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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.
+1000 for Power AMP
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?
HerbMead said:
+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?
Is there any easy way to disable having to input my lock screen pattern for when I'm driving?
I use my phone for music but I never have it docked, so I don't want the screen permanently on. It's just dangerous to have to do my pattern unlock whilst I'm driving. I'm using InDrive app to control PowerAmp but I want to be able to go straight to that by just pressing the awake button on my S3.
So is there anything that will easily allow me to disable this but won't stop the screen going off? Ideally a widget I can place on my home screen.
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Is there any easy way to disable having to input my lock screen pattern for when I'm driving?
I use my phone for music but I never have it docked, so I don't want the screen permanently on. It's just dangerous to have to do my pattern unlock whilst I'm driving. I'm using InDrive app to control PowerAmp but I want to be able to go straight to that by just pressing the awake button on my S3.
So is there anything that will easily allow me to disable this but won't stop the screen going off? Ideally a widget I can place on my home screen.
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Well.. I never came across a widget or app like that but there is an option in my rom to disable lock screen. I think there will be an option on your device as well. Just turn it on and off whenever you need.
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Well.. I never came across a widget or app like that but there is an option in my rom to disable lock screen. I think there will be an option on your device as well. Just turn it on and off whenever you need.
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Cheers. If I go through the menu settings then I can disable lockscreen. It's a bit of a pain to do this every time I get in and out of the car though.
I just assumed this would be a common problem for people using their phone to play music in the car. Seems like it might not be!
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Cheers. If I go through the menu settings then I can disable lockscreen. It's a bit of a pain to do this every time I get in and out of the car though.
I just assumed this would be a common problem for people using their phone to play music in the car. Seems like it might not be!
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Well yeah.. But you got few ops. Disable and enable from settings (lockscreen settings on my phone), or you can make a playlist of your music which will save you from touching your device while driving. Or you can copy your music to a usb drive and plug it to your car's audio system.. Or the most complicated but the most useful thing you can do us try making an app or a script will do the job of enabling/disabling the lockscreen everytime you run it. Well.. Thats something for devs and can be really complicated.. But worth trying..
If you're rooted you can install the xposed framework and per app DPI module, then set specific apps to show over the lock screen such as poweramp so its fully use able while the phone is locked
I am having a problem where a majority of the time when I am on my lock screen it does not give me the option to change the track on whatever music app I am using. This was one of my favorite features of KitKat where I was introduced to the album art on the lock screen and given the option to change the track. Now about 75% of the time I have to fully unlock my phone to access my Spotify music app on the home screen. Can anyone resolve this issue for me?
Try removing the smart button app for the original headphones button. It worked for me.
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If you have any suggestions, add in comments and I'll update the OP. Going to try to keep this list as comprehensive as possible.
Ambient Display: Stock ambient display sucks, so I don't miss it here. But would be nice to get something similar to Moto's active notifications to make use of the amoled panel.
Smart power-save: What does it really do? Is it limiting CPU speed? Is it using a more conservative governor? I can't tell any difference (performance or battery) when it's on vs off.
Voiceprint: Completely useless. I bet not a single person uses this.
MyVoice: This would be MUCH more useful if you could trigger it without touching phone while screen was off. In its current form, the time it takes to unlock my phone, hold back, say my command, and wait for it to respond, I'd be better off just doing whatever I wanted it to do. Screen off voice commands are natively supported by Qualcomm, even when the phone is in Doze.
Gesture & Motion:
-Double tap to wake is very slow and doesn't work when phone has gone into Doze.
It also works in your pocket because there is no proximity sensor check. There needs to be.
-Shake flashlight: You really need to shake your phone violently now. So violently in fact that you will throw your phone more often than not trying to turn your flashlight on.
-Give us some kind of camera gesture when phone is off. Double tap power, hold volume button, shake phone, whatever.
Navigation Keys: Capacitive buttons should be optional. I like being able to swap which side the back button is on, but we should be able to customize long-presses.
Battery Percentage: Should be displayed inside the battery icon or replace it. Uses up a ton of space on the status bar.
Workaround: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.kroegerama.android4batpercent
Holster Mode: Completely useless. This is a phone, not a fitbit. Keeping the phone screen on all the time to use as a pedometer will destroy your battery life.
Cast Screen: Why is this not a toggle in the notification shade? Why do I need to dig into the display settings to do this? You have a dual sim quick-toggle, but not a cast screen quick-toggle?
Sound: I really like that when I mute ringer, media volume also mutes. But when you unmute, it goes back to whatever it was at before, which can be a lot louder than you think. Android should tie all volumes except alarm volume together, but if nothing else, let us tie ringer and notification volume together.
Mute Schedule: Why did they remove stock 6.0's timed do not disturb functionality?
Charging Sounds: Should be able to turn off.
Apps: To disable stock calendar, clock, gallery, mifavor launcher, my voice, stock music app, and stock video app, you have to open "stock android launcher" and drag icons from the app drawer to top of screen. Why can't we just disable these same apps from settings --> apps?
Storage: Let us use adaptable storage!
Connect to PC: Does the "Install driver" option do anything? Have not found a computer that does not install driver automatically when MTP selected.
Lockscreen: Get rid of the bell!
Notification Shade: Editing toggles is nice, but let us add and remove toggles. Many of us don't use a 2nd sim card, so having 3 related toggles is a waste of space.
System UI Tuner: Holding the gear icon in the notification shade causes it to spin and settings to open, but System UI Tuner never appears in settings. If you're not going to let us use System UI Tuner, get rid of the toggle.
Stock Weather widget: I really like the widget, but does not scale when resizing. Also, does not open Google clock if stock clock is disabled when clicked. Oh well, back to Chronus.
Toolkit: Not all of these are very useful, but definitely interesting. If you want to create a home screen shortcut to any of these, open the toolkit app and long press whatever icon you like.
Recent Apps: clear button shouldn't cover up 50% of the currently open app. This will be solved in nougat, so probably not worth fixing, but if you're going to put a clear all button on this screen, but it near the top left or top right so it's harder to accidentally press.
Status Bar Color: When status bar turns dark, icons stay dark so you can't read anything. These should turn white.
Speaker Phone: If on speaker phone and screen times out, other person can no longer hear you until you toggle speakerphone off then back on, which means constantly touching your phone's screen so it doesn't time out.
Phone call Proximity Sensor: Doesn't work. If you turn the screen off and hold the phone up to your head, if the proximity sensor sees light, which it will because it's not centered, it will turn the screen BACK ON. With this and the bug above together, phone calls are a huge pain in the ass.
Dolby Atmos: This resets EQ settings very often. I can't figure out what causes it to reset to default, but the settings just never seem to stick.
Anyone have any more info on this?
Write Protection on Rooted phones: Rooted and still can't get adaway or titanium backup to work? Turns out there's an extra layer of write protection here that's not found in other phones. Why do we need this? Luckily, there's a simple fix: Plug phone into computer, load up adb, type "adb reboot disemmcwp" (source:http://androidforums.com/threads/zte-write-protection-for-zmax-and-other-zte-phones.1040331/)
Disable stock apps: in B20, you could disable several stock apps that did not allow you to disable them in settings --> apps by opening"stock Android" launcher and dragging app drawer icons to disable. Seems that has been removed in B27, so now we have no way to disable redundant clocks and calendars to name a few.
Any more suggestions? Anyone know any fixes for the above?
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Battery Percentage: Should be displayed inside the battery icon or replace it. I use this feature, but no reason to have both this and the battery icon together. Uses up a ton of space on the status bar.
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You can enable this with an app - search for "Battery Percent Enabler" in the Play Store. This was mentioned elsewhere in the forum - credit goes there.
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Good summary. I can't believe someone actually thought the notification bell (and subsequently, the inability to turn it off) was a good idea.
I'm going to try to list workarounds here as well, so if someone can come up with good fixes for any of this stuff without waiting for ZTE, please share!
Updated with some new findings and ideas.
I actually like the bell, let's me check the time without having to worry about somebody seeing embarrassing notifications. ?
CandyFoxJ said:
I actually like the bell, let's me check the time without having to worry about somebody seeing embarrassing notifications. ��
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But Android already has a perfectly working system to hide notification content before unlocking the device. You can even pick which apps to show and which ones to hide. And, most importantly, it's OPTIONAL. And it's actually much better at protecting your privacy. With the bell, all the content is visible without actually unlocking your phone.. it just makes it more inconvenient to access.
Ability to turn off charging sounds.
Added charging sounds. Thanks for the feedback!
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Added charging sounds. Thanks for the feedback!
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What about the charging sound? I got my phone on vibrate all the time (a phone ringing is considered super rude in most part of europe) and it just vibrates a bit when plugging in.
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What about the charging sound? I got my phone on vibrate all the time (a phone ringing is considered super rude in most part of europe) and it just vibrates a bit when plugging in.
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Mine does the same (also on mute all the time). Apparently if you have volume on, it makes noise. Either way, should be able to toggle the "charging notification".
Added speaker phone and proximity bugs.
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Added speaker phone and proximity bugs.
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Hope speakerphone gets fixed soon. Use it a lot. We need to get all this great info to ZTE. Thanks for great thread.
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"Wake on Plug" toggle (waking up screen on plug or unplug). I have this option on a Nexus tablet and OnePlus One phone, but it does not exist in MiFavor.
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Apps: To disable stock calendar, clock, gallery, mifavor launcher, my voice, stock music app, and stock video app, you have to open "stock android launcher" and drag icons from the app drawer to top of screen. Why can't we just disable these same apps from settings --> apps?
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What do you mean with stock android launcher? Where do i find it? I cant deactive this bloat without root
The phone, at least in US version, comes with a launcher called "Stock Android Launcher", but it is just a differently themed MiFlavor launcher, not a real stock android launcher. Confusing, but that is what is there.
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What do you mean with stock android launcher? Where do i find it? I cant deactive this bloat without root
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Settings > Themes and Wallpapers.
On the US model, there's a theme titled "Stock Android". When using that theme, you can open up the app drawer, press and hold on an app, and on the top of the screen there's a "Disable" option. This is different from the standard Settings > Apps > selecting an app > Disable (which is greyed out for most of the stock apps).
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Settings > Themes and Wallpapers.
On the US model, there's a theme titled "Stock Android". When using that theme, you can open up the app drawer, press and hold on an app, and on the top of the screen there's a "Disable" option. This is different from the standard Settings > Apps > selecting an app > Disable (which is greyed out for most of the stock apps).
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Sadly, no such option on G Version -.- only 5 slightly different ZTE themes.
Also no Myvoice in g version. WTF?!
@xxBrun0xx: I saw you linked to this list in a ZTE forum, but I think it would be better if it had its own thread as well.
In addition to "wake on plug" toggle I mentioned a few posts above, I would like to see an option to remap capacitative buttons to whatever user wants, right now they can only be "flipped", but ability to have custom functions (on both short and long press) would be helpful. I personally, would like to use one of the button for menu rather than for recent apps.