Walkman doesn't recognise downloaded play store music - Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi guys,
I'm having problem getting music that I downloaded from play store to show up on walkman.
I tried a suggestion from a post I found on google, opt to download music to external sd card. I can actually find the file I downloaded from play store on sd card under android/com.google.android.music/files/music, but it just won't show up on walkman's library.
Does anyone have an idea about what might be wrong? Thanks!
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Its hidden, under a .nomedia file, only play music can see it.
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Its hidden, under a .nomedia file, only play music can see it.
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Oh.. Does that mean if I delete the .nomedia file in the folder the walkman will work?
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jeremy.shi said:
Oh.. Does that mean if I delete the .nomedia file in the folder the walkman will work?
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Well it's hidden so you shouldn't be able to delete it. You could potentially delete it by using a file manager but it could cause issues with play music. Also play music doesn't download the files with conventional file names. The metadata is not stored with the song so in any other music app such as Walkman all the music will look completely wrong such as wrong title album, art etc.

nintendolinky said:
Well it's hidden so you shouldn't be able to delete it. You could potentially delete it by using a file manager but it could cause issues with play music. Also play music doesn't download the files with conventional file names. The metadata is not stored with the song so in any other music app such as Walkman all the music will look completely wrong such as wrong title album, art etc.
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I found it with file manager...after deleting it I'm still not seeing that song... Oh well. I guess I won't buy any song from play store again. Thanks for the help!
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jeremy.shi said:
I found it with file manager...after deleting it I'm still not seeing that song... Oh well. I guess I won't buy any song from play store again. Thanks for the help!
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You can try Play Music Exporter if you have root.

If you have root then use GMusicFS
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Just download the song to your pc and then drag it into the music folder on the Z2. Walkman will then see it.
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Thanks guys! Unfortunately my phone is not rooted and I'm not really willing to do that.
And, yes, I know I can just download it from a computer and put it on my phone, but I don't understand why would Google want to make things complicated like that. It's just really annoying! Just switched from an iPhone to Xperia not long ago. I must say I really miss 'everything just works' on my iPhone.

Yes the limited features of an iPhone do just work. The same features just work on Android. What you're requiring is user preference. Just use play music its a great app especially when used with all access
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edge3uk said:
Yes the limited features of an iPhone do just work. The same features just work on Android. What you're requiring is user preference. Just use play music its a great app especially when used with all access
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Actually, I'm not just referring to this. There have been a lot of problems with the phone since I got it. Luckily, there is no gap or anything physical like some other people are experiencing with their phones.
The screen is way too sensitive, hovering my fingers on the screen can even be registered as a touch. it was annoying at the beginning but now I'm getting used to it.
I got the Australian version of Xperia Z2. While a lot of countries have already got updated to 17.1.1, mine is still sitting at 17.1. I had to backup the phone and then flash the German firmware myself. I could not understand why don't Sony just simply release the update worldwide at once and everyone will be happy!
I backed up the phone via Sony companion. However, when I tried to restore all my contents...Guess what? First try, it stuck in the middle and progress indicator did not move for hours. Second time, I had to untick the 'others' to let it at least finish the restore, which means all my app data could not be restored. Even after that, it still couldn't get the job done properly. After the restore was finished, the app was telling me my contacts and settings cannot be restored. Third time, messages restore was successful, but settings and messages cannot be restored...the funny thing is, messages were successfully restored during the second time, but failed in the third time...I just...grrrrrrrr! Finally I gave up and decided to set up every thing on my phone manually after wasting my whole day on this. (If you know any backup app that works well, please let me know. the Sony one is absolutely pathetic!)
Also, I cannot seem to get the MP4 files to play properly on my phone, they have no sound for whatever reason.
While I enjoy the active noise cancelling without dragging an extra brick around, I don't really think I will get another Sony or any android phone when I upgrade next time.

To be fair, it was just you being inpatient that started that ball rolling. The ota won't be long, and then all the backup restore problems wouldn't be needed. I never backup anything, I just set it up again when needed, mostly it is in the cloud anyways. Not sure about the mp4s, everything thrown at it so far has been fine
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To be fair, it was just you being inpatient that started that ball rolling. The ota won't be long, and then all the backup restore problems wouldn't be needed. I never backup anything, I just set it up again when needed, mostly it is in the cloud anyways. Not sure about the mp4s, everything thrown at it so far has been fine
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Yes I was inpatient, because I thought the new update would fix the screen issue and it did. The Australian version wasn't even getting the .69 update, so I assumed this one would take a long time to get released as well.
Even without this whole update thing, I would still want a functional backup/restore system in place. The reason why I would want to backup my phone is that I like carrying all the app data to my new phone or keeping data when I have to restore the phone for whatever reason. Google's app data sync doesn't work for me at all. It doesn't seem to restore anything but reinstalling app I installed before. All my progress in games, messages in whatsapp and viber are all gone.

My friend had the same problem with his account not syncing with Google also, he lost his contacts every time he flashed. I've never had that problem with android ever. It might be worth looking into why it's not working, it's android/google not Sony tho. I always used titanium backup, but I'm not looking to root this phone, just because it already works exactly as I want straight out the box, from battery life to battery%. Have a look on google play, there will be other backup solutions that may work better for you.
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Yea I tried some of them and none of those seem to work like the iTunes. Oh well.. I will just live with it for now.
Btw, under google account it says app data is being synced...hopefully it's actually working now.
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am I missing something ???

Trying to download apps from my ad card that was in my g2. The apps (they are no longer on the market) are from 4shared. I get to the point where it says "install" I touch it but.........nothing. no blink,vibration, no sound, nothing. I re download the app for 4shared and same thing hapless? Idk what I'm missing.
I do have unknown sources checked
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Bdix said:
Trying to download apps from my ad card that was in my g2. The apps (they are no longer on the market) are from 4shared. I get to the point where it says "install" I touch it but.........nothing. no blink,vibration, no sound, nothing. I re download the app for 4shared and same thing hapless? Idk what I'm missing.
I do have unknown sources checked
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The phone does not like warez. It probably thinks that it's pirated.
Bdix said:
Trying to download apps from my ad card that was in my g2. The apps (they are no longer on the market) are from 4shared. I get to the point where it says "install" I touch it but.........nothing. no blink,vibration, no sound, nothing. I re download the app for 4shared and same thing hapless? Idk what I'm missing.
I do have unknown sources checked
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Perhaps the files are corrupted. Also, because you are downloading apps from a reasonably different phone perhaps that's the reason for it not working. Try deleting the app's data or deleting the folder it created if it did create one and re-download the app.
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The phone does not like warez. It probably thinks that it's pirated.
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lol, I support developers, I pay for my apps, some of which includ: Titanium backup premium, rom manger premium widget locket, ADW ex, System panel, swiftkey x, long list!!! these developers keep up with their software. I just hate when I pay for something and the developer has not support or does not update their software in 2 years.
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lol, I support developers, I pay for my apps, some of which includ: Titanium backup premium, rom manger premium widget locket, ADW ex, System panel, swiftkey x, long list!!! these developers keep up with their software. I just hate when I pay for something and the developer has not support or does not update their software in 2 years.
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At least it's not like LogMeIn Ignition where it costs like $30 for the app.
Remember IAMRICH app? I would not even care if someone was to share that app in the forums when it was like $100 or whatever. Stupid.
Binary100100 said:
At least it's not like LogMeIn Ignition where it costs like $30 for the app.
Remember IAMRICH app? I would not even care if someone was to share that app in the forums when it was like $100 or whatever. Stupid.
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I remember that actually $1000. LogMeIn is over rated I use Splashtop HD for my tablet (just amazing) and splashtop on my phone. I purchased both on sale 5 bucks for hd and 99 cents for regular, then a day later it was free on amazon appstore lol!!! I have gotten a lot of 15 and 10 dollar apps on amazon from their one day free app, lots of word processing apps etc.
I pay for all of my apps, but some apps are no longer on the market.
I'll try deleting the file and redoing it all.
Also, just so I don't have to start a new topic, has anyone had a problem playing music through a USB on their car stereo?
Mine says either n/a usb or no music found
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Bdix said:
Also, just so I don't have to start a new topic, has anyone had a problem playing music through a USB on their car stereo?
Mine says either n/a usb or no music found
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I played music through my car's stereo using Audio 3.5mm jack mostly but I never used USB port and never know that we can play music using USB/charging port ..
Bdix said:
I pay for all of my apps, but some apps are no longer on the market.
I'll try deleting the file and redoing it all.
Also, just so I don't have to start a new topic, has anyone had a problem playing music through a USB on their car stereo?
Mine says either n/a usb or no music found
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I can't mount my device as an external storage either.
I think it's because there are two in the phone and I would dare say that most stereo systems only support one at a time. Maybe if you were to remove one? I haven't tried though. I always use bluetooth anyway.
Well I loaded a song on my phone instead of the SD card. I could listen to the song but I notice that it unmounts my SD card.
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Bdix said:
I pay for all of my apps, but some apps are no longer on the market.
I'll try deleting the file and redoing it all.
Also, just so I don't have to start a new topic, has anyone had a problem playing music through a USB on their car stereo?
Mine says either n/a usb or no music found
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Not sure what car u have but in mine when u plug phone into USB in my car it asks me mount or charge only I hit charge only then it asks me again I hit USB storage the 1st time it asks Is for phone memory 2nd one is sd card
Try moving a song to internal memory n see if it works
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Yea I have mine set on **** drive. Ill change it to see if it works.
I have songs on both internal and external. I can listen to internal sings no problem
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Gallery problem in CM10

Hey guys, I'm having issues with the gallery in epinter's CM10 rom. I've done some searching and it seems like other people's is working but everytime i open it up it shows no pictures. I've cleared its settings and cache but it still shows nothing. The only reason this bothers me is because it appears that Google+ won't instant upload pictures unless they show up in there. Does anyone have any ideas? I'm using the 8-11 release but it gave me the same issues in the release before that. Also, I'm using internal storage with no sd card if that matters.
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Just download quickpic.
I've been using quickpic for several months now, but Google+ uses the gallery app (from what i can tell) to share pictures and detect new pictures for instant upload.
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I'm having same issue. Also no music. Tried moving files to external and back, format both cards. Nothing I've tried has worked. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
MB860 Peace
I have this occasionally, but don't use G+ so it doesn't really bother me as quickpic always works. But to help with the question, I thought I read that when the Media Service is running, things like the Gallery, Maps, and a few other google apps (that use the service) might act like they're hanging, but it's because one of them is using the service. You could try force closing it, or let it finish on its own. Also, try clearing the cache on the media service/gallery/camera/maps. On occasion when the camera stops working on me if I kill the service it sometimes then starts working. This might not be the best option, but something to try.
im having the same problem... apollo dont recognize any music someone can help?
Well my camera has always been laggy on all 4.0+ roms even though some people say it works for them. Anyways, I tried clearing the data and reseting maps/gallery/camera but it still doesn't work. I'm wondering if the media service is actually just borked and I've been misinterpreting what other people have said.
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Hmm.. gallery and camera worked for me..
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Look for and delete a file named .nomedia from the base of which ever card you have these images or music on. I heard that this was something a ROM Manager update did.
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lauterm said:
Look for and delete a file named .nomedia from the base of which ever card you have these images or music on. I heard that this was something a ROM Manager update did.
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worked for me when i had this trouble
mine was in the root of the card
berniesteven said:
I'm having same issue. Also no music. Tried moving files to external and back, format both cards. Nothing I've tried has worked. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
MB860 Peace
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I had the same issues with my pics and music. Looks like you've chosen reboot option from power off menu. For some reason after reboot pics and audio can't be recognized. Try to power off your atrix and trurn it on after few sec, this worked for me, hope will help you too.
Didn't work. Thanks anyway
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Well I kinda figured out what's going on with the Gallery. It appears that a media scan won't show media already existing on the device. However, if you take a picture it will show the new pic in the gallery correctly. I've also verified that I have no .nomedia files.
I'm guessing that when a photo is taken it explicitly adds an entry to the media table, but there is a problem when a full scan is triggered which makes the gallery blank.
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[Q] Simpsons tapped out backup, will it work.

Hi guys,
I want to flash some custom roms on my one x. I really like "Simpsons: tapped out" I'd like to continue playing it. My problem is, that I'm not sure if a Nandroid backup will be enough, since the game is syncing all the time and I don't know where the data is saved.
Does someone have experience with transferring this app to another rom??? What do I need to do??? Is it even possible to properly backup this game???
Thanks already for your help.
pinstat sue
Would also like to know this! Was going to send my N4 back under warranty but would like to save progress...
I backup using titanium. Pull the three files out and dump into my tab. Restore and all my info was there. including donuts i had..
Thanks a lot!!
But I think regardless it syncs to ea servers.
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NJ_RAMS_FAN said:
But I think regardless it syncs to ea servers.
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It doesn't sync on Android. I don't what is happening when it says sync, but the info on play store says that it has a local save file on Android.
Curious about this as well. I was on recently level 11, and decided to flash a new Rom. As always, I used tibu to back up my apps. I wiped, flashed the new Rom, and restored my backups. I played tapped out for a while, but at one point, all my progress was lost, and it started over at level 1. I cleared the game data, uninstalled, and restored my backup again. Still at level 1. Really sucked to start all over again!
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brbarnyard said:
Curious about this as well. I was on recently level 11, and decided to flash a new Rom. As always, I used tibu to back up my apps. I wiped, flashed the new Rom, and restored my backups. I played tapped out for a while, but at one point, all my progress was lost, and it started over at level 1. I cleared the game data, uninstalled, and restored my backup again. Still at level 1. Really sucked to start all over again!
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Having the same issue here. I extracted the data file for the simpsons game. I restored it into the right folder after I reinstalled the game but after going out of the game it seems to delete all the saved data I just placed there manually. Someone else suggested using TiBu which I just used but I'm not sure it will work.
I tried everything I could think of to get it to work, but it's obviously syncing with a server somewhere, but with no way to log in, it's pointless.
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brbarnyard said:
I tried everything I could think of to get it to work, but it's obviously syncing with a server somewhere, but with no way to log in, it's pointless.
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I'm considering editing what permissions tapped out has and going from there. Maybe that will prevent it from syncing but then again it may not work at all after after that
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I tried to backup using titanium, buy mystery boxes and if they were bad restore the backup.
Sadly, this didn't work and I'm left with a couple of trees
Pretty sure that means it does actually sync data to servers about money and donuts
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I tried to backup using titanium, buy mystery boxes and if they were bad restore the backup.
Sadly, this didn't work and I'm left with a couple of trees
Pretty sure that means it does actually sync data to servers about money and donuts
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Yea it does sync to the ea servers. As far as I know there's no way to change that
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Titanium Backup is the truth. Works 100%, restored my Pou and Lane Splitter saves with no problems.
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I wonder if the problem has to do with the Google account association of the phone. You know how when you flash roms a lot of times to Google it is if it is now a different device and you lose your Google apps library (well, you have it, but according to Google it is off on a different device.) I really wish Google would let you merge device profiles in the app store.
sdpbguy said:
I wonder if the problem has to do with the Google account association of the phone. You know how when you flash roms a lot of times to Google it is if it is now a different device and you lose your Google apps library (well, you have it, but according to Google it is off on a different device.) I really wish Google would let you merge device profiles in the app store.
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Yea that would be easier. But it does allow for what you have installed recently at least. I can see what I have installed on my tablet and my phone or at least see the whole list anyways
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EDIT: I re loaded the Simpsons backup data file today and I noticed that I can still go in the negative with money in the game but I'm no longer able to go into the negative with donuts
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Yea that would be easier. But it does allow for what you have installed recently at least. I can see what I have installed on my tablet and my phone or at least see the whole list anyways
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EDIT: I re loaded the Simpsons backup data file today and I noticed that I can still go in the negative with money in the game but I'm no longer able to go into the negative with donuts
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1: How can you go negative with these currencies, I didn't think this was possible?
2: I'd like to move my tsto game from my s2 running cyanogen onto my nexus; would titanium be suitable for this, as they are both bound to the same google account?
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1: How can you go negative with these currencies, I didn't think this was possible?
2: I'd like to move my tsto game from my s2 running cyanogen onto my nexus; would titanium be suitable for this, as they are both bound to the same google account?
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The modded apk file did work at one point where it let you go negative both in money and in donuts. Now it doesn't work for me.
I tried using it both on my phone and my tab 2 and that didn't work either but I also at the time didn't use titanium backup. It's worth a try
From what I've been reading people have been having a lot of luck backing up to titanium backup
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Running CM10.1 on my GT-P3113
Ok, I loaded super nexus onto my s2, and used titanium to restore my game. The game loads, and seems ok, then locks up the phone requiring a battery pull. No other issues at all, problem only ever occurs with this app.
Anyone think of any suggestions other than wiping and reloading the app?
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Hi guys,
Glad to see someone else is trying to do the same sort of thing as me. I've got a completely stock Nexus 7 (that I don't want to go down the rooting option just yet as it's a shared tablet with the gf) and I'm quite far into Tapped Out but I installed it originally from the leaked APK prior to it hitting the UK play store. I've since googled for the updated APK's as and when needed but now all I want to do is uninstall the "wrong" APK and install the one from the market without losing my progress. (It would also be extremely nice if I could find a way to sync the progress between my Nexus and my S3 but I think that's just a pipedream for now).
Anyone got any clues on how to do it on a stock device?
Well for anyone having a similar issue, have a look into Carbon on the play store from the makers of ClockWork Mod. Backs up apps without needing root. Very good little app.

Latest Walkman app wont play music unlimited (Resolved)

Updated to the latest version of the walkman app and I can't get anything to play from music unlimited.
Anyone else with a similar issue?
Cheers
Edit: Turned out to be AdAway app restricting the hosts file, which meant neither Music Unlimited of the Walkman app could access the MU Servers...Ho Hum
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Updated to the latest version of the walkman app and I can't get anything to play from music unlimited.
Anyone else with a similar issue?
Cheers
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What happens when you try to play?
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SpyderTracks said:
What happens when you try to play?
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I can see all my playlists etc, but when I select play, nothing happens.
Do you have to have the MU app installed at the same time as the Walkman app, or does the walkman app work without the MU one?
In MU, it says it was unable to connect to the network ... even though the network is fine, with other apps able to connect to the internet.
When at home I turn off the radio and go into wifi mode only.
Up until now this has worked fine, so I'm not sure if its a MU app issue or the latest walkman app issue.
The weird thing is, I deleted the updates, cleared the data and installed a previously working version 9 I believe it was; it worked for 2 tracks and then stopped.
I've emailed sony, but hell will freeze over before they come back to me !
Thanks.
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I can see all my playlists etc, but when I select play, nothing happens.
Do you have to have the MU app installed at the same time as the Walkman app, or does the walkman app work without the MU one?
In MU, it says it was unable to connect to the network ... even though the network is fine, with other apps able to connect to the internet.
When at home I turn off the radio and go into wifi mode only.
Up until now this has worked fine, so I'm not sure if its a MU app issue or the latest walkman app issue.
The weird thing is, I deleted the updates, cleared the data and installed a previously working version 9 I believe it was; it worked for 2 tracks and then stopped.
I've emailed sony, but hell will freeze over before they come back to me !
Thanks.
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If you go to settings/music unlimited in Walkman app is the service switched on? It's possible the service has outage but unlikely.
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SpyderTracks said:
If you go to settings/music unlimited in Walkman app is the service switched on? It's possible the service has outage but unlikely.
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Yes its switched on.
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Yes its switched on.
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This is purely guesswork but bear with me...
Can you locate a track you've downloaded with MU in a file Explorer and open it from the file explorer so it autoruns Walkman (which I guess is the default player?)
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Mmh don't have any after deleting all offline data.
If I select a playlist to offline, the offline switch stays on, but the files never download.
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Mmh don't have any after deleting all offline data.
If I select a playlist to offline, the offline switch stays on, but the files never download.
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If you create a new playlists of a couple of tracks will it download?
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SpyderTracks said:
If you create a new playlists of a couple of tracks will it download?
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Creates the playlist fine, but wont play it or download it.
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Creates the playlist fine, but wont play it or download it.
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I had a similar problem with videos, using Xperia privilege app. They played initially until I reset my Ultra, at which point they stopped playing. I solved the problem by deleting the videos and re-downloading them again. You could try deleting the music tracks and re-adding them again.
ursulavasey said:
I had a similar problem with videos, using Xperia privilege app. They played initially until I reset my Ultra, at which point they stopped playing. I solved the problem by deleting the videos and re-downloading them again. You could try deleting the music tracks and re-adding them again.
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I had the same thing.
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Of so I have deleted all of my playlist, anything else to delete, as I still can't play anything.
My Xperia tablet plays fine, so my account seems okay.
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4.4.2 Stock de-bloating list

So I've always tried to keep my roms as light as possible, as I don't use many LG functions. Thought I'd share my list!
All the applications listed are frozen with Titanium Backup. Hope someone else will have use for this
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A lot of the bloatware can actually be uninstalled. Just be sure to have a Nandroid backup ready (don't do this if you don't have a custom recovery and a backup), because uninstalling some things can cause a Security Error when you try to boot. I found out the hard way yesterday that uninstalling LGSmartcardService will cause that error, but I was able to remove a lot of other things.
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A lot of the bloatware can actually be uninstalled. Just be sure to have a Nandroid backup ready (don't do this if you don't have a custom recovery and a backup), because uninstalling some things can cause a Security Error when you try to boot. I found out the hard way yesterday that uninstalling LGSmartcardService will cause that error, but I was able to remove a lot of other things.
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It would be helpful if you can list out the 'Safe to Remove' bloatware if possible,
Right. But the /system partition isn't really readily available for anything useful, so I settled with freezing it at the moment. I've heard of people running into trouble when actually removing the apps before as well, beware!
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Incep said:
So I've always tried to keep my roms as light as possible, as I don't use many LG functions. Thought I'd share my list!
All the applications listed are frozen with Titanium Backup. Hope someone else will have use for this
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how come everyone freezes music and videos. what do you use for music that is better than whats built in?
with these apps frozen do you have alternates you use that are less intrusive and memory hogs
Vitalstatistix said:
It would be helpful if you can list out the 'Safe to Remove' bloatware if possible,
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2697691
If you freeze LGSetupWizard you could get FC when plug-in headphones.
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joeynox said:
how come everyone freezes music and videos. what do you use for music that is better than whats built in?
with these apps frozen do you have alternates you use that are less intrusive and memory hogs
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I use Spotify, Google Music for local content! I don't watch other videos than those in my gallery, for which I use the Photos app that comes with Google Plus.
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