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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] AntwanL:
He has some point. I loved my Inspire 4G for music since it had the SRS software in it's stock music player. Sounded worlds better than my iPod with same headphones. Headphones make an obvious difference but the device and how it processes and outputs that music make a difference too.

The science may not make much sense but in real world experience it does.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] EnemyOfGlaDOS:
If that's true, I've never noticed a difference. But, thats why I asked.. thanks!

sent from my Galaxy SII
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] brent8577:
i don't use eq. my ie8 has super bass on computer and cowon d3 (sold) with flac, but barely any on this phone. it is possible the dev of the ics theme rom I use has fouled up samsung codecs, but I thought it was based on stock. music doesn't sound good, so I'm buying the cowon x7 or another model. their android player wasn't very good.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Captpt:
Just started using the trial version but by far the best sounding player I've used, not to mention lots of adjustability(Bass, treble, equalizer, tone on/off, ect..

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.maxmpz.audioplayer&feature=top-free#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDIwNSwiY29tLm1heG1wei5hdWRpb3BsYXllciJd
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] AtlanM87:
Everyone has their own taste, I preferred PlayerPro because of its interface. However, there was one thing that I really disliked about PowerAmp, which is that it was doing things behind my back when it was TURNED OFF. Check it out in wakelocks and look at data transfers. Did I mention that I really did not like that and considered that reason for immediate dismissal from my device?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Captpt:
I've only had Poweramp trial for a couple days but didn't know its doing things in the background when not in use, kind of disappointing.. I haven't tried PlayerPro yet but plan on trying it next.. Prior to PowerAmp I used ICS music player which I also liked but I wanted to try others in hopes of better sound quality..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] GeorgeP:
Different players/phones can sound different as they use different audio hardware. For example, many have complained that the sound quality of the SGS2 (which uses a Yamaha codec) is worse than the SGS (which uses a Wolfsen codec). Cowons and some Ipods use the Wolfsen codec. The difference is clearer with high quality headphones.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Caliesv:
+1 for player pro
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] BlakDye:
+2 for playerpro. Has everything other than lyrics support.

Sent from SGS2 i777 with Unnamed ROM.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] aaaa7xxxx:
Can anyone tell me why the "Equalizer" will not work with my Galaxy s2 (AT&T) stock music player?

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Equalizer app i mean
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] magicbumm328:
I use dood's music streamer. It allows ne to search for songs I want and play them whenever and also allows me to sync my grooveshark playlist to my phone for no charge
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] AtlanM87:
Hey buddy, it has lyrics support! Long press on the image of the song that plays and it will show up with a menu that includes "view lyrics", go to artist, etc. Gives you the lyrics. cheers.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Captpt:
How does it stack up sound quality wise compared to PowerAmp?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] AtlanM87:
I think that is a call that everyone has to make for themselves and this is very subjective. There is a trial version for both and that's what I would do (and what I did for those two and about 3 or four others). To me personally I did not notice a difference either way. I am using a Zune HD as my regular music device (due to the awesome zune pass features) and I don't think the sound of the Zune is better (please let's not get into the Zune versus ipod discussion... just check what the Zune HD 64GB is going now for on ebay since they have been discontinued...). The two things that made the clear difference for me in terms of playerpro versus poweramp were the interface (hands-down playerpro) and the extracurricular activities of poweramp. BTW, lyrics support for poweram is not intrinsic either and needs musix match (which also has this nasty habit of working in the background until you shut it up). I would like to mention that I am using Klipsch S4 (price to sound ratio great, very functional for whatever I do, exercising, air travel, etc.). Maybe if you use the $500 Shure SE530 its different. Or maybe a true audiophil could tell, but not yours truly. Now, finally, you can be sure that I don't care who makes the stuff - I simply care for the best that is still reasonably affordable - the "edge of reasonable". cheers.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Captpt:
Your points are duly noted and agree... I will give both a try in trial versions head to head...

As for the Klipsch S4's I too have these and was quite surprised at the sound quality per price, for serious portable listening I like the iPod Touch 3rd gen with Sennheisers (I have a couple pair of over the ear Headphones which are designed for portable mp3 players ).. Did you get the "A"version Klipsch S4s (S4A which are the Android version, the interface with the Galaxy S2's works nicely).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] AtlanM87:
Thanks! I had my Klipsch for about 2 years - but I am ogling the new ones... Let me think - my birthday is coming up. :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] doublen1:
Player Pro...great app, it isn't free. But it's worth every penny.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] autonomous-inc:
Agree with poster above me. PlayerPro is hands down one of the best media players out there. I only use it for music though, so I'm not sure how well it handles movies.

For audiobooks I use Akimbo Player. It has great features and is pretty simple and straightforward as far as audiobook players go.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Captpt:
Ok after only a few days I have to agree Playerpro is my new fav, nice player but the esthetics of it's Interface is outstanding.. May have to buy this one :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] K Rich:
I just got the Reference S4's, though I dont have anyway to compair them to the first S4's, I must say these sound great.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Captpt:
Not sure about movies but does a great job with videos I have on my phone(most are Flip home videos).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] alex72:
PlayerPro is better than PowerAmp. Try it for yourself with trial versions. BTW lyrics support with PlayerPro is better with musiXmatch plug-in then native built-in. If it doesn't work right away, enable Official Last.fm scrobbler in settings. And download and enable DSP pack in Audio settings. Much better signal processing. Much better...and last but not least, buy cheap headphones amplifier, like Fiio 5 or newer Fiio 6 for $20-$28 online...You won't believe the difference...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] nixonpjoshua:
Cubed is just beautiful, and he keeps adding features
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] raduque:
I use PowerAmp. The two most important features I require from a music player are Swipe to Change Tracks and Keep Screen On. I can only find those combined in PowerAmp.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] alex72:
Try PlayerPro trial. It has most important features you require as well. And then some more.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] herrera05:
i use double twist player with airsync because i prefer syncing my music to something similar like itune
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Felix2402:
Poweramp. Easy to use when driving. Love the eq. But I've been noticing some weird stuff, ill be listening to a song and it'll switch to a diff song for a few seconds and go back to the one I was originally listening to. Don't get it but other than that its cool.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] lenny hodapp:
I use miui music player. I themed it to come close to matching ics. Here's the thread if you want to check it out.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1301069

[APP] Themed miui music. Now ICS Themed!!!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] santoloco:
I use PlayerPro. Its worth It.

Sent from my Sky Rocket on Tapatalk!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] avidmovies:
I use PlayerPro.

I was wondering though, do any players have HDMI-out support? Not display mirroring, but more like, show controls for play/pause on phone screen and then track info on TV via HMDI?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] geicogecko:
I read through most of the pages, and I'd like to see if I can get a suggestion.

I currently switch back and forth between stock player and the file manager. I've always used mp3 players that use file/folder navigation, so I hate navigating using the stock player, plus it seems to move really slow. However, file manager only plays the one file. I only listen to music while driving, use BT streaming, and am almost always on shuffle of the entire library. So my requirements are:

1. File/folder navigation

2. Easy track change (I hate having to look at the screen to find the next button)

3. Keeps screen on (don't want to have to hit power button while driving)

4. Ability to shuffle entire library (about 8600 songs)

5. Free (but if there isn't a free app that fits these requirements, I will buy one)

I don't care about lyrics or EQ settings (the headunit takes care of that). I'm going to try out the two players I've seen mentioned most here (PowerAmp and PlayerPro), but if anyone has any suggestions, please tell me.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] avidmovies:
PlayerPro has all of the options you need, except it's not free. Use the trial for a bit to try it out, but it's well worth buying
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 309041291a:
Stock ICS player is awesome :).... Google Music is only missing ability to add lyrics to songs, a way to easily add album artwork, and a little more customization of the lock screen controls

Nexus S (GSM i9020a)

AOKP (Build 25)

Air Kernel (3.2)

OC 1000/200 (Lazy)

Live OC (105)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] thomastsai92:
Player pro , with isyncr to sync with iTunes
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dan04103:
Couldn't agree more. Love PlayerPro and the vast features it contains. DSP pack is a very nice addition as well.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Blackjack113:
Just bought Playerpro. Very impressed! I'm selling my iPod because I don't need to be carrying around two devices and this app is a very nice replacement for it. I like the style and mosaic-like way it portrays the albums and artists. Really awesome.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] geicogecko:
I don't think PlayerPro is exactly what I need. Basically I want the player to work like this:

1. Open player

2. Select any song (preferably remember the last song playing)

3. Player automatically creates a shuffle list of all 8500 songs

4. While a song is playing, I can click somewhere to go to the location of the song file. So if a song is in SD/music/Artist/Album, clicking will bring me to that album folder.

5. From that folder, I can navigate the file structure, such as going to SD/music/Artist, and then go to a different album.

PP is almost exactly that, but if I click the button in the top left, it brings me to the root directory (SD/music). Unless I am doing something wrong?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] alacrify:
I just opened, navigated through folders to a song, tapped it. While it was playing, clicking top left (the "<") took me back to that folder, and clicking the top right (a stack icon) took me to "now playing", which was the album I was in.

I didn't try shuffling everything.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] geicogecko:
That works because you selected a song out of that folder. To make a shuffle playlist of everything, you have to use the shuffle all command from the root folder.

Out of the four players (Playerpro, Poweramp, Stock, File manager) it's as close to what I want as I can find. Maybe they will add that functionality later on.

Edit: If you long press on the album artwork, you can choose "go to folder". So Playerpro is exactly what I want. I just wish it wouldn't switch to shuffling that folder when you play a song from a specific folder.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Xander_25:
I'm currently using a player called N7Player. It's currently free in the market as it's in beta stage; the developer is currently ironing out any bugs reported and updates fairly ok. It's got a nice interface going, it lists the music by album, and you can zoom out to just see the name only, or zoom in to see the album cover art. It can also download missing album info. You tap on the album to bring up the list of music in the album and pretty much play your music and it also has a lock screen function. I'm no bigshot reviewer, so try it out if you want, it's working for me so far. :D

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] SmittyRN:
N7 looks like it's got some potential, I'm gonna give it a try.

Basically, when looking for a music player, find one that fits what you want from it and try it out. Good thing is, there are a lot of options, and most are free or free to try. I generally use Player Pro for my every day player, but I bounce around between my storage card and the cloud. As far as the cloud goes, a couple of options not mentioned yet are Audiogalaxy and Spotify. Audiogalaxy works great to stream music straight from your desktop to your phone, works like a charm for me. Spotify lets you combine your own tracks with it's own huge library of music, but it takes a subscription to use the mobile app as it's an ad supported service on your desktop, they have to pay licensing fees to stream the music.

Other notable apps; Cubed is a pretty cool player, great for the 3D look. If you are going with a minimalistic look on your phone and like simple text-based icons and apps, Simple Player has a very clean look to it. Looks great on the phone that is decked out with minimalistic text icons.

They all sound great once you set them up and use something like DSP manager or Equalizer. You can't go wrong, find one that fits you and run with it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] treelover3:
I downloaded the N7 music player and had it download album covers and it put every cover in my photo gallery. Not good!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mimicthis:
I've tried a couple music players including player pro. I still haven't found anything to my liking. I want to like Google music player, but there is way too little customization for my liking. I can't even remove browser tabs!? I need to try out some eqs.. cab anyone suggest one that is light on the CPU?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] karate104:
Just a question for Google Music users: so I understand that the cloud is useful for having your music available on multiple devices/computers, but if your primary mode of listening is on a portable device, namely our phone, what's the point of storing music in the cloud if it's better to store it locally on our phone? I mean, we have 16+ GB of space available and can get even more on cheap large microSD cards. If you choose to stream music from the cloud rather than store it locally, why? What takes up all your space instead? I'm just curious, not trying to offend anyone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ryude:
320kbps mp3's are huge and I have well over 3000 songs. I don't think it will fit on there, plus everything else I have stored on it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] karate104:
That was my first guess, that high sound quality files and plenty of them take up too much space, so I guess I should've aimed my question at more casual listeners who don't care too much for high quality audio. Still, what then takes up most of your space? Is it music or videos or something else?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dandrumheller:
I actually do carry around my frequently listened to stuff locally on the phone, mostly to save data (I'm on a 2 GB plan)...but the big hog for space is the too many nandroids I carry around with me... :-)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jgunna405:
I found a nice little app called N7 Player. The paid version isn't available yet and currently the biggest widget is 4x2.

As a casual listener the only thing I've noticed that isn't intuitive is pressing the back button goes to the previous song and not to the beginning of the song you're currently playing.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Xander_25:
Same here.. nandroids kill most of my space... I actually carry around all my music, cause our Telecomm provider is so backward, we don't even have 3g. They have so-called '4g' plans that require you to buy a hotspot device, but that's too expensive for me, plus I'm not about to be locked into a 2 or 3yr plan when I could just play my music locally or stream at home or work.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] brokebackamigo:
I like 3 for three reasons:

1. FREE

2. has EQUALIZER and downloads album covers

3. UI is customizable
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] AllFlasher:
I use mixzing. I downloaded a international rom that had it and have never looked back. nice widget equalizer and like the interface.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] kamots:
There is a new 1 that came out a couple days ago called n 7 player. I recommend that you try it out at it as it is darn near perfect:D

The ui is absolutely amazing! Is free in the market now with a paid version on the way
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] AllFlasher:
Just checked out n7 on Google play. Looks like I'm going to try that out
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] giantenemybird:
Just tried N7. Love the interface. It actually goes perfect with the rest of my phone's setup. Definitely going to keep it a while.

My only gripe is that it doesn't have landscape view. Or does it?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] EpicEric:
N7 is pretty slick. Nice lock screen player too.

I like power amp better but that may be just because I'm use to it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] aasda:
I use power amp
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] CraftinMinesSince09:
MIUI sadly. I loved Google Music but it kept having to FC
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] LegoGuy:
Does it kill Reapers???:D:p
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] yentlequible:
In the life of this phone, I have easily flashed a good 15-20 different Roms onto the device and used most of them for a decent amount of time. NO ROM has ever worked very good at all. The best luck I have ever had were with a couple like Valhalla and Octane that would work pretty decent for a couple months then the problems would always return in full force. Again, EVERY single rom has gotten extremely annoying problems eventually. I have had it with this phone.

I don't know what I could be missing here, as I have tried multiple times to start completely fresh from stock and wipe everything before and after a flash, but nothing works. The current ROM was installed after an sd card format, full wipe, wiped caches, etc... Right now it will randomly exit the messaging app frequently, has wifi problems, apps force close, random restarts, it often won't upload/download things because it says it doesn't have an sd card, and to top it off, CWM is having problems and will get stuck on a screen with just a picture and no words.

This phone is borderline unusable for its stability and other issues and I am tired of trying to make it work well. I am not even new to flashing roms, but this phone is a headache. Someone, please help me figure out what is wrong with this phone.

Even with these problems and my long rant here, this would still be a great phone and should have plenty of life left in it. I had minimal problems with my old SGS Captivate that I had before this, so I don't know what is wrong. Perhaps a piece of hardware is faulty? I would highly doubt that. I need help!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] vgcraze:
Use the GB Starter Pack. If you are using Titanium to put everything back, it may lead to problems. I remember a couple of times where restoring all my apks and data with Titanium caused a soft boot or force close cycle.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] yentlequible:
I stopped using TB a long time ago. That would not be the problem.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] GreyDark:
What ROM are you currently using right now. Maybe see if you can take a log of it to find out why the things Messaging might not be working?

From my tank of a Galaxy S 4G. Seen more floor than a rookie lightweight in wrestling.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] yentlequible:
It is currently on the non-themed Octane 3.0. I don't have the phone next to me right now, but can you explain the process for taking a log?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Vicious89:
It sounds like you've wasted too much time trying flashing roms and trying to make the piece of crap perfect than actually using the phone. As much as I hate the stock of this phone, I will suggest using the one click kj6 heimdall then root it and voodoo no tweaks. Also start from fresh and try octane v3.0 w/o tweaks or kernal updates.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] GreyDark:
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/11930-learn-to-logcat-like-a-pro/

I hope that helps you out. There are some apps on the market like CatLog and aLogcat that also take logs if the guide doesn't work for you.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] yentlequible:
Im not trying to make it perfect at all. I am just trying to make it usable. It is extremely annoying when all you want to do is create a message but the app constantly force closes no matter what you do. The dialer has had the same closing problem also. Or the frequent rebooting multiple times a day. Like I said, I have had a few good flashes, but they only last for a few months until the problems come back.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Fluidification:
To me, it seems as if though you are having some cache problems. Start fresh. Flash to froyo and try. If that doesn't work, then take your phone to t-mobile, because that is a hardware problem. I have been using the same rom for a month or two now (latest beta version of my AOSP Style) and I haven't had a single fc. I have even used processor tweaks and whatnot. SO before you cuss this phone out, I suggest you try my solution, it is guaranteed to work.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] vgcraze:
Oh yeah, as air said, it might actually be a hardware problem.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] yentlequible:
I have flashed back to froyo already, unfortunately. And there isn't a contract on the phone anyway. Do you know what piece of hardware would cause this though?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] mike-y:
Not really sure, but if you are back to stock, I'd try to exchange it for another phone. I've had this phone since June (also not on contract), and I haven't had any of the problems you've had. Yes, I do need to reboot my phone every once in a while because bluetooth sticks and won't come on, but that's about it.

Usually, after I flash a rom and restore my programs/theme, I'll go back into cwm, wipe cache, wipe, dalvik, fix permissions, and then reboot and let the phone sit for a while. That usually takes care of making sure everything works right.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] PJ147:
Hi,

Flashed Grifs CM7.1. Decided to go back to stock. the question is where can i find this firmware as the closest one I could find on samfirmware has a different baseband. I cannot find one in the galaxy ace list for UK carrier 3 versions??

I used to have PDA: s5830xwkpy

Phone: s5830NEKP7

CSC: - s5830H3GKP3

Any ideas?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] SpaceCaker:
Sammobile.com
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] PJ147:
Guessing you didn't read the post then.........

It asks as I have looked on SamFirmware / sammobile and couldn't find it!
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] SpaceCaker:
Ive read it but its not easy to read
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] PJ147:
er ok. I said i had already checked that site but could not find it. Any ideas where else it could be?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] SpaceCaker:
Nope i had same problem wit vodafone froyo