Hey so I listen on average about 2-3 hours of music per day and for whatever reason, all my music players drain my battery like crazy, around 10% for every 30-60 minutes. I do have an equalizer enabled but I don't feel like it should be consuming so much power. As of now, I have been using PowerAmp, MIUI player, Google Music, Winamp, and the stock HTC player. Any suggestions?
I like CM9 music player. I don't use it as frequently as you though and haven't really tested it in terms of drain.
I think the screen on uses way more battery, if you after constantly shuffling tracks.
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Firestarter_Aus said:
I like CM9 music player. I don't use it as frequently as you though and haven't really tested it in terms of drain.
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I would try it out, but I'm still on Gingerbread . I'm planning on upgrading to ICS once a final version of Sense 4.0 comes out.
mrbkkt1 said:
I think the screen on uses way more battery, if you after constantly shuffling tracks.
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I'm not usually switching between tracks too much and I have my screen brightness down so I think it's more of the actual music player's fault than the screen.
sameermishra726337 said:
I would try it out, but I'm still on Gingerbread . I'm planning on upgrading to ICS once a final version of Sense 4.0 comes out.
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You'll be waiting for a good long time then
townay said:
You'll be waiting for a good long time then
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Lol I mean a stable version.
ManDOT said:
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I've been trying Zimly and it doesn't seem to be any better. I listened to music about an hour and it dropped from 99% to 89%...
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Im huge into music, I dont play an instrument or anything but I listen to music from the moment i wake up till i crash.
My phone plays a big part in that so im curious to hear what others use on their sensation for music? Music app? do you use another kind of equalizer app? what kind of headphones r you rocking?
I use Gtunes music, MP3 downloader, Music mate
I use fede's music player/ubermusic
http://ubermusic.com/
Ubermusic is great with the Zune skin. I also love Google Music.
Poweramp is brilliant with lots settings.
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Google music beta all the way
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Player Pro with the DSP Pack and Google Music
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Maybe google music beta doesn't suck on the sensation, but It had problems on CM7 cliq/encore.
I will give it a try.
I bought PowerAmp and it's been great for me.
stock for ubermusic (looks/runs great!)
but after reading this, im gonna try gtunes and poweramp
...also, does anyone else find it annoying that the music task in the notifications DOESNT have prev/next track, just pause? i really wish they would implement those buttons so i wouldnt have to sroll over to my music widget just to change tracks (...as if thats such a chore )
Solidus_n313 said:
...also, does anyone else find it annoying that the music task in the notifications DOESNT have prev/next track, just pause? i really wish they would implement those buttons so i wouldnt have to sroll over to my music widget just to change tracks (...as if thats such a chore )
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lol gotta love our firstworld problems
xnifex said:
lol gotta love our firstworld problems
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hahaha god bless consumerism
Solidus_n313 said:
...also, does anyone else find it annoying that the music task in the notifications DOESNT have prev/next track, just pause? i really wish they would implement those buttons so i wouldnt have to sroll over to my music widget just to change tracks (...as if thats such a chore )
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dude yesss
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lol gotta love our firstworld problems
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Yeah good one always fun to pretend we're so much better than the rest of the world haha, gold! I mean its not like our devices are made, designed or programmed anywhere else, oh hang on, they are! oops my mistake
As a virgin Android (almost) user...
I am curious about the music player aspect. I made a post enquiring about the use of after market headphones (like Sennheiser) for iPod, being able to use the inline controller - but it seems that has limited success.
Are there players that have track advance by 'shake' or something else that doesn't require you to take it out and turn it on/off etc. to simply change tracks..?
Any insight appreciated.
robotnoize said:
Google music beta all the way
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Same here , version 3.0.336
f.
Spotify
started using spotify for music 2 years ago... never turned back, prolly never will.
Spotify
PowerAMP all the way!
Also using it's equalizer, since it works with BT headsets as well (using Sony DR-BT100CX headset at the moment, used Motorokr S9-HD before).
It's a phone so, as such, I don't use it as an iPod - I have one of those for that
EddyOS said:
It's a phone so, as such, I don't use it as an iPod - I have one of those for that
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Yeah thats the reason i tested the iphone waters. I listen to music all day and its a pain in the ass to carrying two devices and having to worry if there both charged and stuff, it was just easier to get a 32gb for my android. Also, i love all the options you get with android, I dont have to stick with the stock plain ipod player.
Love Pandora volume + and stock headphone keep me happy all day at work.
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Looking for a good music app to play back music on my phone. Something with at equal and nice visualizations etc. Let me know what you guys are using to give me some ideas. Thanks everyone
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1MoreMinute said:
Looking for a good music app to play back music on my phone. Something with at equal and nice visualizations etc. Let me know what you guys are using to give me some ideas. Thanks everyone
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power amp pro about 80% of users on xda have it
phonegod said:
power amp pro about 80% of users on xda have it
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i suspect that will go down now with Ubermusic out. its awesome. smoothest music app i have ever used. and that is coming from someone that is a hardcore poweramp user.
I'm using subsonic
I am using PlayerPro
Coming from an hd7 which has an AMAZING music player, i think ubermusic is pretty close to it. It's a near zune clone and works awesome.
I have not tried Ubermusic yet, but out of al players I have tried Playerpro is hands down my fav. Skins, customization, Album Art/ Artist Art Sync and the Equalizer option . Smooth,Looks great too.
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I have not tried Ubermusic yet, but out of al players I have tried Playerpro is hands down my fav. Skins, customization, Album Art/ Artist Art Sync and the Equalizer option . Smooth,Looks great too.
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i just took a look at PlayerPro and it looks hella slick I currently use AudioGalaxy, as i have over 14 gigs of music, and streaming it seemed to be the best option....ah decisions, decisions..lol
Ubermusic is also good app.
PlayerPro or Ubermusic.. hm..
I have a few to choose from, thanks guys!
I am going to try all of them and pick which one suits me best.
Keep the suggestions coming. You guys are awesome with the help.
I used UberMusic on my Xperia Play before I sold it and I want to use it on my Sensation but I'm still using stock because it has the SRS option. Are there any other music apps that use SRS?
Can't stand poweramps awful skin looks old school but ubermusic is eye candy and playerpro gets you both a nice interface and look combined with nice features I like it because the lock screen controls work great on sensation and you can long press volume to switch songs
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playerpro. Liked it so much I even paid for it.
Regularly updated, and the dev works from his bedroom and is a nice guy, speaks to you!
Recommended
I'm using subsonic
Is there demo version or try before you buy version of Ubermusic anywhere?
I use the Volume + app. It boosts the volume from your speaker, headphones and bluetooth device. It also has a more than decent sound enhancer. I really don't miss the stock srs sound enhancer, that came on my HTC sensation, with is app installed.
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Ubermusic is great been using it since first alpha build and it gets better and better each time
PlayerPro has been great for me.
i have tried poweramp, playerpro and other music players on my desire hd but i stuck with htc's own player.
i guess i really didnt need the extra features these apps offered and i really like the stock elegance of the htc player, even more on the sensation.
though i liked the look of the lock screen widget of the older sense more.
google music 3.0
Music player and Display are my biggest uses on battery. Display is already set to lowest setting, so I'm wondering if I can improve on the music player side. All I need are the basics: shuffle, repeat, albums.
Currently using Valhalla 1.2, stock music player.
Look for my stock music player on the second or third page of the galaxy s 4g themes and apps section. It is the stock GB music player, it works great and is better looking.
uber music is pretty good
Did you try the Miui music player that came with your ROM, its pretty cool.
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Yea i think miui is the best one!
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cybok0 said:
Did you try the Miui music player that came with your ROM, its pretty cool.
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I actually use Miui now. It doesn't seem to use much less battery than Music Player, but at least the controls work on the lock screen.
Unfortunately, the battery issue seems to be a problem with Android in general. Rather disappointing compared to my iphone, but not much I can do.
BTW, the battery life on KI1 sucks. I am sure they are fixing the problem.
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BTW, the battery life on KI1 sucks. I am sure they are fixing the problem.
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Hmm... I kind of noticed that, but I thought it was just a battery calibration thing. I guess I'll flash back for now and see if it helps.
Thanks!
Let me give you an example. I use the MyTracks program when I am running. I set it up to speak an audio announcement every 5 minutes. While it is running I also have Google Music playing music.
With CM7, whenever the 5 minute interval comes up, it quiets the music and speaks the message. When it's done with its announcement the music returns to normal volume.
I have tried many Sense ROMs - stock, LeeDroid, Virtuous unity, and RCMix3D. with all of these ROMs, the MyTracks application does not quiet the music to do its announcement.
Is there something unique to CM7 that allows an app to take the audio focus like that? is there any way to do that on a Sense ROM?
Thanks.
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Let me give you an example. I use the MyTracks program when I am running. I set it up to speak an audio announcement every 5 minutes. While it is running I also have Google Music playing music.
With CM7, whenever the 5 minute interval comes up, it quiets the music and speaks the message. When it's done with its announcement the music returns to normal volume.
I have tried many Sense ROMs - stock, LeeDroid, Virtuous unity, and RCMix3D. with all of these ROMs, the MyTracks application does not quiet the music to do its announcement.
Is there something unique to CM7 that allows an app to take the audio focus like that? is there any way to do that on a Sense ROM?
Thanks.
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Somewhere in the cyanogen sound settings there are controls for this function. Not sure where exactly, but I have seen them.
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Gizmoe said:
Somewhere in the cyanogen sound settings there are controls for this function. Not sure where exactly, but I have seen them.
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Any way to replicate this feature in sense roms?
I haven't seen it on any sense roms but I am sure there are some sound management apps that can do this.
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I haven't seen it on any sense roms but I am sure there are some sound management apps that can do this.
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Any idea what the apps are called?
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Any idea what the apps are called?
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I can not remember exactly but search for terms on market like "sound management" Or "volume control".
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I know the power amp music player will automatically pause music when phone rings.
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I can not remember exactly but search for terms on market like "sound management" Or "volume control".
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Tried that buy no luck. I will keep looking.
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Tried that buy no luck. I will keep looking.
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If the app is set up properly to quite the music then it will work. As stated power amp does this perfectly. With that be said it can be done but if it isn't working its an app issue working with the Sense rom base. I would let Google know and see what they say as it does work just not for that app
Cut that Beats crap, thats no where close to a real Eq. You want to hear what real music was supposed to be like?
You want a powerful music player that has equalizers for nearly every aspect of your song?
You want to get the recently released jetAudio app. This music player is the most feature packed one I've seen and tried yet.
It is a player that is for Windows and it was recently ported to Android.
I blast Dubstep though my headphones daily so I needed a nice Eq for that. This is the best sounding player I've seen in a while.
It supports nearly every format availible, has insane amounts of equalizers, can change the speed of song, different effects (crossfade, cut, etc), can post to twitter/facebook for what you are playing if you want, has some fancy animations and more.
If you are looking for a music player then use this one.
Play Store Link (free): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jetappfactory.jetaudio
It is currently recently released so it may have bugs. From what I've seen its working 100% though.
Also, if you want an ICS themed music player, check out the Apollo app from CM9 (google around to find the apk). It is awesome as well and is themeable (it only has a dark and light theme as of now though).
Thanks, great find! Looks nicer than PowerAMP.
Great!
Looks great, I'll definitely give this a try. I just wish they decided to use the Holo theme rather than going for a shiny-iPhone skin... but I'm OCD!
Any idea if the headphone controls actually work with our phone? I haven't had any success with even playing/pausing using any other headset :/
Anyone have any feedback as far as comparing this to poweramp+beats?
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Going to try it since you mentioned dubstep... I would of said dnb but dubstep works too
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Also going to try this one since there's been mention of both dubstep and dnb on this thread...
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Wow, amaaaazing, how awesome that JetAudio Basic player is... (And for FREE! Not just 15-day-trial like PowerAMP free version... )
Get JetAudio Basic and rate it!
Anyone got an idea how to get a JetAudio Basic-widget on the homescreen? Like a mini-player with play/pause? :/
Loving the eqs on this, just wish it could work with my play music since I don't keep much music on the phone since no expandable SD card :/
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Does it have themes ? I like the free theme holo ICS theme makes poweramp look nicer
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Loving the eqs on this, just wish it could work with my play music since I don't keep much music on the phone since no expandable SD card :/
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Right? I love Google plays service, butthe player limits optimal audio experience.
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Looks great, I'll definitely give this a try. I just wish they decided to use the Holo theme rather than going for a shiny-iPhone skin... but I'm OCD!
Any idea if the headphone controls actually work with our phone? I haven't had any success with even playing/pausing using any other headset :/
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The only headphones controls I've gotten to work are the Samsung gs3 earbuds. And I mean the only ones
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How can you listen to music on 8 gigs? You have to change the songs almost daily
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Without BBE+ this player is not that great, however BBE Sound Inc. will soon come out with there own player app for Android soon, some time this year.