Anyone know of any apps for quick searching for phone numbers? Obviously one could use a browser and google..but what about a simple app that wouldn't take for ever to load, where you could type in a name and it would have 2 buttons, one to search people and one to search businesses..If anyone would even want to help guide me on how to create an app like this I'm up for it too...Not a programmer by trade but I can hack some code with the best of them. Let me know...Thanks
google maps does works well, so does the bing app.
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Having a problem last two days with vzw home page overriding browser/google settings and then forcing searches through Bing. Search starts in google to about 50% then loads the vzw page breifly before ending in Bing. I am on a debinged device and it wasnt a problem for the week before on the same rom.
Is it possible a market app swapped something and where might I look to find it ? No matter what I reset in the browser seetings or clear, the behavior returns.
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A search on debinged browser will help you find answers. If you are rooted you will have more options. But there are things you can do to minimize the influence if bing searches without being root.
One solution that I used was to replace browser.apk with the one from the Samsung Mesmerize which is the Canadian version of the Fascinate which doesn't use Bing
There is another file that will give you google search on a short press of the search key. But not google voice search with a long press. To get Google Voice Search you can install Vlingo (a nice voice recognition application with lots of features)
Another option is to use a different browser like Dolphin (I like Dolphin Mini) and set your home page to Google.
For a google search widget you can install LauncherPro.
Lots of ways to go. Searching will help you find details.
Thanks for the reply, but maybe I wasnt clear. I am fully rooted, running an eb01DB_DXC.tar with eb01 lockscreen mods, some swapped touchwiz and buddies .apks and other minor mods. Google voice search is disabled and everything is set properly settings wise.
The search function worked properly for a week, but something has changed to create this new behavior. I already tried Skyfire as well.
I understand the need to search and I do quite a bit. I just cant find a reason why behavior would change when there is no apparent reason to based on the device config.
I recently purchased a galaxy note 3 sm-900. I was desperate to return my android experience back to the one that I had become accustomed to on previous phones, so among other things I set about the task of removing google's new voice search and finding a way to install the old one. In short, I rooted the phone and deleted system apps using RootAppDelete. I uninstalled the google search app itself and then one that said something along the lines of com.google.android.voicesearch. After that, the google play store finally allowed me to download a fresh copy of the old voice search app, which installed just fine and works almost like it should on my phone. The only problem I have is that the app does not recognize voice commands, which is primarily what I use the app for. If I say "Navigate to X", the phone will open the browser with a google search for "Navigate to X". I really need to find a way to make these voice commands work. I have been digging through internet threads for the last few hours trying to find someone with a similar problem but with little success.
Does anyone have any ideas how I can fix this?
Hi everyone,
I will try to make it short to not bother you reading this post.
I made ne app using google map, got my api key, all is fine.
When I test my app on my phone via the SDK, the map appear and all is ok.
I compiled my app, send the apk on the google market, I download my app, installed it and now google map doesn't appear?
I check the statistics of my api key on the console developer of google... no requests anymore!
Did somebody can tell me what to do please? If you want to try the app you can find it on google play under the name Croatia Real Estate or find it buy my developer name pgx design.
Thanks for you time and help, wish you all the best.
Guy.
Hi. I want to change my default Navigation app to basically ANYTHING except Google Maps. Wanted either CoPilot, Here, or Waze. I have my search provider set to Bing even but when I click on any direction link, it takes me to Google Maps. I've gone into Apps and even disabled that and ensured other Nav apps are set to open always, but it still goes to Google and Then takes me to the Play Store so I can download/Enable Maps. Any way around this? Pretty crappy of Google to do this....
Go to settings/apps & notifications/default apps/opening links. Scroll down to Maps and click on it. Click on open supported links and select don't open in this app. Hopefully it will let you choose your other navigation app when you click on a link but I've never tried that. The reason Android wants to use Maps is because Maps is integrated with Google Play Services and your Google account and a third party app won't provide the same kind of integration because it would require giving a third party app elevated privileges that are not allowed without root.
Hi and thanks. I had already tried that unfortunately. It doesn't work. ANY link you click for directions on a web page, even if asked to open only gives the option of Edge and Maps. A calendar invite or something like that will ask and give a list of valid mapping applications like Waze, Here, etc. But links on a web page......only Maps.
Having Maps integrated with Google Play services is just another reason NOT to want to use it.
Hi and thanks. I had already tried that unfortunately. It doesn't work. ANY link you click for directions on a web page, even if asked to open only gives the option of Edge and Maps. A calendar invite or something like that will ask and give a list of valid mapping applications like Waze, Here, etc. But links on a web page......only Maps.
Having Maps integrated with Google Play services is just another reason NOT to want to use it.
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Hi and thanks. I had already tried that unfortunately. It doesn't work. ANY link you click for directions on a web page, even if asked to open only gives the option of Edge and Maps. A calendar invite or something like that will ask and give a list of valid mapping applications like Waze, Here, etc. But links on a web page......only Maps.
Having Maps integrated with Google Play services is just another reason NOT to want to use it.
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If you're rooted there might be a tasker profile that does what you want but it doesn't seem to be possible without root.
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If you're rooted there might be a tasker profile that does what you want but it doesn't seem to be possible without root.
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Thanks for the reply. Bummer. So Google locks you into their apps even if you search with Bing. Seems like Microsoft got in a lot of trouble with the government about 20 years ago over this sort of tactics.
Hello there.
Thanks so much to all the people and developers out here.
First of all , to say that I am trying as much as I can to get out of Google Therms and Conditions (but I love to keep using Android, and I know that Android is develop from Google, and I also know that before Google, Android was existing too, ....anyways).
I just got install LineageOS plus microG , and everything was beautyful and great until I find out that the custom ROM is using the call, smsing, contacts, browser, calendar, email and maybe some other one that now I cant find, from Android, so means that still that apps are connected to Google, cause I click about sms , for example, and then privacy , and it redirect me through google search motor to a Google privacy and Therms ???
And one thing that I have got more impress is that the call app , I cant even stop it or disable it. Anyone can tell me why?
And going deeper in LineageOS , I have experience that are some other issues that I cant really disable in the system.
I just decide to use Signal instead of sms. Brave instead of Android browser.
So I will love to get an alternative to have my contacts in the telephone, and maybe more suggestions of other apps.
And is it possible to get reed of phone Android app somehow, or is something that Google force to use??
Thanks for reading it.
PS- I was just gonna submit my post and then reCAPTCHA pops up and tell me to press in some pictures. Is it a support for AI that are we giving this data for free so they can develop better robots for the future??
yeah
I just find out that there is an app called Contacts in F-Droid that belongs to simplemobiletools, and seems awesome. it alloweds me also at makes calls, so I can dissable phone from Android. Step by step and getting there. Thanks for all that has read the post.