Google Play Music - cool feature for bluetooth - AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III

Hey I hope somebody who didn't already knows this finds it useful. I'm talking about the button in Play Music that switches the audio output from the phone's internal speaker to the headset/bluetooth output (car for me). Over the years I've had repeated issues with Bluetooth audio particularly media audio, sometimes it just doesn't go out any speaker no matter what, until a reboot of either or both the phone and the Motorola T505.
Currently using the AOKP Milestone 1 ROM (amazing) and Google's own Play Music (pretty alright), I'm back in control of my music while driving.
I'll post a screenshot of the button in the app once I'm off my work network as I can't upload the picture right now.

hey, where;s the button? I'm going crazy why bluetooth out sounds like dog doo. (new gs3)

It's in the top right hand corner on the Now Playing screen.

charlie460 said:
It's in the top right hand corner on the Now Playing screen.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
thanks, im looking for it but i don't see it. I'll find it eventually

Related

"PROBLEM" with Bing's new voice turn gps navigation

i downloaded this app and it's pretty good...damn good in fact...the voice recognition is great and the directions are pretty accurate...
.
does anyone know how to make the map follow the car, where the arrow is always facing up...??? it kind of confusing if im driving in a certain direction and look at the map, only to see the arrow facing the opposite direction...
that may not be the best description in the world but i gave it a shot...lol
da9th_one said:
i downloaded this app and it's pretty good...damn good in fact...the voice recognition is great and the directions are pretty accurate...
.
does anyone know how to make the map follow the car, where the arrow is always facing up...??? it kind of confusing if im driving in a certain direction and look at the map, only to see the arrow facing the opposite direction...
that may not be the best description in the world but i gave it a shot...lol
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You mean you want it so that the direction you are driving is always facing up. As it is on the map when you drive the map stays with north always facing "up" So when you are driving south it shows you driving down on the map etc etc.
I looked I couldnt see a way to change that so the driving direction faced "up"
yeah, that's it exactly...it seems like a fairly obvious feature to have...lol...it is a small issue and the app is pretty good other than that...
I kind of doubt that they have the feature where screen will rotate with your direction, because that puts a huge load on cpu and graphics.
I agree about the nav. It's a great app, and the text-to-speech for the voice is even more accurate than my TomTom Go! I've been testing out both the Google Map and the Bing apps for navigation; the voice nav makes a huge difference! While they're no match for a dedicated GPS nav like TomTom or Garmin, it's an incredible amount of functionality that'll let you get around in an area you're not famililar with.
One quirk that I've found: If I bring a music player or the SPB shell into the foreground, then the Bing loses it's link to the internal GPS; it has to restore the link when it is brought to the foreground again. Not a huge problem.
GPS works well, except that it crashes sometimes.
When I plug the phone into my car's audio 3.5mm jack, the sounds quality is very poor. This might be a phone issue. Does anyone know how to get clear sound coming out of TP2?
outbackvandy said:
GPS works well, except that it crashes sometimes.
When I plug the phone into my car's audio 3.5mm jack, the sounds quality is very poor. This might be a phone issue. Does anyone know how to get clear sound coming out of TP2?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Same issue.... I have it being played wireless via bluetooth A2DP.. The music that I have playing through the phone to the stereo sounds flawless as it usually does then when the voice directions play over that it's all crackly, like the phones too far away or theres interference MEANwhile... the music is still playing fine. It's odd.
I know with tomtom I just set the voice volume to be a little lower then the music cause it usually sounds like the voice is screaming if I leave it set on 100%. Obviously... there's no volume control for the voice nav in this. I'm sure that would fix the issue though.
I tried lowering the volum of the sound even on the phone as a whole and it still crackles when the voice goes to the stereo.... odd indeed.
it would be nice for the music play back to stop when the voice nav speaks through my speakers...when the music is off the voice speaks clearly...

[Q] [Problem] Music Player skips like crazy when I use earbuds

Running stock, with installed music player. Everything works fine when using just the phone. It works when I run a line-out to my car stereo. When I use earbuds, multiple ones now, I will eventually encounter this problem.
It may take more than an hour but, eventually, the player starts skipping around. It will play 1-5 seconds of anything and then repeat or skip. Also, I only use earbuds (one, really) is when I ride my bike. The ride with the handset in the front pocket of my shorts. At first, I thought there might be an issue with the contacts but this will occur even if I'm standing still.
I've read some threads in other folders but have not found the solution. Has anyone else experienced this?
Hard to say what might be causing this. I don't use the stock player -- can it be set to skip forwards or backwards when the hardware volume buttons are pressed? Could these or some other button be pressed while you are riding? Is something touching the Dpad while you are riding?
On some audio players, it can be made to automatically pause if the jack is removed -- does the stock player do this?
No buttons pushed and the phone is locked.
It seems that if the earbuds connecter spins at all in the jack, which will always happen to some degree, the player begins to skip. Is this something I can fix?
If you can reproduce it by spinning the plug then it sounds like a hardware problem. If using a different pair of headphones doesn't fix it then it is your phone....
If it might be software, have you tried using the new Music beta media player instead?
Sent from my T-mobile G2
Yeah, three different sets of earbuds and upgraded to the new Music beta media player. I guess I need to call T-Mobile (ugh).
cam123 said:
Yeah, three different sets of earbuds and upgraded to the new Music beta media player. I guess I need to call T-Mobile (ugh).
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Sorry to hear that
How you get a new one that fixes all your problems!
Sent from my T-mobile G2

[Q] Supplied Headphones - Track skip?

Hi, i've searching for this for a while, but to no avail.
I love my new Galaxy S2, but there is one issue that bothers me, and that is that I have to take it out of my pocket to skip tracks.
I heard from one person stating you could skip the track by long pressing the button on the supplied head phones, however I cannot get this to work. Does this work for any body else?
If the headphones can't skip track, does anyone know of any that do (volume control is not important)? Or an app/trick to skip track without needing to take the phone out of my pocket? (such as long press volume rocker)
I have an old bluetooth stereo headset, and even this won't allow track skipping, only play/pause, despite working fine with my nexus one. All help would be greatly appreciated.
You skip tracks by double pressing the mic button. It's a pain to get the timing right, but it does work with the stock music player.
You can download PowerAMP Music Player from the android market.
It's a better music player and you can longpress the button to change the track
Trail version is 15 days, you gotta buy the full app after that
padlad said:
You skip tracks by double pressing the mic button. It's a pain to get the timing right, but it does work with the stock music player.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
So If my headphones can't even play/pause the stock music app , I might have an some other underlying issue?
Strangely I play/pause with the headset if I install Fedes music app alpha v4, and possibly others. Will try uninstalling all music apps again and see if they were interferring somehow.
Confused!
To follow up, the double click to skip works in Fedes Music app (you're right about the timing) but still won't work in either the stock music app or the music hub.
Really fustrating.
The double clicking works on stock but you have to get the timing right, which is near impossible. The whole Samsung s2 stock music app is a load of crap compared to the original S, the sound, the music contol, the whole thing is much worse! I don't know what they have done, but they have definitely gone backwards with the music app!
You can use a remote from an HTC headphone for skipping tracks.
padlad said:
The double clicking works on stock but you have to get the timing right, which is near impossible. The whole Samsung s2 stock music app is a load of crap compared to the original S, the sound, the music contol, the whole thing is much worse! I don't know what they have done, but they have definitely gone backwards with the music app!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Sorry if I wasn't clear, but the button does not work at all when using the stock app. No play/pause, no track skip, nothing.
All other music apps seem to work as intended. So surely this must be an issue with my stock music app? As if there is a hidden setting I turned off, but can't find to turn back on.
padlad said:
You skip tracks by double pressing the mic button. It's a pain to get the timing right, but it does work with the stock music player.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
About 2.5 years too late but I think I've nailed it. I can get a consistently successful double click skip by holding the first click a little longer. Using a pair of cheap Sony earphones on the S2.

[Q] Galaxy Note 2 sound/headphones issue

Loving my Galaxy Note 2, but I do have a few minor niggles regarding the stock Music Player that I'm hoping someone may be able to help with. I'm on stock firmware btw.
#1 Headphone play button often does not respond if left in pause mode for over a few minutes.
Allow me to explain - I'm at my desk at work listening to music with the stock music program. I get a phone call on my work phone so I click the headset button to pause the music. I finish my call and press the headset button to resume music. No response. Sometimes if I click once, twice or three times more it will start playing again. It's like the phone enters a sleep mode that won't respond straight away.
#2 Music EQ gets lost when something else happens on the phone.
For example, if I unplug my headphones to go for a walk to another part of the office. I return moments later, plug my headphones back in but the EQ is all messed up. Almost sounds like you’re in a tunnel. If I click the EQ button it immediately reverts to the correct EQ setting. This can also be simulated on demand by having music playing, swipe your hand over the screen to take a screenshot (music fades out, there is a camera click sound), then when the music fades back in it has gone into that tunnel EQ sound. Again, clicking the EQ button sorts the issue out.
I have considered moving to a different music program instead. I've tried Google Music (which has it's own bugs like album art disappearing), Winamp etc but for some reason the stock player's EQ settings (custom extended with Bass on 2, and Clarity on 1) make my Sony headphones respond far better than the EQ's in the other programs. And you can put a spot of reverb on the music as well which sounds ace.
No one else has these problems? Does no one use the Note 2 for music listening?
Note 2
g00nerz said:
No one else has these problems? Does no one use the Note 2 for music listening?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have had some issues with my Note 2 also. Coming from Htc One XL with beats audio which some people don't like, however I did. Whenever I plug my headphones in the sound quality is just not as good but compared to HTC output sound is so much better.
Ive tried Original settings with phone plus added beats mods, but neither are producing same I quality I had with HTC phone, which is a pain as I do listen to music regularly on my phone. Not sure if makes big difference but thought I'd better mention I'm using in ear phones not headphones.
similar issue here.. sometimes the headset next/pause button works.. sometimes it doenst.. looks like once the phone sleeps it doesnt want to respond .. but response if i wake up ,, which is just stupid.

[Q] Sudden pause while listening to music

While listening to music on the play music app, watching on youtube, and doing other stuff on the tablet that generate sounds, I noticed a sudden pause/lag during screen rotation. Does anyone experience this?
Note: I am on JSS15Q
Thanks.
This does not occur when listening through headphones, but only out loud.
aznxwill said:
While listening to music on the play music app, watching on youtube, and doing other stuff on the tablet that generate sounds, I noticed a sudden pause/lag during screen rotation. Does anyone experience this?
Note: I am on JSS15Q
Thanks.
This does not occur when listening through headphones, but only out loud.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yep, getting the same. It's just a momentary pause, but it's annoying - pretty sure the N7 is just about powerful enough to play music and rotate the screen....
Not sure if it's a ROM or a kernel issue. I rooted and flashed within an hour of opening the box, so don't know if it was present on stock as well.
I have a theory. When listening in portrait, the two speakers at the bottom are playing in stereo. When you flip to landscape the speakers at the bottom become the right side audio, and the speaker near the top becomes the left side audio. So it takes a moment for the tablet to adjust the output.
Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk 4

Categories

Resources