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Hey, my friend just got her first Android phone, the Vibrant on T-Mobile. We discovered when I was showing her some things that her voice input is censored. Has anyone else experienced this? On my Droid I can drop F-bombs and not get censored but on hers the voice input yields #### proportional to the letters in the words. Any chance this is part of Samsung's S-life UI modification or is this limited to T-mobile? My phone is an unfair comparison because it runs unbranded Android, but I am on Verizon. See my sig for more details.
I think if I remember right.... it was Google that did that. Weird you can do it on your Droid though.
oscillot said:
Hey, my friend just got her first Android phone, the Vibrant on T-Mobile. We discovered when I was showing her some things that her voice input is censored. Has anyone else experienced this? On my Droid I can drop F-bombs and not get censored but on hers the voice input yields #### proportional to the letters in the words. Any chance this is part of Samsung's S-life UI modification or is this limited to T-mobile? My phone is an unfair comparison because it runs unbranded Android, but I am on Verizon. See my sig for more details.
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yes, most android phones censor the voice. However you can turn off censorship in the voice search options.
It's a Android thing not a T-mobile thing and as they said it's possible to turn it off
It's not there for the reason your thinking, it's not to get you to stop saying cuss words, but can you imagine the trouble they would get in the first time the system miss understood someone searching for "Where to buy a duck"
I just did ############# and it worked, you just need to change the settings from the search screen
More specific on where this option is located?
30Glock said:
More specific on where this option is located?
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Settings > Voice Input & output settings > Voice Recognizer settings > Uncheck Block offensive words
daropedia said:
but can you imagine the trouble they would get in the first time the system miss understood someone searching for "Where to buy a duck"
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Almost fell off my chair lol.
30Glock said:
More specific on where this option is located?
Blueman101 said:
Settings > Voice Input & output settings > Voice Recognizer settings > Uncheck Block offensive words
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However this feature is only in 2.2, in 2.1 there is no option for this or under Settings>Search. So until we get 2.2 (via official update, CM6 or another) we will have to wait to be able to do this as by default, there does not seem to be a way.
misticalx said:
However this feature is only in 2.2, in 2.1 there is no option for this or under Settings>Search. So until we get 2.2 (via official update, CM6 or another) we will have to wait to be able to do this as by default, there does not seem to be a way.
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Stock android wins again!
lol jk
misticalx said:
However this feature is only in 2.2, in 2.1 there is no option for this or under Settings>Search. So until we get 2.2 (via official update, CM6 or another) we will have to wait to be able to do this as by default, there does not seem to be a way.
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Just turn off Safe Search. I know because I did it and it picked up on my profanity.
Turn off safe search, where? In an options menu on the phone?
I have safe search set to 'off' on my Google account, and it still censors words.
Improve your vocabulary. Stop limiting yourself with profanity.
Brought to you by the ad council to prevent profanity and vulgarity by decreasing the curmudgeon population via awareness and knowing that my **** (and others holier than thou) doesn't stink.
****, ****, damn - I feel better now ; )
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heygrl said:
Just turn off Safe Search. I know because I did it and it picked up on my profanity.
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Can you explain how you did this,i can't see that option under thee phone settings
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ERASED........
I found the voice censorship settings on my Galaxy S (Vibrant) [stock Android 2.1] by initiating a voice search, and then, once the list of results were shown...
Menu | Settings | SafeSearch
Thanks for the thorough work and input on this everyone! I'll pass it on to my foul-mouthed friend
still i cant voice to text an SMS while cussing all i get is ##### how doi i unlock this?
Anyone actually use the Genius button on a regular basis ?
Anyone else find it to be a stupid useless waste of space like I do ?
Discuss/your thoughts on it.
we have a Genius Button??? i havent even touch it once! USELESS for me, would love to find a way to remove the function and put something else that is usefull.
There is a thread in the dev section IIRC on how to remap it. I've tried it a few times, but it does not seem entirely useful or time saving.
I used it in the car when running stock. At the moment I'm using cm7 and it's mapped to Google Voice Search, which is similar in capability.
HTC Glacier running CM7 #28
Never used it while I was stock. In CM I have it remaped.
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Anyone actually use the Genius button on a regular basis ?
Anyone else find it to be a stupid useless waste of space like I do ?
Discuss/your thoughts on it.
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I used it to quickly while in the car call someone over bluetooth...but since i switched roms too desire HD rom I dont have that luxury anymore =_(
I use it in CM7 for Google Search.
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I use the hands free mode all the time. Since I learned you can use it to open apps, change settings and more, I've used it a lot more, I just wish it wasn't so slow. It would be my favorite app if it was faster!
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Anyone actually use the Genius button on a regular basis ?
Anyone else find it to be a stupid useless waste of space like I do ?
Discuss/your thoughts on it.
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I use the Genius button fairly often and allthough you are entitled to your opinion, it is not a stupid useless waste of space. It is a nice app with alot of function.
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we have a Genius Button??? i havent even touch it once! USELESS for me, would love to find a way to remove the function and put something else that is usefull.
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There are plenty of ways to remove it and you can actually use that button to open any app you want. Interested in how? Check out the button mod thread in my signature.
Genocaust said:
There is a thread in the dev section IIRC on how to remap it. I've tried it a few times, but it does not seem entirely useful or time saving.
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There are threads in the dev section and app section here in the MT4G forum that tell you how to do it or do it for you. Remapping the button can be extremely usefull and time saving. Interested how? See the button mod thread in my sig.
nexus9988 said:
I used it to quickly while in the car call someone over bluetooth...but since i switched roms too desire HD rom I dont have that luxury anymore =_(
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You can add Genius to any Desire HD rom and most other roms by visiting my thread HERE or HERE
CyberStorm98 said:
I use the hands free mode all the time. Since I learned you can use it to open apps, change settings and more, I've used it a lot more, I just wish it wasn't so slow. It would be my favorite app if it was faster!
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If you are having a problem with it verifying your contact list often try this:
When it activates and asks you to speak push the menu button. It will pull up the Settings and from there you can turn off the contact verification by going into Phonebook Updates and selecting manual. Or make some other adjustments to help speed it up a little.
I tried it and it worked well, but it takes 20 seconds for it to startup initially, and isn't very fast even after that.
So I remapped the keys so a press gives me search and a press-hold gives me voice search instead of the Genius Button app. Now I use it and find it useful. I'm tempted to see if I can turn it into a dialer button so I can always get to the phone app, since this is a phone....
using it to activate google voice search is better for me.
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I tried it and it worked well, but it takes 20 seconds for it to startup initially, and isn't very fast even after that.
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Dude, what are you talking about? It dont take more than one second to open. I press the button and it opens just as fast as google voice search would. You need to go into Settings/Phonebook Updates and set it to manual. Then it wont try to update your contacts every few times you use it.
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There are threads in the dev section and app section here in the MT4G forum that tell you how to do it or do it for you. Remapping the button can be extremely usefull and time saving. Interested how? See the button mod thread in my sig.
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To clarify: I did not mean to infer the threads on how to remap the button were not helpful or time saving, but rather that I do not find the button very helpful or time saving for my own use.
I always use google voice in the car. Works great!!!!
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Dude, what are you talking about? It dont take more than one second to open. I press the button and it opens just as fast as google voice search would. You need to go into Settings/Phonebook Updates and set it to manual. Then it wont try to update your contacts every few times you use it.
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When we mentioned it taking forever to open, we weren't talking about the contact list updates. Mine has been on manual since I bought the phone. The app opens right away, but it doesn't actually start listening for commands, for at least 30 seconds, if not sometimes more. It isn't scanning or doing anything else you can turn off, it's just VERY laggy to start listening.
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When we mentioned it taking forever to open, we weren't talking about the contact list updates. Mine has been on manual since I bought the phone. The app opens right away, but it doesn't actually start listening for commands, for at least 30 seconds, if not sometimes more. It isn't scanning or doing anything else you can turn off, it's just VERY laggy to start listening.
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Hmmm...wierd, I dont have that problem at all. It starts listening as soon as I hit the button and the app opens. I even just tested it again and timed it with my stop watch.. From the time I longpress my button and it vibrates to open Genius it took 3.7 seconds for it to open and say "listening", me say "open rom manager" and it repeated it back to me and opened it. That is total time from the button press to when Rom Manager was actually open.
I am not sure what rom you guys are running or if you are rooted or not but if it is taking 5, 10, or 20 seconds for it to accept a command from you, then u got something going on. I am on CM7.
I am not here to argue with anyone over the opinion of a app. To each his own. But what I dont like to see is someone calling a app a useless waste of space, when it isn't. It is just like any other app, some people use and like it and some dont.
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Hmmm...wierd
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"weird", not "wierd".
...it took 3.7 seconds...total time
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Mine took:
20 seconds the first time, 4 seconds the second time (I found the shorter time didn't last all that long in actual use). Yes, I had it on the default setting of updating contacts automatically. I don't see why I should have to change a default and give up the functionality for it to work. Still, I changed the setting, since I don't care about it, and rebooted my phone. 2 seconds to prompt me. I tried to open "Timer" and it kept opening "Camera" but that's a different topic. Nice to know it can be reasonably fast (thank you for the tip!), but the Google voice search is faster still and lets me call all contacts, even new ones.
I am not sure what rom you guys are running or if you are rooted or not but if it is taking 5, 10, or 20 seconds for it to accept a command from you, then u got something going on. I am on CM7.
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No, *I* don't have something going on, the phone does. It did this from stock, it did this on several phones (I kept trying til I got a good screen), it does this rooted.
If the automatic update of contacts is so tough for it, it was a poorly chosen default, but it hardly constitutes my having something going on.
I am not here to argue with anyone over the opinion of a app. To each his own. But what I dont like to see is someone calling a app a useless waste of space, when it isn't. It is just like any other app, some people use and like it and some dont.
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You are getting way too worked up over this. He didn't say it is a "useless waste of space", he asked if anyone else found it to be a "useless waste of space like I do", which is quite different. Even so, it would clearly be his opinion.
I generally find the Genius Button app to be accurate, not withstanding the above, but the Google voice search does nearly as much and works out of the box. It isn't worth my time to re-edit the keys to bring the app back.
Please note, I said "my time", not "your time" or "everyone's time"
Anyone, I don't suppose there is a way to make the physical "genius" button a general 'Find' like it is on my wife's Droid X?
Google voice search seems too be more intuitive, less intrusive, and launches much faster in my opinion. I've remapped genius button to launch google voice search.
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hey excarnate,
1st...thanks for correcting my spelling
2nd...dont assume that I am worked up over something so trivial as if you or anyone else likes, wants to use or doesn't want to use a app. I could really care less and was only trying to let people know there are settings that can be adjusted to make it faster.
3rd...While I think that Google voice search works great I don't think it has all of the capabilities that Genius does but Genius has all of the ones that Voice search does. So to compare the two is a little harder than just saying that Google voice search is better because it is faster. Genius wins hands down when it comes to the amount of things it does in comparison to Google Voice search. Try telling Google voice search to "turn on wifi", "Open Settings", "turn of GPS"
4th...I am not sure what the "find" feature is on the droid phone but since you have taken the time to remap your genius button you can use the app called Button Shortcut (free in market) or Launchkey (free on xda) to open any other app with the long press of Genius/Search button.
Not sure why you decided to try and pick apart my post, but its all good.
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Heh, I have smilies adblocked so didn't notice til I hit reply. I'm just glad you didn't use "lol" as punctuation.
4th...I am not sure what the "find" feature is on the droid phone but since you have taken the time to remap your genius button you can use the app called Button Shortcut (free in market) or Launchkey (free on xda) to open any other app with the long press of Genius/Search button.
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Originally I used Button Shortcut to launch the Genius Button app, but after rooting my current phone (with a good screen!) I gave up on Genius Button. If I knew I could have turned off one of the defaults to make it perform acceptably, I would have made it the long press default. Maybe I still will, if I remap the button for any other reason.
Find, is simply find within the current app. If I'm in contacts, the find button lets you find something in contacts. If I'm in a webpage, I believe it lets one search in the webpage (I don't use her phone much so I'm not sure about this).
[mini rant about the contacts app on the MT4G deleted]
So my new take on the Genius Button is: it is worthless out-of-the-box. If your contacts are stable, disable automatic updates and only remap the long press (if desired). If your contacts aren't stable and are important, dump it for the Google search & voice search.
[New information: Even with manual updates of contacts it is very slow to start when on hands free (hands free mode or not). I plan to freeze it in Titanium Pro.]
If I say "Send text to [X] where are we meeting" the Galaxy S2 actually tries to search that phrase instead of actioning it.
Any way to correct this ?
Voice recognition info (love it!)
Hi, Yes if you have the stock phone, double tap the home button to access the Touchwiz Vlingo. I have found this to be not only more accurate than the Google input, but I don't need to get as close to the mic.
I have found it uncannily accurate, and this is the first phone where voice recognition has been more than a gimmick for me.
such as
"Text John Smith how are you doing John question mark"
will give you an SMS window in Vlingo
How are you doing John?
You then have the option to resend etc.
Other useful ones like 'Show me a map of nearest petrol stations"
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'Navigate to EC1V 2AA'
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Navigate to the nearest petrol station.
Theres loads of useful stuff on there, I love it's integration in search, nav, maps messaging (text and email) etc..
Driving mode allows you to keep it in permanent listening mode (also an option under voice settings in Settings). Do as SMS come in it will read to you, an you can say 'Reply Thanks for the update' etc.
Lastly, but no means least, you can set your highly amusing greeting under Settings->Voice input and output->Voice recog settings->Voice talk settings to whatever you want. Some words work better than others, like Yo! What do you want dude? You'll also find options under this lot for chosing Vlingo or Google.
Have fun.
Peter
Interesting .. I played with it yesterday too .. unfortunately my English is not good. Vlingo mostly does what I want .. but Google NEVER ! It seems like it does not even interpret commands .. if I say something like 'listen to xxx' .. it sometimes does understand what I said .. but instead of playing the song, it sends it to internet search. What do I do wrong ? Is there some option to setup google voice search ? Is it possible to use it instead of Vlingo ?
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Lastly, but no means least, you can set your highly amusing greeting under Settings->Voice input and output->Voice recog settings->Voice talk settings to whatever you want. Some words work better than others, like Yo! What do you want dude? You'll also find options under this lot for chosing Vlingo or Google.
Have fun.
Peter
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@ DrVid, yes - see above!
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@ DrVid, yes - see above!
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Unfortunately no .. this imho affects what is used when dictating text. But when I double press 'home', I still get Vlingo, even if I have set this setting to Google.
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Unfortunately no .. this imho affects what is used when dictating text. But when I double press 'home', I still get Vlingo, even if I have set this setting to Google.
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Hi, yes you will. The screen you are referring to is always powered by vlingo, as it is part of Touchwiz as far as I know (and as stock assigned to the double tap).
This setting controls the default voice engine (not software front end), so theoretically when for example you are dictating a text you will now be using Vlingo. But this will not change you using the Voice Talk when double click.
As for your problem, you should be saying 'play music by', rather than 'listen to' Curiously this does result in search for me too, but only when I have selected the Voice Commands from Apps and not when double clicking into it??!!
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Peter
Ahh, cracked it!!
The Voice Control app accessed by double clicking home button accesses the same app, but will only let you use the set commands shown and a couple of other like maps. And for me always works well with 'Play Music' - not 'Listen to.'
Key difference between this and the Voice Commands app accessed from Applications is that that if it doesn't understand you it says it could not recognise command or similar.
whereas the one from Apps will run a search if it understood the words but not the command. Basically, two different implementations of 'don't understand command'.
Hope this helps!
Can anyone get s voice to work? It perfectly recognizes what I am saying but doesnt respond, even the open commands. It just comes back with say hi galaxy to wake me up.
I tried to use it a few times but no real success. Disabled the double button press on the home button until they get it working. I can search the web on my own.
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It sort of works for me, but it's not perfect on recognizing my voice. I said "Tell me a joke", it picked up "Tell me agenda"
TheSoberRussian said:
It sort of works for me, but it's not perfect on recognizing my voice. I said "Tell me a joke", it picked up "Tell me agenda"
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It picks mine up fine however it just doesnt respond. After it translates it to text it ignore it
Cheezeman78 said:
It picks mine up fine however it just doesnt respond. After it translates it to text it ignore it
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I texted once using S-Voice last night, but it didn't get my message right. Today, it transcribes what I say, but then ignores it and brings up the say Hi Galaxy bit.
that is what it does to me also. I wonder why?
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Can anyone get s voice to work? It perfectly recognizes what I am saying but doesnt respond, even the open commands. It just comes back with say hi galaxy to wake me up.
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I was trying out my BT headset and opened the mike up and there was SVoice... After a number of I agree to docs, I asked for the weather, navigation, the population of a few cities, and it seems to work well. However, it kept my mike open all the time waiting for me to say Hi Galaxy, that's bad. It also stopped speaking and I do know where its mute button is.
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At work with WIFI on S voice get saying Network Error. Turned on Wifi and S Voice worked... anyone with a similar issue?
everytime i ask S voice something it just give me the stupid say hi galxay to wake me up bull but it recognizes what i say so its weird it doesnt work
Clear S-Voice
Ran into this same problem with S Voice. It wasn't responding at all and started giving me the silent treatment (like my wife who said I was talking to the phone more than her).
Here's what did the trick to get the phone working again, hope this helps someone:
Go to Settings > Application Manager > All.
Scroll down to S Voice then select it and press the Clear Data.
Draelith said:
Ran into this same problem with S Voice. It wasn't responding at all and started giving me the silent treatment (like my wife who said I was talking to the phone more than her).
Here's what did the trick to get the phone working again, hope this helps someone:
Go to Settings > Application Manager > All.
Scroll down to S Voice then select it and press the Clear Data.
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dude that actually worked for me thank you so much!
Draelith said:
Ran into this same problem with S Voice. It wasn't responding at all and started giving me the silent treatment (like my wife who said I was talking to the phone more than her).
Here's what did the trick to get the phone working again, hope this helps someone:
Go to Settings > Application Manager > All.
Scroll down to S Voice then select it and press the Clear Data.
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Wow it worked, thanks!
While it is not that accurate, S Voice works well for setting alarms, tasks/reminders, and "record voice" memos...
How does the SVoice compare to SpeakToIt? Can it pass the woodchuck test?
Draelith said:
Ran into this same problem with S Voice. It wasn't responding at all and started giving me the silent treatment (like my wife who said I was talking to the phone more than her).
Here's what did the trick to get the phone working again, hope this helps someone:
Go to Settings > Application Manager > All.
Scroll down to S Voice then select it and press the Clear Data.
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so whats the other method you use to get the wife to start responding?
I asked " What is the best phone "
She replied " Opinion vary but I think Samsung Galaxy is the best of them all " :victory:
it just keeps telling me "i didnt get that. please try again" ... not impressed
edit: figured out i cant have bluetooth on and use svoice? wtf?
Draelith said:
Ran into this same problem with S Voice. It wasn't responding at all and started giving me the silent treatment (like my wife who said I was talking to the phone more than her).
Here's what did the trick to get the phone working again, hope this helps someone:
Go to Settings > Application Manager > All.
Scroll down to S Voice then select it and press the Clear Data.
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Nice, that worked. Thanks for the suggestion! And shockingly S Voice is working almost perfectly for me right now. :good:
Cheers!
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so whats the other method you use to get the wife to start responding?
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That one was easy, back massage.
Glad the fix worked for others!
Draelith said:
Ran into this same problem with S Voice. It wasn't responding at all and started giving me the silent treatment (like my wife who said I was talking to the phone more than her).
Here's what did the trick to get the phone working again, hope this helps someone:
Go to Settings > Application Manager > All.
Scroll down to S Voice then select it and press the Clear Data.
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This made it work! thanks
Cant seem to find it , but it used to be under google setting , (grey google settings widget), the annoying popup where you can choose to accept or decline that google may verify your application.
went all over the phone to find but so far ? anyone knows where its hiding ?
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Cant seem to find it , but it used to be under google setting , (grey google settings widget), the annoying popup where you can choose to accept or decline that google may verify your application.
went all over the phone to find but so far ? anyone knows where its hiding ?
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Why do you want to do this? That on occasion your apps will be checked, is for your own safety! (or do you have something to hide?)
Go to settings then Applications then scroll down there is the google settings there.
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Why do you want to do this? That on occasion your apps will be checked, is for your own safety! (or do you have something to hide?)
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Not being funny and with all due respect that is none of your business tbh!
And OP already said it was to stop the annoying popup
Why do people judge or comment if they are not actually answering the question?!?... Bit like me right now lol
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Why do you want to do this? That on occasion your apps will be checked, is for your own safety! (or do you have something to hide?)
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no its just annoying ?