At the weekend I connected a usb dac and amp to the Note 3. When I made the connection it triggered the emergency assistance function on the Note 3.
This function sends a MMS message to whoever you setup in the settings. The message includes your GPS location and a Google Map link. In addition the front and rear cameras take a simultaneous photo and off everything goes. Well, you can imagine my surprise when one of my emergency contacts calls me and tells me I need a shave and could they have one of the chocolate biscuits on the table.
I realised that every time I connected the usb dac the same thing happened. So I turned off that option and no more emergency messages.
That got me thinking about my current issue with Google Play Music, whereby it kept going silent after one or two songs but was still playing , and only fixed by pausing then pressing play. I wondered if the emergency assistance feature was clashing and low and behold it was. With emergency assistance off, Google Play Music works just fine.
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Gavin, is the playback (streaming) quality of the Note 3 better than say a £250 CD player? I have no experience in this area. I have a Naim Nait 3 amp (about 11 years old I think) with an old fashioned Aux input. The reason I ask is that my record player (Linn/Ittock) sounds much better than my current CD player (also about 10 years old!). I may just skip digital for non-portable music and spend more money on vinyl!
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I will answer this on the Note 3 day 6 post.
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I have this silence problem and my emergency assistance is not activated. It is INCREDIBLY annoying. Initial google search doesn’t provide a solution. Will have to dump the app in favor of one that works.
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It sure is. Switching off that setting worked for me. I wonder what else it could be.
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