@RockPaperSpock wrote:
@MyAliasIsGary:
I must confess I'm not liking your tone. I'm going to do you the courtesy of responding one last time.
1) Given the importance of being able to record calls, and the lack of any compelling reason to upgrade to 5.1.1, I'll stick with 5.0.2 for the timebeing. You cool with that?
2) Given the importance of maintaining a tight rein on my data usage, I'll use any and all features available to limit this wherever possible. Is this acceptable?
3) When listing my music by album on my old Android phone running 4.4.2, using the stock player or USB Audio Player Pro, and also on my current Z3C using the stock player, the artist listed on the line below the album title is _always_ determined by the contents of the Artist tag on the last track of that album. Given this flaw exists across two different device manufacturers (both major players in the Android smartphone field), three different apps and two different versions of Android, and given a dev has openly declared to me in an email that Android is the cause, it's by no means unreasonable for me to conclude that Android is, in fact, the cause.
I'm done with justifying myself to a stranger. I consider this thread closed.
Sorry you feel that way.
Was trying to communicate best practice, which is normally to keep system updates as current as possible.
Updating apps runs similarly, although I do check changelogs to know what an update helps with.
I do appreciate wanting to stick with a good product and if Total Recall is that, then fine. However, sometimes circumstances change and you might be forced into using alternatives.
Finally, regarding background data, fair enough. Your choice. I absolutely respect your desire to control your data usage. I am the same. I only turn on data when I require it. However, you are using an additional blanket change, which I believe is unnecessary, if you simply turn off your data connection (as you have done).Turning off background data won't prevent a system update to 5.1.1 (i don't think anyway) or app updates which could occur over wifi (I've tested this and was able to update an app via google play over wifi, even with background data disabled). You made it clear that you were concerned about controlling data usage and updates, as that could bring unwelcome changes or a loss of functionality, hence my advice.
Overall, your messages communicate you want to have good control over changes that could occur to your handset software. Reviewing and configuring the settings I listed will enable you to do this.
Regarding your issues with artist tags, I've just tested what you've described and can't replicate it. I took the last track in a track numbered album and changed the artist tag, both using the Music app and then using external tagging software. Neither of these changes resulted in the album artist being described differently, when viewing by album (at least in the Music app). Perhaps it is a problem with android's media database and/or the Music app. However, as you've not updated them to the latest versions, it's difficult to tell whether the problem is down to using an older version. It is perplexing though that you have a consistent issue with this, over your music library. My only suggestion would be to completely delete all tags in an album, just to test, using software such as mp3tag and re-write them. I've experienced the odd bit of tagging weirdness and the only way I cleared this was to delete all tags (as there are different ID3 tag standards) and start afresh. Given you might be using a USB DAC, perhaps it's an issue with lossless (if you're an audiophile you might be using this)? I've only tested with an MP3 track.
Good luck anyway.
Regards,
Gary
