Too Many Failed Files under Android 6.0

[deanpark]

I'm a long time paid Poweramp user and have never had a problem until now.  After installing Android 6.0 on my HTC M8, I started receiving a 'Too many failed files' error.  I have about 5,000 mp3 files on a 32gb micro sd card.  Only about 128 of them are usable, now.  No songs have been added or deleted during this time period.  Also, I have tried other music players on the phone and they can access the songs without any problem, so I don't think the card, folders, or files are corrupted.

 

I can't be certain if it is the 6.0 update or the 2.0.10 build 584 Poweramp.  I didn't use Poweramp for a couple of weeks after the 6.0 update and I don't know when the Play Store updated my Poweramp to the current version.

 

I searched the forums for advice, but most/all of the information was for the update to Kit Kat.  I had no problems with that update.

 

Can anyone help?

 

Thanks,

Dean Park

St. Louis, MO  USA

[andrewilley]

Try rolling back to the previous version of Poweramp (older versions can be downloaded from the sticky post at the start of this forum) and see if that changes things.

Andre

[deanpark]

That worked.  Thanks so much.  But....I changed the Play Store permissions so that Poweramp will not auto-update.  How can I tell when it's safe to update my app?

 

Thanks,

Dean Park

St. Louis, MO  USA 

[andrewilley]

Have you tried the new alpha-test build 700 to see if that has the same problem? (don't forget to backup your current data files first)

Andre

[deanpark]

I have just downloaded it and it appears to work OK.  Does this mean that future releases, beyond build 584, should be safe to automatically update?

 

Thanks once again.  I very much appreciate your assistance.

 

Dean Park

[andrewilley]

The marshmallow-related updates added to 584 are not yet in the alpha 700 build, we're still waiting for a 701 which will incorporate them, so your problem might get transferred if it's not found first.

Andre