Using an old Android phone as a music player

ravoori 2 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

I have an old LG V-60 lying around which with its quad DAC is the perfect phone for this

hnburnsy an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

>"for the debloating i used xda forums. they have a lot of forum posts about what is safe to remove from any device but as always be careful. don't try to remove gpu drivers or something"

Suggestion: Use the Universal Android Debloater

https://github.com/Universal-Debloater-Alliance/universal-an...

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fhdkweig an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The author is using PowerAmp.

I am using AIMP. I was specifically looking for apps with downloadable APKs for sideloading. I can't use the Play Store because I don't have a google account. Looks like PowerAmp also has an APK.

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yjftsjthsd-h an hour ago | parent [-]

I'd also very strongly recommend F-Droid. TBH I can't really speak to the quality of music apps on it - I just use VLC - but it doesn't require an account and it has lots of good apps.

	▲	reorder9695 16 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I use Auxio from F-Droid. It's quite simple (which to me is a benefit) and my only real complaint is how similar shuffle on and off look on Android Auto. It handles non ASCII titles correctly where some others didn't (from what I remember due to weirdness with the Android media store) and it picks up new media/edited quickly and reliably which can be a sore spot with others. I don't know how Android's media store is apparently so incompetent that most music apps don't work correctly using it.

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TiredOfLife 7 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I couldn't find a good player for linux, so am using Symfonium on my old android phone with music on raspberry pi with navidrome

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totallygeeky an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

PowerAmp is an incredible app, used it and loved it before. I have a self-hosted streaming setup, so I've personally found Symfonium (1) to be my go-to. I'm glad things worked out for the author with this setup, and honestly the headphone jack is a sight for sore eyes.

(1) https://www.symfonium.app/

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D0ugJudy 34 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

Now I'm wondering if I can load plexamp on my ancient Nexus 5a...