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[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] sfhub:
Tell them what is going to happen if they want root. Backup as much of their data as you can, then unlock it. You should be able to get most data backed up one way or another.

At the moment you cannot unlock without wiping because the bootloader enforces that. There might be a way to get around that in the future, but not right now.

When you root, use SuperSU v1.55

http://download.chainfire.eu/346/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.55.zip

Versions prior to that had an issue with preventing OTAs from completing.

1.60 may have some other issues with changes to OTA survival mode.

Not sure where you read you had to flash the stock rom, but it isn't necessary.

You don't really "lose" anything by unlocking it. Someone might bypass your lockscreen to get at your data, but there is a big inconvenience factor leaving it locked (because eventually you'll want it unlocked, at which point it become more painful to backup/restore your data), so you'll have to decide if it is worth the tradeoff.

The issues with stuff not working after unlocking don't have to do with the unlock itself. They have to do with folks rooting and then using their root power to install changes, which then start breaking things.

If you just install SuperSU 1.55 and don't install themes, APM mods, etc. etc. then everything should still work (except apps which specifically won't work, for security reasons, if they detect root)
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] Felimenta97:
[MENTION=1299673]sfhub[/MENTION]

Thanks for the answers. As I said, I have some Android knowledge, but still got confused with a new "kind" of device. Once again, thanks :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] cyclonus23:
Sorry in advance if I should not have started a new thread. Where to begin;

I have a Sprint Galaxy S3 flashed to Boost Mobile. All was working great. I flashed the MOAR Rom and all was working great except for the internet. The 1x symbol would show, which I know is normal, but after maybe 60-90 seconds it turns into the 3G symbol. The problem is that the 3G symbol lays there dormant for a few seconds and then kicks me off completely saying that I have no data connection before the 3G symbol disappears and I have to wait a while before I can reconnect. I thought it was a a bad flash so I made sure to wipe everything again and reflashed but the same thing happens. Everything else runs perfectly except for that. I am using stock kernel. Any ideas?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] cyclonus23:
Should I post this in another forum or in a ROM thread? Thank you in advance.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ragnar:
Try posting your question here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=27791079 where other boost mobile users can help you.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] cyclonus23:
Thank you.
[Moto X Q&A] nonotechnology:
Can anyone get the "Play me some songs from [band name]/[album title]" to successfully start playing music through the Play Music app using Google Now/Touchless Control?

The best I can do is get it to return a search for the band/album in Play Music, despite that face that Google Now responds with "Playing Request", and acknowledges the correct band/album name I've said...

aside from this, if I tell Google Now to play, for example, "Teenagers" by My Chemical Romance, it will acknowledge that I've said that specific song, but it will search Play Music for "Teenagers" and play the first hit, which is a song called "Teenagers" by Department of Eagles.

This is especially infuriating because in the new ads that Motorola just put out, they launch Play Music using Touchless Control and it works great! (can't post a link here since I'm new, but just youtube "lazy phone - touchless control")

any one else experiencing this issue?

I'm on a Moto X (duh) running the latest version of the Google Search app (2.7.9.789824) and Play Music (5.2.1204L.814012) .. I have "Play Music" checked in the Phone Search settings, but having it unchecked seems to return the same result.

thanks in advance for the help!
[Moto X Q&A] Superpopsss:
Same problem

Sent from my Moto X
[Moto X Q&A] bgeorger:
I was able to get it to work after clicking the drop down menu next to the card to use play music. It did take me a few tries to complete.
[Moto X Q&A] nonotechnology:
bgeorger, I've gotten this far as well, but are you saying that after that screen it sucessfully launches Play Music and begins playing "No Church In The Wild" (the first track from Watch The Throne)?

Superpopsss, glad I'm not alone in this. now we've just gotta find a fix!

I've been talking to someone on G+ who is running 4.3 on his Nexus 7 and this functionality works fine. (he's also on All Access, but I don't think that should affect this behavior)

maybe it's a bug in 4.2.2?
[Moto X Q&A] Infekxion:
Same here, works fine on my '13 N7, N4, and GNex all on 4.3

Sent from my Motorola Ghost
[Moto X Q&A] nonotechnology:
so can anyone running 4.2.2 get this to work?
[Moto X Q&A] gunnyman:
Worked fine on my htc one on 4.2. It's an acknowledged bug as far as I know
[Moto X Q&A] bgeorger:
It does auto play, however, it isn't a track off the actual album. It does seem to work just fine when you only specify a band.
[Moto X Q&A] Ivan Fuentes Hagar:
Only specifying the band works for me up to the point where I still have to press the "play" button on Play Music. I mean, thanks Google Now, you opened the thing for me, and have it ready to run. But didn't I already ask to play it? I mean... that's what I thought when I said "play some Aerosmith" (btw, Gnow does have a hard time understanding "Aerosmith" :p)
[Moto X Q&A] Khourya:
Also not working for me

Using the Moto X on Rogers, and I'm having the same problem, but I'm one step further back.

The voice commands/google now won't bring up a "play music" card at all. I've tried "play ___", "listen to ____", etc. and all I get is a google search result with youtube links or music play store links to buy the music. It recognizes what I'm saying but there doesn't seem to be the functionality to play the music using voice commands as advertised. I've tried putting hard copies of the music in the "music" folder and that doesn't change anything. I've been through google now settings and moto voice commands settings but can't find anything to help.

Any suggestions? Otherwise everything works perfectly.
[Moto X Q&A] roadkizzle:
I have a big problem using this music playing functionality...

But.. My main problems are actually my own and not how the phone performs.

First of all, I can never think of an actual name of any song or sometimes even artist that I want to listen to. My brain just does not translate desires into words very well, but works fine when scanning through a list of names. But I think I can get over this and have it be of slightly more use.

What really limits my use of this function is the actual music I listen to.

I listen to a lot of power metal, punk rock, and other more obscure music.

I have been completely unable to get Google Now to recognize band names such as:

-Ayreon

-Kamelot

-Turisas

-Benuts

-Blackguard

-The Blaggards

-Cruachan

-Deathmole

-Dethklok

-Doomsword

-Eluveitie

-Falkenbach

-Forefather (GN always hears this as "for father")

-Heavatar

-Naio Ssaion

-Powerglove

-Power World

-Sirenia

-Skatalites

-Tyr

Surprisingly it recognized the bands Korpiklaani and Gojira.

That said, this is only a small segment of the music I have on my phone but it includes some that I listen to very often, and many of these artists are more readily in my mind.

I think it's extremely odd that I'll ask Google Now "What is Ghost Opera" and it'll come out and tell me that it is an album by Kamelot.

But, if I ask it to "Play Ghost Opera" it chooses to play a song with that title by Technomind, and I can't ask it to play the album or the song by Kamelot because Google Now always thinks I'm saying Camelot.

But, I do have a question for people that have gotten this to work... Does it ever actually queue up more than one song?

For instance I'll ask for it to "Play some songs from Voltaire", and it'll only queue up "When You're Evil" every time. It won't ever play another one of his songs even though this specific song is nowhere near the first one in any of his albums or playlist.

Can it play playlists if I create them or any of my defined "radio stations"?
[Moto X Q&A] tcollum:
I've had better luck saying "Stream (artist)" or "Stream (song) by (artist)"

No luck on queuing up more than one song, though. Saying "Stream (album) by (artist)" still just plays one track.

edit: saying "Stream (album) by (artist)" actually just takes me to the artist page, without playing the album. A shortcut, but not ideal. This is assuming that the title of the album is NOT also a title of a song. If that's the case, it just plays the song. Saying "Stream the album (album)" or "Stream the album (album) by (artist)" results in a google search.
[Moto X Q&A] Dark9781:
It's hit and miss with me. Unfortunately it's a problem with Google Now. Google will need to fix it.
[Moto X Q&A] nonotechnology:
Khourya make sure in your "settings" for Google Now in "Phone Search" you have Google Music checked. Though it seems to have no affect for me, it may for you.

also try "play me some" or "stream" like some others in the thread were suggesting.

Dark, it's interesting you say it's an issue with Google Now. I think it's more an issue with Play Music. I've seen a lot of videos use Now to launch a random track when searching for an Artist, or play an Album, but it was all with the old (pre-white UI) Music app...

I find it hard to believe they know it's a bug when they're quite literally advertising the functionality we're all having trouble with in those new "Lazy Phone" ads...
[Moto X Q&A] roadkizzle:
In general I can get it to play music but it only actually started playing after I selected a few times that I actually want it to play music using Play Music instead of just searching for music to buy.

My bigger issue is actually getting Google Now to recognize me when I say band names that I know it can recognize.
[Moto X Q&A] Khourya:
Google music is checked in settings and I've tried all permutations of the phrase, but I still can't even get the card to show up...

Very frustrating.. Guess I'll just have to keep on scratching my phone's hairy belly! (that was a lazy phone commercial joke just in case)

I'm on the verge of calling rogers/Google/Motorola..
[Moto X Q&A] Aarongauntt:
Mine works for specific songs perfect, but if I say to play songs plurally it limits it to one
[Moto X Q&A] liutszho:
I'm on rogers moto x as well. Same issues you are having. I even tried typing in "stream" or "play music" in Google now and the selected "phone" section and it couldn't find any results in my phone. Ridiculous.

Maybe because Google music isn't in Canada rogers?
[Moto X Q&A] vpxf:
I'm on a different device but same problem. It doesn't seem to work at all for me. I have phone search set to search my music player but google now will always perform a web search. If I scroll all the way to the bottom and select 'phone' as what to search under after I searched I see my song there, but the automation part seems to be broke.
[Moto X Q&A] lensgrabber:
Nine out of ten times this is what it does to me too. Very upsetting day one with phone. I think this is the only thing that I haven't been able to make work. grrr
[Moto X Q&A] abiezer:
It works fine for me using my Sprint Moto X, with All Access. I say, "Play music fro Maroon 5", and it starts playing all of their songs at random. I also can say a specific song and it will play that one.
[Moto X Q&A] altayh:
Has anyone figured out how to work around this issue? Since it's only a problem with v5.0+ of the Google Music app, it should be possible to fix just by installing an older version. Unfortunately, since the phone comes pre-installed with the updated version of the app this requires root (as well as a v4.5 apk, which I have). This would also prevents you from using All Access.

I'm surprised that this issue does not occur on the Sprint version of the Moto X. My HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE and my Motorola Defy XT both have this exact same issue. As of v5.0 of Google Music, even launching playlists via a homescreen shortcut (or an Intent) will not cause the music to play. Surprisingly a friend of mine who owns a Samsung Galaxy S4 informed me that the problem does not exist on Touchwiz-based ROMs, but does occur on Cyanogenmod and AOSP.

I've contacted Google's customer service about this issue a couple times, and most recently they took enough interest to ask me for a logcat. Their most recent response to me today was "I have forwarded your email to our specialist's so they can get your issue resolved." Hopefully this means that they are at least aware of the problem.
[Moto X Q&A] shadowfist23:
I'm on Fido and I'm having the same problem.

A friend of mine who's a Rogers rep indicated that the function simply won't work in Canada. He mentioned something about licensing; it was a casual conversation rather than an official support call or anything and I haven't honestly followed up with him further. However, I suspect the deal is that "OK Google Now" is going and looking for our music within Google Play Music rather than on our actual phones and since Google Play Music doesn't officially work in Canada, it can't search it and gives up.

This does make me wonder if the voice command will work with another music player installed, but I haven't tried that yet (I just picked the thing up on Thursday and haven't even decided if I'm keeping it.)

edit: This dude might have a workaround.
[Moto X Q&A] djdubw:
I too have the same issue. I'm on a AT&T.
[Moto X Q&A] stevetsimmons.com:
So far, the touchless app update seems to have resolved this issue

So far, the touchless app update issued today seems to have resolved this issue. I simply say "listen to..." or "listen to...By...." and my song plays first try. Before this update, I had to give the same voice command twice for it to play the song. in my experience, if you give the command "play...." it will do a youtube search only. the command that owrks for me is "listen to..." I hope this helps
[Moto X Q&A] djdubw:
It's still not working for me. Are you on ATT?
[Moto X Q&A] 1ManWolfePack:
I just say "I want to listen to...."

BOOM
[Moto X Q&A] stevetsimmons.com:
Update: touch-less app still not working perfect

UPDATE: When i first got my moto x I had little success with the "listen to..." command. Then Google updated the app and it worked practically every time. Now that I have had it longer it appears my momentary success was just a fluke. Now, more often than not, it gives my first result as a web query. repeating the command a second time still seems to help. (makes a sucky demo though).

I do apologize for being flat out wrong about voice actions working better after the update. I was trying to be helpful, but i fear I was anything but.

There is an issue I have is when I have songs with similar titles but by different artists, I state "listen to... by..." it shows the correct result then when it hands it off to Google Music, it plays one of the other titles by a different artist. perhaps prioritized by alphabetical order rather than my query. I hope breaking off a piece of that Kit-Kat bar will cure all of this.
[Moto X Q&A] lensgrabber:
I'll give a example then the question. Up until a couple of weeks ago I could say "Okay Google Now, Play Lemonade by Alexandra Stan" and it would pull up Play Music and start the song. No problems. Now when I use touchless control the card comes up with the proper album picture/song but when Play launches it starts playing some other artist entirely. Also when I search manually in Play Music the same, wrong, artist appears so I'm thinking it has to be something with the search algorithm in Play Music.

If I use Spotify for touchless control music it plays what I want like it should.

Does anyone have any ideas that I can try so Play Music plays what I want it to? like searching pinned music first?
[Moto X Q&A] :
I made a tasker app to solve the music not starting using touchless control. At least it won't start for some of us.

I made it how I want it to work anyway. ￼

Install the app. It will be called "Shuffle".

Do your ok Google now or whatever you say to open touchless control.

Say "open shuffle"

The app will be opened. It opens Google music, starts playing music on shuffle mode. Then goes back to your home screen. Then I use Bluetooth to control it...like next track and whatever. Or you can drag down the status bar and control it that way.

Works great for me! Thought I'd share it with those interested.

Of course you don't need tasker, cause it's an app now. But you do need root and have to grant it root permission. Don't know why....tasker just makes it that way it seems.

Enjoy. ￼

https://www.dropbox.com/s/hhpc1g062h1ckkf/lvk.pwk.gou-1.apk
[Moto X Q&A] GandalfTehGray:
I have a profile/app set much the same way, except mine is called Start Music and through Media Utilities starts playing the music from where I left it off.
[Moto X Q&A] :
Nice! It's too bad it just doesn't work like it should, but at least there's some work arounds thanks to tasker.
[Moto X Q&A] Coop9:
Hmm... I don't have any issues with this. I just say "OK Google Now, Play Daft Punk" and it opens play music and starts shuffling their entire catalog. The first time I had to specify that I wanted to use Play Music, instead of Google Play, but each time after that, it works perfectly. I also did this with my S3, although I had to hit the microphone on the search widget first.

In my truck, if play music was the last app used to play audio it picks up right where it left off (well kinda, it restarts the last track). If I've played something using pocket casts more recently, it opens that instead.
[Moto X Q&A] Roland Stone:
After much frustration like previous posts, I actually got it to work! Because this was a new phone I had to reset my Google Play All Access to use my account. After doing that and playing a few songs manually, "OK Google Now" started working properly!

I say: "Ok Google Now, play 'Little Old Man' by Bill Cosby"

She says: "Playing 'Little Old Man (Uptight Everythings All Right)' by Bill Cosby."

And the music begins to play!!

Not only that, but on its own it sets Google Play for "Little Old Man" radio and the next song to start playing is "King Tut" by Steve Martin!

(Moto X Verizon Developer Edition Kitkat 4.4, unlocked and rooted.)
[Moto X Q&A] SymbioticGenius:
I wonder if you need all access for it to work properly. I never bothered to activate the free trial. Should I clear data for play music?

MotoX GSM Developer Edition, Bootloader Unlocked, Rooted, Stock 4.4.2 Great Britain on T-Mobile !
[Moto X Q&A] Pwnicorn:
Strange... When I said play "little old man" by bill Cosby it loaded right up playing the song and starting a radio station. Then I tested it with another less known song," my brother's wife" by the butthole surfers it just brought up their album. However it's on Google play all access. It understood what I said just fine. Wonder why it works for some and not others. Seriously I thought someone made a mod that adds this feature as well as others like being able to turn off and on Bluetooth and Wi-Fi by telling Google to do it.

UPDATE: found the link. FYI you'll need xposed running. I've used a few of the api's and they work great but it is a work around and I haven't tested the Google play much but others report profit. Tell Google to turn my Bluetooth on. Here's the link.... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2554173 hope it helps!!
[Moto X Q&A] Roland Stone:
Yes I do still get some inconsistent results. With more obscure songs it may just send me to a search results page. I asked it to play Eddie Murphy "Boogie in Your Butt" and it refused, simply showing a list of YouTube videos of the song. Hmm, BUTThole Surfers - negative, Boogie in your BUTT - negative. Is there a pattern here? I did notice that when it repeated my choice back at me it censored it to "Boogie in your B***"! Is there some parental control in Google Now being triggered? Anyway to turn that off?
[Moto X Q&A] Drahkarg:
I got Play Music to think I was an American and managed to upload all 80gb of my music to the library, and can access it anywhere from any device and have been able to do so uninterrupted for months. However, despite Play Music being my primary (and only) music player, "play songs from trample the weak hurtle the dead" and "play some Gojira"* both yield Google searches, even when I use the proper command phrases as instructed on the Gnow card.

* (yes, it recognized Gojira as a name and even capitalized it, which leads me to believe it is able to see my library, adding a little more confusion as to the absence of the feature)

I'm on Bell, 4.4 using an American localized ROM (140.443.ghost_row.Retail.en.US)
[Moto X Q&A] kewlzter:
Many ways to say it

There are many ways to get things done with GN, If one phrase isn't working for you, try another. For example, Try "Play (name of song) By (name of artist)"

Make sure once the search results open, that near the center you have your Music player of choice selected in the pull down menu, You only need make this selection once. Avoid Google Play music, as there is a bug with it's "Instant Mix" function. Use an alternate program such as PowerAmp (best), or PlayerPro. (see attached image, note spoken search phrase and location of pull down menu)

Don't get frustrated, instead get inventive and creative. There is no handbook to Voice commands because other than a few standard basics. Voice commands use Google Search to figure out what it is you want.So there really should be no right or wrong way to say it. But the most commonly recognized for music is Song, then Artist. Saying Play, Song,by Artist, leaves very little room for misinterpretation.

Moto X
[Android Apps and Games] timmo15:
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The aim of Timmo Video is to be a lightweight application with simple and innovative features as a replacement for the stock video player.

I hope you like Timmo Video as it took many hours of brain ache to develop.

Make sure to take a look at my other applications: https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Timmo
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] nmeurett:
Hi everyone I just got an S4 and am looking for a good Wallet case that can hold a drivers license and 2-3 more cards. If anyone has suggestions I would greatly appreciate it!
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] Toddricks:
Check out the incipio watson wallet. Appears to be a nice case. Thinking of getting one myself.
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] itsdubai:
I read some reviews for that case and they were all bad..
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] dh350nwo:
Did you bother to search? Been covered already.
[HTC Rezound] DianeEla71:
I just flashed Infected ROM 9.2.1 JB 4.2.2 on my Rezound and really like it. Unfortunately, I am having an issue with mono audio playback, specifically with MP4s using ACC audio tracks. Any ideas? I've searched the forums and I can only find suggestions to reboot, but this doesn't work for me. Thanks!