Hey all, I'm on the latest update there is for my C6903 and I have just noticed the music player controls no longer show on the lock screen when music is playing. It's not the end of the world as my headphones have music controls on them but it seems odd after all this time for them to be gone.
I've tried all the usual methods of adding widgets to the home screen but nothing changes, the clock remains!
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Kirkymole said:
Hey all, I'm on the latest update there is for my C6903 and I have just noticed the music player controls no longer show on the lock screen when music is playing. It's not the end of the world as my headphones have music controls on them but it seems odd after all this time for them to be gone.
I've tried all the usual methods of adding widgets to the home screen but nothing changes, the clock remains!
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Hi,
Do you have SmartKey installed on your phone by any chance? I've noticed that since the last update, the music control widget has disappeared from the lock screen which is quite annoying if you're using a headset with no remote control as I do. The only solution I've come upon until now is uninstalling this app. It used to be that if you disabled the 'music mode' on the app, the music control widget would reappear but that doesn't work anymore.
Khillo81 said:
Hi,
Do you have SmartKey installed on your phone by any chance? I've noticed that since the last update, the music control widget has disappeared from the lock screen which is quite annoying if you're using a headset with no remote control as I do. The only solution I've come upon until now is uninstalling this app. It used to be that if you disabled the 'music mode' on the app, the music control widget would reappear but that doesn't work anymore.
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Excellent!! Thankyou for the answer, I seem to remember a similar problem on my old Z.
Kirkymole said:
Excellent!! Thankyou for the answer, I seem to remember a similar problem on my old Z.
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No problem. This thing drove me crazy once. By the way, I used my Xperia Z1 today and although I have SmartKey installed, the music widget is back on the lock screen. There has been no update since the last time I've used the phone and I haven't changed any of the settings. Quite weird...
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I remember, way back in the day, when my phone was stock and I thought it was so cool that my music controls would appear when I hit the power button to unlock the screen. Then I thought it was even cooler that I could control Pandora (I forget if it was through lockscreen or through notification bar) the same way.
Now I'm rocking Continuum 5.5 and was wondering if there is something I can do to enable non-stock music players to be controlled through the lockscreen or notification bar without having to add any widgets to my homescreen or without having to download any extra apps. I even hate having to drag the little CD icon down on the lockscreen when I'm using the stock music player. Basically I'm really lazy and would like to control both Pandora and my new Google Music app through the notification bar and hopefully even the lockscreen and I'm very picky about having widgets and such.
tl;dr: can I control non-stock music apps through lockscreen and/or notification bar without having to download any apps or add any widgets?
I would live that too, my stock music player controls dissapeared when I unlock the screen now
Check out Power Amp in the market. Does what your asking and more
Now if it only was a light sabor too....
I know Symply and Subpression did this for all lock screens. Samsung based lock screens work with Samsung player, other lock screens work with any other player, don't know for sure Pandora, but I thought they did. I ran symply for a while, buts its not as stable as continuum.
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echonc said:
Check out Power Amp in the market. Does what your asking and more
Now if it only was a light sabor too....
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Well... the whole point is that I don't want to download any extra apps other than the ones I use, i.e. Pandora and Google Music. Besides, I've used PowerAMP in the past, when it was still free and I thought it sucked. Way too bloated with crap I don't need and a terrible UI.
quarlow said:
I know Symply and Subpression did this for all lock screens. Samsung based lock screens work with Samsung player, other lock screens work with any other player, don't know for sure Pandora, but I thought they did. I ran symply for a while, buts its not as stable as continuum.
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I've tried all the lockscreens that come with Continuum 5.5 with Pandora, Google Music, and Winamp, and none of them had controls on the lockscreen. I'm also wanting controls in the notification bar again, I miss that too.
I see that in the description for the "Obsession" ROM it says that a few of its lockscreens will work with ANY non-Samsung music player. Can someone running that ROM confirm whether it'll give me lockscreen controls for Pandora and/or Google Music? Thanks.
Did we find a solution to this???
Continuum 5.6 has music controls on lock screen. Not sure about pandora though. I'll check it out in a few
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Yep works with pandora
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So to answer your question, you can upgrade to continuum 5.6 and that will give you like four different lock screens that will have music controls for non-stock music players and pandora on the lock screen. As far as notification controls, they don't seem to be there.
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How about for Mosaic?!
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Wow, the music controls only work on the Epic and Glass lockscreens. Lol...
xThe Enforcer said:
Wow, the music controls only work on the Epic and Glass lockscreens. Lol...
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if you are referring to stock music player and continuum 5.6 then yes. But on 5.6 there is 9 lock screens., and several have music controls that work with any non-stock music player. Goto settings/lockscreen menu/lockscreen
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Nope, I'm on Mosaic IV.
How do you get the miui lock screen to work on continuum 5.6 to look like the screen shots? Mine just has the lock slider on the left and the volume slider on the right. No music controls, and doesn't have the buttons like all the miui screen shots have.
moore808 said:
How do you get the miui lock screen to work on continuum 5.6 to look like the screen shots? Mine just has the lock slider on the left and the volume slider on the right. No music controls, and doesn't have the buttons like all the miui screen shots have.
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Try posting in the rom's Q&A thread
Just added smart notifications to Media Utilities which basically adds notification controls to applications that have not added them yet like Pandora. Will automatically hide notifications if you switch the anther media app.
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Did we find a solution to this???
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Since today my Walkman lockscreen widget is not working properly anymore. It just says "No tracks available" whereas there are plenty
I tried clearing Walkman app's data, rebooting, I even flashed a different ROM and the issue is still there. Switching tracks works, when I press the Play button, it displays the track name, but when I hit Next, it doesn't update or change. When I press the Power button, it doesn't show me the widget automatically like it used to.
Really out of options, any kind of help is welcome. Thanks
I believe it a bug with the clearaudio+ app that's included with some roms.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38742196#post38742196
Well that's just great, since I can't root my (stock) device. Also, on my phone it doesn't work at all, not only when the headset is plugged it.
EDIT: got it working again. In case someone else gets this problem, I did this: started Walkman, paused the song, quit the app and removed it from the recent apps menu. Then I locked the screen, pressed the Walkman icon and slowly dragged it to the right. Now it works again.
I am so confused.
Update: broken again! Damn.
morgan_82 said:
I believe it a bug with the clearaudio+ app that's included with some roms.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38742196#post38742196
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Update: rooted my phone, don't have that app. Lockscreen widget still a problem.
Update: Smart Connect app update resolved the issue, it seems.
i'm so
i'm so same problem. when i press play button in headset music app not working and in lock screen i see message " no track available ". Please help.
I use Sony Xperia P Jelly bean 4.1.2
rom stock
Hi,
Does anyone running the Beta use Poweramp and managed to get lock screen widget to work?
I am not talking about the Poweramp lock screen that goes on top of the normal lock screen, just the standard playing controls and album art that show up when music is playing.
I have set Poweramp as my default music player but it doesn't work despite the fact that all worked and I didn't change anything from before to after installing beta.
Other music apps such as Google Music and Huawei built in music app show on lock screen without changing any settings but Poweramp does not and I have tried every option possible.
Maybe Poweramp need to do something for it to work with Nougat?
shaunydub said:
Hi,
Does anyone running the Beta use Poweramp and managed to get lock screen widget to work?
I am not talking about the Poweramp lock screen that goes on top of the normal lock screen, just the standard playing controls and album art that show up when music is playing.
I have set Poweramp as my default music player but it doesn't work despite the fact that all worked and I didn't change anything from before to after installing beta.
Other music apps such as Google Music and Huawei built in music app show on lock screen without changing any settings but Poweramp does not and I have tried every option possible.
Maybe Poweramp need to do something for it to work with Nougat?
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No one replied you? I have now recently update to nougat (c432b361) and I see still the same "bug"?
did you find if it is due to emui 5 or poweramp?
Hi,
I joined Poweramp Beta and somehow got it to work after messing with settings..
It's EmUI 5, I still have crashes if I try and use other launchers with Poweramp and other widgets so stuck using stock for now
Hi,
I joined Poweramp Beta and somehow got it to work after messing with settings..
It's EmUI 5, I still have crashes if I try and use other launchers with Poweramp and other widgets so stuck using stock for now
Ok but on normal app there are no settings that can help to workaround?
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This is an issue I've had with stock-based 8.0 ROMs (currently using JanJan's .235). If I'm using any music player, and the screen is off, once the song is over sometimes the next song will not play. As soon as I turn on the screen and show the lockscreen, the next song starts.
Anyone else experiencing this, or found a fix? I'm sure if I use something that forces a wake lock it would fix the problem, but that wouldn't be good on the battery life.
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This is an issue I've had with stock-based 8.0 ROMs (currently using JanJan's .235). If I'm using any music player, and the screen is off, once the song is over sometimes the next song will not play. As soon as I turn on the screen and show the lockscreen, the next song starts.
Anyone else experiencing this, or found a fix? I'm sure if I use something that forces a wake lock it would fix the problem, but that wouldn't be good on the battery life.
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Go into settings\battery - press the three dots top right - power saving exceptions. Add your music player to the exceptions list.
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Go into settings\battery - press the three dots top right - power saving exceptions. Add your music player to the exceptions list.
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Thanks, I've already done this. It did not fix the problem, unfortunately.
I ran into the same problem: I solved it by not only adding Blackplayer to the Power Saving Exceptions (PSE), but also checking "Wake lock" under Settings/Audio/More". Not sure if other players feature a similar option.
Alternatively, it might be necessary to look for a system process, which is also necessary for music playback and add it to PSE.
This had happened to me at some point last year and I found the setting to get rid of it but now I can't find it please let me know where it is in settings thank you very much. I have already checked settings > lockscreen > widgets and music is disabled. Media player still exists on lockscreen.
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bump for help please thanks
While the media is playing, there is no way to disable the widget. It's one of those "features"!
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While the media is playing, there is no way to disable the widget. It's one of those "features"!
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I've had this phone for over a year and I was able to disable it before and had it functioning without that widget on the lock screen for the last year straight.
So what you said couldn't possibly be true as I did have it resolved. Just the stupid update created a regression.