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Which streaming audio app to use?

I am not sure if this is the right thread because it's both app related and it is a question so, mods - please move at your discression.
Here it goes: I've been using StreamFurious for quite a while now (free version) but recently it's been acting up. I've reinstalled, fixed permissions, updated streams, etc, etc etc.... I also want to stream AAC streams and free version of SF won't do it. Now, I have no problems paying for an app but SF is not updated often at all and why would I pay for Pro version if the free one doesn't work that well? So I went onto a quest of finding me a better streaming app. I tried DroidLive. Worked OK but did not have the ability to add streams from URL, so only ShoutCast. UI was too crazy for my taste as well (I strongly believe that less is more: less colors, less wild graphics, etc)
With that said, I would value your opinion on which app I should get for my streaming. Here's what I'm looking for:
--Free or Paid (hopefully under $10)
--AAC+ streaming is a must
--Ability to add stations from URL
--Ablity to rename/organize stations
--Clean UI
--Overall good integration with Android
Any feedback is appreciated.
Thank you in advance.

[CM12][APPS] Replacements for Google Apps for cars1189's CM12 build

I figured out what @cars1189 posted minutes ago in his CM12 thread, that it will really slow down the device when you flash the GApps with the rom since the Exhibit 4G's system stuff are kinda old and stuff and needed to be tweaked, therefore for maximum performance on a daily basis, it has to be used without it.
By the way, Here's the link to the ROM.
With that in mind, here are my suggestions for apps that replace the Google Apps.
Camera:
Stock Camera or any other Camera app.
Camcorder:
Stock Camera or I'll look for a Camcorder app in an app store
Google Play App Store:
I am using Aptoide. 1mobile and mobogenie works. Just make sure Unknown Sources is checked in Dev options.
Youtube:
TubeMate (from Android Freeware) and FreeDi. FreeDi can be played through background.
You can watch YT Videos on UC Browser Too.
Maps:
None. GPS messed up. I will find solution.
Music:
Stock music app or 3rd party music app like PowerAMP or MX Player
Fit:
I've been using Runtastic.
Sheets, Docs, and Slides:
WPS Office.
Chrome:
Stock Browser (though that browser sucked)
I also suggested UC, UC Mini, CM Browser and Firefox.
Launcher:
Either Trebuchet Launcher3 or KK Launcher.
Google+:
Man, I don't know.... I will look for a 3rd party app that doesn't use Google Services, but an external service.
Gmail:
You can check Gmail using UC Browser.
Drive:
You can add a Google Drive account and view your files using ES File Explorer
Share some suggestions for apps that DO NOT NEED GOOGLE SERVICES OR GAPPS!

Kotetsukun said:
I figured out what @cars1189 posted minutes ago in his CM12 thread, that it will really slow down the device when you flash the GApps with the rom since the Exhibit 4G's system stuff are kinda old and stuff and needed to be tweaked, therefore for maximum performance on a daily basis, it has to be used without it.
By the way, Here's the link to the ROM.
With that in mind, here are my suggestions for apps that replace the Google Apps.
Camera:
Stock Camera or any other Camera app.
Camcorder:
Stock Camera or I'll look for a Camcorder app in an app store
Google Play App Store:
I am using Aptoide. 1mobile and mobogenie works. Just make sure Unknown Sources is checked in Dev options.
Youtube:
TubeMate (from Android Freeware) and FreeDi. FreeDi can be played through background.
You can watch YT Videos on UC Browser Too.
Maps:
Waze. Nuff said, bro.
Music:
Stock music app or 3rd party music app like PowerAMP or MX Player
Fit:
I've been using Runtastic.
Sheets, Docs, and Slides:
WPS Office.
Chrome:
Stock Browser (though that browser sucked)
I also suggested UC, UC Mini, CM Browser and Firefox.
Launcher:
Either Trebuchet Launcher3 or KK Launcher.
Google+:
Man, I don't know.... I will look for a 3rd party app that doesn't use Google Services, but an external service.
Gmail:
You can check Gmail using UC Browser.
Drive:
You can add a Google Drive account and view your files using ES File Explorer
Share some suggestions for apps that DO NOT NEED GOOGLE SERVICES OR GAPPS!
So you can use @cars1189 's CM12 Build! And remember, DO NOT FLASH GAPPS FOR CZUZ IT'S RECOMMENDED!!!!
Here's the link to the ROM. CLICK IT
Sent from my Waifu using XDA Free mobile app
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Basic statment to the point:
I in no way am recommending anyone not use gapps. In fact the only thing i said directly relating to gapps was: "I have never used any Cyanogenmod rom without gapps installed". And despite the rom in general NOT just gapps being slower than past roms i still use it as my daily.
I definitely in no way said that gapps will make the phone too slow.
Directly in responce:
Thats the only statment directly at gapps. The rest of it is general information because everyone always says something about performance. The rest of my statement only says that i had one random reboot with kkernel since you asked about it and then goes into detail about why going forward nobody should expect the same or better performance than say 4.4 + K^Kernel, again since you asked about speed. Now if you feel that the performance decrease warrants not using gapps because it makes it too slow then thats your opinion. I in no way meant to discourage users from using gapps. Im sorry if my post was confusing.
Other information related to this post:
While i think gapps are pretty usefull. I will admit that apps like waze not only replaces maps fairly decently but also makes enhancements. The idea of making a mundane task like driving to work potentially a fun/social event by being able to interact with others i think is cool. Do i recommend people replacing apps you mention no, but do i think presenting them to others to consider is a good idea sure some of them do bring cool ideas like that with waze. I AM IN NO WAY RECOMMENDING. However i dont think this post should be deleted either. Just dont put words in my mouth please. Again this also isnt a angry post or anything, maybe my post was just confusing this is just to let everyone know what i meant to say and how i feel, and if you could correct your post accordingly i would appreciate it.
More detail about what i meant:
Also what i meant by old system stuff is that theres most likely a bit of a performance hit because of the old binaries/libraries that could get worse with newer android versions. Sometimes we have to update our "wrappers" to these libs to work with newer android versions. If you look in logs you can see where it says something like " *lib name* uses *blank* which is *insert ineffeciant or waste of memory here* please fix ". And thats not gonna go away anytime soon. One of the few libs it said this about i did just replace, 3 of the others it mentions im working on now. Is there more? maybe idk im working on it. However they are prorpietary files replacing them isnt that easy. And this doesnt mean that gapps is slow because of our libs. In fact gapps likely uses its own libs for things it does and so do other apps maybe. However if a app does user for example anyother lib im gonna replace libjpeg(since its already opensource) if a app doesnt use their own libjpeg maybe its slower because its using our old one. Maybe if apps do use the system lib i could replace libjpeg with libjpeg-turbo since its "2-4x as fast as libjpeg" on arm neon. However the libjpeg code(original) has been unchanged since 2008 so will it be faster idk maybe compiled with a newer compiler might help.
Side note: you guys do know that the file he linked is the md5sum right and not the rom? I only mention it because more people have downloaded it than the rom, could be just re-downloads but just saying lol.

Life without GAPPS ?

Hey guys anyone out there not using gapps with his custom rom ? I am on Lineage 15.01 official oreo build and i dont have google apps installed on my phone.
I use fdroid and yalp store and micro g services. Apps crashes sometimes and it can get painfull but mostly everything works.
One of the disadvantages is that youtube doesn't work you can only browse it through the web. Some other applications also.
For navigation i use offline maps. With games i had no problem.
Anyone tweaked micro g to make youtube play ?

Did you tried YouTube vanced ?
Try it installing from magisk manager app.

What about newpipe ? it is available on f-droid and have tons of features that official youtube app doesnt

[email protected]# said:
Hey guys anyone out there not using gapps with his custom rom ? I am on Lineage 15.01 official oreo build and i dont have google apps installed on my phone.
I use fdroid and yalp store and micro g services. Apps crashes sometimes and it can get painfull but mostly everything works.
One of the disadvantages is that youtube doesn't work you can only browse it through the web. Some other applications also.
For navigation i use offline maps. With games i had no problem.
Anyone tweaked micro g to make youtube play ?
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Use Newpipe.

Thanks, i downloaded the app. Any ideas on e-mail clients, i used FairEmail for a while but it didn't work as expected. Browsing the web to open my gmail is a lot more trouble.

[email protected]# said:
Thanks, i downloaded the app. Any ideas on e-mail clients, i used FairEmail for a while but it didn't work as expected. Browsing the web to open my gmail is a lot more trouble.
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Outlook maybe?

i am not a big fan of Microsoft either. I am using outlook at work. I also use Microsoft Excel on my device..
But i can say that not using gapps is not a problem, the phone is cleaner and google is not on the background eating sources.
Duck duck go also is a great browser.

mohitgujjar123 said:
Did you tried YouTube vanced ?
Try it installing from magisk manager app.
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I downloaded both nonroot and root apks. I installed the nonroot to check it out before flashing.
Very good and it plays on background ! :good:

Bad support for AirAudio in some custom ROM

Hi everyone,
I don't know if i was the only user of AirAudio ( This app allow to cast audio through Airplay, DLNP and many other protocol) but with majority of rom, there is a bug. The audio is still output by the speaker and in same time casted...
Some info from dev of AirAudio
This is sadly a known bug in the ROM you are using, it has been reported by two other users and solved by using another ROM.
Certified Android-ROMs must _only_ redirect the audio-stream to AirAudio and not play it additionally on the local speaker.
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Rom where AirAudio Work fine (not exhaustive) :
Resurection Remix (RIP)
BlissRom
Rom where AirAudio still output in speaker (not exhaustive too) :
MSM Xtended
Syberia
EvolutionX
DerpFest
The dev doesn't know the problem, or it doesn't care about this ?
PS: To avoid any misunderstanding due to my bad English. I thank the developers for their work and if I say that they don't care about that, it's just to explain that maybe they're better off wasting time on this bug.

After an update the rom StagOS has the problem too, i check the new commit and i suspect this commit :
https://github.com/StagOS/android_frameworks_av/commit/ea7dcb78cfce8abe8cd9afc0976d888045303101
What bug this commit fix ? it is really important ?

Hi!.
Did you ever find out the exact commit that is causing the issue?

On crDroid, the above commit was reverted, now it works fine here.

Hey there,
AirAudio has been kicked by Google because they didn't like a link to a rooting-website inside the description anymore, written 7 years ago.
Its successor is called AirMusic and allows to stream some apps (eg. YouTube, YT Music, Deezer, PodcastAddict , radio.de, Plex and more, you have to try it out) without root on Android 10+.
On rooted devices, all audio can be transmitted.

I have the Mate 40 Pro, Ask me anything you like ☺️☺️

I am based in the UK and officially own the Huawei Mate 40 Pro. I will say now it's a ridiculously good phone. I cannot fault it at all. Ask me anything you like in regards to it (design, Usage, etc) ... Happy to answer all questions

Great. I am thinking to upgrade P30 pro but very skeptical due to Google.
How u transfer full Whatsapp and how is realistic experience without Google (automatic photo upload, contact sync, G drive, Google duo etc)

Hello
Right, to transfer full WhatsApp you'll need to copy & paste your WhatsApp folder into the Huawei (internal storage) specifically you'll need the "Databases" folder but I would copy the whole WhatsApp folder over so you have your photos, voice notes, videos etc. It's a tiny bit annoying, however, it's the only way to successfully restore your whole WhatsApp history onto the Huawei ?
The experience without google, for me, is really good. Yeah I won't lie, it would be nice to have google services on the mate 40 pro but it's a compromise I'm willing to live in, just need to put in some work to have the dbejxe to my liking. Photo/video/music uploads you can use the MEGA app, simply download it using huaweis Petal search. Contact sync I simply sent all my contacts by bluetooth from my old device to the new hauwei. Or you can back them up on your p30 pro to your Huawei account and download them to your new Huawei. G drive isn't working at all because it's needs gms. I needed g drive for my WhatsApp backup but I had to use the above method I've mentioned google Duo just won't work for now but I use WhatsApp video calls as the best alternative. Gmail doesn't work. But instead of gmail I use Outlook which is a very good email platform. Youtube doesn't work but youtube vanced is the much better alternative (no adverts and had background play)

Thank you for your honest and solid reply.
I am extremely inclinded to this device but the region where I live (Middle East) the whatsapp calls are blocked and we have to rely on Google Duo (personal) & MS Teams for official calls (MS Teams not yet available on App Gallery).
How about launchers (I use Nova launcher)
Honestly speaking, i dont see any other phone which can challenge Mate40 Pro (nor Note 20, niether iPhone 12)
simillar to other apps , several local apps are also not available (Yes we can install via petal search or even other stores but i am not sure they might be dependednt on Google Services)

fahadazizkhan said:
Thank you for your honest and solid reply.
I am extremely inclinded to this device but the region where I live (Middle East) the whatsapp calls are blocked and we have to rely on Google Duo (personal) & MS Teams for official calls (MS Teams not yet available on App Gallery).
How about launchers (I use Nova launcher)
Honestly speaking, i dont see any other phone which can challenge Mate40 Pro (nor Note 20, niether iPhone 12)
simillar to other apps , several local apps are also not available (Yes we can install via petal search or even other stores but i am not sure they might be dependednt on Google Services)
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Why had the middle east blocked WhatsApp calls ? ? There are many alternatives, Skype, Viber, etc
Haven't tried nova launcher but will definitely get back to you on that
Currently the only apps which aren't working are Maps, gmail, g drive but I've found alternatives. Netflix works but not on full hd

Hello.
Did you manage to get chrome, poweramp music player, Uber, careem, Snapseed?
How about the games? I have invested in play store like extreme landings etc
Thank you for the answering

fahadazizkhan said:
Hello.
Did you manage to get chrome, poweramp music player, Uber, careem, Snapseed?
How about the games? I have invested in play store like extreme landings etc
Thank you for the answering
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Chrome works flawless, PowerAmp also but the rest will probably don't work because it needs GMS. Games are a thing for itself some work without GMS and some don't

What bank apps not working? And what will i miss if i join huawei from iPhone?

You can record screen at 90fps ?

Can I check with you that the Silky water mode can be used with all 3 rear camera lenses with the Mate 40 Pro? Thanks

Thanos88 said:
Currently the only apps which aren't working are Maps, gmail, g drive but I've found alternatives. Netflix works but not on full hd
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I have guidance in Maps, only on 10.49.3 version (of the latest versions).

Glad you have got 1! I'm deciding on whether too but no GMS is a pain, looking to get the deal from the Huawei Store but i few questions,
As your in the UK do you have any banking apps working?
If you use Spotify and YouTube Vanced can you cast to devices?
What keyboard do you use? I've been a long time gboard user but obviously this will be an issue.
Thanks!

Which model is the global version? On ebay I see two models : NOH-NX9 and NOH-AN00

Arr6 said:
Which model is the global version? On ebay I see two models : NOH-NX9 and NOH-AN00
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AN00 is the Mainland China version

I am using NOH-NX9 as well for singapore

to TS, do you find some games are able to use the GPU but some games just fall back to base resolution like 640x480?

Thanos88 said:
I am based in the UK and officially own the Huawei Mate 40 Pro. I will say now it's a ridiculously good phone. I cannot fault it at all. Ask me anything you like in regards to it (design, Usage, etc) ... Happy to answer all questions
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Hi, I updated my mate 40 pro to emu 11 and now magazine unlock is not working anymore. Do you have the same problem?

Mate40 pro comes with EMUI 11 ... what update did you make ??

Does the new EMUI always on display show notification icons for third party apps e.g. Outlook, WhatsApp? Does the MicroG method for getting some third party apps notifications
still work?

Mate40 pro comes with EMUI 11 ... what update did you make ??

@future3: I receive notifications from WhatsApp in AoD.