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Post by twoboyzmom on Nov 15, 2015 3:46:50 GMT
Hundreds of dollars in purchased music that we cannot listen too since we now have android phones...cannot convert songs since they r protected. ...sssooo mad!! Vent over  |
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Post by zookeeper on Nov 15, 2015 3:51:40 GMT
This is the one and only reason that I will not change from my iPhone to an android.
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Post by twoboyzmom on Nov 15, 2015 3:54:06 GMT
Well with all the iPhone problems we use to have it wasn't worth it. But not being be to transfer music we've paid for is a joke!!
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Post by mrgiedrnkr on Nov 15, 2015 3:54:31 GMT
I switched from an iPhone to an android and I could have sworn my music converted. Have you researched Samsung Kies? That is what I used to move it and I think I would have been upset if it only moved my converted CDs.
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Post by marimoose on Nov 15, 2015 3:54:34 GMT
I understand. I have an ipod because I am a dinosaur and I don't lose any of my music.
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Post by Dani-Mani on Nov 15, 2015 3:54:51 GMT
This is why I subscribe to Spotify.
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Post by twoboyzmom on Nov 15, 2015 3:54:43 GMT
Tried kies on the past, never worked. It's the purchased ones I can't move
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Post by pmm on Nov 15, 2015 4:02:23 GMT
I remember that when I had an android, there was an app that would sync your itunes account to your droid. I can't remember the name of it; but, you had the app on your phone and there was also a download to the computer.
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Post by zookeeper on Nov 15, 2015 4:05:37 GMT
Technology is not always your friend! Ugh!!!
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Post by pmm on Nov 15, 2015 4:06:21 GMT
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Post by crazy4scraps on Nov 15, 2015 4:09:36 GMT
Couldn't you put iTunes on your computer and rip a CD or transfer to your new phone from your computer? I've bought a lot of music on iTunes over the years and I always burn a copy of all my purchased music to CD for a backup or to play in my car (pre-Sync). In all fairness though, I've always had either an iPod, iPad or iPhone for probably 20 years.
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Post by Marina on Nov 15, 2015 4:10:54 GMT
Can you burn CD's and then load the CD's onto Android?
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Post by twoboyzmom on Nov 15, 2015 4:12:48 GMT
Don't know about the cd...wouldn't it still be in the same format?
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Post by shaniam on Nov 15, 2015 4:40:38 GMT
That is why I buy all my digital music from Amazon.
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Post by twoboyzmom on Nov 15, 2015 4:42:03 GMT
From here forward is one thing...but with the hundreds I've paid for...annoying
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Post by chaosisapony on Nov 15, 2015 4:45:02 GMT
Hundreds of dollars in purchased music that we cannot listen too since we now have android phones...cannot convert songs since they r protected. ...sssooo mad!! Vent over That is just ridiculous. I really hope you're able to find a solution. Several years ago when iTunes was pretty new I bought two songs. I quickly realized how limited I was with the files, the Apple brand iPods and products, and obnoxious DRM. I got out quick. And the music industry wonders why piracy is still alive and rampant.  |
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Post by happymomma on Nov 15, 2015 4:49:53 GMT
There has to be a way to do it. My husband had a Blackberry. He somehow loaded all of his iTunes songs (from his laptop) onto his Blackberry, and also had them on a USB to play when we were on the motorcycle.
Keep digging around. I don't know what the process was but someone here or online (google search) will.
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Post by 950nancy on Nov 15, 2015 4:51:04 GMT
I understand. I have an ipod because I am a dinosaur and I don't lose any of my music. I use my iPad and Pod for music and my phone for phone things. I also am feeling my arms shorten to t-Rex length. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2015 4:51:59 GMT
Hundreds of dollars in purchased music that we cannot listen too since we now have android phones...cannot convert songs since they r protected. ...sssooo mad!! Vent over That is just ridiculous. I really hope you're able to find a solution. Several years ago when iTunes was pretty new I bought two songs. I quickly realized how limited I was with the files, the Apple brand iPods and products, and obnoxious DRM. I got out quick. And the music industry wonders why piracy is still alive and rampant. There hasn't been DRM on music sold through iTunes since 2009. Just FYI. OP, this article might help. I haven't tested it, but worth trying. |
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Post by twoboyzmom on Nov 15, 2015 4:56:50 GMT
Ive Googled alot...so many things talk about converting to mp3...but when I try it says it's protected. I will try to burn some to cd tomorrow and see what happens..
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Post by anniefb on Nov 15, 2015 5:02:43 GMT
So frustrating! I don't have any plans to switch to an Android phone but guess it's something to keep in mind.
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Post by chaosisapony on Nov 15, 2015 5:36:46 GMT
That is just ridiculous. I really hope you're able to find a solution. Several years ago when iTunes was pretty new I bought two songs. I quickly realized how limited I was with the files, the Apple brand iPods and products, and obnoxious DRM. I got out quick. And the music industry wonders why piracy is still alive and rampant. There hasn't been DRM on music sold through iTunes since 2009. Just FYI. OP, this article might help. I haven't tested it, but worth trying. When I tried it out it was around 2005-2007ish. However maybe I don't fully understand the term. In my mind DRM refers to limitations placed on the file including limitations on how many devices it can be on, whether it can be copied, or converted to a different format which the OP is having issues with. Wikipedia DRM |
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Post by pepper59 on Nov 15, 2015 9:00:07 GMT
I had an android phone a few years ago and lots of music in iTunes for my iPod. I plugged my droid into my computer and just drug (dragged?) the songs one at a time onto my android. It worked fine. I opened my music library and then opened a window showing the android connected as an e:drive. Click on the song and while holding down the mouse or touch pad button pull the song onto the e:drive or wherever drive it shows the phone as.
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Post by twoboyzmom on Nov 15, 2015 15:18:26 GMT
Wish it were that easy. Not with purchased music...
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Post by RiverIsis on Nov 15, 2015 15:20:04 GMT
I had an android phone a few years ago and lots of music in iTunes for my iPod. I plugged my droid into my computer and just drug (dragged?) the songs one at a time onto my android. It worked fine. I opened my music library and then opened a window showing the android connected as an e:drive. Click on the song and while holding down the mouse or touch pad button pull the song onto the e:drive or wherever drive it shows the phone as. They've probably tightened up that loophole since then. |
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Post by MsKnit on Nov 15, 2015 15:26:13 GMT
Interesting.
I've never tried to put music on my phone. I just take my iPod, too.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2015 15:32:57 GMT
twoboyzmom Did you try the method from the article I linked?
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Post by twoboyzmom on Nov 15, 2015 15:51:22 GMT
Not yet busypea...but I will today.
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Post by Merge on Nov 15, 2015 16:20:06 GMT
And when you switched from albums to cassettes and cassettes to CDs back in the day, your previously purchased music didn't play on your new device. I see this as the same.
Blaming music piracy on controls put in place to prevent piracy is ludicrous, in my opinion.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2015 16:33:40 GMT
I used the program DoubleTwist to get tunes from my MAC to my android.
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