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Hi,
I got both Asus Transformer with Honeycomb 3.2 and Galaxy S2 with 2.3.4
Neither of them is multitasking ?? I can't listen to the music and e.g. read
emails or use any other app. Going to emails will stop music, youtube etc..
It rather 'parks' apps and not runs nor stop them.
With both of devices running on dual core CPUs this is quite disappointing.
Is there a way, a flag or setting somewhere in the OS to enable real multitasking ?
Thanks
when you switch from one application to another, are you using the back button or home button? the back button ends your application while the home button leaves your application as it is
Thanks,
I see now the stock audio player works in background when using home button.
Youtube doesn't. some apps seem to be privileged to run in background and other are not.
smartin said:
Thanks,
I see now the stock audio player works in background when using home button.
Youtube doesn't. some apps seem to be privileged to run in background and other are not.
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not exactly. I mean, it doesn't make sense to have a video running in the background right?
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sweetnsour said:
the back button ends your application while the home button leaves your application as it is
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Not exactly. It all depends on the application - apps have full control over a back button, it can't kill them. But many apps exit themselves on back button.
smartin said:
Youtube doesn't. some apps seem to be privileged to run in background and other are not.
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Youtube doesn't because Google has implemented it that way. Most of users don't want to play videos in the background, so Youtube app automatically stops playback when going background.
sweetnsour said:
not exactly. I mean, it doesn't make sense to have a video running in the background right?
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It makes perfect sense. I usually have music videos running in the background. It awesome and im disappoied that my asus tf101 running honeycomb 3.2 doesn't allow me to run awesome music in the background. rage!
Why don'y you convert it to mp3?
or, if you want to keep it, I think Meridian Media Player can play video files as mp3.
There is so many songs that are on youtube and there are some cool playlists too. i spose its kinda like a cloud but a universal cloud at that. This docking keyboard is sooooooo slow and the cursor keeps jumping to the browser http: Plus why when i hit spacebar does the input do irregular things. For example: when using youtube i cannot use spacebar on docking board i have to use onscreen keyboard. so annoying. Sorry asus tf101 honeycomb but you may be a dudddd or i this particular tf101 needs taking back and replacing.
sorry for bad english in above text but yea keyboard is playing up.
Every device on XDA has one so why not us, I also own the tombile version but hey its basically the same thing, so i thought i might as well bring it over to our side
I'm going to share some useful applications I have on my GS2.
1.Rotation Locker - It locks your screen to either Portrait or Landscape. Awesome app to have when playing temple run in landscape.
2. Rom ToolBox Pro - ROM Toolbox combines apps like Titanium Backup, Root Explorer, ROM Manager, front changer, and etc. Basically your swiss army knife for a root user.
3. AdFree for Android - I hate annoying ads this app removes most ads in the browser and other apps.
4. MXPlayer - one of the best apps for viewing movies and online content if you dont want to use gallery.
5. ProPlayer Music Player - Awesome music player that support all music formats, built in EQ, allows you to change songs when phone in standby mode by just the volume button
6.Tweetcaster - Great App to use if you tried of twitter. other than that its a social networking app that needs no explanation
7. Amazon App Store - They offer a Free Paid App Of The Day (snag rom toolbox pro off of there this is a must have app) did i mention FREE PAID APP A DAY!!!!!
8. XDA App - No Explanation at all
9. Dolphin browser HD - To me Best web browser on the android market (Plz remember this is an opinion lol)
10. Audio Manager / hide it pro - If you have one of those girlfriends/wife that love going threw your phone (call log, sms, pictures.) This app is perfect for you. lets u hide pictures, videos, applications, messages, and calls in your phone in plain sight.
This is a community and we all have the same device so lets help each other out. If you want to know what's a good app is regarding your needs, ask in this thread and I, or others, will be able to help you out.
*NOTE* If you know any unique or useful applications dont be selfish and keep it to yourself, please add them in this thread so I and others on this thread can check them out. Hey you never know who you may help or surprise on this thread
A couple ones I find useful:
Zarchiver - a file manager/explorer program. Makes extracting and keeping track of things a lot easier.
App Garden - Bunch of utilities in one. Calculator, unit conversions, dictionary, etc. Great value and space saver.
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Also, not sure of this is really "useful", but if you're a fan of anime, I'd recommend you download Watchwhatanime. It's a free anime streaming app with an extremely wide selection, so you'll more than likely find whatever anime you're into. Especially good if you're into Naruto, Bleach or any other currently running anime that Crunchyroll holds out on. If you don't mind waiting an extra day, the latest episodes are available, as opposed to either waiting a week or paying for a crunchyroll subscription.
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Link to amazon app store?
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whatsapp
whatsapp and shazam
My list of essential apps:
AdFree
Apex Launcher
BetterBatteryStatus
Chrome
CPU Spy
ES File Explorer
MyBackup Root
Rom Toolbox
SwiftKey
Tapatalk
Tasker
I tried hide it pro but it wouldn't allow me to unhide apps, caused me a lot of grief.
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system tuner pro is probably the best app for everything from backups to uv'ing to oc'ing a must have for all root users
sly-tendencies said:
A couple ones I find useful:
Zarchiver - a file manager/explorer program. Makes extracting and keeping track of things a lot easier.
App Garden - Bunch of utilities in one. Calculator, unit conversions, dictionary, etc. Great value and space saver.
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Also, not sure of this is really "useful", but if you're a fan of anime, I'd recommend you download Watchwhatanime. It's a free anime streaming app with an extremely wide selection, so you'll more than likely find whatever anime you're into. Especially good if you're into Naruto, Bleach or any other currently running anime that Crunchyroll holds out on. If you don't mind waiting an extra day, the latest episodes are available, as opposed to either waiting a week or paying for a crunchyroll subscription.
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i am tried of crunchyroll n their B.S but i never unerstood how to watch anime using Watchwhatanime
Bronk93 said:
I tried hide it pro but it wouldn't allow me to unhide apps, caused me a lot of grief.
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did u forget ur pin code or something because i never had that problem
Nope. After I hid an app I'd go to the hidden apps section, highlight an app and select unhide but it never reappear in app drawer.
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My tops picks are:
Poweramp - music player
Beyondpod - podcast manager
Android Pro Widgets - tons of great home screen widgets
Color Note - great note pad
Tinyshark - player for music shark
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Titanium backup
Rom tool box
Tapatalk
Three best I can think of.
Jrude2262 said:
i am tried of crunchyroll n their B.S but i never unerstood how to watch anime using Watchwhatanime
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Have you seen the recently updated version? It's much easier. Just pick your anime, select the "episodes" tab, choose your episode and click a streaming link (options available for most of them are videoweed, video44, novamov) all streaming links for that episode contain the same episode. There's just multiple there in case one link is broken.
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Amazon app store link
http://www.amazon.com/mobile-apps/b?ie=UTF8&node=2350149011
Its on the right hand side of the screen.
Pulse - rss reader. I tend to read the same 15 or so websites every day. This makes it easy to scan all of them real quick and read the articles I want!
System tuner - for oc/under volt /sys configuration changes.. Easy to use!
Adfree
Terminal emulator
Es file explorer
My movies pro - I have 600 movies.. This app kicks ass!
Adfree
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-Power amp (or pro player if on twux variant for volume rocker support)
-Beyond pod for podcasts
-Speed view (reads your MPH, dash setting which reflects speed off windshield is actually really cool and works great at night)
-bacon reader
-Around Sound, Runtastic. Great combo for anyone wanting to keep track of workouts and have sound come thru over music if you like biking with headphones for example
-pulse/flipboard/currents
-friend Caster as a lightweight, sync when you want, FB alternative
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tamcdonald said:
My tops picks are:
Poweramp - music player
Beyondpod - podcast manager
Android Pro Widgets - tons of great home screen widgets
Color Note - great note pad
Tinyshark - player for music shark
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+1 for Android Pro Widgets, it's awesome. Also, I really like Taptu for all things news and rss related.
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My Best and Favorites
BlueTooth Audio Widget- Best for Rerouting all sound to BT devices
CPU Spy- Monitoring Cpu Data For Performance
Equalizer- Works good for Boosting In call Volume
TubeMate- Best for Downloading Everyone of your Favorite Youtube Videos(off the market app)
Meridian Media Player Revolute- Best for playing the Playlist you Make and Download with TubeMate
Screenshot ER Ultra- Best ScreenShot App in my Opinion
Screencast Video Recorder- Recording On Phone Screen Video and Mic Sound
ROM Toolbox Pro- Best for all your Own mods and Tweaks on your ROM
PowerAmp- AWESOME AUDIO PLAYER !
XDA Premium- U all know why! lol
ES File Explorer - Its just easy to work with and my personal preference
Dolphin hd
Power amp
Solid explorer
Rom manager
Android task killer
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Dropbox
Whatsapp
Speedtest
to name few
i've found a few...share them people
sendit- using google drive send a file to any phone/os in an sms
tasker- do it all through voice
Also give link with the app names
Thanks
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OStream:Speed up your facebook.. Its awesome still in beta phase bt i love it!!
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touchretouch- edit photos after taken
pro hdr camera-excellent hdr camera
quick pic- excellent picture, thumnail, precaching of photos and videos. Excellent internal player too
photaf- 360 panoramic
powernzb-nzb downloader
bbc arabic
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People, I think the point of this was to post "Non- Play Store" apps, as in ones only found on forums on XDA.
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I think that the name and target of the thread is not clear enough.
It mentioned specifically "aren't too popular". So... wtf is 'What's up' doing with that?! And most of the rest.
Please only put apps that you found, use and not seen in the first pages on the forum. Do not make this a list with your apps... please!
okty2k said:
I think that the name and target of the thread is not clear enough.
It mentioned specifically "aren't too popular". So... wtf is 'What's up' doing with that?! And most of the rest.
Please only put apps that you found, use and not seen in the first pages on the forum. Do not make this a list with your apps... please!
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kcls said:
People, I think the point of this was to post "Non- Play Store" apps, as in ones only found on forums on XDA.
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The OP listed tasker as an app. Its on the play store. People can post whatever cool apps they use. If you don't like it, start your own thread.
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Streamlne said:
The OP listed tasker as an app. Its on the play store. People can post whatever cool apps they use. If you don't like it, start your own thread.
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This. And I mean seriously, how long until these apps hit market? It's the most available platform. A cool app is a cool app on xda or store
But we already have tons of "what's your favorite app" threads. It would be interesting to discover new sous that aren't already on the okay store. But it's whatever. Do as you please everyone.
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"coolest apps you've discovered on this forum that aren't too popular"
Maluuba
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.maluuba.android&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5tYWx1dWJhLmFuZHJvaWQiXQ..
ES file explorer: Holo Theme
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32439406
And dSploit, but that one is pretty popular, i guess
Greetz
// j_dee
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New rule you have to put a short description for each app you mention
Aptoide uploader is really nifty. You make yout own private app store for your friends. I liked it over a competitor appsfire.
Appsaffinity- goof apps discovery app
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Xperia Launcher + Widgets, modded to work on all devices...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34823516
YouTube with screen-off playback and HD via 3G
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23243273
Greet
// j_dee
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Nice j dee! I hate it when my youtube shuts off in the gym. Can't leave the screen on and put it back in my pocket
Come on peeps keep em coming. I like the list so far. It's small and precise not large and burgeoning. Let's go over something very relevant: STREAMING from your HD
Jbeans 4.2 Camera- Full Screen Camera (compared to 4.1.2) and gallery you could flash for your 4.1.2 phone
Mediahouse Player- An organized app that collects all the shared music videos off of shared directories on your computer use in conjunction with. Allows you to favorite directories/devices. Really neat app
mx player- easy ui can easily disable/enable hardware software encoding for audio and video during play
v player- like mxplayer, could be better with UI, but unlike MX player allows you to set buffer to a whopping 8mb...so longer initial load for video but plays back perfectly otherwise
ES file explorer- save network drives
I usually make the default player for ES v player and for media house mx player. Good setup. Mx Player allows you to manage defaults for video players in-app too. Another neat feature. Well worth the money for that app.
From the computer end there are a lot of options to stream (I made a post about this a while back...search on me) but I like PS3 Media server 1.70.1 for my PS3. It allows for real-time transcoding for devices where your video format (ie mkv) isn't available. I also install TVersity server on my computer end and both servers as well as the raw files allow me to wirelessly stream every tv show except for planet earth which has a ridiculous bitrate.
Only other thing to worry about on the computer end is to make sure your sharing settings etc are set up as openly as possible. I have a homegroup password and everyone in it is allowed to at least read my directories
Hey zetsui,
sure, I love my HOX and GNEX phones (by now even more than my PC) and why not participate in sharing cool underdog apps?
Is that Mediahouse player the one you can download from the Play Store? Sounds pretty usable to me
Greet
// j_dee
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Yes you can dl it from playstore it is thr upnp dlna browser.
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Mi sound recorder
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28295194
Way better than stock audio recorder. Can record as mp3 at 128kbit/s, good enough for me. Of course, you can increase it. Can record as ogg too.
Solid explorer
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.solidexplorer
Might be popular, but worth a mention anyway. Fast, free, full of useful features, no ads... Did I mention the slick ui?
Cpu adjuster
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ryosoftware.cputweaks
Like setcpu, but free. You can have 3 profiles in the free version. Ought to be good enough for beginners.
Also worth checking out: servers ultimate.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.icecoldapps.serversultimate
These apps are in xda too, but play store linking is more convenient.
Advanced Touchpad Remote Control
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.arcoid.advancedtouchpad&hl=en
Turns the phone's screen into a multitouch touchpad.
Perfect for Laptops with short HDMI cables.
Update: I hadn't realized the original developer still has this on their website. I searched Google before but didn't find any place to download, that's why I posted the mirror. But later on I stumbled upon it. The developer's site is http://exigocs.com you can also download TinyShark Downloader from there.
It's no longer available on Play Store, but I downloaded it shortly after I got Android. I then discovered soon after it was removed from Play Store, so it has since lived on my sdcard with TitaniumBackup, since I did a lot of ROM flashing.
Despite not being updated for over a year, it works great on Jelly Bean , and is still is one of the best Grooveshark apps for android I've ever tried, with playlists, offline cache option, and more.
With offline cache, you can effectively use this as a mobile Grooveshark downloader. It dumps the songs into sdcard/tinyshark_songs/ where they have id3 tags, but are just named a bunch of numbers. You could cache them 1 at a time, then go there and rename the file to whatever you want, or you could just copy to your PC and use software to use id3 to name the files.
Here is the original description:
Listen to Grooveshark on your Android device for FREE.
- Search the Grooveshark database
- Import Grooveshark playlists
- Play individual songs or an entire playlist
- Cache songs for offline playback
Does NOT require Adobe Flash to play music (Settings -> Use Flash Player). TinyShark now does not need Flash for music playback, but it is still an option for those that find it works better.
Starting with version 3.0 a lot has changed under the hood. A lot of fixes are being made so check for updates often. If you are having problems try reinstalling and create a new shortcut in your launcher. If you are still having issues please email details and send any crash reports you can.
Thanks to everyone that's been emailing!
To download songs try Tinyshark Downloader also available in the market.
Taken from:
http://www.bestappsmarket.com/p/app?appId=8894&title=tinyshark
It really works much better with "Use Flash Player" unchecked. [You have to do that to enable Offline Cache]
The app id is com.exigo.tiny
Download:
com.exigo.tiny.apk http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?o2bief5dgb9gel9
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thanks for sharing! I recently used the groove mobile but it wasn't good at all.
Downloads as a zip but the post suggests an APK. Shall i just flash it?
Edit: my bad downloaded via phone but showed as zip. Working fine via PC.
Thanks for sharing!
Not connecting
I am experiencing some problems during the last month with this amazing app. It doesn't connect, when i try to connect i can see the 'connecting...' with the yellow light, but in a few seconds becomes again 'Disconnected' with the red light. Is it just me or this app is not working now?
I am having the same issue as well.
Try using tinytunes app from play store.
It's from the same developer but not related to grooveshark
It's pretty good.
As I am a new user I am not able to paste the link.
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dood's music player is way better and.it is also a GrooveShark Client
Pound dat Thanks button
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tinyShark 3.1.7
I tried Dood's music and it has a very bad performance (for me),
Searching in google i found the last version of Tinyshark (3.1.7), now it connects, but it doesnt play any song
SOLVED: Settings > Playback Controller > HTML5 instead of FLASH
er_xavo said:
I tried Dood's music and it has a very bad performance (for me),
Searching in google i found the last version of Tinyshark (3.1.7), now it connects, but it doesnt play any song
SOLVED: Settings > Playback Controller > HTML5 instead of FLASH
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Tinyshark needs a widget and this has to be useable and offline caching needs some work
Pound dat Thanks button
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If you guys are having issues with 3.1.5 you need to first uninstall 3.1.5 and then update to 3.1.7 found on their website http://exigocs.com/. If you still have problems download and install tiny shark downloader.
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I would consider this app *warez* for the fact it is used to steal music off a site that is know for being borderline legal anyways. There is a reason Google removed it from Play.
Just sayin.
Also, buy the music you like. Support your artists
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slimdizzy said:
I would consider this app *warez* for the fact it is used to steal music off a site that is know for being borderline legal anyways. There is a reason Google removed it from Play.
Just sayin.
Also, buy the music you like. Support your artists
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Sadly, by buying music you're supporting the music industry (RIAA). By going to concerts you're supporting the artists.
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Sadly, by buying music you're supporting the music industry (RIAA). By going to concerts you're supporting the artists.
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Not the artists I listen to. I buy direct from them or their independent label.
If your music is controlled by the RIAA then you need to stop listening to USA Top 40 and go out and find real music.
Either way is better then supporting this app.
But back to why I brought this up, if XDA allows this app then why not all the other MP3 downloaders in the play Store?
Mod maybe answer?
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How to setup squid Proxy for tinyshark for streaming?
Somehow my T-Mobile connection seems to be blocking the tinyshark connection. Whenever I use the T-Mo data connection, my tinyshark would immediately show disconnected.
I managed to setup a squid server so that it now shows "connected" ( squid log says TCP_HIT/200 1495 GET http://grooveshark.com/crossdomain.xml - NONE/- text/xml )
But the songs are not streaming...
Anyone has experience setting up squid for tinyshark that could share some insight?
Thanks!
TinyTunes- Free music streaming app
TinyTunes music streaming app gives access to thousands of latest music tracks for free. Users can stream music and download them from any Android or iOS device. Download TinyTunes app at tinytunesapps
Hi,
First of all, I read the rules and it says Tricks, Tips and questions.
So I'm posting my question in this forum.
I do not know if this correct or not. If I asked my question at the wrong place, then, please move my thread to the correct place.
Thank You.
I have the Verizon SGS3. I'm coming from the iPhone world and in the iPhone world, If I want to listen to songs, I open the ipod and I select any songs and they will be playing and I can come out of it and start browsing in Safari.
But in SGS3, when I'm trying to do like that it is not allowing me to do that.
I want to listen to music and browse at the same time. Is it possible in SGS3?
If yes, can You please tell me how to do it and which player should I use to play songs?
I have my songs in MP3 format.
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Any answer please.
I did some googling and found out that this is not possible in Android.
Seriously... Android does not have multi tasking other than the video playback??
Was trying to find any other apps or Custom Roms or there might be a work around if possible.
Thanks.
qzmpal.
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Have you tried to press the home button after starting the music? I don't know how it goes with the stock audio app as I use poweramp, but you can multitask the ish out of your phone.. I often use poweramp, tapatalk and chrome, switching between them by holding the home button
I check Twitter, fb, surf the web, play ingress, minecraft, etc while listening to music. My phone is probably playing music 12+ hours a day.
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Not sure what you mean. I listen to music on Google play music and Pandora all the time while browsing and messaging.
Cyclonicks said:
Have you tried to press the home button after starting the music? I don't know how it goes with the stock audio app as I use poweramp, but you can multitask the ish out of your phone.. I often use poweramp, tapatalk and chrome, switching between them by holding the home button
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This sounds like the problem to me. Use the back button to back out of (and kill) the app. Use home to leave it active and in the phones memory.
I regularly listen to music (Pandora, stock player, play music) and flip between kindle, browser, xda, facebook, messaging and other apps and there has never been an issue.
I 'stress test' my phone and have ended up playing music while playing a game (cut the rope) then switching out loading a webpage while checking gmail without any issues....I'm thinking you're accidentally killing the music app as opposed to letting it run in the background. Music app I use is playerpro and I'm running cleanrom 6.2 on my galaxy s3.
Relentless D said:
This sounds like the problem to me. Use the back button to back out of (and kill) the app. Use home to leave it active and in the phones memory.
I regularly listen to music (Pandora, stock player, play music) and flip between kindle, browser, xda, facebook, messaging and other apps and there has never been an issue.
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Do yall think the OP is referring to the browser? Cuz I can't see how their phone isn't multitasking music properly.
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may be a real dumb question, but in the stock music player, you're not hitting the Menu then the "end" option to get out of the app right?
Like I said, may be really dumb suggestion , but its all I could think of. You should have no issues listening to music and doing what ever else you want on the phone.