Google Play Music Always Running?

[Man In Black 805]

Every time I check my stock Task Manager, under "Acitve Applications", it always shows the "Google Play Music" app running, what is this and is it necessary that it is always running?

 

[tronix8472]

same here. i starting to hate all the bloadtware on the s4

 

[Man In Black 805]

I think I may have fixed it, I went to the Application Manager and found it and disabled it, seems fine now....seems to have been some kind of music service of some sort you can pay for...

 

[Almeuit]

same here. i starting to hate all the bloadtware on the s4

Bloatware? You can uninstall Google music... It isn't bloatware lol.

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[eddieras]

i'm on the S3 and uninstall' is not an option - is it on the S4??

 

[CrossClown]

It can't be uninstalled on the galaxy S4, you can only disable it which will effectively stop it from turning itself back on. I did that with a number of apps I didn't want that couldn't be uninstalled and so far I haven't had any issues. I've disabled most of the preinstalled Verizon, Samsung, and Google apps. Any of the apps you choose to disable will not show up in your apps list but in the case you want to use them again, just re-enable them.

 

[CrossClown]

you should disable a lot of the other apps on there that turns itself on in the background without you knowing and without it showing up on task manager.

 

[mhinc]

I think I may have fixed it, I went to the Application Manager and found it and disabled it, seems fine now....seems to have been some kind of music service of some sort you can pay for...

That's the best thing you can do. That's what I did and it does solve the issue.

 

[tlacour]

I found that disabling Google play music would cause my s4 to power down a few times a day. I don't know why this would happen, but after some trial and error... Figured this out.

 

[Almeuit]

I found that disabling Google play music would cause my s4 to power down a few times a day. I don't know why this would happen, but after some trial and error... Figured this out.

That would be odd if it really caused this.

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[eric670]

It always running because some corrupted files to solve this go to settings and reset your phone after resetting phone you never get this app always running and youdont have to disable it

 

[Global_Mongrel]

It always running because some corrupted files to solve this go to settings and reset your phone after resetting phone you never get this app always running and youdont have to disable it

I actually use Google Play Music as my music player, if I reset as you explain above, will I loose my installed music?

 

[Sue Henderson1]

Disabling the app doesn't work as it will re-enable itself. It is eating away at my battery life. I even bought an extended battery and it is still dies after about 6 hours of use. Resetting the phone only works until it decides to enable itself. It is very annoying. Plus after resetting the phone you have load all your stuff back on it. Not at all what I had in mind for a smart phone. Lots of maintenance and my is a IIs. Seems the 3, 4 and 5 are not any better.