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[Q] Shortcut

I use Anycut to create shortcuts but am unable to figure out how to create a shortcut that puts the phone in vibrate mode. I currently use the # key on the dial pad.
Also, I know this may be simple but please take it easy on me as this is my first post to any board of this type even though I study them frequently.
Have a updated to J5 (through Kies) galaxy s vibrant.
Thanks

There are several apps in the market that that enable this via widget. Just tried ' silent toggle widget' and it works fine.
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Bluetooth headset: How to open Google Now rather than Voice Dialer (It's terrible)?

My Jabra headset activates VD rather than Google Now's more advanced search when held down. How can I change this default?
Thanks!

You are using cm 10.1 I'm guessing since that comes with voicedialer by default. Go into settings then apps and find voice dial under ALL and just disable it. It should default to Google now then. Either that or do what I do and delete it from the zip before I flash
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shotta35 said:
You are using cm 10.1 I'm guessing since that comes with voicedialer by default. Go into settings then apps and find voice dial under ALL and just disable it. It should default to Google now then. Either that or do what I do and delete it from the zip before I flash
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Interesting: I now get a different, newer voice dialer, but still a VD. Iit got a long googlebar across the top and reads "Voice Search" in the center of a full screen with the directive: Say Call and say someone's name. Which app is this launching from?

I found an app that almost works on a non-rooted phone called Bluetooth Launch. The program has not been updated in quite some time. It is a simple program with two parts, one screen to select the activity to be assigned and a second screen to pick which button to assign, for example one long press. When I run the app I am not able to bring up the menu to select which button to assign the activity to. I am able to reassign the default button to the app and I have it calling Google Search...voicesearchactivity. It will for the most part bring up Google Now. However, sometimes it fails to do anything and sometimes it brings up GN but with the mic turned off. At the moment the headset is used to stream and answer calls. The voice dialer is painfully slow, so gets little use. Google Now and a BT headset would be a good fit, odd that there is no support.

Disable Google Search default launch
crapixm said:
I found an app that almost works on a non-rooted phone called Bluetooth Launch. T
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Works well, but you have to know to go into app settings, and disable the default activity for Google Search. Otherwise Bluetooth Launch never gets a chance.

Just wrote a simple app to do this. I describe it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/bt-activate-google-voice-dialer-t3012622

(??) Make Google Now Override S Voice

I used to be able to double tap home to open Google Now. Now it opens S Voice. How can I make it open Google Now.
Also... Does anyone actually prefer S Voice?
Thanks!
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You need root for that, use Wanam xposed to configure double tap on hope run Google Now.

virx14 said:
You need root for that, use Wanam xposed to configure double tap on hope run Google Now.
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I am rooted, however, I cannot run Xposed because it borks games by SquareEnix, and I play FFIV lol. Thanks though!
Any other ideas?

very simple; Install home2 shortcut, assign double-click button to Google now. I have mine set to voice search, so I don't even have to hit my mic when I open google now.
Very convenient when driving
BTW, NO root required!

Even better for driving is to enable the "Hi Galaxy" wake command. Then use tasker to switch over to Google Voice Search each time S - voice runs. There's a 1 sec or so delay but it works and no hands required.

mintcookies said:
Even better for driving is to enable the "Hi Galaxy" wake command. Then use tasker to switch over to Google Voice Search each time S - voice runs. There's a 1 sec or so delay but it works and no hands required.
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I now realize after switching to Nova launcher this disables the ability to return to your main home screen from another home screen. Is there any xposed or other solution I can use to avoid this issue? I already tried xbutton actions with no option to use double click home button to launch anything!

S for switch voice app in playstore. No root needed.

New to Android Wear and autovoice/wear. Help me, please.. Going absolutely mental!

Hi guys.
[PROBLEM SOLVED]
Im really in over my head here. Day 3 with my smartwatch and it is VERY much trial and error..
But so far I have made a cool Watchface in Watchmaker, and tampered a bit with autovoice, autowear and tasker.
Here is my problem, and it is making me go absolutely crazy:
As far as I understood I can make a command that acts like a "bogus app" (called "Hal", "Jarvis" etc) through Autowear. Those "apps" shows up in the applist and can be assigned to different commands. (Am I totally off here?)
I now made a "Hal" "app" that is supposed to launch the Autowear voice search. And a "Jarvis" "app" that is supposed to launch the OK Google voice search.
When I swipe from the right and get the App list the two "Apps" DO show up and clicking those acts as expected: Launching the Google Voice search and the Autovoice Search respectively. So far so good.
BUT:
When I assign the VERY SAME commands to a button/image/icon/whatsitcalled in Watchmaker, both the Jarvis and Hal command/app/whatsitcalled sends me to the Autovoice settings screen.
Why? Why doesn't it just launch the voice searches? Just like it does when clicking the "Jarvis" and "Hal" "apps" in the app list? It makes no sense, please, please, please help me out.

Found out it was a bug in watchmaker. Found a workaround by letting the icon launch a Tasker task that launches the proper app.
http://watchmaker-bugs.idea.informer.com/

Workaround for Wear OS Reminder (with IFTTT)

I used to have this issue, when I used Google Assistant on my Huawei Watch (1st Gen) and create a reminder (e.g. Ok, Google, remind me to take out the trash at 12pm) the reminder would be set just fine. It was visible in the reminder section of my phone and my watch.
However, when the reminder was supposed to go off, it would only go off on my phone (with a tone) and then display the set reminder.
On my watch the reminder is only found when I swipe up an look at the notifications. But there would be no vibration or pop-up notification.
This issue seems to be widely known and affects a lot of Wear OS users. On my search for a solution to this issue, I've found some workarounds using Tasker (which is a paid app and probably not very user friendly for the average user) but I found nothing that would solve this issue quickly and easily.
Now, some might have already done this, but since I did not see any thread describing a workaround with IFTTT, I'm just gonna put this here.
What you need:
- IFTTT app installed on your phone.
- IFTTT app installed on your Wear OS watch
Now you simply create an IFTTT applet (which can still be done for free, but if you want to create more than 3 custom applets, the app wants you to pay).
Here's how I did it:
1. Tap on create new applet.
2. The app will ask you "If this" at first, and you just tap on "Android Device".
3. Select trigger: Here you just tap "Notification received from a specific app".
4. Just enter "Google" under app name. (I tried to enter "Reminder" to be more specific, but unfortunately, that didn't work)
5. Now the app will ask you to add "Then That". Choose Wear OS.
6. The only option given here is "Send a notification". Choose this.
7. Tap continue and now you can name the applet, then just click finish.
Now, every time the reminder triggers on your phone, you will get a notification from IFTTT on your watch for this reminder.
It worked pretty good for me, but I'm not sure what other Google service notifications are triggered. Maybe some of you guys can try this and come up with a more specific way to trigger only the reminders.
I hope this helps some of you guys dealing with this issue! It's been bugging me (and others, as far as I read) for quite a while.
Enjoy!
Zee

I almost never use reminder, seems to be handy. I just tried it and it create notif on phone and my ticwatch E. Maybe you need to allow permission or enable notification for WearOS app on your phone. Make sure also the notification on the watch is not block (app info of Reminder).
Alternatively, you can use Automagic instead of tasker. The app now is free on the main website (unfortunately, development stopped already). It has companion app on the watch need to be installed too. Then create flow with trigger Notification on Statusbar Displayed, select the WearOS one. You can choose action to vibrated, recreate the notification on Watch or create full screen display on watch, using widget. No IFTTT nor internet needed.