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Change Google Now Default Weather

I have been trying for the better part of an hour to change my Google Now default weather to Fahrenheit. I've of course followed all the Google instructions and online help. It just doesn't seem to stick. I go into Google now click the bubble above the temperature card in the weather card and set to Fahrenheit as default. Then double check to be sure the system language settings are default U.S. But then when I turn off G-Now the settings go back to Celsius. This is driving me nuts. I'm stock vanilla and rooted. Anyone else experience this?
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jcnbama said:
I have been trying for the better part of an hour to change my Google Now default weather to Fahrenheit. I've of course followed all the Google instructions and online help. It just doesn't seem to stick. I go into Google now click the bubble above the temperature card in the weather card and set to Fahrenheit as default. Then double check to be sure the system language settings are default U.S. But then when I turn off G-Now the settings go back to Celsius. This is driving me nuts. I'm stock vanilla and rooted. Anyone else experience this?
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Have you tried searching for your particular problem? Someone else had the exact same problem... maybe there's something helpful in that thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2226752
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So I tried to replicate your problem. I went and disabled my Google Now, and searched for "what's the temperature". It defaults to using Celcius! However, when I enable Google Now and choose Fahrenheit as the units, both the weather card and the search results show temperature in Fahrenheit. If I choose the weather units as C, then both the card and the search result displays temperature in C. You might just have to keep Google Now enabled...

The latest Google Now is broken. There is a Google groups thread about changes to sports teams not sticking. This sounds like it might be related. Google is looking into the sports problem.

Buff McBigstuff said:
The latest Google Now is broken. There is a Google groups thread about changes to sports teams not sticking. This sounds like it might be related. Google is looking into the sports problem.
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Great, well hopefully it will get fixed. Terribly annoying. AWFUL. The other part had no help right now. Same issue... It used to work on another phone I had it ported over to my Galaxy SII.
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Google Now Weather Temp Units
jcnbama said:
I have been trying for the better part of an hour to change my Google Now default weather to Fahrenheit. I've of course followed all the Google instructions and online help. It just doesn't seem to stick. I go into Google now click the bubble above the temperature card in the weather card and set to Fahrenheit as default. Then double check to be sure the system language settings are default U.S. But then when I turn off G-Now the settings go back to Celsius. This is driving me nuts. I'm stock vanilla and rooted. Anyone else experience this?
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On the weather screen after a weather query there is a small C and F. The F should be blue, just press it.http://forum.xda-developers.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

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On the weather screen after a weather query there is a small C and F. The F should be blue, just press it.http://forum.xda-developers.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif
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That works but it doesn't stick.
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Original Google N1 Car Home APKs

I use my phone a lot in the car (GPS, music and phone calls), so I always keep the original apk's files from the Nexus One Car Home handy. The app is still listed in the Play Store, but it won't install in newer devices.
Just install both files as regular apps, reboot and you are set to go. I always liked this app for its simplicity. Enjoy!
Also, I will recommend getting some NFC tags and Trigger (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jwsoft.nfcactionlauncher), so you can launch the app automatically in your car. Trigger is a very easy to use, but if you want more control, get Tasker instead.

I really like the look of it too, but it kept reopening after I closed the app.

Try wiping Dalvik and cache, this happened to me one time and that fixed the problem.
I hope thus helps.
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Nice one thanks, don't like the speedo, compass rubbish all the other apps have and the only other solutions to get the proper one on needed root.

Hah, no way. Cool thanks for posting this. I might have to give this a go.
Like @b1g1an said, to get proper car dock mode (i.e. landscape on the home launcher) you gotta have root, that's why I made this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.warner.carmode
but this Nexus One app is a nice optional solution.

kentoe said:
Like @b1g1an said, to get proper car dock mode (i.e. landscape on the home launcher) you gotta have root, that's why I made this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.warner.carmode
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Ultimate Rotation Control doesn't need root to rotate the home screen so might be worth a look how they do it, you'll get a lot more takers of yours if you can lose the root reliance.

b1g1an said:
Ultimate Rotation Control doesn't need root to rotate the home screen so might be worth a look how they do it, you'll get a lot more takers of yours if you can lose the root reliance.
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Thanks for showing me this. Definitely worth noting this down.

When I use car mode I get the notification in the status bar which is fine but it also flashes the notification light which is useless and hides whether I have any "real" notifications.
Didn't have this issue on other phones I used it on previously. Any ideas how I can stop the light flashing just for this app?
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App security

I opened an app and saw a notifictaion that said an app was trying to access something. The app isn't working like it should. Is there someplace I can go to see what kind of security is blocking?

re: notifications
anaylor01 said:
I opened an app and saw a notifictaion that said an app was trying to access something. The app isn't working like it should. Is there someplace I can go to see what kind of security is blocking?
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You really need to be a lot more specific, there are many apps which are supposed give
those types of notifications, but again without being a lot more specific as far as the apps
NAME at least, it's almost impossible for me to give you any real advise.

anaylor01 said:
I opened an app and saw a notifictaion that said an app was trying to access something. The app isn't working like it should. Is there someplace I can go to see what kind of security is blocking?
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Seems be a KNOX notification like: "Unauthorized access to a secured area has been blocked". Is it?

I am using Galaxy s4 version 4.3. The app that I think is not working right is Philips HUE. So I don't know if something else is wrong or that Android is blocking it from working.

Samsung - Find My Mobile

anyone know why the Find My Mobile feature from Samsung is so limited in the devices it supports? Apparently for Sprint users we're out of luck with this feature or am I missing something? anyone have any alternatives?

dimm0k said:
anyone know why the Find My Mobile feature from Samsung is so limited in the devices it supports? Apparently for Sprint users we're out of luck with this feature or am I missing something? anyone have any alternatives?
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Google device manager thingie? Works with any android device.
https://www.google.com/android/devicemanager

neswii said:
Google device manager thingie? Works with any android device.
https://www.google.com/android/devicemanager
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Whoa, this is exactly what I wanted! Thank you sir!

You're welcome haha.
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Does anyone know of a program or app that works on phones that have the Location Services turned off? Probably not, I'd guess, but figured I'd ask. I leave Location Services turned off whenever I'm not using something that needs it, which is most of the time.

jejb said:
Does anyone know of a program or app that works on phones that have the Location Services turned off? Probably not, I'd guess, but figured I'd ask. I leave Location Services turned off whenever I'm not using something that needs it, which is most of the time.
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I don't think its possible. Without location services turned on how would an app find your phone. Just curious, why don't you have location services turned on? It isn't a big hit on battery so it doesn't make since. Unless you are one of those big brother is watching nuts.

cruise350 said:
I don't think its possible. Without location services turned on how would an app find your phone. Just curious, why don't you have location services turned on? It isn't a big hit on battery so it doesn't make since. Unless you are one of those big brother is watching nuts.
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Nuts? I don't think there's any reason to get personal here. And you don't have to be a "nut" to see all the privacy issues in the news almost daily. And with companies like Google, Face Book, etc that are avowed data thieves, er, collectors, I think it's wise to do what I can to try and keep my data more private.
I am a senior programmer for a large international company. We got into data mining way on the front end of the craze. But we never stooped to collecting the levels of personal identity level information most folks just accept these days. So I know how it works, and choose to limit what they can collect from me.

I'm sure you've heard of App Ops? (Assuming you're either on 4.3 or a custom 4.4 ROM that has it). OEM's like to hide it away, but it is still there and still very much usable. You can set which permissions an app can use (to a certain extent) and if it tries to access something you've turned the permission off for, the device returns an empty set (essentially "null") for that data.
Here's the link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.schurich.android.tools.appopsstarter
This app just calls the location where App Ops is in Android. Note that this app will *NOT* work in 4.4, since Google changed the way it's accessed.
edit: I've used this to disable a lot of what Facebook can access, among other apps.

Thanks! Looks like a great app. Runs great on my 4.3 S4.

Smart Settings on Verizon

I looked for smart settings on my Verizon unit and couldn't find it. Looks like Verizon removed it.
Here is how to get it back.
Download QuickShortcutmaker from the market
Open it and scroll down to smart settings.
Open the smart settings dropdown.
Now press the first smart settings drop down.
This will create a icon on your home screen.
That's it.
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Awesome! Thanks for the tip!

Thank you for this suggestion. Most Smart Settings cannot be used without the My Places feature active, and that has apparently been disabled by Verizon as well. Any workaround suggestions?

Perhaps try Llama? It can be found in the Play Store

I would be very interested if one of the tmobile phone owners have an apk of my places, and could possibly post it.
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Attached are the APKs. One of the app itself, the other is the engine. Not sure if you need the engine or not though.

Appreciate you posting that, unfortunately it said that they are corrupted. Both files are only a handful of kilobytes each which cant be correct
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Those were pulled with titanium backup. Not exactly sure where it is in the system files for a direct pull.

Possible its under root folder then system then app folder. Im just not sure
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I recommend MacroDroid. Much better than Smart Settings. Smart Settings is terrible by comparison. Verizon did you a favor.
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Ill give that a shot, thank you, i assume it doesnt kill battery (i hope) lol
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jspsuperman said:
Possible its under root folder then system then app folder. Im just not sure
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To be more clear I checked /system/app and /system/priv-app. Nothing was named My Places or anything similar.

Vuciz said:
To be more clear I checked /system/app and /system/priv-app. Nothing was named My Places or anything similar.
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Thank you for trying anyway [emoji106]
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leyvatron said:
I looked for smart settings on my Verizon unit and couldn't find it. Looks like Verizon removed it.
Here is how to get it back.
Download QuickShortcutmaker from the market
Open it and scroll down to smart settings.
Open the smart settings dropdown.
Now press the first smart settings drop down.
This will create a icon on your home screen.
That's it.
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Tried this, waited 5 days but settings aren't turning on. This isn't working at all. Did it work for you?

minuett said:
Thank you for this suggestion. Most Smart Settings cannot be used without the My Places feature active, and that has apparently been disabled by Verizon as well. Any workaround suggestions?
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No, unfortunately Verizon verified that they did indeed REMOVE My places functionality from their version, so no it will not auto-locate your home location after 5 days, either.
IMO, they are trying to force you to use more data. Most people turn their wifi off when they leave, and turn it back on when they come home - Smart setting will do just that. So, why would Big Red not want you to have it? Because when you have to do it manually, you'll forget to turn it back on when you get home... and when you do that, you'll use more data. my *theory*.

jraines1 said:
No, unfortunately Verizon verified that they did indeed REMOVE My places functionality from their version, so no it will not auto-locate your home location after 5 days, either.
IMO, they are trying to force you to use more data. Most people turn their wifi off when they leave, and turn it back on when they come home - Smart setting will do just that. So, why would Big Red not want you to have it? Because when you have to do it manually, you'll forget to turn it back on when you get home... and when you do that, you'll use more data. my *theory*.
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Or people will just leave WiFi on...because it doesn't use that much battery when not in use. This isn't a conspiracy to get people to use more data. Sounds like carriers have to pay for certain features on phones and Verizon didn't want to cash out for some less useful features. Plenty of other apps out there that can turn your WiFi on and off automatically.
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partylikeaninjastar said:
Or people will just leave WiFi on...because it doesn't use that much battery when not in use. This isn't a conspiracy to get people to use more data. Sounds like carriers have to pay for certain features on phones and Verizon didn't want to cash out for some less useful features. Plenty of other apps out there that can turn your WiFi on and off automatically.
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Hmmm... most people I know turn it off, but to each his own. But when that is intentionally disabled along with FM radio, along with Google In Apps Search shortcut (by which you must do an internet search first before just searching for something on your phone...) - a pattern seems to be emerging... but let's give Big Red the benefit of the doubt, right? Let's forget about the lawsuit about them asking Blackberry to disable bluetooth so you couldn't transfer files, or the similar lawsuit about the same kind of thing with Motorola...
No... Nothing to see here... Move along, people, move along...

Any luck with this?

Is there a root app that can do the same thing since My Places isn't working?

anon389389109 said:
Is there a root app that can do the same thing since My Places isn't working?
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There are numerous apps that don't require root that will do what Smart Settings does and more.
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