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Desire Music Playback

Hi there,
I'm new to these forums and am really interesting in the HTC Desire. Being a user of Sony Walkman phones for the last 4 years music playback is a huge part of my phone usage.
I'm wondering as a device without an equaliser how does this rate compared to other phones for music playback? Is it possible to download third party music playback software?
Otherwise this phone looks perfect, possibly too good to be true at £15 a month on t-mobile!

Hi, check the GSMarena review - sound quality is top notch! (so why would you want to ruin good sound fidelity with an EQ?).
Problems with non-unicode tagging leads to things being seen as "Unknown Genre" by the music player, which is a significant bummer for some (like me).
Theres plenty of third party software, some with EQs.

same boat here.. i have been a Sony walkman user for the last 10 years and sound quality was/is top of my agenda..
the Desire is pretty good i'd have to say.. ok doesnt sound as good as my Sony X series walkman but its unlikely to as thats a dedicated audio/video device.. the nice thing about android is that there's a choice of apps you can use for music playback.. the stock one is fine but a bit boring.. i downloaded 'cubed' last night and its got a pretty neat interface..
i would like an equaliser to be able to add treble/bass etc.. and i've seen it in some players.. but the interfaces are a bit iffy at the moment.. hopefully in time someone will create an all singing all dancing music player..
oh and just keep an eye on the the low volume threads here.. some people have gotten phones that the volume is very low on but mine (unlocked unbranded from carphone warehouse) is plenty loud..
Cheers,
Mick
LaChavvy said:
Hi there,
I'm new to these forums and am really interesting in the HTC Desire. Being a user of Sony Walkman phones for the last 4 years music playback is a huge part of my phone usage.
I'm wondering as a device without an equaliser how does this rate compared to other phones for music playback? Is it possible to download third party music playback software?
Otherwise this phone looks perfect, possibly too good to be true at £15 a month on t-mobile!
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Cheers for the feedback I'm glad the audio is pretty decent! The idea of using a standard headphone jack is a nice change to the SE phones.
Another question is can you change song without having to whap it out? It may sound strange but when I'm walking to say University, I can currently just hit the rocker switch on the side of the phone to change track - is that the case with the Desire?
Or do I have to bring it out, unlock it, and then change track, relock it, then tidy it away? Hope not!

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Another question is can you change song without having to whap it out? It may sound strange but when I'm walking to say University, I can currently just hit the rocker switch on the side of the phone to change track - is that the case with the Desire?
Or do I have to bring it out, unlock it, and then change track, relock it, then tidy it away? Hope not!
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If you use the bundled HTC headphones, then no. They come with media controls on the wire.
But if you use your own headphones, then yes. You'll have to take the device out, press the standby button to wake the device and skip to the track you want. You don't have to unlock and jump into the music application. There are music controls at the lock screen for back, play/pause, and forward.

Ah of course I forgot about those headphones. Thanks!
Now I just have to wait until January

LaChavvy said:
Ah of course I forgot about those headphones. Thanks!
Now I just have to wait until January
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Haha, January?! Why the wait? Surely by that time, there would be something else available that's more desirable...

You can control tracks/play/pause from the lockscreen.

I have a question to users of the Desire: when you put videos on the device and upload them to the memory card, can you arrange them into a playlist on the device itself to be able to play a series of music videos, without having to select each one, and also to be able to skip tracks, fast forward and shuffle???
Can the built-in music player play a video playlist?
If not, can the video player play a playlist with videos separately from music (and even just play the audio file if the screen is shut off)?
If not still, is there any application - video player - on Android Market that supports video playlists and shuffle, skip and fast forward?
I would not dream of being able to change the playback speed tho, just to be able to play vids right. I'd appreciate any your insights

Meridian is a great music/video player!
Sent from my HTC Desire using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk

the speaker isnt so good, though

I'm finding the music via earphones to be a little low. Are there any players with EQ so I could boost it up a bit?
I know people on UK T-Mobile ROM's had an issue with low music volume but I don't think that's the same issue with mine as i'm using the generic ROM.

[Q] default music player for xperia arc S!

HI,
Could anyone share the default music player apk or zip for xperia arc S running on Android version 4.0.3.
I had installed the xperia S Music player zip which had beats audio and music player with changing colors, but after flashing the zip through CWM and restarting the phone now keeps saying "unfortunately sound enhancements stopped working" and then the "Xloud" option is not getting selected.
Could anyone help me in correcting this problem or share the default music player zip
Thanks in advance

Here it is
Click the attachment

Could you also share the default sound enhancements.apk
Hi, Thanks for the default Semcmusic.apk file, could you even share the sound enhancements.apk.
Thank you

sound_enhancement
here it is
its from jj´s hybrid rom but it must be the same

Lost my sound enhancement.apk and xloud
Hi,
I tried to install xperia S music player and in this process I lost all my default sound enhancement.apk and xloud
Could anyone help me in restoring this issue.
Everytime I check the option xloud and navigate to some other place and come back, this option would be unchecked and the sound of my phone has become very low.
Also, sound enhancements are not working., from music player if i try to click on sound enhancements, it says "unfortunately sound enhancements has stopped"
I really am in need of a good working player. Pls if anyone can guide me or help me with correcting this problem
Thanks in advance.

Problem with Xperia S, Walkman app, A2DP and Poweramp

Hi, I need some help with an issue I've been suffering for a while.
My phone: Sony Xperia S, unlocked bootloader. ROM: Trinity Vengeance RaptorXL V3.4 T-Core Kernel.
The problem appears with the original Sony ROM and every 4.1 ROM Based on the original ROM that has walkman app.
I can stream music with my phone to the car radio (A2DP) using walkman app. No problem (except the bad sound quality that app has)
Well, When I try to stream from another app (like poweramp) it doesn't work. The player is working a playing music but nothing sounds and the LCD of the stereo shows "Searching.."
The only way to make it work is:
While Power amp is playing music I start walkman app and push play, I listen to music from wakman app on the car and poweramp pauses, then I pause walkman app, music stops, and LCD of the stereo shows "BT Pause". Then I push play on poweramp and music is playing on the car, and LCD still shows "BT Pause".
I think something is wrong with Walkman app and how sony use de android API.
This problem is solved when I use 4.2 custom ROMS, but camera driver doesn't work very well.
Thanks in advance and sorry for my broken english.

DSEE HX technology in Spotify (HIRES Audio)

Hello, my question: The DSEE HX function works in all music applications (Like Spotify in streaming and stored) or just only in the walkman official app? Im using Xperia Z5 Premium MM 6.0 with HIRES headphones. Thanks!

NO Only in the walkman official app

ahasae said:
NO Only in the walkman official app
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In the sony xperia offical forum, i ask the same question and say: "It should work with Spotify"

akitomartin said:
In the sony xperia offical forum, i ask the same question and say: "It should work with Spotify"
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i dont have spotify app
so you can test

ahasae said:
i dont have spotify app
so you can test
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In any external application I dont see a significant change..Someone can tell me there a way to measure the output of audio ?

seems that the dsse funcion work in spotify, if you go to the audio seetting of spotify e select the eq, will pop up the sony eq pannel with the dsse fuction active if you'll have enable it.
fot hr question of the benefit of the dsse it works great on low quality music and personaly i exclude it cause i use flac file, but in low quality mp3 you'll hear the difference with the dsse on or off

Have you tried with/without DSEEHX in multiple app with the same song in Spotify ?
'Cause for me sound is clearly different with/without it
But it seems it does not work on Soundcloud & Youtube :/

Rebirth of the topic. Anyone know if the DSEE HX function works in Spotify now?? Thanks

Sony Music Colored Notification on Oreo

Hello,
I recently updated to Android 8 with CarbonROM on my Xperia Z3C. I used the Sony Apps Enabler Magisk Module to download the Sony Music app from the Play Store but I noticed that the music notification doesnt change color depending on the album art. It works fine when I use Spotify. Is that feature not present in the Sony Music app? Or is there a mod or something that enables it?
I have Sony music version 9.4.0.A.0.1
Edit: I updated to version 9.4.1.A.1.1 and it still doesnt work

Bukaro said:
Hello,
I recently updated to Android 8 with CarbonROM on my Xperia Z3C. I used the Sony Apps Enabler Magisk Module to download the Sony Music app from the Play Store but I noticed that the music notification doesnt change color depending on the album art. It works fine when I use Spotify. Is that feature not present in the Sony Music app? Or is there a mod or something that enables it?
I have Sony music version 9.4.0.A.0.1
Edit: I updated to version 9.4.1.A.1.1 and it still doesnt work
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Yess,that feature is not present on Music app.(not implemented,or sony does not want to)
Last week only i asked here on XDA to port this festure to Sony Music app.

Bukaro said:
Hello,
I recently updated to Android 8 with CarbonROM on my Xperia Z3C. I used the Sony Apps Enabler Magisk Module to download the Sony Music app from the Play Store but I noticed that the music notification doesnt change color depending on the album art. It works fine when I use Spotify. Is that feature not present in the Sony Music app? Or is there a mod or something that enables it?
I have Sony music version 9.4.0.A.0.1
Edit: I updated to version 9.4.1.A.1.1 and it still doesnt work
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It was found in the v9.3.11.A.0.3 But I do not know why it was deleted

it works in this version 9.3.11.A.0.2

ahmad_# said:
It was found in the v9.3.11.A.0.3 But I do not know why it was deleted
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I downloaded that version and can confirm it now works.. so thank you very much

Bukaro said:
Hello,
I recently updated to Android 8 with CarbonROM on my Xperia Z3C. I used the Sony Apps Enabler Magisk Module to download the Sony Music app from the Play Store but I noticed that the music notification doesnt change color depending on the album art. It works fine when I use Spotify. Is that feature not present in the Sony Music app? Or is there a mod or something that enables it?
I have Sony music version 9.4.0.A.0.1
Edit: I updated to version 9.4.1.A.1.1 and it still doesnt work
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Hmm, really weird. I also use Spotify and Sony Music and it worked perfectly fine (both on lineageos and stock). However, that was only with oreo (8.0/8.1). Now I'm on Pie and, gotta say, I do miss that feature.