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Missing letters in Music Player

So I've been itching to ask this question, I can't even find a forum that even discusses or mentions this, but ever since I got my epic, back in april, I've always experienced my letters missing in my music player. I prefer the samsung music player over the google music cause it looks great, does what I want (for the most part at least), and the google music looks...well, dull, it's too bare, butta$$ naked, for me, and the shuffle option always turns itself off every time I manually choose another song. So here I am, months later, many many updates and ROMS later and still it does this. I'm not complaining, jw if there's anyone else has this issue or found a fix for it, especially since I listen to my epic from the time I go to work to the time I get back. At the very least someone explain this to me, cause I don't understand why...>.> LOL
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maybe if you post screen-shots there would be a better understanding on my part but if you have had this same issue since you've had your epic and it happens on every rom with every-update, i have to ask are you using titanium back up to restore it? if so, that could be the root of your problem. if not i say that you might be looking for characters that the music player just takes out because its using your music files Unicode tag that's associated with the files themselves and what you see as a error might be a correction! idk but hopefully it helps, try a different music player and see if it does the same.

justlovejoy said:
maybe if you post screen-shots there would be a better understanding on my part but if you have had this same issue since you've had your epic and it happens on every rom with every-update, i have to ask are you using titanium back up to restore it? if so, that could be the root of your problem. if not i say that you might be looking for characters that the music player just takes out because its using your music files Unicode tag that's associated with the files themselves and what you see as a error might be a correction! idk but hopefully it helps, try a different music player and see if it does the same.
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Well I've never used titanium backup on my epic. I've tried other apps, poweramp is nice but I don't wanna pay and the only other I absolute love without question is the miui music player, but every apk I come across doesn't have the equalizer built in like the one that's currently in beta. Anyways, I took a screenshot. Its just random letters. Its just kind of irritaiting when I try to scroll to the E section when its not there, lol. I mean, from the sounds of it, this could just be an issue of my own that no one else has experienced? I understand that can happen with some unfortunate people, thankfully this isn't a life or death kind of issue.
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blkninja12 said:
Well I've never used titanium backup on my epic. I've tried other apps, poweramp is nice but I don't wanna pay and the only other I absolute love without question is the miui music player, but every apk I come across doesn't have the equalizer built in like the one that's currently in beta. Anyways, I took a screenshot. Its just random letters. Its just kind of irritaiting when I try to scroll to the E section when its not there, lol. I mean, from the sounds of it, this could just be an issue of my own that no one else has experienced? I understand that can happen with some unfortunate people, thankfully this isn't a life or death kind of issue.
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wow i either need glasses or tapatalks image upload feature took a crap on the quality! I cannot see any words or letters spelled out with that img, but if you arent using tb maybe the music player needs an update? power amp is definitely worth the five bucks! I bought mine like a year ago and I use it everyday all day! it even fixes my album covers and song titles!

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im missing letters too but in contacts

This is interesting. Are you on a custom rom, or just stock?
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Canadian Gnex Users, where do you get your music?

Google Music is onlyavailable in the USA. Is there a similar service in Canada?
Thanks

Once you have created an account (do it on your computer thru a proxy), you will be able to use Google Music in Canada. You can't buy music but you can still stream/download for offline use.

There is a guide how to use Google music outside of US here in xda. I followed that guide and using Google music in Korea.
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I was able to use proxy very easily. Using Firefox browser, a plugin called "stealthy" is used, and is visible, once installed in the top right corner of your screen. When you want the proxy turned on, click the stealth bomber and it turns green. Want it off? Click it again and it turns red!
I am able to go to google music anytime using this method, and works flawlessly!
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I was able to use proxy very easily. Using Firefox browser, a plugin called "stealthy" is used, and is visible, once installed in the top right corner of your screen. When you want the proxy turned on, click the stealth bomber and it turns green. Want it off? Click it again and it turns red!
I am able to go to google music anytime using this method, and works flawlessly!
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You know you only needed a proxy when signing up? After that, you can use Google Music normally without any issues.

ljordan2 said:
There is a guide how to use Google music outside of US here in xda. I followed that guide and using Google music in Korea.
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Link please.

TheMarvelous said:
Link please.
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It is literally the first hit when you use the search feature.

I think the OP meant where do we purchase our music since we can't get it from Google. For me it's generally itunes.
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Devhux said:
I think the OP meant where do we purchase our music since we can't get it from Google. For me it's generally itunes.
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Or basically anywhere you would normally get music before Google Music popped onto the scene only a few short months ago. Odd question.

I use Microsoft Zune. Music is generally cheaper than other places and the UI is great. My sister and I buy a Zune pass together. The music is DRM protected, but there are ways around that...
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Mainly iTunes but that's due to a lack of options. I always check hmvdigital.ca first though and if it's the same price there, I'll get it from there instead of iTunes. hmvdigital songs are for the most part 320kpbs and are DRM free and you can download them again and again as many times as you want.

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You know you only needed a proxy when signing up? After that, you can use Google Music normally without any issues.
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Is this still working for you? I have been using the services in Canada without issue until today, now the Music Manager won't upload additional songs. Methinks Google may have caught on.

I use 7digital. They have a Canadian store and an Android app so you can buy right to the phone if you like. The stuff I've purchased has been 320kbps DRM-free. Easy as pie.

I've been using Google music in Canada since it launched with absolutely no issues. I used a program to fake my IP for the invite, as far as I know you no longer need an invite now. Music manager works flawlessly as well, overall the whole setup is beautiful and I love it.
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I've been using Google music in Canada since it launched with absolutely no issues. I used a program to fake my IP for the invite, as far as I know you no longer need an invite now. Music manager works flawlessly as well, overall the whole setup is beautiful and I love it.
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Weird. It's back to normal now. Refused to upload anything new last night. Maybe they were just having a server issue. Excellent *tents fingers*

[APP] Revamped Spotify

Any thoughts on it? I think it's awesome. Looks way better but I think they took out the function where you can skip ahead in the song
Link for those interested
http://download.spotify.com/android/PreviewSpotifyAndroid.apk

Is it free mate?
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jameslfc5 said:
Is it free mate?
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I wish it were. As far as worthwhile music apps this is the one you want though. I pay $10 a month and it's worth every penny there's also a $5 dollar one if I remember correctly.
It's free to use on pc though

Lockscreen
I love the new app but the lockscreen controls don't seem to work half the time. Anyone else notice this?

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I love the new app but the lockscreen controls don't seem to work half the time. Anyone else notice this?
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How do you get lock screen controls? I'll let you know how mine work if you tell me how lol

Mrcojocaru said:
How do you get lock screen controls? I'll let you know how mine work if you tell me how lol
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Assuming you downloaded the new version of Spotify and have a G Nex, when you are playing a song just let the screen time out. It will appear on the lockscreen much like Google Music does.
If that doesn't work try clearing the data for Spotify.
The problem is when I pause a song in the lockscreen and leave for a minute it won't play again.

marinersontop1 said:
Assuming you downloaded the new version of Spotify and have a G Nex, when you are playing a song just let the screen time out. It will appear on the lockscreen much like Google Music does.
If that doesn't work try clearing the data for Spotify.
The problem is when I pause a song in the lockscreen and leave for a minute it won't play again.
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Oic... Sounds like Android is closing the program because it thinks it's being unused. I'll try

Yeah, the lockscreen control is iffy. No scrobble to last.fm. And pause stops all together. You have to re-enter the app to start it all over.
I'd never tried spotify before so I got the 48 hours free. And then I'll sign up for the 30 days free; however, the Rdio app has a lot more extras and functionality. And it's also recently been updated to holo theme, as well.

When I came across the review of the new Spotify revamp over on Engadget today, I couldn't help but...
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The old Spotify app used to FC, freeze, and fail to successfully sync music for offline use. The revamped app has solved all these issues for me. Not to mention the app is MUCH more responsive than the old version.
If you are a Spotify user this is a must have.

But in my case, all the starred items in that playlist do not appear. Anybody else experiencing this?
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The Spotify Preview works so much better than the one listen in the Play Store. I do notice some pausing while streaming. Is this happening to anyone else? It may just be my cruddy data connection in the office. Dunno though.

Does the alfa tags work via blue tooth (does it show the name of the song in car stereo, when streaming through blue tooth)?

One problem I'm having that I'd like confirmed or not is that there seems to be no way now to listen through your entire music collection as one giant playlist. I used to do this quite a lot on the old spotify and set to shuffle to jump randomly between all playlists. Don't seem to be able to do that now. Am I missing something?
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absolutely LOVE it!!!!

Thanks so much for posting that!!! Love the service but hated the app. It was super buggy with a horrible UI and limited features. This is so much better.
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I can't find a good music player for HOX

I don't think I am being picky but for some reason developers are more interested in features I consider useless, and don't seem to care aboue the features I'm looking for:
-doesn't use Android's cached album art thumbnails. they suck, they look bad and blurry. I want full rez, not downloaded either, I have my own. as far as I know, Neutron Player is the only one that does this. If you can't tell, delete the cached thumbnails and try again.
-presentable appearence, players like Power AMP, Lithium, Neutron. they would've been cool back in 2006, but it's 2012 and they look super lame.
-fast, responsive controls. You wouldn't believe how they would release apps that don't have proper controls. This one called DeadBeef for example, if you try to scroll fast in the song list, it counts as a side swipe and takes you to another screen, no matter how straight your swipe is. And Neutron Player, its swipe and kenetic scrolling algorithms suck they're inconsistent with Android and it only works whenever it feels like it.
-power efficient. Again, you just wouldn't believe it. this app called SimplePlay, it really is a pretty simple app, except it's a power hog in the background, heats up my phone in my pocket.
So I basically tried every single music player, almost 50 of them. none of them satisfied all 4 of these not very picky requirements. I don't understand! why is this so hard? How come the iOS music player just works like that? why can't we even get a decent music player?

I havent seen a player wit all 4 but cubed player has nice tiled feature for thumbnails u can give ashot
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Have you tested "MortPlayer Music" or "Winamp" too?
I'm using spotify premium so i havent much experience with android mp3-players ^^.
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cubed player won't even start without android media library.
MortPlayer won't show any album art for FLAC files, and it's too small anyway, you can't see the full resolution even if it did show them.
Winamp looks like crap, and the album art windows is too small as well.
Spotify requires you to login, I have no interest in internet streaming.

I like n7 player its not perfect but it ticks all the boxes, it's smooth low usage responsive looks ok and uses my own images and can download others for you and can manually connect to servers to download album art of your choosing
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I'm using PlayerPro and I'm pretty happy with it.
Give it a try although if you have tried 50 already, you most probably came across this one as well.
I cannot say if it meets your requirements:
- full resolution covers? You want to be able to zoom in?
- power consumption is ok, haven't noticed any abnormal battery drain,
- ui is ok, functional and clean,
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I hope it helps

Try neutron player 64 bit neon Edition from market. For me best there is.
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I can play 720p video with MX player,dice player or default player.it lags a lot. I have chabged hw and sw in mx player but when video is smooth there is no sound. Please tell me what to do. This is my movie settings
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muid02 said:
I can play 720p video with MX player,dice player or default player.it lags a lot. I have chabged hw and sw in mx player but when video is smooth there is no sound. Please tell me what to do. This is my movie settings
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Which rom are you using?
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I am using cm10 A4.

muid02 said:
I am using cm10 A4.
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I have that issue to with MX player when using a Jelly Bean based rom. Try VPlayer instead
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Tingelholm said:
I have that issue to with MX player when using a Jelly Bean based rom. Try VPlayer instead
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Thank u sir

flummi3000 said:
Try neutron player 64 bit neon Edition from market. For me best there is.
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I know neutron player is the only one that displays full album art. but I am in a country without paied Google Play so I can't buy it.

XBMC..Anyone try this out?

So a firend told me about this thing called xbox media center and so far have been reading about this and it does seem pretty cool. This a link I also came across thanks for the maim op for posting..also though lt I would share this on this side..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1813089
Also just some additional info wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Android_hardware
Check it..ill be trying this out soon..if anyone does try this and like to share here that would be cool..
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I installed it a couple of months ago on my S3. It is definitely cool, but not without issues. Some of the UI is difficult to navigate - seems like it needs a bit more refinement and optimization for a touchscreen. The bigger issue was that even while idle, XBMC will max out cpu. Phone gets screaming hot, and battery plummets faster than I've ever seen with this phone. Perhaps that issue has been fixed in the most current version.

CYRAXDroid said:
So a firend told me about this thing called xbox media center and so far have been reading about this and it does seem pretty cool. This a link I also came across thanks for the maim op for posting..also though lt I would share this on this side..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1813089
Also just some additional info wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Android_hardware
Check it..ill be trying this out soon..if anyone does try this and like to share here that would be cool..
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I have used it since it actually was on the Xbox.

Yeah still reading more about it.. lol
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I've never used it.
But XBMC is HUGE in the Home Theater PC (HTPC) world.
So I'd imagine that development will continue pretty well in the Android world as well.
I use JRiver Media Center for all my HTPC music & video stuff. I know JRiver has some Android sort of plugin but I haven't delved into that yet.

I had this and navi x on my apple tv that I used for regular tv for 2 years. I'm more of a navi guy that's what I have on my s3 now.
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The newest version of xbmc has fixed a lot of the early bugs. I have it running flawless w/ navix, blue cop and a couple other repos. Takes about 3 mins to set up once you have all the zip files. XBMC in my opinion is by far the best free media app.
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CYRAXDroid said:
So a firend told me about this thing called xbox media center and so far have been reading about this and it does seem pretty cool. This a link I also came across thanks for the maim op for posting..also though lt I would share this on this side..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1813089
Also just some additional info wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Android_hardware
Check it..ill be trying this out soon..if anyone does try this and like to share here that would be cool..
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really? first time you hear about XBMC? its ok!
XBMC is like very big..., no wait its huge on linux, IOS, windows, raspberry pi, apple tv and htpc, or anything that have a CPU,hdd,ram.
it cuts the cord to cable or dish, hence your wallet likes it. personally i have it on my GNU/linux pc and my apple tv2. but i dont like the idea of watching shows or movies on my mobile computer (GS3) I hope you enjoy XBMC on Android. its good to have choices

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really? first time you hear about XBMC? its ok!
XBMC is like very big..., no wait its huge on linux, IOS, windows, raspberry pi, apple tv and htpc, or anything that have a CPU,hdd,ram.
it cuts the cord to cable or dish, hence your wallet likes it. personally i have it on my GNU/linux pc and my apple tv2. but i dont like the idea of watching shows or movies on my mobile computer (GS3) I hope you enjoy XBMC on Android. its good to have choices
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Hahaha yeah in a away....I would really like to try this out but just trying to see what would be the advantage of but it really does look awesome to try out and mess with..and being on the android phone (sgs3) and thats awesome that it can play tv shows etc.. and play movies.. ..

Anyone know how to get navi x on this ? I have it downloaded to my s3 and really want navi
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The newest version of xbmc has fixed a lot of the early bugs.
I have it running flawless w/ navix, blue cop and a couple other repos.
Takes about 3 mins to set up once you have all the zip files.
XBMC in my opinion is by far the best free media app.
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Do you use it for music management?
I'm in the market for a music management app for my computer & phone. That also lets me listen to music and watch my HD recordings on my HTPC.
Something that will let me sync playlists and such, as well as play the music.
MediaMonkey has good reviews. But it doesn't do some of the HTPC side of things that I want.
I have JRiver Media Center but it's a PITA to figure out. And there isn't a 100% solution for Android there yet. Just a little gizmo app.

Nevermind I figured it out. It's been a while since my apple tv but u finally have navi x the way it's supposed to be on my s3 I can finally delete amo navi x
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