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Touch Pro 2 with stock 6.1 rom will not play my wmas from storage card

Does anyone else have this problem? It is driving me crazy. The well-intentioned, but clueless folks at the Sprint store cannot figure it out, nor does the HTC tech on phone or chat have a clue. Seems to me that a device as otherwise good as this should be able to use a 16G SanDiskmicroSDHC with no problem. The HTC guy said it was not a compatible type of card! What logic is that? Have micro SD slot and not be able to load a HC micro SD for lots of music or whatever?

rompst said:
Does anyone else have this problem? It is driving me crazy. The well-intentioned, but clueless folks at the Sprint store cannot figure it out, nor does the HTC tech on phone or chat have a clue. Seems to me that a device as otherwise good as this should be able to use a 16G SanDiskmicroSDHC with no problem. The HTC guy said it was not a compatible type of card! What logic is that? Have micro SD slot and not be able to load a HC micro SD for lots of music or whatever?
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are you using windows media? If so try one of the great free or pay ones out there.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=550973
second post down.

Can't find music on storage card
Hey!
I am using the native HTC Touch Flo 3D music app. I can use wm player, but I want the Touch Flo to perform as it should.

can it play the files off the internal storage? its possible HTC left out wma support since its a proprietary format from MS (i dont know what MS's policy toward playback is)
also, there are at least 4 kinds of files that end in .wma, i know a lot of players have trouble with the lossless ones

It does work
I use the built in music player Touch Flo music player. It plays all my music from my 16g chip no problems.
I first played them with WM Media player and loaded them into the library,
closed it then started the Fouch Flo music player.
Works great !!
Try it if it doesnt work for you I can test whatever your having an issue with.

Are the WMAs DRM protected purchased audio, or rips?

rompst said:
Hey!
I am using the native HTC Touch Flo 3D music app. I can use wm player, but I want the Touch Flo to perform as it should.
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stick with wmp, the tf3d player is way too buggy.

rompst TouchFlo music player trouble
L4z3r said:
I use the built in music player Touch Flo music player. It plays all my music from my 16g chip no problems.
I first played them with WM Media player and loaded them into the library,
closed it then started the Fouch Flo music player.
Works great !!
Try it if it doesnt work for you I can test whatever your having an issue with.
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Thanks! I have already tried to update library command, which goes through the motions os showing the number of files updated or whatever, then I close it and go to HTC's native music player and nada. So strange. I even do a soft reset in between doing the above. Any other thoughts?

rompst said:
Thanks! I have already tried to update library command, which goes through the motions os showing the number of files updated or whatever, then I close it and go to HTC's native music player and nada. So strange. I even do a soft reset in between doing the above. Any other thoughts?
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convert the files on your computer to a different format.

burtonsnow8 said:
convert the files on your computer to a different format.
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plus one, change them to mp3.

are they rips?
kierandill said:
Are the WMAs DRM protected purchased audio, or rips?
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Hello and thanks for responding. The wma's were ripped from my CD's...
I really don't know much about many tech matters. I am a believer in the tech, but want to use it, not create it. I'll leave that to others. Any ideas?

converting my wma music files on Sprint TP2
burtonsnow8 said:
convert the files on your computer to a different format.
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Hello, and thanks for responding. I will do what you suggest, however I find it truly amazing that a wma file, spawned by that great Windows creator Microsoft, will not play in their 6.1 Windows Mobile device; if only for very uneven and quirky playback. I mean, I can get a particular CD to show and I can arrow up or down to get to the various songs and then press the triangle play key and the CD will play the songs in sequential order. Like it is suppose to. However, the rest of the library will not show no matter what I do. Another person in this forum said he had been having no issues at all with the (presumably) same Sprint Touch Pro 2 CDMA running the same wm 6.1... using a 16G (like me) SDHC...What up with this?

It sounds like you are browsing to a specific artist and expecting others to show as well. Try browsing out to all your music. In the TF3d player click the left soft key (Library). Scroll across to the music note tab (All Music). In WMP, click the right soft key menu > Library. Then click the drop down arrow at the top and browse to your storage card. Library > My Music > All Music.

iTunes ratings sync finally for captivate

I live and die by smartlists and the ratings through itunes. That is the one thing keeping you from using android. After attempts with almost every program including doubletwist, I have found a solution.
iSyncr along with its paid ratings widget has finally worked for me. The developer helped me figure out the problem at first that it has to be set for the internal sd card (not the external sd card I added). That with the mixZing app and all is well. I even use the two program's widgets on one scree for an almost ipod interface. I can finally start editing my music on the fly. While the ratings need to update to itunes to affect the playlists, so no on the fly playlist editing, but I can finally weed out the songs that suck.
Anyways, thats my rant for all the iphone defectors that miss that part of their old phones.
Oh yeah, and if its games you want, go directly to gameloft.

wakeupkeo said:
I live and die by smartlists and the ratings through itunes. That is the one thing keeping you from using android. After attempts with almost every program including doubletwist, I have found a solution.
iSyncr along with its paid ratings widget has finally worked for me. The developer helped me figure out the problem at first that it has to be set for the internal sd card (not the external sd card I added). That with the mixZing app and all is well. I even use the two program's widgets on one scree for an almost ipod interface. I can finally start editing my music on the fly. While the ratings need to update to itunes to affect the playlists, so no on the fly playlist editing, but I can finally weed out the songs that suck.
Anyways, thats my rant for all the iphone defectors that miss that part of their old phones.
Oh yeah, and if its games you want, go directly to gameloft.
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Very interesting read, thanks

Does this sound like a hardware or software problem?

No media player will read my MP3 Tags. I just get a message that there is no music even though I have about 8gb of it. If I used a file browser I can locate an MP3 and select it, I am then give the option of which media player I would like to use to play the file. All players work. Well they all work until I switch to a different app and the file browser is closed.
PowerAmp, which can view files as well as MP3 tags, can see and play the files but when will occasionally go nuts. I will hear a morse code sound over the music, then the track with change, multiple times, and will end with the dialer making a phone call. All of this happens with the screen off.
I get the exact same issue with clean installs of MiUi (several versions), Virtuosity (V2 & V3) and Android Revolution HD 6.1.1. I have also formatted my SD card, in fact used two different SD cards. All give the same result.
Today it was suggested that it could be a hardware issue and that I should try a stock rom. I installed RUU_Pyramid_TMOUS_1.50.531.1. but no luck. Upon install the HTC media player saw no music.
I find it hard to believe that media players failing to read MP3s tags is a hardware issue when every other app works fine and they can access the SDcard for various files. But I don't know what else to try.

Software.
On ARHD, Go to Settings > Storage. Then wait for your SD Card to be scanned.

Most definitely software. I know the guy above me said it, but more or less for reassurance, that's a software issue. If it was hardware, you wouldn't be able to access anything on the card at all, or at the very least not be able to play files like MP3s.
Here's what I'm thinking. There's two major metadata tags; ID3v1 and ID3v2 I believe. Once, I has an issue where Android refused to read ID3v1 tags, it just ignored them completely. I use MediaMonkey for nothing but MP3 Tags, it's never let me down. Try putting some of your MP3s onto your PC and editing the metadata in MM, then send them back to the phone. Not sure what type MM encodes tags in, but they work for me just fine. Also, be sure to wipe your music player's data in Settings > Applications. This forces it to refresh it's caches on your music.
Good luck!

guys I agree, I can't see it being a hardware issue... but, I am running out of other options. I will try as many suggestions as I can, in full. I really don't want to go through he hassle of a warranty exchange.
@sromer
I did a clean install of ARHD, coming from stock. The default music player found no music. As suggested I opened settings>storgage to let the SD rescan, I even dled "rescan media" and "SDrescan" but no matter how many scans or reboots the same result. The media player does not see MP3s.
@sshede
I had the MP3 tag issue with an earlier android phone and now use MP3tag to edit all of my ID3s. The MP3s that are on my SD card were all viewable by my sensation in December, which is when this problem started. I have had my sensation since last summer. The problem started when I installed a MiUi update. Also I took the SD card out and put it in my SGS and MP3s work.

None of the ICS roms see music at first. Sometimes they can take a couple of hours before finding your music. This has to be rom related. The fimware should have nothing to do with it, and it's impossible to be a hardware issue. Alright, have you tried formatting the SD from within Android? Perhaps (and this is a real stretch) the allocation size is off in the Windows formatting tool and smaller bits of information are being left out? Purely speculation, and likely wrong, but we're troubleshootin' at this point.
Edit: I just reread the original post. Is there a nomedia file or something like that in your music's folder? If you were to add a new MP3 that hadn't been exposed to your Sensation, does it show up? The other thing to think of, if there's a folder called MIUI or miui on your SD, delete it. For good measure, take everything off your SD card that you made, any folder you didn't make needs to be left behind. This includes application folders, .android folders, etc etc. Format the card as FAT32, put all your stuff back on it. Make sure there's nothing in your folders that was created by Android. Nothing, seriously, nothing. If there are any files created by Android or android applications, delete them. Put the SD back in the phone, boot into recovery - not the already installed rom as it might put files back on the SD, wipe and freshly install a rom. This should ensure an absolutely clean installation with everything working fully.

Have you tried using a different SD card? OR back it up and reformat it. If that doesn't work.. Try another SD card. I wouldn't try warranty yet, it's a hassle and if worse comes to worst, they'll send you a ****ty replacement. Can't be the phone giving issues!

@sshede
I just formatted the SD VIA android. reloaded a few gb of music and they do not show up. This is all music that I have been able to view in the past.
Yes there is a nomedia file. I added new music (music which I could see before on other phones) and nothing.
I then reformatted the SD. I only loaded ARHD and Super Wipe. I flashed super wipe then ARHD. While in 4ext recovery I formatted the SD again before booting the rom. Mounted the SD and loaded a few gb of music and... it works... I still don't understand why two other android phones could see the MP3s an SGS and G2. Oh well at least it works for now.
Now I will restore the SD content and a nandroid of Virtuosity V3 and report back... thanks

SykesAT said:
No media player will read my MP3 Tags. I just get a message that there is no music even though I have about 8gb of it. If I used a file browser I can locate an MP3 and select it, I am then give the option of which media player I would like to use to play the file. All players work. Well they all work until I switch to a different app and the file browser is closed.
PowerAmp, which can view files as well as MP3 tags, can see and play the files but when will occasionally go nuts. I will hear a morse code sound over the music, then the track with change, multiple times, and will end with the dialer making a phone call. All of this happens with the screen off.
I get the exact same issue with clean installs of MiUi (several versions), Virtuosity (V2 & V3) and Android Revolution HD 6.1.1. I have also formatted my SD card, in fact used two different SD cards. All give the same result.
Today it was suggested that it could be a hardware issue and that I should try a stock rom. I installed RUU_Pyramid_TMOUS_1.50.531.1. but no luck. Upon install the HTC media player saw no music.
I find it hard to believe that media players failing to read MP3s tags is a hardware issue when every other app works fine and they can access the SDcard for various files. But I don't know what else to try.
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Considering the fact you've tried a wide variety of different SD cards, ROMs, formatting, etc, I presume it's hardware.
Probably some bad connection in the headphone jack or on the board?
I'm no expert, but if I was in your situation I'd immediately just go get a new Sensation.

Remove all the songs except 2 - 3 than wait to see songs in the list. 8gb is too much

Watching Movies - Any issues

I have this weird problem. When i first got this device, i could drop a 4gb mkv (without conversion) on my memory card and watch it with no issues. As time went on, i havent been able to do so. Its hard to pinpoint exactly when this started happening. But heres the issue, i placed several mkv and mp4 movies on my memory card. I would go to play them using BS Player ( i also tried the stock app) and sometimes they would play, and sometimes they wouldnt. The times they would play, if i were to exit out of the movie, go to another app, and then go back to the movie, the movie would not play and the app would force close. I have tried putting my movies on different cards as well as directly on the device, and the device still wont play the movies properly. So, after the force close, about 5 minutes later, the tablet will reboot. I was having this issues before rooting (this actually made me want to root) and after. I just wanted to know if anyone esle experienced anything like this. I also tried playing movies from the USB port and SD card in the dock and still have the issue.
At first i thought it was a memory card issue so i went and got a 32gb, and still have the problem. The i thought it was a format issue. I formatted one to fat32 and the other to exfat, and still experience this. Then i thought it was the app itself, and i downloaded other alternatives and it still happens.
Also, let me add this one bit, is also happens with music that i have stored on the card and the device. Poweramp nor Google Music will play the music. I get the same force close and reboot each time.

I haven't tried playing a 4gb mkv file or anything similar, but I am able to watch smaller ~400MB mkvs off my microSD card (32gb) with no problem. I also regularly play music off of the microSD as well, and have never had a force close or restart because of it.
Have you tried a different memory card?

I have tried a sandisk and an aData. Question, do you keep your movies and music in folders on your memory card? If so, do you have a folder with the same exact names on your device? I had my movies and music in folders marked Movies and Music respectively on the memory card. I also had folders with the same name on my device. i renamed the ones of the card to Videos (there is a VIDEO folder on the device as well) and Albums and now the problem is not there. Might be a bug

I keep my music in a "music" folder in the root of my memory card, and my videos in a "video" folder as well. On my internal storage I have a folder named "Music" but its capital M instead of lower case. I do not have a video folder in my internal storage. Yet I haven't had any problems like what you mentioned.
But im glad its working now!
If it comes back I guess you could always do the common factory reset procedure to see if that helps. It doesn't seem like a hardware problem (like a device reader problem) because its persistent across different memory card types.

timrock said:
I have tried a sandisk and an aData. Question, do you keep your movies and music in folders on your memory card? If so, do you have a folder with the same exact names on your device? I had my movies and music in folders marked Movies and Music respectively on the memory card. I also had folders with the same name on my device. i renamed the ones of the card to Videos (there is a VIDEO folder on the device as well) and Albums and now the problem is not there. Might be a bug
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Not a bug per se, however some apps might not behave nicely. Read this thread, it might help you understand the issue. So, to work around it, avoid having multiple directories that only vary in upper/lower case, when they are in the same directory.

xcal321 said:
Not a bug per se, however some apps might not behave nicely. Read this thread, it might help you understand the issue. So, to work around it, avoid having multiple directories that only vary in upper/lower case, when they are in the same directory.
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Makes sense then. I still wonder if anyone else has experienced this.
Edit: this is not the issue. I deleted the folders from my device called Movies and Music. On my card, i now keep them in folders called Flicks and Albums. There are no duplicate files on the device, but yet i am still having this issue.

ok, so i renamed the folders on the card. performed a hard reset and installed only bs player and poweramp. No issues. I kept going in and out of the apps to make sure the issue didnt come back. After several attempts, it did not surface. I proceeded to install all of my apps and still no issue. I did all of this yesterday morning. Fast forward to now, and the issue still has not come back yet. I guess i solved the problem....for now.

timrock said:
I guess i solved the problem....for now.
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Great :good:
Maybe you can "mark" the topic as solved when it keeps running fine for a few days.

xcal321 said:
Great :good:
Maybe you can "mark" the topic as solved when it keeps running fine for a few days.
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it came back. lol
I think Volume+ is the cause of the problem. I removed it for now. There is a notice that it doesnt work with JB, but it works on my nexus which is running JB.

I'm thinking some apps don't like the delay of the remounting of external storage when the app is running when the tab is put to sleep.
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[Q] Music player and ext-sd a problem

I have searched and am sure I have overlooked something here but I cannot seem to fix my factory music player problem (not Google Player). If all of my music is on the internal SD everything is fine but if I move it to the ext-SD, it cannot be found. The Google Player will still play all of my music but I don't care for the interface.
I have tried changing the directory on my ext-SD card numerous times, as well as using different file explorers to transfer the music files. I normally use the browser in Rom Toolbox to do all file transfer/copying and have no issues. I can't even just move the files, I have to copy them paste them in the new dir. and then go back and delete the old files. Can this be a SD card issuse?
My backups have saved and work but this music thing is driving me crazy. I am using a Samsung card with the TAB2 so it's no like I bought a knock off card from some online wholesale site. I know there has to be a simple fix to this but I just can't seem to find it. I am also rooted but running everything stock.

the only time i've seen anything like this happen is if I place a .nomedia file on my SD card to prevent the stock scanner from looking at the SD card for media files (atleast on my old SGP 4.0, thats how it worked). maybe you've done that at some point? have you tried other music players, there are MANY to choose from, personally I find the stock music app to be abysmal, if the ID3 tags are even partially damaged the files don't show up, I use poweramp, it has its OWN media scanner that won't skip files like the stock scanner does.

daniel644 said:
the only time i've seen anything like this happen is if I place a .nomedia file on my SD card to prevent the stock scanner from looking at the SD card for media files (atleast on my old SGP 4.0, thats how it worked). maybe you've done that at some point? have you tried other music players, there are MANY to choose from, personally I find the stock music app to be abysmal, if the ID3 tags are even partially damaged the files don't show up, I use poweramp, it has its OWN media scanner that won't skip files like the stock scanner does.
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I haven't thought to look, honestly. I got the tab used at Rent a center, waiting for a new one (fastest delivery seems everyone sold out for Christmas). They let me use this one until mine comes in but was trying to figure it out because my buddy is gonna buy this one when I bring it back.
Different players do work, I use poweramp too but just wanted to see if it's a tab issue, thanks for the help. I pick mine up Monday so I may try an unroot then reset. He may just have to deal though, he's getting a decent (some scratches on back) Tab for 100 out the door.