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...
tomglass said:
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!
tomglass said:
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!
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What's up with the music apps? Whenever i hit the home button, lock the phone, or launch an app or game....the music stops. The stock player....Google play music...winamp...they all do. Any setting i can change? Or an app that does this properly?
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It should keep plaing when locked or hoe but if an app or game calls on the audio they are going to take priority
Jamesyboy said:
What's up with the music apps? Whenever i hit the home button, lock the phone, or launch an app or game....the music stops. The stock player....Google play music...winamp...they all do. Any setting i can change? Or an app that does this properly?
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That's the problem. I'm only speaking of apps that work fine with beyond pod and navigon mobile navigator. Is this a missing feature? I'd be hard pressed to believe that Google wouldn't go as far as to include background playback in a music app.
Jamesyboy said:
What's up with the music apps? Whenever i hit the home button, lock the phone, or launch an app or game....the music stops. The stock player....Google play music...winamp...they all do. Any setting i can change? Or an app that does this properly?
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Probably you've enabled "No background tasks" in Developer Options -> Background Task Limit, make sure you tick "Standard limit":laugh:
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
AndiTails said:
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
_bottle_ said:
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?
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.
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.
LeChuck85 said:
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.
haridevil99 said:
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!
LeChuck85 said:
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 really want my default music player on my second screen music function to be poweramp but when I go to select default music player it does not give me the option. Only shows "Play Music, Music Player (stock) , Spotify
Is there a work around for this cause when I manually ooen power amp it does show on the second screen. Just can't assign it as a default
EpiphanyofMusic said:
I really want my default music player on my second screen music function to be poweramp but when I go to select default music player it does not give me the option. Only shows "Play Music, Music Player (stock) , Spotify
Is there a work around for this cause when I manually ooen power amp it does show on the second screen. Just can't assign it as a default
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Hmmm, how do you even reselect default media player?
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SuhasTheBest said:
Hmmm, how do you even reselect default media player?
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You go to setting, second screen, tap on show when main screen on, all option is there for you to set, but I want the player control if the screen is off, seems like it's not available.
Yep, same issue with the v30 & 20. Unfortunately LG wants the crap stock player to have center stage with its core software. Not much can be done without a root. And even then, I'm not sure