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Not sure if this has been previously posted or if its just a regular app now, but I saw it in the new signed rom and it works on the incredible.. I will update if i find anything else that looks updated.
Its taken from this: http://android.clients.google.com/packages/passion/signed-passion-ota-42745.dc39ca1f.zip
Thanks for posting this. I had v1.1.1. Downloaded the free music and am listening to it right now.
HTC Incredible (Stock)
Can I ask how are you downloading the music for free? When I select a song I'm prompted to log-in and when I do so, it asks me to set up the 1-click payment.
EDIT: Nevermind, I see that the full discount was applied. However, I'm getting a lot of network errors when I know I'm connected. anyone else seeing this? Thanks in advance.
I seem to be getting errors too. I am on 3G. It reads:
"Failed due to network error. Retry when you are in a mobile network or Wi-Fi coverage area; roaming downloads are not supported."
I hit ok and it continues. I tried another free song and it downloads.
Shazam also does not recognize the app. It prompts me to go to the website when I hit the Amazon MP3 button.
I haven't gone so far as downloading the music but I do get the errors when searching sometimes. Seems like it might want really good signal for some reason because when I went into town it started working.
I haven't had any problems so far, been using it on both wifi and network and downloaded a full album (free one)
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I seem to be getting errors too. I am on 3G. It reads:
"Failed due to network error. Retry when you are in a mobile network or Wi-Fi coverage area; roaming downloads are not supported."
I hit ok and it continues. I tried another free song and it downloads.
Shazam also does not recognize the app. It prompts me to go to the website when I hit the Amazon MP3 button.
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That's an issue with Shazam. It defaults to taking you to the website. I found it a little odd on my Droid and have seen that it's also the case on my Incredible. Contact the developers and ask for it to be added as a feature.
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That's an issue with Shazam. It defaults to taking you to the website. I found it a little odd on my Droid and have seen that it's also the case on my Incredible. Contact the developers and ask for it to be added as a feature.
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I emailed them I will let you know what they say.
How many free downloads does it give?
The ones I downloaded are the free song of the day.
I know there are more free songs. If you search you will find them.
kdog78
Stock Dinc
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I was using your apk for a few days now, but I just noticed that they finally added it to the market on the Incredible. So we don't have to go hunting for the most updated apks anymore. I'm liking version 1.7, it doesn't force close on me anymore.
This the answer I got from Shazam Support.
"Hi there
From talking to our Android development team about this issue; they’ve informed me that the fault actually lies with the Amazon application, not Shazam. We’re hoping that the Amazon application is updated soon to restore the previous level of functionality with Shazam.
Updates to the Android Shazam application are also due soon - You will be notified in-app when these updates are ready to download. I’m afraid I don’t currently have an exact date for release."
I installed the Amazon MP3 from the market and now Shazam sees it.
kdog78
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This app is in the market now.
I updated to 2.2 and this Amazon mp3 crap is on there and wont uninstall through normal means (same with Wave secure) How do you uninstall these *locked* apps? I thought being able to remove this crud was the whole point of rooting the device? :s
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I updated to 2.2 and this Amazon mp3 crap is on there and wont uninstall through normal means (same with Wave secure) How do you uninstall these *locked* apps? I thought being able to remove this crud was the whole point of rooting the device? :s
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Remove it through ADB per the instructions posted in the forum.
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...
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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.
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 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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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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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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Has anyone noticed that Google Now voice commands for Music don't work? I say "Listen to xxx" and all it does is launch a google search for xxx!
montrealguy said:
Has anyone noticed that Google Now voice commands for Music don't work? I say "Listen to xxx" and all it does is launch a google search for xxx!
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Does it pull up results with music or YouTube?
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Sfkn2 said:
Does it pull up results with music or YouTube?
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It pulls up a regular Google search result, which prioritizes youtube results first. So the first few results are youtube and the rest are web pages.
But I've been checking into this and apparently there is a lot of people for whom Google Now music commands are not working at all. Maybe Google made it exclusive to the USA?
montrealguy said:
It pulls up a regular Google search result, which prioritizes youtube results first. So the first few results are youtube and the rest are web pages.
But I've been checking into this and apparently there is a lot of people for whom Google Now music commands are not working at all. Maybe Google made it exclusive to the USA?
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Just tried with mine and it works.. Pulls up the normal box where it allows you to choose which app to listen with.
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Sfkn2 said:
Just tried with mine and it works.. Pulls up the normal box where it allows you to choose which app to listen with.
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Where are you located exactly? What ROM and version are you on exactly?
It's weird- it works for some people and not for others. That's why I'm wondering whether it is a geographic restriction. I'm in Canada.
montrealguy said:
Where are you located exactly? What ROM and version are you on exactly?
It's weird- it works for some people and not for others. That's why I'm wondering whether it is a geographic restriction. I'm in Canada.
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I'm in Seattle on the stock 4.4 ROM.
Sent from my Nexus 4, while driving in my Evo9.
It doesn't work for me either
and I'm also outside of the U.S.
why would there be a geographic restriction for this?
Not only the Nexus
I know this is a Nexus 4 forum and my device is not a Nexus 4, but I thought I'd mention that this issue is not limited to these devices.
Also, the problem isn't only outside the U.S., and isn't only with 4.4. Or I guess there might be a different issue that keeps it working from outside the U.S. But there's definitely issues inside the U.S. as well. Unless it's tied to my specific phone model in the US, the Samsung Galaxy S3 (which is possible I supposed because I know Samsung does weird things over standard Android on their phones and I suppose something Samsung has done could be interfering with the Google Now music play functionality). I've had my S3 for a little over a year now and this has been a problem since the original 4.1 software that came on it up through the 4.3 software I got about a month ago. I desperately want to make my S3 use Google Now instead of S-Voice for various reasons, and I know how and have done that, but Google Now is just useless when it comes to playing music by voice in the car. S-Voice may be crap for a number of other reasons, but IF it actually understands what I say, S-Voice never fails to correctly play the music.
It's not that Google Now music voice commands never work, but they only seem to work about 1/3 of the time. Artists seem to be the most reliable, but even then it's only about half the time. Some artists it will understand and play just fine, other artists it will only display standard Google Search results with no option at the bottom to select your music player. Album is about the same as artist, works about half the time. Trying to play a specific song almost never works and displays the standard Google Search results probably 90% of the time. Playlist seems to work most of the time but I only have 3 playlists.
I've seen a lot of other threads on various forums reporting the same issue from various Android versions and other, non-Samsung, phones too.
I have a 2014 Toyota Corolla LE.
I had a Nexus 6P. No issues at all.
I broke it and could only afford to replace it with a Nexus 5X. Project Fi.
Bluetooth lagged. Mouth moving on YouTube is off from what sound is playing.
Also, every time I started my car and switched to bluetooth a ringtone would start playing and wouldn't stop. You stop it and it starts back up again. You can play YouTube or Bandcamp, but the ringtone still played. This was a custom ringtone of my own I had dropped in the Ringtones folder. Not sure what the correct fix is, but changing my ringtone and deleting the file fixed it. I then stored the file in a different directory and re-added as a ringtone problem lagged.
Just got the LG V20 tonight. I was hoping it was just an issue with the 5X, but now seems it might be an LG thing? New phone does the same thing. Bluetooth lag. One of LG's ringtones plays on repeat every time I start bluetooth. I have no idea where they are stored. The ringtones folder is empty.
Here
/system/media/audio/ringtones/
yuppicide said:
I have a 2014 Toyota Corolla LE.
I had a Nexus 6P. No issues at all.
I broke it and could only afford to replace it with a Nexus 5X. Project Fi.
Bluetooth lagged. Mouth moving on YouTube is off from what sound is playing.
Also, every time I started my car and switched to bluetooth a ringtone would start playing and wouldn't stop. You stop it and it starts back up again. You can play YouTube or Bandcamp, but the ringtone still played. This was a custom ringtone of my own I had dropped in the Ringtones folder. Not sure what the correct fix is, but changing my ringtone and deleting the file fixed it. I then stored the file in a different directory and re-added as a ringtone problem lagged.
Just got the LG V20 tonight. I was hoping it was just an issue with the 5X, but now seems it might be an LG thing? New phone does the same thing. Bluetooth lag. One of LG's ringtones plays on repeat every time I start bluetooth. I have no idea where they are stored. The ringtones folder is empty.
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I'm surprised that the phone is playing your ringtones. Do you have a third party app for playing music? I'd think the built in app would know to not play ringtones.
I think maybe if you put an empty file in the ringtone directory (I think called nomedia) it will stop playing the ringtone.
Of course the next problem may be that you won't have privileges to do that without root access.
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I'm surprised that the phone is playing your ringtones. Do you have a third party app for playing music? I'd think the built in app would know to not play ringtones.
I think maybe if you put an empty file in the ringtone directory (I think called nomedia) it will stop playing the ringtone.
Of course the next problem may be that you won't have privileges to do that without root access.
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Thanks. This is a brand new phone. I had absolutely NOTHING installed except for what came with the phone. I bought the phone, the guy said it takes 5-10 minutes to port over a phone number. I walked out to my car and my old phone already had no service! It was that quick! So I unboxed this phone and turned it on. The first thing I did while sitting in the parking lot was to remove all bloatware that it would let me. It had games installed and other crap. I didn't do any updates until I got home on WiFi.
The thing is the ringtone didn't start playing right away. I was listening to music from YouTube on my way home. I stopped for a bite to eat, drove home, and I don't remember when the ringtone started, but now every time my car starts (and it's on bluetooth) the ringtone starts playing on loop. Last night my Aunt/Uncle was over, so I couldn't park in the driveway. Cars aren't allowed to be on the street after midnight, so eventually I went out and moved my car. My phone was in the house and the main screen was off. When I came back in the house the ringtone was playing and the player was on the little screen.
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Thanks.
I decided not to delete the ringtone in case I ever want it for something.
Let's see what happens now I set a custom ringtone of my own. When I had the Nexus 5X on, I had this dance song that I cut a piece out of.. it would loop "you can fight, but you can't always win" over and over.
So I looked. It's Google Play music that is opening. It plays the LG Life Is Good song over and over. Putting a nomedia file did not work.
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So I looked. It's Google Play music that is opening. It plays the LG Life Is Good song over and over. Putting a nomedia file did not work.
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Wierd.
You might check settings in Google PLay, and see if you can specify a path for it to play music from on your phone. If music is kept in a specific folder, say Music, and set the app to play music only from that folder, maybe that'll help.
I don't use Google Play Music, so I'm just reaching here.
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Wierd.
You might check settings in Google PLay, and see if you can specify a path for it to play music from on your phone. If music is kept in a specific folder, say Music, and set the app to play music only from that folder, maybe that'll help.
I don't use Google Play Music, so I'm just reaching here.
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I do not use Google Play Music either. In fact, I don't store music on my phone. It's on a USB drive directly in my car's dashboard. It never leaves.
Anyway, I may have found a fix, but it's 4:30AM and I can't exactly go outside and make noise, plus I am tired.
I opened the Play Music App and in settings there's something that says "Manage Downloads". On the bottom it shows the LG Life Is Good sound. I hit clear queue to get rid of it. I'm confident this will work, but I'll know when I wake up in 9 or 10 hours.
yuppicide said:
So I looked. It's Google Play music that is opening. It plays the LG Life Is Good song over and over. Putting a nomedia file did not work.
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yuppicide said:
I do not use Google Play Music either. In fact, I don't store music on my phone. It's on a USB drive directly in my car's dashboard. It never leaves.
Anyway, I may have found a fix, but it's 4:30AM and I can't exactly go outside and make noise, plus I am tired.
I opened the Play Music App and in settings there's something that says "Manage Downloads". On the bottom it shows the LG Life Is Good sound. I hit clear queue to get rid of it. I'm confident this will work, but I'll know when I wake up in 9 or 10 hours.
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I'm confused. You said it is Google Play Music, then you said you don't use Google PLay Music.
I think any Google apps you DON'T use should just be uninstalled. As far as that goes, I uninstall all apps, or disable them, that I don't use.
On another note: I find it interesting that nobody else is replying here. I am finding the community for the LG V20 to be much less active than what I experienced in the Samsung forums. Also related to the community...no stickies for things that are so commonly needed.
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I'm confused. You said it is Google Play Music, then you said you don't use Google PLay Music.
I think any Google apps you DON'T use should just be uninstalled. As far as that goes, I uninstall all apps, or disable them, that I don't use.
On another note: I find it interesting that nobody else is replying here. I am finding the community for the LG V20 to be much less active than what I experienced in the Samsung forums. Also related to the community...no stickies for things that are so commonly needed.
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I do not use Google Play Music. You cannot uninstall it. It comes with the phone. Might be part of Google Play. But anyway, you cannot uninstall it unless you are rooted. There is no root for Sprint LG V20 far as I know yet.
Other apps you cannot uninstall: Facebook, Instagram, Facebook Messanger, Sprint Spot, and some other Sprint stuff. I don't use any of that stuff.
While there is an "uninstall" button.. that is the most annoying feature. It uninstalls updates only and brings it back to the version that was installed with your phone, then it's annoying because it always shows you have an update ready.
Anyway, I haven't been outside yet to start up my car, but I think it'll solve my problem.
Interesting. As you might have guessed, I don't have my V20 yet. It's disheartening to hear some of those apps that can't be uninstalled. I wonder why they install apps not theirs that are obviously available on Play Store.
I guess I'll be forced to root.
I hope things work out for you. Keep me posted. I may find myself in the same boat.
You should be able to disable it.
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You should be able to disable it.
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Good to hear. I had suggested that too.
I think any Google apps you DON'T use should just be uninstalled. As far as that goes, I uninstall all apps, or disable them, that I don't use.
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Although, I still find it interesting that Google Play Music is part of the rom.
I think using Force Stop and Disabling is the only way to stop the madness, as I cleared out the Playlist and it automatically added my current ringtone.
Anecdotal but this sounds familiar to me. I feel like my husband may have been complaining about a similar issue with his phone playing some default preloaded music file when it connects to his car's Bluetooth.
The thing is.... He has a note 3 and a 2014 Ford Focus ST. So... Hmmm.
I'll have to see if it's really the same thing. I'll try to remember to ask him about it tomorrow.
ewingr said:
Interesting. As you might have guessed, I don't have my V20 yet. It's disheartening to hear some of those apps that can't be uninstalled. I wonder why they install apps not theirs that are obviously available on Play Store.
I guess I'll be forced to root.
I hope things work out for you. Keep me posted. I may find myself in the same boat.
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I was previously with Sprint with an HTC One M8, but switched to Googles Project Fi, and now back to Sprint with the LG V20.
What I've noticed is it seems root seems to come out on other networks before they come out on Sprint. I can't comment on what software other companies pre-load on your system, but both times Sprint had 15-20 things. Some of it could be removed.. a few games, etc, but some cannot be removed so I Force Stopped them and Disabled them. I am unsure what comes back if I reboot my phone, but whatever for now I'll keep stopping them if I have to.