Hello,
I've been viewing the XDA forums for a long time now, with never needing to post a question as I usually find my question asked & answered by someone else.
But in this case, I was unable to find a direct answer to a question(s) i have.
I have a Google Nexus (for 3 weeks now) which I have flashed the ROM to NexDesire 1.2 ROM to make use of the HTC widgets (mainly the music app). Now before and after adding this ROM I have tried numerous of times to sync my playlists and music (using media monkey or WMP) to my device, which have failed to completely sync all my songs due to some of my songs being in WMA format and some songs being DRM protected (i believe).
Now my questions are:
1. Is there a way to apply codecs to my phone\ROM in order to play WMA files? Or would I have to convert all WMA files to either MP3 or MP4 in order to have them played on my device.
2. Each time I sync playlists, they fail to appear on my phone (although the music appears), is there a way to sync playlists properly? My playlists are currently in .M3U form.
3. Can anyone recommed a good DRM removal software in order to play my music on the device, or is there a way to play DRM content on the device? (I was able to on my HD2 phone).
4. Surprisingly the HTC music app doesn't have an equalizer unlike its HD2 counterpart, so can anyone recommend a music app from the market place that will have equalizer functionality?
If these questions have been answered elsewhere then please point me in the correct direction....I did try the search beforehand, but couldn't find the answers to my questions.
Thanks for your help in advance
audacity can do your conversions for you, which should remove DRM
i have yet to find a music player with an equalizer, unfortunatey. i asked the same question a long time ago (hint-use the search function), and was given the same answer i'm giving you. apparently, it isn't so easy to create equalizer functionality using java coding
Hey thanks for your reply, I'll take a look at the software you mentioned.
As with the equalizer functionailty I can only hope this can be resolved, its a shame not to have it on such as great phone.
Thanks again!
Yes, I use iTunes as my music player. Just stuck on me.
Anyway, I can sync iTunes with my EVO easily using iTunes Agent. I can't do this with my Galaxy Tab 10.1. I tried copy pasting the music files from the EVO into the Music folder of the Galaxy Tab 10.1, some work then I get a constant message saying "Cannot copy, device is either disconnected or is not responding."
There has got to be a simpler way to do this, and I'm getting really frustrated.
I used DoubleTwist, and it works somewhat, but it won't import my purchased iTunes songs.
Doubletwist
agreed, doubletwist is pretty cool
I use isyncr.
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I use isyncr.
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Ewww... iTunes?! Ugh!
iTunes is the worst... just drag and drop.
The best way would be to get all your music the hell out of iTunes and into the Google Music cloud.
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iTunes is the worst... just drag and drop.
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Can't drag n drop with purchased music from itunes.... my wife would love to have her paid itunes music on her GT 10.1
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Can't drag n drop with purchased music from itunes.... my wife would love to have her paid itunes music on her GT 10.1
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That will never happen and it's not Google or Samsung's fault.
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iTunes is the worst... just drag and drop.
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this. 10char
I still use iTunes because I really like the Smart Playlists. That said, I also use iSyncr because it maintains my Smart Playlist play counts no matter whether I listen to music from my GT, my Droid X or on my PC. I also sync iSyncr via wi-fi so no cables needed. Gotta love it!
Let me re-phrase it:
Is there any FREE way of syncing ALL my music from iTunes?
LOL
Dragging and dropping won't work for me. It only works for like 20 minutes, then I get a message saying "Device has been disconnected or has stopped working."
I think iSyncr is $2.99. I would recommend biting the bullet and breaking out your wallet...
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Let me re-phrase it:
Is there any FREE way of syncing ALL my music from iTunes?
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Rephrasing won't change my answer. You will NEVER be able to sync songs purchased from the Apple store that are not DRM free with a non-Apple device.
You will have to convert each one of those songs from DRM coded AAC to clean AAC or clean MP3. Right click on songs in iTunes that you purchased and see if this option is available to you. It will will vary per record company (or at least it used to - it's been years since I've bothered with this).
I play purchased iTunes music on my Android phone and via Google Music all the time.
Apple went DRM free over 2 years ago. If you've built your iTunes purchase collection in that recent time frame then it can be dragged and dropped onto Android phones and the Google Music cloud.
If you bought tracks from before then then they can be "upgraded" to DRM free versions (typically with higher bitrates to give you something for your money) for around 30 cents per track. If you've invested heavily in iTunes purchases before then, then that may be a nasty dent in your wallet, but if you just have a few then it's not that bad to upgrade them.
The only issue I've run into is that I still have 3 albums that they never offered me to upgrade that have DRM on them, but the vast majority of my iTunes purchased music was upgraded to DRM-free over the past 2 years.
Well you can burn the DRM albums to a cd and then rip the same cd in itunes again... I did that when i had a couple of albums in itunes that also was not offrec to be upgraded to drm free...
Here where i live it is a gray area to do that but i cant speak about the laws other places in the world.
(When i say gray area it is because it have been proved in court that removing DRM is not iligal if you need to do it to play on your devices. (The ruling was about playing dvd's in Linux tho but the same apply for my music now here))
Google music searched my pc and placec all my itunes music in the cloud for me
Hi all,
After 5 years of Apple (not a fanboy) I've had enough, seen the specs for the S4 & some of its features and feel it's time to change.
I've bought every version of the iPhone since the 3G, que'd up or pre ordered every new release but now........ I've just lost interest the iphone is beautiful to look at, but features & inovation have deserted the iphone. So I've pre ordered a S4 which I will hopefully get on release day here in the UK, so for when it arrives I have a few questions
All my tunes & songs are in itunes, will I be able to transfer them, With album art etc?
Currenty use Atomic Floyd earbuds, so can make & recieve calls & skip tracks on the move (cycling) can I buy the same for S4
Books, can I transfer to the S4
I'm quite a user of emoji on my iphone, just in text. this standard in android?
I know I'm going to lose a load of apps, but I'm sat here looking through my iphone & hardly use any of them anyway lol, Just cant wait to bluetooth songs & pics, have files on my phone (in folders) i can access/amend/email just freedom to do these things Apple strangle!, not to mention expandable memory, battery swapping, playing AVI's without converting & pissing about in itunes......
Looking forward to an actual upgrade, something new
all itunes music is compatible with the stock S4 music player, yes with cover art and tags
I'm not sure about the earbuds, but those features SHOULD work
not sure about books either, are they DRM protected?
and even though I'm not sure, I think the stock messaging app does support emoji,
but even if it doesn't, you're free to install another one
Well first congrats, the iPhone 5 is great but change is awesome. I believe that there is a way to import your songs from the iPhone 5 to S4, don't quote me on this but I think it was introduced with the S4 ( I have to look it up), otherwise there are apps like doubletwist that should work. Not sure about books.
Also the S4 should come with headphones that let you skip track, answer calls all that good stuff.
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Well first congrats, the iPhone 5 is great but change is awesome. I believe that there is a way to import your songs from the iPhone 5 to S4, don't quote me on this but I think it was introduced with the S4 ( I have to look it up), otherwise there are apps like doubletwist that should work. Not sure about books.
Also the S4 should come with headphones that let you skip track, answer calls all that good stuff.
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Yeah I know it will come with some earphones, but will be after some premium ones. (normally never take the originals out the box)
I love the iphone 5 for its simplicity & elegance, have it jailbroke to install extra features but for me, its not enough....... Apple (since Jobs) isn't a leader, it's a follower.
I think even Samsung KIES has an option to import iTunes. I don't know about the artwork though.
My GF uses isyncr. It also works over wifi. She gets her album art as well. The only thing that might not transfer is music you bought through iTunes.
But there are dozens of ways to get your music and playlist back with album art. The thing about Android is that there are more than 1 ways to do things.
Music = drag and drop on windows = done
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hope this will help u
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/SupportOwnersFAQPopup.do?faq_id=FAQ00048217&fm_seq=52405 :good:
and welcome to the open world
Welcome to the dark side
S4 INFO
You are free now
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jus71n said:
Hi all,
After 5 years of Apple (not a fanboy) I've had enough, seen the specs for the S4 & some of its features and feel it's time to change.
I've bought every version of the iPhone since the 3G, que'd up or pre ordered every new release but now........ I've just lost interest the iphone is beautiful to look at, but features & inovation have deserted the iphone. So I've pre ordered a S4 which I will hopefully get on release day here in the UK, so for when it arrives I have a few questions
All my tunes & songs are in itunes, will I be able to transfer them, With album art etc?
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Just copy all of your songs from iTunes into a music folder either on your phone or a microSD card. The album are should come with them.
Currenty use Atomic Floyd earbuds, so can make & recieve calls & skip tracks on the move (cycling) can I buy the same for S4
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Don't see why not.
Books, can I transfer to the S4
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Not sure at ALL about the books. That one you might have to take a loss on.
I'm quite a user of emoji on my iphone, just in text. this standard in android?
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I recommend GoSMS for SMS messaging. You get an awesome Quick Reply and it's VERY customizalble. It supports Emoji and theming. Check it out here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jb.gosms
All in all, I think you will be happy with the GS4. I also had every iPhone (except the 5) and the freedom I found with Android was well worth it.
There's multiple apps you can use to text emojis. Go SMS is the one I use. I also figured out that if you set your twitter account up to be able to tweet via sms, you can text the number (I think it's like 40404) and use an emoji in the text if for some reason you want to tweet an emoji.
jus71n said:
Hi all,
After 5 years of Apple (not a fanboy) I've had enough, seen the specs for the S4 & some of its features and feel it's time to change.
I've bought every version of the iPhone since the 3G, que'd up or pre ordered every new release but now........ I've just lost interest the iphone is beautiful to look at, but features & inovation have deserted the iphone. So I've pre ordered a S4 which I will hopefully get on release day here in the UK, so for when it arrives I have a few questions
All my tunes & songs are in itunes, will I be able to transfer them, With album art etc?
Currenty use Atomic Floyd earbuds, so can make & recieve calls & skip tracks on the move (cycling) can I buy the same for S4
Books, can I transfer to the S4
I'm quite a user of emoji on my iphone, just in text. this standard in android?
I know I'm going to lose a load of apps, but I'm sat here looking through my iphone & hardly use any of them anyway lol, Just cant wait to bluetooth songs & pics, have files on my phone (in folders) i can access/amend/email just freedom to do these things Apple strangle!, not to mention expandable memory, battery swapping, playing AVI's without converting & pissing about in itunes......
Looking forward to an actual upgrade, something new
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Music: Yes, you can transfer all with no issues. I get music from iTunes all the time. You can't transfer from iTunes itself, you'll need to either drag and drop, import iTunes playlists to other PC/Mac players like mediaMonkey, or get the app iSyncr which wirelessly (or wired) syncs directly with iTunes, the only thing is it's like 4USD. Worth it though. Albums, tags, and all will transfer to and from.
Earbuds: Yes, they will work. The only thing you can't do with them is raise / lower volume. If it has a mic and all that will work great, so will play/pause answer/hangup. I have a pair of Beats with ControlTalk for iDevices and it works great for me.
Books: Not sure. I never use books, If they're from apple then most likely not. Android does support books (obviously), just don't know about the compatibility if you get it from iTunes.
Emoji: Yes, the stock keyboard and many other on the Play store all fully support them.
You will LOVE android. The S4 is one if not the best device to get once it's out. Hope to see you on XDA, and don't forget to root to have even more fun!
For your iTunes music:
1) download google's music manager to your Mac/PC
2) sync music manager with your iTunes music folder
3) download google play music when you get your S4
4) voila! Your entire iTunes music library is now on your S4 with cover art that you can stream from the cloud.
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really
So you really wanna leave?I just wanna one now.
Welcome to android and enjoy your honeymoon by managing all these things. yes S4 could well be your next GF
As said by many, songs should work easily as well as books. I have used a lot of variety of earbuds, I found all compatible. Regarding emoji, handcent sms is the best app.
Contents you can sync:
1.Sync Contacts and Calendar
On your iPhone go to Settings>Mail, Contacts, Calendars.
Set up a new "Microsoft Exchange" account or add Gmail account by going to Add account > Gmail.
Input your email address and login info.
Select "Server" then either input the ME server address or "m.google.com" for Gmail.
On the final screen, select what you want to import—Mail, Contacts, Calendars, and/or Reminders—then hit Accept.
2.Sync Photos, Music and Videos
Windows:
Connect the iPhone with the PC.
Right-click your iPhone, select Explore and copy the media files to your desktop.
Connect the Android phone with PC, and drag and drop the iPhone photos and videos to your Android pictures folder DCIM, music goes to Music.
Mac:
Connect the iPhone with the Mac.
Open the Image Capture and download these files to the desktop.
If you are using new Android runs ICS or above, download Android File Transfer Utility to your Mac, and then drag-and-drop.
Android can't sync with iTunes, so after the syncing of media,you'll need an alternative service to load new media onto the device. You can use Google Play to help you load your collection directly from iTunes.
3.Sycn SMS and voice mail
You need a app to help you sync SMS messages. The free app My SMS is the good option which syncs text messages among your various devices—phones, tablets, laptops, and whathaveyou—and is compatible with both Mac and Windows. Download the app on both phones and follow the setup instructions and the app will easily help you do that.
For the voice mail messages, you just need to pay some money. Programs like PhoneView (Mac - $30) and iExplorer (Mac and PC - $35) can be quite helpful. You'll be able to copy not just voicemail to the desktop, but also your call history, contacts, bookmarks, notes, and media files as well with them.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.books&hl=en
You can always use Google Books, but I am sure you would have to purchase each book over again. It WOULD be nice for publishers to have some kind of cross platform syncing for something like books, magazines...
I just got a Samsung galaxy note 3 after years of being shackled by iPhone -- don't know why I didn't leave Apple earlier. Only problem I have is I cannot get my music off iPhone and unto Note 3 (or even better still, just onto my PC -- Yes I do know about iTunes but can't get the iTunes music off iTunes/iPhone.
Is it actually possible to rip my music out of my iPhone and onto my PC (ideally in mp3 or other usable format) so I can load the music onto my Samsung note 3.
There used to be software about a few years ago (non apple software) that ripped the music off but Apple seem to have scoured the net and stopped this.
I'd be very grateful for some help here. You can post here or send me an email. Cheers.
Google is your friend
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You can't find your iTunes folder and copy and paste the music folder?
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It's all in your iTunes folder but make sure you only copy the music and not all the rest (album art, etc.) otherwise you will wasting a lot of space with files your Note cannot handle.
Good luck
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Congratulations and welcome to Android. There will be no going back for you now.
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Have a search for iFunbox. This program should do what you need.... Although, I'm not sure if, or how you can play DRM protected music on your non-apple phone.
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You can't extract music from a device through iTunes anyway.
I remember with an iPod you used to be able to hook it up to a pc, show hidden files and find a ton of folders with weirdly named .mp3's. All you had to do was copy them and rename them. Does this not still work on an iPhone?
You can try to use Sharepod, but it will require iTunes 10.0 or higher to be open. This because Apple scrambles the filenames.
iTools works perfect for me. You can just google it and download it
Hey,
Use iTools. You can sync both ways using iTools. I stopped using iTunes after my friend showed me iTools.
It can transfer all your songs from iPhone to PC/Mac.
thegimpish said:
I just got a Samsung galaxy note 3 after years of being shackled by iPhone -- don't know why I didn't leave Apple earlier. Only problem I have is I cannot get my music off iPhone and unto Note 3 (or even better still, just onto my PC -- Yes I do know about iTunes but can't get the iTunes music off iTunes/iPhone.
Is it actually possible to rip my music out of my iPhone and onto my PC (ideally in mp3 or other usable format) so I can load the music onto my Samsung note 3.
There used to be software about a few years ago (non apple software) that ripped the music off but Apple seem to have scoured the net and stopped this.
I'd be very grateful for some help here. You can post here or send me an email. Cheers.
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I used to use this when I wanted to get the music out of my iPod into my Mac: https://www.fadingred.com/senuti/
But scouring around the internet I found that this may work too: http://www.getsharepod.com/
They are both shareware -.- , but they work with iPhones and on the latest firmware. Try and exploit the free trial or try another route
Good morning everyone.
Hope your all having a fantastic day.
This is more of a general android quesiton i suppose rather then a pixel 4. but being brand new to #teampixel thought i would ask.
while i have spotify and dont plan to use music on my phone to often, nice to have for them data black spots.
So i am gonna transfer over a few albums, just wondering what apps you are all using to manage albums and art work?
And then where are you putting your music on the device? surely i shouldn't just dump everything into the downloads folder.
Thank you for your time in reading this post, and hope your able to help.
Kind regards
Liam
You can use a simple Music Player Aimp / Poweramp ... Foobar
I copy the files to the Music folder from my PC.
Even though Google play music is being discontinued this year I'm still using it over YouTube music. I can access my music library on my computer and on my phone. Works great with Android auto too.
Hey there,
just use the preinstalled "YT Music" App. There you can manage your YouTube music and your local music, it also supports the "Motion Sense".
Regards,
Sebastian