Note 5 Email App and Voicemail Audio .WAV File playback - Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

New to Samsung, long time Android Veteran.
I am not really digging the way Samsung sets default apps. They give no option to do "Just Once" or "Always" such as other Android versions. This stings in a lot of ways but I've mostly adjusted.
However the Email app always wants to use the stock Samsung "Sound Picker" app which will NOT play my Corporate Voicemail WAV files. I've done some research and purchased WAV Player from the Store. When I forward my email containing the voicemail WAV file to my GMail, it gave me an option to select the default app and IT WILL play it through the WAV Player perfectly. But I cannot get it to work on the Stock Samsung Email app. It never gives me an option to choose an where I want to play the audio file. I've tried clearing the Defaults for Email, Sound Picker, WAV Player, etc. but same issue.
Anyone know a way to play the Voicemail WAV files from the Email app directly (I can save the attachment and play that way but I get lots of voicemails and it becomes tedious)?

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HELP?
facebook pop is the name of the notification sound of the facebook app.
you can find it in some trivial place like sdcard/notifications.
if you dont want android to see it, you can create a blank file named .nomedia it will flag the folder as hidden for any media players.
souljaboy said:
facebook pop is the name of the notification sound of the facebook app.
you can find it in some trivial place like sdcard/notifications.
if you dont want android to see it, you can create a blank file named .nomedia it will flag the folder as hidden for any media players.
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Cool, I'll have to give that a try!

[Q] Hiding ringtones/notification sounds from music players?

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Thanks. I saw that actually, but too bad I'm not using stock music player. It's frustrating, because of those Hangouts sounds, other players don't read those, just like stock. I was hoping someone knows some magic trick for that.

Streaming Audio Files in Background (while doing other tasks with the Note 5) ???

When I stream an audio file on my Note 5, it plays in the Google Play Music app that came with the phone. If I click off of the app as it plays the file, the audio stops playing altogether and the app basically closes. I have to restart the stream and then find the point that it stopped to resume. So, I cannot do anything on the phone with the audio playing the background it seems. I believe this happens if I play a video via the stock video player app as well. Is there a way where I can play such files in the background while I surf the 'net or do other tasks on my phone? Is there an app that might accomplish this on Android??? TIA.
why dont u play in the default music player that came with note5 (not google play)
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darkknight92 said:
why dont u play in the default music player that came with note5 (not google play)
recently the updated it
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How do I do this? When I click on any audio file on the Note 5, it only gives me the option of playing it (streaming it) with the Google Play Music app or downloading it. If I download it, I can still only open it and play it with the Google Play Music app. Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
Go to Settings > Application manager > More > More > Reset Apps preference > check ok. Now you can choose to play files over gplay music, stock music player ot 3rh party apps
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Go to Settings > Application manager > More > More > Reset Apps preference > check ok. Now you can choose to play files over gplay music, stock music player ot 3rh party apps
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Great! I did that and it does now give me the option of playing via Google Play Music app or the stock music player. However, I still cannot do anything else on the phone without the audio file pausing and/or stopping the playing of the audio file. For example, I just downloaded a podcast file onto my phone, opened it and told it to play it with the stock music player app. It will sit there and play the entire hour-long podcast just fine. But, if I need to go check a text message I received or look at something on the Internet, the stock music player stops playing the audio file (pauses playback of it) until I finish checking the text message or complete the Internet task and go back to the stock music player and click on the "play" button. I would prefer that it keeps playing the audio file when I minimize it to go check text messages or e-mails or do something on the Internet. Or is there maybe a 3rd party app that will do this??? Thanks for your help!
Ag12thman said:
Great! I did that and it does now give me the option of playing via Google Play Music app or the stock music player. However, I still cannot do anything else on the phone without the audio file pausing and/or stopping the playing of the audio file. For example, I just downloaded a podcast file onto my phone, opened it and told it to play it with the stock music player app. It will sit there and play the entire hour-long podcast just fine. But, if I need to go check a text message I received or look at something on the Internet, the stock music player stops playing the audio file (pauses playback of it) until I finish checking the text message or complete the Internet task and go back to the stock music player and click on the "play" button. I would prefer that it keeps playing the audio file when I minimize it to go check text messages or e-mails or do something on the Internet. Or is there maybe a 3rd party app that will do this??? Thanks for your help!
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It appears that you use "my files" to play your music..you have been using the pop up music player and thus it will stop when you exit. Try to play music via the music app, search your music in the app itself and not from your downloaded files. Once you are in the stock music app,go to tracks and all your downloaded music will appear
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AndiValon said:
It appears that you use "my files" to play your music..you have been using the pop up music player and thus it will stop when you exit. Try to play music via the music app, search your music in the app itself and not from your downloaded files. Once you are in the stock music app,go to tracks and all your downloaded music will appear
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Don't ask me why I didn't think of trying this before, but I didn't. I just opened the stock music player and went to tracks (just ask you described), the podcast files were there. I clicked on the one I was listening to last night and proceeded to check my text messages and e-mail and the audio kept playing in the background. Thanks for mentioning this! Really appreciate it! :good: :good: :good:

Google home routines and Spotify playlists

Hi,
I've been having some issues with my Google home mini, routines and Spotify playlists. I will share them here hoping someone knows how to resolve them or to tell me where should I post these bugs for the Google developers team to solve them. I could not find a direct way to reach them and I'm a heavy user so I think I could collaborate.
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If I create now a new playlist on Spotify (I have a premium account and set Spotify as the predetermined music player on Google home app) and say directly or create a routine saying "ok Google play my "new" playlist" it won't work.
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Do you know where the home mini saves its cache? Other than goggle home app?
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