Just curious what XDA users prefer.
I've had GPM premium since day of its launch. Love the way it integrates with Google OS.
However, am now just starting to use Spotify premium as well... Seems like the radio and discovery features are way better than Google. Just curious what other Android users are using and why.
The Google app and widget is way better than Spotify, although I'm starting to Digg the music on Spotify more. What do you guys think?
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I cannot compare their premium services because I never used GPM premium, only in the last few months started using Spotify Premium because it is cheaper in a family plan that we have. However I did use GPM as my music player before for years and I will chip in with my 2 cents by saying that Play Music's app is FAR SUPERIOR. Spotify is just frustrating to use, it looks and functions so outdated. Whoever designed the app is stuck in 2011 with no slidable windows/drawers/menus. And it just takes too long to get somewhere, e.g. full albums list and whatnot. Everything is much more neatly organized in GPM imo and clearly has better UX for me.
Yeah there is no question the Google app is better. For that reason, I think I'm going to use it over Spotify even though the actual music experience might be better on Spotify.
Also, I tend to feel like I'm getting better battery life with the GPM app over Spotify, although curious to hear your reports
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Yeah there is no question the Google app is better. For that reason, I think I'm going to use it over Spotify even though the actual music experience might be better on Spotify.
Also, I tend to feel like I'm getting better battery life with the GPM app over Spotify, although curious to hear your reports
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Personally I prefer Spotify much more than GPM. An added bonus is that it's cheaper for me, they frequently have deals cutting the price and I only pay half price anyways because I'm a college student.
I've never done comparisons of the battery life, so I can't say anything about that.
Don't get me wrong they are both great, but Spotify takes my pick.
EDIT: I'm talking about the premium versions. I've never used the free version of GPM, so that wouldn't be fair if I tried to give my thoughts on the free spotify.
Personally I prefer Spotify over GPM for non premium use. For premium use I can't really say because I only used Spotify. I can say that the Spotify Linux support is a lot better in my opinion and for a guy like me that has 3 or 4 different distros installed at each time is perfect.
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Don't forget about Amazon Music service, you get a discount with prime.
notameme said:
Don't forget about Amazon Music service, you get a discount with prime.
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I agree Amazon is underrated. But the radio features suck for discovering new music
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I've used GPM premium for a while waiting for youtube red, but it hasn't come to my country yet.
A friend of mine started using Spotify premium and invited me to 'be part' of his family; it was cheaper since he was dividing the family plan with other 4 so I changed to Spotify.
My experience is similar than that of other users; Spotify lacks functionality. GPM is far better in this aspect, seriouly; sometimes it's irritating how dumb the Spotify app can be. IMO Spotify have slightly better Playlists, and it has the convenience of controlling music playing on your pc from your phone (I don't know if GPM has it, maybe it does). Other thing is that everybody uses Spotify, sometimes it has its conveniences (like sharing playlists).
Anyway, sometimes I think in returning to use GPM. Maybe the best is for you to use both and decide for yourself.
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I've used GPM premium for a while waiting for youtube red, but it hasn't come to my country yet.
A friend of mine started using Spotify premium and invited me to 'be part' of his family; it was cheaper since he was dividing the family plan with other 4 so I changed to Spotify.
My experience is similar than that of other users; Spotify lacks functionality. GPM is far better in this aspect, seriouly; sometimes it's irritating how dumb the Spotify app can be. IMO Spotify have slightly better Playlists, and it has the convenience of controlling music playing on your pc from your phone (I don't know if GPM has it, maybe it does). Other thing is that everybody uses Spotify, sometimes it has its conveniences (like sharing playlists).
Anyway, sometimes I think in returning to use GPM. Maybe the best is for you to use both and decide for yourself.
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Yeah I agree with everything you said there. I can't understand for the life of me why Spotify doesn't improve their app. I'm switching to GPM, maybe I'll head back to Spotify at some point
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The stock player, Doubletwist and Winamp are all useless since there is no option to select which folder your music is in. Nothing shows up and you're stuck with that.
Poweramp is fantastic but it's not free.
Disappointed it's this difficult to find a decent music player.
PlayerPro is pretty good imo and has folder view and options. I bought it after using the 7 day trial version.
My Samsung Galaxy Note™ SGH-I717 is smarter than your Honor Student.
Doesn't powerAmp work on tablets?
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Doesn't powerAmp work on tablets?
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Works great.
I've just never paid for software in my life and I don't want to start now.
Realplayer beta works really fine I use that the most
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Realplayer beta works really fine I use that the most
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Just downloaded it and it's as bad as the first three I mentioned. Nothing shows up and there aren't any options. "Resume music" and "customer improvement mode" are the only two options in the settings.
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Works great.
I've just never paid for software in my life and I don't want to start now.
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You have never purchased a PC or Mac with preinstalled OS?
PowerAmp is still the best player I have found, well worth the very nominal fee. I took the stance at first on android that I also would not pay if there was a free alternative available, however after weighing the nominal price of the software on android and the benefits of some of the paid apps over their free alternatives I changed that. There is just no replacing some of the top quality paid apps which poweramp is one of.
Power Amp is IMO the best player in android.
If you want the get the best, Power Amp is the best choice.
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You have never purchased a PC or Mac with preinstalled OS?
PowerAmp is still the best player I have found, well worth the very nominal fee. I took the stance at first on android that I also would not pay if there was a free alternative available, however after weighing the nominal price of the software on android and the benefits of some of the paid apps over their free alternatives I changed that. There is just no replacing some of the top quality paid apps which poweramp is one of.
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Yup, guess I should say I've never directly paid for any software.
You're right, so far Poweramp is by FAR the best player around, actually, it's really the only player I found that can even play music.
I've been using MixZing on my phones for over the past 1.5 yrs.
it's the one I've enjoyed using the most.
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I've just never paid for software in my life and I don't want to start now.
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What, you don't think developers deserve to be paid for great software?
PowerAmp is streets ahead of all other music players available. 100% worth the money. It supports basically all media types, looks great and I simply cannot go to a player that does not have the equalizer settings that PowerAmp has.
paid Power Amp user user - love it
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Works great.
I've just never paid for software in my life and I don't want to start now.
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In your whole life? You never support any devs?
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What, you don't think developers deserve to be paid for great software?
PowerAmp is streets ahead of all other music players available. 100% worth the money. It supports basically all media types, looks great and I simply cannot go to a player that does not have the equalizer settings that PowerAmp has.
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Sure, I guess. But I'll take the free route every time.
It really is the best out there from what I've tried.
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I've said "Thanks" in numerous threads!
I know it hasn't been updated in a while, but I'm a really big fan of UberMusic. It's a ZuneHD/WP7 clone and is an all around fantastic music player.
The quality of Android music players' UI is atrocious. It's like every developer downloaded Winamp in 1999 and has never used anything since.
power amp is beyond worth the five bucks it costs. Its not gonna break the bank to get it.
The streets ahead reference was so streets ahead!
I really love the look and feel of the stock google music player that is built in, very nice. But there are 0 options... That kinda sucks.
I'd love to see something like ICS music player +. With just additional options.
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I've said "Thanks" in numerous threads!
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You can't buy a cup of coffee with a forum "Thanks"
Does Poweramp stream Internet radio stations?
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Does Poweramp stream Internet radio stations?
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Nope.
Add another vote for Poweramp from me, definitely worth purchasing.
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The design of this thing is awesome. Pair it with those monster 14 pound EACH speakers and man, that's drool worthy.
However, this device is kinda confusing to me. Is it a dumbed down receiver? Is it a dumbed down Google TV device? I can play vids from YouTube and and Google Play and music and that's it?
Where are the shots of what ever interface this will have? Where is Netflix? Huluu Plus? Amazon Prime? This seems to be the most limited - as far as what can be done with it from the get-go - device I have seen El Goog push out in a long while. Sad.
As good as it looks, it seems rushed to me. Why pay $299 for something that is simply novelty and available in many different flavors already?
Till they add a bit to it, or someone hacks it and makes it much better. Sorry Goog, I pass.
While they were doing the presentation, I understood it as it was just a receiver that connects to some speakers or a tv, so once you connect to it (I forget if it was WIFI or NFC) you can just play music or videos on the speakers or tv; and anybody that connects to it is able to play what they want on it.
It looks great and all but for $300 its definitely not worth the price tag.
This is on the network so I hope that it has easy access to Windows shares and that it will be able to play 1080p MKVs with lossless audio.
I haven't played around with playback on devices.
Even though it is pricey if it has this full feature set then I may pick this up. Would be a nice improvement over plugging in a laptop to the TV.
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This is on the network so I hope that it has easy access to Windows shares and that it will be able to play 1080p MKVs with lossless audio.
I haven't played around with playback on devices.
Even though it is pricey if it has this full feature set then I may pick this up. Would be a nice improvement over plugging in a laptop to the TV.
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From what I was told yesterday, it won't. The guys here at IO said it would only stream from them (movies and music stored in their cloud or Play Store).
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I'm hoping there is at least some logic within the box that allows you to play more sophisticated content.
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From what I was told yesterday, it won't. The guys here at IO said it would only stream from them (movies and music stored in their cloud or Play Store).
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It's $300 because it's supposedly actually manufactured in America... so do with that what you will
I'm still very confused as to what it is/how it works. Doesn't seem worthwhile.
seems like the coolest looking piece of crap.
The engadget preview says much of the price is because of the built in amp, which, IMHO is totally unnecessary. I have a surround sound system.. why would I want stereo sound from that puny little thing?
Drop the amp and $100 off the pricetag and this thing will sell itself. Oh, and unlock the damn thing. Only plays stuff from the play store? Google is starting to sound like apple...
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Google is starting to sound like apple...
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Really? It has a USB port explicitly for the purpose of hacking it. I have no doubt the Nexus Q will be a cool device to own once there's enough dev support for it.
It seems like Google released the Nexus Q with the idea that the android community would figure out what to do with it.
Nexus q + dev support = sold. However I will wait for the support first instead of buying and hoping....
Its an interesting device, but I'm disappointed that they at least didn't add an "airplay" style connection for displaying your phone or tablet screen on the tv via wifi. That would at least make it more appealing for the price
I sat there during the keynote thinking what a killer feature this would have been for a google tv. Instead it's a more expensive and more limited device.
I came away from i/o feeling like the google tv is being de-prioritized and they want to push this device instead because it's locked down to google play content. There were zero mentions of google tv during either of the keynotes. There were sessions but after sitting through a few it seemed as if all the new and exciting things were happening in other product lines. I don't mean this as a dig at the google tv devs. I just think the company has made a cooporate decision to lock this down.
Maybe I'll feel a little different after unboxing it tonight and playing with it some but I just can't see myself getting on board this product line and I'm a google fanboy. It just feels like a limitations by design concept.
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Really? It has a USB port explicitly for the purpose of hacking it. I have no doubt the Nexus Q will be a cool device to own once there's enough dev support for it.
It seems like Google released the Nexus Q with the idea that the android community would figure out what to do with it.
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That's cool. But inconsistent. Not everyone is tech savvy enough to even flash anything and I would be more apt to group those individuals with ones who would use the banana plugs on the back. It doesn't take an audiophile to desire more than 2 channels of sound.
I think its a brilliant device and ill probably get one once the price goes down. I just think it may increase sales to offer one without the amp - is it really that big of a selling point?
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That's cool. But inconsistent. Not everyone is tech savvy enough to even flash anything and I would be more apt to group those individuals with ones who would use the banana plugs on the back. It doesn't take an audiophile to desire more than 2 channels of sound.
I think its a brilliant device and ill probably get one once the price goes down. I just think it may increase sales to offer one without the amp - is it really that big of a selling point?
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Agreed. This isn't like our Android phones running custom ROMs. You buy an Android phone, ANY Android phone, and you can:
1. Make phone calls
2. Send text messages
3. Use email
4. Browse the web
5. Download, install, and use the full Play Store catalog of apps
All without any hacking at all. When you install a custom rom, you're basically getting a few added features, customization, optimization, maybe the ability to overclock or run a select few apps that need root. You know, little things that aren't necessary but are nice to have.
The Nexus Q is different because it's gimped right out of the box. You basically can't do anything with it, other than play music and videos from the Play Store only (and who even has a huge collection of that stuff?). Even the very first Apple TV was capable of streaming content through a local network, even if it was limited to stuff you added to your iTunes library.
I appreciate Google reaching out to the dev community, but they can't rely on them to do all their work for them. What the Nexus Q should have been was a tiny Android desktop computer, controllable directly with an Android phone using a specific app (something like Gmote) and able to run any and all Android apps. I'm excited when I see thumb-sized Android computers available for under $100. The NQ could have been a cooler, more premium version of that, but as it is, it's both overpriced AND has no features.
YouTube app
So not living in US forces me to use Music and the YouTube app. Now it's time to do some raging.
Playing youtube vids on my tv is awesome through the app and all that. But I want to be able to play several videos. I have several playlists but the only option on a playlist in the youtube app is to delete it. Opening the playlists gives you the possibility to play one (and only one) video in a row. It really sucks. I don't want to open the app every time a video has ended :/
Guys what are you complaining about? Your where given cool toy for free because you are developers. You are suppose to find better applications for it . Just do it. Few years ago you had T-Mobile android phone without anything useful on it , nobody completed
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All you guys in here complaining are just not dev or inspiring to be one cause from what I seen you're able to load a launcher to it from adb and stream netflix in 1080 so you guys dont really understand android or google yet but you will.
Sadly, I will buy a multitude of these for a project if someone can get the damn thing rooted and unlocked...
It's still hooked up to my TV but I forgot it's there.
No, I use mine daily. Its one of my favorite devices in my house.
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I also use it daily.
With :
MyDac Micromega
Cambridge Audio 651
B&W 686
El Daddy said:
No, I use mine daily. Its one of my favorite devices in my house.
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what do you do with it?
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what do you do with it?
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Watch video podcasts on YouTube and listen to music. The two things it was designed for
I did try cm10.1 for a bit but it was too clunky so I went back to stock.
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I use mine daily also. We watched The Hobbit on Saturday and I listen to music. I have three.
I use my everyday for Netflix, youtube, streaming radio, stored music, Google Music, web browsing on my TV.
If only Cm10.1 didn't break the amp so I could still power my sub
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I use my everyday for Netflix, youtube, streaming radio, stored music, Google Music, web browsing on my TV.
If only Cm10.1 didn't break the amp so I could still power my sub
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Not great on quality, but you can certainly stream from the Nexus Q to a bluetooth receiver and into an AUX port on your stereo system. Otherwise going via HDMI into a receiver allows you to get the full surround effect.
I've collected a few Q's and I'm trying to find ways to still use the stock amp via a bluetooth stream TO the Nexus Q (CM9 Nexus Quantum Singularity?) or disabling the Nexus Q app forced NFC push and enabling stock Android Beam to push songs to the Q. This works great on CM10.1 RC5 for Youtube.
Spare Nexus Q?
If anyone has forgotten about their Q and wants to forget about it on a more permanent basis, let me know as I may just be interested in helping you out with that one
They were never on sale here in the UK and I really want one for a project and for generally geeking around but have yet to be able to get hold of one for a half reasonable price.
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If anyone has forgotten about their Q and wants to forget about it on a more permanent basis, let me know as I may just be interested in helping you out with that one
They were never on sale here in the UK and I really want one for a project and for generally geeking around but have yet to be able to get hold of one for a half reasonable price.
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I really love my Q Ball and have only took it out the box once or twice never seen a single movie on it yet the light show it produces really looks awesome. I would be willing to let it go for a good trade. Pm me if you ever read this and still are looking for one.
I bet that could happen to me aswell, but prolly not if i had a nexusQ.
Running raspbmc on a raspberry, witch is frequently used, as my media hub..
Would like to see more integration to android devices though.
Does anyone know of a solution for playing music on a headunit with the Galaxy S4.
I don't want to stream it via Bluetooth, I want a USB only solution for the best audio quality. I haven't been able to find anything as of yet, unfortunately.
Thanks in advance.
EDIT: Nevermind, I just found out that Pioneer supports MTP over USB with their new 2014 line up. If you're interested you can find it here: pioneerelectronics.(com)/PUSA/Car/CD-Receivers.
Kudos.
Would you be able to play music through an app like spotify or play music... Or only music stored on the device?
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Would you be able to play music through an app like spotify or play music... Or only music stored on the device?
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With the Pioneer units you can use both. Pandora is the one that they specifically support in their older App Radio/App Mode units. As you might expect, their support for iPhones is much stronger.
You can hack the app radios to mirror your android screen, never looked into this, just wanted to mentiom that cool little tid bit.
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Would you be able to play music through an app like spotify or play music... Or only music stored on the device?
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Very good question my friend, when I order mine I'll report back. I'll be thoroughly pissed if I can't and I'll certainly be sending Pioneer an angry message for skimping on such an essential feature. Why does it need to be such a headache to get these basic features? /angry.
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You can hack the app radios to mirror your android screen, never looked into this, just wanted to mentiom that cool little tid bit.
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AR Liberator. You have to be rooted to use it.
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AR Liberator. You have to be rooted to use it.
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So awesome !
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O I remember when I was once skeptical of audio quality over BT but once you switch to using BT audio in your car...you never go back!
Just an update on things, no dice on the Android head unit. I installed it today and couldn't get it to read my Galaxy S4. I don't have time to fiddle with this crap everytime I get into my car so I'm not wasting energy on this falsely advertised POS.
Look elsewhere if you want a true Android compatible headunit, I'll be on the look out. If anyone has found anything feel free to chime in, I'm frustrated beyond belief. The difficulties to implement one of the most basic features, mind boggling.
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Just an update on things, no dice on the Android head unit. I installed it today and couldn't get it to read my Galaxy S4. I don't have time to fiddle with this crap everytime I get into my car so I'm not wasting energy on this falsely advertised POS.
Look elsewhere if you want a true Android compatible headunit, I'll be on the look out. If anyone has found anything feel free to chime in, I'm frustrated beyond belief. The difficulties to implement one of the most basic features, mind boggling.
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You have a double din opening? Why not toss a nexus 7 in there. Not sure what else goes on if you don't want to use bluetooth, but seems you should be able to get audio to an external amp. I'm not buying soon, but I've seen some pretty sweet nexus 7 installs on youtube.
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You have a double din opening? Why not toss a nexus 7 in there. Not sure what else goes on if you don't want to use bluetooth, but seems you should be able to get audio to an external amp. I'm not buying soon, but I've seen some pretty sweet nexus 7 installs on youtube.
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I'm actually installing a Nexus 7 in the stock navigation location (I have a base model without the navigation but the option bezel is there). I'm going to fabricate my own mounts and install the Nexus 7 overhead for navigation and OBD II monitoring.
I want the single-din radio to handle all of my music. I have an iPhone for music that I kept after I bought my Galaxy S4. The audio quality between iPhone USB and auxiliary is night and day and I don't want to sacrifice audio quality.
So my first and second Nexus 9 had this issue.
It happens when playing music > 1h or streaming flash with Puffin.
I cant really describe it sounds so bad with lot of distortion but see for youself.
Am I the only one?
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So my first and second Nexus 9 had this issue.
It happens when playing music > 1h or streaming flash with Puffin.
I cant really describe it sounds so bad with lot of distortion but see for youself.
Am I the only one?
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It might be the app, does it do this with other apps like pandora or play music?
It did with Puffin browser too (flash content) has I said, so it is not only app related.
Uau really impressed you guys don't have this issue. I like the 2 speakers and the sound so I use it a lot to listen to some music while I do other stuff.
Well I think it happens more then 1/2 hours, but even so totally unacceptable.
Both tablets are HT4AFJT made 15/10/2014.
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It did with Puffin browser too (flash content) has I said, so it is not only app related.
Uau really impressed you guys don't have this issue. I like the 2 speakers and the sound so I use it a lot to listen to some music while I do other stuff.
Well I think it happens more then 1/2 hours, but even so totally unacceptable.
Both tablets are HT4AFJT made 15/10/2014.
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Try something other than puffin. Seems related to that and not the device
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um, ICS or earlier version of flash app, 5 OS versions later, and you expect it to work flawlessly? hmmm. I don't see a problem with the device in that use case. side loading flash Over two years of no support or upgrades. blame the devs that still code to flash well after the idea of abandoning it even by their creators.
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