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[Android Apps and Games] sw99:
And Don't forget Subsonic! Best Home Audio Streaming app ever.

What I would love someone to develop would be a Track changer that would work with any audio app. I have multiple audio apps for different reasons (Acast for Podcasts, Subsonic for streaming, Winamp for local music, etc.) Right now, I have to use a separate widget to control each.
[Android Apps and Games] rbtconsultants:
The issue with Audio Galaxy is that is does scrobbling on the PC, not on the Android device where we can make use of it. We can't see the scrobbles on the PC.

We are going to try and contact Audio Galaxy and Subsonic see if there are options for integrating with their Android app. We have had success doing this with other media players, such as TuneWiki and Last FM. However, not all player developers will cooperate, Pandora for example. We'll communicate with you when we know more.

The thing about what Tune Pop is doing, and for doing something like the "universal" audio widget is that there is no standard way of doing things in audio players in Android. They interact with Android to actually play the music, but Android doesn't broadcast any information about what it is doing, and the App doesn't have to either. And the App doesn't have to allow anything to communicate it to tell it what to do either.

A lot of people seem to think there is some easy Android standard to talk to the "Audio Player". Some people have made comments in other forums like "Tune Pop is stupid, just do this with Tasker" or "This would take like 10 lines of code". They say "Just grab the intent for the audio playing and toast it". Lol. Forgetting the one small detail that there ain't no such thing.

I think I'll write a post on my Blog about the complications of dealing with Audio players on Android.

Thanks for the support!

Bob
[Android Apps and Games] cocchiararo:
yeah, right...

Tasker, like any other app, can't "work magic" and "flash" the info from the non existing intent...

Tasker CAN display similar info if you use its internal functions to play music... but i really don't want to do that.

One thing you might wanna do, is add a plugin to be able to enable/disable tunepop with tasker tho xD

(some time ago i wanted tasker to do what tunepop does, only when my "car" profile was running. Of course it COULD NOT DO IT.

I thought that, EVENTUALLY, when i finally learned how to code in java, and then for android, particualary, i would make a music player with a plugin for tasker, to do this :P

i was so happy when i say your app xD
[Android Apps and Games] rbtconsultants:
Actually, an intent specifically for tasker to be able to enable/disable Tune Pop is coded/being tested and will be available likely in the next couple/few days.

Thanks for the support!

Bob
[Android Apps and Games] cros13:
Last.fm support is internal in Spotify. I'm not sure of the method it uses, i think its just a HTTP request
[Android Apps and Games] cocchiararo:
it feels like you read my thoughts when you decided to make this app :P

ps: any chance you can make the popup "steal bluetooth contros focus" from Waze while its displayed ? this is more of a "comic request" (or rant :P), but the "brilliant" devs of waze (social GPS system) decided that their app wants to keep the controls for itself (and do NOTHING with them), so people need to open the notification drawer for changing tracks on a car BT stereo :P

moreso, its been like this since v1.7, they are on 2.0.3 now, and its still a low priority "bug" for them, and they told me to STOP my car, open the drawer, change tracks, and resume my driving :P
[Android Apps and Games] rbtconsultants:
Now added the pro version of Tune Pop:

TASKER SUPPORT - use TASKER tasks to enable or disable Tune Pop. This is especially useful if you want to only enable Tune Pop in certain situations, such as only when you are driving and your device is car docked.

Go to Happy Vampire Software Tune Pop Page for instructions on how to implement Tasker in conjunction with Tune Pop
[Android Apps and Games] cocchiararo:
may i sugest you make the pro/normal version hidden after its first run and the other exists, or something like that ?

i think you can hide the pro one (since its really a key) from the start too.

Finally, i think i remember reading you can instantly (or after first run) hide apps icons with some setting in AndroidManifest.xml
[Android Apps and Games] rbtconsultants:
Thanks for the suggestion. However, the consensus in the development and user community seems to be that most people really hate it if there is an app installed on their machine and there is no icon for it in the app drawer.

Bob
[Android Apps and Games] rbtconsultants:
New version 1.1 of Tune Pop uploaded to market.

Added option for user to remove Icon from Popup when Pro features are enabled.

Album art is being worked on.

NOTE:

A "NAG" popup has been added to encourage users to purchase the Pro version of TunePop.

Many thousands of people have downloaded Tune Pop and less than 100 have downloaded the pro version. We assumed that people would want to purchase the Pro version to support development and get the additional features.

However, it appears most people like the free version, and send emails telling me they will buy the pro version if we implement some feature they want.

Thanks to the XDA community for the support.

Bob
[Android Apps and Games] rbtconsultants:
Version 1.2.0 of Tune Pop has been published. Nag Screen has been removed. App now makes all advanced features available for a 7 day trial period. Purchase Tune Pop Pro to permanently enable beyond trial period.

Thanks for the support.

Bob
[Android Apps and Games] cocchiararo:
any chance tasker support was broken or something on one of the last updates ? (i can't remember if it ever worked tho).
[Android Apps and Games] rbtconsultants:
Well, I just tested Tasker enable/disable to be sure, and it's working fine (non-rooted phone)

Did you go to http://www.happyvampire.net/home/announcing-tune-pop#tasker

and follow the instructions?

There are two ways to do it, download the tasker xml files at the bottom of that page and import them into tasker or create the tasks manually (note: CASE SENSITIVE). You should be able to "test" the tasks in tasker and see them enable/disable Tune Pop.

Then you can put them in a profile to enable/disable tune pop when you want based on some tasker event or state. I have tested a tasker profile that enables tune pop when my phone is car docked and disables it otherwise.

ONE MORE THING: Make sure you go into Tune Pop preferences and enable TASKER support
[Android Apps and Games] rbtconsultants:
There was a bug discovered where Tasker Support for Tune Pop was not enabled in the free trial, only when licensed with Tune Pop Pro.

The free trial has been fixed and a new version has been uploaded to the market.

Please let me know if that helps.

Thanks for using Tune Pop,

Bob
[Android Apps and Games] kitsunisan:
Interesting app, I mount my Nexus in my car dock and usually have music streaming while using my gps. Keeps me from having to switch to LastFM to see the name of a song I haven't heard before.
[Android Apps and Games] cocchiararo:
ahhhhhhh

my pride

i did buy the pro version (i explained here why i did so as soon as i learned about this app :P)

but i never noticed the option for "enabling tasker support" :P

ps: there no way in hell tunepop can display the album artwork instead of the tunepop icon on each popup, right ?
[Android Apps and Games] rbtconsultants:
Thanks for the support. Glad you are enjoying Tune Pop.

We are working on album art, I expect to have it done before the end of February.

Bob
[Android Apps and Games] cocchiararo:
oh, so its posible ?

great to know :P
[Android Apps and Games] soumikpal:
just got it from market, loving it on gtablet so far! great work and thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] cocchiararo:
hi again

just wanted to let you know that sometimes (usually the first time each day i play music, maybe after a reboot ? ) the first popup is the one the non pro version shows when the trial has expired (i have the pro version).

Also, i wanted to ask if any more investigation about getting tunepop to work with the samsung music player was being done, or if it was a deadend.

Finally, i want to sugest once again that you hide either the pro or the standard icon from the app drawer, maybe after the first run.
[Android Apps and Games] cocchiararo:
How sad, specially since im reading about java, and deciding/asking what would be the best way to start developing for android (i had many programming clases @ university, but im not sure im following my carrier, which is not focused on develping, what i now like).

I have little knowledge of java, but i do know/understan OOP.

I hope that, by the time i can actually make some app, things will be better.

ps: when you say that 10000 persons downloaded tunepop, but 100 bought the pro version, do you mean that 10000 got the free one, or 10000 got the pro version, but returned it ?

ps2: maybe you could display ads at the same time that you show the song tittle on the free version (and leave it for a little longer time, in case the user wants to click it ? )
[Android Apps and Games] rbtconsultants:
About 4000 downloaded the first version which was free and showed the title/artist popup once at the beginning of the song. Basically no one bought the paid version which had additional features like getting more frequent popups, getting the ticker, change size/position of popup.

I realized at that point that the free version was good enough or most people and no one wanted to donate by buying the 99 cent version. So I added a nag screen. This wasn't well received, got a bunch of complaints and still only a few people bought.

So I turned it into a trial, where all features are active or a week, and then it expires and does nothing. This didn't really inspire sales either.

So, a couple thousand people still have the free version loaded, out of 9+k downloads. I figure most of them still have the original free version. Only around 100 sales, maybe 40 since I started the trial, out of almost 3k who downloaded the trial, so I figure all those people use it til the trial expires and then stop using it rather than paying a stinkin dollar.

I know the app doesn't cure cancer, and maybe people begrudge me in some way for wanting to charge for it, but I wanted to start a little software business with my son and show him how to run a business and help him learn how to code and maybe make a few bucks while we were at it.

The fact that people aren't willing to pay a lousy buck for an app they find useful tells me that the Android market culture is a problem. Maybe the payment system is a problem also, but I'm skeptical that's the only reason. I made it pretty damn easy for people to download and try out the app to make sure they like it and make sure it works for them and then make a click or two to buy it and it still didn't seem to work.

So, I may just venture to the world of trying to do contract development of commercial apps for businesses, because I'm really not interested in trying to develop apps that will make money solely through ads.

Thanks for the support,

Bob
[Android Apps and Games] cocchiararo:
Your information makes me suffer :(
[Android Apps and Games] cocchiararo:
Any chance your app has to be rebuilt using the 2.3.* SDK our needs some other change in order to work on 2.3.2? I installed cm7 on my i9000 and it no longer works, it FCs when I play a song
[Android Apps and Games] rbtconsultants:
I think there is a problem with 2.3 where it appears Google locked up the stock player and we now get a security exception trying to bind to it. They're entitled to do that I guess, since it is an undocumented API, although a bunch of things like Scrobble Droid use it also.

What music player are you using? When you say it force closes, when does that happen? Opening preferences? When you are playing a song?

A little mor einfo, and I'll look at it with the new SDK and see what we got.

Thanks,

Bob
[Android Apps and Games] cocchiararo:
Cyanogen mod comes with a custom "stock player".

Happens with it, and I think it happened with winamp too, will recheck.

Your app shows no force close until I play the first song. After that, sometimes it source closes when I open it, until I reboot.

Then I can freely open it until I pau a song again.
[Android Apps and Games] cocchiararo:
My bad, it works with winamp, only stock player causes the forceclose (i guess the modified stock player still has the limitations of the stock 2.3 player)
[EVO 4G General] TheMatrixx:
UPDATE: Sprint resolved this issue by giving me a brand new phone. See this post.

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I bought my EVO on launch day in June, and have been plagued with problems. The USB port broke, the power button area was split (a widely reported problem), the screen had light leaked because of the defective gasket problem HTC acknowledged, and 4G would get a lock, then fail moments after (where my friend's EVO had 3/4 bars and could hold indefinitely). I took it to a 3 different Sprint repair facilities, and NOT ONE OF THEM would deal with it. They told me it was cosmetic, and the 4G problems were because "the 4G network was buggy". Heh, I like how they dis their own network as an excuse to avoid repairs.

Finally I got my local reseller to RMA it, and picked up the refurb EVO (HW 002, like my old one) that worked great - until I saw the display. It has a big bright spot on it (the infamous "b spot"), with a darkened area around it, and dark vertical lines running down the display. I took it in to a Sprint repair center, and the guy there shrugged and said "the majority of EVO's have that, that's just the way they are." I told him no, it only affects HW 002 units with Novatek displays - he immediately shut up since he knew I wasn't just another clueless customer. I pointed to the 4 live units on display, and cited the 5 friends/family I know that have EVOs, all with perfect displays, including the one I had before I RMA'd it. He looked at me with a dumbfounded look and had nothing to say. I asked how 1 out of 11 affected was considered "the majority" and again got a moronic look with no explanation, and he repeated "it's not Sprint's policy to replace any LCD unless text is completely unreadable on all areas of it." I asked if I just paid the freakin' $35, could I get a new LCD and be done with it? He said "I dunno, it's the luck of the draw. It'll probably have the spot too."

I'm so pissed off I feel like I'm going to have a heart attack. I've never seen a company show such blatant disregard to their customers satisfaction than Sprint. It took me MONTHS to get my old issues resolved, and they replaced it with a device that's defective too. I don't care what anyone says, when I paid $300 of my hard earned money, it was for the proper, fully functional phone advertised. So why am I supposed to hold up my end of the deal, when Sprint failed to deliver on what I purchased?

Thanks for reading.
[EVO 4G General] craigbailey1986:
Not sure where you live but I ran over my screen with my skate board and they replaced the entire screen and lcd for free.. I live in ga, also call asurian if it has not been 30 days they have to replace it
[EVO 4G General] bwcorvus:
Crack the screen, then they will replace it free.
[EVO 4G General] Genjinaro:
I left Verizon for the same reason dude, not to mention the wallet rape they were giving me.

The grass isn't greener there just becuase you're pissed here.

One tech doesn't = the service of the company, screw his opinion & demand one with a better screen, that simple, take it up to a manager if need be.

BTW VZW insurance is high, if it ****s up, you're pretty much handed to Asurion & it will cost.
[EVO 4G General] mattykinsx:
First of all I don't know why people think the Verizon LTE "whoops Sprint's 4g network". [Is it because their commercials say so?]

However, I've never understood how people have these horror stories and I, to be completely honest, don't believe these stories or at the very least believe there is more to it.

Because I've never, ever, ever had an issue with Sprint's customer service in Eight, yes EIGHT, years of being with them.

That all being said, dial *2.

Explain your situation.

Explain you're upset.

They will correct it.
[EVO 4G General] olimar814:
+1 crack it
[EVO 4G General] Award Tour:
If you are willing to pay the higher prices, Verizon will soon be dropping their version of the Desire HD. Pretty much a updated version of the EVO with all the second gen hardware.
[EVO 4G General] cooolone2:
I don't doubt the story, but I WILL agree that in over 15 years as a Sprint customer, I have never, EVER let them get the better of me, after all, "I" am the customer! What I believe is that people are not willing to get on the phone and then not accept no for an answer. You have to be patient, but you will get what you want.

First, Sprint CS will put you through the usual where they won't accelerate the problem to a supervisor unless you've spoken to the CS rep for an half hour or so. But I have found if I call CS late afternoon-early evening (Eastern) that I get English-speaking, knowledgeable reps from the US, not a call center overseas... if even then you don't get satisfaction, hang up and call CS and immediately ask to be connected with Customer/Account Retentions, that'll usually end the problem.

Fact is, I have even demanded compensation for my HOURS spent on the phone fixing a problem and have received it... and more!!! It all depends on how you handle the problem, who you talk to and what you are willing to settle for.

Good luck!

Regards,

:)
[EVO 4G General] TheMatrixx:
I've read nothing but glowing reviews of LTE, including consistently realistic speeds near 10Mb/s down and 6Mb/s up. One reviewer even went *over 30Mb/s* down.

As for Sprint, 3-6Mb/s down and 1Mb/s up is the advertised range, with my personal best being 2.32Mb/s down and 0.6Mb/s up. So to give Sprint the benefit of the doubt, and to assume the best speeds currently possible, that's comparing 6 down/1 up to LTE's 30 down/12 up. If that's not a whooping, I don't know what is.

I'm very glad you haven't had any problems with Sprint's service, but just because you haven't doesn't mean no one else has. My local store has two google reviews, both 1-star, warning people not to go there, or even Sprint in general. Googling for carrier customer service reviews shows Sprint on par with MetroPCS and TracFone. Every time I've ever spoken to customer service, I've been sent to the same foreign call center with accents so thick I can't understand a word they were saying. My favorite is when I had to RMA my Hero, and got a refurb with a broken trackball and the foreign rep INSISTED no Sprint phone had a trackball. When I explained it to him, he finally got exasperated and said "I don't know what this company sells! Talk to my supervisor!" and I was disconnected.
[EVO 4G General] mattykinsx:
I find reviews of things of that nature to be mostly BS.

Wimax has a theoretical speed of one Gigabit a second which is far beyond hpsaa or lte.

My guess is that wimax is a work in progress much like lte and hpsaa (in fact don't even bother with tmobile "4g"...my friend has it and sprints 3g is faster)

To your point about the call center with the thick accents....I've never run into that either.

Always Americans capable of speaking the language.

I'm not saying I haven't had any issues where I had to call customer service but I will say customer service never had an issue resolving my issue.

I recommend star two to you.

Also lets keep in mind that stores are not necessarily corporate stores and therefore your experience can vary.
[EVO 4G General] lostshootingstar:
Unfortunately I've had similar experiences as the OP. The quality of Sprint's customer service is mind boggling. It's almost like they try and push customers away. The techs are almost always smug and cocky, and never address any of the problems I've reported.

On the flip side, I've never had a problem with the service itself or the plan pricing.

Win some, lose some.
[EVO 4G General] craigbailey1986:
The sad part is you believe what your saying, yet according to customer reviews Sprint has 8 years in a row improved and now sit as the number 2 company in the usa behind Verizon. Also lte could not possibly have that high of a download and upload when digital service has not reached 30mb.

Also you do realize just because you only get 2.32mb that's just your situatiob, here in ga I get well over 4mb dl and 2ul, you can find my post with pictures as proof from speedtest.net app.
[EVO 4G General] mattykinsx:
Agree.

Like I said, when it comes to "horror stories" about Sprint customer service...I take it with HALF a grain of salt.

I have never had ANY experience that have EVER come EVEN CLOSE to where I could believe that a rep would say "I don't know what this company sells! Talk to my supervisor!"
[EVO 4G General] ghodzilla5150:
I have been with Sprint 12 years and until I purchased an EVO I never had issues with them as well. Now that I am on my 4th EVO (soon to be 5th because of Light Leakage AND Screen Separation AGAIN) I feel the OP's pain. I actually had to file a complaint with the BBB to get Sprint to take care of my myriad of issues with multiple EVO's. The phone is Awesome (especially rooted). The Hardware is Pure D ****:mad: Dialing *2 is worthless as they are Screen Reading Monkeys and can't really help you. You will just be passed from one A-Hole to another.
[EVO 4G General] mattykinsx:
I'm amazed by this post too.

HTC to date has never been known for weak hardware.

I have no issue with my 003 hardware.

And that's after going through

twelve

, yes you read that right, Pre's in just 12 months.

Let's also keep in mind that garbage hardware is NOT the carriers fault as the carrier only [hence the name] CARRYS the phone.

Does not make it.
[EVO 4G General] ghodzilla5150:
Trust me, I know about the Pre. I had 6 different Pre's in 12 months. Finally Sprint replaced that with a Moment that I gave to my daughter. And I am on my 4th (yes 4th EVO) if I wanted to complain AGAIN, it will be my 5th as EVERY single EVO I have had has Light Leakage AND Screen Separation (dust under top left of screen). I have been given 3 POS Refurb's and one BRAND NEW Evo from Asurion (after I filed a complaint with the BBB and Sprint paid the deductible). The new Evo (4th unit) which I received in Oct now has the same issues as the other 3 (Light Leakage & Screen Separation, Hardware Ver. 003). So I know all to well about HTC's Hardware issues.
[EVO 4G General] mattykinsx:
Well I'm sorry about that, really I am, but just like with the 12 Pre's I don't blame Sprint at all.

I blame Palm.

Maybe you should call HTC and let them know your history and see what they are willing to do for you.
[EVO 4G General] martonikaj:
I've had fantastic sprint CS with my store in northern WA state.

My first Evo from release day didn't connect to 4G properly, and they promptly replaced it once inventories built up about 4 weeks later.

My second Evo didn't get 3G connection, and was replaced next day with a refurb.

My third Evo held up for 3 months and the vibration started to not work properly. They replaced it no questions asked 4 days later.

They've always been more than happy to hand me another unit free of charge when I explained the problem (I am a new subscriber, too). I'm extremely surprised to see them shut you down after seeing that you have a blatant hardware issue from the factory.

Verizon is the one thats always tried to give me the shaft when I want warranty repair or help.