Just wondering which streaming service you guys are using on this phone and why. I have had GPM for years, I was expecting it to be a little smoother and better integrated into the Android ecosystem at this point. The app still feels clunky.
That being said, I was wondering what you all were using on this phone.
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Just wondering which streaming service you guys are using on this phone and why. I have had GPM for years, I was expecting it to be a little smoother and better integrated into the Android ecosystem at this point. The app still feels clunky.
That being said, I was wondering what you all were using on this phone.
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GPM over Spotify due to integration of the Google ecosystem. I feel GPM plays more variety per station versus Spotify whereas Pandora plays most variety.
I personally use Pandora, especially when it's the grandfather of music streaming that was formulated by the Music Genome Project.
I have Spotify Premium. Gave GPM a shot and didn't like it much in comparison to Spotify.
I prefer the Spotify app better, but the ad-free YouTube is why I subscribed to GPM
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Just wondering which streaming service you guys are using on this phone and why. I have had GPM for years, I was expecting it to be a little smoother and better integrated into the Android ecosystem at this point. The app still feels clunky.
That being said, I was wondering what you all were using on this phone.
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GPM is going away. So I would not put any effort into it if you are not already on it. Which I am. It's all going YouTube Music and our playlists won't transfer.
I'm a Spotify premium user and I love his audio quality
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GPM is going away. So I would not put any effort into it if you are not already on it. Which I am. It's all going YouTube Music and our playlists won't transfer.
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Source?
I find that Spotify is best for discovering new music. It makes really great suggestions based on your listening history. I've found a few bands I really love now because of it. I tried GPM for a bit, but it is clunky and doesn't really suggest what I'm into. The playlists aren't nearly as good either imo.
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It's all over the net.
https://www.google.com/search?q=goo...ndroid-google&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8
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It's all over the net.
https://www.google.com/search?q=goo...ndroid-google&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8
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It is not going away until all of us who are on GPM are migrated over to YouTube music. We lose no functionality and it'll be business as usual.
I much prefer spotfiy overall. Weirdly enough the sound is a bit louder through GPM, not necessarily better. I find the UI a bit annoying and clunky on GPM. each time I try it I always end up back on Spotify
Spotify
I like GPM's ability to upload music but it seems clunky and I find artist discovery much better. As for Apple Music, it too has music upload and even lyrics support but I hate the UI and it crashed too often for my liking.
I feel that spotify is the better application. The search algorithms are spot on and new unknown music is way better.
That being said I am on-board with GPM for the previously stated integrations and YT Premium.
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I much prefer spotfiy overall. Weirdly enough the sound is a bit louder through GPM, not necessarily better. I find the UI a bit annoying and clunky on GPM. each time I try it I always end up back on Spotify
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You can make the sound a little louder for Spotify in its settings.
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I use GPM since I started using it first + I also get no-ads youtube. That is a very important thing for me.
but, on the other hand, Spotify had better music quality. I tested same tracks on both Spotify and GPM. Spotify was much better.
And Spotify had more tracks that I listened to! For example, there is no Hotel California on GPM!
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I use GPM since I started using it first + I also get no-ads youtube. That is a very important thing for me.
but, on the other hand, Spotify had better music quality. I tested same tracks on both Spotify and GPM. Spotify was much better.
And Spotify had more tracks that I listened to! For example, there is no Hotel California on GPM!
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I had an ad free 3 month trial for YouTube and must say I really liked having it. There's a magisk module that unlocks it without a monthly premium
I think I'm sticking with GPM for now only because I've got the grandfather 7.99, and I've put so much into all my playlists and things, although the second they switch over to that YouTube crap, I'm moving to Spotify I think.
I agree it's a better interface.
I like Spotify even though it was a little more expensive than GPM when I signed up. There are a couple of things I think Spotify has to improve, at least for my preferences. Their shuffle mode is very weak. There is a lot of discussion on their forums about this for a couple of years now but no change. Also they are a bit behind the times on the number of devices that can stream at once.
I'm in the process of evaluating GPM (incl youtube premium trail), like it so far.
Spotify is usable but i have a few issues with it and dubbed it Stopify, it just stops playing at random occurrences, at home, in the car,... but not just on my pixel 2xl (oreo/pie), also my wife's Sony xz2 (oreo).
The only problem I have with GPM (and is actually not a GPM issue) is that i can't cast directly to my Bose soundtouch 300 soundbar, it doesn't support Google Cast, all my inputs are occupied, work around: turn on the tv and play via chromecast.
Best feature of GPM I think is the personalisation of the smart playlists, and mostly comes to the ability to down- or up-vote a track
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it could be installed on windowsmobile to Desire?
would you build a vw golf 3 engine in a rocketship ?
Sorry, but that would make as much sense as this picture does:
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come on been there wm sucks compared to android had it for 6 years but never wanted to go back from android lol
ok, so please Recommend software like space time for Android
Hah well
or how about a fluid video player on android, there are disadvantages to android... i've come to a few in just my 2nd day of use. Besides that, I love it. My ancient 8125 plays that video just fine, no bugs, stops, glitches, freezing like my desire does. Not really a big deal as it's not a video player for me, but like stated some apps will have to be rewritten for droid. Hopefully they're not the most used. WP7 will be a big contender I believe, M$ has the funds and ready to compete. We shall see. They will surely be getting the new qualcomm dualcore lineup i'm betting.
WRONG forum section...
thrust me, you dont wanna do that
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LOL!!! good humor
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or how about a fluid video player on android, there are disadvantages to android... i've come to a few in just my 2nd day of use. Besides that, I love it. My ancient 8125 plays that video just fine, no bugs, stops, glitches, freezing like my desire does. Not really a big deal as it's not a video player for me, but like stated some apps will have to be rewritten for droid. Hopefully they're not the most used. WP7 will be a big contender I believe, M$ has the funds and ready to compete. We shall see. They will surely be getting the new qualcomm dualcore lineup i'm betting.
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I've got Sopranos and pacific on my desire and they play sweet as.
OP : if you want a snapdragon with WM why not a HD2?
HD2 I had borrowed for a month and they appear to me too much, with one hand can not be used
I think you should have this thread moved to Themes and Apps and search for replacements for WinMo, because I don't see a port happening in the near future.
On the other hand, I agree that android -even if it's quite modern and overall better than WinMo 6.5.3- is very immature in many ways and lacks some polished apps:
- email client
- exchange
- contact managing
- extensive weather application such as weatherpanel
- a good imdb client
- a reliable bt/wifi remote - most don't work on bt and even gmote has lots of problems on some platforms
- some other work related applications
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Really? That's a requirement for a good smartphone OS?
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Really? That's a requirement for a good smartphone OS?
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well, I haven't said that, my point is that being winmo a lot older than android, you miss some applications which where developed over a long time and which probably will come to android, but aren't still there. The Imdb example is just to point out that even if you have 50000 apps there are some which are missing (and Imdb doesn't want official applications).
In fact if you read my post I have stressed that you should move this to themes and apps because there are some applications which are missing, not because the OS isn't good.
At the same time the email client, contact management (picture syncing issues etc) all point to the fact that android is midway between business/consumer and that it's still a bit in the working, which is completely normal.
But this is going offtopic. I just think that there is probably no way that WinMo (6 ? 7 ?) will be ported to a similar android device. And I'm of the opinion that you should just try to replace what you miss with some of the apps you find in the market.
You can keep Windows mobile away from my desire!
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I've got Sopranos and pacific on my desire and they play sweet as.
OP : if you want a snapdragon with WM why not a HD2?
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I never said I wanted windows mobile anymore Sir, or I wouldn't have bought a desire hah. I said I enjoyed it besides the video player, you really don't have to defend the OS or device, I like it. I just would like a fluid video player that can play all my files standard fast with no freezing or stuttering. Any recommendations from the marketplace?
Did you convert to some another format with lower quality as well right? The 4 i've players used so far either don't recognize or will play with stuttering, ones i've used so far wouldn't even play my standard entourage rips, which aren't very high quality as is.
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I never said I wanted windows mobile anymore Sir, or I wouldn't have bought a desire hah. I said I enjoyed it besides the video player, you really don't have to defend the OS or device, I like it. I just would like a fluid video player that can play all my files standard fast with no freezing or stuttering. Any recommendations from the marketplace?
Did you convert to some another format with lower quality as well right? The 4 i've players used so far either don't recognize or will play with stuttering, ones i've used so far wouldn't even play my standard entourage rips, which aren't very high quality as is.
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Pretty much anything but the stock player is quite poor at the moment. If someone could extract the Samsung one that would be brilliant.
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Pretty much anything but the stock player is quite poor at the moment. If someone could extract the Samsung one that would be brilliant.
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There's nothing generally wrong with any of the 3rd party players so long as they stick to natively supported codecs. In the case of video, this is really just H264 (see here).
I rather suspect that the DivX support in Samsung and LG phones rely on an actual native application and/or libraries rather than an interpreted java application.
Regards,
Dave
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i have a HD2 just ordered a desire today best of both worlds
Hey all. First I will say that I am NOT the creator of this app, nor do I have anything to do with its development. I am simply sharing it since I found a topic on it on the general Android app forums on XDA and have come to love it IMMENSELY.
Features:
-FULL 10-band Equalizer
-Preamp
-BEAUTIFUL and RESPONSIVE clean interface
-Swipe support for changing songs with impressive 3D animation
-Support of just about EVERY music format known to man WITH equalizer and preamp support on all
-Folders as PLAYLISTs support
-Pretty widget
-Easy to navigate, FAST
Did I mention that if you use it on a Galaxy S device, it can sound VERY VERY impressive due to the Galaxy S having a really high-end sound chip (either the best or one of the best on the market currently). To boost the volume use it in conjunction with Audioboost based on supercurio's audio fix. You can find Audioboost on the market or somewhere on the XDA forums.
Pics:
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Download:
As it is not yet officially out, it has not been released in the Market. The player is still in beta. When it's out though, I'm buying it first chance I get and you should too.
Thanks to misticjeff for posting download links:
http://hotfile.com/dl/77288952/df04e...ld_68.apk.html
http://www.fileserve.com/file/GvvGkNU
Originally found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=813504
Woah, I love it. Proper playlist recognition as well so now I can use my playlist files again.
Great software, but people throw around "best music player on Android" too often without realising that it may be only be the best for their use.
I prefer WinAmp for my use for a number of reasons:
- I don't use an EQ, the GS has perfect sound reproduction, so its really not neccessary
- folder play is irrelevant to me since I have a properly tagged music collection
- WinAmps widget is better IMO, and lockscreen widget control is nice
- PowerAmp lacks LastFM scrobbling
(WinAmp also supports playlists, which is indeed nice, hopefully one of these two will support browsing/playing by Genre soon, but for the meantime I have playlists for each genre as a workaround)
Thanks for recomending PowerAmp!
Top player very easy to use and nice interface, i had to look for a new one as Player Pro started giving me lagging headaches, too bad i cant refund now
+1 if it can be used to equalize ringtone as well~~~
nice, but still prefer winamp because of one thing: playlist sync.
i don't wanna have to make my playlists on my phone. i'd rather make them on my pc and sync them to my phone.
hope the dev integrates that function, and i'll switch.
installed the app to check it out and it's reading the playlists from the music i synchronized with winamp. looks like i'm switching after all.
Song lyrics
Is there (or will be) any built-in function to search lyrics?
Alternatively, how can I display lyrics file (.lrc) into the application?
Great application, anyway.
This app is specifically listed as supporting WMA files, but it does not Does anyone know of a good music player that actually plays wma files?
new build available with lots more features added including more widgets, lockscreen widget, skip control from wired mic button etc....
New build 113 definitely is nice.
too bad this version will expire in a couple of weeks.
And strange, most (but not all) of the album arts (I named them AlbumArt.jpg) are not showing on the play screen in this built. build 68 worked just fine.
anyone got similar experience?
any solutions?
i already tried "clear albumart cache and reload media"
Sound @ max realy sucks bigtime, really don't get it i didn't even use a EQ but the basses where destroyed and even if i turned down my carradio the basses still sucked so the phone just destroys it... (3 days ago,uninstalled immidiatly because i ain't gonna listen to **** )... It almost looks like the sound @ max in powerAMP is equell to 200% the loudness of stock player. really annoying!
Wil try i later on maybe it was a bug but i got it and my roommate with his Desire had it to
The app is very nice, with the right settings it gives a great sound quality.
jaapschaap - you have to adjust to Bass Tone it gives too much bass, try my settings, but don`t change the volume from the app button, it has a bug, when you touch it it increases the bass tone to max although the bass tone button stays in the same place, you have to touch the tone button in order to restore it.
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The app is very nice, with the right settings it gives a great sound quality.
jaapschaap - you have to adjust to Bass Tone it gives too much bass, try my settings, but don`t change the volume from the app button, it has a bug, when you touch it it increases the bass tone to max although the bass tone button stays in the same place, you have to touch the tone button in order to restore it.
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Lol that's crazy nut true i quess I will try later because i like an EQ and the resume on mini-jack connect...
Hope the bug will be fixed soon!
Thanks for the info...
Grumble grumble, doesn't the DAC inside the galaxy s have a hardware EQ? Is there any software available that actually uses it, not just software EQ?
Its supposed to be a five band parametric, if my memory serves me correctly.
I am using powerAMP to listen music. When i want to change next song with my bluetooth earphones, Musicplayerpro appears and both of the two players begin to play. if i uninstall musicplayerpro it is okay but i want to keep both players in my phone.
When I reconnect my headset the app automatically launches, Is there a way to prevent this ? I dont want unecessary applications launching automatically and wasting resources/battery
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When I reconnect my headset the app automatically launches, Is there a way to prevent this ? I dont want unecessary applications launching automatically and wasting resources/battery
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I believe you can change that in the settings for PowerAMP (under Headset Options).
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I am using powerAMP to listen music. When i want to change next song with my bluetooth earphones, Musicplayerpro appears and both of the two players begin to play. if i uninstall musicplayerpro it is okay but i want to keep both players in my phone.
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Find the option in Musicplayerpro to turn headset controls on/off and turn it off. With Android it appears that you have to turn headset controls off for all music players except the one you want active otherwise you'll get the behavior you described.
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I believe you can change that in the settings for PowerAMP (under Headset Options).
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The only options we have there is pause when disconnected or resume when disconnect, theres no option that says dont auto launch the app.
Build 204 (available in Market) has the option to "Resume on Headset Connect".
been reading all over the General/Accessories threads.. great stuff... im not readay to root or install roms yet... sooo
I am coming from the Sprint Mogul (Titan) and loved it.. then with custom roms it was a better phone.. powered windshield mount, gps software and all.. it was great..
now this my first android... and I have already started seeing the night and day difference (side from hardware.. bigger screen, faster, etc...)..
just ordered a infuse windshield mount and going to order a samsung e4gt desk cradle in a bit (waiting on an ebay offer if accepted)
what apps do you run that is making the phone enjoyable???
my list and couldnt do on the Titan...
1. Office Talk Free (Office communicator) - really nice so now i can go to the labratories and can get messages still!!!!
2. VIP Access - no more keyfob on my keychain.. just put it in my drawer...
3. Beat the Traffic
4. KeypassDroid
5. Craigslist
6. a reliable flashlight app
7. Wifi Analizer - had one on ppc but this one was way better.. even told me to change channels for performance
what do you use???
Only thing I am not thrilled with is the GPS software.. I had TomTom7, iGuidance and GarminXT... TeleNav isnt working right (triangle not on the street) and Navigation looses connection....
Fruit Ninja
I liked it before I even bought it. I just knew it was the next phone I needed.
My gut was right, and I love it completely. Even stock it's an awesome piece of hardware. Not that mine is stock at all lol.
I work in the hosting biz, so the stardevelop live help messenger app is very helpful for me, as well as whmcs, the high quality browsers, Go SMS Pro, and many others.
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LMFAO
But seriously? All the games that never played on my Hero, and all the games that kinda lagged on my Evo4G. All run like melted butter on this.
That being said, I actually only game on my way home on the subway. GoogNav works great for me (if you root, you can try diff modems/kernel combos, fix that, btw), NetFlix is awesome, all the basics (gmail, calendar, talk) are also smoove as hell and easy to read, wifi-analyzer/network utility apps and things like wifikill and "Anti" are awesome, all the camera apps like vignette and camera360,...
On and on and on...
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I run the same main apps I have had on my previous phons.
1> Llama (Used to be locale, but I think I like Llama better)
2> Tapatalk
3> Aldiko and iReader
4> Runkeeper
5> Flashlight (Amazing idea and REALLY useful at times)
6> Navigate (I haven't pulled my GPS out of my glove box in a few years now)
7> Pandora
8> Sound Hound
10> Goggles
tough question to answer, but, let me put it this way; I have yet to see ANY app that didn't run perfectly, smoothly, and faster than any other phone I have owned..
Nothing is even close to this phone right now, as far as being perfect in almost every way...
I've owned at least 50 phones in my life, so I know of what I speak..
Agree with above
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Loved the phone straight out of the box but the wealth of apps definitely makes me love it more.
Mobile Checkbook
Beat the Traffic Plus
Key Ring
Out of Milk
Dropbox
Springpad
There's quite a few more but that's the gist of it.
I agree that besides compatibility like with games like GTA3, this phone mostly just brings speed and size to the table. That said my most used apps on it are:
1. Plume
2. Netflix
3. HBOGO
4. MIUI Music
5. LOUDER
6. SB Nation
7. ACS Mobile
8. Transparent XDA
9. Scorecenter
10. GTA3
Everyone has mentioned some very useful apps. Personally, I like checking Amazon's App Store to see what 'app of the day' they are giving away for free.
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Everyone has mentioned some very useful apps. Personally, I like checking Amazon's App Store to see what 'app of the day' they are giving away for free.
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I agree (and why I started this thread... )
im gonna hitup the market later and search these out!!!!!
i agree on the Amazon App Store... guy at work told me about it...
SwiftKey x
Evernote
Stream furious
Netflix
I personally like the Netflix and youtube apps so much more on this phone.... considering the 4.5" screen real estate
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I personally like the Netflix and youtube apps so much more on this phone.... considering the 4.5" screen real estate
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i agree on that...
im loving AMC channel app too!!! can watch Walking Dead!!!!!!!!
Google wallet of course
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Google wallet of course
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now see i have never messed with the wallets... maybe cuz im married and not allowed to have a real one.. never thought of using one on a device...
Well installed xda free
Torque free but once I get a bt obd plug will buy..
Few police scanners.... PRetty cool.. Well shame though... We heard cops dispatched as man beating on a woman.... In center city philly
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The camera. It's even better in ICS.
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im starting to like google music. I think with a few updates it could be a really great music player system. I just wish there was a desktop application to make playlists, etc offline and then upload them when internet is available, rather than solely relying on the online player
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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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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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So I have been using a windows phone with a zune pass which allows you to download unlimited music and stream it. Its almost exactly like MOG. Now I have this phone and use mog. I paid for the subscription so I can download music to my hearts content. This issue is that my car radio doesn't display any of the artist or song info of the downloaded music or the streaming music. Mog saves the songs as random numbers and not by any artist title. My question is what subscription based music app let's you download and stream music that is similar to zune but not mog.
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Rdio is my favorite. 10$ a month for unlimited download and streaming on mobile and online. I love it. Amazing sound quality. A crap ton of music to choose from. Takes me around an hour to sync my collection of 825+ songs which is nice. I even have it themed
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Rdio is my favorite. 10$ a month for unlimited download and streaming on mobile and online. I love it. Amazing sound quality. A crap ton of music to choose from. Takes me around an hour to sync my collection of 825+ songs which is nice. I even have it themed
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I'm using Spotify for my music streaming needs. I don't know subscription price, or the quality of the service in the US though (I'm from Norway).
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There is an app called MusicHyped that allows you to stream songs for Free, you can find the thread for it in Themes/Apps sections.
EDIT: here's the thread link : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1835236
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He's not talking about music streaming... hr is talking about a subscription type deal like Rapshody or the app I mentioned Rdio.
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Haven't tried Uber's recommendation, but I have been using Rhapsody for around 8 or more years. Downloaded it for android the day it became available. I would marry it if it had girl parts and could cook. But for music it's great.
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Oh I misunderstood, so what is special about the subscription based music streamers/downloaders?
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Oh I misunderstood, so what is special about the subscription based music streamers/downloaders?
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Its legal? And you can actually listen to your collection offline and not use so much battery streaming
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Thanks for all the recommendations. I tried the free trial for rdio and it doesnt seem as refined as mog and basically works the exact same. I have resigned to the fact that no music from my android will display the artist, song, and album info onto my truck radio. I have tried to use MOG, Apollo (using songs that I manually ripped and put on the phone), and songs from my google music and none will display the song info on my truck's screen. Has anybody had success with Android and displaying the song info on radios? My Lumia 900 did it just perfectly but my Gnex just says no text for every kind of app that plays music.
Well, my friend used his Galaxy S III (stock) and was able to play music from google play and it displayed the information up on my truck's radio. It is either the phone or the ROM that i am using (phandroid). I dont want to flash another rom though to test it, so if anybody is able to display song / title info onto their vehicle radios, please let me know.
Next issue, is that on wp7 phones, it automatically will read texts to you while connected to a bluetooth headset, which is extremely useful for driving. Gnex doesnt do this. I am curious as to what apps people are using that can do this same thing. Any ideas?
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Well, my friend used his Galaxy S III (stock) and was able to play music from google play and it displayed the information up on my truck's radio. It is either the phone or the ROM that i am using (phandroid). I dont want to flash another rom though to test it, so if anybody is able to display song / title info onto their vehicle radios, please let me know.
Next issue, is that on wp7 phones, it automatically will read texts to you while connected to a bluetooth headset, which is extremely useful for driving. Gnex doesnt do this. I am curious as to what apps people are using that can do this same thing. Any ideas?
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Doubtful. You could just backup in recovery... and then flash a new ROM and see if it works if it works then just start over if it doesnt just restore your nandroid. Everything will be back to the way it was like nothing ever occurred.