A simple but effective way.
Recently, the VKontakte social network has introduced restrictions on listening to music through mobile applications. The main one is due to the fact that users cannot listen to music for more than 60 minutes in the background. This instruction talked about how to listen to music on VKontakte without this restriction.
Attention!The information in this manual is provided for informational purposes only. We, as ardent fans of Apple, recommend listening to music through a music streaming service.
Why did VKontakte introduce such a restriction?
On October 1, 2017, the VKontakte social network introduced a paid subscription to listen to music. The subscription is estimated at 149 rubles per month. If the user does not have a subscription, then after an hour of listening to music in the background, he will receive the following notification.
The introduction of a paid subscription to music has become a necessity for VKontakte. For several years, the copyright holders have been fighting the social network due to the fact that on the open spaces of VKontakte, all music, without exception, was available completely free of charge. The owners of the rights to music even threatened to completely ban music on the social network, which, of course, the VKontakte administration did not want. Music is an integral part of the social network, without which its attractiveness in the eyes of users would definitely fall. The result of the proceedings with the copyright holders was the introduction of a paid subscription to music.
Step 1. Go to the menu " Settings» → « Main» → « date and time».
Step 2: Uncheck the " Automatically” to be able to select the date and time manually.
Step 3. Click on the line with the current date that appears.
Step 4. Set the date to yesterday. For example, if today is November 21, then you need to select November 20.
Ready! Immediately after setting a new date, music on VKontakte will be available for listening in the background without any restrictions. You can change the date to the current one immediately, simply by turning on the “Automatic” checkbox. The next hour (and in some cases more) music from VKontakte will be played in the background without any problems.
It seems that we have just been offered to pay 149 rubles for the pleasure of listening to VK music in the background. On October 1, 2017, the VKontakte social network introduced for music lovers, and those who ignore this event can only receive an hour of the background soundtrack per day and a warning " Background music is limited for today". They say that some evil and mercantile people want to halve this insignificant period of time - up to 30 minutes. But that's what they think. And those who are not used to waiting for favors from nature, providers or other objects exposed by the authorities have already managed to fuss and find a way to listen to music on VKontakte for free and without restrictions. True, so far only on the flagships of the mobile market.
One way or another, a way has been found, and now happy owners of premium smartphones can still listen to music on the VKontakte social network in the background for free and without any restrictions. To do this, you need to do quite simple procedure:
- Connect a headset with a remote control to an Android smartphone;
- Launch the VKontakte application;
- Turn on any musical composition and put it on pause;
- Start music using the button on the headset.
If the proposed option seems too complicated for you, then you can use the application ( only for owners of Root-rights) to change the rights of the official client of VKontakte. This requires:
Of course, copyright holders may be indignant about this, but they themselves are proud of the number of views and plays, right? It is clear that social networks are a giant source of income. But hardly for performers, lyricists, composers and arrangers. And the corporations that are squeezing the last cents out of the content will probably outsmart.
Well, that's the end of the freebie, the owners of the social. Vkontakte networks, nevertheless, took such an unpopular step, since October 2017, listening to music has become limited to 1 hour. But this restriction applies only to . On the computer, you can still enjoy your favorite tracks as much as you like. There is a need to bypass the limitation of music.
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Restriction of listening to music in VK
It must be understood that the developers took such a step, not out of their own greed. The social network VK has long been under pressure, copyright holders, record companies, all those whose songs we listened to for free. Just now they have come to some kind of compromise, so as not to close all the music due to massive copyright infringement.
According to plans, in the future the restriction will become even tougher and the listening time for free will be limited to 30 minutes.
For the first month, the possibility of music will be free, you just need to link your card, later, after the first, trial month, 149 rubles will be debited from your card.
How to bypass the limitation of listening to music on the phone
A lot has already been said about how to subscribe, and the creators have taken care of it, you just have to link the card. But how to bypass the Vkontakte music limit? We will talk about this further…
Bypass Music Restriction on Android
Bypass music restriction on iPhone
Listening to music with a paid subscription is, of course, very convenient, but what if you don’t want to pay even if you have an expensive iPhone?
This is where working applications come in handy (See).
Downloading music from Vkontakte to a USB flash drive
Music on a flash drive from Vkontakte, a very convenient way to listen to music for free. A flash drive with music can be listened to in a car, player and phone.
The easiest way to download music to a USB flash drive is if you first go to Vkontakte from a computer in a browser and use (See).
How to bypass the limit on music in VK without programs
There are at least 2 ways not to limit listening to music from your phone in VK, without using third-party applications and programs.
- 1 - Open Vkontakte in a mobile browser, follow the link m.vk.com/music, music from your page will open, turn on listening and if your phone goes into the background (the screen turns off), the music will still be played without limit.
- 2 - Listen to music without locking the screen, i.e. do not go into the background.
Disable the screen lock on your phone
As you know, the restriction on listening to music from the phone is valid only in the background. In other words, if the phone will be on charge, for example at home or in a car, then it makes sense to disable the sleep mode function (See). Moreover, both on the iPhone and on the phone with the Android OS, you can thus bypass the time limit of 30 minutes. to listen to music in VK.
Since October 2017, a paid subscription has appeared on VKontakte, without which you can only listen to music in applications on iOS and Android for 30 minutes a day. However, this limitation can be bypassed. Lifehacker knows at least five ways.
Web version
While the restriction does not apply to web versions, listening to music is easiest in the browser. This method works both in the desktop version of VKontakte and in the mobile version. The only negative is that you won’t be able to switch tracks from the remote control on the headphones, so it’s better to immediately prepare a good playlist.
Third Party Applications
There are many alternative applications for listening to music from VKontakte, which not only work in the background, but also allow you to download tracks for offline listening. On Android, you can use the modified VK Coffee client. On iOS, Apple periodically blocks this kind of application, so it’s better to look for fresh ones by searching for “VK music” in the App Store.
Telegram
Telegram has a very convenient built-in player that can also be used to listen to music. Using the @Rhymeru_Bot bot, it's easy to download tracks from your page and listen to them directly in the messenger. You can also create a separate channel, upload your favorite tracks to it and listen to them from there.
Resetting the timer
The available 30 minutes of background music per day can be extended by adjusting the clock. Just go to your smartphone settings and set the time back a day. After the correct date can be returned.
Old versions of applications
In previous versions of official clients, the ability to listen to music without restrictions remained, and this can be used if you do not update the application or install the old one. For Android, it's not that hard to find version 4.8.3 on w3bsit3-dns.com or other sites. With iOS, everything is much more complicated, but if
After updating the official mobile application "VKontakte" to version 3.0, users have a "small" limitation, which became available to users of smartphones on iOS and Android. Many have already guessed that the restriction concerns the time of listening to music. in the background.
Now in the VK mobile application there is a restriction on listening to music - 60 minutes per day, which they later want to reduce to 30 minutes. In order to remove the limitation, you need to subscribe monthly. for 149 rubles. That is why information on how to listen to music in VK without limitation is very necessary. Therefore, we have tried to collect for you all the most relevant and useful on this issue.
More recently, it has become known that there are free ways circumvention of this limitation (thanks to smart users). There are currently 3 known methods. So, if you need to know how to remove remove restrictions to background listening to music, we read:
Update on 11/09/2018:
Apart from the following methods that still work, we wrote an article for you about that, and save it to the device’s memory for further listening offline. You can also just listen to songs without restrictions. All the details are in that article.
Article update dated 05/05/18:
Perhaps many have already guessed, but for those who have not yet, I would like to tell you about a small life hack. To continue listening to music after the restriction message appears, do the following things: go to the settings, in the auto-lock screen section, check the box " Never" to keep your phone's screen from being blocked and your music playing in the background.
Further, in order for the phone’s battery to run down much, much more slowly in this mode, we set screen brightness to minimum and continue to enjoy music on VKontakte.
Yes, perhaps not everyone will like this way of bypassing the music restriction, but the main thing is that he solves it, and this is the most important thing. For example, if you listen to music in the car, it will help you to continue listening to your favorite music.
Article update dated 11/21/17:
A new way to listen to music on VKontakte without restrictions:
Step 1. Go to the menu "Settings" - "General" - "Date and time".Step 2 Uncheck the "Automatic" checkbox to be able to select the date and time manually.
Step 3 Click on the line with the current date that appears.
Step 4 Set the date to yesterday. For example, if today is November 21, then you need to select November 20.
Ready! Immediately after setting a new date, music on VKontakte will be available for listening in the background without any restrictions. You can change the date to the current one immediately, simply by turning on the "Automatic" checkbox. The next hour (and in some cases more) music from VKontakte will be played in the background without any problems.
Other workarounds that work the same way:
Method 1:
Suitable for those who have headphones with a button:
1) Connecting headphones to a smartphone
2) Opening the VK application
3) Turn on any track and put it on pause
4) We block the smartphone
5) Start music with the button on the headphones
6) Enjoy the background music
Method 2
Using the mobile version of VK
1) We go to the official mobile version of Vkontakte - m.vk.com
2) We pass authorization
3) Go to the music section and listen to it non-stop
Method 3
This method stopped be up to date
1) Download the official Boom app from Vkontakte (no paid subscription required)
2) We listen to music in this application.
Method 4
Suitable for Apple Watch owners
We do the same action as in the first method, but now using the Apple Watch control. Thanks to the clock, you can safely continue to listen to music!
Method 5
The easiest, but paid1) We issue a monthly subscription for 149 rubles
2) We continue to listen to music without fear of a time limit.
Updated 11/01/2017: From November 1, the limit of free music on VKontakte has been reduced up to 30 minutes. Very sad...
Important! Please note that in future app updates, these workarounds will most likely to be closed. Therefore, before the next update, think carefully! Perhaps after the updates, our methods regarding how to listen to music in VK without limitation will no longer be relevant.
