Question - How to keep equalizers from shutting down? - Xoom General

Hi there. I was so use to using DSP manager on my Droid for my equalizer needs and it worked so great.. but that's on my phone. On my Xoom its a different story.. since DSP manager is not possible I have been using the app on the market just called "Equalizer" for the past few months now and its been working like a charm, except for the fact that it would randomly shut down sometimes. But I'm not using it at this moment because its getting major force closes on the new 3.1 update for Honeycomb. As of right now until that gets fixed I am using the equalizer app called "AudioFX Widget". It works very well, no problems on 3.1, but it will always randomly shut down to where you have to put all the settings back on again just like my previous equalizer app. Although it does not happen very often it still can be a pain to deal with sometimes.
Mind you I have had the same problem with every single equalizer app I have tried on my Xoom. How can I keep any equalizer app alive 24/7 so that the system will not shut it off? I'm not using any memory manager or task killer apps because they are not needed for Honeycomb.
I need to have my equalizer to enhance system and music volume. You should try it if you have not. Your whole Android sound system will be much louder and better.
Any ideas on how to fix this problem above?

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Update for HTC HD2 Music Stability

This update for HTC HD2 HTC Sense enhances the stability of the music application so your enjoyment of your music is no longer interrupted by the player behaving unexpectedly.
Installation Instructions:
Note: This update is only applicable to ROM versions equal to 1.73.xxx.x, or lower.
http://www.htc.com/uk/SupportViewNews.aspx?dl_id=938&news_id=637
Installed without problems. I had very few 'stability' issues with the music app to begin with, so it'll be a while before I'll be able to tell if it improved anything.
And yeah, dammit, you beat me by a minute!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=671207
what changes does this actually make, htc are always really vague saying what a patch does. does it by anychance fix the library reloading everytime
From time to time playback freezes for a few seconds - pretty rare but annoying - maybe this will be fixed.
Or maybe this is how HTC describe the annoying problem where Audio Booster does not automatically kick in when starting playback for the 1st time after a reboot?
the music player is always lag. unlike iphone player which is alot better
That's true, Music Player lags a lot... mainly after a couple of days without switching off the telephone and after an intense use of the player (2-3 hours)..
I hope this hotfix will solve those problems...
Does anyone has any feedback about it?
I wonder if there will be a hotfix for TMOUS, It lags so much i just dont even use that tab anymore
djdant said:
I wonder if there will be a hotfix for TMOUS, It lags so much i just dont even use that tab anymore
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Not yet I'm afraid, but there are things you can do to help with the music tab, check out both of these threads:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=592553&highlight=slow+music+player
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=632151&highlight=slow+music+player
MalekoUK said:
This update for HTC HD2 HTC Sense enhances the stability of the music application so your enjoyment of your music is no longer interrupted by the player behaving unexpectedly.
Installation Instructions:
Note: This update is only applicable to ROM versions equal to 1.73.xxx.x, or lower.
http://www.htc.com/uk/SupportViewNews.aspx?dl_id=938&news_id=637
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Can someone post this cab, it dissapeared from HTC support site
using artemis v9 rom. 16gb card. much faster near instant load and scan of 12mb of music takes 20 secs from several minutes.
Whoooha - /WIN.
No lag (stop in music after every 10 seconds) any longer when putting device into sleep pushing power off once.
Old Work-around to push and hold power off and let it go to sleep from the screen with 'shut down' menu is now absolete.
After this fix just find your music, push play and one-hit power off to let it go to sleep and music plays perfectly.
Super upgrade - waaaaay to late - but glad its fixed!
Kindly
Kwas
Audio booster is still not working
As my title, the audio booster is still not working properly after this update. It seems to cut out every time there is a drop in network connectivity.
This is a great shame, because for me it prodcuces the best audio output when combined with SRS WOW.
I am using S2P until audio booster is fixed, because bass level-wise, it is the next best thing. I know it is an iphone-clone along with S2U2, but they both do what I want for this particulalar purpose, so who cares!
Maybe one of the things they have fixed is where non HTC (4-pole connector) headphones make the phone act oddly like randomly redialling the last number dialled and the volume rocker fast forwarding tracks instead of doing the volume...?
Breaks Bluetooth Audio
Hello all.
I installed this hotfix on to Artemis 8.0 ROM and it broke the streaming of music to my bluetooth headset. Tried re-pairing the headset etc. to no avail. Anyone know a quick fix to return the audio output to my BT headset?
Thanks...
Guys, it says for HTC Sense. But thoes this effect WMP at all? I never use Sense to play music. But I have seen that WMP just randomly stop playing my music etc.
Any idea?
This fix does nothing for me... i still get lag, the pauses every 20-30 seconds...
REALLY ANNOYING. Although it didnt do it before, it jsut started in the last couple days, after a hard reset. ????
Does anyone have a solid solution to this problem? i dont wanna have to go to the 3rd party program EVERY time i want to listen to music.
morpheus1982 said:
As my title, the audio booster is still not working properly after this update. It seems to cut out every time there is a drop in network connectivity.
This is a great shame, because for me it prodcuces the best audio output when combined with SRS WOW.
I am using S2P until audio booster is fixed, because bass level-wise, it is the next best thing. I know it is an iphone-clone along with S2U2, but they both do what I want for this particulalar purpose, so who cares!
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I have now stopped using S2U2 and S2P and now using CHT Lockscreen and HTC Music again. There is still the Audio Booster problem, but with SRS WOW and Audio Booster on "Normal" it seems to be fine. I think if you choose a setting that it different, or customised then you notice the cut out. Either way, the phone seems more stable using less third party tweaks and software.

Music Stopping after a track or 2

Have noticed Music keeps stopping after a track or 2 when i have phone in pocket with display off. Some threads say is down to a task killer, but I dont have one of those, I have autokiller but I understand that shouldnt stop apps like music and doesnt have an exclude list, could it be the stock task manager (there doesnt seem to be an exclude list there either?). The only other thing I have installed recently is juicedefender, could that be doing it.
Any hints or tips, not found a solution using search yet.
I'm having the same issue with Spotify and Google Listen. I thought it was because of my headphones as they're on the way out but I guess not.
I only used the music player for the first time today and I have exactly the same thing happening. I can even hear the phone start up music so I think the player is causing the phone to reboot.
KE7 seems to have a bug with the music player causing it to soft reboot. A hard reset doesn't fix it. You can try PowerAmp for now as a replacement. Been using for a day or so and it is pretty awesome.
Ah ok, hopefully samsung will fix it soon then
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I am noticing the same issue with the default music player, double twist, spotify, google listen and powerAMP.
I don't have any task killer apps which are set to automatically kill running apps.
I do have juice defender but all that should do is shut down the data connections, this surly should not affect playback.
Its quite annoying so I hope it gets fixed soon.
I have the same issue, has anyone found a cure? Doesn't matter what I am using IE radio, music or listen it just stops randomly.
I had the issue previously but think it was down to motion settings as since I disabled motion it has not happened (flip phone to mute sounds)
Hope this helps
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My motion wasn't activated, but that seems to be the general answer, turn of motion.

Google music issues

Google music that came with my tab running 3.1 out of the box isnt recognizing any of my music and closes its self seconds after i open it. I updated the app to 3.0.1 but still no dice. I googled it and i saw some one else that had the same issues but his problems were also not rsolved in his forum. Is there a alternative app that i can use so i can listn to y music?
Try poweramp
Mine had similar issues. It was recognizing all of my music but kept saying "error playing track" and would just randomly close the app after a few seconds. After I upgraded, it now will play the songs but still randomly closes. Trying updating again. Hopefully they resolve this issue quickly. I tried Poweramp but you have to pay for it.
Power amp! I'm using it now. I have never had a better quality sounding mp3 player.the controls for bass and trebble are amazing. You can pre amp it even harder if you have head phones that require more juice then stock tablet allows. This just made me go from hating the tablet to being inlove
I know why
I had the same issue, then i tried loading my music using kies and noticed that it put the music in sdcard/sounds and not the music folder. So after loading music using other methods into the sounds folder the music app plays it.
sounds stupid, but that's how it is
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I just tried Poweramp...it's [email protected]#$% awesome. Definitely worth the price. Plus, gotta get these devs motivated to make more useful apps, right?!

[Q] Built-in equalizer randomly shuts off.

I haven't been able to find more than one other person on the net with this problem on the S4, so far. When I'm listening to music on my headphones with the equalizer set up the way I like it, the bass and treble will suddenly go flat. The difference is painful. I have to stop the music and start it again, if that even works every time, and then it eventually happens, again. Anyone else have a problem/fix for this?
nvkn13 said:
I haven't been able to find more than one other person on the net with this problem on the S4, so far. When I'm listening to music on my headphones with the equalizer set up the way I like it, the bass and treble will suddenly go flat. The difference is painful. I have to stop the music and start it again, if that even works every time, and then it eventually happens, again. Anyone else have a problem/fix for this?
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I have the same problem and happens with google player of music, nor find solution.
Kingbeatz
Well, I started using this EQ that I used, faithfully, on my S2 Skyrocket before this phone. Kingbeatz, by user aznrice2k4 It sounds just as awesome on this phone. Incredible difference. So far, it hasn't turned off on me. From what I can tell, you need to have a custom recovery installed to make this work. But trust me, it's an amazing difference. If you need to, just enable it under sound when you install it. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2104968
same issue, multiple device all eq apps
nvkn13 said:
Well, I started using this EQ that I used, faithfully, on my S2 Skyrocket before this phone. Kingbeatz, by user aznrice2k4 It sounds just as awesome on this phone. Incredible difference. So far, it hasn't turned off on me. From what I can tell, you need to have a custom recovery installed to make this work. But trust me, it's an amazing difference. If you need to, just enable it under sound when you install it. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2104968
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i have a sony tablet s and kyocera hydro, while i know these are not powerhouses. unless the eq is ON SCREEN, it will randomly (quickly) shut down. even the updated google play music built in eq shuts down while still in the app if i backout to the playlist. i contacted google and they sent me this
Here is what my specialist sent me,"Since the equalizer activity is a part of the system and/or Media Framework, our Music app simply launches it. Please have the user perform a Factory Data Reset. My theory is another application may have disabled it, so unless he can edit source code to re-enable it,
so, turn it off, turn it back on...well no, its a system resource thing i suspect. im looking for a way to lock it on, so it cant be shut down. unfortunately i do not have sufficient knowledge to do so. i do have superuser access. any thoughts would be appreciated.
I know this is a super old thread, but I have been searching far and wide to try and find a solution to this problem. I tried running the stock rom, stock EQ, non-stock EQ, shostock ROM, and all have the same problem where the EQ stops working either between songs or when the screen locks. It is quite annoying. To make it work again, I simply have to turn the EQ off and then back on again, but that only fixes it for one song.
Anyone been able to figure this out?
jchancel said:
I know this is a super old thread, but I have been searching far and wide to try and find a solution to this problem. I tried running the stock rom, stock EQ, non-stock EQ, shostock ROM, and all have the same problem where the EQ stops working either between songs or when the screen locks. It is quite annoying. To make it work again, I simply have to turn the EQ off and then back on again, but that only fixes it for one song.
Anyone been able to figure this out?
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# system props for the LPA/TUNNEL
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lpa.decode=false
tunnel.decode=false
lpa.use-stagefright=false
Find that in your build.prop in /system and change any that say true.
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In case it helps anyone else:
I installed KingBeatz (as recommended by nvkn13) as well as changed the LPA/TUNNEL settings as recommended and the problem seems to have been resolved. Not sure what one fixed it, but it is working. Thanks for the suggestions everyone.
Side note: KingBeatz is amazing - even with a crappy set of earbuds the sound is remarkable.
So I've been having the same problem... I'm assuming to edit those values you have to be rooted? Because I tried to edit them through file manager and it said "error occurred when saving"

Anyone having problems with music apps like Spotify not staying paused...

Coming from the Note 7 and the Note 4, whenever you unplugged the headphone jack or turned off your car with bluetooth if I was listening to music through Spotify or other apps, it would pause and not play through the phone speakers.
On the V20 it pauses long enough to transition to the phone speakers and keeps playing. It also does not pause when taking or making a phone call at least on bluetooth in my car. It lowers the volume and sounds mono when placing or taking a call, but the audio does not pause.
Anyone else experiencing the same issue?
same...thought it was just me.
I think it's an issue with Spotify and 7.0.
nope. My spotify is working perfectly.
Same issue here (AT&T version)... also my bluetooth has been stuttering/skipping in my car when playing music
Same issue here my Spotify keeps on playing when I make or receive calls.
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Same issue here, and half the time the music controls on both the lockscreen and notification panel dont show
It is just Spotify and it is after their last update. Downgrade to the previous version by sideloading the 6.2 version and you will be fine.
Remember to uncheck auto-update for Spotify until they fix. I'm trying out their betas currently to see if they fix it.
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I'm having an issue with iHeartradio randomly stopping the feed
same here. After I disconnect from my car bluetooth it doesn't stop like most apps, it keeps going until I get away from the car and the phone loses bluetooth connection then it starts coming out of the speaker at full volume!
This is a issue with Spotify 6.3, since spotify developers are not acknowledging this or at least taking their time to fix it I highly suggest you downgrade to the more stable and bug free 6.2.
Note: You will not lose your playlists but you will have to redownload music if you download.
- uninstall Spotify
- make sure auto update in playstore is disabled or it'll automatically update you back to 6.3
- enable the ability to install apps outside of the playstore (I suggest disabling this setting once you've installed 6.2)
- go to http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/spotify-ltd/spotify/spotify-6-2-0-1028-release/
- download the apk for ARM architecture and install it
This fixes several issues including:
- bluetooth controls not working
- music still playing when answering the phone
- lock screen controls missing
- notification controls not working
Pretty clear to me that spotify didnt even bother with the most basic QC checks when they released this buggy pos.
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evo4g63t said:
This is a issue with Spotify 6.3, since spotify developers are not acknowledging this or at least taking their time to fix it I highly suggest you downgrade to the more stable and bug free 6.2.
Note: You will not lose your playlists but you will have to redownload music if you download.
- uninstall Spotify
- make sure auto update in playstore is disabled or it'll automatically update you back to 6.3
- enable the ability to install apps outside of the playstore (I suggest disabling this setting once you've installed 6.2)
- go to http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/spotify-ltd/spotify/spotify-6-2-0-1028-release/
- download the apk for ARM architecture and install it
This fixes several issues including:
- bluetooth controls not working
- music still playing when answering the phone
- lock screen controls missing
- notification controls not working
Pretty clear to me that spotify didnt even bother with the most basic QC checks when they released this buggy pos.
Sent from my LG-H901 using XDA-Developers mobile app
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On that same site the most recent Beta they have to download (which is version 6.5) fixes the issue permanently as well. I'm running the beta at the moment.
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slickdaddy96 said:
On that same site the most recent Beta they have to download (which is version 6.5) fixes the issue permanently as well. I'm running the beta at the moment.
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I tried the beta there are reports of the beta eventually having the same issue. I personally downgraded because the performance was poor on my phone (v10). Plus I can't imagine how many bugs are in their beta builds since their gm builds suck.
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