(Official 2.3.5 firmware)
I have a password lock setup on my S2 and when it's locked there is no music player controls when listening to music using the stock music app!
Or am I missing a setting/option somewhere? Thanks
Mesquire said:
(Official 2.3.5 firmware)
I have a password lock setup on my S2 and when it's locked there is no music player controls when listening to music using the stock music app!
Or am I missing a setting/option somewhere? Thanks
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Maybe it's because of the password, have you tried it without the password lock, report your findings.....
Ok, it's there, without the lock!
But may be I was spoiled by HTC devices and iPhone that came before, I want the password lock AND the music control on the lock screen together.
Is there a solution or alternative?
As an alternative i use the Headset Button Controller app that uses short/long press combinations on the headset button to skip, back, repeat, ...
Omega Frost said:
As an alternative i use the Headset Button Controller app that uses short/long press combinations on the headset button to skip, back, repeat, ...
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Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, it doesn't quite work with my Plantronics Savor M1100 bluetooth earphone.
I tried a couple of free apps that claimed to have lockscreen controls and MixZing worked quite well. DoubleTwist has a better interface than MixZing but it didn't show any controls on my S2.
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Hi guys, I was wondering if there's any app or mod that will let me control my music from the lock screen so it'll be easier to control while driving? The music co tell on the htc inspire is the perfect thing im talking about.
Thanks
Pred.
not aware of anything like that, but i know for a fact there is an app out there for it. but you could always move your music streaming to your home tab of your device and keep the device from sleeping and be able to control it that way too.
use doubleTwist and you can have the lock screen controls.
PowerAMP allows for lockscreen controls as well. I also believe there's at least one lockscreen substitute that allows you to use any homescreen widget(s)?
Widgetlocker will let u use any widget on the lockscreen, and if u ask me is an absolute must to have as the default lockscreen is soo bleh!!
Sogarth said:
PowerAMP allows for lockscreen controls as well. I also believe there's at least one lockscreen substitute that allows you to use any homescreen widget(s)?
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Poweramp is the perfect solution for me. Not only does it allow me to control the music from teh lock screen but it also lets me amp the music like crazy to get MUCH louder volume from my new bluetooth stereo headset!!!!!!
Thanks man!!
Anyone got a music widget that works with the stock touchwiz player? I have tried (and paid for ) phantom music control and it doesn't work properly.
I am running stock KH3 and adw launcher if that makes a difference.
Thanks
You can give Pure Music Widget a try. It works with the stock music player. It's paid though
...try PowerAmp to...
KayvinM said:
You can give Pure Music Widget a try. It works with the stock music player. It's paid though
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Hey there. I have a related question. I use Power Amp but actually crave the simplicity of the stock music player. Plus I think the sound quality is better. So was looking for a widget for my Widget Locker lock screen, and Pure Music Widget seemed to be the answer. Except...
...am I totally missing something (and in all likelihood I am) or, when you touch the widget from your lock screen, it takes you to the player and not the library? And so from there, is there no way at all to navigate back to your library? Is there a soft key or a menu item or something I'm missing? When you fire up the music player from applications, it starts in your library. So once you've selected your music, you go to the player. But because you started in the library, you can always navigate back to it using the 'Back' hardware button. But Pure Music Widget starts you in the player, so when you hit 'Back', it takes you back to the lock screen, not the library. Which seems to mean there is no way to select any music if you start the music player from Pure Music Widget? You can only play what is currently queued. I can't see any way from the player or the menus that you can get back to your library if you start in the music player itself. It's driving me nuts! Surely I'm mistaken!?
ginloin said:
Hey there. I have a related question. I use Power Amp but actually crave the simplicity of the stock music player. Plus I think the sound quality is better. So was looking for a widget for my Widget Locker lock screen, and Pure Music Widget seemed to be the answer. Except...
...am I totally missing something (and in all likelihood I am) or, when you touch the widget from your lock screen, it takes you to the player and not the library? And so from there, is there no way at all to navigate back to your library? Is there a soft key or a menu item or something I'm missing? When you fire up the music player from applications, it starts in your library. So once you've selected your music, you go to the player. But because you started in the library, you can always navigate back to it using the 'Back' hardware button. But Pure Music Widget starts you in the player, so when you hit 'Back', it takes you back to the lock screen, not the library. Which seems to mean there is no way to select any music if you start the music player from Pure Music Widget? You can only play what is currently queued. I can't see any way from the player or the menus that you can get back to your library if you start in the music player itself. It's driving me nuts! Surely I'm mistaken!?
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Unfortunately that's the way it is or I also have not found a setting or way to overcome it. Sorry I couldn't help.
Google Music, the best.
I jsut sold my ipod touch and am going solely with my Vibrant for media. I have tried different music players, all of which are good but each has a small issue that bugs me. I am on MIUI and love the ROM.
MIUI player - plays great but shows id3 tags differently than what they really are at times
Winamp - plays awesome, all looks great although the MIUI lockscreen doesn't show album artwork. I can set the lockscreen in winamp but then i have 2 lockscreens to get to the phone - redundant.
Doubletwist - doesn't display some of the album artwork
I have tried others but these 3 seem to suite me most. Does anyone know of how to solve these isssues or have a better player app? Coming from the iPod I have high expectations because for music, it just "worked". Now i am having issues with album artwork and id3 tags not showing correctly. Any suggestions for a different player or how to solve this?
PowerAmp far and away is the best music player I have used. I like it better than PlayerPro and Winamp. It is customizable, you can edit the id3 tags, it will play all range of formats even flv. I have been using it for years. Plus there is a trial version to see if you like it and then after 5 days or something like that you have to pay for full flavor.
+1 for PowerAmp
Sent from my SGH-T959 (Samsung Vibrant)
Thanks guys, I just downloaded it and like it yet I have a question. In MIUI I changed the lockscreen controls for poweramp yet when i am on the lockscreen it's the default music player app controls. I know i can set the lockscreen in poweramp, like winamp but i don't want 2 lockscreens to get to my phone. Thoughts?
This is what you do...
1. Go into "Settings" -> "System" -> "Button" -> "Lockscreen Music Controls" -> "PowerAMP"
2. Go into the PowerAMP app
3. Hit the settings soft key
4. Click on "More"
5. Click on "Settings"
6. Scroll down, Click "Lock Screen"
7. Now change the first two Lock Screen settings to:
Enable Lock Screen... ON
Direct Unlock... ON
8. All the other settings are optional, to make the lock screen better suit your taste.
This should fix your issue.
Thank you, that is what I was looking for! It still "flashes" the default music app lockscreen for a second, but then straight to the poweramp one, is that normal? I really just want it to go straight to poweramp, mostly to display the album art and info.
I have actually uninstalled the stock music apk and that took care of it straight away. Suppose you could freeze it with TBpro. Wish they could bring back the 4x2 lock screen.
PowerAmp + Voodoo + Bose in-ear phones = Eargasm
Woodrube said:
I have actually uninstalled the stock music apk and that took care of it straight away. Suppose you could freeze it with TBpro. Wish they could bring back the 4x2 lock screen.
PowerAmp + Voodoo + Bose in-ear phones = Eargasm
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I want to uninstall it then, how do I do that situation. Center its a system app? Anyone know if poweamp only displays certain size album art too? Seems like the really hi res stuff doesn't show up.
Just pull the music.apk from /system/app and put it on your sdcard so if you want to put back someday you'll have it.
You can adjust the album art size in the settings under album art I think. I have mine set at 85 so it shows the art but then also a glow behind it made from the colors of the album art.
+1000 for Power AMP
Well I moved the music apk and rebooted. I still get the flash of the stock music lock screen before it goes to the power amplifier one, is this normal and something I just have to deal with?
Sadly you will for the most part... This is a flaw of using a third party lock screen widget. It will show a glimpse of the stock lock screen then show the PowerAMP one.
Best workaround I've found is this:
1. Go into PowerAMP and play a song
2. Lock the phone
3. Turn it on
4. Lock the phone again
Now, whenever you turn on the phone it will instantly show the PowerAMP one. However if you unlock the phone you'll have to repeat the process... Still, if you have the phone in your pocket and only need to pull it out to change a song real quick this simple workaround works.
Power amp is the best.no doubt about it.Install PowerAmp without any hesitation.
Well I've been tinkering with PowerAmp and love it so I got the full version. The lockscreen issue was solved by uninstalling doubletwist, now the lockscreen goes straight to PowerAmp, even without the little trick above. I suggest uninstalling other players if you're having the same issue. Also, PowerAmp is awesome, so much to customize and displays tags and album art very well.
+1,000,000 PowerAmp! I don't know how I spent the last year on my vibrant without this MUST HAVE app!?! Excellent advice NOOB, this workaround is working great for my Galaxy Skyrocket as well. Shake Flashlight app also works from the PowerAmp lockscreen flawlessly, which is another must have for me at least!
Sokey... I've been tinkering with the lockscreen settings while listening to music and the only time i'm noticing the stock lockscreen flash beforehand is when my previous action before the screen locking is being on the homescreen... and it's more than just a flash... it's a 2-3 second lag! For instance... if my last action was the calculator...then let it auto lock or manually lock it...upon pressing the power button...straight to the poweramp lockscreen. I'll then unlock, close the calc app and i'm left at the homescreen, lock it up, press power, aand there goes the lag stock lock beforehand. Have you experienced that?
HerbMead said:
+1,000,000 PowerAmp! I don't know how I spent the last year on my vibrant without this MUST HAVE app!?! Excellent advice NOOB, this workaround is working great for my Galaxy Skyrocket as well. Shake Flashlight app also works from the PowerAmp lockscreen flawlessly, which is another must have for me at least!
Sokey... I've been tinkering with the lockscreen settings while listening to music and the only time i'm noticing the stock lockscreen flash beforehand is when my previous action before the screen locking is being on the homescreen... and it's more than just a flash... it's a 2-3 second lag! For instance... if my last action was the calculator...then let it auto lock or manually lock it...upon pressing the power button...straight to the poweramp lockscreen. I'll then unlock, close the calc app and i'm left at the homescreen, lock it up, press power, aand there goes the lag stock lock beforehand. Have you experienced that?
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I did exactly as you said with the calculator and each time it went straight to the lockscreen - no lag at all! I suggest uninstalling other music players, when I got rid of the MIUI music player and doubletwist I noticed a huge difference. I can lock it anytime and it has no lag. Good luck.
Make sure in the PA lockscreen settings to have Enable Lock Screen and Direct Unlock both ticked and the Slide to Unlock unticked.
Side note on the more recent builds. PowerAmp 1.4 was the bomb as-is. But then they released 2.0 and it was good for the first build, then crappy for the next 2-3 and finally this current one (build 467 I think) has all the goodies. One caveat that I have found in this newer build is the ability to NOT autoscan when your SD card is remove/put back in. It is on Folders/Library Scanner and untick the Auto-Scan.
Also I highly suggest that if you have Titanium Backup Pro that you use it for two things. First, it is always better to "Freeze" your stock/MIUI music.apk as opposed to just uninstalling them. That way if you ever want to go back you can just "Defrost" it and you are good rather than having to search for the apk and re-push it to /system/app.
Second, as I said before PowerAmp has gone through some growing pains on this 2.0 version. While I do like it very much, I have been on the first build of it while they hammered out the problems on current release, which I am using. You can use TBPro to revert to previous builds as long as you have made backups.
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Can you completely remove miui lockscreen and make it always show poweramps lockscreen even if the music isn't playing ? I'm also using the latest poweramp 2.0.4.467
No, but you can use something like Widgetlocker to replace your lockscreen and put it on there.
The only thing i didnt like about poweramp is how it sounds different out-of-the-box than all other music apps ive tried.
what i mean is, whenever ive used playerpro or mixzing or stock, my music all sounds the same (unless i tweak the sound with an equalizer). ive gotten used to the way my music sounds with stock equalizer values because i do the tweaking with my car stereo, not through an app on my phone.
for some reason, poweramp defaults to its own equalizer values. i dont like that. it should use the phones stock equalizer unless otherwise specified imo
if anyone knows how to remedy this, please share.
I want to bring to attention 2 Problems that I am facing with my new Galaxy S3:
1. Using the stock music player on the default lock screen (swipe), there is no music control feature to pause and skip tracks when I am listening to music. Now I know that there are 3rd party apps that can do that, but I am pretty sure that the stock music player must be able to do that too, since on my galaxy s it works. Has anyone the same problem and any ideas on how to solve it? I am thinking maybe it's a bug on my phone, and considering to 'manufacture reset' the phone to see if it changes.
2. I cannot find the stock task manager app anywhere. I know how to start the task manager ( hold home button), but the app is not there and neither any widgets. I wish there was a widget, so I can put it on the home screen to save time. Any solutions? ( again, not using 3rd party apps)
Thanks in advance
PS: I am also curious how to get rid of the branding logo (Optus Australia) that shows up on start-up, it really makes it look bad. Any suggestions?
I'm having exactly the same questions.
Has anyone a idea?
You can find the music controls by pulling down the notification bar on lockscreen. Let's hope they fix this in the next update.
Yeah, pulling down the notification bar works, but it's an extra step which is pretty much useless, because you might just as well swipe and unlock the phone. Really hope that Samsung/Google fixes this problem, it's so basic.
Also, the stock internet browser seems to be not perfec either: Flash-related problems can occur, especially when watching youtube using the browser, sometimes it just keeps loading and doesn't play. I got the adobe flash player installed, still no change. Anyone sharing same problems?
same question, is there any way to add a shortcut to task manager other than long press home key ?
If you want task manager you can go Samsung app store you can download it. While you are there download photo editor too.
You get music controls if you use a Pin lock instead of just swipe... Silly, I know, but at least you increase your phones protection too
AndiTails said:
You get music controls if you use a Pin lock instead of just swipe... Silly, I know, but at least you increase your phones protection too
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... I don't get music controls on the lockscreen if I set a pin lock..
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You get music controls if you use a Pin lock instead of just swipe... Silly, I know, but at least you increase your phones protection too
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Thanks I did that sometime ago and totally forgot how it appeared.
suggest you go for poweramp , the preset has much better sound then stock player
"Apllication Monitor" available in samsung apps
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same question, is there any way to add a shortcut to task manager other than long press home key ?
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Install application monitor widget from more services or samsung apps
AndiTails said:
You get music controls if you use a Pin lock instead of just swipe... Silly, I know, but at least you increase your phones protection too
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I have a pinlock and get no music controls at all. Tried all the various settings?
Hi
Is there a way to get the music controls on the lockscreen
It's frustrating to have to unlock the phone every time I want to change song.
/Cheers
t24ever said:
Hi
Is there a way to get the music controls on the lockscreen
It's frustrating to have to unlock the phone every time I want to change song.
/Cheers
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I believe there are some threads about this 'issue'. Anyway, try a different music player. I believe Poweramp adds lockscreen controls.
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Oh, and try to put questions in the Q&A topic next time ;-)
After switching the Locksreen from swipe to pattern, i have Musicplayercontrols, at least, when I have music playing.
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After switching the Locksreen from swipe to pattern, i have Musicplayercontrols, at least, when I have music playing.
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With stock music player?
No, I use spotify. Tried with stock but that doesn't show up... Sorry.
Thanks for your replys
As I have discovered you can pull down the notifybar and access the controlls if you don't have activated any form of screen/security lock.
it's annoying that samsung killed this feature...
Wow that blows - Have you tried Google Music ?
From lockscreen you can pull down notifications which has controls in it for music
Sent from my GT-I9300 using XDA
jimmy080705 said:
From lockscreen you can pull down notifications which has controls in it for music
Sent from my GT-I9300 using XDA
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True, but then you have to manually keep the phone awake while driving and such -