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Google Sound Search (For UK Nexus 7)

Not seen this mentioned, probably because the US ones have it as stock.
As Play music isn't available over here, Google have frozen the app out on UK N7s. If you've got Titanium backup installed, just defrost "Sound Search For Google Play 1.0.1" and it will now appear in your widget list.
Obviously it can only be used for song identification, if you click the widget after it has identified a song it will just open a Chrome page letting you know that Play Music isn't available in your country.
It works extremely well, just as you'd expect from a Google search product
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Just a note, the OS refreezes it when you restart the device which buggers up the widget. You just need to defrost it again and put the widget back on the homescreen

MarkyMark8609 said:
Not seen this mentioned, probably because the US ones have it as stock.
As Play music isn't available over here, Google have frozen the app out on UK N7s. If you've got Titanium backup installed, just defrost "Sound Search For Google Play 1.0.1" and it will now appear in your widget list.
Obviously it can only be used for song identification, if you click the widget after it has identified a song it will just open a Chrome page letting you know that Play Music isn't available in your country.
It works extremely well, just as you'd expect from a Google search product
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Just a note, the OS refreezes it when you restart the device which buggers up the widget. You just need to defrost it again and put the widget back on the homescreen
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I've discovered it yesterday, along with Google Wallet, Books, Magazines and Video... All of these were frozen in my device.
Great stuff.

If your in the UK. Use a free us proxy server to sign into play music once. And you will have play music from then on
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Whenever I use sound search it crashes and becomes hidden again

GR36 said:
If your in the UK. Use a free us proxy server to sign into play music once. And you will have play music from then on
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Could you point me in the right direction please?
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I used a guide similar to
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2012/07/23/how-to-get-google-music-on-your-uk-nexus-7/
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sageandonion said:
Could you point me in the right direction please?
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I used Spotflux to get onto Play Music on my PC (Lets you download Play Music uploader and use your 20,000 song allowance) but it still won't enable you to buy music from this widget.

[Q] Google Play Music app doesn't allow me to download songs.

Hey!
I am having a problem with the Google Play Music app. I cannot make the songs available offline! When I view the menu, the option to download the songs does not show up. I contacted Google about this but they haven't responded yet. Does anyone else have this problem and can offer advice?
Thanks,
wws12
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Do you have the icon with grey headphones and a orange band, that don't work for me, when its updated with the full orange icon it works for me.
Try this version
https://www.box.com/shared/b6syscj9ftzcbcg65rmy
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Yeah I have the version you described. I'll try your posted one...
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I have the latest version of Google Play Music from the Play Store. Do I need to update it differently?
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I read somewhere that Google is actually gonna do away with Google Play has anybody else heard or read the same?

JDuBmkii said:
I read somewhere that Google is actually gonna do away with Google Play has anybody else heard or read the same?
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Not gonna happen

JDuBmkii said:
I read somewhere that Google is actually gonna do away with Google Play has anybody else heard or read the same?
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Why would they do that, it a huge profit maker for them.
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wws12: Can you stream those songs? Google Play does only allow use from 10 different devices. After flashing a few custom roms (each ne version counts as a new device, also it is the same hardware device) my 10 were used up and on the eleventh i couldn't download or stream any music from the online library. Maybe it is the same for you. You can unregister devices on the website.

MiDiANx360 said:
wws12: Can you stream those songs? Google Play does only allow use from 10 different devices. After flashing a few custom roms (each ne version counts as a new device, also it is the same hardware device) my 10 were used up and on the eleventh i couldn't download or stream any music from the online library. Maybe it is the same for you. You can unregister devices on the website.
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I can stream them like a dream, just not make them available offline.
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wws12 said:
I can stream them like a dream, just not make them available offline.
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Question: How many times have you flashed a new ROM since using Google Play Music? And have you checked out your registered devices? How many are there? If you are a serial flasher like many here on XDA, you need to deregister some older versions of your phone.
Go to a web browser on your computer. Go to the Google Play Music make sure you are logged in. Get to the music settings and check out your devices there.

I have never flashed a ROM on my N7.
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wws12 said:
I have never flashed a ROM on my N7.
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I am not just talking about your N7, do you have a phone you flashed and used Google music with? If so, each different rom will be recognized as a different device, dependant on the rom dev and how they listed your device.
Ok next question; How much space do you have on your device? It's not nearly full is it?

Nope I don't think its even half. Got the 16gb version.
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didnt know it could be available offline

Sear h for Google music on a compueter login in look at settings and it will display your logged in devices it its up to ten you have to remove some so u can use it again its not rocket science
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Yes you can download songs to your nexus 7.
Select the artist or albums tab in Google music
Then click the 3 dots in the top right hand corner (menu button).
Select "choose on device music"
You should now see a pin with the option to save off line next to the album

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Yes you can download songs to your nexus 7.
Select the artist or albums tab in Google music
Then click the 3 dots in the top right hand corner (menu button).
Select "choose on device music"
You should now see a pin with the option to save off line next to the album
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You sir, are amazing! Worked like a charm. Quick question, is there a way to only download specific songs instead of the whole album?
Thanks,
wws12
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If I want a song (or even album) on my N7, I just go to Google Music on a PC and use Music Manager to download all to my PC, then select what I want on the N7. It's much faster this way (once music is on your PC), and gives you a complete back up of what's online.
PS: If you go to Albums and select "choose on device music"... then swipe to songs, and select a song, and another song... etc... then turn off wifi, the individual songs seem to be added on your device. Not sure how many that will do it for, I only tried 2.

wws12 said:
You sir, are amazing! Worked like a charm. Quick question, is there a way to only download specific songs instead of the whole album?
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Short answer.... No.
What the guy in the post before me is referring to is caching, which the play music will do to your last songs played based on your app settings.
There use to be a feature to back up individual song, but it has been removed in the latest update to the music app... so this doesn't just affect the nexus 7.

Play store not showing Nexus devices

My play store doesn't show any devices for purchasing. If I click on any web links to the nexus 4, 7 , or 10 it just opens the play store app on my phone. I'm running the latest cm10 ROM (Oct 28) and I'm with telus in BC, Canada.
Is anybody else experiencing this?
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Try clearing the "default app" data, that way when you click the link you can select a browser instead of the Play Store app.

Same here (Germany, jbsourcery rom). I can only see them in the web market on my computer. No clue why.

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My play store doesn't show any devices for purchasing. If I click on any web links to the nexus 4, 7 , or 10 it just opens the play store app on my phone. I'm running the latest cm10 ROM (Oct 28) and I'm with telus in BC, Canada.
Is anybody else experiencing this?
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Do what wiredpirate suggested. Go to settings, apps, Play Store, and clear defaults then try the links again. Should work fine =]
forgot to mention to pick BROWSER after clicking the links. The devices won't show up in the play store app.
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foxehkins said:
Do what wiredpirate suggested. Go to settings, apps, Play Store, and clear defaults then try the links again. Should work fine =]
forgot to mention to pick BROWSER after clicking the links. The devices won't show up in the play store app.
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Thanks guys. This worked. Any ideas why we can't see devices in play store app?
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matherdather said:
Thanks guys. This worked. Any ideas why we can't see devices in play store app?
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Because hardware not available for purchase via the app. Yep, it really is that simple- nothing wrong with your phone, that's just the way it is.

tablet apps in the play store that aren't available to install?

just got an n7. like it a lot but one thing is confusing to me... why do some(actually, a lot) of the tablet specific apps in the play store show as not available to install? example... bank of america has a tablet app but i'm forced to install the phone one instead.
am i missing something obvious?

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just got an n7. like it a lot but one thing is confusing to me... why do some(actually, a lot) of the tablet specific apps in the play store show as not available to install? example... bank of america has a tablet app but i'm forced to install the phone one instead.
am i missing something obvious?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1807726

Search these forums for phablet, Google's odd solution to the bigger than a phone but smaller than a tablet interface. In some ways you get the worse of both worlds instead of the best. The search will turn up all sorts of info on the way folks feel about it.
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Isn't there a way to trick the market to give us full tablet apps?

Google for a app called lucky patcher. It can patch play store. Never used it myself. So backup your device.
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You can just search here at XDA for a useful thread that provides various special versions of the Play Store. You can install one that will force everything to be for a certain dpi value or to ignore dpi or many other options. I have a special version on my Dell Streak that I got from here.
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Turn tablet kid-friendly

I've done some reading and found launchers, suggestions and apps. Wondering if anyone has a setup they can share? My little cousin is 7 and I got her a nexus 7
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I'm not sure if this is what you are looking for but I share my device with my kids (4 and 7). I've set up an user account for them and I've locked it down with "kid' s place ". They can only reach the apps that I allow and can't mess with any settings. You can also use the timer function to limit their usage of the device. Exciting "kid's place" needs (if you choose this option) a code too...
The reason why I use different user accounts is to allow them to have their own user data in shared apps
I hope this is useful to you...
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ryanstfl said:
I've done some reading and found launchers, suggestions and apps. Wondering if anyone has a setup they can share? My little cousin is 7 and I got her a nexus 7
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If you update the tablet to Android 4.3 you could use a restricted profile
Hope that helps

One thing I just thought of is, you could use desktop visualizer and make big icons on the home screen for the apps that they would be using so they dont need to go into the app drawer and open up unnecessary apps (Or I suppose you can just take off a shortcut to the app drawer from the home screen with a custom launcher).

A setup I used when I handed down my old tab to my son (3yo) is smart app lock from thinkyeah and apex launcher with icon size set up for bigger icons - kidoz TV for kid friendly vids and use adaway to - well that's obvious.

I use zoodles
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zoodles.kidmode

4.3s new restricted profiles would work well for this. I haven't tried it myself though.
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PlayPad Kid's Launcher
Kids Place
KIDO'Z Play Mode-Safe for Kids
Famigo
Kytephone
Take a look at all these apps. I'm sure one of them will fit your needs.
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A Gumdrop Case would be another good addition for a child.

1.First restrict play store for keeping adult material out of kids reach
2.put on low level puzzles game like cut the rope,where is my water etc
3.search for some drawing apps
4.I don't think launcher will have an impact but if u need some attractive icons u can try apex,nova launcher
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