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[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] fcjan:
Can't believe this, I read your story then decided to try if my music player magically fixed it self.. and it did!! :eek:

I am also using ARHD but I didn't do anything, had ERA installed all the time..
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] f4780y:
Just wanted to add my thanks to this thread.

Project ERA 16.3 has improved the sound quality from my M8 far beyond what I though was going to be possible with a mod.

Great work, and please keep on innovating!
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] ZeroInfinity:
For all you users using DSPs such as V4A or whatever, here's a pro tip: Always decrease 4KHz frequency (high-mids) if you feel any fatigue or headaches at all. 4KHz is the most sensitive frequency in human hearing and can damage the auditory system due to prolonged exposure. This caused my tinnitus and also caused fatigue when I was testing a lot of audio experiments. 4KHz is the main cause for excessive loudness in kick drums attack effect (You can hear a loud tapping or clicking noise from the kick drums), this will cause fatigue and make you feel uncomfortable.

If you do feel fatigue, download and install a DSP and use the equalizer to decrease 4KHz, this might slightly decrease in clarity as well but keeping your ears safe is more important...
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] skyalvinlee:
Stock music app froze on 1st boot after install, freezing is gone after I rebooted, guess the system needs 2 boots to fully initialize

On latest maximus hd/firmware
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] :
Hm.

Still not working for me.

Did a clean flash of InsertCoin 3.0.0 rev49 and installed only ProjectEra.

I've rebooted three times and music app still freezes :(

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[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] EaglesGPC:
Sorry for the very noob question

What is the difference between this MOD and MOD IntenseBlast?

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[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] ZeroInfinity:
Read the descriptions and you will know...

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[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] skyalvinlee:
Try a different rom? =)
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] EaglesGPC:
Sorry but i undestand... I'm a Noob

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[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] DeeZZ_NuuZZ:
Even the biggest noob could read out of it for what intenseblast and project era Is...it's really easy to understand ._.

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[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Jompie96:
Where is the Downloadlink for 16.3?
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] ZeroInfinity:
In the OP ._. (Did you really need to ask that question?)
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] threetwentyfizzle:
I can confirm the same issue on IC. If in visualizer and mess with the slider tab, the app will lock up. I've tried deleting the 2 lines in Data>audio, and still no luck, however those lines reappear after I reboot. I'm sure Zero can get to the bottom of this eventually
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] ZeroInfinity:
I won't know because it seems to me that it's a Rom specific issue or a random issue like the microphone one we had before. I can't fix anything because there isn't anything to fix :-/

Those lines are meant to reappear. In previous versions, I edited those files but cause bugs. The files are meant to be there, they will reappear when you delete them. I just tell everyone to delete them because it had my old edits which caused bugs. Deleting it will make those files reappear with stock values :)

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[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] threetwentyfizzle:
Oh I see, yea weird issue, the Mic issue hasn't come back for me after the new base update, but now this lock up. No worries tho, not that I use the visualizer, so it's something you deliberately have to do to lock up the app.
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] zanexlol:
My mic stopped working after I installed your newest version. HTC One M7, ARHD 71.1. Though it does work if I talk using speaker, for some reason.

Anyone else that's run into something like this before?

Thanks.
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] ZeroInfinity:
That's the random microphone bug again. It seems to me that it's somehow Rom related. I have never experienced this bug before in any version. A reboot usually fixes that problem until it comes back again. No one knows what's causing this and I can't fix anything because half the users have it and some don't have the bug at all.

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[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] zanexlol:
Have you tried other roms without experiencing this bug? I queuss we'll have to wait for them to fix it.

Or perhaps we're all semi-****ed and it's a hardware glitch getting worse.
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] AKZam:
I haven't had the Mic bug since doing a fresh install of IC3.0 (sense 6 base) but I also haven't had many calls... So might still pop it's ugly head up. I do get the visualizer bug, not a big deal as I don't use it :)
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] ZeroInfinity:
I highly, highly doubt that it's a hardware problem. I haven't experienced it on IC Sense 6 m8 port 2.x (not tried on IC 3.0) and Renovate has no issues here on the latest revision via SVN. I haven't tried it in others though.

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[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] davebugyi:
I only experienced once on IC 2.7.0, when I had the HTC RC-E240 headset plugged in.

I was listening to music on Deezer, then my phone rang (both on Headset and Speakers) and when I picked it the mic was not working.

I made a few tests - it was not working with the headset or without it - turning Speakerphone ON/OFF did not had any effect. Only a reboot solved it.

The strange part is, that the above mentioned scenario happened to me also yesterday and the issue was not present at all - mic is fine ever since.

I make like 8-10 hours of calls (business related) weekly and only had the issue once. Oh, and I bought the RC-E240s on the same day the problem occured, so they were plugged in for the first time.
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] steve1996:
To the people who have Mic issues, do you guys use headphones that has in line Mic or no Mic? Both my headphone and in-ears doesn't have a Mic, and I don't have any problems with the Mic.
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] fcjan:
you know you might be out to something here.. I only had mic problems after I unpluged my stock headphones (with mic) and never after I unplug normal AUX cable for my car (no mic), maybe it takes some time for phone to switch from headphones mic to integrated one or something like that.. now its fine, I guess it fixed it self like it always do :cowboy:
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] RedDeadDorito:
no wonder I get so sleepy when I spend hours making beats...
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] CamoGeko:
Rom issue, not the audio mod.

Last few pages are filled with this Mic thing.

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[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] tyfoxx:
Can someone who has HK working with this MOD tell me you got it to work, whenever I try I loose sound completely.

Please Advise

Tyfoxx
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] ZeroInfinity:
What version of this mod are you on? I fixed the problem already in v16.1 and even [MENTION=271041]p50kombi[/MENTION] confirmed it for me.
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] p50kombi:
Yep, no problem here...

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[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Jompie96:
Sorry, but what is the OP?
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] ZeroInfinity:
Opening Post (i.e first post)
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Uzephi:
It stopped working all together on my One. My DNA never had the issue. Both on latest TWRP and firmware for the respective device.

Sent from my HTC6500LVW

---------- Post added at 07:11 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:10 AM ----------

Asked in my Rom thread (ViperOne for Verizon) and they say it shouldn't be Rom issue.

I wonder if it is recovery related or firmware related (since the new sense 6 firmware just recently came out for the One). I am on that firmware if that helps dissolve this issue.

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[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] ZeroInfinity:
Well it wouldn't be the soundmod issue either if some people have the bug and some people do not have the bug :p No one really knows what's going on here and the bug remains a mystery. That being said, I can't fix the problem if it's not the soundmod's problem. I have never encountered this issue before though and I've always been on .401 (WWE) firmwares (currently on 5.11.401.10 firmware). I highly doubt it has anything to do with the recovery.
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Uzephi:
It could also be slight hardware differences? Kinda like binned CPUs maybe the amps are different on certain serial numbers and that is causing the issue? I just flashed Santod's older firmware and I will try it to see if it could be firmware with certain boards.

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[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] ZeroInfinity:
That might be but I'm not entirely sure about it ;)
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] steve1996:
I'm really suspecting the Mic issue occurs when you use headphones with in line Mic
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Uzephi:
Mine doesn't work at all.

just tried 3 different rims on two different firmwares. Mic doesn't work for me. I am using the blue best buy One m7 for Verizon (serial begins with FA3C3) just for statistics purposes (in case it is different boards). If you need anything else, just pm me

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[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] steve1996:
Does the headphone you use have a mic?
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Uzephi:
I tried clean installs without using the headset, just the phone and it doesn't work. Normal or speaker setting.

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[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] tyfoxx:
Sorry I should have stated that.... I'm using the latest version 16.3., thanks for your prompt response.

Tyfoxx
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] ZeroInfinity:
Try reinstalling the ROM, then the h/k audio mod and then reinstalling the soundmod. If that doesn't work still then try a full wipe then reinstall everything :) It should work because someone on the m8 has confirmed that h/k is all working fine.

Then something is very wrong here. If the microphone does not work at all, something is going on with your phone... Does the microphone work without the mod?
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] GermanGuy:
No problems here on the M8 with H/K mod and zero's soundmod. I am on AT&T.

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[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Uzephi:
Yes it does. The charging port went faulty. I will rumrunner this new phone and try again. This phone serial is FA3BJ
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] ancola66:
Install version 16.3 on Droid DNA : All the songs only play half and then automatically stop :(. Back to version 15.2 every things to normal, anyone having this problem like me?
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] allhill:
i flash the latest mod, HTC one m7 with sense 6 here.

just wondering, when i use my headset (LG Tone+ ) is better let the beats audio on or off to feel the mods?

i just felt if i turn off the beats audio, the sound strength is drop. thank you.

edit: found that when using headset with beats audio turn off, the sound become more crisp and more detail. well done devs.
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] xunus:
I'm on Butterfly x920D, having the same issue as you when i use google play music. If i use HTC music player, i have seeking problems.

Mind sharing the v15.2? Kinda want to return to old ver which works well for me, but i don't have the file anymore. Thanks
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] ancola66:
Here for you, good luck:

V15.2

http://www.mediafire.com/?n07uzvej0uzr72j
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] ZeroInfinity:
If you have seeking problems, did you try the fix which was posted a few days ago? (Search for it :p)
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Uzephi:
New phone same setup works. Guess it is board specific
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] xunus:
Found the fix and yes its working fine now. Thanks alot!:D

---------- Post added at 08:12 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:10 AM ----------

Thanks! Anyway, v16.3 works for me after deleting 2 files. Fix can be found in post #4155
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] lovepreet39:
I just installed it on my Sprint Htc one m7, it works great.

But i unable to find Musicbox or Viper audio Mod to enjoy SRS/Dolby

Can you put a link please
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] DeeZZ_NuuZZ:
This mod doesn't contain music box or so...it is in the Rom you need the mod package for that or use viper Rom ...also viper4android is available as apk ...just use the search or use Google...really EASY to find

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[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] ZeroInfinity:
Don't quote the OP. Also, you should be able to find both if you search for it. Viper4Android has NOTHING at all to do with SRS/Dolby effect. Nothing at all.

Only MusicBox can provide these effects and it's not ported for Sense 6.0 yet. If you want to find MusicBox, search for lyapota's modpack in HTC One Themes and Apps section.
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] DeathAngel66669:
I tried the fix by deleting the 2 files. Every time I rebooted they reappeared, even with root permissions. I just deleted the stock music app again. Play music and the music app within root explorer work fine though. thanks for the mod.
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] ZeroInfinity:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=53041940&postcount=4398

...seaaaaarrrchhhhh :p
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] DeathAngel66669:
Fine, sorry, lol. Thanks for being patient with us lazy people. I did search, just not well enough apparently. :cyclops:
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Mikanoshi:
Not really :p
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] ZeroInfinity:
Or your ICE Cave mod I just noticed, but that's really pretty much it.
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] tyfoxx:
I re-ordered the install and V16.3 works perfectly with HK - took a bit of fiddling with the ROM all is well - clear clean sound - thanks for all your help and suggestions.

Take care,

tyfoxx
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] lovepreet39:
Bro, just installed Viper ONE, i unable to hear any difference in Dolby/SRS/Custom EQ. So i installed this MOD.

But same no difference.
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] DeeZZ_NuuZZ:
The sense 5.5 one or sense 6?

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[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] lovepreet39:
Latest viper 6.2.0 Sense 6
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] DeeZZ_NuuZZ:
Sound enhancer still doesn't fully work I think

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[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] ZeroInfinity:
Strange, I had sound enhancer working ages ago but that was like the early versions of viper one sense 6 though...

It's a ROM problem, best you report there instead since I can't do anything for you ;)

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[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] poondog:
I thought sound enhencer worked after flashing this mod only

This is my experience
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] lovepreet39:
It was also working on my phones ages ago, but not now, may be sense 6 problem
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Uzephi:
I found the replication of the no working Mic issue. It happens when I do a soft reboot (restart of the shell only instead of a full reboot). I do a full reboot or power down and restart and it works just fine. Anyone else who has Mic issues try that.
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] nintendolinky:
Guys in the M8 forums, people are saying that with GPE this mod has permanent wakelocks with sound, as its never letting the phone deep sleep etc, is that true for the newest version.
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] ZeroInfinity:
I haven't been on GPE for ages now, just switched to stock GPE Android 4.4.3 today. I'll see if this is the case for M7 tomorrow ;)

Not too sure about m8 though but we will see...

No issues with audio wakelock on sense ROMs though so that's a bit weird :S
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] mrgwap:
So this works on 4.3 gpe?
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] schnob:
It seems to be working for me on Digital High's 4.4.3 GPE build.
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Uzephi:
You mean 4.4.3? The title states it is for 4.4.x I don't think it will work well with 4.3.x
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] mrgwap:
Yeah I mean 4.4.3 lol
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] ZeroInfinity:
Yeah, I'm pretty sure he means 4.4.3

Yup, I'm on stock GPE android 4.4.3, just flashed today :D

I assume you mean 4.4.3, yes :)

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[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] myrigon:
Mr jaydee has released sinless gpe 4.4.3 if you would prefer not to be on stock.
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] ZeroInfinity:
No permanent wakelocks here...

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[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] steve1996:
Zero, what music player are you using on gpe?
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] ZeroInfinity:
Poweramp ;)

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[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] okkbojan:
Did you try Neutron?
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] ZeroInfinity:
I despise the ui so nope :p

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[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] poondog:
Are you staying on m7? :)
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] ZeroInfinity:
I don't have money for a new phone, remember? :p also, my contract ends on 21st January 2015 so I'll upgrade then :)

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[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] poondog:
join the club :D My contract expires in April next year, so will you be waiting a few months for the m9 or the nextr wave of flagships? The worst thing is getting a flagship phone that is replaced in a few months :)
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] ZeroInfinity:
Might wait for a HTC with a s810 chipset, at least then I wouldn't be that behind on hardware xD

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[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] poondog:
I will probably be going HTC or Sony flagship next time. Hope I can have ERA on whatever :D :D D:
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] neniick:
Bro, pliz, HTC, else you would have to miss Viper and I would miss the roo :'(

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[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] ZeroInfinity:
Ew, Sony. Their bootloader unlocking method is a nightmare and I refuse to go through that again. First and last sony - Xperia Z.
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] steve1996:
My first and last Sony : Xperia z1.

Even the m7 beats it in almost everything
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] ZeroInfinity:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=53228050&postcount=76 Back to audio topic xD

I have finally cleared up how adding audio libraries will not always work :p
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] okkbojan:
Neutron sounds better than any other music player! If you like ui more than sound quality ok!
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] ZeroInfinity:
I know, I know :p :p but the UI is so ugly, I can't stand going into the app :D I know the audio quality is really good but the UI sucks so much that my eyes can't adjust to it O_o
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] poondog:
OK sorry if this is a silly question

But why doesn't your audio mod include these? I like them on xperia z and other Sony devices :)

I mean clearaudio+ and clearphase specifically since we have something similar to xloud :)

And sorry I derailed your thread again :)
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] ZeroInfinity:
Because I don't want walkman ports in my soundmod :p

You can download Mikanoshi's ICE CAVE soundmod since he's got the ports working well :) Sony's effects mainly rely on the framework rather than audioflinger ;)

Referring to my post again, just adding libraries will not activate/load them ;) Needs something to make them load :D
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] poondog:
Ahh ok so let me get this straight

Sony clearaudio/clearphase require framework mods, which is why xposed is required?
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Mikanoshi:
Pfff, WALKMAN! With SoundEnhancements! That is a beauty with best quality, Xperia sound on HTC hardware :)

Yeah, Neutron is ugly, but Poweramp is more than half as ugly as Neutron :D That dark-blue style of typical sound app with typical controls -
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] ZeroInfinity:
Hahaha! I started using PowerAmp (I did hate the UI as well!) but using dark metallic theme makes it bearable ;) I would use Google Music but PowerAmp can save/load all my playlists whereas I'd have to redo all of my 26 playlists on Google Music xD

Correct :D
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] steve1996:
The best looking music player is the HTC stock player IMO. It's also easier to find songs than for example the walkman on my z1
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] ZeroInfinity:
Yeah but I've switched to GPE :p no HTC Music for me :(
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] okkbojan:
Neutron is the professional music player with a high quality 32/64-bit audio rendering engine which provides the best possible sound quality on an Android device. ?
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Thijssie909:
Hi Zero, now your on GPE, do you have sound the first few seconds on your video recordings? I'm still not having any sound, only after 3 seconds or so... Hope we can solve this issue. Thanks!
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] ZeroInfinity:
I do have a problem with the camera app though, the first few seconds don't have any sounds but also the video is somehow played starting earlier, I'm not sure how to explain it but the video lags like hell for the first few seconds then slowly stabilises... I would assume it's due to Google Camera but I'm not entirely sure... For example, I recorded a 7 second video. The phone skips 4 seconds and plays only 3 seconds -_- really annoying. Not sure weather it's Google Camera's issue though, are you able to install a 3rd party camera app and record a video from there?
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Thijssie909:
The problem occurs after flashing ERA. I also have it with other camera apps...
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] ZeroInfinity:
Alright, I'll have a look at it in a few days ;) should be fixed in the next version :D
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Thijssie909:
Awesome!
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] ZeroInfinity:
Hahaha! you know what? This was so easy to fix xD

go to build.prop and find this line near the bottom: "persist.audio.lowlatency.rec=true" remove it and reboot, that should fix the issue! :D

It seems like GPE doesn't like lowlatency recording... ah well, removed it for the next version so we won't run into this issue again :)
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Thijssie909:
Wow! Bug fixed! Thanks a lot... Could have figured that out myself... :) Has been bugging me for months.

Can we expect some more sweetness for GPE from you? Or are you switching back to Sense?

Thanks again!!
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] ZeroInfinity:
I think I'll be sticking with GPE for a while ;) No special stuff for GPE though, got a new thing coming up for everyone in the next version but I won't say anything about it :D Next update will probably release in 2/3 weeks :)
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] donmarkoni:
You evil, evil man. Worm of curiosity will eat me alive in given time. :D ;)
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] threetwentyfizzle:
GPE is legit :) so snappy with Elemental.
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] poondog:
I thought this might be beneficial to this thread and peoples knowledge

http://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html
[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] ZeroInfinity:
I've reqd it before and I think that article is bull**** -_- especially if it has anything 'Apple' in it...

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[HTC 10 Themes, Apps, and Mods] p50kombi:
Man, I keep trying neutron because I want to like it, but just can't get it to do what I want..

It's such a frustrating player..

I use headset control with poweramp, which let's me control everything including volume with just one button.. Neutron just doesn't want to play ball with that..

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