you guys again, but I'm having trouble with playing music.
I can start my music in another app, it'll show in the widget, but none of the controls work. I've tried this on multiple themes. I know this was working before.
Suggestions?
BTW, thanks for such a fantastic project. Will this cost money when it comes out of Beta? I'm ready to pay!
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Hi, does it matter what music player you're using? We're working on fixing the supported music players at the moment, ss o hopefully the fix is implemented soon. We'd recommend a reinstall, but Themer is down from the Play Store so only try it once it's back up (unless you have a backup).
Well Themer is not going to be free forever, but we still want to sort out these bugs first
Well, I mainly use BeyondPod, as I listen to a dozen or so podcasts. I can try setting it up with Poweramp, but BeyondPod is what I use/need.
Thanks for the great support.
I did an accidental fresh install a few weeks ago (don't ask), so I thought I'd contact you.
RED ZMAN said:
Well, I mainly use BeyondPod, as I listen to a dozen or so podcasts. I can try setting it up with Poweramp, but BeyondPod is what I use/need.
Thanks for the great support.
I did an accidental fresh install a few weeks ago (don't ask), so I thought I'd contact you.
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Hey there,
We're still talking to the developers about getting these music players supported, there seems to be some confusion but hopefully it'll be sorted within the next update. There's a somewhat quickfix that should work for you, here's what you do:
1. Go into Themer Settings - App Preferences - Music - BeyondPod.
2. Hold down on the homescreen - Advanced - Unlock Widgets.
3. Hold down on the music widget - Configure.
4. Tap the album art (or music source) - select the bottom middle icon (Music Cover Art or similar) - Hotspot - Open Player (right at the bottom).
5. Now exit out of everything - go into your Themer settings again (main menu should be easier) - Advanced - Desktop - Lock desktop widgets.
This will work for your current theme, but every time you change to a new theme, you'll just have to do steps 2-5. It might not work straight away, but after 2-3 attempts it should be good. Again we apologize for the inconvenience with this, but it should be sorted soon! Hope this helps!
Thanks for all the help. here's what I've discovered.
1. When I had to do a fresh install of Themer a few weeks ago, I lost my presets. so yes, MUSIC wasn't selected anymore. I set that up, but the buttons still didn't work.
2. When i clicked on the album art it launched BeyondPod finally, after setting up Music to BeyondPod.
3. The buttons ONLY work when BeondPod is active. If I close the app, the buttons do not respond.
With the player up and running, I can go to the home screen, and the buttons on the widget work fine.
I noticed this morning that my music player (Google Play music) is not showing up on my second screen when music is playing. It shows up initially for a couple of seconds, but then dissappears... Same whether screen is on or off. I'm on LP, rooted with Xposed running.... Any ideas?
This might be the fact that you don't know how to initialize the player to show up. You have to swipe right on the 2nd screen to get the player to appear. Also, Google Play Music purposely disappears after you swipe to it to prevent draining the battery or for you to accidentally press on it.
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This might be the fact that you don't know how to initialize the player to show up. You have to swipe right on the 2nd screen to get the player to appear. Also, Google Play Music purposely disappears after you swipe to it to prevent draining the battery or for you to accidentally press on it.
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Thanks for the reply... however, that is what I am doing (swiping thru the different second screens) and the music player is not there. I've been using it since I got the phone last year... also, before whenever music was playing, the music controls were always one of the second screen displays (screen on or off) I could swipe to... now it pops up for a couple of seconds and then disappears. I'm pretty sure this is not the intended behavior as it would be useless and also is not what it has been doing previously.
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Thanks for the reply... however, that is what I am doing (swiping thru the different second screens) and the music player is not there. I've been using it since I got the phone last year... also, before whenever music was playing, the music controls were always one of the second screen displays (screen on or off) I could swipe to... now it pops up for a couple of seconds and then disappears. I'm pretty sure this is not the intended behavior as it would be useless and also is not what it has been doing previously.
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Does it appear to be turned on in Settings > When the main screen is on?
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Does it appear to be turned on in Settings > When the main screen is on?
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There is no settings selection for the music controls...
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There is no settings selection for the music controls...
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If there isn't a section, then you must have accidentally removed Google play music. That app and/or another app is essential to keeping that function working. If you can't find this app that you deleted I recommend running a factory flash wipe.
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If there isn't a section, then you must have accidentally removed Google play music. That app and/or another app is essential to keeping that function working. If you can't find this app that you deleted I recommend running a factory flash wipe.
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Google Play Music is still installed... never removed. What other app are you talking about that may have caused this? Thanks!
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Google Play Music is still installed... never removed. What other app are you talking about that may have caused this? Thanks!
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OK, back in business! Since I only use Google Play Music for playing music, I used Titanium BU to freeze three other Music apps... I unfroze them and poof! the settings menu selection is back!
Thanks!