Does anyone know how to sync two Google accounts' music to one phone?
I figured out how to add a second account to my phone, but there is no check box to sync Google Play Music? The box only exists on my first account that's on my phone.
That option is currently only available for tablets only. The smartphone version of Google Music will only allow you to sync one account for your music and would have to toggle between the accounts for each music library.
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singlesword said:
That option is currently only available for tablets only. The smartphone version of Google Music will only allow you to sync one account for your music and would have to toggle between the accounts for each music library.
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How do I get the tablet version of Play? I currently have Play on my Nexus 7, but when I added another Google account, there was no option to sync the music?
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Hi name is Chris. Anyways did some digging.
Unless your willing to take your devices in and pay for Domain App by a store I don't see anyway other then storing in DropBox.
Here is a quote on what I found
"misterteche says:
I employ Google Apps for Domain and have a general "family" account for sharing purchased apps then configured that family account on each phone. Nothing else is shared--no email, contacts and calendar. That solved the issue of other family members having access to contacts and emails. On my teen's phone, I configured "pin access" in Google Play so that no authorized charges are made to my credit card.
BTW, a factory reset will need to be done if you want to change the primary account Google Play is associated with on the phone."
I'm sure if you go into store you can set this up. Unconditionally you will have to pay for both cell phone bills. Married couples this probably works great.
Friends wanting to share music not so great! Google should have a friends share feature were you could listen to the song 5 times then be prompted to continue to listen to this song you must purchase it.
I'm sure with Google Apps for Domain at a store if your running a rooted phone or they would want to lock the service.
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Well Sorry no buddy sharing music in Google Play
Thanks! But, I'm confused, what is "Google Apps for Domain"?
I googled it but came up empty?
Look into the app called "SwitchMe Multiple Accounts." It allows you to have different user accounts for one device. Both music accounts wont be in one app though. You will need to switch users to access the other account.
Google Apps for Domain is a service provided by phone company. Have a friend at work who set this up with At&t had to request this service at the store. Remember right he had to pay like extra 25 dollars a month to keep service turned on bewteen phones and tablet. Switch me multiple accounts i didn't mention because you had to reboot your device to access different account. The Google Apps Domain is service like any other just request it at phone booth the should be able to set it up for a steep price. Furthermore I assumed that you didn't want to reboot or have access to there email account just the music.
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PS ....
Dad worked for Qwest and At&t had 40 yrs as telephone and fiber optics installs. Qwest former US West now Century link is a Mountian Bell company that provides phone service for Lousiannna, Colorado and few of the southern states.
Anyways from what my dad told me you can request any service you want from the phone company but it will cost you. Now i would explain it in full but we would go off into astro physics. In short they program the phone to send and recieve music files to and from the google accounts.
This setup is why they would want your phone and tablet to program them to recieve just those files.
Neo3D said:
Does anyone know how to sync two Google accounts' music to one phone?
I figured out how to add a second account to my phone, but there is no check box to sync Google Play Music? The box only exists on my first account that's on my phone.
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You need to sync first acct and save music to device .... Log into second and do the same thing...done. I have noticed if it doesnt sync u mite have to enter play music store and play a song that has been purchased and u should see sync music ... Then u want to save to device. Btw...I have done it on my tablet @ home with no prob except the play store thing but works after that...shouldn't need anything else.
Edit: didn't see other member mention that it works on tablet but not on phone... Weird. I'll have to try it now!!! Lol gonna gave it shot and report back...sorry. But def works on tablet tho...
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culaterout said:
Google Apps for Domain is a service provided by phone company. Have a friend at work who set this up with At&t had to request this service at the store. Remember right he had to pay like extra 25 dollars a month to keep service turned on bewteen phones and tablet. Switch me multiple accounts i didn't mention because you had to reboot your device to access different account. The Google Apps Domain is service like any other just request it at phone booth the should be able to set it up for a steep price. Furthermore I assumed that you didn't want to reboot or have access to there email account just the music.
C-U-LATER-OUT...
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Dad worked for Qwest and At&t had 40 yrs as telephone and fiber optics installs. Qwest former US West now Century link is a Mountian Bell company that provides phone service for Lousiannna, Colorado and few of the southern states.
Anyways from what my dad told me you can request any service you want from the phone company but it will cost you. Now i would explain it in full but we would go off into astro physics. In short they program the phone to send and recieve music files to and from the google accounts.
This setup is why they would want your phone and tablet to program them to recieve just those files.
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WTF? :silly: This guy is very confusing.
akira02rex said:
WTF? :silly: This guy is very confusing.
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Well sorry skipped over what she really wanted. Personally I just setup a 500 gig external hard drive wireless network with my Xbox and save files this way. Not into having music on my Asus tf300 when I got the nexus 4. I don't stream music unless its a YouTube video. Then I can use YouTube 2 Mp3.
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matthew0776 said:
You need to sync first acct and save music to device .... Log into second and do the same thing...done. I have noticed if it doesnt sync u mite have to enter play music store and play a song that has been purchased and u should see sync music ... Then u want to save to device. Btw...I have done it on my tablet @ home with no prob except the play store thing but works after that...shouldn't need anything else.
Edit: didn't see other member mention that it works on tablet but not on phone... Weird. I'll have to try it now!!! Lol gonna gave it shot and report back...sorry. But def works on tablet tho...
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Thanks. When I add the first account, I see the SYNC MUSIC box but when I add the second account, there is no SYNC MUSIC check box. I actually have to remove the first account and then add the second one. If I do it in the reverse order, it happens the same. Only the first google account that's added gets the SYNC MUSIC check box. I'm thinking this is probably because google has to deal with music license stuff. Can anyone else confirm this?
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Thanks. When I add the first account, I see the SYNC MUSIC box but when I add the second account, there is no SYNC MUSIC check box. I actually have to remove the first account and then add the second one. If I do it in the reverse order, it happens the same. Only the first google account that's added gets the SYNC MUSIC check box. I'm thinking this is probably because google has to deal with music license stuff. Can anyone else confirm this?
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Why don't you just upload all the music from account #1 to account #2?
Unless you have more than 20,000 songs then in that case....
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Neo3D said:
Thanks. When I add the first account, I see the SYNC MUSIC box but when I add the second account, there is no SYNC MUSIC check box. I actually have to remove the first account and then add the second one. If I do it in the reverse order, it happens the same. Only the first google account that's added gets the SYNC MUSIC check box. I'm thinking this is probably because google has to deal with music license stuff. Can anyone else confirm this?
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I noticed that as well when I tried on my phone...does it do the same thing on tablet.? Its fine on tablet for me. I'll look for a work around for phone tho. I too am I avid Google music app person. So would be nice to know.
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matthew0776 said:
I noticed that as well when I tried on my phone...does it do the same thing on tablet.? Its fine on tablet for me. I'll look for a work around for phone tho. I too am I avid Google music app person. So would be nice to know.
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How did you get it to work on a tablet? I tried to do it on my Nexus 7 and could only sync 1 account?
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How did you get it to work on a tablet? I tried to do it on my Nexus 7 and could only sync 1 account?
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Tried it again on tablet jus to make sure..
OK , after I'm signed into original acct. And sync music from acct (1) I went to play store and hit settings/add acct entered other acct. Choose acct (2) from music apk. It did say i would lose music not saved to device. Hit OK. And then synced music from acct (2). I have noticed to get the music from acct(2). I do have to find a song i purchased on acct(2) should say purchased next to it. Play the song and hit sync. Its hit or miss with having to do that step. After experimenting I'm not sure if there is a clear cut system. But i was able to have multi acct music on one device. Sorry i cant be more helpful. Ill keep trying to find a clear cut system that works 100
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matthew0776 said:
Tried it again on tablet jus to make sure..
OK , after I'm signed into original acct. And sync music from acct (1) I went to play store and hit settings/add acct entered other acct. Choose acct (2) from music apk. It did say i would lose music not saved to device. Hit OK. And then synced music from acct (2). I have noticed to get the music from acct(2). I do have to find a song i purchased on acct(2) should say purchased next to it. Play the song and hit sync. Its hit or miss with having to do that step. After experimenting I'm not sure if there is a clear cut system. But i was able to have multi acct music on one device. Sorry i cant be more helpful. Ill keep trying to find a clear cut system that works 100
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So, you added another Google account from the Music Play app and NOT the Settings > Add Account > Google Account?
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So, you added another Google account from the Music Play app and NOT the Settings > Add Account > Google Account?
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Yup from play store settings...not sure if it makes a diff. But that's the method i used to get it to work...Lol
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Yes there is a difference you only see your account info for device through the google play app. With the browser I can access all devices Nook Color, Nook Tablet, Nexus 4 and Asus Transformer and send a app, music or book to any device. Even though books really don't need be forwarded to a device.
Simply put this is how manage multiple devices under the same account for families. You can even have credit card info stored under the browser and google play app. So you could buy prepaid cards and have 50 dollars for each kid in your family to load to there account for spending on books, movies and music.
From Google play Store
Manage your devices
You can stream music in your library to any device or computer via a browser on which you're signed in. You can also download music in your library to any authorized device or computer. You can authorize up to a total of ten devices or computers at any one time. At this time, only two Google accounts per computer can be used to add music with the Google Play Music Manager.
Music from your library cannot be played simultaneously on more than one device. If you're currently playing music, you’ll need to stop playback in order to play your music on another device.
To see the Android devices with access to your library and the computers authorized for adding music, visit play.google.com/music and select 'Settings'. If you'd like to revoke a device's access to your library or disassociate your Google Account with the Music Manager on a computer, you can do so by clicking 'Deauthorize'.*Please note that once you've associated a total of ten computers and devices to your account, you may only add a new device by deactivating one first and you may not add more than four new devices per year.
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If you use an app like BubbleUPNP, you can sync it with a Google Music account. That way, you can have one account on the official Google Music app, and the second on Bubble...
You could even try contacting the dev for Bubble and see if they can tweak it to allow multiple accounts...
This is it
Manage Google music!
http://support.google.com/googleplay/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1229970
I guess you can manage whole account from computer and download and upload songs from computer.
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Hey guys!
It's 2011, so if you haven't already taken a step into the cloud, it's time to get started! This guide shows you how to take all your data automatically in the cloud to free your phone storage for things like apps and games, which cannot be accessed through a cloud (yet).
Before I start, I just want to make it clear that this thread should NOT be used to discuss what things are safe in the cloud and all that privacy related stuff. If you have passed your ego and realized that you are not the most important/secret person on this planet with all your documents and stuff being soo secret, then go on, the cloud is waiting for you. If you have problems concerning privacy related topics open a new thread and simply CTRL + W out of here right now.
A second note concerning availability of Internet in some areas:
Before you synchronize everything through a cloud you have to ask yourself how often you loose your internet connection with your mobile. If you find yourself often in areas without coverage or poor connection, or if you have a limited data plan you maybe only should sync your Contacts & Calendars, but not Movies since it would become unusable, or at least very frustrating. In Germany and U.S.A. (I guess) you don't have to worry anymore, I've got full speed connection no matter where I go, but you have to know this for yourself.
Personal Stuff - Contacts, Calendars and more
First of all, let's start with the obvious stuff. Things like Calendars, E-Mail, Contacts not only can be stored in the cloud, it would be foolish not to do so! In a time when people have more than one device that can access the internet and are "smart" (i.e. can display calendars & stuff, don't blame me for calling that smart, blame the ads ) it would be terrible when devices can't communicate with each other to sync changes. When your appointment get's delayed it should show up directly on your PC, shouldn't it? But enough of the reasons, let's get this started.
Setting this sync up maybe the easiest of all, because Android is all about syncing these stuff almost by default. You simply have to use the Google Apps GMail for your mail and contacts, Google Calendar for your schedule and so on. Feel free to discover all of the Google Apps and decide for yourself what you need and want.
To set the sync up on your phone simply
Goto Settings -> Accounts and sync -> [email protected] -> Sync Contacts, Calendar, Gmail, ...
And boom! there you go. All your information is now synced between your devices, no matter where you change any of it.
Photos
The next thing to sync would be your pictures. For this media type, I have chosen to write a guide about setting up a sync with Google's Picasa Webapp. Although you might choose other Photohosting sites like Flickr or SmugMug, Picasa enjoys a deep integration in the Android system. To set this sync up, you need to go through 2 steps:
1. (Automatic) Upload of your pictures
Like fruit-fanatic Jobs said: "There's an app for that". For this task (and the movies later) the app "Pixelpipe Post and Upload HD" seems to be perfect, since it also got a feature to automatically upload your pics to your Picasa web albums right after you've shot one.
Set-Up Guide:
1. Create a Pixelpipe account
2. Create a "pipe" for your Picasa account
3. Enable "auto upload" in Settings (works like a charm on the Galaxy S)
4. Shoot some pics and try
2. Sync your Picasa web albums to the phone
After we got our Photos up in the cloud, we need a way to view them on our device. Thanks to Google, we can integrate them in our SNS sync in the settings menu:
Goto Settings -> Accounts and sync -> [email protected] -> Sync Picasa Web Albums
After your next sync (i.e. immediately ) you can find all your Picasa web albums in the Gallery app indicated with a small Picasa logo. This is the major advantage of Picasa, because with your photos being integrated in the gallery, every third party app can use them to modify or distribute your images.
Movies
In syncing movies, we take a similar way like Photos, also using the Pixelpipe app. Our destination will be Youtube because it delivers us unlimited space. Disadvantages of Youtube are a 15 min limit, but if you don't have a problem with that, Youtube is fine.
To set the sync up, simply add a "pipe" in your Pixelpipe app to Youtube and enable autosync. I recommend to set the video to private or not listed, because but that is again your own choice. You have to choose wether you want to have the whole Youtube Community watching your pretty vids or not . You can choose to opt-out on autosync, and only upload when you are on Wifi, since this could really take up some bandwith. The advantage of uploading with the Pixelpipe app over the built in "Share to -> Youtube" option is that you can upload HD video. The built in share option uploads your videos in minor quality.
To view your videos simply fire up your youtube app and enter your Username. Your videos will then be displayed under the "My Videos" tab. To download them again, simply use any of the Youtube video downloader apps available on the market.
Music
For our favorite tunes, we will use mSpot to access and stream our whole library directly from our phone. First of all you have to download the sync app for your Computer from www.mspot.com and select what you want to send up into the cloud. Note that free Users gain 2 GB of storage, so maybe you need to make a selection on what you want to take with you and what not.
After your music is placed in the cloud you can download the mspot Music app for Android, enter your Username and PW and gain direct access to your music. The only lag I encountered was when starting a song, it takes about 1-2 seconds longer than a local media player like Winamp, but mspot can also access files that are directly stored on your phone.
NOTE: Galaxy devices are having a playback issue right now, where the song sometimes just goes silent and you have to tap on pause and resume to hear something again. Mspot is aware of this issue and working on it.
Data
Tired of connecting your phone through USB to copy stuff to your device? The answer to that is "Fiabee"! This works best with Google's Browser Chrome since you can directly put images and more into your Fiabee space or send them directly to the device (Link). The advantage of Fiabee is: Space. They are throwing free space away like hell, I just got 16GB because I was an early user -> Try it!
Another service of choice could be DropBox. Here you have a volume that syncs to every device that is connected the cloud, wether it is a desktop computer, netbook, mobile or tablet. An extremely reliable and fast service, which makes sharing with specific persons or groups very easy.
That's it! If you have any suggestion, comment or question, feel free to share your thought!
bye, Smirny
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Smirny said:
If you have passed your ego and realized that you are not the most important/secret person on this planet
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Well, this leaves me out.
w98seeng said:
Well, this leaves me out.
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Don't be sad, I'll send you a golden USB cable for next christmas
for Galaxy S owners all of the above are optional
as it requires either an unlimited 3G plan, or wifi access all the time
for Nexus S owners, it's almost a must to have everything on the cloud
well I have quite unlimited 3G here @Vodafone. And my HD videos only get uploaded through Wifi, it simply would take too long through 3G sometimes.
1) good one, thanks!
2) Does pixelpipe delete the uploaded photos? Otherwise you would see them twice. Picasa and on the phone ?!
MrBusiness said:
1) good one, thanks!
2) Does pixelpipe delete the uploaded photos? Otherwise you would see them twice. Picasa and on the phone ?!
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No it does not delete the photos. Currently you have to do it manually :/
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well I have quite unlimited 3G here @Vodafone. And my HD videos only get uploaded through Wifi, it simply would take too long through 3G sometimes.
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Is it sad that my upload bandwidth from 3G+ is faster than my Wifi at home?
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for Galaxy S owners all of the above are optional
as it requires either an unlimited 3G plan, or wifi access all the time
for Nexus S owners, it's almost a must to have everything on the cloud
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Are you saying this sure to the nexus s memory limitations or for some other reason?
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Is it sad that my upload bandwidth from 3G+ is faster than my Wifi at home?
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No, of course not ^^ At some places even I reach faster cellular upload rates than at home, but it still takes some time, so I don't want to walk around the Munich airport in circles to upload my videos =)
Thanks, any chance of a fiabee invite?
of course. Isn't registration open any longer?
https://sync.fiabee.com/i/4d210e4c11af1
thanks, just read somewhere that invites get you more space? but it doesn't seem that is the case anymore But still 1gb storage is better than nothing
well then maybe you should rely on dropbox, fiabee syncs well, but for some images you can't do stuff with them in other apps because you can't put them in the gallery :/ but in combination with the google chrome webapp it's beautiful.
btw. just realized that I forgot to link that chrome app in the original post ^^
Smirny said:
To set the sync up, simply add a "pipe" in your Pixelpipe app to Youtube and enable autosync. I recommend to set the video to private or not listed, because but that is again your own choice. You have to choose wether you want to have the whole Youtube Community watching your pretty vids or not .
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Is there an option to automatically make the uploaded videos private on YouTube or does it take a manual setting?
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Is there an option to automatically make the uploaded videos private on YouTube or does it take a manual setting?
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I haven't found an option yet, I'd be curious about that too :/ Right now you have to set it to private manually, and the particular bad thing about this is that you can't do that neither in the app nor the mobile website, you have to go to the desktop website to do that :/ Or maybe I have missed a setting ...
great news:
the mSpot App now got rid of the Playback issue and it works perfectly on the SGS now =)
I've been looking all over for a comparison between Fiabee and Dropbox. Anyone?
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bump this great thread.
Google music 3.0 beta official - http://www.mediafire.com/?h97x524mdyzbnn3
Just installed but there's no option for music beta
Razer(x) said:
Just installed but there's no option for music beta
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don't know dude, I just liked the app so thought of sharing it...btw I found the app in xperia x10 forums
you have to be part of the beta before the app offers you the beta services.
Sign up on music.google.com
but you have to be in the USA...unless you...erm...use a proxy...or vpn... but I am not telling you to do that
It might take several weeks before you get your invite though.
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you have to be part of the beta before the app offers you the beta services.
Sign up on music.google.com
but you have to be in the USA...unless you...erm...use a proxy...or vpn... but I am not telling you to do that
It might take several weeks before you get your invite though.
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Already tried with no response, guess i'm unlucky
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you have to be part of the beta before the app offers you the beta services.
Sign up on music.google.com
but you have to be in the USA...unless you...erm...use a proxy...or vpn... but I am not telling you to do that
It might take several weeks before you get your invite though.
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I signed up to the beta and registered via a vpn but have been using it recently through my normal UK IP. It seems to be working pretty nicely so far
I signed up for the Beta the same day it was annouced/offered and didn't get my invite until June 2, so don't give up yet.
How is this one different than the android market version?
Im guessing for those outside the US, but thought I'd ask.
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in this app, i get duplicates
i have a few songs on my phone and also on my cloud that are the same.
is there any way to view only songs stored on cloud?
because i'd also like to keep some songs local.
it has the option to view offline music available,
im looking for an option to display only "online songs" ( cloud)
off topic, but facebook for android is updated and is available in market
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off topic, but facebook for android is updated and is available in market
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Now wanting access to your sms!
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Now wanting access to your sms!
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Oh god, i thought you were kidding!
You're Invited!
Welcome to Music Beta, a new service from Google that lets you store your personal collection online and access it instantly without the hassle of wires or syncing.
Enjoy your music anywhere — listen on any web browser or your smartphone or tablet running Android 2.2 or higher.
Save your favorite albums, artists, and playlists on your device so you can keep listening even when you’re not connected.
Create your own custom playlists or build them automatically from a single song.
Get Started
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Got it two weeks ago, uploaded almost 15.000 songs and mixes already. Pretty awesome, songs play almost instantly and completely load over 3g in like 10/15 seconds.
Can confirm you only need a USA IP for actually signing in and agreeing to music manager then installing the app.
After that your normal IP will work with it.
Currently uploading my tunes to it, and working well
Loads quickly via 3G as well, quite handy having access to your library from anywhere.
I don't think you need a USA IP at all. I requested an invitation with a Google Account where the country was set to "UK" and received one weeks ago. I sign into music.google.com using the same account in the UK and have no issues.
YMMV.
I am still trying to find out how I can let Google Music download the Offline content to my external_sd card instead of the internal.
Where is google storing those music files now? Any idea.
Was anybody able to set a song as a ringtone that has been put as offline content?
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Flupken said:
I am still trying to find out how I can let Google Music download the Offline content to my external_sd card instead of the internal.
Where is google storing those music files now? Any idea.
Was anybody able to set a song as a ringtone that has been put as offline content?
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Pardon my lazy, my lackluster google-fu and my necromancy, but bump goes the thread as I echo Flupken's external sd question
Figure this may be useful as the stock music player installed on the Galaxy Nexus is all setup ready for the cloud based goodness of Google Music, but it's a service supposedly only available in the US at the moment.
To work around that, try the following (worked for me, YMMV):
Download the appropriate version of Tor Browser bundle for your platform from:
https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en
Install, load up the Vidalia control panel and click "Settings"
Navigate to the advanced section, click "Edit current torrc"
Paste the following into the bottom of the torrc file:
ExcludeNodes {be},{pl},{ca},{za},{vn},{uz},{ua},{tw},{tr},{th},{sk},{sg},{se},{sd},{sa},{ru},{ro},{pt},{ph},{pa},{nz},{np},{no},{my},{mx},{md},{lv},{lu},{kr},{jp},{it},{ir},{il},{ie},{id},{hr},{hk},{gr},{gi},{gb},{fi},{es},{ee},{dk},{cz},{cy},{cr},{co},{cn},{cl},{ci},{ch},{by},{br},{bg},{au},{at},{ar},{aq},{ao},{ae},{nl},{de},{fr}
(This will force Tor to use a US exit node)
Save the settings, restart Tor.
In the Tor tunneled Firefox that's now running, visit:
http://music.google.com
If you get an error about it only being available in the US, go back to the Tor Vidalia control panel and click the "Use a new identity" button (to pick a new exit node) and refresh the page. Repeat until you get a Google music login box.
Try signing in with your existing Google account - this worked fine for me but there seem to be conflicting reports about whether it works in all cases for non-US accounts.
If not, you may have to setup a new GMail account solely for Google Music use. Be sure to create the account using the Tor tunneled Firefox so that Google think you're in the US when you sign up.
Once you've logged in to Google Music once and accepted the T&Cs (maybe grab the dire Busta Rhymes freebie track to check its all working) you can ditch Tor - Google Music will quite happily now let you access and upload music from the UK.
Load up the Music Player, link the newly Google Music enabled account to it, enjoy.
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streaming on my device is quite nice, but i have to wait until the song is fully loaded to start it (in Music-app)... little bit annoying
A much easier way to do it is just use a proxy website (like those ones to get around school/work firewalls). The majority are based in the US.
I used the first link that came up on a Google search to sign up for Google Music back around the time it launched. Less hassle than downloading software etc.
The only real problem is that you can't access the store, which means you can't get any of the free music or buy anything.
You still get the syncing and upload abilities though, which is quite nice. I just need to sort out my music collection now before I upload it
I know that's probably a bit stupid but I can't install the app from the market. It downloads correctly but when it wants to install the app it says it isn't signed properly or so. Is this because it isn't developed for the desire? I would like to use it until my nexus arrives.
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You need to uninstall any previous versions and also make sure you clear data under application settings
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I never had it install before.
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Nebucatnetzer said:
I know that's probably a bit stupid but I can't install the app from the market. It downloads correctly but when it wants to install the app it says it isn't signed properly or so. Is this because it isn't developed for the desire? I would like to use it until my nexus arrives.
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Get your self the market enabler and set it to use verzion us market settings. Uninstall current version then download from market. I did this earlier today and you get the very latest version of the app.
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Found an interesting thread about it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1350164
I keep getting an 'error at line 1' message when I click on OK. Even without entering any extra text I also get it
The 'error at line x' is something to do with Windows 7 (possibly x64) editing the torrc file. Had the same issue...
Easiest fix is to go to the Tor folder/data/tor/ then open 'torrc' with Notepad manually. Edit the file by hand, save and restart Tor and it'll accept the changes fine.
I used TunnelBear on my PC to trick Google into thinking I Was in the USA, then accessed Google Music over the internet and registered for the service.
Then on my phone, I downloaded the Music APK from this XDA page and installed it on my phone.
Works fine for me for playing music on my phone and music off my computer which has been uploaded to the cloud.
Play still won't give you access to the music section though as it's not licensed still for UK use.
lol. what's the problem: i'm using music beta since last november here in germany even though its not even released here.
Hmm, used Tor and got my account linked to Google Music. I'm now uploading an album just fine, but when I try to use the Music Manager to listen to the songs, it still says it's only available in the US.
Question 1: if I buy an app, lets say tasker, and then i want to install that app to my girlfriends phone.. Would it be enough to restore the App from my titanium copy? Or will it say her phone does not have the license? Is this possible and legal or i gotta buy another app? Seems unfair if I have to...
Also even if not possible for my gf to get the App will it be possible for me to install it in my tablet?.. Using the same google account or could I use another account? Need to clear out this
Question 2: little tutorial for tasker?, i want to do something, im from south América meaning my phone and keyboard (i use swiftkey x pro) are in spanish, but in xda for example i only write in english.. And its annoying the typo corrector since the keyboard its in spanish and every word i type its redlined.. So i Wonder if with tasker i could do something like change swiftkey lenguage to english when i open xda and when i close it, keyboard goes back to spanish
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Question 1: if I buy an app, lets say tasker, and then i want to install that app to my girlfriends phone.. Would it be enough to restore the App from my titanium copy? Or will it say her phone does not have the license? Is this possible and legal or i gotta buy another app? Seems unfair if I have to...
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Definitely not legal to just pull the .apk and move it to another phone that didn't buy it. Obviously there are shades of grey here (it's just your GF's phone) but technically you shouldn't be doing this.
If you use the same GMail account and use that as the "Play Store" account you're signed into on both phones, then you should be able to re-download it on either device once it's purchased. This would work best if you each have your own GMail account for personal use, then a "shared" GMail account for app purchases. Otherwise, you'll each have access to the other's emails, contacts, etc..
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Definitely not legal to just pull the .apk and move it to another phone that didn't buy it. Obviously there are shades of grey here (it's just your GF's phone) but technically you shouldn't be doing this.
If you use the same GMail account and use that as the "Play Store" account you're signed into on both phones, then you should be able to re-download it on either device once it's purchased. This would work best if you each have your own GMail account for personal use, then a "shared" GMail account for app purchases. Otherwise, you'll each have access to the other's emails, contacts, etc..
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In reference to question 1.
I had tried installing bionic bootstrap on my girl's bionic after purchasing it on mine. I added my account to her phone and installed it successfully. Used it once when rooting her phone but once my account was no longer the main one being used it disappeared from her apps. As for using it on another device that is yours, that'll work just fine.
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In reference to question 1.
I had tried installing bionic bootstrap on my girl's bionic after purchasing it on mine. I added my account to her phone and installed it successfully. Used it once when rooting her phone but once my account was no longer the main one being used it disappeared from her apps. As for using it on another device that is yours, that'll work just fine.
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I see but if I create a play store ONLY account i think the problem its solved.. Wich leads me to another question..
Lets say i dont want to use my current Gmail account and want to move all my apps and contacts to another account
How can i do this?
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I see but if I create a play store ONLY account i think the problem its solved.. Wich leads me to another question..
Lets say i dont want to use my current Gmail account and want to move all my apps and contacts to another account
How can i do this?
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Haven't heard about how to do this...
Your apps are tied to your Gmail account, plain and simple. You can have 5 phones running all with your same Gmail account and have all your apps on each.
But you can't give paid apps to other accounts. And I don't think there is a way to switch accounts that I've ever heard.
Sure you can just pull the apk and give it to someone, hacking, but not officially.
Ok so thats clear now... But no1 is answering my second question about tasker :S
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Hi.
I got a Google Pixel 2XL with the latest Android P build flashed.
So it comes that I got the new Google contacts app (which has Material Design 2, when dialer and SMS app still have Material Design 1 - pretty lame).
This contact app by Google syncs my contacts I imported from a local file to the Google servers even if contact sync is disabled in the settings for accounts.
I even rooted and deleted the contact sync adapter APK, but the contact app still syncs my data without giving me an opt-out choice.
It syncs user photos into my contacts which I do not want to be there... I delete them and they reappear.
What am I supposed to do if I do not want my contacts to be synced? Sync way back some years was a mess and often gave me mixed up results of contacts structure.
That is why I manage my contacts locally only. Third party contacts apps are not my taste.
So... shame on Google for just grabbing my contacts data. What about the GDPR and my privacy?
I don't know. I love Google syncing of everything. One less thing to have to do manually or micromanage.
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I don't know. I love Google syncing of everything. One less thing to have to do manually or micromanage.
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Yes, I understand that.
But why is there an option for disabling contact sync in the first place, if my stuff gets synced anyway without opt-out?
May I have a piece of your cake? No? You don't want me to? I take it anyway.
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Yes, I understand that.
But why is there an option for disabling contact sync in the first place, if my stuff gets synced anyway without opt-out?
May I have a piece of your cake? No? You don't want me to? I take it anyway.
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Well I have two Google accounts on my phone and my secondary one is set to not sync and it's doesn't.
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Well I have two Google accounts on my phone and my secondary one is set to not sync and it's doesn't. View attachment 4577164
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Disable sync in the Google account settings of the Android main settings menu.
Open the newest version of Google contacts (which gets updated via Google play in the Pie stock ROM of P2XL).
Open Chrome or any browser on your PC. Log in to your Google account.
Go to contacts icon and view your contacts. Select all. Delete all.
Open the contact app on P2XL and scroll from top to bottom, then a loading spinner appears... and all your contacts get synced as one
can see when reloading the browser/page on the PC.
That is the scenario here. I just tested it 10 minutes ago.
Well the thing is I have no contacts at all with my secondary account to even do such a test. I logged in on my computer and it's empty just like my screenshot. I'll create a few fake ones and see if I can reproduce your issue.
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Disable sync in the Google account settings of the Android main settings menu.
Open the newest version of Google contacts (which gets updated via Google play in the Pie stock ROM of P2XL).
Open Chrome or any browser on your PC. Log in to your Google account.
Go to contacts icon and view your contacts. Select all. Delete all.
Open the contact app on P2XL and scroll from top to bottom, then a loading spinner appears... and all your contacts get synced as one
can see when reloading the browser/page on the PC.
That is the scenario here. I just tested it 10 minutes ago.
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I reported the thing to Google, and just now there was an update for the contacts app.
Now when accidently scrolling up and the spinner appears contacts do not get synced anymore
as it seems if contact sync is disabled.
And now again after an app update. I added a new contract. Can not store locally anymore. As I added the contact suddenly all of my contacts were gone after a spinner appeared. I reimported then using a local file. Suddenly my contacts were synced to Google servers again, even though I got contact sync disabled in the device account settings.
You're really going to continue having issues if you don't sync your contacts because there is no "save to device" option with Pixel phones.
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You're really going to continue having issues if you don't sync your contacts because there is no "save to device" option with Pixel phones.
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yikes ... that sucks.
Need custom ROM on base of Android P.
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yikes ... that sucks.
Need custom ROM on base of Android P.
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But what kind of secret in your contacts? If you really need privacy use something like
https://protonmail.com/blog/mobile-encrypted-contacts/
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It syncs user photos into my contacts which I do not want to be there... I delete them and they reappear.
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Sync way back some years was a mess and often gave me mixed up results of contacts structure.
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It's not really about privacy. I just do not like the feature.
What's not to like? Really curious.
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It's not really about privacy. I just do not like the feature.
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What's not to like? Really curious.
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It's all written in the op. And if I decide to opt-out in account settings for not syncing my contacts to Google servers, but the contact app does not respect that and syncs anyway without giving me a chance to use just the device storage to save my contacts (as I always did for almost ten years now - I never synced them), I ask myself why there even is an opt-out ... and what nonsense Google is up to anyway.
I get that you're having issues with that (Again I have a second Google account that's unchecked to sync and remains at 0 contacts) but I was asking what's not to like about syncing contacts with Google? Why are you opting out in the first place? Seems such a hassle to manually create contact files, export, import, etc. That's as much a hassle as not using the Google Photos unlimited full quality backup and having to import everything manually to a computer.
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It's all written in the op. And if I decide to opt-out in account settings for not syncing my contacts to Google servers, but the contact app does not respect that and syncs anyway without giving me a chance to use just the device storage to save my contacts (as I always did for almost ten years now - I never synced them), I ask myself why there even is an opt-out ... and what nonsense Google is up to anyway.
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I get that you're having issues with that (Again I have a second Google account that's unchecked to sync and remains at 0 contacts) but I was asking what's not to like about syncing contacts with Google? Why are you opting out in the first place? Seems such a hassle to manually create contact files, export, import, etc. That's as much a hassle as not using the Google Photos unlimited full quality backup and having to import everything manually to a computer.
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Google contacts sync was importing user fotos which I never wanted to be there, and it mixed up contacts I did not want. It took data from G+, mixed it with data and contacts from other Google services.
My contact book is very well organized, and using Google contact sync is giving up full control. I do not use gDrive, google Photos and such either. I do not like and use every feature of the Google eco system. I like to keep my stuff offline depending on what it is.
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Google contacts sync was importing user fotos which I never wanted to be there, and it mixed up contacts I did not want. It took data from G+, mixed it with data and contacts from other Google services.
My contact book is very well organized, and using Google contact sync is giving up full control. I do not use gDrive, google Photos and such either. I do not like and use every feature of the Google eco system. I like to keep my stuff offline depending on what it is.
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I had a feeling you probably didn't use Google Photos or other Google services. Nothing wrong with that. To each their own.
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I had a chat with the German Google support. The guy confirmed that the opt-out for not syncing contacts to Google servers in the account settings of the phone is not doing anything at all regarding the new contact app with material design 2. He told me to use only the dialer to manage my contacts, and not to use the contact app, which makes no sense at all. He also told me to contact the development office via the feedback interface of Android to complain there.