[Q] Weird TiVo app behavior? - Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I just wonder if anyone else has seen this? The TiVo app quite often (but not always) seems to make some other app launch when it exits. This seems to have something to do with the app running on KitKat, because it never did this on my old phone. The app for Tablets on my Nexus 7 also always launches the chrome browser when I exit there, the app on my Nexus 5 seems to be more randomly selected. I just got the Phone app pop up when I exited today. I think it was Google Play Books that popped up a few days ago on exit from TiVo.
I'm just curious if anyone else has seen it. I'm trying to figure out if I'm going crazy .

Related

Pandora crashing for anyone?

I use Pandora alot but lately its been just stopping for no reason. When it crashes it crashes in a way I have to go into my process manager and kill it because it's protected and restart it. I've used Pandora since it hit the market. Anyone have suggestions or an alternative until they fix it? Btw i'm on 2.2 and I've uninstalled and reinstalled several times.
Pandora is pretty crappy on android. I've encountered the exact thing since I started using it in February.
I think you're just gonna have to wait until they get their head out of apple's ass and update the app so it functions.
wondercoolguy said:
I use Pandora alot but lately its been just stopping for no reason. When it crashes it crashes in a way I have to go into my process manager and kill it because it's protected and restart it. I've used Pandora since it hit the market. Anyone have suggestions or an alternative until they fix it? Btw i'm on 2.2 and I've uninstalled and reinstalled several times.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm on 2.2 and use pandora and have never had it f/c. the only program I am trying to run on 2.2 and can't because it force closes is shapewriter (btw it is not 2.2 compatible yet)
Is the version of pandora you are using the "-1"?
also make sure that it is not installed on the memory card...I had a few fc's with programs that i put there
Pandora rarely force closes. It just stops. You can exit it, but it won't start going again until you go into a process manager and kill the service.
yeah its not foreclosing it's just stopping which is annoying because it usually waits till a song I actually want to hear pops up.
@JCopernicus Ive never had a problem with pandora until the this past weekend.
yeah i confirm this too, i usually dont even download music because i use pandora so much, but its been acting up a lot lately, once the phone sleeps it stops after a few minutes, then once i go back into it, it says acquiring connection or some bs, which is weird cuz i even tried on full wifi and it still stops...
For me on my Nexus One it crashes after about 10 songs or so. For my girlfriend on her myTouch3G it works ALL DAY LONG without crashing. Seems like its an issue with 2.1,2.2.
Yup having a problem on it too. Not sure what the deal is.
Anyone else notice Pandora sounds terrible on Froyo, even on the HQ setting?
same here. 2.2 and pandora took a ****. I use slacker radio (non membership) and it works great.

[Q] Strange Problem, Can't open any Google provided website

Hey guys,
I've encountered the strangest problem that it actually took me a while to figure whats wrong.
I was simply opening the youtube app to watch a video but it didn't connect, so I tried to open youtube through opera and dolphin but it didn't connect.
I instantly thought the internet is down, however it opened facebook and other non google pages in an instance.
I thought I need to update to youtube app, since i've been putting it off for the numerious negative comments, and I was shocked to find i can't even connect to the market. (Or the market website for that matter) (applanet is working fine tho)
I seems that the phone is blocking google services and websites (which is hard to believe but i don't have a better explanation.)
Is there any thing i can do to fix this?!
I'm running rooted stock froyo (JPKC2) (the one that came with the phone, never flashed it before, rooted with super one click)
PS: this just happened overnight, i don't recall installing anything new for days and youtube and the market were working fine.
android_and_me said:
Hey guys,
I've encountered the strangest problem that it actually took me a while to figure whats wrong.
I was simply opening the youtube app to watch a video but it didn't connect, so I tried to open youtube through opera and dolphin but it didn't connect.
I instantly thought the internet is down, however it opened facebook and other non google pages in an instance.
I thought I need to update to youtube app, since i've been putting it off for the numerious negative comments, and I was shocked to find i can't even connect to the market. (Or the market website for that matter) (applanet is working fine tho)
I seems that the phone is blocking google services and websites (which is hard to believe but i don't have a better explanation.)
Is there any thing i can do to fix this?!
I'm running rooted stock froyo (JPKC2) (the one that came with the phone, never flashed it before, rooted with super one click)
PS: this just happened overnight, i don't recall installing anything new for days and youtube and the market were working fine.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
sounds like a government issued block for google stuff (like they do in china)
Jack_Random said:
sounds like a government issued block for google stuff (like they do in china)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
well, they are working fine from my computer and my dad's HTC Incredible S....
Are you on 3G/2G or wifi? You can try a factory reset to see if that solves your problem. Keep a backup if you need your data.
Try to change DNS
8.8.8.8
8.8.4.4

Stop Google Play Updates

I have 2 phones and 2 tablets all of them set to not auto update. Yet once again this AM I'm on the train and my damn phone updates about 10 different apps. I'm in the middle of playing a game which slows to a crawl while Google takes over my device. Finally get home and start my tablet and guess what the sob starts updating. I'm beyond frustrated with this so if anyone has a 100% guaranteed way of stopping this behavior it would be greatly appreciated
meanoc said:
I have 2 phones and 2 tablets all of them set to not auto update. Yet once again this AM I'm on the train and my damn phone updates about 10 different apps. I'm in the middle of playing a game which slows to a crawl while Google takes over my device. Finally get home and start my tablet and guess what the sob starts updating. I'm beyond frustrated with this so if anyone has a 100% guaranteed way of stopping this behavior it would be greatly appreciated
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Actually,I don't know but It's me also facing this.After reboot when I connect to wifi ,the apps start to update .While auto-update is turned off also.
There is some bug I think.Hope I helped you.
nightwalker said:
Actually,I don't know but It's me also facing this.After reboot when I connect to wifi ,the apps start to update .While auto-update is turned off also.
There is some bug I think.Hope I helped you.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Man this is a real pita as my other tablet just auto updated. I'm hoping someone can chime in and offer some advise. Thank you for the reply and sorry your having the same problem
meanoc said:
Man this is a real pita as my other tablet just auto updated. I'm hoping someone can chime in and offer some advise. Thank you for the reply and sorry your having the same problem
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No need of sorry bro,I am really irritated with this prob.The main prob is that is consumes data and cause data charges.Hope that someone will help us out.
Bros,the same thing happens to me....but on a low end device like mine you get bootloops like hellthis kills all my apps and i have to wait 10 minutes...I HATE OOM's!!!!
Sent from my LG-E400 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
each app has an auto update option in its settings, you may want to check there and see if its still set to auto update, even with the main settings turned off.
if thats the case, you would have to manually turn them all off.
bweN diorD said:
each app has an auto update option in its settings, you may want to check there and see if its still set to auto update, even with the main settings turned off.
if thats the case, you would have to manually turn them all off.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks for the tip but I still cannot for the life of me stop auto update. My second phone hasn't been used for about 5 days so I turned it on today. I have both data and wifi off on it. I go in and double check everything is set to not update. Turn wifi on and within 1 minute its updating 9 apps
If it was only happening on one device I would suspect that its an isolated case but all 4 can't have the same issue. I tried freezing the play store function and my tablet started doing some very strange things. I'm relatively new to android (8 months) and the only problems I've ever had were all related to the damn play store. In case you haven't figured it out I REALLY hate the play store with a passion.
Anyone know how to contact google direct via phone?
meanoc said:
Thanks for the tip but I still cannot for the life of me stop auto update. My second phone hasn't been used for about 5 days so I turned it on today. I have both data and wifi off on it. I go in and double check everything is set to not update. Turn wifi on and within 1 minute its updating 9 apps
If it was only happening on one device I would suspect that its an isolated case but all 4 can't have the same issue. I tried freezing the play store function and my tablet started doing some very strange things. I'm relatively new to android (8 months) and the only problems I've ever had were all related to the damn play store. In case you haven't figured it out I REALLY hate the play store with a passion.
Anyone know how to contact google direct via phone?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I was going to suggest freezing the play app, but didn't because I thought it would cause issues.
Alternatively, you could see if the amazon store has all your apps. If so, delete the play store and see if amazon can be controlled to do what you want.
Sent from my LG-VS980 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

Can't get podcasts working with native music app

I've had my unlocked Sony Xperia Z5 for about a month now, and I'm quite happy with it. I decided to root it after I found out the bootloader was unlockable, and that was mostly just so I could run a handful of apps that need it like f.lux or AdAway. I was able to root without my phone having to factory reset or anything, too; I didn't have to sign in with my Google account or anything again. I've also had zero problems with the supposed DRM on the phone, and the audio features all seem to work just fine. I am running Marshmallow with otherwise no problems as well.
However, one thing continues to elude me, and I've yet to find a single answer to it for several weeks. When I use the Music app, I can bring out the sidebar and scroll down to a setting that says "Podcast". I originally tried it out a few months ago on an Xperia C4 at a local store on display, and I was able to search up podcasts I normally listen to. When I got my hands on my Z5, I wanted to use that feature and add some podcasts in there. That way, I could have the music app handle podcasts instead of me having to use a separate app.
Now here's where my problem comes in. Whenever I open up the podcast option, the same thing always happens. Every single time. I'll click "Podcast" on the sidebar in the Music app, I'll see the "No items" screen telling me to tap the Plus icon on the top-right corner to add a podcast, I tap the Plus icon, and I'm immediately greeted with "No network connection. Make sure your device is connected to a network." Clicking retry does nothing. It's like the app just doesn't seem to think I'm ever connected when my connection works fine on just about any other app on my phone.
I've yet to find a solution on my own. Searching online turns up nothing, as if the problem is only happening to me or is too obscure. I've tried so many fixes on my own. Tried clearing the data on the Music app, tried clearing the data and following with a reboot, tried connecting to different networks, tried toggling my WiFi and LTE, tried just about everything I can think of. I'm stumped.
I have no idea what I'm doing wrong at this point. I'm on rooted Marshmallow with an E6603 model Xperia Z5. Any suggestions on what to do from here, or am I stuck with a broken feature on the Music app? Granted I could live without this feature, but I would very much like to consolidate my podcasts and music into a single app.
Unfortunately, the podcasts won't work properly without root too. I just went back to test this, the issue that made me stop using it is still there: while scrolling the podcasts list by category, the list of items would occasionally skip very fast 2 or 3 pages below or above. I'm using podcasts in GPM now. That, too is a bit underdeveloped right now, hopefully Google will improve on it.
Sent from my E6653 using Tapatalk
I have the same problem with "No network connection" on my Sony Z5 compact on Marshmallow 6.0.1 but it was the same on 6.0 and 5.1.1 so I assume it's Sony's music app fault. Anyone found a solution yet?
VBBoston said:
I have the same problem with "No network connection" on my Sony Z5 compact on Marshmallow 6.0.1 but it was the same on 6.0 and 5.1.1 so I assume it's Sony's music app fault. Anyone found a solution yet?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Player Fm
Sent from my E6653 using Tapatalk
Try the app - "Genus beat" for music as well as podcasts
I find the native music player and podcast rather bad to be honest. I much prefer third party app combinations such as Onyx and Pocketcasts

Random Media Pauses.

If I open galaxy apps, it tends to pause my music player after a few seconds, sometimes it does it even if im just at the home screen with apps closed. Youtube will also pause randomly. I have axtually disabled bixby, turned off ALL notifications, allowed background data for youtube and samsung music player, and disabled optimisation for them.
Heres the weird thing. When I had poweramp, it didnt do it so long as I had "pause for long audio cues" disabled. And now I downloaded sound assistant and allowed samsung music player to play over any audio and then it doesnt pause. I cant seen to figure this out.
The root of the problem seems to be samsungs audio focus not working properly, but that aside, I cant find what service or app is triggering some invisible and silent audio cue. Any ideas?
I experienced something similar to this while I was traveling. I had the phone bluetoothed to the car. The only things that I had running (that I remember) were Google Play Music, Google Maps (with GPS enabled, of course), and the Weatherbug app since it was storming while I was driving.
The music app would randomly pause and I didn't know why. I haven't experienced it again since then (a couple weeks ago) but I haven't needed google maps since then, and honestly haven't been driving with all those apps open simultaneously since then. I can try it again tomorrow actually, as I have to drive about an hour out of town for a work assignment. I can report it back if you like.
This won't necessarily narrow it down since we may have totally different apps on our phones that may be causing it.
jack man said:
I experienced something similar to this while I was traveling. I had the phone bluetoothed to the car. The only things that I had running (that I remember) were Google Play Music, Google Maps (with GPS enabled, of course), and the Weatherbug app since it was storming while I was driving.
The music app would randomly pause and I didn't know why. I haven't experienced it again since then (a couple weeks ago) but I haven't needed google maps since then, and honestly haven't been driving with all those apps open simultaneously since then. I can try it again tomorrow actually, as I have to drive about an hour out of town for a work assignment. I can report it back if you like.
This won't necessarily narrow it down since we may have totally different apps on our phones that may be causing it.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Sounds like a plan. Thanks for the assistance.
Shadow Assassin said:
Sounds like a plan. Thanks for the assistance.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I tried to replicate the problem (even opening a lot more apps on my phone simultaneously) and couldn't get it to do it. I guess that's good for me. I know there have been updates to several of the apps I mentioned since I experienced that problem, though, too. Don't know what to tell you. I remember in the past sometimes deleting all of my bluetooth connections and then reconnecting sometimes helped. But who knows...
I'm traveling again today and next week so we'll see again. If I experience again I'll let you know.

Categories

Resources