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apex launcher issue

I've set up the launcher, but when I set up direct dial on the desktop, it keeps telling that it can't launch action. Does anyone else have this issue and is there a fix for it

wasya152 said:
I've set up the launcher, but when I set up direct dial on the desktop, it keeps telling that it can't launch action. Does anyone else have this issue and is there a fix for it
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I just tested it for you and I had no problem with it. Try restarting Apex?

Tried restarting, uniinstalling the at and reinstalling, still doesn't work

I really don't think this matters, but I'll throw it out there...I am rooted, but other than that here is what I did. I long pressed on the desktop, selected Shortcuts and then Direct dial, then selected a contact. It created a contact on my desktop, I clicked it and it dialed it. I have to assume these are the steps you are taking as well?

Yes, but it still doesn't work

Try using the root setting in the apex settings. Cant remember the exact name of the root option. Maybe that will help.

Can't find the root setting.

Are you rooted? I could not tell by your response.

No, not rooted

wasya152 said:
No, not rooted
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Then, I would assume that may be the difference. I was rooted when I tried to duplicate your issue.
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TMo official KK, OK GOOGLE hotword not working?

So I just jumped in to google search since updating to KK, spoke out OK GOOGLE, and nothing. Checked all my settings, made sure voice is english US, hotword detection is ON, but nothing....if you hit the microphone it wakes up and works, but it no longer has hotword detection any more for me.
Any one else?

stevessvt said:
So I just jumped in to google search since updating to KK, spoke out OK GOOGLE, and nothing. Checked all my settings, made sure voice is english US, hotword detection is ON, but nothing....if you hit the microphone it wakes up and works, but it no longer has hotword detection any more for me.
Any one else?
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It does not work like that, if you are on the goggle search app and say ok google it activates the voice command but if you grab the google launcher apk from here (http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...-and-gpe-devices-apk-mirrored-for-all-others/ ) it might work (haven't tried it so don't know)

XxZombiePikachu said:
It does not work like that, if you are on the goggle search app and say ok google it activates the voice command but if you grab the google launcher apk from here (http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...-and-gpe-devices-apk-mirrored-for-all-others/ ) it might work (haven't tried it so don't know)
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Lol, Im sorry, I guess I wasnt clear, I mean in the google search app, you would say OK GOOGLE and it would activate. It no longer does for me. And I have cleared data/cache for google search as well as downgrading the app, still wont activate hotword detection

stevessvt said:
Lol, Im sorry, I guess I wasnt clear, I mean in the google search app, you would say OK GOOGLE and it would activate. It no longer does for me.
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have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling?

XxZombiePikachu said:
have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling?
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Sorry, I updated my last post with that info, yes I downgraded the app, didnt help. I cleared cache/data, didnt help, updated again, nothing.

I don't know what's wrong maybe someone else running 4.4.2 on t-mo can offer some help

It does work under googles 'voice search' app, but not the google search app.

Yes I know the search app
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Also running 4.4.2 on T-Mobile LG G2 (D801) and having the same issue. Worked before the 4.4.2 upgrade, now it doesn't. Still works if you click the mic icon and talk, but doesn't recognize "OK google" as a hotword anymore. Hopefully there will be a patch soon, as the update was only just released 5 days ago (not even OTA yet). If anyone knows how to fix, let me know as well. I have tried the same steps (uninstalling updates, clear cache, re-install updates). Checked settings and hotword is enabled. Thanks!

Make sure to enable Google Now and Hotword Detection.
Also make sure your system language is English (US).

Already checked that. Turned Google Now off and back on as well as hotword detection to see if it fixed it which it did not. I sent feedback to Google that is was not working via the send feedback button. Hopefully it is just a bug and will be patched soon.

Fix for hotword detection!
Go to system settings/General/Accessibility,
Turn off On-Screen Phone,
Google Hotword detection will work again.
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jon_williamson said:
Already checked that. Turned Google Now off and back on as well as hotword detection to see if it fixed it which it did not. I sent feedback to Google that is was not working via the send feedback button. Hopefully it is just a bug and will be patched soon.
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ejf529 said:
Go to system settings/General/Accessibility,
Turn off On-Screen Phone,
Google Hotword detection will work again.
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And I thought on-screen phone was a really cool feature. Was looking forward to using it. Until they work together I guess I will just have to make sure I turn off on-screen phone when not in use. Thanks for the tip! You are a gem to the community.

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And I thought on-screen phone was a really cool feature. Was looking forward to using it. Until they work together I guess I will just have to make sure I turn off on-screen phone when not in use. Thanks for the tip! You are a gem to the community.
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Just updated to kitkat on my Tmobile LG G2 - when to settings, general, accessibility... I don't see any "on-screen phone" to turn on or off... Anyone that can assist, I'd appreciate it.

Google now screen. Settings. Voice. Offline speech. Download the English file.
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Sfkn2 said:
Google now screen. Settings. Voice. Offline speech. Download the English file.
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Thanks, but that didn't make okay google work from home screen. (Works fine if I go into google now, but that kinda defeats the purpose).

Learnerspermit said:
Thanks, but that didn't make okay google work from home screen. (Works fine if I go into google now, but that kinda defeats the purpose).
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Let me guess, you aren't using the nexus launcher, which is the only launcher that allows you to use 'OK Google' from main screen.
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Sfkn2 said:
Let me guess, you aren't using the nexus launcher, which is the only launcher that allows you to use 'OK Google' from main screen.
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No, I'm not I was using the LG launcher that came with the rooted kitkat I just installed... I like the LG UI, so if it requires changing that, I'll pass. Thanks for the info.
However, I'm still confused as to why "on screen phone" doesn't show up in my settings/general/accessibility. That doesn't have anything to do with a launcher.

Learnerspermit said:
No, I'm not I was using the LG launcher that came with the rooted kitkat I just installed... I like the LG UI, so if it requires changing that, I'll pass. Thanks for the info.
However, I'm still confused as to why "on screen phone" doesn't show up in my settings/general/accessibility. That doesn't have anything to do with a launcher.
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You know on screen phone doesn't come preinstalled for non-factory 4.4.2 t mobile G2s, right? You would have to install it yourself.
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Sfkn2 said:
You know on screen phone doesn't come preinstalled for non-factory 4.4.2 t mobile G2s, right? You would have to install it yourself.
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Probably sounds stupid here, but what do you mean non-factory 4.4.2?
I'm using the current OTA 4.4.2 that was just modified to allow rooting, other than that it's the same as anyone that updated OTA.
But again, if it's a required install to get, why would not having it stop the "okay google" from working on the google mic ribbon on the home page? If I click the mic it works fine.

Messaging App

Recently, I've noticed that the Messaging app will automatically set itself as the default SMS app. I don't like the Messaging app, I don't want to use it. How am I able to stop this from occurring?

Ilxaot said:
Recently, I've noticed that the Messaging app will automatically set itself as the default SMS app. I don't like the Messaging app, I don't want to use it. How am I able to stop this from occurring?
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Never happened to me I'm using Google messenger app and works just fine! Might be related to the specific app u r using? Which one?
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jjvalor59 said:
Never happened to me I'm using Google messenger app and works just fine! Might be related to the specific app u r using? Which one?
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Well, that provides me some relief. It's been happening with all of them for the last two weeks. Messenger, invi, Textra, QKSMS, etc. I'll format sometime I guess.

Ilxaot said:
Well, that provides me some relief. It's been happening with all of them for the last two weeks. Messenger, invi, Textra, QKSMS, etc. I'll format sometime I guess.
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For me that only happens on a reboot
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This happens to me constantly. I want to use hangouts as my default messaging app, but it randomly (or so it seems) switches back to the stock messaging app. I did notice that when this happens it also switches back to the original lock screen (I use GO Locker now).
I thought about removing the messaging app (my phone is rooted), but I'm not sure how that would affect the phone. I also can't seem to find the app under the list of apps I could uninstall.
Does anyone have any suggestions for me?

Grimloe said:
This happens to me constantly. I want to use hangouts as my default messaging app, but it randomly (or so it seems) switches back to the stock messaging app. I did notice that when this happens it also switches back to the original lock screen (I use GO Locker now).
I thought about removing the messaging app (my phone is rooted), but I'm not sure how that would affect the phone. I also can't seem to find the app under the list of apps I could uninstall.
Does anyone have any suggestions for me?
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you could try freezing it with titanium backup

Don't freeze or remove the stock messaging app. I switched from ART runtime back to Dalvik, after reading that somebody experienced problems upon switching runtimes. Are you by chance on ART?
Edit - I also ought to mention that I haven't had it reset since I made the switch.

Ilxaot said:
Don't freeze or remove the stock messaging app. I switched from ART runtime back to Dalvik, after reading that somebody experienced problems upon switching runtimes. Are you by chance on ART?
Edit - I also ought to mention that I haven't had it reset since I made the switch.
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Cool, I'm glad I asked before I tried to do so.
As far as I know I am still using Dalvik runtime.

Grimloe said:
Cool, I'm glad I asked before I tried to do so.
As far as I know I am still using Dalvik runtime.
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Switching to ART and then reverting to Dalvik would be my only suggestions then at that point. I hope it's resolved, I've been loving Messenger. [emoji14]

Anyone else with no maps in weather apps?

Having a very strange problem on the g6. For all the weather apps I use they include weather maps superimposed on Google maps. But the Google maps part of it doesn't display. So all that shows is the cloud cover or precipitation (or whatever layer I have it showing). But since the Google maps part doesn't display I don't know where that precipitation actually is. And this is for all the weather apps I have tried.
I'm a long time Android user and have used these weather apps for years. Any idea why it's not working correctly on this g6? I've tried checking all the app permissions and uninstalling and reinstalling. And Google Maps works fine by itself.

Mine got a problem using uber app its just blank no maps all i can see is the cars available.
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Mangtas_666 said:
Mine got a problem using uber app its just blank no maps all i can see is the cars available.
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Definitely sounds like the same problem. Hope someone has been able to solve this.
I've tried everything I can think of to get this to work but no luck.
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When i got my replacement phone i had the same problem. The maps didn't work for Weather Underground, Gas Buddy, Sensorly, etc. I ended up doing a full reset again. ugh!!! So much for spending the evening setting up my phone for the millionth time it seems. I've never had this problem before. I don't know if it's an issue with LG's android software or what.

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When i got my replacement phone i had the same problem. The maps didn't work for Weather Underground, Gas Buddy, Sensorly, etc. I ended up doing a full reset again. ugh!!! So much for spending the evening setting up my phone for the millionth time it seems. I've never had this problem before. I don't know if it's an issue with LG's android software or what.
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Did that end up fixing the problem? Like you, I really don't want to do a reset after finally getting the phone setup.
Btw, I did a lot of searching online about this issue and the only other reference to it I could find was from someone with a Verizon lg g6 also.
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I use 1weather and that seem to work fine...

suhridkhan said:
I use 1weather and that seem to work fine...
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Installed that one just now to try it out. Same problem. Looks like a factory reset is in my future.
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easye55 said:
Installed that one just now to try it out. Same problem. Looks like a factory reset is in my future.
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try clearing data and cache for google maps before taking that extreme step.

suhridkhan said:
try clearing data and cache for google maps before taking that extreme step.
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Tried that also, no luck. Attached a screenshot showing what 1Weather looks like. This is the type of thing I see for all apps that use Google maps.
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easye55 said:
Tried that also, no luck. Attached a screenshot showing what 1Weather looks like. This is the type of thing I see for all apps that use Google maps.
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That's 1weather on my tmobile g6. I didn't do anything, just working out of the box.
I wonder if verizon had done sth to mess with the maps. Can we check if other verizon users having the same issue or not?

Any progress on this issue?

easye55 said:
Did that end up fixing the problem? Like you, I really don't want to do a reset after finally getting the phone setup.
Btw, I did a lot of searching online about this issue and the only other reference to it I could find was from someone with a Verizon lg g6 also.
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Yes it fixed the problem. I hope it doesn't happen again. I wish I knew why it happened.
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easye55 said:
Having a very strange problem on the g6. For all the weather apps I use they include weather maps superimposed on Google maps. But the Google maps part of it doesn't display. So all that shows is the cloud cover or precipitation (or whatever layer I have it showing). But since the Google maps part doesn't display I don't know where that precipitation actually is. And this is for all the weather apps I have tried.
I'm a long time Android user and have used these weather apps for years. Any idea why it's not working correctly on this g6? I've tried checking all the app permissions and uninstalling and reinstalling. And Google Maps works fine by itself.
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Hi all,
I'm having similar issues except not just with weather apps.
I've also been using the verizon version of Lg G6 and noticed that google maps embedded in ALL apps (i.e. yelp, zillow, tripadvisor, priceline, etc) come out completely blank. This has been going on since day 1 of using this phone. I've attached a screen shot of what it looks like on yelp.
Google maps itself works just fine without any issues.
My phone is up to date with all the system/app updates. I've tried clearing cache, uninstalling and reinstalling all those apps. The only thing I havent tried is doing a factory reset... which I dont want to do =\
Anyone else having this problem?? Any fixes??

I did a factory reset and the issue didn't come back. Btw the reset wasn't as painful as I thought it would be. The LG backup & restore function worked reasonably well. Backed up to SD card bf reset and restored right after. Things still needed to be setup a little. I've always had a rooted phone before this and relied on Titanium backup, so didn't know what to expect.
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easye55 said:
I did a factory reset and the issue didn't come back. Btw the reset wasn't as painful as I thought it would be. The LG backup & restore function worked reasonably well. Backed up to SD card bf reset and restored right after. Things still needed to be setup a little. I've always had a rooted phone before this and relied on Titanium backup, so didn't know what to expect.
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Glad you got it fixed. I hope LG is aware of the problem.
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I noticed that my uber map is blank what i did i just set the font size to medium and restart my phone and it showed the map on uber.
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I was about to do a factory reset....then tried resetting settings back to default. ....now everything works!

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I was about to do a factory reset....then tried resetting settings back to default. ....now everything works!
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How did you set just the settings back to default?, I am also having this issue and I've come from apple!still getting used to it all!
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scoops81 said:
How did you set just the settings back to default?, I am also having this issue and I've come from apple!still getting used to it all!
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You go to settings-->backup & reset --> and right below factory data reset you will see "Reset Settings"
Hope this fixes your issues too!

naocoke said:
You go to settings-->backup & reset --> and right below factory data reset you will see "Reset Settings"
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So i am on AT&T and there is nothing below factory reset??? Any other suggestions? My Lyft, Uber , and Friend Locator all do the same thing.

Galaxy S8 Notification Slow Down Because of Google App

Hi,
I have been experiencing slow notifications on my S8 ever since I bought it, specifically with apps like Twitter and Skype. After research, I tested turning off the app power monitor, but that did not help. Then, I tried disabling the google app and the problem was fixed. However, I do use the google app on a regular basis so I would like to find a different way to fix the problem. I have also tried a phone reset with no results.
Thanks in advanced for any help!

AlexiaVA said:
Hi,
I have been experiencing slow notifications on my S8 ever since I bought it, specifically with apps like Twitter and Skype. After research, I tested turning off the app power monitor, but that did not help. Then, I tried disabling the google app and the problem was fixed. However, I do use the google app on a regular basis so I would like to find a different way to fix the problem. I have also tried a phone reset with no results.
Thanks in advanced for any help!
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How did you disable it?
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thahim said:
How did you disable it?
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I held down on the icon in the app drawer and hit disable.

AlexiaVA said:
I held down on the icon in the app drawer and hit disable.
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Thanks buddy.
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Go really if that works by stopping the google application.
I have it like that, but there are many other things that I lose when I deactivate that function, for example the dictation to google voice, a function that is widely used by me.
I read that Nougat did not pass.
Amazing that there is no solution to this. There is no other solution?