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I have a diagnostic message appearing, that reads "Unfortunately, Music has stopped".
This pertains to the ANDROID MUSIC player and bluetooth connection with Galaxy Gear.
This report contains:
- My analysis of the problem.
- Various incidents which trigger the problem.
- Other incidents which don't trigger the problem.
- Conclusions of source/cause of the bug.
- Recommended ways to cope with the problem.
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ANALYSIS
MY SITUATION
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I have a Galaxy Note-3 (SGN3), running and locked on the Canadian Bell network. It is stock ROM.
I have a Galaxy Gear SGG).
I have installed numerous apps, all from the Google Play store and Samsung store. No apps are from 3rd party stores.
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INCIDENT #1 - BLUETOOTH CONNECTED
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This occurs only when the SGN3 engages the SGG via bluetooth connection.
I have bluetooth enabled on SGN3, then turn on SGG, within a few seconds the SGN3 bluetooth window detects the SGG, immediately afterwards the MUSIC diagnostic appears. I can clear the message window, then carry on. Both SGN3 and SGG will thereafter work fine.
INCIDENT #2 - BLUETOOTH DISCONNECTED
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This occurs only when the Galaxy Note-3 (SGN3) already has a bluetooth connection with the Galaxy Gear (SGG).
I then disconnect the bluetooth connection on the SGN3 from hearing the SGG; this can be done by either: 1) power off the SGG or 2) toggling off the bluetooth receiver on SGN3. Once the bluetooth connection is broken between the SGN3 and SGG, then the same diagnostic message appears.
INCIDENT #3 - ANDROID MUSIC PLAYER
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This occurs only when the Galaxy Note-3 (SGN3), irrespective of bluetooth or Galaxy Gear (SGG). I merely open the MUSIC app on the SGN3. The app opens for a moment, the app window pauses for 5 seconds, then the same diagnostic message appears. I then clear the message, and the app continues. At this point I haven't selected any song file to play. When I click on a song file for playing, then the diagnostic message appears. The song file doesn't play, and never can with repeated attempts.
INCIDENT #4 - MEDIA CONTROLLER APP ON GEAR
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This service mostly works properly, presuming I am already playing music on the SGN3 from any of the other music player apps (but not ANDROID MUSIC). I can successfully: play, pause, skip foreward, skip backwards. However, as a minor bug: if I attempt to change the sound volume, while the sound will change, 10-secs later the diagnostic message appears on the SGN3. The message repeats unprovocated after 60-secs. Thereafter, the controller commands become disfunctional.
The remedy is to either:
- Stop/start the music player on the SGN3.
- Toggle the bluetooth connection off-and-on.
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WHEN MESSAGE DOES NOT APPEAR .. GOOD
The following situations do not trigger the diagnostic message:
OTHER MUSIC PLAYERS
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Running any other music player, other than ANDROID MUSIC, does not cause a problem. They all successfully play song files.
- "Google Play Music"
- "Poweramp Pro"
- "ES File Manager" - embedded music player.
- "X-plore audio preview" - embedded music player.
- "Sound player" from android "My Files" - embedded music player.
SGN3 BLUETOOTH RADIO KEPT OFF
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This occurs when
SGN3 BLUETOOTH TOGGLED ON, BUT SGG POWERED OFF
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This is when one wants to use bluetooth devices (headphones) other than SGG. In this case, the recognition of the connected bluetooth device is proper and not message triggering occurs.
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CONCLUSIONS
ANDROID MUSIC
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Bug exists in:
1) opening of the app, and
2) attempting to play selected song file.
MEDIA CONTROLLER
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Bug exists in:
3) sound volume control, within the app.
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BLUETOOTH TOGGLING
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When connecting SGG with the SGN3 over bluetooth, accept that a diagnostic message will occur and must be cleared. Thereafter, the SGG and SGN3 will function adequately.
When disconnecting SGG from the SGN3 over bluetooth, accept that a diagnostic message will occur and must be cleared. Thereafter, the SGN3 will function perfectly.
Never use the ANDROID MUSIC player on the SGN3. Instead use any alternative player, such as Google Play Music.
MEDIA CONTROLLER
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Before using the MEDIA CONTROLLER app on the SGG, select an alternative music player on the SGN3. This selection must be done each time the SGN3 and SGG make a bluetooth connection. Thereafter you can use the MEDIA CONTROLLER to control your music playing on the SGN3. This selection is lost after bluetooth disconnection, for which the default reverts to ANDROID MUSIC.
Never change the sound volume within the MEDIA CONTROLLER.
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when i use bluetooth headset HSH-DS220 with music play, it will always displayed error when switch to another song in playlist. either windows media player or Flo 3D music play error.
i have try Swift and Dutty cookies, but the same.
i don't know what cause it happened, any one know?
I'm not sure about the HSH-DS220 but I've been using the HBH-DS970 for way over 1 year - first with the PPC-6700 and now with the HTC Touch Diamond (Sprint version). I love it! However there are various Bluetooth problems like the Bluetooth connection dropping mysteriously or a sudden loss of the Handset control but continued connection through the Wireless. This means I can still hear the music, but pause stops working. Other times I'll start playing and it'll skip to the next song for no particular reason.
Let alone the absolute crappy implementation of the TF3D "Sprint Music" player! Oh I can go on and on about it's stupid implementation including the foolish fact that you have to select Menu: Shuffle [off] only to be presented with yet another menu to select whether I wanted "Shuffle [off]" or "Shuffle [on]"! Ah duh, if it's off then just toggle it!
Nor that the Voice Command allows you to ask "What song is this?" but will respond with "No media playing" if you're using TF3D "Sprint Music".
Nor that there's no capability to save where you're at in a song, of if you flip forward to see what's next it starts playing what's next, nor that you cannot edit any playlist synced from Windows Media Player, nor delete playlists you create, nor the fact that it's just plain horrid to be able to find a song flicking your finger through hundreds of tracks?!? Where's the A-Z strip! Etc. Ad Nausem!
But the HBH-DS970, as a device, is a good device and does Bluetooth well.
I use the orignal ROM with my HBH-DS220 BT stereo headset.
When I open the Windows Media Player to playing music via HBH-DS220, I turn off the screen, after about 10 minutes, Windows Media Player will automaic closed everytime.
I try to find the root cause of this issue, but nothing found.
Does anyone has the same issue like mine?
What do you mean by "closed". My understanding is that WMP (and all other apps) continue to run when "closed". You can see this on any of the tabs by pressing on the upper right hand corner which displays a list of currently running apps.
I am currently running stock FRF91 and am experiencing a very frustrating issue after upgrading to Froyo.
Prior to the upgrade when using a bluetooth headset, the foreground audio app claimed control of AVRCP and kept control, even when running in the background, until a different app was brought to the foreground. For example, if I wanted to listen to an audio book using the Ambling Audiobook player, I'd launch the player hit play on my headset and it would play. I could pause it with the headset and resume while the app was in the background or the device locked. If I wanted to listen to music, I'd be able to launch Mixzing or any other program and while it was in the foreground, hit play on the headset and the new app would have control of the headset and behave in the same manner as Ambling. This is how things are supposed to work.
Since upgrading to Froyo, the default media player grabs a hold of AVRCP and and will not release control. It doesn't matter what app is in the foreground. When I hit play on my headset, the default player launches. However, once it launched Google Listen and on another occasion Mixzing. I have not be able to replicate that behavior however. It does consistently launch the default player, except for the those two exceptions.
I am using a Jabra BT3030.
Any thoughts? This is really starting to annoy me.
confirmed with my phone too.
Of course what makes the behavior really weird are the two times where the default player did not retain control. However, as I said I've not been able to duplicate that.
I have the Droid Bionic, I want my Pandora and/or Music player to start playing music automatically when connected to the bluetooth on my truck. How do I set this up on my phone? Or should I check for this problem with my truck?
Market App called Automateit
Buy app called autostarts from market. Find media player in Bluetooth section disable them. Problem solved.
Sent from my DROID BIONIC
Sounds like something that can be done with Tasker. You can specify a State, that when the bluetooth is connected to a certain device (you can choose from a list of devices you're paired with) it will perform certain actions. Launching an app is pretty straightforward.
Pandora will play upon launch, but I don't know how to initiate playback in any of the main music players with Tasker. It's probably pretty easy. I think there's even a Tasker forum on this site you could ask for help.
Tasker in the car, stop and start "music" from different "music" apps
I know the topic might be strange, but I didn't know what to name this thread.
I got a car with bluetooth, and when my phone is connected I want a lot of stuff to happen.
First, I want it to start playing on Spotify (and maybe start some "car app/launcher"). I've been experimenting a lot, and basically have task that Launches Spotify, light the screen up (otherwise I'm having problem with Spotify not starts on play command), and with Media Control Simulates Play. I also have some well timed wait's.
I also have another task that runs when I got a message, that will read the message for me. Since Spotify not will let the TTS spoken message to be heard for some reason, when using the same "media channel" to play the TTS, I also here got some well timed wait's and lowering in volume, and later a pause of the music, before a temp max rise of the media volume and the message being read. After the TTS voice is finished reading the message on the highest volume the volume is set as I want and a Play with "Media Control Simulates Play" runs.
NOW for my questions.
Sometimes I stops my Spotify for listen to a audio book or some podcasts or something else. I would like my task that stops Spotify (or at least let me here the message) and read the message also to work if I at that moment listens to a podcast.
The stop function isn't a problem for me on some apps (they that silens by default when the TTS voice starts), but for apps that needs the sound to first be stopped are problem for me.
I would like some help to have Tasker stop and start the stream for that app that was playing when the message arrived.
If I'm listen to Spotify my task works, but if I listen to podcast, it stops when the TTS speaks, but after, it will start Spotify since my task runs "Media Control Simulates Play" for Spotify.
I would like that Media Control Play (and stop) to be for that app that at the moment was using the media stream channel on the phone.
Is that something that is possible?
/Söder