Related
I've started to have a weird issue. I don't know when it started happening though. I went into apollo to listen to some music and nothing showed up in the library. I always use apollo to listen to music so all of the sudden just nothing is there when there are normally around a thousand songs. I tried using the google music app and that one didn't show anything either. Is there some setting that could be blocking the these apps from scouring my touchpad for music files? Most of the music is in a folder called HP Music because I imported the music when I first got the touchpad running Webos last year. When I first switched to CM7, all of the music just automatically imported itself. Same with CM9. So I am at a loss for why this is happening. I was previously running the Aug 11 2012 nightly for CM9. The music definitely worked a couple of days ago while running that nightly. I then today decided to upgrade to the Aug 16 2012 nightly to see if that would fix the problem but no dice. Music still is not showing up in the music libraries. It is worth noting that I can open up the hp music folder, select the song I want and then it will play in the ES media player. Any thoughts guys?
I have also just noticed that when I long press on the home screen and select gallery, it says 0images/videos available.
Thanks!
jetguy35 said:
I've started to have a weird issue. I don't know when it started happening though. I went into apollo to listen to some music and nothing showed up in the library. I always use apollo to listen to music so all of the sudden just nothing is there when there are normally around a thousand songs. I tried using the google music app and that one didn't show anything either. Is there some setting that could be blocking the these apps from scouring my touchpad for music files? Most of the music is in a folder called HP Music because I imported the music when I first got the touchpad running Webos last year. When I first switched to CM7, all of the music just automatically imported itself. Same with CM9. So I am at a loss for why this is happening. I was previously running the Aug 11 2012 nightly for CM9. The music definitely worked a couple of days ago while running that nightly. I then today decided to upgrade to the Aug 16 2012 nightly to see if that would fix the problem but no dice. Music still is not showing up in the music libraries. It is worth noting that I can open up the hp music folder, select the song I want and then it will play in the ES media player. Any thoughts guys?
I have also just noticed that when I long press on the home screen and select gallery, it says 0images/videos available.
Thanks!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I had the same problem, see this post and install the fix and your problem will be sorted.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=30311349&postcount=9
I hope this helps.
sstar said:
I had the same problem, see this post and install the fix and your problem will be sorted.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=30311349&postcount=9
I hope this helps.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks! I had found that same article. Seems to be the fix. I searched root explorer for nomedia and it found one file. I deleted it and poof, my songs started populating again in the library!
jetguy35 said:
Thanks! I had found that same article. Seems to be the fix. I searched root explorer for nomedia and it found one file. I deleted it and poof, my songs started populating again in the library!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Love it when I get something right. :good:
Apollo does not recognize music folders starting with a number
For other people that found this page on google... I was having trouble with some folders that Apollo was not loading. Turned out their names started with the year of the album and as soon as I changed the folder are it appeared in apollo
I was having the exact same problem last week. I couldn't figure it out, and I spent over four hours trying to understand why my gallery and Apollo showed no files. Then, I would plug my TP into my PC, and saw that only the "Notifications" folder would show up in MTP. I tried everything, including clearing my cache, fixing permissions, clearing the Dalvik cache, uninstalling apps, moving apps the SD Card etc...
I finally said screw it and restored to a month old backup, and voila, the problem was solved. If I would have known it was a pesky ROM Manager update, i would have thrown my Touchpad at the wall.
BuffMcBigHuge said:
I was having the exact same problem last week. I couldn't figure it out, and I spent over four hours trying to understand why my gallery and Apollo showed no files. Then, I would plug my TP into my PC, and saw that only the "Notifications" folder would show up in MTP. I tried everything, including clearing my cache, fixing permissions, clearing the Dalvik cache, uninstalling apps, moving apps the SD Card etc...
I finally said screw it and restored to a month old backup, and voila, the problem was solved. If I would have known it was a pesky ROM Manager update, i would have thrown my Touchpad at the wall.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Lucky. I've searched for those pesky .nomedia files and deleted them all and yet Apollo nor Play Music populate with my music at all. My music folder originally was named downloads from webos, I tried renaming to Music and that didn't work. I'll have to dig around for a backup I guess, though I doubt I have any.
allstar319 said:
Lucky. I've searched for those pesky .nomedia files and deleted them all and yet Apollo nor Play Music populate with my music at all. My music folder originally was named downloads from webos, I tried renaming to Music and that didn't work. I'll have to dig around for a backup I guess, though I doubt I have any.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Have you tried running the fix posted here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=30311349&postcount=9
sstar said:
Have you tried running the fix posted here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=30311349&postcount=9
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
...Can't believe I missed that, I literally Google'd the crap out of that last night. Thanks man, working all fine now.
I also seem to have overlooked your previous post with the same link.. Guess I'm either blind, or its just the color scheme of the forum that makes it blend in easily..
[Solution to Apollo Music App]
There are a lot of ".../Android/data/no media." files. If you noticed when you rooted your phone and you had to use CWM or TWRP, folders such as 0, emulated, legacy, and storage were made and duplicated multiple times. If you want your Apollo to start showing songs, you're going to have to go through each and every "Android/data" and delete each no media. files. I can't tell you the exact places where your Android/data file occurs, because the amount of occurrences depends on how many times you've formatted the SD or rerooted with another ROM, but if you can delete all of them, Apollo will start working.
I'm not responsible for your lost of data, information, contacts, etc.
**DO NOT DELETE THE WHOLE DUPLICATED FOLDERS (0, emulated, storage, legacy, etc.) FOR SOME REASON THEY ARE ALL CONNECTED + AND FOR STRANGER REASONS IF YOU DELETE A PART OF THE FOLDER such as the NO MEDIA FILES, all of them won't be deleted.**
I don't know why, but it happens. Thank you for reading and I hope everything works for you :]
This happen to me,
When i accidently put nomedia files on sdcard root, then suddleny missing all playlist songs in Apollo player,
Then fix it easily is with delete nomedia files from root sdcard and then move your songs folder in root sdcard.
And to make sure, clear Apollo's data app.
It's works for me
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.
Sent from my GT-N7100 using Tapatalk
le3ky said:
Honestly. My best advice is just to uninstall (or freeze in titanium) Samsung music player.
Sent from my GT-N7100 using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
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!
Sent from my GT-N7100 using Tapatalk
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!
Sent from my GT-N7100 using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
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
Sent from my GT-N7100 using Tapatalk
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 !
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
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
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
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
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
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
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
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
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?
Hi people, I have a question which I am sure may stump you, looked thru some other threads but unable to find anything except the thread on google music id tags. Anyway the problem: Google music does not play any more since I flashed Liquid Smooth Rom v3.2 LS-KK-v3.2-2014-10-29. and GAPPS The music starts for a split second then mutes, then comes on again around 30 secs later.When viewing the volume icons in settings the music,video, games & other media is locked to mute with no way to raise it. Also when I try to unlock the phone, it mutes again when playing. The internet did not offer much help and what it did offer I have tried with turning off voice activation for google now. It plays thru Apollo now but did not this afternoon. Went into v4a settings and enabled what I think should be able to get it working even uninstalling the driver and rebooting also downloading the zip file (android forums told me about) and tried to install but super SU told me that "there was another version running with a different signature". I am running nova launcher but went back to liquid launcher to see if any different, still same problem. Drop a line if you may know how to fix it. I am thinking it is something simple but buggered if I know what it may be. I will start to move my music from google cloud back onto my SD card then move it to Apollo player.
Cheers for any help given.
Dan Albress.
Hi there!
Straight after the upgrade to Oreo, I am now unable to control my favourite music app PowerAmp using the media controls across all my Bluetooth devices.
Music plays fine but I cannot play/pause or move to the next or previous song. Volume controls are unaffected.
What I have done so far:
- Thinking it was an upgrade issue, I have done a full factory reset (reset data partition too, so that the phone was completely empty). The issue was still there after reinstalling everything.
- Tested with different devices.
I tested with: Philips SHB4000, SHB9100, WillNorn Bluetooth Speaker, T-Com headset, Soundpeats in ear bluetooth.
- Removed Apple Music and Google Music to avoid conflicts, still doesn't work.
- Found a menu in the OnePlus settings called Default (I hit "default" using search so I don't know where this menu is) and selected PowerAmp as the default audio player. This didn't work either.
- Installed Smart Bluetooth Headset, selected PowerAmp as the app to control when overriding the Bluetooth call function - This apparently sorted the issue with the WillNorn speaker.
- However, I tried this morning with two different headsets and controls are not responding.
I have found Replay: The growing struggle of playback controls via Bluetooth which I think it's talking about the same issue...But there are no solutions really.
So what did I try next?
I just went for the Autoinput solution but this step doesn't seem to work:
"Next you'll need to create a task. The first action is Alert > Flash. In the text, put You just pressed %aikeycodename. When you push a button, it'll show you the code of the button you pushed and its name."
I tried to follow the guide but Tasker doesn't show me the keys sent from the Bluetooth headset so I'm back at step 0.
No solutions, no clues.
Has anyone ever experienced this, and how did you solve the problem?
Please advise
Kind regards,
Stefano
ROM? Kernel? Root? Add-ons? There's a lot of information that you should give in your OP.
IF you're on OOS 5.0, try clearing device cache from recovery, that may work.
Also try reflashing the OOS5 Zip file without clearing data.
Hi thes3usa,
Thanks for letting me know that I forgot to post more information
I'm using a O+ 3T, OOS 5.0, all stock, never rooted or unlocked the bootloader, etc.
I tried to clear the cache, format data partition, etc. did not work. But after more research this morning, I have found a post on StackOverflow that basically says Google changed the API in Android Oreo so now you have to recur to tricks in order to get the media buttons attention.
See: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45960265/android-o-oreo-8-media-buttons-issue
Basically, Google Play Music works fine and I'll use this as a workaround until PowerAmp's author updates his code
Kind regards,
Stefano