It looks like my XT won't play next song in Walkman when screen off,and It'll play if i wake up the screen. Please help.
XT: Stock JB (locked bootloader, rooted)
Benjoy Ericsson said:
It looks like my XT won't play next song in Walkman when screen off,and It'll play if i wake up the screen. Please help.
XT: Stock JB (locked bootloader, rooted)
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Yes I have that same damn annoying problem. I dunno why it happens.. Sometimes it works fine though.
thedisturbedone said:
Yes I have that same damn annoying problem. I dunno why it happens.. Sometimes it works fine though.
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I've had my Xperia T for 3 days, It's been updated to 4.1.2.
I'm experimenting the very same issue, I've tried with another player app (n7player), to no avail.
I'm very disappointed as I bought this phone because of Sony's Walkman software.
Nickola
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Edited this post to offer some kind of bypass solution.
Using "Wakelock" to acquire "Partial WakeLock", I was able to get continuous music playing, even when the screen goes off, with either Sony's Walkman or 3rd party player.
The side effect is a probably higher battery drainage, as it prevents CPU going to sleep mode, for what I've understood.
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The music issue is a known problem with the JB 4.1.2 update on 2012 Xperia's. I have successfully used Poweramp with no problems. It is not free, but there is a 15 day free trial. You can see if that helps you. I don't work for Poweramp; just a suggestion to let you listen to music with no interruptions.
I was not happy with this either, but I've found Poweramp's sound quality to be so much better than any version of the Walkman app that I'll keep using it even if Sony fixes the Walkman problems. Even Google Play Music sounds noticeably better than Walkman. In addition to fixing the music pausing when the display is off, Sony needs to work on its sound quality IMO.
The UI for Walkman is very slick though. I hope Sony sorts all of this out.
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Hello everyone
Bought my Xperia T on white about two weeks ago. It's a really awesome phone, don't have anything to complain about. Good battery, nice UI, etc.
Updated it in the first day to 4.1.
However, I've got 2 weird audio bugs:
1. No matter what music player I have, music occasionaly skips a few seconds. I tried:
-other music players
-re-inserting my 32GB microSD card back.
Nada, the bug is still there.
Gotta mention something: I don not use any equalizer presets or ClearSound/Bass/Whatever music effect Sony gives me. I find them all rubbish.
2. I occasionally have issues when I pull my headphones out... I am used to Android phones, and I know there are separate volumes (I had a Galaxy Spica and a Moto Defy+) but this one has a really weird behavior. It sometimes doesn't "understand" that the headphones are out. But that can be solved easily, by re-inserting the headphones. Lately, for some reason, it didn't happen too much. I don't know, I have a pair of small in-ear Sennheiser headphones, not Sony ones...
3. How can I properly give album art to my music? Media Go tried something, but didn't do much... should I try via Wi-Fi? I've got about 2055 songs. Should it take a while?
Many, many thanks.
Poweramp->settings->audio->advanced tweaks->audio buffer size / audio thread priority. Have you tried changing those?
Hy, for me when i use my beats by dre headphone in Bluetooth with the maximum sound, the sound is low. I did to make a "begin of call" the sound level Bluetooth go up like in ICS. After a few minutes if i stop the music, the sound is low another time.
Any idee?
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Deformat said:
Hello everyone
Bought my Xperia T on white about two weeks ago. It's a really awesome phone, don't have anything to complain about. Good battery, nice UI, etc.
Updated it in the first day to 4.1.
However, I've got 2 weird audio bugs:
1. No matter what music player I have, music occasionaly skips a few seconds. I tried:
-other music players
-re-inserting my 32GB microSD card back.
Nada, the bug is still there.
Gotta mention something: I don not use any equalizer presets or ClearSound/Bass/Whatever music effect Sony gives me. I find them all rubbish.
2. I occasionally have issues when I pull my headphones out... I am used to Android phones, and I know there are separate volumes (I had a Galaxy Spica and a Moto Defy+) but this one has a really weird behavior. It sometimes doesn't "understand" that the headphones are out. But that can be solved easily, by re-inserting the headphones. Lately, for some reason, it didn't happen too much. I don't know, I have a pair of small in-ear Sennheiser headphones, not Sony ones...
3. How can I properly give album art to my music? Media Go tried something, but didn't do much... should I try via Wi-Fi? I've got about 2055 songs. Should it take a while?
Many, many thanks.
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Something similar happens to me sometimes where the music will just stop playing only to resume a few seconds later for like no reason (no incoming calls or anything). Sometimes it will stop playing at the Walkman icon in the status bar disappears so I have to go back to Walkman app and start the song over. Not really sure why it does this. Haven't had any issues with 4.2.1 yet though, seemed to be an ICS issue for me at least. I noticed my Xperia ion did the same thing but it was much worse with the ion. My roommate has the ion and just updated to ICS and told me it happens to her still even post update.
For the record I have the AT&T Xperia TL and a 32GB SD card with 95% of my music on the card.
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Seems that PowerAmp works really well, however been wondering if there's a free alternative out there.
Check soundabout
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Not any good...
I'm not sure if I'm the only one experiencing this, or there are several others, but the bug that I've been experiencing is really annoying.
Before people are redirecting me to another thread, no, my Walkman bug is not the sleep bug (see: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2169867)
The bug has occurred back in ICS and it still exists in JB.
Walkman will suddenly stop playing music when browsing on the internet. The Walkman icon still displays on the top left corner. Accessing Walkman and un-pause the music is not a problem, but the general pattern is that it will restart the track from 0:00, or start at a different song from the one I was previously listening to.
I have done some troubleshooting and have eliminated several possibilities such as:
Q: Is it the browser that you're using?
A: No. I have tested this using Google Chrome and Opera, both will make the Walkman stop playing music.
Q: Too many songs?
A: Possibly the most stupidest though ever...I only uploaded 12 songs just to see if that would NOT trigger any problems. NOPE.
Q. Sony Smart Connect is the problem?
A: Nope. I have reverted back to an old version, and even uninstalled it. The bug continues to occur.
Q. Not Walkman app's fault?
A: I've downloaded PowerAMP Pro and there is ABSOLUTELY ZERO problems.
Q: Clear your memory? Restart your phone?
A: There is plenty of RAM, especially in JB. If Sony does not prioritize the Walkman app, then what's the point of this???? Restarting the phone and JUST opening Chrome and Walkman still reproduced that same bug.
Q: When does the Walkman bug NOT occur?
A: Standby mode is fine...I was even playing the music while using the "reddit is fun" app and browsing .gif images and so on, the bug does not occur.
What I haven't tried:
- Loading the songs onto the onboard phone memory rather than the microSD
- Trying a different microSD
- Reset the phone (something that I do not wish to do at the moment)
- ZeroInfinity's PureXAudio Sound Mod (that supposedly fixes stuff????????)
My Sony Walkman Z does not have this stupid bug. So basically, I'm stumped on how to fix this other than ignoring Walkman completely, or just listen to music but can't even multi-task or else this app will blow.
Suggestions? Fixes, anyone???
Make a backup and try those things you have not tried yet, especially the repair in pccompanion and the sound mod
If you have a backup you can always restore it back if it does not work.
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Sony Flagship device circa 2145
Have you tried resetting the phone? Did this occur right out of the box when you first had it?
Same bug here. Sound disappears when browsing thru chrome. I thought this was the walk man bug? Different bug?
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1337rice said:
I'm not sure if I'm the only one experiencing this, or there are several others, but the bug that I've been experiencing is really annoying.
Before people are redirecting me to another thread, no, my Walkman bug is not the sleep bug (see: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2169867)
The bug has occurred back in ICS and it still exists in JB.
Walkman will suddenly stop playing music when browsing on the internet. The Walkman icon still displays on the top left corner. Accessing Walkman and un-pause the music is not a problem, but the general pattern is that it will restart the track from 0:00, or start at a different song from the one I was previously listening to.
I have done some troubleshooting and have eliminated several possibilities such as:
Q: Is it the browser that you're using?
A: No. I have tested this using Google Chrome and Opera, both will make the Walkman stop playing music.
Q: Too many songs?
A: Possibly the most stupidest though ever...I only uploaded 12 songs just to see if that would NOT trigger any problems. NOPE.
Q. Sony Smart Connect is the problem?
A: Nope. I have reverted back to an old version, and even uninstalled it. The bug continues to occur.
Q. Not Walkman app's fault?
A: I've downloaded PowerAMP Pro and there is ABSOLUTELY ZERO problems.
Q: Clear your memory? Restart your phone?
A: There is plenty of RAM, especially in JB. If Sony does not prioritize the Walkman app, then what's the point of this???? Restarting the phone and JUST opening Chrome and Walkman still reproduced that same bug.
Q: When does the Walkman bug NOT occur?
A: Standby mode is fine...I was even playing the music while using the "reddit is fun" app and browsing .gif images and so on, the bug does not occur.
What I haven't tried:
- Loading the songs onto the onboard phone memory rather than the microSD
- Trying a different microSD
- Reset the phone (something that I do not wish to do at the moment)
- ZeroInfinity's PureXAudio Sound Mod (that supposedly fixes stuff????????)
My Sony Walkman Z does not have this stupid bug. So basically, I'm stumped on how to fix this other than ignoring Walkman completely, or just listen to music but can't even multi-task or else this app will blow.
Suggestions? Fixes, anyone???
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Ive had this bug in ICS.. reported on sony forums...was asked to repair phone.. but bug remained. Was using smart connect when it first occured, so tried without setting any event etc but it remained. Sony moderator was unable to replicate the issue and since then I've seen many posts popping up about the issue with no answer. I had my handset changed within 1st month and the same bug did occur on the 2nd one too.
Since JB haven't really tried the same scenario yet, so unable to comment.
Which is why I don't want to really reset my phone because I'm not the only one who has this issue. If I was the only one, maybe I did something wrong to the phone that I didn't know about...
I will try the sound mod now and see where this will go.
same bug for xperia v on all version from ICS to JB, and no way to solve.
Just tried ZeroInfinity's PureXAudio Sound Mod. Does not fix the problem.
Just wiped the cache partition and dalvik cache. Bug still exists.
I was browsing through multiple tabs on Chrome (just trying to re-create the problem by stressing it out). It was fine for 4-5 songs until the song starts to jitter every 20 seconds and would eventually come to a stop. Sometimes it just stops immediately.
Have tried using Wi-Fi instead of HSPA+ data to see if that could be a problem...nope, the music stops on Wi-Fi too.
Leaving Chrome open with 5 tabs, websites are under the mobile format. I'm trying to see if YouTube is causing the problem. Generally, playing any video would trigger any music player to stop. Mobile sites have "less" videos, or any ads/gifs/etc. So far the music has not stopped...but leaving Chrome in idle is making the music stutter for a bit...but still continues to play.
Sigh* Resource allocation problem?
It's been a while...decided to update the current status...
- I still haven't tried if the microSD is the root of the problem (it's a Sandisk Ultra 32gb Class 10).
- I have updated ZeroInfinity's PureXAudio...however, instead of going for the version that's intended for the Z/ZL, I opted for the LITE version. Problem still exists. But at least the music sounds better under my Audio Technica ATH-M50...
- I just flashed DoomKernel for the TX (V5 at the moment), and overclocked to 1.89ghz using NoFrills CPU. Problem still exists...unfortunately.
So...yeah, I'm baffled by how this bug could still exist since ICS. Maybe I should just ditch Walkman altogether and start using PowerAMP. Or if I need to listen to music, I can't browse the internet or else I would just screw up Walkman.
Even the HP Touchpad in the early stages of CM7 ran better.
**edit**
Removed the memory card. Inserted 17 songs into onboard phone storage. Played 3 songs while going through Facebook and Reddit is Fun...no hiccups. Ok, lets start up Chrome.
On the middle of the 4th song, 2 tabs on Chrome, music stops without even stuttering...
I f***ing give up...even PowerAMP doesn't fix this...
Try disabling javascript in browser, seems to solve the issue. i was unable to play music even for 1 minute earlier, but after turning off javascript i played for at least half an hour without any problem while continuosly browsing lots of misc sites.
1337rice said:
I'm not sure if I'm the only one experiencing this, or there are several others, but the bug that I've been experiencing is really annoying.
Before people are redirecting me to another thread, no, my Walkman bug is not the sleep bug (see: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2169867)
The bug has occurred back in ICS and it still exists in JB.
Walkman will suddenly stop playing music when browsing on the internet. The Walkman icon still displays on the top left corner. Accessing Walkman and un-pause the music is not a problem, but the general pattern is that it will restart the track from 0:00, or start at a different song from the one I was previously listening to.
I have done some troubleshooting and have eliminated several possibilities such as:
Q: Is it the browser that you're using?
A: No. I have tested this using Google Chrome and Opera, both will make the Walkman stop playing music.
Q: Too many songs?
A: Possibly the most stupidest though ever...I only uploaded 12 songs just to see if that would NOT trigger any problems. NOPE.
Q. Sony Smart Connect is the problem?
A: Nope. I have reverted back to an old version, and even uninstalled it. The bug continues to occur.
Q. Not Walkman app's fault?
A: I've downloaded PowerAMP Pro and there is ABSOLUTELY ZERO problems.
Q: Clear your memory? Restart your phone?
A: There is plenty of RAM, especially in JB. If Sony does not prioritize the Walkman app, then what's the point of this???? Restarting the phone and JUST opening Chrome and Walkman still reproduced that same bug.
Q: When does the Walkman bug NOT occur?
A: Standby mode is fine...I was even playing the music while using the "reddit is fun" app and browsing .gif images and so on, the bug does not occur.
What I haven't tried:
- Loading the songs onto the onboard phone memory rather than the microSD
- Trying a different microSD
- Reset the phone (something that I do not wish to do at the moment)
- ZeroInfinity's PureXAudio Sound Mod (that supposedly fixes stuff????????)
My Sony Walkman Z does not have this stupid bug. So basically, I'm stumped on how to fix this other than ignoring Walkman completely, or just listen to music but can't even multi-task or else this app will blow.
Suggestions? Fixes, anyone???
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Hi,
I have been using Galaxy Note1 (GT-N7000) for sometime now. It came with gingerbread while i purchased.
When i played music using default music player, i cant hear the music properly. I was able to hear only scratchy noise and lot of disturbance. When tried with real player and other players i was able to hear clear music.
This problem continued when i upgraded to ICS.
Recently i upgraded to JB 4.1.2 hoping that this will get fixed. But to my surprise, i got more problems. When i get a call, phone ringtone was also playing with the same kind of disturbance. Now, when i play with RealPlayer, Rocket Player and Google Play, i still get the scratchy disturbed music. But surprisingly , when i play trhough VLC, it plays it perfectly. But i have other good players which i want to use. More importantly, i could tolerate the disturbed, scratchy music when i get call :crying:. When i bought Note1, i didnt expect a great sound, but a decent quality sound experience.
Other than this, i dont have any problems with voice calling.
Any clues about what could be the problem?
Thanks in advance,
Ravi
ravi.chandran said:
Hi,
I have been using Galaxy Note1 (GT-N7000) for sometime now. It came with gingerbread while i purchased.
When i played music using default music player, i cant hear the music properly. I was able to hear only scratchy noise and lot of disturbance. When tried with real player and other players i was able to hear clear music.
This problem continued when i upgraded to ICS.
Recently i upgraded to JB 4.1.2 hoping that this will get fixed. But to my surprise, i got more problems. When i get a call, phone ringtone was also playing with the same kind of disturbance. Now, when i play with RealPlayer, Rocket Player and Google Play, i still get the scratchy disturbed music. But surprisingly , when i play trhough VLC, it plays it perfectly. But i have other good players which i want to use. More importantly, i could tolerate the disturbed, scratchy music when i get call :crying:. When i bought Note1, i didnt expect a great sound, but a decent quality sound experience.
Other than this, i dont have any problems with voice calling.
Any clues about what could be the problem?
Thanks in advance,
Ravi
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Proly hardware problem
deekai said:
Proly hardware problem
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But if i use VLC player, i dont get the scratchy noise. Its clear. Rarely i get disturbance when i use VLC player. Not sure if that can be a hardware problem. Any way other suggestions...?
ravi.chandran said:
But if i use VLC player, i dont get the scratchy noise. Its clear. Rarely i get disturbance when i use VLC player. Not sure if that can be a hardware problem. Any way other suggestions...?
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ok, sure, i think happen to me before, when I officially upgraded my SIII to latest Jellybean,
What I did, is I made a factory reset, then after that, things get better...
If this thing not work, try to re install the whole ROM, you can get officially from SAMMOBILE.com or Samsung Kies
Just finished a thread with someone with a similar issue. I asked him to try vlc and it worked fine so we knew it was software related. He remembered he'd installed volume+ previously and deleted it. Sound returned to normal. Hope it helps.
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Hello everybody,
I updated my Xperia Z 3 days ago. Everything was perfect, until I plugged my KossPorta Pro headphones in and played some music (I am using PowerAmp player). I noticed sound is now more distorted, less enjoyable and less crispy. Last 4.1.2 update .307 had better sound. I am not sure about stock player cause I am using PowerAmp for Bass and Treble EQ and better customization, but anyway I never ran into problem with poor quality sound on my Xperia Z until 4.2.2 update. I tried everything (factory reset,wipe everything,other update versions) but still same. I am quiet dissapointed, good quality music is very important for me.
Somebody with same problem?
Any suggestion?
I don't have the same problem. Have you tried other head-ear phones?
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I tried, but quality was same. :L Btw, I downgraded yesterday back to .307 and sound was great. I went again to 4.2 and but nothing was changed, poor quality again. I really like 4.2 update but sound is important for me
No audio libraries are changed due the update, you're imagining the changes
Sent from my Xperia Z
I carefully checked sound quality between 4.1 and 4.2 and there IS difference. Anyway, do you think there is problem with PowerAmp player?
I use stock Walkman and FM radio - no discernable difference between builds.
Maybe it's PowerAmp issue then. It's driving me crazy to be honest..
flakac said:
I tried, but quality was same. :L Btw, I downgraded yesterday back to .307 and sound was great. I went again to 4.2 and but nothing was changed, poor quality again. I really like 4.2 update but sound is important for me
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Root and flash this via recovery
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2190558
fish droid said:
Root and flash this via recovery
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2190558
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Thanks,I'll try.. btw, is this mode working with walkman app only?
flakac said:
Hello everybody,
I updated my Xperia Z 3 days ago. Everything was perfect, until I plugged my KossPorta Pro headphones in and played some music (I am using PowerAmp player). I noticed sound is now more distorted, less enjoyable and less crispy. Last 4.1.2 update .307 had better sound. I am not sure about stock player cause I am using PowerAmp for Bass and Treble EQ and better customization, but anyway I never ran into problem with poor quality sound on my Xperia Z until 4.2.2 update. I tried everything (factory reset,wipe everything,other update versions) but still same. I am quiet dissapointed, good quality music is very important for me.
Somebody with same problem?
Any suggestion?
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If you have enabled 'MusixFx' option in 'Tone/Vol' settings menu please disable that and check the sound effect again.....
fish droid said:
Root and flash this via recovery
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2190558
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!! It works like charm! I am going to explore this mod properly right now
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If you have enabled 'MusixFx' option in 'Tone/Vol' settings menu please disable that and check the sound effect again.....
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Many thanks for answer, fish droid helped me
I have the .205 build of Jelly Bean for my Xperia T. I have been having a problem when playing music. I connect my Xperia via Bluetooth to my car stereo to listen to music, but sometimes my music will just stop randomly. This usually happens within 10 seconds of starting a song. Even after I try to play the song again, it will still happen. It also began to happen when I had headphones in, with no Bluetooth. I am using Google Play Music.
Any ideas as to what could be causing this? This never happened to me on .199
Thanks
butterblum said:
I have the .205 build of Jelly Bean for my Xperia T. I have been having a problem when playing music. I connect my Xperia via Bluetooth to my car stereo to listen to music, but sometimes my music will just stop randomly. This usually happens within 10 seconds of starting a song. Even after I try to play the song again, it will still happen. It also began to happen when I had headphones in, with no Bluetooth. I am using Google Play Music.
Any ideas as to what could be causing this? This never happened to me on .199
Thanks
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Insufficient RAM ?
Ben Ling said:
Insufficient RAM ?
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How do I go about permanently freeing up RAM?
butterblum said:
I have the .205 build of Jelly Bean for my Xperia T. I have been having a problem when playing music. I connect my Xperia via Bluetooth to my car stereo to listen to music, but sometimes my music will just stop randomly. This usually happens within 10 seconds of starting a song. Even after I try to play the song again, it will still happen. It also began to happen when I had headphones in, with no Bluetooth. I am using Google Play Music.
Any ideas as to what could be causing this? This never happened to me on .199
Thanks
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Try the WALKMAN app an let me know how it goes :good:
neosnake991 said:
Try the WALKMAN app an let me know how it goes :good:
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I am also having problems with phantom vibrations when my phone gets "bogged down." And apps such as Real Racing 3 glitch while racing. Is this consistent with RAM problems?
It's could be anything from a old file system, to ram. I honestly don't think it's ram because it would be shutting down your phone, but because it has been suggested we'll start there. Uninstall all the apps you don't use, are you rooted or on stock?
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neosnake991 said:
It's could be anything from a old file system, to ram. I honestly don't think it's ram because it would be shutting down your phone, but because it has been suggested we'll start there. Uninstall all the apps you don't use, are you rooted or on stock?
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I am rooted.
Ok so another thing you can do is get a ram optimiser from the app store and see if that helps
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