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[Q] MP3 Sound Issues on HTC HD7

Hello Everyone,
I am not sure if someone else had this issue. Its related to the default MP3\Video player on HTC HD7. If i dont open the Music & Videos for some time or may be days and when i choose to play music it does plays it but with no sound coming from spearks.
If i play a video at the same time the sound will be there if a call is coming the sound will be there, but only mp3 wont play.
And the only optio i am left with is to reboot the phone and then it again starts to work fine. I also tried checking after syncing the phone with Zune but nothing happened.
Can someone help me here with some clues or if someone else is also having this issue.

I'd call htc or your carrier. I have not run into that problem on my hd7 and I don't reset it for days at a time.

using HTC 7 Trophy
Having the same problem. but not just with audio files, but with Radio, too
My solution is the same: reboot
ciao Skipper
whynot2007 said:
Hello Everyone,
I am not sure if someone else had this issue. Its related to the default MP3\Video player on HTC HD7. If i dont open the Music & Videos for some time or may be days and when i choose to play music it does plays it but with no sound coming from spearks.
If i play a video at the same time the sound will be there if a call is coming the sound will be there, but only mp3 wont play.
And the only optio i am left with is to reboot the phone and then it again starts to work fine. I also tried checking after syncing the phone with Zune but nothing happened.
Can someone help me here with some clues or if someone else is also having this issue.
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nrfitchett4 said:
I'd call htc or your carrier. I have not run into that problem on my hd7 and I don't reset it for days at a time.
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I dont think it has to do with carrier anyway as they are not streamed or something they have been synced from my PC using Zune. I dont even suspect the Hardware issue as at the same time other sounds plays perfectly fine. It looks to be a some kind of rare bug which is affecting only the chosen people.
And i am The Chosen One

rj2Skipperr said:
using HTC 7 Trophy
Having the same problem. but not just with audio files, but with Radio, too
My solution is the same: reboot
ciao Skipper
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Oh Sorry to hear that mate, i am lucky in that sense coz i tried my radio and it plays well in headset and speaker mode both and as i said even the Videos plays just fine. its only the MP3 that does not play sound. MP3 does play as i can see the time reducing and all and can play pause them only the sound is not there in speakers and not even in headphones.
I reboot and its again good to go. I hope some update comes out soon to fix it.

whynot2007 said:
I dont think it has to do with carrier anyway as they are not streamed or something they have been synced from my PC using Zune. I dont even suspect the Hardware issue as at the same time other sounds plays perfectly fine. It looks to be a some kind of rare bug which is affecting only the chosen people.
And i am The Chosen One
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my point being is that calling the carrier might get you a new headset.

nrfitchett4 said:
my point being is that calling the carrier might get you a new headset.
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IT'S NOT THE HEADSET !!!
I tried a series of experiments yesterday and found 1 thing to reproduce the Problem:
Start Music Player (everything is fine)
Run a Game (for me it's Project Sunburst)
Stop the Game (Music still plays)
Stop (Pause) the Music Player
Run the Game again
Set "No Music" Settings in Game
Stop the Game
Start Music Player --> Music doesn't play
Even the current state of the paused file is stopped, and Music Player will start playing from the beginning of the file
i even found a solution to hear Music Files again
Start the Game
Enable Music in Game
Stop the Game
Start Music Player --> Music is heard again
ciao Skipper
BTW: Rado played fine when files didn't play, that was a little overzealous on my part, must have mixed it with some other problem, or didn't connect headset or something

nrfitchett4 said:
my point being is that calling the carrier might get you a new headset.
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Thats right in the case of ppl in US and some other countries but me being in India need not be bound with a Carrier or service provider, as Maximum of the handsets are available unlocked.
I bought it for some 640$ considering 1$ = 45 Rs. But yeah i got your point

rj2Skipperr said:
IT'S NOT THE HEADSET !!!
I tried a series of experiments yesterday and found 1 thing to reproduce the Problem:
Start Music Player (everything is fine)
Run a Game (for me it's Project Sunburst)
Stop the Game (Music still plays)
Stop (Pause) the Music Player
Run the Game again
Set "No Music" Settings in Game
Stop the Game
Start Music Player --> Music doesn't play
Even the current state of the paused file is stopped, and Music Player will start playing from the beginning of the file
i even found a solution to hear Music Files again
Start the Game
Enable Music in Game
Stop the Game
Start Music Player --> Music is heard again
ciao Skipper
BTW: Rado played fine when files didn't play, that was a little overzealous on my part, must have mixed it with some other problem, or didn't connect headset or something
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Yeah May be i can try this and see if it works for me also.

@rj2Skipperr,
I tried the steps mentioned by you. But even after setting the volume to nil in games the mp3 continues to play. only difference is i did not have the game Projcet Sunburst. but other multiple games i tried.

whynot2007 said:
I tried the steps mentioned by you. But even after setting the volume to nil in games the mp3 continues to play. only difference is i did not have the game Projcet Sunburst. but other multiple games i tried.
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yes the music file plays while I'm in the game if I started playback before game, but if I
stop(pause) music playback
start game (with no sound)
stop game
start music playback
I hear nothing (and file is played from the beginning)
("crackdown 2: project sunburst" is available vor testing in marketplace, and has (of course) the same effect on music as the buyed app)
ciao Skipper

i am unable to repro the issue with any given games, actually could not try sunburst. But other games i tried and also since the day i posted this question issue has occuredd only once and have never repeated.
I hope it stays like this and never comes back.

curious
Those that are having the sound trouble, did you also enable your device as USB storage? Because I've came across this same problem and it was after I had to fool with a couple of the registries. If so then more than likely that's the culprit.

whynot2007 said:
Hello Everyone,
I am not sure if someone else had this issue. Its related to the default MP3\Video player on HTC HD7. If i dont open the Music & Videos for some time or may be days and when i choose to play music it does plays it but with no sound coming from spearks.
If i play a video at the same time the sound will be there if a call is coming the sound will be there, but only mp3 wont play.
And the only optio i am left with is to reboot the phone and then it again starts to work fine. I also tried checking after syncing the phone with Zune but nothing happened.
Can someone help me here with some clues or if someone else is also having this issue.
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It's a common and know issue of WP7. Mine does it also. I have to reboot mine to get sound back. This is one of many bugs WP7 has that MS refuses to address with an update.

MartyLK said:
It's a common and know issue of WP7. Mine does it also. I have to reboot mine to get sound back. This is one of many bugs WP7 has that MS refuses to address with an update.
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For such a common problem, I haven't seen many threads about it here, on ppcgeeks, or wpcentral...
I have no doubt it is linked to people adjusting the ingame volume controls and that adjusting the overall volume control.
Not sure what there is to fix, maybe a separate volume control for games vs other multimedia???

nrfitchett4 said:
For such a common problem, I haven't seen many threads about it here, on ppcgeeks, or wpcentral...
I have no doubt it is linked to people adjusting the ingame volume controls and that adjusting the overall volume control.
Not sure what there is to fix, maybe a separate volume control for games vs other multimedia???
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Could be. But there certainly is something to fix. When you don't adjust in-game sound to zero yet the in-music sound is zero, there is something to fix. And when a reboot restores sound rather than keeping it the same, there is something wrong.

There is an app to fix this problem(free trail with adds). It's called: Media Volume Settings.

tbk21 said:
There is an app to fix this problem(free trail with adds). It's called: Media Volume Settings.
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Tried it. Didn't work for me.

[Q] Did Samsung ever fix the low level volume fluctuation?

Hello,
Did Samsung ever fix the low level volume fluctuation problem through the headphone connection on the 7.0+? Listening to lower level music files at lower volumes resulted in the volume jumping up and down slightly. The problem occurs regardless of whatever music player app is used. The files play fine on the Samsung Galaxy 5.0 player and other devices.
Thanks!
Update: It's not fixed.

This thread is the only reference I could find to this issue anywhere. Is it documented more fully somewhere else? Is Samsung aware of it and planning to fix it? Any references or other help would be greatly appreciated.
I've had my 7.0 Plus for about a week, and yesterday was the first time I tried listening to some classical music favorites featuring very soft choral passages. I couldn't. The volume surges every couple of seconds during soft passages. It sounds as if some demented engineer thought it would be a good idea to add an automatic volume equalizer to make sure the music never gets too soft. No. Very bad idea.
Until I found this thread, I thought I had a defective device or was losing my hearing. I'm glad that neither is the case. Again, please post links to further info about the issue. TIA.

Sun_Cat said:
Until I found this thread, I thought I had a defective device or was losing my hearing. I'm glad that neither is the case. Again, please post links to further info about the issue. TIA.
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I've had the same problem with 6210 from day one. Other than album art being screwed up, it's the only real annoying problem I've had with the box.

The problem may be in the default player. I use poweramp and don't experience that
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It's not just the default player. I've experienced it in the Rhapsody app too. Also see the OP, which says regardless of app and also strongly imples that the issue has been discussed before.

Sun_Cat said:
It's not just the default player. I've experienced it in the Rhapsody app too. Also see the OP, which says regardless of app and also strongly imples that the issue has been discussed before.
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I hear it using TuneIn Radio. Hoping for a fix with ICS.

UPDATE
I've found two earlier references to the issue:
A review on Amazon from last November (reviewer says he's notified Samsung)
A post by this thread's OP, also from November (like me, he thought it sounded like Automatic Gain Control; unlike me, he remembered the right name for that feature )
Again, any more references, especially from Samsung, would be appreciated.
ETA: I found one on the Samsung support page (search for the string "How can I stop the volume" and click on the text to open the answer). It was answered, not by Samsung but by an anonymous user, who said "Sorry charlie, but you've got a headphone jack with a malfunctioning sensor. Sorry!"
I suppose that's a plausible explanation, but against it is the Amazon reviewer, who said he had the same problem with two different units. And then there's me and the OP here.

redsmear said:
The problem may be in the default player. I use poweramp and don't experience that
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I installed Poweramp. Nice app, but it doesn't help with this problem at all.
To hear the problem you have to be playing music with sustained passages that are very soft. With most pop, rock, and jazz it won't be noticeable. That's probably why the issue isn't more widely reported.
Try this video in your YouTube app. If your Tab Plus is behaving like mine, you'll hear several volume surges during the first 20 seconds or so. ETA: Crap! I can't post outside links. Here's the last part of the YouTube URL, after the slash: watch?v=6-i1ESIRKdA.

One more clue
And I found one more indirect clue in the Samsung Troubleshooting Guide under the heading GT-P6210 Volume Drops When Headphones Are Plugged In:
The volume on your Tablet will drop 75% when you plug in your headphones. This is a preventive measure for acoustic shock to your ears. The volume can be increased after the headphones are connected.
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Obviously this proves nothing about the issue we're discussing, but it is suggestive because it tells us that something in the firmware is deliberately designed to mess with the headphone volume.

Aha, so it's not just me who noticed this "feature" then

For anyone who is experiencing this issue and wants to let Samsung know about it in one place, I've started a public thread on their Facebook support wall. You'll have to imagine the first part of the usual Facebook URL since I can't post links. Here's the last part, after the slash: samsungsupport/posts/10150588609036213

Nothing from Samsung Support on Facebook since yesterday morning. One other person has posted there (thanks, Mark, if you're reading this). It would be nice if a few others would chime in.

I'll chime back in. I'm glad somebody else has finally noticed! The problem also exists with the Verizon SCH-i810 (Tab 7.7) but, perhaps, to a lesser degree.
I strongly suspect the (Yamaha?) driver and/or its configuration -- see the original post from November that shows the (configuration?) files. I suspect that file may hold the key to the problem. Problem is, I have no idea what the numbers actually mean and didn't find any documentation for those numbers (data sheets, etc.). I did attempt at the time to tweak a few numbers using my "best guess" by comparing the entries for rx-speaker vs. rx-headphone vs. rx-headset. but no discernible effect was heard.
No prizes for guessing who was raising such a fuss in November.
The "Sorry Charlie" answer is incorrect and I flagged it as such.
UPDATE: I found the 7.0+ /etc/audio files and I have the 7.7 /etc/audio files. There are some differences in the numbers and the 7.7 audio files (LVVEFS) have some comments (!!!) in them so maybe I can track down pertinent parameters.
Anyone else have an opinion or another idea? Is this a waste of time?

Thanks again to everyone who posted here. If you've been watching the Samsung wall on Facebook where I posted last week you've noticed that they haven't responded at all except to ask one simple question, which I answered immediately. Since then, crickets.
If you're experiencing this issue and you feel comfortable saying so in public, please add your comment to the post on Facebook. Maybe we can guilt them into responding.
Thanks.

Sun_Cat said:
Thanks again to everyone who posted here. If you've been watching the Samsung wall on Facebook where I posted last week you've noticed that they haven't responded at all except to ask one simple question, which I answered immediately. Since then, crickets.
If you're experiencing this issue and you feel comfortable saying so in public, please add your comment to the post on Facebook. Maybe we can guilt them into responding.
Thanks.
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They just answered about 1/2 an hour ago. They provide a link and ask us to go to the Samsung Service Facebook page and fill out a support form. Might as well. Keep the pressure up on someone over there.

Agreed. I just submitted their form with full details. We'll see whether they follow through.
A hint to anyone posting there: Samsung appears to be great at stalling by asking follow-up questions. Include as many pertinent details as possible in the initial post, such as model, wi-fi or data-enabled, serial number, firmware, streaming or stored music sources, which apps, etc., etc., and so forth.

Well, at least they're responding, but I'm not sure it's helping. This morning they replied to my original Facebook post:
We can suggest checking to see if the same problem occurs in a different set of headphones or speakers. If the problem persists we will suggest servicing your Tab.
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I've already checked with different headphones (not speakers; I've already told them several times that it's a headphones-only issue!), so I already know that the problem isn't due to one set of headphones.
This gives me zero confidence that they actually understand the issue. (Except that it's possible -- though in my view unlikely -- that it is a defective headphone jack.) I'm reluctant to send it in for service. The problem is subtle enough that someone lacking a trained musician's ear is likely to just say it's fixed and send it back. We already know that the fellow who mentioned this issue in his Amazon review got a second unit exhibiting the same defect.
Also, I have not heard from Samsung directly in response to submitting the official support form the other day, so I can't now tell whether or not this latest comment on the wall is coordinated with that other support request.
Does anyone have any advice? Has anyone here dealt successfully with Samsung support in the past, on any issue at all? How did you do it?

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...This gives me zero confidence that they actually understand the issue. (Except that it's possible -- though in my view unlikely -- that it is a defective headphone jack.)
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I agree. I don't believe it's a headphone jack issue either. I'm going to wait until ICS comes out and then decide what to do if it's still an issue.

I've tried adjusting some numbers in the .txt files -- no change yet. Maybe I'm adjusting the wrong file. Who knows?
I'm surprised there aren't more complaints. It's easy to identify. Headphones, earphones -- doesn't matter. The problem exists with Samsung's earphones. They can't run away from that one. Doesn't the 7.0+ come with four audio files? I can't recall if the problem could be reproduced with those files, because the problem needs periods of relative silence to get into the "AGC" mode. I think the Samsung support is in typical "denial mode". Problem? What problem? Let's go through all the permutations of user error or workaround before considering that there is a problem. It's a matter of problem ownership -- and Samsung isn't owning it.
The questions I would ask are: "Have you tried reproducing the problem?" "Do you know how to reproduce the problem?" "Who has the capability to reproduce the problem, if you can't".
Yes! Just found the Samsung music files, going to try to reproduce with all Samsung supplied software and equipment.
UPDATE: Reproduced the problem on Galaxy Tab 7.7 with all Samsung supplied files/software/equipment:
MATERIAL:
1. Samsung supplied "Music Player", no EQ
2. Samsung supplied music file "Silky whisper.mp3"
3. Samsung supplied earphones, white with button and mic (I think it's pretty generic to Samsung)
Steps:
1. Start Music Player.
2. Make certain volume is all the way down and the sound is muted (slash through speaker)
3. Press the volume up button once, twice (once to unmute and one step higher)
4. Play music file. Note how the piano cuts in and out throughout the song, especially during the opening of the instrumental.
I suspect that Samsung is going to hand this issue off to Yamaha. The constant in this matter is the Yamaha-sourced audio chip/driver/library/configuration/firmware.
Here are some files to compare from /etc/audio (I added the model to the name):

TonyBigs said:
It's a matter of problem ownership -- and Samsung isn't owning it.
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Agreed. That's why my first question to them on Facebook was "Are you aware of the problem?" No way will I send my GT7+ to them for service until they take that step.
I'll try your steps later today and see if I get the same result. Maybe we can gang up on them.
I have one additional datum since last week. I've tried to reproduce it on Bluetooth headphones, and the problem does not show up. It's only there with plugged-in headphones.
I suppose this could be interpreted as evidence slightly inclining toward the "defective headphone jack" theory. But I still don't think so. If anything, I think it could be related to the Self Aware Volume Ghost on the Galaxy Nexus, which Samsung apparently did acknowledge. Except the Nexus bug was much more obvious since the volume control indicator actually appeared on the screen and changed.

[Q] Tab auto-loads TuneIn Radio Pro when docked

Hi y'all
I am getting to know my sparkly new Tab 7.7" and generally have managed to fathom out most of its little ways. However, I am becoming increasingly frustrated that, after purchasing TuneIn Radio Pro, this app auto-loads every time I pop the Tab onto its dock.
I have searched through all the settings both within the Tab 7.7" settings and TuneIn Radio Pro's settings but can't see anything that relates to this "feature" - or, more importantly, how to turn this unwanted feature off!
Has anyone else come up against this? If so, do you know how to stop this app auto-loading.
Many thanks in anticipation of a blindingly simple and quick way to sort out this lille problemette of mine.
O. Spiv

OrangeSpiv said:
Hi y'all
I am getting to know my sparkly new Tab 7.7" and generally have managed to fathom out most of its little ways. However, I am becoming increasingly frustrated that, after purchasing TuneIn Radio Pro, this app auto-loads every time I pop the Tab onto its dock.
I have searched through all the settings both within the Tab 7.7" settings and TuneIn Radio Pro's settings but can't see anything that relates to this "feature" - or, more importantly, how to turn this unwanted feature off!
Has anyone else come up against this? If so, do you know how to stop this app auto-loading.
Many thanks in anticipation of a blindingly simple and quick way to sort out this lille problemette of mine.
O. Spiv
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I had that rainbow things happened sometime when pressing power button while playing video, and eventually rebooted. This shouldn't be normal when it happens every time you pressed it. Are you sure you don't want to take it for checking provided that you can repeat the problem?

Dock No-Op
Download from Google Play and you will solve your problem. This has nothing to do with Tune In radio, just a feature of the dock you can eliminate with Dock No-Op.

OrangeSpiv said:
Hi y'all
I am getting to know my sparkly new Tab 7.7" and generally have managed to fathom out most of its little ways. However, I am becoming increasingly frustrated that, after purchasing TuneIn Radio Pro, this app auto-loads every time I pop the Tab onto its dock.
I have searched through all the settings both within the Tab 7.7" settings and TuneIn Radio Pro's settings but can't see anything that relates to this "feature" - or, more importantly, how to turn this unwanted feature off!
Has anyone else come up against this? If so, do you know how to stop this app auto-loading.
Many thanks in anticipation of a blindingly simple and quick way to sort out this lille problemette of mine.
O. Spiv
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I really dont use a dock so i have that problem, but i would like your input since you have tunein pro. Every do often i hzve plsyback issues when i record a station over night. Basically my audio come out either left channel or right channel, never in stereo. I have contacted tunein regarding this issue and they cant replicate the problem. During live playback i have no issues so it only seems to happen when playing a recorded program. Hsve you experienced this or do you only use it for live streaming?
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adinis78 said:
I really dont use a dock so i have that problem, but i would like your input since you have tunein pro. Every do often i hzve plsyback issues when i record a station over night. Basically my audio come out either left channel or right channel, never in stereo. I have contacted tunein regarding this issue and they cant replicate the problem. During live playback i have no issues so it only seems to happen when playing a recorded program. Hsve you experienced this or do you only use it for live streaming?
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I have tunein radio pro on both 7.7 and Galaxy Note and it's very unstable in both. Only app that runs like utter crap with frequent crashes on any of devices

ph00ny said:
I have tunein radio pro on both 7.7 and Galaxy Note and it's very unstable in both. Only app that runs like utter crap with frequent crashes on any of devices
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Ahhh i really only have that annoying audio problem but other than that its good.
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Tune In Pro
I have both Tab 7.7 and Note and it works flawlessly on both devices.

Response to replies to my post
Thanks to all who took the time to reply to my question about the docking problem with TuneIn Readio Pro.
Nascar24usa: - thanks for that info. I will check out Dock No-Op and let you know how I get on with that, it sounds like a solution to me although I would have preferred to be able to change a setting on the Tab 7.7 or within TuneIn Radio Pro - but looks like that's not possible.
AsPh00ny: - I have only just installed TuneIn Radio Pro on my new Tab 7.7 so it's really a bit too early to let you have my thoughts about possible issues you seem to have experienced. I will play with it for a week or two and let you know if I have similar problems. I do mainly use it for streaming live radio, but on my Galaxy S2 I used to record too etc.
As previously mentioned, it's a bit early for me to comment about how stable the program is etc., but so far I must admit that it seems to be fine and everytime I have used it over the last few days I have not had any problems. I really like the app and have had it on my Samsung Galaxy S2 for nearly a year and it never seemed to put a foot wrong on that so I am kinda assuming it will work as well (hopefully) on the Tab 7.7".
On a separate note (not sure if I should post this is in thise thread, so apologies if I have broken any rules) the one thing that does annoy me with TuneIn Radio Pro is the fact that, although you can record programs, which was one of my main reasons for buying the app, I am disappointed that these recordings can't be simply copied off the device and saved as MP3s or something. I have tried but all I see is filenames without an extension and when I try adding an extension to them on the PC no matter what I try they won't play. This puzzles me because I would have thought the recordings were effectively just 'dumps' of the radio station stream and so should be in a recognised audio format? Maybe I am missing something here?
Anyway, thanks again, and I will post again in this thread within the next two weeks to let those of you who are interested, how I have found the stability of TuneIn Radio Pro on the Tab 7.7".
Cheers for now
O. Spiv

nascar24usa said:
I have both Tab 7.7 and Note and it works flawlessly on both devices.
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Maybe it's the streams that Im trying to listen to
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There is a paid (1,50€) app called "autostarts" where you can set auto-start privileges for each app on your device. This will solve your problem and (if set correct) also increase your battery life dramatically. Click thanks button if that helped you

Re: auto-start etc
Thanks for the replies. I tried Dock No-Op and it was okay, and it does stop TuneIn Radio from starting. However, because I have recently purchased a Samsung book cover type case I am not now using the dock so much (can't use the dock without removing case) I find that the need is not so crucial. Would have been even better if it could stop the password screen starting upon docking... but that's just me being picky! It is a solution to the TuneIn problem so thanks for that.
I looked also at "AutoStarts" but from the reviews I read it would appear that it needs a rooted device, which I don't want to do with my Tab.
Regarding the reliability of TuneIn Radio Pro - it's still early days but I don't seem to have any problems with it. It doesn't seem to update the favouites view when you add a station to the list - it will update when you reload the app though, so I guess that's not such a big problem. Still can't fathom why I can't play the recordings on a PC though - so puzzled that it messes about with the stream data. The only other minor gripe with TuneIn is that I find the recordings don't start recording for several seconds after pressing the recording button. So, for those of you who had issues with TuneIn, I haven't experienced anything major so far.
Cheers
O.Spiv

The 360 app also pops up once you dock the tab

This is an issue with the galaxy note 10.1 as well. When the Note is docked, Tunein Radio pro auto starts. I uninstalled the Tunein Radio app and docked the note without any unwanted auto starts. Upon re-installing the Tunein Radio app, it automatically autostarted without changing any settings. It's no big deal to simply hit the back button to close the app, but as a previous post alluded to, it sure is annoying.

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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.
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Sounds like a plan. Thanks for the assistance.

Shadow Assassin said:
Sounds like a plan. Thanks for the assistance.
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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.

Question Disable Bluetooth Autoplay? Still?

I recently upgraded from my trusty Note 8 and am finding the new Android version to be completely underwhelming (a common theme, I'm finding). I can't really think of any actual improvements to my daily user experience and two things have gotten worse enough that I have been researching solutions to them to no avail. The first is the main topic of this thread. My older Bluetooth car stereo (not Android auto, but apparently that is equally as broken) sends an "autoplay on connect" request. No individual app autoplay setting seems to matter, it is a system problem. On the Note 8 this was also the case, however it would only actually play if the app was open (present in the task switch windows). This was occasionally annoying but now it is much much worse. What happens now on the S22U is that apps I have long since closed will just appear to open zombielike and autoplay. Even when I am in the middle of opening a music app, e.g. a podcast that I was listening to yesterday will just start playing because it was the last used app.
I can't believe that it's 2022 and Android doesn't just have this fixed yet it has been underdeveloped for YEARS now. Why can't it just be a system wide setting? And why on earth does it insist on playing audio even if it was PAUSED before Bluetooth is disconnected? I have a feeling there is nothing I can do about this, but I wanted to vent.
I mentioned there was a second most annoying issue with the new version of Android. This is that the "double tap to switch" to previous app window is inexplicably slower than it used to be, to the point you might as well not use it. I used to do that constantly and it was very effective. Why on earth they removed this feature is beyond me.
If anyone has a current solution to either of these problems please lmk.

I've also have this issue... Both with the Pixel 6 Pro and same thing when I switched to the S22 Ultra. I'm inclined to think it's an issue specific with Android 12. On my Pixel 5 (using Android 11), autoplay when connecting to bluetooth worked every time. Even with having setup a Bixby routine to autoplay upon connecting to a specific bluetooth device, it does not always work... It's frustrating.