Comments on: How to: Use Jelly Bean’s Sound Search [Beginners' Guide]

By: Wyatt Beougher

Wyatt Beougher — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 10:58:00 +0000

For the record, it does detect songs that aren’t available for purchase on Play, but they do still have a way to go as far as recognizing as wide a variety of songs as Soundhound or even Shazam.

By: J Haltom

J Haltom — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 22:56:00 +0000

Is there another way to access this feature? I don’t want to add that bigass widget for something I’ll use so infrequently.

By: synplex

synplex — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 22:26:00 +0000

WTF!? I clicked the widget and my Dog die =-/
…screw you google.

By: Mexigreek

Mexigreek — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 17:45:00 +0000

Is there a way to check history of songs searched using “Sound search”?

By: Jwhap

Jwhap — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 13:52:00 +0000

I have used this a few times…once I even wanted to purchase a song. Not once has it pulled a result for me. Sound hound found them all. Though I have not attempted more mainstream music

By: michael arazan

michael arazan — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 06:50:00 +0000

this is the only feature i have from JB on my 4,0,4 phone. I tried using it 5 times and only 1 time it worked. There is a song on the porsche boxster “eclipse” commercial that i’ve been trying to find the name or group for the song. It sounds like daft punk, but its not on any of the music sites, or ad music sites.

By: Keenan Singh

Keenan Singh — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 06:29:00 +0000

Why are there still trolls!? Let this serve as a guide for new users, Jelly Bean or not, other articles they make are helpful to new users. If you don’t like this, then why even click on it, is it that hard to continue scrolling!? Some people need this help, we all started out like this, learning the how to’s of android with our first android, right?

By: ProfessAndObey

ProfessAndObey — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 04:58:00 +0000

Good point. However, I got the vibe that these posts are primarily due to all the newbies to Android, buying that new $200 tablet that is cooler than the Kindle Fire. I figure it would be best to focus on the current best selling Android device, especially since no newbie is going to have any other device featuring “What’s This Song?”

BTW, I love the icons and don’t got anything against them. I just imagine showing this post to a friend or family member and then they get hung up on why the buttons look different. But you’re right, all the different Android skins out there present a big hurdle to helping others get adjusted.

Perhaps, the only thing this series needs to have is this comic:

By: LordStickMax

LordStickMax — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 03:08:00 +0000

Is this missing from the stock Xoom build of jelly bean? I can’t find it.

By: koveleski

koveleski — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 02:29:00 +0000

Tersus by kovdev

By: koveleski

koveleski — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 02:28:00 +0000

Which fully stock are you referring to? Blur stock, Sense stock, Touchwiz stock? Icons differentiate by device, thanks to OEM skins. For now, we have now idea how JB will be affected. But since ICS was plagued with this affliction, I imagine JB will be too.

By: feztheforeigner

feztheforeigner — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 02:03:00 +0000

I like them, well…except for the app drawer icon…

Other than that, I think they look original and I like that =)

By: ProfessAndObey

ProfessAndObey — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 23:39:00 +0000

I’m not going to say anything bad about the icons themselves, but I would suggest that for these posts, you use fully stock (icons, launcher, theme, etc.) screenshots. I’m glad you guys are doing this series to help newbies get adjusted to Android, as there are some people that would really need it (not due to any faults in Android’s UX). However, those same people who would need this series are the same people who would get hung up over trivial details like different icons. Also, considering the nature of this guide, I recommend a picture for every step.

By: Saif

Saif — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 23:27:00 +0000

I
suggest having a guide in how to have a custom ringtone or notification without a third party app! I don’t know why but i always use Root Explorer to move a tone to the system files!

By: tech247

tech247 — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 22:52:00 +0000

Not again…..