NOTE: I can't post this in the correct forum because I don't have enough posts yet.
EDIT: This was supposed to be in the "Samsung Galaxy S III I9300" forums not the "Galaxy Note II" :S
The S3 has a custom launcher which allows you to double tap the home button and launch an app.
Currently there are 5 apps that appear for me to choose from when I do this on the phone I am testing: Assistant, Robin, S Voice, Vlingo, Vlingo InCar.
Does anyone know how I can list my app with these "personal assistants"? I can't figure out the intent I should be listening to.
Thanks!
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Just got my nexus 7 and have been playing around with it and I have a question about google now. When I first started using it, if I did the swipe up from the home button action it would bring up the google now voice prompt. Now when I do the swipe up it just takes me to the google now cards, where I can say "Google" and get the voice prompt to start.
My question, what happened? Did I change a setting somewhere I forgot about or did the default swipe up action change when it upgraded to 4.2.1?
Google now goes right to search until you add a Google Account.
When you agree to use Google Now with a Google Account you get the card interface.
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With Google Now on I get the cards too. With Google Now off I get the basic google search bar with microphone and the keyboard is open. I put the Voice Search icon in the dock (Nova launcher) and just hit that to go straight into voice search. I honestly can't remember if it worked differently before.
Anyone having issues with Home2Shortcut ? I have used this on my S3 to make Google voice search come up w/ a doublepress of the main button. With the S4, looks like it does not want to work - S-Voice keeps coming up even though I have Voice Search selected and have Home2Shortcut set as a default.
Just curious if anyone has got it working.
msherman123 said:
Anyone having issues with Home2Shortcut ? I have used this on my S3 to make Google voice search come up w/ a doublepress of the main button. With the S4, looks like it does not want to work - S-Voice keeps coming up even though I have Voice Search selected and have Home2Shortcut set as a default.
Just curious if anyone has got it working.
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S voice is setup to start up by default with the double tap of home button. Go to S Voice App> Settings > Uncheck double tap to start s voice. I did this as soon as I got phone then disabled svoice without clearing its data to avoid the lag when hitting home key
That did it! Thank you my friend.
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i totally disabled s voice...i setup home2 but now when i double click on the home button, i see a window open and close and its saying "say call followed by a name or a number" any ideas?
What app are you linking to? Should be Voice Search, linked to home key > App.
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When I use my bluetooth (Jabra) device to make a call, it brings up S-Voice. How can I change it to bring up Google voice?
Thanks
Double click home button and select Google. If it doesn't prompt you to choose clear defaults in s voice under applications. Just a thought I don't have that blue tooth but I use Sena smh10 and that worked for me.
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Jnewell05 said:
Double click home button and select Google. If it doesn't prompt you to choose clear defaults in s voice under applications. Just a thought I don't have that blue tooth but I use Sena smh10 and that worked for me.
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Thanks, but I tried that and going through every menu setting there is.
Can't find a way to set it anywhere.
itsdavetime said:
Thanks, but I tried that and going through every menu setting there is.
Can't find a way to set it anywhere.
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Clear data of S Voice and then "disable" it from within the settings app
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thatbigmoose said:
Clear data of S Voice and then "disable" it from within the settings app
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I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 with Android 4.3 (Samsung official ROM).
My solution was this:
- Disable "S Voice" under the Application settings
- install "Home2 Shortcut" from the GoogleStore and set it up so that you can double-tap the home button to launch Google Now Voice Search. I guess if you only want the bluetooth device to search, you could skip this app installation
- install "Bluetooth Launch" and select >Google Search > com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox.VoiceSearchActivity
Connect your Bluetooth device and perform the action for your voice command (for mine its a long button press on the bluetooth headset). Set "Bluetooth Launch" as your default. Now it should open Google Now for you, with your device immediately listening for your input.
Credit for this solution goes to Benjamin Rosas, an Android user who posted this solution under the review of the Bluetooth Launch app in the Google Play Store.
Worked for me, hope it works for you too!
martinozza said:
My solution was this:
- Disable "S Voice" under the Application settings
- install "Home2 Shortcut" from the GoogleStore and set it up so that you can double-tap the home button to launch Google Now Voice Search. I guess if you only want the bluetooth device to search, you could skip this app installation
- install "Bluetooth Launch" and select >Google Search > com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox.VoiceSearchActivity
Connect your Bluetooth device and perform the action for your voice command (for mine its a long button press on the bluetooth headset). Set "Bluetooth Launch" as your default. Now it should open Google Now for you, with your device immediately listening for your input.
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I achieved the same functionality without extra apps.
1. Application manager > scroll over to 'All' > S-Voice
2. Force stop, Turn Off, clear data, clear cache
3. Application manager > scroll over to 'Turned Off' > S-Voice
4. Turn On
5. Open S-Voice app and hit 'Confirm' 'Agree' 'Skip' to skip the intro tutorial, then turn on 'Double Tap Home Launch' in settings if it isn't already on. (But I think it's on by default)
6. Close S-Voice and go to homescreen
7. Double-tap home button
8. A menu to "Complete action using:" pops up, pick Google instead of S-Voice, and 'Always'.
bandroid7 said:
I achieved the same functionality without extra apps.
1. Application manager > scroll over to 'All' > S-Voice
2. Force stop, Turn Off, clear data, clear cache
3. Application manager > scroll over to 'Turned Off' > S-Voice
4. Turn On
5. Open S-Voice app and hit 'Confirm' 'Agree' 'Skip' to skip the intro tutorial, then turn on 'Double Tap Home Launch' in settings if it isn't already on. (But I think it's on by default)
6. Close S-Voice and go to homescreen
7. Double-tap home button
8. A menu to "Complete action using:" pops up, pick Google instead of S-Voice, and 'Always'.
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Worked perfectly. Definitely prefer this approach over using an unnecessary app.
This doesn't work for me. Enabled Google Now. Did the above. There is no option to select. It's always SVoice
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Galaxy S4 issues with Bluetooth
I'm new and found your forum. You all seem like you know what you are doing and I thought I'd run this random question by you. I've disabled S-Voice on my Galaxy S3 because I don't use it. I own a Smith helmet with Skullcandy Bluetooth Kit and a cheaper wire line Skull Candy kit. Any accidental long press activates S-Voice while I'm listening to music. It always interrupts a song and then I have to take off my gloves, pull my phone out of my jacket and exit S-Voice. It happens numerous times a day every day. It happens if my collar of my jacket bumps my Skull Candy device or because I'm wearing gloves and don't have much dexterity to know if I'm pressing it. Any idea on how to disable a long press or am I just stuck with this?
Thanks!
I really missed the Note 2 default of long pressing the menu key to invoke Google search. Here's the workaround I've been using today that I think is kind of cool:
Make sure S-Voice is enabled on your device. In the S-Voice app, use Menu>Settings to enable double tapping the home key to activate S-Voice. Also handy to set the "Hello Galaxy" command to wake the device into S-Voice.
Activate S-Voice by double tapping the home key, or saying "Hello Galaxy" while the device is asleep.
Once S-Voice is listening, say "Open Google".
Once Google search is open, you can say "Ok Google" as normal.
This sounds more involved than it actually is, and I now feel I have a way to get fast access to my preferred voice assistant again.
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You can use wanam to remap hardware keys. So you can actually make it open Google now directly
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Not rooted. Should probably have mentioned that.
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Also should mention that, unlike remapping the buttons, this technique gives you a way to kind of "bootstrap" yourself using voice alone from screen off right into google now with the mic active.
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Another option is to use a custom launcher. Apex allows you to bring up Google now with the menu key. Don't know how you feel about ditching touch wiz though.
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TJCacher said:
I really missed the Note 2 default of long pressing the menu key to invoke Google search. Here's the workaround I've been using today that I think is kind of cool:
Make sure S-Voice is enabled on your device. In the S-Voice app, use Menu>Settings to enable double tapping the home key to activate S-Voice. Also handy to set the "Hello Galaxy" command to wake the device into S-Voice.
Activate S-Voice by double tapping the home key, or saying "Hello Galaxy" while the device is asleep.
Once S-Voice is listening, say "Open Google".
Once Google search is open, you can say "Ok Google" as normal.
This sounds more involved than it actually is, and I now feel I have a way to get fast access to my preferred voice assistant again.
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1. Go to app S Voice, enable home key to activate S Voice.
2. Go to app info for S Voice, clear defaults.
3. Go to your touchwiz home screen and double click your home button, it should ask to set default for the search.
4. Select Google and put always.
I have google as my default this way..
xacoffeemx said:
1. Go to app S Voice, enable home key to activate S Voice.
2. Go to app info for S Voice, clear defaults.
3. Go to your touchwiz home screen and double click your home button, it should ask to set default for the search.
4. Select Google and put always.
I have google as my default this way..
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Hmm. I would love for mine to work that way, but when I go into the app info for S Voice, the button to clear defaults is disabled and it says no defaults are set.
I do have the option within S Voice set to activate S Voice when double tapping the home key, and that is working.
When I posted this, I assumed everyone not rooted had the same situation as me, where there was simply no way to have anything but S Voice be the default for a home key double tap.
Seems that's not the case, though I can't imagine why.
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xacoffeemx said:
1. Go to app S Voice, enable home key to activate S Voice.
2. Go to app info for S Voice, clear defaults.
3. Go to your touchwiz home screen and double click your home button, it should ask to set default for the search.
4. Select Google and put always.
I have google as my default this way..
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Unfortunately, this does not work for me. When I go into S-Voice, the home key option is already enabled. The option to "clear defaults" is grayed out in the App Manager. Disabling and re-enabling the home key in S-Voice does nothing. Same with clearing all S-Voice data in the App Manager.
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TJCacher said:
Hmm. I would love for mine to work that way, but when I go into the app info for S Voice, the button to clear defaults is disabled and it says no defaults are set.
I do have the option within S Voice set to activate S Voice when double tapping the home key, and that is working.
When I posted this, I assumed everyone not rooted had the same situation as me, where there was simply no way to have anything but S Voice be the default for a home key double tap.
Seems that's not the case, though I can't imagine why.
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Same here. Also, when I disable S-Voice entirely using the App Manager, I still don't get an option to set the home key double click to Google Now.
Use this app
bigmout said:
Unfortunately, this does not work for me. When I go into S-Voice, the home key option is already enabled. The option to "clear defaults" is grayed out in the App Manager. Disabling and re-enabling the home key in S-Voice does nothing. Same with clearing all S-Voice data in the App Manager.
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Same here. Also, when I disable S-Voice entirely using the App Manager, I still don't get an option to set the home key double click to Google Now.
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use home 2 shortcut it works just make use s-voice is turrned off via the home key.
putsometrebleinit said:
Another option is to use a custom launcher. Apex allows you to bring up Google now with the menu key. Don't know how you feel about ditching touch wiz though.
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I can confirm that this works. If you hold the menu key for a short period, Google Now pops up and if you hold it longer S Finder pops up.
i agree with gator, home2 is the best at that. i have used it for about a yr or so and its flawless
Pressing home button in my Galaxy S5 opens Google Now, but I want classic "Last apps" list from Galaxy S4. How can I get it?
Aterven said:
Pressing home button in my Galaxy S5 opens Google Now, but I want classic "Last apps" list from Galaxy S4. How can I get it?
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I am so used to my S3 I would love an option to switch the home button and menu button so that home is my apps list and menu is the google now / s voice
Dont see why they changed something everyone was used to since S2 and I cant see them changing it back either
My hardware buttons are back to the old S4 way. Used xposed and gravity box love it!
Aterven said:
Pressing home button in my Galaxy S5 opens Google Now, but I want classic "Last apps" list from Galaxy S4. How can I get it?
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I think, you just need to download a third party app to get what you want.
I havent found a single third party app that would do it yet.
Stallion, do u have any links showing how to do it? Will it require root? Im looking for a non-root method for the time being
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richhaynes said:
I havent found a single third party app that would do it yet.
Stallion, do u have any links showing how to do it? Will it require root? Im looking for a non-root method for the time being
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You need root to use xposed. Not sure of any non root methods, pretty sure you can't without root.
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Someone have answer ?
Aterven said:
Pressing home button in my Galaxy S5 opens Google Now, but I want classic "Last apps" list from Galaxy S4. How can I get it?
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To open "Recent apps" you have to press and hold the Home button.
The alternative way is install the 'Android Missing Shortcuts' app and select 'Recent Apps' in the main screen.
(download link in my signature)