Turning android phone into an mp3 player - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

so i thought it was a pretty cool idea since i have my old s2 laying around if there was some kind of rom that would make my s2 a stand alone mp3 player example:
just an mp3 interface no android homescreen
no play store etc..
just a ipod style rom wich makes your android an mp3 player
is anybody willing to make or already knows a rom like this?

lazylazi said:
so i thought it was a pretty cool idea since i have my old s2 laying around if there was some kind of rom that would make my s2 a stand alone mp3 player example:
just an mp3 interface no android homescreen
no play store etc..
just a ipod style rom wich makes your android an mp3 player
is anybody willing to make or already knows a rom like this?
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LOL thats really a strange idea.Flash a rom without GAPPS.Delete all apps icons from home screen and add mp3 player widget to home screen .install exposed installer and install a module for contolling music player by volume keys.I think it will solve your problem.....you have a terrific mind my friend...lol

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any substitute for our dear music player? im not really impressed with the player we hve right now.. i am looking for something that can have playlist on it so that i can choose just the right song for the right time.. thanks!
[apk files and screenshots is very much appreciated]
I use doubleTwist, it works great. You can also download the doubleTwist desktop program (aka iTunes for Android) to sync media to your phone.
I'm using Btunes,the clone of iphone music player..
nice nice.. both are great.. thanks guys..
I recommend "3" or "Cubed" (it's the same) or RockOn. And they are free.
Cubed/3: http://abrantix.org/3.php
Rock On: http://abrantix.org/rockon.php
u can create mu3 playlist with any program with the songs on your sd card on your pc, save it on your card and the media player on your phone will have it
gee thanks... thats too many options for me..
i've settled with mixzing after trying doubletwist and btunes. the best match for my needs as it can add all songs from the same genre into the now playing list.
you can download an older version (which is ad free) from brothersoft, if you don't need the funky capabilities of the latest verison (e.g. equalizer)
I am losing hope to find good player for android...
Does anyone know some good player for android? I tested few and none of them fits my expectations. Until now i was listening videos and music on Play Station Portable, that player was just perfect (only playlist option and it would be totally perfect).
I need a player that can browse videos and music through folders (not showing all folders in one place, it is useless, but just folder explorer), and it should play videos. And should have ability to repeat music and videos also.It is all that i need, but everywhere are just useless aplications... I have found PlayerPro, it was quite good...
but for music only. videos was still packed all in one window, without even folders.
I have x10 mini pro, with 2.1-update1 android (it is impossible to update it on my phone T_T)
I am stuck, i do not want to take phone and psp with me everyday. Android is computer, they said...... ehh... I can even pay for good app, becouse i have no choice. Thank You very much.
(btw, what is the reason developers do thing like this? Why not use same interface for videos, or why not to browse files just by folders? i will never get it...)
When i had this x10 mini, i used Uber music
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.uberdroidstudio.ubermusic&hl=es
http://www.taringa.net/posts/celulares/13780485/Android-Uber-Music-Un-reproductor-de-musica-con-onda.html
And also i liked Playerpro
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tbig.playerprotrial&hl=es
http://conocimientoadictivo.blogspot.com/2013/05/playerpro-music-player-2.72-build-65.html
It's also good Zplayer
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.odesanmi.and.wpmusic

Why can't android developers make a working music player?

I'm sorry I know this isn't exactly the place to post this, and sorry for the all caps. But I AM TOTALLY ENRAGED BECAUSE NOBODY WOULD MAKE SOMETHING SO SIMPLE! and nobody would give an explanation as to why!
First of all, I know your music players can in fact, play music files, I tried every single music player avilable, yes I'm not kidding I tried all of them, over 50 of them. Most of them will start and play music. But that's not what's I'm after nor the reason I am so enraged.
Here is why:
THEY WON'T SHOW THE FULL ALBUM ART!!!!!
The ONLY music player, I repeat, the ONLY one out of over 50, that shows your embedded album art properly is the Neutron Music Player, but it's paied and I can't buy **** from the country I'm currently in. and the beep version is too old the touch controls suck.
WHY? WHY? WHY?
What's so difficult? You can make all these more difficult features work sometimes perfectly, but you can't make this very simple task of showing a jpeg image properly? Many of these features I have no idea why they have priority over showing an album art, especially when they seem more difficult to develop. I'm just glad I don't have an android tablet, I can't imagine how crappy it would look on one of those! I'm glad I use the iPad and all of my album art show perfectly in full quality it's just fantastic.
- lyrics and time stamped lyrics support. what's the point? most of you probably listen to music in your native language, what you can't understand what they're singing? Shouldn't you already know most of the lyrics in your collection? this seems like a difficult feature to develop because you have to make a scrollable surface for text ontop of the UI. Isn't that more difficult than just putting up a picture? in fact you have to show an album art anyway! why not just make it show the orginal one instead of the scaled down crappy version? it's like 5 minutes of coding!
- automaticly download album art and lyrics. I just don't get it, if you have pirated music you're too lazy to sort, get on a PC and there are plenty of programs for that! why would you do it over mobile network on your phone!?
-socal network intergration. I'm sorry I never use any of these features, I don't see the point of letting your friends know what you're listening every 5 minutes.
- n-band equalizer. get a better headphone, instead of your stock headset. it's 10 times more effective than any equalizer. the math involved in this must be very difficult especially those that can prevent capping or smooth the curve. Why does this have priority over the basic feature of showing an album art?
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A good music player is really very easy! but none of them will got that tiny final step! It's pissing me off!
Google Play Music: all you need to do is show the embedded album art, and get rid of that stupid blue background, just make it black!
Neutron Music Player: get someone to make you a new skin without all those 2006 style 3D effects.
Apollo Music Player: have an option to turn off the altomatic download, show the embedded album art.
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ok I just saw another thread giving out a bounty for a fix. Maybe I should do the same. I'll also put up a bounty of $50 for a music player that satisfies the following requirements:
-has the basic functions of a music player (play, pause, shuffle, supports MP3/FLAC/AAC)
-displays tag information such as artist, album, title, etc. with full support for unicode, no question marks, random symbols or squares.
-shows the FULL album art embedded in the file it is currently playing, with good quality scaling method without stretching, and without size limit (at least not below 2mb)
-appealing UI. For example, Apollo. Or some of the Chinese music players. Or the MIUI/ Meizu MX defult music players. NOT LIKE PowerAMP/ PlayerPro/ Neutron Player. The album art must at least fit inside the screen, meaning 720pixels wide or more.
-Power efficient, uses NEON instructions.
-buttery smooth
-ad free
optional:
-has lockscreen (Jelly Bean default) integration with FULL album art embedded in the file it is currently playing, with good quality scaling method.
-shows embedded lyrics
It does NOT have to include these features:
-sort by album/artist/recents or any other categories. as long as it has a list of songs I'm happy.
-anything to do with internet, streaming, downloading,free music none of that.
-equalizers, effects
woo you got a new phone there, what is it? android?
yea, the HTC one X on the latest Android 4.1 Jelly Bean! here have a try! it's smoother than iOS!
oh cool! I heard it's also quad-core right? must be really fast!
of cours, browsing is a breeze!
how about music? I see it's got Beats Audio, is it a good music player?
errrr well it makes sound, if that's what you mean. but the sound chip isn't exactly top notch.
wait, what's that? why do your album arts look like crap?
errrr, for some reason all android music players show the crappy scaled down version?
What? why? you're been talking about all these high end hardware, the Infinity Display, the quad-core processor and the 1GB RAM. All these, but you can't even see the full album art? WTF? what a piece of ****!
Don't forget to add proper album track listing in order.. My pet peeve
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Sony device had cool media player specially Xperia S. It ported to all android device give a try.
Have you tried PlayerPro, its a great simple music player on Android. Fell in love with it after got sick of PowerAMP cause when you hit the back on PowerAMP it goes back to the library and not to my homescreen.
Just Another★Gamer said:
Have you tried PlayerPro, its a great simple music player on Android. Fell in love with it after got sick of PowerAMP cause when you hit the back on PowerAMP it goes back to the library and not to my homescreen.
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It doesn't show the full album art. haven you even tried it before suggesting?
play doesnt use embedded art?
Ive used a few players over my stay with android, my vote is with google play music. jet audio player was pretty kick ass too but i didnt like the restricted options for free version(and it let the system dsp take over if present)
for google play music personally like the blue background, after all it matches the ics/jb theme. and unlike jet player, doesnt get choppy on lock/unlock and orientation change.
btw, embedded album art for google play... miss something?
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/47004548/Screenshot_2012-08-23-23-43-20.png
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/47004548/Screenshot_2012-08-23-23-44-05.png
on the second screenshot shows why jb lockscreen integration and "FULL album art" wont always work. the jb system handles the album art on that.
jacobgong said:
It doesn't show the full album art. haven you even tried it before suggesting?
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Obviously I tried it, you know heres a funny thing I use PlayerPro and it does show full album art
N7player does a good job finding album art, better than iTunes IMO because I export my library from iTunes using iSyncr and iTunes has failed to locate album art for several albums I have however N7 can locate many more covers that are missing once on my phone in addition you can tell N7 to place the art in your music folder so it can be made available to other players if you don't like N7's interface. i keep just shy of 12GB of music on my phone and i'm pretty happy with the album art situation myself it's more complete than on my iPod or iPhone.
you also need to keep in mind that all players have to search a database in order to recover album art and making sure all the relevant info is in your ID3 tags will help alot in getting the correct art.
You don't need to whine to make a point (which you do, or maybe not as it seems that you didn't dig deep enough in your pursuit).
1) Here's a surprise for you: mobile phones, and particularly smartphones, have their screen turned off when they're used as MP3 players. They'll usually be stuck in a pocket, not displaying album art. They play music, and keeping the screen on to show the cover art takes a hit on the battery.
2) Here's another surprise for you: few people bother with album art. People play pirated music.
3) And here's another surprise for you:
most of you probably listen to music in your native language, what you can't understand what they're singing?
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is an utter falsehood. People will listen to whatever sounds cool to them, be it gangsta ebonics at its finest, Levan's Polka or J-Pop.
What has value in music apps is not cover art: that's tertiary for most people. What differentiates them is usually format support (yes, lossless formats are not a given in all players), sorting algorithms (yes, people want to sort their music) and interfaces (there I agree that an overhaul may be necessary in the top dogs).
Are you starring at your music album art while playing music and keep screen on?
I think most people just play music while screen off. Doesnt make sense. The most important of music player is how they produce sound quality! Not album art!
And one more things is go make you own music player if you good enough or DONT USE ANDROID!!!
BTW I prefer Google Play Music.
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jacobgong said:
- lyrics and time stamped lyrics support. what's the point? most of you probably listen to music in your native language, what you can't understand what they're singing?
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Lol well i'm from Australia and you think I must love listen to the horrible crap thats the so called "real" mainstream western music.
Apparently OP doesnt know how to use android.
If you never used a Droid phone, then dont buy a highend one!
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Rockbox.
mihovil13 said:
Apparently OP doesnt know how to use android.
If you never used a Droid phone, then dont buy a highend one!
Sent from my Droid RAZR MAXX using Tapatalk
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On the contrary, I'd start with the best phone possible. Otherwise you miss out on cool things. I'm very happy that I could pick the best Android phone of the time (Galaxy S) when I started using Android...
Hzu said:
Rockbox.
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if only x.x
Am I the only one who found Rockbox a little annoying to use?
poweramp and playerpro both show embedded art
Just Another★Gamer said:
Am I the only one who found Rockbox a little annoying to use?
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Really? I found Rockbox the easiest to use. Simple, clutter-less, no-nonsense interface. The default Cabbie theme may not be that visually appealing though. So I changed to another one. At least it's a lot better.
Hzu said:
Really? I found Rockbox the easiest to use. Simple, clutter-less, no-nonsense interface. The default Cabbie theme may not be that visually appealing though. So I changed to another one. At least it's a lot better.
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I felt it seems to lack the nice interface that PlayerPro has.

[Q] Music player and preferences

Hello,
So recently I rooted my Galaxy S2 and I was on resurrection remix rom and now i've got onto cyanogenmod 10.1 nightlies. so far so good. am hiigh on android
The only problem or issue ive faced so far is the music player, ive got to admit theres nothing like the samsung touchwiz music player.
If you guys would kindly help me out here...
ive tried a ton of music players but every single music player manages to detect ringtones and other sounds including my music, which btw the samsung music player never did.
recently i found this music player that had this option where i add only files above 2mb or likewise but i really dont remember which player that was, do any of you know it?
a newbie here so go easy and suggestions or recommendations would be highly appreciated
thanks a million in advance
lllnutslll said:
Hello,
So recently I rooted my Galaxy S2 and I was on resurrection remix rom and now i've got onto cyanogenmod 10.1 nightlies. so far so good. am hiigh on android
The only problem or issue ive faced so far is the music player, ive got to admit theres nothing like the samsung touchwiz music player.
If you guys would kindly help me out here...
ive tried a ton of music players but every single music player manages to detect ringtones and other sounds including my music, which btw the samsung music player never did.
recently i found this music player that had this option where i add only files above 2mb or likewise but i really dont remember which player that was, do any of you know it?
a newbie here so go easy and suggestions or recommendations would be highly appreciated
thanks a million in advance
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Most players have that option. Anyway poweramp is the best music player out there. If you cant buy that use N7 player which is also good. You can select your music folders with both of these apps
2nd PowerAmp, tried a fair few others but nothing came close. Had high hopes for Apollo, but not for me.
Jd

[Q] Stock Music Player on CM10.1

I have installed FUSION v8.0 ROM which i believe is using CM10.1
The music player which comes along doesnt support folder browsing and also the volume is quite low.
Is there anyway to use music player which comes from samsung on default.?
cruiser91 said:
I have installed FUSION v8.0 ROM which i believe is using CM10.1
The music player which comes along doesnt support folder browsing and also the volume is quite low.
Is there anyway to use music player which comes from samsung on default.?
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Samsung music player needs Samsung TW framework, hence no way. Maybe try one of the thousand other music players in the Play Store?
Yeah if you can put a slight amount of money aside to buy poweramp, you won't be sdisappointed.
rootSU said:
Yeah if you can put a slight amount of money aside to buy poweramp, you won't be sdisappointed.
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Thanks for suggestion. Very nice music player indeed.
But still m missing the loud sound of the stock music player. Is there any way this rooting is creating this issue?
cruiser91 said:
Thanks for suggestion. Very nice music player indeed.
But still m missing the loud sound of the stock music player. Is there any way this rooting is creating this issue?
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Thats one of the great things of poweramp, you can make it loader.
rooting itself will not affect volume. It's probably a ROM thing. Custom Kernels such as Devil (link in my signature) will allow you to increase headphone output to.

Useless Nook Tablet

Has anyone thought about making a Rom for the nook tablet that does nothing but play music, kinda like the ones that are used in car radios ? No play store , no games , just a music player, maybe Pandora, I heart, and few others. I think that this would be an awesome use for these vintage state of the art machines.......... a large mp3 player
roncad said:
Has anyone thought about making a Rom for the nook tablet that does nothing but play music, kinda like the ones that are used in car radios ? No play store , no games , just a music player, maybe Pandora, I heart, and few others. I think that this would be an awesome use for these vintage state of the art machines.......... a large mp3 player
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Of course you can do that yourself by getting only a few apps, but for some you mention you will need Wi-Fi. Delete everything else you don't want.
I did something similar when my much-loved Insignia Pilot finally died. Bought a Kit-Kat smartphone from Walmart, skipped activation, and installed MX Player and Aldiko, trimmed most of the rest. Much better for $29 than any mp3 player on the market - especially for bookmarking.
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