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[Q] Music stop playing on CM10

Hi,
I have an annoying issue on the latest Quarx's CM10 (18/03). I have this problem since November I think. When I'm playing music from my SD card on any music app (usually I use Play music or PowerAMP) it stop randomly after some music when screen is off.
I think it happen because of RAM management which kill running app on IDLE to increase battery life. But I tried tweak RAM setting and it didn't change nothing.
I think I'm not the one with this issue. I'll take every idea to try to fix this.
Thank you.

Keep your app in foreground.
And if your player has notification thingy, the atk can't kill that app. I think both apps you mentioned has a notification control, SDL it can't be memory management!
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Thank you for your reply.
I can keep the app in foreground but it take approximately 30-45mo of RAM so my phone will become very laggy.
I think you're right when you say it can't kill the app because of the notification. But I think android system kill an other background service which is necessary to the music be played correctly. I'll trying to investigate when I'll have more time.
I have an other app called Deezer (French Spotify service). This app never stop or less frequently. I think it's because it use it own decode system (music file are encrypted on the server or memory card). The app don't use external services to decode music so the app continue playing after hours.
Btw I find strange that I'm the only one to complain about this. I will make a clean install in some day.

AW: [Q] Music stop playing on CM10
Hi, you test supercharger script? With this you can look apps in memory or under general I saw a post how to look apps in memory.
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Yes in know how to do it. But if I lock music player in memory, it will take about 40mo all the time. My Defy will become very laggy.

Husi10 said:
Thank you for your reply.
I can keep the app in foreground but it take approximately 30-45mo of RAM so my phone will become very laggy.
I think you're right when you say it can't kill the app because of the notification. But I think android system kill an other background service which is necessary to the music be played correctly. I'll trying to investigate when I'll have more time.
I have an other app called Deezer (French Spotify service). This app never stop or less frequently. I think it's because it use it own decode system (music file are encrypted on the server or memory card). The app don't use external services to decode music so the app continue playing after hours.
Btw I find strange that I'm the only one to complain about this. I will make a clean install in some day.
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Hi Husi10,
I have the same issue as you about music playback.
My problem is the following :
When I'm using Deezer app with CM10 or CM10.1, music playback is frequently laggy (always in the very begenning of the tracks) and sometimes it stops playing in some unknown situations (as you described on this thread).
This issue doesn't occur on CM7.
Did you, as me, notice this playback lags in the begenning of the tracks ?
Did you find a fix or a workaround for this issue on CM10.x since March (date of your post) ?
Thanks

Hi,
Yeah, music playback on Deezer's app is laggy in the beginning of every track. I think there's no workaround because it's a bug with the app itself. It happens also with my tablet (Nexus 10). But playback never stop by itself.
After my post, I did a clean install (wipe data) and also format my SD card. It helped a lot, I never experimented this kind of bug again.

Husi10 said:
Hi,
Yeah, music playback on Deezer's app is laggy in the beginning of every track. I think there's no workaround because it's a bug with the app itself. It happens also with my tablet (Nexus 10). But playback never stop by itself.
After my post, I did a clean install (wipe data) and also format my SD card. It helped a lot, I never experimented this kind of bug again.
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Thanks for your reply.
In my experience, music lags issue only occur in CM10.x. Did you already test Deezer on CM7 ?
[EDIT] So, do you think that Deezer is buggy like this only since Android 4.1 ?
On which ROM your Nexus 10 runs ?

My Nexus 10 runs on AOKP (4.2.2). I think it's an issue with Deezer itself, whatever the rom.

Husi10 said:
My Nexus 10 runs on AOKP (4.2.2). I think it's an issue with Deezer itself, whatever the rom.
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OK, did you already try Deezer with stock ROM on your Nexus 10 ? If yes, same lags ?

Yes, there are lags at the beginning of each songs.

Husi10 said:
Yes, there are lags at the beginning of each songs.
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Hi,
I'm just (re)testing Deezer on my Defy running Quarx CM10.1 build (2013-06-26).
I've changed I/O scheduler to "cfq" (before my change, it was "sio") and it seems to work better, I don't notice lags at the beginning of each songs for the moment. :fingers-crossed:
Is it the same for you ? Could you test it in order to confirm my potential finding ?
Thanks

Oh yeah that's really better with cfq scheduler. Thank you for the tips.

Husi10 said:
Oh yeah that's really better with cfq scheduler. Thank you for the tips.
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You're welcome !
Thanks for tests.

Husi10 said:
Oh yeah that's really better with cfq scheduler. Thank you for the tips.
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After one more day of tests with cfq i/o scheduler, I've noticed that lags at the beginning of a song still occur BUT only after launching Deezer and only with the first song. The next songs playback is smooth.

google+ new feature - auto awesome movies - keeps crashing!!

Anyone try this new feature out?? I can get it to make the movie, however, when I go to save it... Google+ crashes... anyone else experiencing this??

Anyone? lol

I'm experiencing the same thing and it's maddening. I tried uninstalling and re-installing. I got the movie to save once and that was it. I'm on a Sprint Galaxy Note 3.

laestrella said:
I'm experiencing the same thing and it's maddening. I tried uninstalling and re-installing. I got the movie to save once and that was it. I'm on a Sprint Galaxy Note 3.
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I have a GN 2 with the build.prop moddified to a Nexus 4. I can save the files but they are fully black (with the music). Sometimes doesn't save it and sometimes I get an error saying the video is already playing and it stops "renderind"
Sorry for my English!!

thank God. It's not only me. I've odin'd and everything and nothing is fixing it...

At least you have the option i dont have the option!

AutoAwesome Crash
I've had the same crash experience on my devices. On the HTC One it just crashes the app, on the Nexus 5 though is completely restarts the phone...

Same here.
I am on KitKat 4.4.2 (Nexus 5).
Experienced same problem on KitKat 4.4 (always on Nexus 5).
Hope they will fix it soon!

Got the same problem (some movies could be saved, some not) but just now the G+ app stopped creating auto awesome effects and the movie icon to make manual movies has disappeared.... anyone ?
I am on Note 3 stock rom 4.4.2

Game tools/ Game launcher issues

Hello xda, i have some issues with game launcher and game tools. As Samsung introduced this option to showcase games in one place and tools to record, minimize game into a movable icon and etc. I actually liked this feature but now I'm facing issues with it, N.B - My phone has only one game installed in it and when i try to minimize the game, i get a tost notification saying that i already have reached maximum number of apps, which is 5. I sent a feedback to samsung team and they sent me email to clear chache of game launcher and game tools from application manager to fix it. I did as they guided me but i see no fix here. I sent a feed back again and they said they gonna contact to their developer team.
Can anyone help me with this bug, I'm on Renovate edge 2.0 rom. I clean installed it and i flashed bootloader and modem too, and I'm on custom kernel from jesse 0.5

Same here. Cannot minimize games.
Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk

working fine with stock firmware (APE9), maybe something related with custom rom/kernel?

shazore said:
Hello xda, i have some issues with game launcher and game tools. As Samsung introduced this option to showcase games in one place and tools to record, minimize game into a movable icon and etc. I actually liked this feature but now I'm facing issues with it, N.B - My phone has only one game installed in it and when i try to minimize the game, i get a tost notification saying that i already have reached maximum number of apps, which is 5. I sent a feedback to samsung team and they sent me email to clear chache of game launcher and game tools from application manager to fix it. I did as they guided me but i see no fix here. I sent a feed back again and they said they gonna contact to their developer team.
Can anyone help me with this bug, I'm on Renovate edge 2.0 rom. I clean installed it and i flashed bootloader and modem too, and I'm on custom kernel from jesse 0.5
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which app do you use this merged long screenshots man ??

aydin_taysi said:
which app do you use this merged long screenshots man ??
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It's built in s7 edge screenshot option

Hi,
Have you managed to get a fix for this error, as I also have this error on Renovate 3.0?
Thanks

I'm also having this same error. I've tried three versions of game launcher and game tools, clearing data and cache, etc. Has anyone been able to solve this issue?
Sent from my SM-G935W8 using XDA-Developers mobile app

Better Dialer / Phone App?

Friends--I've newly switched from the Nexus 6p (mine broke )
Anyhow, I'm (mostly) liking this phone so far. Other than the fact that the fingerprint reader (both in quality and particularly in location) is far superior on the 6p, this phone seems great.
HOWEVER--I HATE the stock dialer from Verizon. Really was happy with the stock Nexus one.
Anyone have any advice on a different dealer? It's really driving me nuts..
tried a few random from the play store, and haven't fallen in love.

Find Google dialer apk from xda and install it. I used it for a while on my old galaxy s6. There was one apk that didn't do a device check.

bongostl said:
Friends--I've newly switched from the Nexus 6p (mine broke )
Anyhow, I'm (mostly) liking this phone so far. Other than the fact that the fingerprint reader (both in quality and particularly in location) is far superior on the 6p, this phone seems great.
HOWEVER--I HATE the stock dialer from Verizon. Really was happy with the stock Nexus one.
Anyone have any advice on a different dealer? It's really driving me nuts..
tried a few random from the play store, and haven't fallen in love.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s7/themes/google-dialer-s7-t3344028
About to try it myself
Update:
Got it loaded but has to use an older version (rc4 I think). Then had to unset the default phone app from being the default. The only issue I've noticed is that the CALL option in settings of the app causes a FC

Can someone give a tutorial on how to backup my current phone app and install the google one? Thanks.

Satenru said:
Can someone give a tutorial on how to backup my current phone app and install the google one? Thanks.
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No need to backup the current one, just install the Google one open it and select it as your default

Is there a way to use video chat with this dialer? Any other bugs that have been noticed?

Music player seems to crash and forget Shuffle and Repeat. Anyone else?

The stock music player seems to crash periodically or something is happening where it forgets that Shuffle and Repeat were selected.
Is anyone else experiencing this and does anyone have a workaround?
Thanks,
Etienne66

I have a workaround that is way too obvious. Try another player. I really recommend Poweramp (ability to output 192khz 24 bit) or shuttle.
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MegaArthur said:
I have a workaround that is way too obvious. Try another player. I really recommend Poweramp (ability to output 192khz 24 bit) or shuttle.
Sent from my SM-G900F using XDA Labs
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Personally I do not care for solutions that add advertisements or cost money when the built in application should work properly. However a better alternative would have been VLC. It is free and has no advertisements. I'll give that a try, but I would still like the developers to resolve the issue or at least put it on their todo list.
My main goal was to see if anyone else is experiencing this problem and to see about opening a bug report so that it might be addressed someday. I just don't know if it is limited to the klte branch or if it affects other phones. I was hoping to see how big the issue is. It hasn't worked correctly for years.
Thanks,
Etienne66

I ended up making Google Play Music my default instead of the Android Music. I still prefer Android Music. But oh well...
Thanks,
Etienne66

Etienne66 said:
I ended up making Google Play Music my default instead of the Android Music. I still prefer Android Music. But oh well...
Thanks,
Etienne66
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are you rooted? are you running a custom rom? some deets please

youdoofus said:
are you rooted? are you running a custom rom? some deets please
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Certainly. I am rooted. I am running LinageOS version: 14.1-20170426-NIGHTLY-klte. However the problem has persisted since CM12. I had an older Galaxy S3 with I think CM10, that did not have the problem, but that was a long time ago. If you want a log with the problem, I can probably produce that.
I did wipe the phone before going from CM13 to Lineage and I did not restore from backup since I saw warnings against doing that with Titanium Backup.
Thanks,
Etienne66

Etienne66 said:
Certainly. I am rooted. I am running LinageOS version: 14.1-20170426-NIGHTLY-klte. However the problem has persisted since CM12. I had an older Galaxy S3 with I think CM10, that did not have the problem, but that was a long time ago. If you want a log with the problem, I can probably produce that.
I did wipe the phone before going from CM13 to Lineage and I did not restore from backup since I saw warnings against doing that with Titanium Backup.
Thanks,
Etienne66
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thats weird then. does it work on a stock(ish) TW ROM?

youdoofus said:
thats weird then. does it work on a stock(ish) TW ROM?
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To be honest. I have never tried the Stock Rom, but I would not think that Samsung would use the Android Music Player. I am currently using Google Play Music instead of the Android Music Player, but I have the widget on my desktop and every time that I see the shuffle and play all un-selected, I select them again. Usually within a few hours they are un-selected again.
I thought about trying the stock ROM, but from what I have seen it is Android 6.0. I guess I will give it a whirl though. Any recommendations on where to download a stock ROM?
Thanks,
Etienne66

Etienne66 said:
To be honest. I have never tried the Stock Rom, but I would not think that Samsung would use the Android Music Player. I am currently using Google Play Music instead of the Android Music Player, but I have the widget on my desktop and every time that I see the shuffle and play all un-selected, I select them again. Usually within a few hours they are un-selected again.
I thought about trying the stock ROM, but from what I have seen it is Android 6.0. I guess I will give it a whirl though. Any recommendations on where to download a stock ROM?
Thanks,
Etienne66
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yeah, to me, it doesnt sound like its worth the trouble. Id just try different aftermarket music players and stick with what you like the best. The nice thing about your problem, is that there isnt a shortage of music players to choose from, even free ones without ads. Have you tried viper?
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or maybe try this
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/themes-apps/port-s6-music-player-t3065267

youdoofus said:
yeah, to me, it doesnt sound like its worth the trouble. Id just try different aftermarket music players and stick with what you like the best. The nice thing about your problem, is that there isnt a shortage of music players to choose from, even free ones without ads. Have you tried viper?
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or maybe try this
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/themes-apps/port-s6-music-player-t3065267
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I'll stick to Google Play Music until they get Android Music fixed. Which might not be for years since it has already had the problem for years.
Thanks,
Etienne66

Etienne66 said:
I'll stick to Google Play Music until they get Android Music fixed. Which might not be for years since it has already had the problem for years.
Thanks,
Etienne66
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HAHA!! no doubt. Esp considering Samsung is using play music as their default player now

Etienne66 said:
The stock music player seems to crash periodically or something is happening where it forgets that Shuffle and Repeat were selected.
Is anyone else experiencing this and does anyone have a workaround?
Thanks,
Etienne66
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Device is rooted? You updated firmware using Samsung Updates in Android version page in config?
Cleaned Cache/Data From music App?
If yes, try to use a other Music App And test.

killerBRs said:
Device is rooted? You updated firmware using Samsung Updates in Android version page in config?
Cleaned Cache/Data From music App?
If yes, try to use a other Music App And test.
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I am not using Samsung Updates at all. Yes, I'm rooted. I am running LineageOS 14.1-20170426-NIGHTLY-klte. I've been experiencing the problem since CM12. When I upgraded from CM13 to LineageOS 14.1 I wiped my phone including data and then installed clean.
Thanks,
Etienne66