Pin Google Music to SD Card?

[blairharrington]

Is there a way (without rooting) to pin music from my Google Music account (that I uploaded previously) directly onto my SD card for offline use?

 

[vshah]

in the google music app, long press on any artist/album/track and select "pin" or something like that

 

[blairharrington]

in the google music app, long press on any artist/album/track and select "pin" or something like that

That saves it to your internal storage. Not SD card.

 

[vshah]

ah, crap. the last 3 phones i've had didn't have sd card slots.

 

[poofyhairguy]

There is a way. I did it one my SGS2. The guide is on Xda so...

 

[Oyeve]

That is why I dont buy music via google. If I buy music I buy via amazon mp3. The google music app is also horrible.

 

[Dulanic]

That is why I dont buy music via google. If I buy music I buy via amazon mp3. The google music app is also horrible.

The downside is it is by far the best streaming app and skips less than any other.

 

[blairharrington]

There is a way. I did it one my SGS2. The guide is on Xda so...

Without rooting?

 

[vshah]

i imagine it would need root to create a symlink from the internal folder to the sdcard.

 

[SViper]

This will only work with root.

By default, Google Music stores your music (cached and/or pinned) in /data/data/com.google.android.music/files. You need to create a link to a folder on your sdcard. If you have Rom Toolbox Pro, it's as simple as creating a new folder called "files" on your sdcard, create a shortcut to this folder, and put the shortcut in /data/data/.com.google.android.music.

Of course, this requires root to get access to /data.

I've done this on my Note 2 with a 64GB sdcard and Google Music recognizes the entire 64 GB as available space.

 

[poofyhairguy]

Without rooting?

Honestly I can't remember because every Android phone I have had I rooted within 24 hours of having it.

EDIT: Above solution is close to what I did so I guess root is needed.

 

[Oyeve]

cant the OP just log into google and down load the songs and copy to the SD card? This is what I do when google has a good sale on albums/songs. This way I can play them in poweramp instead of the horrid google app.

 

[blairharrington]

This will only work with root.

By default, Google Music stores your music (cached and/or pinned) in /data/data/com.google.android.music/files. You need to create a link to a folder on your sdcard. If you have Rom Toolbox Pro, it's as simple as creating a new folder called "files" on your sdcard, create a shortcut to this folder, and put the shortcut in /data/data/.com.google.android.music.

Of course, this requires root to get access to /data.

I've done this on my Note 2 with a 64GB sdcard and Google Music recognizes the entire 64 GB as available space.

I'd rather not root. I'll just drag and drop to SD card slot. Thanks for your answer.

 

[blairharrington]

cant the OP just log into google and down load the songs and copy to the SD card? This is what I do when google has a good sale on albums/songs. This way I can play them in poweramp instead of the horrid google app.

Jesus you really hate the Google Music app. I'm going to try it for the first time on Android tomorrow.

 

[WelshBloke]

Jesus you really hate the Google Music app. I'm going to try it for the first time on Android tomorrow.

Its a fair comment though. Google music is fine if you want to stream music, theres much better alternatives if you want to play music thats on your SDcard.

Of course theres nothing to stop you from installing more than one music app.

I thought you were going to slap in a big SDcard and put all your music on it?

 

[vshah]

not really a solution to OP's problem, but for those who like the cloud storage aspect but not the player app, check out GMusicFS app on google play. it lets you mount your cloud stored songs so that any local app can play them.

 

[Oyeve]

Jesus you really hate the Google Music app. I'm going to try it for the first time on Android tomorrow.

Yes, yes I do. I also hate the iphone music app, but at least I have a better choice on android. PowerAmp, 'nuff said.

 

[blairharrington]

Its a fair comment though. Google music is fine if you want to stream music, theres much better alternatives if you want to play music thats on your SDcard.

Of course theres nothing to stop you from installing more than one music app.

I thought you were going to slap in a big SDcard and put all your music on it?

I'm going to yes. It would be more convenient to just pin everything to the SD card. At the same time, if I ever need to restore my phone all my music is already on my SD card. So it works out in both scenarios.

 

[poofyhairguy]

not really a solution to OP's problem, but for those who like the cloud storage aspect but not the player app, check out GMusicFS app on google play. it lets you mount your cloud stored songs so that any local app can play them.

Nice thanks.

 

[WelshBloke]

I'm going to yes. It would be more convenient to just pin everything to the SD card. At the same time, if I ever need to restore my phone all my music is already on my SD card. So it works out in both scenarios.

Personally I'd advise you to go down the big Sdcard and not bother with streaming unless you're using tunein radio or similar.

 

[Anubis]

if all you do is stream music from your google play acnt there is nothing wrong with the google play app

i use it daily and have nearly 20k songs on my google music acnt. works fine

 

[WelshBloke]

if all you do is stream music from your google play acnt there is nothing wrong with the google play app

i use it daily and have nearly 20k songs on my google music acnt. works fine

Yeah for purely streaming I don't have a problem with it. OP was going to have his music on the SDcard though. I'm not sure that there's any point in using Google music in that situation.

 

[blairharrington]

Yeah for purely streaming I don't have a problem with it. OP was going to have his music on the SDcard though. I'm not sure that there's any point in using Google music in that situation.

It was more about pinning my music to my SD card via Google Music versus using the app. My thought process was that I could just pin my music to the SD card instead of having to use iSyncr or something along those lines to drag and drop my collection to my SD card. I don't mind doing it the first time in one transfer but for updates to my collection it would be easier if by some method I could simply access the new music from the cloud and get it onto my SD card versus having to connect to my Mac, etc.

It's a small issue. I was just trying to come up with an alternative.

 

[WelshBloke]

It was more about pinning my music to my SD card via Google Music versus using the app. My thought process was that I could just pin my music to the SD card instead of having to use iSyncr or something along those lines to drag and drop my collection to my SD card. I don't mind doing it the first time in one transfer but for updates to my collection it would be easier if by some method I could simply access the new music from the cloud and get it onto my SD card versus having to connect to my Mac, etc.

It's a small issue. I was just trying to come up with an alternative.

This might be more up your alley.

 

[blairharrington]

This might be more up your alley.

Thanks for the link but that is one ugly interface. WinAmp reminds me of my college days before iTunes. LOL.

I'm leaning towards iSyncr right now.