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Can't hide Ambient Music Mod from Edxposed. App warns me that "one or more settings is preventing me from hiding the app"

The rest is all green mark and test recognition fails to start.
You don't want to hide Ambient Music Mod from EdXposed, that would break it. If you have the blacklist (Xposed Hide) enabled, you don't need to do any messing with the hide stuff.

Post a log dump if it fails to start.
 

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Not starting recognition on my Poco F1 on miui 12 android 10, with a snapdragon 845
 

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On a OnePlus 7 Pro, I got all the way up to Test Recognition and I get "Ambient Music failed to start". I made sure mic permissions were allowed and I haven't touched any EdXposed hiding options before. Logs attached, would appreciate any suggestions!
 

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On a OnePlus 7 Pro, I got all the way up to Test Recognition and I get "Ambient Music failed to start". I made sure mic permissions were allowed and I haven't touched any EdXposed hiding options before. Logs attached, would appreciate any suggestions!

I also have a 7 Pro, same error here. Are you able to disable battery optimization for Pixel Ambient Services? It is stuck on Intelligent Control for me, and the icon is just the generic teal APK icon with the Android logo.

EDIT: I grepped for com.google.intelligence.sense and it seems like its not installed for me.
EDIT2: Got it working, might not be too helpful to you as I also installed TotallyAnxious mod and I now have the app installed, even though I don't remember seeing Ambient Services inside the zip. But either way its working now (maybe it was the reboot, idk)
 
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I also have a 7 Pro, same error here. Are you able to disable battery optimization for Pixel Ambient Services? It is stuck on Intelligent Control for me, and the icon is just the generic teal APK icon with the Android logo.
I'm unable to even see optimisation options for that app.
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I'm on A10 build 10.3.8 no beta if that clarifies or helps.
Ah, yeah that's the reason. OOS doesn't allow you to change battery optimization on system apps. You'll need to either find a way to do it with ADB, flash A10 Open Beta, A11 Open Beta, or *maybe* A11 stable.
 
Ah, yeah that's the reason. OOS doesn't allow you to change battery optimization on system apps. You'll need to either find a way to do it with ADB, flash A10 Open Beta, A11 Open Beta, or *maybe* A11 stable.
I was able to use ADB and I no longer see the notification to disable battery optimization, but I still get "Ambient Music failed to start". Would more logs be potentially useful, or is there just too much incompatibility with A10?
 
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I was able to use ADB and I no longer see the notification to disable battery optimization, but I still get "Ambient Music failed to start". Would more logs be potentially useful, or is there just too much incompatibility with A10?
Idk I'm not the dev, but I'd take logs and attach them here anyways because now u have a different issue (before it was battery optimization now probably something else) and hopefully Quinn can look at them and solve them.
 
EDIT: I grepped for com.google.intelligence.sense and it seems like its not installed for me.
EDIT2: Got it working, might not be too helpful to you as I also installed TotallyAnxious mod and I now have the app installed, even though I don't remember seeing Ambient Services inside the zip. But either way its working now (maybe it was the reboot, idk)
Is TotallyAnxious a ROM? I was able to use adb shell dumpsys deviceidle whitelist +com.google.intelligence.sense to get battery optimisation disabled for it, so I assume it's installed for me. Still not working for me however, many reboots later.
 
Idk I'm not the dev, but I'd take logs and attach them here anyways because now u have a different issue (before it was battery optimization now probably something else) and hopefully Quinn can look at them and solve them.
Ah, my mistake. Thanks for the suggestions!

Here's hoping
 

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Ok so now I'm facing an issue as well. (I did switch from Edxposed to LSposed, not sure if that can cause any issues). Here's what happens.

I play a song for 45s, turn on the screen, nothing. I leave the screen on, play another 45s, nothing. I turn the screen on, login, and then turn the screen off. Pretty quickly (5,10s) the song will update on the lock screen. If I listen manually, it will also listen.

However, sometimes it will say "Failed to start" when doing it manually. Opening the app, waiting a bit, and just randomly it will start listening again. But I feel like its getting stopped a lot because half the time manually it says failed to start it feels like

So it seems kinda hit or miss, like it gets killed sometimes (or maybe it just isn't waking up, I have it on automatic?, but that wouldn't affect the manual listening, which is also affected occasionally - AND I have it on listen when screen on). I have all the battery optimizations off for the apps and also sleep standby disabled. I will get logs tomorrow and reattach them.

edit: Seems better on 1m interval but even still didn't detect a song 2mins in but showed up immediately once I hit the fp sensor and then locked the device again).

I wonder what the frequency of automatic is


EDIT: well after just leaving it on my desk screen off and playing 5 songs straight it got all of them, so seems to be working fine I guess for now? :p ill continue to see how it is, thanks this is a great mod, been waiting on a port since the pixel 2 release day haha
 
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This may be obvious for some, but wasn't to me initially😛:

If you are not getting the recognition to start, check that the xposed module is applied on pixel ambient services.
 
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It's been a while since I've used Xposed. Now I see there is EdXposed and LSPosed which seem newer than the original. Which is the best one to use? (OP5T with A10)
 
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It's been a while since I've used Xposed. Now I see there is EdXposed and LSPosed which seem newer than the original. Which is the best one to use? (OP5T with A10)
Both work. Don't think it should make a difference in terms of recognition and stuff but I *feel* like EdXposed was better. But ymmv, idk.
 
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    Ambient Music Mod Banner

    Ambient Music Mod is a Shizuku/Sui app that ports Now Playing from Pixels to other Android devices.

    Requirements​

    • Android device running Android 9.0 or above (11+ recommended).
    • Shizuku (Android 12+) or Sui Magisk module (Android 9+).
      • Shizuku does not require root, instead needing an ADB command or a few button presses to be made every reboot.

    Features​

    • Full Now Playing support, based on the latest version from Pixel devices and the latest music databases
    • Automatic Ambient Music recognition, with settings to control how often recognition runs - finding the right balance between battery usage and convenience
    • Now Playing History, Favourites and Summary support
    • Support to trigger recognitions manually, including a homescreen widget
    • On Demand recognition on supported devices, using the Google Assistant-backed recognition engine for songs that are not in the local database (must be triggered manually)
    • Show Now Playing songs on the lock screen (accessibility service required)
    • View the full track list of recognisable songs, and change the database location if your taste does not match your device's locale

    Screenshots​

    Screenshots

    Changelog​

    2.3.5 + Now Playing 1.3.5
    - Fixed widget related crash that was also causing problems elsewhere
    - Fixed service start crash on some devices in some scenarios
    - Fixed US database not being loaded correctly in the track viewer

    2.3.4 + Now Playing 1.3.3
    - Fixed crash when using online recognition with root on some devices
    - Android 15 support (for ARM64 only)

    2.3.3
    - Fixed an issue where old backups would not be deleted
    - Automatically grant the Restricted Settings permission required for the Accessibility Service on Android 14+
    - Added keyguard category to widget to allow eventual use on the lockscreen when support is hopefully added to Android

    2.3.2 + Now Playing 1.3.2
    - Fixed screen on recognition not working on some devices
    - Fixed externally triggered recognitions not showing on the lock screen
    - Updated target SDK to Android 14
    - Added support for displaying on the flip display on Samsung devices
    - Bug fixes
    - Fixed crash when viewing a track in the history on some devices

    2.3.1
    - Fixed crash on Android 14 Beta 3

    2.3
    - Android 14 Beta 2 support
    - Added option to control Ambient Music Mod externally from apps like Tasker with options:
    • Enable Now Playing
    • Disable Now Playing
    • Toggle Now Playing
    • Start an On Device Recognition
    • Start an Online Recognition (if supported & enabled)
    - External Access can be protected by an Access Token which must be provided by the apps interacting with it (enabled by default)
    - Updated dependencies
    For info on how to use External Access, check the page in the app or the Wiki page

    2.2.2
    - Fixed On Demand not working via the root method on some devices
    - Improved Track Listing info, showing more details on tracks where available and fixing the Ask Google button
    - Crash fixes

    2.2.1

    This is quite a large update, please make sure to update Ambient Music Mod and then Now Playing from the Updates screen after installing

    - Enabled Now Playing Summary in the Now Playing History, a new feature that's not even on Pixels yet, which displays statistics about your listening habits including genre, artists, and timings from the last 30 days (configurable down to 1 day up to 365 days)
    - NNFPv3 (the updated model) is now enabled on all devices except legacy armv7. Google have switched Pixels over to using it, indicating music databases for the legacy model may stop being updated at some point.
    Please note that due to format changes, a database update will be forced after updating, and any saved On Demand recognitions will be removed. This is unavoidable, and Google has already done this on Pixel devices with official Now Playing
    - Added experimental option to download extra country databases (up to two)
    - Added option to periodically (daily/weekly/monthly) back up to a specified location
    - Improved track list viewer speed by caching track info in Ambient Music Mod, rather than loading it from the Now Playing database every time. This will increase the storage footprint of Ambient Music Mod, but you can clear the app's cache if it becomes an issue.
    - Added a track info viewer to the track list, displaying all available information for a track on one page, including links to play tracks in the database
    - Added option to edit and delete stored On Demand tracks
    - Updated database downloader, and implemented a system whereby the system Job Scheduler (which is relied on to schedule downloads) gets told to expedite downloads where possible. This should improve the speed of database downloads.
    - Improved Lock Screen detection logic
    - Fixed an issue where some switches in the app behaved differently depending on whether the text or the switch handle was pressed
    - Fixed an issue where notifications for Now Playing were being re-enabled after being disabled by the user on some devices

    nb: Version 2.2.1 fixes a cache issue with 2.2 which may impact updates. For this reason, it has replaced 2.2 and that version has been removed.

    2.1.2
    - Fixed Restore option not showing any options of files to restore

    2.1.1
    - Improved adaptive lock screen overlay
    - Fixed insets on 3 button devices
    - Allow install on x86_64 devices without libhoudini or libndk

    2.1
    - Added x86_64 support
    - Fixed Android 13 Shizuku issue
    - Updated switch style
    - Removed "run when battery saver enabled" as it was not functioning and cannot be fixed
    - Fixed overlay continuing to appear when bedtime mode is enabled
    - Added message about static noise to playback screen

    2.0.5
    - Fixed an issue where on device recognition would not work on some devices using Shizuku

    2.0.4
    - Added the ability for On Demand recognitions to run without the Magisk overlay module, so long as the device is rooted. You must start Shizuku as root or use Sui to make use of this method, and the overlay is still preferred if it works on your device. Please read the Wiki page for more information.
    - Further improvements to the On Demand overlay, fixing issues on OnePlus devices
    - Fixed the Lock Screen overlay not appearing when Smart Lock is enabled
    - Fixed Alternative Encoding and Lock Screen Overlay colour options not being backed up

    2.0.3
    - Added armv7 support
    - Fixed crashes on Android 10
    - Fixed an issue where some tracks were not showing up in the track list or in the track count (US database is actually 69k tracks, not 53k)
    - Added an option to change the lockscreen overlay text colour
    - The lockscreen overlay text now has a slight shadow, improving visibility
    - Added caching for updates, which should prevent rate-limit issues. You can force an update check (ignoring cache) by swiping to refresh.
    - Enabled landscape orientation
    - Fixed background crashes in Now Playing, which may help download issues.
    - Improved Magisk On Demand module overlay installing, which may fix bootloops on some devices

    Note: Due to issues with the backend database update system, there have been two database updates in the last two days. This is now fixed, and future updates will be timely rather than all at once. Apologies for any inconvenience.

    2.0.2:
    - Added alternative encoding option, fixing distortion/crackling on some devices when enabled
    IMPORTANT: You must also update Now Playing to 1.0.1 for the alternative encoding option to work. Use the Updates page in the app to update Now Playing.
    - Increased max gain to 3.0 to cope with new encoding which requires a higher gain on some devices
    - Reduced the chance of audio recording errors
    - Removed "Timeout" notification as it was more useless than it was useful
    - Fixed unclickable Chips on Recognition Success page (eg. Ask Google)

    Installation​

    Download the latest APK from the GitHub Releases page and install it. Ambient Music Mod will download and install the latest Now Playing APK for you as part of the setup process.

    If you have any questions, please read the FAQ before opening a GitHub issue or replying to the thread.
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    Isn't android 12 OOS update been out for some time now? Which device the dev is using?
    7T Pro. It's in closed beta.

    I gave up waiting because it's ridiculous how long it's taken and am working on 12 support using an AOSP ROM.
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    Ambient Music Mod v2.2.1 + Now Playing v1.2 are now available, and it's a big one

    Changelog said:
    This is quite a large update, please make sure to update Ambient Music Mod and then Now Playing from the Updates screen after installing

    - Enabled Now Playing Summary in the Now Playing History, a new feature that's not even on Pixels yet, which displays statistics about your listening habits including genre, artists, and timings from the last 30 days (configurable down to 1 day up to 365 days)
    - NNFPv3 (the updated model) is now enabled on all devices except legacy armv7. Google have switched Pixels over to using it, indicating music databases for the legacy model may stop being updated at some point.
    Please note that due to format changes, a database update will be forced after updating, and any saved On Demand recognitions will be removed. This is unavoidable, and Google has already done this on Pixel devices with official Now Playing
    - Added experimental option to download extra country databases (up to two)
    - Added option to periodically (daily/weekly/monthly) back up to a specified location
    - Improved track list viewer speed by caching track info in Ambient Music Mod, rather than loading it from the Now Playing database every time. This will increase the storage footprint of Ambient Music Mod, but you can clear the app's cache if it becomes an issue.
    - Added a track info viewer to the track list, displaying all available information for a track on one page, including links to play tracks in the database
    - Added option to edit and delete stored On Demand tracks
    - Updated database downloader, and implemented a system whereby the system Job Scheduler (which is relied on to schedule downloads) gets told to expedite downloads where possible. This should improve the speed of database downloads.
    - Improved Lock Screen detection logic
    - Fixed an issue where some switches in the app behaved differently depending on whether the text or the switch handle was pressed
    - Fixed an issue where notifications for Now Playing were being re-enabled after being disabled by the user on some devices

    nb: Version 2.2.1 fixes a cache issue with 2.2 which may impact updates. For this reason, it has replaced 2.2 and that version has been removed.

    Download from GitHub releases or via the app's updater as usual
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    Ambient Music Mod v2.0.4 & Now Playing v1.0.3 released:

    • Added the ability for On Demand recognitions to run without the Magisk overlay module, so long as the device is rooted. You must start Shizuku as root or use Sui to make use of this method, and the overlay is still preferred if it works on your device. Please read the Wiki page for more information.
    • Further improvements to the On Demand overlay, fixing issues on OnePlus devices
    • Fixed the Lock Screen overlay not appearing when Smart Lock is enabled
    • Fixed Alternative Encoding and Lock Screen Overlay colour options not being backed up
    Download from GitHub releases as usual
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    Ambient Music Mod 2.0 is here, with a complete overhaul including dropping the need for an Xposed module, and even root.

    Read more: https://medium.com/@KieronQuinn/now-playing-ambient-music-mod-v2-93cd4042cc11

    Download the latest release from GitHub releases

    Important: If you are upgrading from Ambient Music Mod 1.x, please uninstall the old version completely including the Xposed module and Pixel Ambient Services and reboot before installing this new version.

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    I've also asked this thread to be moved since it's no longer a Magisk module
    Moved, thanks Badger50!