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[Q] sound set has stopped unexpectedly

When i try to change ringtone from Settings/Sounds/Ringtone
i Got this error message :
(sound set has stopped unexpectedly, would u like to send an error report ...)
tried alot be restarting and uninstaling apps i recently installed , but still having the error ..
i still can change ringtone from (music player) >> (Set as ringtone)
anyone having the same problem ?
or having the solution ??

afndeenaa said:
When i try to change ringtone from Settings/Sounds/Ringtone
i Got this error message :
(sound set has stopped unexpectedly, would u like to send an error report ...)
tried alot be restarting and uninstaling apps i recently installed , but still having the error ..
i still can change ringtone from (music player) >> (Set as ringtone)
anyone having the same problem ?
or having the solution ??
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I am having the same problem when I get my phone yesterday. It happened after I try to play some music in ES Player ( i think maybe some 3rd party music player may cause the problem ).
Solution for me:
- Install Ringtone Maker ( or other 3rd party apps that can set the ringtone)
- Set the ringtone from there
- The ringtone that I set using the 3rd party apps doesn't take effect, but it fix the "sound set has stopped unexpectedly" and I can now set my ringtone & alarm using the system default
Hope this works for you

Found this here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2245829&highlight=+sound+set+:
I worked with HTC Support last night to further troubleshoot this issue. Here is what I learned:
1) The correct locations for storing custom ringtones and notifications are:
/sdcard/Ringtones
/sdcard/Notifications
2) You must copy the files to this location from your computer via USB. The problem I was encountering was caused by the fact that I was using ES File Explorer to download my MP3 and OGG files from a network share to my phone. While all other applications were able to see and play these files without any trouble, the built-in ringtone/notification chooser will not see files copied onto the device in that way.
And it works :laugh:
Bert

Connect to Gear triggers Samsung Music - help

I have a persistent problem that I can't figure out how to avoid ...
Problem #1
Whenever my Galaxy Note-3 makes a connection to Gear via bluetooth, it triggers Samsung "Music" to start. However, Music crashes at that instant, with an error message, "Unfortunately, Music has stopped".
Problem #2
Media Controller on Gear works on any music app other than Samsung Music. It works on Google Play Music and PowerAmp. However, that is limited to working properly on following commands: Play/Pause, Skip forward, Skip backward. But - if I attempt to control the volume up/down, then it fails. At this point, I see that Samsung Music has restarted on Note-3 with the same error message.
Note:
I have a stock Note-3. The Gear is also stock, with latest update (MK7).
I don't use Samsung Music. I notice that I can't uninstall it, nor can I disable it. Whenever I force it to stop (Applications setting), then it reactivates at the time of either above two problem events.
HELP PLEASE !
============== UPDATE
-> SOLVED: see page 2 below.

Can anyone confirm (unlike my experience):
1) Does Samsung "Music" work?
2) Does Gear's Media Control allow volume to be controlled up/down?

Honestly. My best advice is just to uninstall (or freeze in titanium) Samsung music player.
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le3ky said:
Honestly. My best advice is just to uninstall (or freeze in titanium) Samsung music player.
Sent from my GT-N7100 using Tapatalk
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I wish I could but I can't.
I have a stock rom and want to continue with it. As such, native apps like Music can't be uninstalled.
The Application Manager doesn't offer "disable" for this one app.

I love stock too I couldn't find the option to stop the stock music player doing anything, so that was my only option :/
Root doesn't mean custom rom. Like I said it's pretty easy to root your phone, and stay stock (like me). Root just means you have more privalidges with the file system (essentially).
It's an option if no one else can offer anything better!
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le3ky said:
I love stock too I couldn't find the option to stop the stock music player doing anything, so that was my only option :/
Root doesn't mean custom rom. Like I said it's pretty easy to root your phone, and stay stock (like me). Root just means you have more privalidges with the file system (essentially).
It's an option if no one else can offer anything better!
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That is good news then. If I could ask you something, before I begin the root process ...
If I root my phone:
- do I have to reinstall all my apps?
- do all loose all my settings (emails accounts, etc)?
How do I root the phone?

Go to the Note 3 section on xda. They'll probably have a sticky explaining the best way
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Skeleton said:
I have a persistent problem that I can't figure out how to avoid ...
Problem #1
Whenever my Galaxy Note-3 makes a connection to Gear via bluetooth, it triggers Samsung "Music" to start. However, Music crashes at that instant, with an error message, "Unfortunately, Music has stopped".
Problem #2
Media Controller on Gear works on any music app other than Samsung Music. It works on Google Play Music and PowerAmp. However, that is limited to working properly on following commands: Play/Pause, Skip forward, Skip backward. But - if I attempt to control the volume up/down, then it fails. At this point, I see that Samsung Music has restarted on Note-3 with the same error message.
Note:
I have a stock Note-3. The Gear is also stock, with latest update (MK7).
I don't use Samsung Music. I notice that I can't uninstall it, nor can I disable it. Whenever I force it to stop (Applications setting), then it reactivates at the time of either above two problem events.
.
HELP PLEASE !
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I had a similar issue with my S4. Samsung music stayed persistant in my notifications bar running in the background. It was also on my lockscreen as a widget. I was able to go into settings/app manager and Turn Off the app. I did a reboot of the phone and all is well. I have since gone back in and turned the app back on and it does not repeat the errant behavior.

It's really weird that whenever you connect your phone to the Gear it starts the Music app, mine hasn't done that ... yet. However, as far as controlling music, mine has worked perfectly fine with Google Music (or Play Music or whatever it's called now). Also, volume up and down should work, however, the first time after you connect your Gear, if you try turning up the volume on the phone, an alert will pop up saying something like "Are you sure you want to increase volume? Loud music can be damaging" (forgive my inaccuracy), you have to press OK on the phone first, then it will work fine. It's really irritating, but better than nothing.
I hope that made sense?

Thanks to all for your comments and suggestions.
What I have deduced is:
- Samsung Music consists of two modules, but the user is aware of only one. The front end is what the user interacts with; it is essentially a file manager. The back end is the audio processor. In my case, there is a disconnect between the two. I can enter the front end and see the list of song files, but I can not play any song which is because the back end is not able to be accessed.
- There is evidence of disconnect between front end and back end. In the front end, I can enter [Settings ^ Play speed]; what I should see is a sliding scale from 0.5x to 2.0x. In my case, the labels are missing when moving the slide bar, and the slide bar does not remember my change rather it remains at 10% setting. I suspect the speed setting is stored in the back end, for which the front end (in settings) can not access the variable's parameter, nor can it later update the value.
- The back end program of Music does work for me. This is proven by selecting a song file in "My Files" explorer, then choosing "Sound player" from the context menu. For me, the song file then successfully plays. I suspect the player is the back end of Music because the icon in the context menu is the same (blue triangle with green music note).
- When Gear is making a connection with Note, it asks Note for the name of default media player. This causes Note to open momentarily the Samsung Music player in silent mode. Note then closes Music as experienced by most users, but in my case Music stays open because of a bug on my system/configuration.
Why is this happening?
- Some writers elsewhere wrote about the interconnection between many Samsung apps because of their interdependence on TouchWiz. Perhaps Music is one such program. Maybe something (other app or my configuration) has triggered Music to break for me.
- At this point I am left suspecting another user app has caused Samsung Music to break between the front and back end. Note, this problem has only arisen in the past month, but in that time I have installed a few more apps and the previous apps have auto-updated themselves. So, I am now left to uninstalling them and testing their effect.

Problem SOLVED
Alas - Problem SOLVED.
It is frequently suggested that Music Player can be repaired by flushing the cache in "Music". In my case, this never solved my problem.
However, today I discovered another cache that can also contribute to the problem, and thus offer a solution.
The following worked for me ...
Step 1
- Settings ^ Application Manager
- App = "Media Storage"
- Action = "Clear data"
Step 2
- Samsung Music
- All song files are removed.
Step 3
- Scan Media
Step 4
- Samsung Music
- All song files are relisted.
- All song files now play. YEAH

[Q] Kirik settings: how it works?

Hi to all,
today I tried Kirik settings (http://www.windowsphone.com/s?appid=673dd6e6-29ac-463c-81d0-89b04a381a3c), an app that permits to access to fast settings (WiFi, cellular, airplane mode, new sms, ecc) by media player bar. When I press down or up volume button, the popup show me some choices as a "playlist" and by pressing the title, it opens the fast link page.
How do it works? How pressing on a "song" title, it show me a page?
Thanks to all and sorry my bad English.

arizz96 said:
Hi to all,
today I tried Kirik settings (http://www.windowsphone.com/s?appid=673dd6e6-29ac-463c-81d0-89b04a381a3c), an app that permits to access to fast settings (WiFi, cellular, airplane mode, new sms, ecc) by media player bar. When I press down or up volume button, the popup show me some choices as a "playlist" and by pressing the title, it opens the fast link page.
How do it works? How pressing on a "song" title, it show me a page?
Thanks to all and sorry my bad English.
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It's really rather simple:
The audioplayer API allows apps to register as the currently playing audio player. If you tap the song, the API will open said audio player.
What Kirik presumably does is to initiate a "fake" audio playback and register itself as the current player to the audio API. That way, tapping the song will open up kirik. This would also explain why you need to "re-initialise" the app after you listen to real audio.
Note that whatsapp used to do something similiar (and I think it still does on WP7.X) to keep a data connection to the whatsapp servers in the background to allow up/downloading images in the background.

MIUI 3.0 - Set spotify as "default" player or disable Music app

Hi guys!
So the problem is: I use spotify, so when the phone is locked, it shows the music controls on screen. but when i click next, or pause, it opens the music app and starts playing the music that i have on my memory card, stoping spotify. How can i disable this? how can i make the controls control spotify?
I have disabled Google play music but im unable to disable music app. And has far has a know, if i disable music app (with root) the lock screen controls disapear.
this does not happen with miui 2.3

same problem here , it appears also on the s view cover music controls , when using soundcloud ,musiXmatch or Jet Audio and pausing or skipping track the music player of huawei starts playing , it's appeared after upgrading to EMUI 3
please help

mahmoud.egp said:
same problem here , it appears also on the s view cover music controls , when using soundcloud ,musiXmatch or Jet Audio and pausing or skipping track the music player of huawei starts playing , it's appeared after upgrading to EMUI 3
please help
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2 Solutions
1) If You are Rooted Then Delete Music.apk and Music.odex from /system/app folder
2) If Not Rooted Than Open Settings go to Manage apps .... at the bottom there is written default app settings click on it and then select music player and change the default
Hope it helps

andromodgod said:
2 Solutions
1) If You are Rooted Then Delete Music.apk and Music.odex from /system/app folder
2) If Not Rooted Than Open Settings go to Manage apps .... at the bottom there is written default app settings click on it and then select music player and change the default
Hope it helps
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thank you dear
i'm not rooted and tried to make any other music app as a default and problem not solved

I'm rooted and used Rom Toolbox (or any root app manager) to freeze the "Music" app, the only pro of doing this is that you will get the coverart of any music player you're listening to (SoundCloud, Poweramp, etc.) but the controls won't work anyway (it was discussed here).

Solution without rooting
Hi, I found a solution without the need to root your device in another forum. Since it's in German, I'll quickly translate the instructions:
In ES File Explorer go to /device/system/app
In that folder, look for the file "HwMediaCenter.apk" and touch to install it
If you get a warning not to install apps from unknown sources accept to install this app and proceed
The installation will start now and finish with an error message, which is to be expected
Restart your phone
The annoying default music player should have disappeared. The reason being that due to the unsuccessful installation attempt it got removed/deactivated.
KR
Mazze

mazzeger said:
Hi, I found a solution without the need to root your device in another forum. Since it's in German, I'll quickly translate the instructions:
In ES File Explorer go to /device/system/app
In that folder, look for the file "HwMediaCenter.apk" and touch to install it
If you get a warning not to install apps from unknown sources accept to install this app and proceed
The installation will start now and finish with an error message, which is to be expected
Restart your phone
The annoying default music player should have disappeared. The reason being that due to the unsuccessful installation attempt it got removed/deactivated.
KR
Mazze
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You did me a favor man... it was very annoying problem and using your way made me use my favorite music player (PlayerPro) and control it from the smart cover controls like the default player .. many thanks

Crap, still not working with Deezer. I even not gettin it in default apps. Any sugestions?

Make mp3 Ringtone?

I just started using my MI5 today, installed my sim and added my apps, music, photos, etc. Everything seems to be working OK but I can't find a way to use one of my music mp3's as a ringtone. I've been using the same ringtone for years and don't want to change. The only one that is listed on my phone is mi.ogg, surely there is a way?

SamStone said:
I just started using my MI5 today, installed my sim and added my apps, music, photos, etc. Everything seems to be working OK but I can't find a way to use one of my music mp3's as a ringtone. I've been using the same ringtone for years and don't want to change. The only one that is listed on my phone is mi.ogg, surely there is a way?
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1) Settings-sound and vibration-phone ringtone- offline(blue arrow)- browse-explorer (default or ES,solid...) -your music
2) open music player -open song- settings -Set as ringtone

Thanks for the reply lokoros, it seems that I hadn't given my phone time to propagate my music to all of the necessary apps so nothing showed up. Now it seems that there are several easy ways to do it.