New Google Search Success (Doubtful but why not ask) - Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4

From what I have seen on videos and read on various blogs and from people using early AOSP builds, the new Google Search is significantly improved - most importantly in terms of speed, which has always been my biggest gripe with it. So earlier I pretended like I still had a nexus and tried to install the new apk from the factory image over the one we all have, and predictably, it opened but would FC every time I tried to run a search. Anybody else tried? anybody havE any thoughts on how we might be able to make it work?
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Defiantly +1
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CScolamiero said:
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Hmm this? http://www.theandroidsoul.com/download-google-home-android-4-4-launcher-apk/
Running the new google launcher/search on my s4 now.

Yeah, just need to change language then change back. Also make sure you have the latest Play Services version installed.
See here, fix posted ... http://phandroid.com/2013/10/31/download-and-install-the-new-google-experience-launcher/

Still can't get it to work even with these steps. The launcher works fine, but it is a bit laggy
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[App] Google Now for ICS Roms

A working Google Now for ICS AOSP ROM...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1747224
Thank the OP in the above link if it works for you!
Got it up and working on my phone. I'm running Shostack2 3.1.1
Many similar threads on XDA , NOT COOL !1!
I can see multiple similar threads on half-baked Google now from JB which is still quite buggy... atleast one in all smartphone's theme section ...
You should mention whats working and whats not before directing someone to this link ... is not very usable as of now.
xxr0x0rxx said:
I can see multiple similar threads on half-baked Google now from JB which is still quite buggy... atleast one in all smartphone's theme section ...
You should mention whats working and whats not before directing someone to this link ... is not very usable as of now.
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Exactly, I've had this for a day or so, and voice search isn't working. But they're aware of that issue, and attempting to fix it. OP should mention that voice doesn't work.
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Voice-to-text will not work without kernel support or a hack forcing the app to use the existing Google Speech-to-text implementation. Either direction will take an obscene amount of time, i'd imagine. Don't wait up...
Why is this sinking down the app list?! People need to see this!
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After using for several days, one issue I've noticed (besides voice search not working), is that the "cards" do not automagically "appear" on my phone. Rather, to view any card, I have to manually open the app. Once there I see a relevant card, such as the weather, or the length of my commute to work when the phone figures it's time for me to go to work. But my understanding is that Google Now, working properly, is supposed to make these cards "pop up" on your phone, rather than you having to manually open the app.
tks,trying...
Hi All, can this be installed on Stock ICS rom ?
allyrocky said:
Hi All, can this be installed on Stock ICS rom ?
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Yes. Search for mikeyxda07. I believe that's the file. One of the xda devs (mike) has one up and running. Also, I think Shostock has it in his ROM. Why not just switch to JB and install it with one of the various Aroma gapps installers? Works well.
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Shostock no longer has Google Now included, Shoman removed it..:thumbup:
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Working google now for ICS

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1747224
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=29756226&postcount=2856
working pretty good with fj base 4 ics rom.
Great working on my note with fj stock base rom.
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How can I add this on black star ROM which version
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How can I add this on black star ROM which version
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I installed mikeyxda virsion 2, flash with cwm.
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I tried installing the reekotubs and the mikeyxda versions. Both killed my google seatch bar and made it unresponsive. I also couldn't find a google now icon anywhere in my app drawere after install. no widget.. nothing. All permissions where as instructed. (frustrated).. good thing I did a nandroid backup..
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I tried installing the reekotubs and the mikeyxda versions. Both killed my google seatch bar and made it unresponsive. I also couldn't find a google now icon anywhere in my app drawere after install. no widget.. nothing. All permissions where as instructed. (frustrated).. good thing I did a nandroid backup..
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Did you installed ARMv6 or ARMv7 ?
Works great on this Canadian based rom...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801689
Thanks to all who are working on this..
I installed reekotubes 3 offline on fj ics stock and it working great.
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What the hay??? I installed ARM7 of course.
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Ok.. So obviously I am doing something wrong... My steps:
1. flash zip via CWM Recovery
2. Reboot
3. Set permissions for the two folders to equal upside down U. (they're already set)
4. Enjoy
I end up with an unusable/unresponsive google search bar in Apex Launcher and no sight of Google Now anything in the app drawer or manually researching apps on the phone via TiBu... Could it be that I am using Apex? So strange..
I install m6 on acop cp2 and it works great! Thxs
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If anyone has shared my experience or would just like to help out of the goodness of their hearts, please feel free to chime in. Thanks.
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b3asty said:
If anyone has shared my experience or would just like to help out of the goodness of their hearts, please feel free to chime in. Thanks.
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Idk your the only one with this issue
Try re downloading ?? :/ idk man might just be a bad download
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b3asty said:
If anyone has shared my experience or would just like to help out of the goodness of their hearts, please feel free to chime in. Thanks.
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Same thing here. But everything seems to be ok. When I hit search Google now comes up. No widgets or icon. I used Mikey6_offline.zip.
Also running flap's latest based off of stock ICS
Am I missing something? Is there supposed to be a icon?
Update:
Try the google search icon from the dashboard. It launches google now, or hitting the search button does it too.
Things working good so far with latest MikeOffline6.
On Hybrid 7-ROM.
I use Google Voice for calls and SMS.
When I say 'Text Marty Fcfly 1.2 GigaWatts?!
It finds the contact....shows the text. I hit send but the recipient never gets the message.
Anyone else have problems with 'Google Now' sending SMS through Google Voice?
kellison007 said:
Things working good so far with latest MikeOffline6.
On Hybrid 7-ROM.
I use Google Voice for calls and SMS.
When I say 'Text Marty Fcfly 1.2 GigaWatts?!
It finds the contact....shows the text. I hit send but the recipient never gets the message.
Anyone else have problems with 'Google Now' sending SMS through Google Voice?
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I have text working properly with reeko tubbs version 4....
Anyone try this with cm9?
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gorillaz1 said:
Anyone try this with cm9?
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It works perfect on all roms both at&t version and unlocked version.
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Update (since I appear to have been the only one that encountered issues): I just flashed from FJ's stock masterpiece to Gubment Cheese. I then tried to flash this on GC. Eureka! Once I flashed this on top of GC, it worked like a charm. Love it.
Mikeyv6-1 is working perfectly on gubment cheez. Love it!
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How would u know what version u have installed?
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Google Now on Stock Rom.

Alright, following This Guide I got Google now working.
To summarize what I did
1. Root phone using the Korean Root method
2. I unlocked the bootloader and installed CWM using Project FreeGee
3. I booted into CWM and installed This zip.At the I was writing this guide, I freegee was on version 0.5
4. My phone restarted and froze up about twice before finally staying booted. It seems to have normalized now.
edit:Right now most things seem to work.
If anyone finds a better version of Google now, please let me know and post the how-to.
I didn't make the zips and all I have done is follow the instructions and write down my personal experience. I give full credit to the author of the original post for their instructions/work they did. However, since the LGOG doesn't need project Butter, Google Now is the main thing we are missing from 4.1 and it should help ease the wait for a stable AOSP ROM. If anyone has any issues let me know and I'll make a list.
Snow_fox said:
Alright, following This Guide I got Google now working.
To summarize what I did
1. Root phone using the Korean Root method
2. I unlocked the bootloader and installed CWM using Project FreeGee
3. I booted into CWM and installed This zip.
4. My phone restarted and froze up about twice before finally staying booted. It seems to have normalized now.
Right now the main thing that doesn't seem to work is Calendar/setting alarms.
If anyone finds a better version of Google now, please let me know and post the how-to.
I didn't make the zips and all I have done is follow the instructions and write down my personal experience. I give full credit to the author of the original post for their instructions/work they did. However, since the LGOG doesn't need project Butter, Google Now is the main thing we are missing from 4.1 and it should help ease the wait for a stable AOSP ROM. If anyone has any issues let me know and I'll make a list.
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THis is great news. Right now I'm pondering whether to get this phone or the Note II, and Google now (which I have on my Captivate running SlimBean 3.0) is the one thing I really cannot imagine giving up.
Question: when you say that Calendar/settings alamrs don't work, do you mean that they don't work at all, or that they don't show up in Google Now?
I was referring to not working in Google now. Although i did manage to set an alarm with it shortly after this post.
Also fwiw I had the captivate too. I try to stick with nexus hardware.
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Google now works for me fully...
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Working flawlessly for me also...
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Flashed and works fine
The wait for jelly bean or aosp rom is tolerable now.
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No issues for me either.
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I couldn't get it to work.... Musta done something wrong...
OK, I can't get it to launch links for me after searching. Anyone else? I'm wondering if it's because I removed Chrome and the LG browser?
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Edit: Works most of the time but I also have issues launching links. I still have chrome and the stock browser installed, it will launch them I just have to click on them multiple times. I'm also occasionally having issues exiting to the home screen using either the home button or the back button.
Links can be a little stubborn for me but, usually open.
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Any way to uninstall?
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Titanium backup.
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Uninstall stock voice search with titanium backup or you will get problems with android keyboard. It makes it try use them both for voice typing. I'd assume it may be the cause of any and all problems.
Edit: scratch that... Since installing Google now I get all kinds of freezing reboots. Caca. Then again it just be saying f u to nova launcher. Clearing cashes fixes it until it happens again.
Has anyone had good luck with this?
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mws1986 said:
Has anyone had good luck with this?
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Works okay for me. Kinda finicky at times, but overall a good experience.
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Are you running the base rom?
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mws1986 said:
Are you running the base rom?
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Yep...
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working for me too, aside from the link clicking issues
One of the cards says there's an update available in the Play Store. When I go there it says my device is incompatible. Is there something we could tweak to the build.prop in order to get this update? Or will that mess things up due to the nature of how it was installed?

Chrome Issues

Hey all,
I am having a couple odd issues with my Note 2 when running Chrome. Well, the stock interwebs app too actually.
When I go to nbcnews.com I get the mobile site, which is fine, but I can't click on anything. When I try to view a story it just highlights the link in blue but doesn't actually go anywhere. I have to long press and say open in new tab.
When I go to wowinsider.com (yes i play wow, so sue me! =]) and view an article it doesn't load the comments section. After loading the article the progress bar pauses at about 80% like it's thinking about the loading the comments but then it jumps to completed with no comments loading.
Neither of these issues were present on my GNex. I rooted the Note 2 and installed Beans 8 so soon after getting it I don't known if it was doing this before flashing. Anyone have similar issues? Is it the Note 2? Beans ROM?
Thanks
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So I upgraded to Beans 9 and the issues above still exist. Anyone have any ideas? Im sure theres other sites not functioning properly but these are the two I have found that I use daily.
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Ad-blocking software or a pop up blocker installed? Thats the only thing I can guess would keep only select links from working.
Now that you mention it, I'm pretty sure ad blocking is an option when installing Beans. I'll be damned if I can find it now though...
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Everything.me

Freakin amazing.....I don't even know how to describe it!!! Free in the Playstore .... You owe it to yourself to check it out!
Don't know what its going to do to my battery..but right now the cool factor is off the chart!!!!
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Eh.. I don't like it as my home launcher. It makes for an alright app though. The shortcuts it shows aren't the greatest either.
440bro said:
Eh.. I don't like it as my home launcher. It makes for an alright app though. The shortcuts it shows aren't the greatest either.
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Well, I'm old and easily amused!
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Oh don't get me wrong, it's still an amusing app. It's new and a beta release. There's room for improvement. Like if I type a celebrities name, I want to see the celebs Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Not just what people are tweeting and hash tagging about the celeb. It's basically displaying Google results in app format. I'd like it much more of it was a widget instead of home launcher. At least I can keep it as an app.
440bro said:
Oh don't get me wrong, it's still an amusing app. It's new and a beta release. There's room for improvement. Like if I type a celebrities name, I want to see the celebs Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Not just what people are tweeting and hash tagging about the celeb. It's basically displaying Google results in app format. I'd like it much more of it was a widget instead of home launcher. At least I can keep it as an app.
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Good suggestions, I'll pass them forward to our guys. Feel free to criticize, discuss problems and write things you would like to see. That's why we beta
Disclaimer- I work at Everything.me. Been a silent reader each time I changed roms on my SGS2 (now with SuperNexus)
afoona said:
Good suggestions, I'll pass them forward to our guys. Feel free to criticize, discuss problems and write things you would like to see. That's why we beta
Disclaimer- I work at Everything.me. Been a silent reader each time I changed roms on my SGS2 (now with SuperNexus)
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Would like to see you optimize this for tablets. I loaded it on my N7....it worked but as you can guess, it just didn't look right.
Anyway, thanks for this app.
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dparrothead1 said:
Would like to see you optimize this for tablets. I loaded it on my N7....it worked but as you can guess, it just didn't look right.
Anyway, thanks for this app.
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We try to focus on perfecting the mobile app, I guess going out of beta will be a good start. Tablets will have their turn, we defiantly have them in mind.
Im with dparrot , I really like this , ive been using holo for along time and this is real similiar but has many added cool features ( im probably a lil younger than Parrot though [51] so i can handle it)!!!
NVM. I figured it out
Thanks Dparrot. Here's a link for anyone who had trouble finding it, like me. https://play.google.com/store/apps/...er&referrer=utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=new Weird that it doesn't show up in the search results.
kimtyson said:
Thanks Dparrot. Here's a link for anyone who had trouble finding it, like me. https://play.google.com/store/apps/...er&referrer=utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=new Weird that it doesn't show up in the search results.
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If you type it out as everything.me, it will show up in the search bar where you can then click on it in the app store. But you are right, even searching for it correctly it won't show up in the list of apps. My guess would be because it is in beta. I believe the app store recently opened itself to beta apps, but they may be stored separately.
They are now available in parts of Europe.
http://thenextweb.com/apps/2013/05/...engine-lands-in-the-uk-and-spain/?fromcat=all
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Not compatible on 4.1.2.:what:
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Jorge81 said:
Not compatible on 4.1.2.:what:
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You are incorrect! It works flawlessly for me on the stock 4.1.2 release.
Don't see why I can't get it working on Padawan Rom. Maybe when it becomes Alfa.
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Jorge81 said:
Don't see why I can't get it working on Padawan Rom. Maybe when it becomes Alfa.
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Is it installing?
Does it force close? If so when?
Successful
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440bro said:
You are incorrect! It works flawlessly for me on the stock 4.1.2 release.
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We support Androids 4 and up in the US, Canada, UK and Spain. For now
It works on t-mobile stock rom too..
Thanks
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