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Odd issue with YouTube/Media Files

I've already master reset my phone, and the issue persists, so don't bother posting that as a solution.
There has been an issue going on for weeks where media playback stops working. Nothing plays, not even YouTube or media via the Flash Player. The YouTube player just says touch to try again. The Flash and Media Players error out saying the format isn't supported.
Not even the Camera or Video recorders work (gives a generic error message). The only way to get it to work is to power the phone down and back up, until it works again.
Dunno what the issue is. Is anyone having the same issues?
Stock 2.2 KB5 never modded phone with the stock SD card and the only 3rd party apps I have installed are the obvious ones (Twitter, Facebook, Engadget, XDA App, Google Apps, Beautiful Widgets, etc.). Prolly have < a page of 3rd party apps installed.

N8ter,
I was having a similar issue with YouTube and Pandora. After a certain time neither would work, Youtube would give the error message to touch again, and Pandora (or any other music player) would pull up the song it was about to play, then skip it and go to the next one, and on and on. The issue wouldn't go away until I restarted my phone.
Unfortunately I couldn't find a fix for it. I tried clearing the data, cache, etc. with no luck. I have a hunch that it might have to do with an app or a program the runs data in the background or with data itself, switching between wifi and data, or with flash. Of course I could be way off too, who knows.
Right now I'm running Bionix NextGen 1 ROM with Overstock kernel and so far the issue has not come up. Keeping my fingers crossed, and hope our fellow xda'ers have a solution to this problem.

I'm wondering if the OS is shutting down a needed service or something in the background. It's been happening since before KB5 update, but I haven't noticed it being so bad until recently because I put all my music on the Vibrant and it happens when playing audio files as well...
Oddly, ringtones and notification tones still function.

Hi N8ter, DO you have the twitter app installed? I ask this because my sister was having the same issue a couple of weeks ago (we both have vibrants running bionix 1.3.1 ) i really didnt know what was going on so I kind of ignored her issue. It was not until I created a twitter account and downloaded the twitter app that I started having the same problem. I removed the twitter app from both our phones and we havent had the issue for weeks now.
Its odd i know but it worked for me...

You know what, I have been having the same problem, and yes, I do have the Twitter app installed. I hope that is it (I'll try to report back here after a few days, but due to the sporadic nature of the problem, I won't be able to know whether that works). thank you for the suggestion.

I can't really believe that the twitter app might be the problem, but it has been 24 hours without the twitter app and I havent had to restart because my media files/you tube are unrecognizable. I read it somewhere else on xda. I will follow up if it seems that twitter is not the problem.
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achapa45 said:
Hi N8ter, DO you have the twitter app installed? I ask this because my sister was having the same issue a couple of weeks ago (we both have vibrants running bionix 1.3.1 ) i really didnt know what was going on so I kind of ignored her issue. It was not until I created a twitter account and downloaded the twitter app that I started having the same problem. I removed the twitter app from both our phones and we havent had the issue for weeks now.
Its odd i know but it worked for me...
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Yep. I just went to the T-Mobile site and found:
http://forums.t-mobile.com/t5/Samsung-Vibrant/vibrant-file-glitch/td-p/760507/page/2
I just removed the Twitter app and reinstalled Seesmic for Twitter access (not big loss, it's not like Twitter had C2DM support and the phone natively syncs contacts and pictures anyways...).
I'll see how it goes.
Thanks guys... I never had media on my Vibrant until recently (the HD7's external speakers make the Vibrant sound like a Surround Sound system - don't even need headsets for this phone!) and the issue was starting to make me want to beat a baby...

Thank you so much everyone. xda ftw!

Music Beta by Google: A Must Read For All Root Users!

I want to make sure that all root users who use Music Beta to know this:
I am rooted, of course... and it turns out that every time I wiped data on my Xoom, and then signed back into my Music Beta account on a fresh new install, it would end up adding my Xoom to my list of allowed devices again. My Xoom was actually listed 7 times on the Music Beta device list, followed by my Droid, which is a total of 8 devices, and is also the maximum amount that you can have. I could not get the Xoom to log into my account after another data wipe until I deauthorized a device from my list. (Screenshot attached below)
IMPORTANT LESSON OF THE DAY:
If you own a Xoom, are rooted, wipe data a lot, and you use Music Beta a lot... you will want to make sure that you check out your device list right away. I can guarantee that your Xoom is listed more than one time. If there are multiple device entries of the same thing, just remove them off your list. It's that easy!
And if you don't do this... eventually you will end up hitting 8 devices total like I did. Then you will have to remove at least one device entry from the list before you can use it again, because you are only allowed 8 devices at a time, even if it just so happens to be the same device listed 8 different times. Just be aware of that situation and you won't ever have a problem.
HOW TO FIX THIS:
Just log into the desktop version of Music Beta by clicking here, go into settings, and then you'll see a place to manage your devices. Just remove the multiple device entries from the list by deauthorizing them, and then... presto! We're back in business!
WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT?
Well, with the Tiamat Rom receiving a good number of updates recently requiring full data wipes... you will run into this problem soon enough, trust me, especially if you are a big user of the Music Beta app. I jumped Roms quite a bit and it added up very quickly until I finally realized that this was happening. In case you didn't know about this, you do now. Over time you will want to check back and remove the multiple devices just so you don't have any problems in the future.
If anyone has found this information useful or informative, please give me a thanks. Also, leave any comments if you have any. Thanks all!
ORIGINAL THREAD WAS HERE:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1187919

yer my xoom was on twice. Thanks for this.

Music beta is cloud storage... Not just media app. And yes, there are alot of good media players available.
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iammodo said:
yer my xoom was on twice. Thanks for this.
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Sweet! That's good to know more people realize this now.
armychris28210 said:
Music beta is cloud storage... Not just media app. And yes, there are alot of good media players available.
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Indeed. Media players such as PowerAMP (which is my favorite) blow Music Beta out of the water in terms of the UI and features. The reason people use this is, you are right... it's a cloud music player. No other app out there can connect to the Google Music servers. I personally like Music Beta and it's UI. And it's always a plus when you don't have to store all of your music on the SD card. Thank you cloud storage!
Although I would like more customization... I do enjoy using the Music Beta app. It's a solid build, and I am sure more updates are on the way to improve upon it even more.

Same thing applies if you're a Kindle user. My nexus was listed four times at amazon.
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I fell into that trap with my phone.
took me like a day to figure it out
except the phone didnt give me a useful error - just said that i couldnt download and cache music

I'm having an issue with Google Music Beta. When installing the app on my Xoom WiFi it syncs without problems, but after a while the sync disappears and the music app indicates that I have no music. The only way to resolve it is by downloading and installing the app again - but then the same happens after a short while again, even if the Xoom isn't rebooted.
I have checked under Music Settings in my online account and only 4 devices are connected to the account, the Xoom not being one of them. I also deleted the data in the app to see if that helped. Has anyone experienced a similar issue?
I'm running the latest Tiamat rom.
Btw, it appears it's now possible to link up to 10 devices to the Music account.

Music 4.0 - no playlist sync

I updated to music 4.0 like is posted here.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/1...s-all-new-interface-better-controls-and-more/
I did lose my music, but was able to get it syncing again easily. Only thing... I don't have any playlists. I hope this isn't by design. I even tried creating a new playlist on the computer to see if it would find that one. No deal.
Anyone else??

Future FYI--
I don't know about different version support ie 4.0, but I have had good luck backing up/restoring playlists with MyBackUp Pro. So have never lost them--yet--
Ken

I can't install the apk...
Allways get the notice 'application was not installed'
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you shouldn't install this music 4.0 if you expect everything to work.
This apk isn't designed to work with 2.3.x it is for ICS.

Works perfectly, just delete data after installing...

danger-rat said:
Works perfectly, just delete data after installing...
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Even your playlists? Dangz...
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obi12341 said:
you shouldn't install this music 4.0 if you expect everything to work.
This apk isn't designed to work with 2.3.x it is for ICS.
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Heh, really. So you don't think it's appropriate to ask if other people are having the same problem? That seems a bit strict... especially when it is being reported that everything DOES work.
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Here's what I did to get the apk working (v4.0.1.501), with root access.
If you use Titanium Backup, use it to uninstall all existing versions of Music on your phone (this includes both the stock Music app and Music Beta).
Then install the apk.
Open the application, and you should see a notification asking for permission to connect to your Google account. Tap confirm.
Go to Settings, Applications, then Music and hit "clear data".
Go back to the Music app and your music should start syncing from the cloud.
If nothing happens, check that there is an item under Account Settings / Google account, for Google Music, and that sync is activated.
Hope it helps!
(my phone: Nexus One, Gingerbread 2.3.4, Cyanogenmod 7-1-0-RC1 )

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Even your playlists? Dangz...
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Yeah, they take a second or two to display, but they're there...

The playlist is there
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Hmmm, I still don't have mine. I even tried reinstalling. Maybe because I'm only 2.3.3... or I suppose who knows what it could be. Oh well... I can live with it this way for a couple of months I think. I really like the updated version.

Can anyone report if the usability of the player has been improved? I love the streaming feature of 3.0, but aside from that it is the worst music player I have ever touched. Stuff like not being able to create ad hoc playlists, the all songs from an artist playlist sorting the tracks in alphabetical order, and the pointless hiding of the notification bar in the landscape view make me want to punch someone every time I listen to music.

Finally figured it out. I downloaded the official app from the market, which I thought maybe would work... but it didn't. Then when maps 6.0 came out yesterday... well you all know the lack of internal space. So my N1 was so screwed, it wasn't even connecting to google servers and getting my mail because the space was so slow. I also noticed how the music app just kept saying it was syncing (the spinning circle).
I decided to cull the apps a little, and really free up some space. Well after about 20 minutes, finally my playlists appeared. So the music app was building a database, but then running out of space and stopping, and I guess it was leaving the playlists until the end. My database was also missing a lot of songs. An album might have been missing half the songs (of course they were all there on the web).
Just for the record, I'm not talking about pinning my music and downloading it or anything, I mean even just seeing the songs on the phone without offline access.
Hopefully I can live with almost no apps until January when I can get a GN.

New Market Music Section...Wont Work

Every time I try to download something it gives me an error saying it was unable to retrieve data from the database...or something of the sorts.
Anyone else having issues?

I take it you're in the US?
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Yeah, US.
Tried clearing data, rebooting, etc.

I think it's because they're still rolling it out. I can't even see the music section yet. You can use the web market for now, it works perfectly

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I think it's because they're still rolling it out. I can't even see the music section yet. You can use the web market for now, it works perfectly
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Mm, would make sense. Yeah, it loads but says it cannot retrieve the data from the server.
Thanks for the heads up, I'll try the web version.

Everything I'm reading is that v3.3.11 is the version with music, but I have that version on both my Nexus One and OG Galaxy Tab and music is still not showing. Will it just show up eventually?

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Everything I'm reading is that v3.3.11 is the version with music, but I have that version on both my Nexus One and OG Galaxy Tab and music is still not showing. Will it just show up eventually?
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For me, I was at the movies last night and during the previews I saw on Facebook that Android posted that Music was live on the market. I opened up the market and it made me accept terms again like I just flashed a new ROM and when it was finished loading, I had a music tab.

So as an experiment, I went into settings/applications/manage/all and uninstalled all updates to the market, then went and opened the market, it asked about terms, accepted, then it showed an older market(2.3.4), backed out, loaded market again and it was the new market (3.3.11) and it's still not showing music.
It may still take some time for it to roll out, so I'll just wait some more.

I received an email from google about the new store/music app. In the email it said that they are rolling everything out over the next few days. The new app is available, but the store is gonna be a few more days.

Both my N1 and my OG Galaxy Tab have since started showing music now.
I was trying to help my parents stock EVO 4G's show music though, but their phones are still on Market 2.3.4 and I can't get them to update.

It's working for me

I just cleared data on my market, and the music tile showed up. Downloaded Busta's free song with no problems. Good luck.......
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T-Mobile did a red carpet event today to officially announce the Music section, so it may be up now. I haven't checked, but I'll do so now..
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Nope, still no luck. Using MIUI ROM, if that matters.

On CM7 kang and had to clear market data and uninstall updates for it to start working.

[Q] Google Play Music 5.2 : artist/album art lost, advance settings too

I live in Canada and have been using Google Play Music cloud storage since forever (with the tricky method listed here)
Since I updated to version 4.2, artist and album art have disappeared, along with the settings concerning downloading and streaming music (see attached thumbnails below).
Am I the only one that have been getting this ? Is it region specific ? Is there a turnaroud, other than downgrading to a previous version, to regain what was lost ?

jfpesant said:
I live in Canada and have been using Google Play Music cloud storage since forever (with the tricky method listed here)
Since I updated to version 4.2, artist and album art have disappeared, along with the settings concerning downloading and streaming music (see attached thumbnails below).
Am I the only one that have been getting this ? Is it region specific ? Is there a turnaroud, other than downgrading to a previous version, to regain what was lost ?
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I have the same problem and I live in Germany. I switched to a previous version and wait for a bugfix from Google.
Best regards,
Christoph

Same problem here on Nexus 7 2013 just happened yesterday. I uninstalled went back to previous version and all is good now. I also live in Canada.

Hey, same issue here, in Canada. If you tap the connect to google play using (Insert Gmail account here) the options will return, perhaps with the album art, but it will likely happen again. I think there's a bug with the account system. Also, is anyone else having difficulties with the download queue option? It crashes the app for me.
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I'm having the same problem with album art in Canada. Plus, it seems not to sync any new music after the initial sync. I hope this isn't Google locking out international users. I use my Play Music cloud storage every day and I'd hate to have to find another app.

Yeah, just checked, if you aren't seeing album art, go to settings and tap connect with (Insert your gmail account address here), and it should fix it. Hopefully this gets fixed soon, and we get Play Music in more countries (Like Canada).
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Zero_Starlight said:
Yeah, just checked, if you aren't seeing album art, go to settings and tap connect with (Insert your gmail account address here), and it should fix it. Hopefully this gets fixed soon, and we get Play Music in more countries (Like Canada).
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Thanks for the tip. This fixed the art issues and enabled me to create instant mixes again (which I had also noticed was gone). Is this something that I need to do regularly now? Are there issues with sync/pinning music to my device?
Definitely some issues up with international (mostly Canadians so far) accounts utilizing Play Music when we "shouldn't" be it would appear. They really need to start getting their service into the North!

Joryn said:
Thanks for the tip. This fixed the art issues and enabled me to create instant mixes again (which I had also noticed was gone). Is this something that I need to do regularly now? Are there issues with sync/pinning music to my device?
Definitely some issues up with international (mostly Canadians so far) accounts utilizing Play Music when we "shouldn't" be it would appear. They really need to start getting their service into the North!
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There shouldn't be any issues with synchronizing music, as far as I can tell. As to how often you'll have to do this, no idea, but whenever it happens you will probably notice that most of the options in the left side menu are gone. Just log back in and everything should be groovy.
Maybe this is happening because Google is setting up to launch Play Music in Canada? I certainly hope so.
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Uninstall /Reboot /Install Music, Sync your Stuff and all works again.
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matthian said:
Uninstall /Reboot /Install Music, Sync your Stuff and all works again.
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Are you saying this permanently fixes it? Or just fixes it as far as you can tell?
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Down here in the Caribbean I'm having the same issue. I'm on a Galaxy S3 i9300 running CM 10.2. It started after I updated to the latest version. I tried clearing the app data, rebooting and even removing and readding my Google account to the device. Nothing I've tried fixes it permanently.

Yeah, neither is a permanent fix, so we just have to work with what we've got until it gets fixed. Sucks, but it's better than nothing.
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Zero_Starlight said:
Are you saying this permanently fixes it? Or just fixes it as far as you can tell?
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Still works, so seems like a permanent fix.
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Hello!
I have a similar issue (using this custom ROM), but this is only for some of the albums, some uploaded by me and some from the all access catalog, maybe half of my library is showing the album art correctly, including uploaded and google catalog tracks, although in the browser client all of them are displayed fine. I'll try going back to stock, but it would be really helpful if you could provide me some other suggestions before doing that. I reached Google helpdesk, and they gave me following instructions, but none of them helped me, hopefully someone may find them helpful:
First, try refreshing your library in the Google Play Music application, by going to Menu > Refresh and also verify that the app is set to display 'All music':
At the top of the page for the Listen Now, My Library, and Playlists sections you'll see either "All music" or "On device" under the name of the section.
If 'On device' is displayed, tap the triangle and select 'All music.'
If this doesn't resolve the issue, please confirm that you've set the Google Play Music app to sync:
Return to your device's Home screen and go to: Menu > Settings > Accounts & sync.
Confirm that 'Auto-sync' is enabled (box should be checked).
Directly below the Auto-sync option, be sure the account you'd like synced with Google Play is checked.
Touch the Google Account you're using with Google Play.
Enable 'Sync Music' (if available). If it's not available, please follow the rest of the steps, leaving Auto-sync enabled.
On newer devices the steps may be slightly different:
Return to your device's Home screen and go to: Menu > Settings > Accounts.
Select the type of account that you're using with Google Play Music.
Select the specific account that you're using.
Make sure the box next to Google Play Music is checked.
Finally, if your music still doesn't display after confirming that the Music app is syncing, try clearing the Google Play Music app's data and cache:
From the device's home screen, go to Menu > Settings > Apps > 'All' tab.
Select 'Google Play Music' from the list of apps.
Tap 'Clear data' and 'Clear cache.' Note: After doing so, the app will need to re-sync with your Google Play music library for your music to appear. This may take a few minutes.
Here are a few more simple steps that can usually resolve issues with the Google Play Music app. It looks like you've already tried a few of these in the past but I'd like for you to try them once again to see if anything helps. Please let me know if this changes anything for you.
* Power off your device and turn it back on. In many cases, restarting the device resolves issues with an application.
* Clearing the Google Play Music app's data:
1. From the device's home screen, press Menu > Settings > Application Manager > 'All' tab
2. Select Google Play Music from the list of apps
3. Press 'Clear data'
Note: After doing so, the app will need to re-sync with your Google Play music library for your music to appear. This may take a few minutes.
* Uninstall and reinstall the app update:
1. From your device's home screen, press Menu > Settings > Application Manager > 'All' tab
2. Select Google Play Music from the list of apps
3. Press 'Uninstall updates'
4. Open the Play Store app and search for "Google Play Music". Install the Google Play Music app update then reboot your device.
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Joryn said:
Thanks for the tip. This fixed the art issues and enabled me to create instant mixes again (which I had also noticed was gone). Is this something that I need to do regularly now? Are there issues with sync/pinning music to my device?
Definitely some issues up with international (mostly Canadians so far) accounts utilizing Play Music when we "shouldn't" be it would appear. They really need to start getting their service into the North!
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Do you think this is related to the region of the ROM? I tried some EU based custom rom, and it showed all the album art fine, but I'm having this issue with this ROM

How did you get the cloud storage? I'm canadian, I live in Québec and I can't find this feature on my 2 devices (Asus TF300T and HTC Amaze 4G) ... When I try to access the Play Music web site, the message on the page is "The Google Play music player is currently available in select territories.". Anybody have solution ?
Thx !

Google music outsite US
Basically, you have to make Google servers "think" you "actually" are in US territory to activate the service. Just google "Google music outsite US", you'll find lots of strategies, ex : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1757991
malar413 said:
How did you get the cloud storage? I'm canadian, I live in Québec and I can't find this feature on my 2 devices (Asus TF300T and HTC Amaze 4G) ... When I try to access the Play Music web site, the message on the page is "The Google Play music player is currently available in select territories.". Anybody have solution ?
Thx !
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