Help with Google Now & replacing Vlingo w/ Google Voice on Jelly Bean 4.1.2 (XXLS8)
Hi guys,
Just wondering if anyone knows how to launch Google Now on Jelly Bean 4.1.2 (XXLS8)? I can't seem to find the app listed anywhere!?! I do get notifications one how long it will take to get home if I'm out and about and when I click on those notifications, google now launches but I can't seem to find the actual app itself...
Also, is there any way to replace Vlingo with Google Voice or Google Now with a double press or double click on the home button? Vlingo is kind of useless/dead since Google Voice came on the scene anyway...
Thanks in advance for any help!
i would try installing google plus again from play and see if it shows up now. also try changing your launcher. i hear that apps dont always show up on twiz launcher.
ShowerPower said:
i would try installing google plus again from play and see if it shows up now. also try changing your launcher. i hear that apps dont always show up on twiz launcher.
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My bad, I meant Google Now, not Google Plus - original post updated to correct the error...
OK, so I've figured out that 'Google Now' is labelled just as 'Google' in the apps...
Now, is there some way of replacing that stupid Vlingo with Google Now or Google voice with a double press/double tap on the home button?
gyrex said:
OK, so I've figured out that 'Google Now' is labelled just as 'Google' in the apps...
Now, is there some way of replacing that stupid Vlingo with Google Now or Google voice with a double press/double tap on the home button?
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go to settings/application manager/all
click on voice command (vlingo)
click disable
now google now will be the default
worked on Epiq 4g touch running jelly bean rooted
This worked on my Galaxy SII Jellybean (not rooted) too. Have tried dozens of suggestions to kill this stupid app, so thanks for sharing.
droesch said:
go to settings/application manager/all
click on voice command (vlingo)
click disable
now google now will be the default
worked on Epiq 4g touch running jelly bean rooted
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Accommodation said:
This worked on my Galaxy SII Jellybean (not rooted) too. Have tried dozens of suggestions to kill this stupid app, so thanks for sharing.
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I don't like just disabling it... now a gray box shows up for a microsecond when I double tap the home button.
Can't we have a double tap bring google now on the i9100? :/
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What applications are you getting to work for the vtab?
I can get yahoo messenger to work but cant download the plugins for video
I cant get the buttons to show up for skype.
Trillian says its loading and signs me out of yahoo but doesnt finish.
I use trillian with google, facebook, and msn with no issues. I also use the new google voice+sprint for texting/chat.
madiom said:
I use trillian with google, facebook, and msn with no issues. I also use the new google voice+sprint for texting/chat.
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How did you get Google voice working? When I install it, I go through the setup process, and when I get to the section about setting up voicemail (which obviously won't work) I get an error.
I believe the choices on the error are "cancel" (which let's you try again, to no avail obviously) or "skip". When I press skip, it just dumps me back to the same page of the setup I'm on (voicemail), but both the back and forward buttons are greyed out...
Now, the funny thing is that Google Voice is now running! If I get a text, it pops up in the notification bar. But if I want to go into Google Voice manually and write a text, I can't because I can't get past the setup process...very annoying.
I also use Google Voice on a real phone (HTC Magic on t-Mobile) using the same Google account....would that make a difference?
someone did a mod to the voice .apk, I don't remember which forum I got it from. I will put it on my dropbox and post the link here in a few. The modified .apk allows you to skip the phone settings part where you got stuck.
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I didn't think I would find it this quick on my computer. I uninstalled google voice then reinstalled using this one and it works like a champ
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15199943/googlevoice.apk
madiom said:
someone did a mod to the voice .apk, I don't remember which forum I got it from. I will put it on my dropbox and post the link here in a few. The modified .apk allows you to skip the phone settings part where you got stuck.
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I didn't think I would find it this quick on my computer. I uninstalled google voice then reinstalled using this one and it works like a champ
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15199943/googlevoice.apk
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Thanks, that worked perfectly! I wasn't able to uninstall the old version (said it was a system app, not uninstallable), so I installed the new one right on top of the old one, no trouble.
You can also just upgrade to the current Google Voice in the market. The skip button works fine in it.
K J Rad said:
You can also just upgrade to the current Google Voice in the market. The skip button works fine in it.
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sweet, then I'll pull my super secret dropbox version off.
On my xoom, it allow me to select the nav app to launch when I click on the back logo on Google maps. But I can't figure out how finding this on the evo 3d...
Can someone she'd some light?
tap the location you want to navigate to, then hit menu/directions and tap the navigation icon
t3project said:
tap the location you want to navigate to, then hit menu/directions and tap the navigation icon
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Yes, this is what I'm doing and it is taking me straight to Google Nav Beta...I want to use Navigon instead because it don't want to use data...you know how expensive the powers to be made data these days, and I travel alot for work...
On my xoom, it is exactly as you said and it will pop up an option to select the nav software.
I never set defaults on my Evo 3d so I don't know how to reverse it or anything...help?!
EDIT: Thanks for your reply though, appreciate it.
Try clearing google maps and/or google nav defaults in the android settings. This should allow you to select an option when you follow t3project's suggestion.
gk1984 said:
Try clearing google maps and/or google nav defaults in the android settings. This should allow you to select an option when you follow t3project's suggestion.
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I tried clearing google maps but google nav is not in the list of apps....and the result is no go...
Any other ideas?
Hi,
Any news about a possibility to launch navigon from google maps?
i don't think is possible.
google want's you to use google things, is normal!
Any help ?
Maybe try using a different app for maps than google... I just did a search for "android map app" and the first hit was this offline app.. http://www.mapdroyd.com/
numero41 said:
Hi,
Any news about a possibility to launch navigon from google maps?
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Very late answer, but I created an app to do just that: semperNavLinks (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.semperpax.sempernavlinks)
Koying said:
Very late answer, but I created an app to do just that: semperNavLinks (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.semperpax.sempernavlinks)
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Hello, I bought your app on the store, rebooted my phone, but it does'nt work, when I click on navigation in google maps, it takes me directly to google nav app.
Thanks
numero41 said:
Hello, I bought your app on the store, rebooted my phone, but it does'nt work, when I click on navigation in google maps, it takes me directly to google nav app.
Thanks
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Could you tell me which device/android version you are using, please?
Did you get (about) the same dialogs as in the screenshots of Google Play?
So, when you selected "Car navigation" (or whatever it is in the english version), you are brought directly to Goggle Nav, right?
Koying said:
Could you tell me which device/android version you are using, please?
Did you get (about) the same dialogs as in the screenshots of Google Play?
So, when you selected "Car navigation" (or whatever it is in the english version), you are brought directly to Goggle Nav, right?
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Hello, I have a Htc One X jelly bean, and I'm french, so do you?
It works sometimes when I set an itinary and click on the navigation button on the bottom, but most of the time it says to me that your application has crashed, and it brings me directly to ggogle nav when i click on the navigation option directly from the "Maps" menu.
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It works sometimes when I set an itinary and click on the navigation button on the bottom, but most of the time it says to me that your application has crashed, and it brings me directly to ggogle nav when i click on the navigation option directly from the "Maps" menu.
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Did you submit a report when the crashes occur? I don't see one...
I'm not sure what you mean by "the navigation option directly from the "Maps" menu", but anyway a destination must be selected, because it's the destination which is passed on to Navigon.
P.S. Je suis bruxellois
Koying said:
Did you submit a report when the crashes occur? I don't see one...
I'm not sure what you mean by "the navigation option directly from the "Maps" menu", but anyway a destination must be selected, because it's the destination which is passed on to Navigon.
P.S. Je suis bruxellois
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hi,
I will submit a report next time it will crash, but for the moment it works fine.
I was speeking about "navigation" shortcut in the main menu of Maps, it would be cool if I could have a navigon one, but it's already fine for me
david
Cool. As soon as I get a report, I'll be able to debug the crashes.
Don't hesitate to leave an honest evaluation on Play
Hey guys, i am using official cm11 for my GT-i9100. They have released their M-Snapshot build but still i haven't been able to figure out how to activate google now using "ok google". There is a search bar on my homescreen but it doesn't seem to be responding. So unless i go in the google app in the app drawer i can't use ok google to search. Is it just happening on my phone or is it happening on other phones as well?
Please help me. Thanks in advance
I don't know if there is another way, but when you use google experience launcher (GEL) as your launcher, you will be able to say "ok google" on the launcher.
Google Experience Launcher
Dakura said:
I don't know if there is another way, but when you use google experience launcher (GEL) as your launcher, you will be able to say "ok google" on the launcher.
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Ursa Warrior said:
Hey guys, i am using official cm11 for my GT-i9100. They have released their M-Snapshot build but still i haven't been able to figure out how to activate google now using "ok google". There is a search bar on my homescreen but it doesn't seem to be responding. So unless i go in the google app in the app drawer i can't use ok google to search. Is it just happening on my phone or is it happening on other phones as well?
Please help me. Thanks in advance
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yes . . @ Ursa Warrior is right . Cause the launcher which come preinstalled in CM11 is CyanogenMod's Trebuchet.Use Google Experience Launcher ( GEL ) and set language to English US ( if not on us by default ) and then tick the hotword detection . All the best and hope i helped .
Google Experience Launcher : https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-sjThRsNsA4LTFjS3Jjb3NuVUU/edit?pli=1
I found that you needed to use English (US) for this to work, hopefully will work on other languages at some point...
Oh okay. But why aren't they enabling this on Trebuchet?
This is a follow up to this post of mine: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=52821145
Contacted VZW support because after the OTA Kitkat update (stock ROM) on my SCH-i545, using the keyboard mic suddenly doesn't pause my music (Play Music or Pandora). All previous Android versions on two phones have paused music when using the mic for voice-to-text.
VZW rep "doesn't think" it's supposed to work that way anyway. Voice-to-text works (if I stop any music manually) and the music apps work, so no problem. (Arrogant bastard.)
So, can I please get any of you with a stock S4 running Kitkat to test whether when playing music in Google Play Music or Pandora, and clicking the mic button on the Samsung keyboard in the stock SMS app, the music pauses until you're done with voice-to-text?? The VZW rep couldn't say with authority whether it was supposed to work or not, and seemed reluctant to find out. If it works for a number of you out there, I want to tell VZW this.
Note: In Settings under My device/Language and input, I have the Samsung keyboard and Google voice typing enabled, the latter of which provides the mic button on the keyboard.
TJNoff said:
This is a follow up to this post of mine: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=52821145
Contacted VZW support because after the OTA Kitkat update (stock ROM) on my SCH-i545, using the keyboard mic suddenly doesn't pause my music (Play Music or Pandora). All previous Android versions on two phones have paused music when using the mic for voice-to-text.
VZW rep "doesn't think" it's supposed to work that way anyway. Voice-to-text works (if I stop any music manually) and the music apps work, so no problem. (Arrogant bastard.)
So, can I please get any of you with a stock S4 running Kitkat to test whether when playing music in Google Play Music or Pandora, and clicking the mic button on the Samsung keyboard, the music pauses until you're done with voice-to-text?? The VZW rep couldn't say with authority whether it was supposed to work or not, and seemed reluctant to find out. If it works for a number of you out there, I want to tell VZW this.
Note: In Settings under My device/Language and input, I have the Samsung keyboard and Google voice typing enabled, the latter of which provides the mic button on the keyboard.
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I'm running Kit Kat factory stock (NC5) rooted.
With Play Music running, I opened google search and hit the mic button. The music paused while I spoke.
k1mu said:
I'm running Kit Kat factory stock (NC5) rooted.
With Play Music running, I opened google search and hit the mic button. The music paused while I spoke.
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Thanks, k1mu. I use it in the SMS app, and it's always stopped music from playing while the mic was active. Coworker here with my identical phone/OS tested and it stopped, too. Stupid VZW rep just didn't want to deal with this one-off issue.
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I'm running Kit Kat factory stock (NC5) rooted.
With Play Music running, I opened google search and hit the mic button. The music paused while I spoke.
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k1mu - Interestingly, the music does stop for me for a voice search in Google Search. What happens if you're playing music and hit the mic button on the Samsung keyboard in the SMS app?
So I just reset the phone. Didn't sign in with my Google account. Tested, and music DOES pause when I use the keyboard microphone button in SMS! Now to reinstall apps ONE AT A TIME until I find the offending app. Grrr!
Found the culprit! Factory Reset phone. Did not allow phone to reinstall my downloaded apps. Updated default apps until one of them broke the function. Google Search broke it. Will not allow Google Search to update from now on.
TJNoff said:
Found the culprit! Factory Reset phone. Did not allow phone to reinstall my downloaded apps. Updated default apps until one of them broke the function. Google Search broke it. Will not allow Google Search to update from now on.
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Now that's some good troubleshooting!
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Triscuit said:
Now that's some good troubleshooting!
Sent from my SCH-I545 using XDA Free mobile app
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Yeah, thanks! Tested this on a coworker's phone. Identical VZW SCH-i545 with stock OTA 4.4.2. He had the Google Search update and his keyboard mic button DID pause music... until he put the Google Search widget on his desktop. Once he did that, or used Search, it broke the pause function. I guess the issue doesn't show up unless you have the widget on your desktop or use Google Search. I have the widget and use it, so that's an issue for me.
Posted in Google's Google Search forum. I guess we'll see if someone at Google picks up on that...
I downgraded to "Google Search 3.2.17.1009776" and problem solved. Music now pauses when using the Google Voice Input. There's an apk repository here on androiddrawer.
sweeds said:
I downgraded to "Google Search 3.2.17.1009776" and problem solved. Music now pauses when using the Google Voice Input. There's an apk repository here on androiddrawer.
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Thank you for tracking down the cause of the issue and the fix. I was just trying to figure it out on my VZW LG G2 when I ran across this thread.
Do we know if there is an entry in the Google issue tracker for this bug? I would love to be able to update Google Search at some point.
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Do we know if there is an entry in the Google issue tracker for this bug? I would love to be able to update Google Search at some point.
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You're welcome. Solved it for myself, sharing it for the masses
OP said he posted in a forum. If you report it officially or find a bug report, post it and myself plus other will +1.
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Do we know if there is an entry in the Google issue tracker for this bug? I would love to be able to update Google Search at some point.
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Bump. Problem still exists, and I can't update Google Search without breaking the Voice Input keyboard.
Anybody find an issue tracker? I'd like to spread visibility of this issue. I've sent feedback through the app.
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Bump. Problem still exists, and I can't update Google Search without breaking the Voice Input keyboard.
Anybody find an issue tracker? I'd like to spread visibility of this issue. I've sent feedback through the app.
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I never was able to find a reference to this issue on any of the tracker sites, but I wasn't sure where to look. I am like you, though, I haven't been able to update Google Search. I hope the next Google Search update fixes this problem, but I am skeptical.
Just as an update, the newest version of Google search doesn't fix this issue.
That is the update released June 25.
3.4.16.1149292.arm
huckdogg said:
Just as an update, the newest version of Google search doesn't fix this issue.
That is the update released June 25.
3.4.16.1149292.arm
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And the newest still, 3.5.15.1254529.arm ALSO fails to fix this bug.
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And the newest still, 3.5.15.1254529.arm ALSO fails to fix this bug.
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3.5.16.1262550.arm released July 7 doesn't fix the issue.
huckdogg said:
Just as an update, the newest version of Google search doesn't fix this issue.
That is the update released June 25.
3.4.16.1149292.arm
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And the newest still, 3.5.15.1254529.arm ALSO fails to fix this bug.
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I made a post on the Google product forums. Please post there for visibility.
https://productforums.google.com/forum/m/#!category-topic/websearch/issue-search/yoUvyveJ-yw
same problem exist 4 me on my note 4
So how do install the older version of Google search ? Is the only way a master reset?
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So how do install the older version of Google search ? Is the only way a master reset?
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You need to go to Settings -> Application Manager and find "Google Search". Hit the "Uninstall Updates" button. To be safe, I would clear the app's data, too. Then you can install the older version.
Be sure the find the Google Search page in the Play Store and turn off automatic updates.
Thank you for the quick reply,however I tried that before posting ...there is no "uninstall updates" tab
Hi,
I installed the latest Google App / Google Now Search which was released last week (I think) on my Verizon Galaxy s4. When I go into Google Now now, I can say, "OK Google" and it begins to listen for my voice as usual. I can say something (it doesn't really matter what command I issue) like "What time is it in New York City?" and then it correctly prints out my words on the screen, and then beeps as if it's ready to go do the search or execute the command.
Then it crashes.
Every time, all the time. I've cleared data, I've force-stopped the app, I've rebooted, and even uninstalled the update to prove that it worked before the update. It did.
Any thoughts or suggestions from anyone? Thank you!
Lots of bugs in the new Google search and gnl. I haven't updated. If you have tibu you can maybe roll back or search around for older versions.
Also 406 shout out.
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I may have to try that... I actually uninstalled and went back to version 1 and the search worked again. But then when I would do something like look at Google Maps and click the Navigation icon, it says "no application for this command." Whatever.
I did notice the Voice Search app itself works just fine. I can't just get it to work when I launch it via "Ok Google."
406 Shout out to you, too! In BZN here.
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Lots of bugs in the new Google search and gnl. I haven't updated. If you have tibu you can maybe roll back or search around for older versions.
Also 406 shout out.
Sent from my Verizon NC5 Galaxy S4 w/ GEL and Xposed
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I may have to try that... I actually uninstalled and went back to version 1 and the search worked again. But then when I would do something like look at Google Maps and click the Navigation icon, it says "no application for this command." Whatever.
I did notice the Voice Search app itself works just fine. I can't just get it to work when I launch it via "Ok Google."
406 Shout out to you, too! In BZN here.
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I just checked and I am on GNL 1.1.0.~
And Google search 3.6.16~
I also have Xposed GEL settings installed. I have no problems with hot word detection (from homescreen) or search results showing up, it even works over Bluetooth.
Billings here.
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JPMontana said:
I may have to try that... I actually uninstalled and went back to version 1 and the search worked again. But then when I would do something like look at Google Maps and click the Navigation icon, it says "no application for this command." Whatever.
I did notice the Voice Search app itself works just fine. I can't just get it to work when I launch it via "Ok Google."
406 Shout out to you, too! In BZN here.
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So I updated and hated it. Even before the last update I was having a hard time having ok Google pull up map(app) results. So I was looking to reverse the update with Titanium Backup. No luck there, it will only restore data.
This worked though - go to app manager, go over to all apps, select both Google app and Google Now Launcher and "uninstall updates". GNL will throw an error about Google search when you do this. I then went to the play store and updated ONLY the Google now Launcher, and left the Google app unupdated. Everything is back to normal!
"Ok Google" works, I have app results in my searches, I have the transparent backgrounds in the search bar and app drawer as well.
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