OK Google voice command only goes to lockscreen - Essential Phone Questions & Answers

So I've been playing around all day to get this to work but cannot. Every time I use the OK Google voice command with the screen off it only goes to the lockscreen and I have to enter a pattern.
I've read through a few posts but nothing I've tried is working.
Can anyone offer some assistance??

mpetruzz said:
So I've been playing around all day to get this to work but cannot. Every time I use the OK Google voice command with the screen off it only goes to the lockscreen and I have to enter a pattern.
I've read through a few posts but nothing I've tried is working.
Can anyone offer some assistance??
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Have you made sure you've selected the activate and unlock setting within the Google assistant settings?

DaveHTC200 said:
Have you made sure you've selected the activate and unlock setting within the Google assistant settings?
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Yeah haha. I've tried everything..that smart Lock etc. Nothing seems to be working. It's driving me nuts

mpetruzz said:
Yeah haha. I've tried everything..that smart Lock etc. Nothing seems to be working. It's driving me nuts
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Umm retrain your voice? Which version of OS are you on? (O beta etc)

DaveHTC200 said:
Umm retrain your voice? Which version of OS are you on? (O beta etc)
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Tried that many times. I'm on the latest software but not the Oreo beta

mpetruzz said:
Tried that many times. I'm on the latest software but not the Oreo beta
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I'm not sure then mate, with everything setup OK it's working fine here on the same software setup.

I had to enable that, but sounds like you have

DaveHTC200 said:
I had to enable that, but sounds like you have[/QU
I'm not seeing the access and unlock option in my settings. How do I get that?
I've made sure my Google assistant app is updated...
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mpetruzz said:
DaveHTC200 said:
I had to enable that, but sounds like you have[/QU
I'm not seeing the access and unlock option in my settings. How do I get that?
I've made sure my Google assistant app is updated...
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You have to set up voice unlock I believe. Go into settings in the app and voice model> retrain voice model.. You should be able to set it up then
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Babydollll said:
mpetruzz said:
You have to set up voice unlock I believe. Go into settings in the app and voice model> retrain voice model.. You should be able to set it up then
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Just retrained it again and I'm still not seeing that as an option.
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mpetruzz said:
Babydollll said:
Just retrained it again and I'm still not seeing that as an option.
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Then idk. I have multiple devices on both nougat AND Oreo and it's an option on all of them.
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mpetruzz said:
DaveHTC200 said:
I had to enable that, but sounds like you have[/QU
I'm not seeing the access and unlock option in my settings. How do I get that?
I've made sure my Google assistant app is updated...
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I just pressed home to get the assistant up, then swype up and pressed the envelope thing on top right.
From next screen I could go into settings and phone and the option was in there mate
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DaveHTC200 said:
mpetruzz said:
I just pressed home to get the assistant up, then swype up and pressed the envelope thing on top right.
From next screen I could go into settings and phone and the option was in there mate
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Yeah it's so weird cause I have a LG v30 that I'm selling and it's working on that and I have the option on that phone. Weird!!
Maybe a factory reset??
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mpetruzz said:
DaveHTC200 said:
Yeah it's so weird cause I have a LG v30 that I'm selling and it's working on that and I have the option on that phone. Weird!!
Maybe a factory reset??
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Bloody strange!!
It could be worth trying it! It's a pain but if you get the result you want after its got to be worth a go!
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On mine, like the other guy said, press the envelope icon top right. At the top it says explore, beside that your stuff, and to the right of that, 3 dots. Click on the 3 dots, then settings, and then click phone, then access and unlock. Mine was doing same thing. Glad that I saw this thread.

bricky23 said:
On mine, like the other guy said, press the envelope icon top right. At the top it says explore, beside that your stuff, and to the right of that, 3 dots. Click on the 3 dots, then settings, and then click phone, then access and unlock. Mine was doing same thing. Glad that I saw this thread.
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I did a factory reset and that seems to have done the trick. Took a bit to reinstall my apps but worth it cause I was losing my mind haha!!

mpetruzz said:
I did a factory reset and that seems to have done the trick. Took a bit to reinstall my apps but worth it cause I was losing my mind haha!!
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Haha!! Glad it did the trick eventually though!!

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Phone overheating

I am running DarchLegend 4.1, and my phone gets abnormally hot when it's just sitting in my pocket, receiving a text every couple hours. I would like to know why this is, if it's normal, and should I do anything about it? Thanks in advance
HeroMeng said:
I am running DarchLegend 4.1, and my phone gets abnormally hot when it's just sitting in my pocket, receiving a text every couple hours. I would like to know why this is, if it's normal, and should I do anything about it? Thanks in advance
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Sounds like a program is running in the background. I would get a task manager open and frequently check to see what app is staying open the most.
ro_bro said:
Sounds like a program is running in the background. I would get a task manager open and frequently check to see what app is staying open the most.
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The only external apps I have installed are Battle.net Authenticator, Twicca, and Facebook. I also have them set to manual update only.
HeroMeng said:
The only external apps I have installed are Battle.net Authenticator, Twicca, and Facebook. I also have them set to manual update only.
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if its hot where your at with alot of sun and no air all phones would sweat in your pockets.
I could put a case on my phone n it would get hot regardless
I think its a 2.1 issue. I have it happen ocassioanly on damagecontrol. Going into *#*#4636#*#* and going into phone settings and hitting menu> change radio. Then change to CDMA auto prl.
abcdfv said:
I think its a 2.1 issue. I have it happen ocassioanly on damagecontrol. Going into *#*#4636#*#* and going into phone settings and hitting menu> change radio. Then change to CDMA auto prl.
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I'll try that now...
EDIT: Worked great! Thanks!
No problem.
abcdfv said:
No problem.
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I forgot how to get to the change radio dialogue dang it .
It's Menu Settings Phone Phone Settings then what?
chococrazy said:
I forgot how to get to the change radio dialogue dang it .
It's Menu Settings Phone Phone Settings then what?
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I'm not quite sure what you're asking
abcdfv said:
I'm not quite sure what you're asking
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How to get to the change radio dialouge.
I just posted how to get it.
abcdfv said:
I just posted how to get it.
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Got it thanks.

get Google now and google now on tap back

Just wondering if there is a way to get Google now on tap back on Google assistant Roms. Seems like they all have Google assistant now. I kind of liked GN on tap. Googling didn't come up with any answers.
Never mind I figured it out.
How'd you do it?
Edit build.prop, change ro.opa.eligible_device to false
krs360 said:
Edit build.prop, change ro.opa.eligible_device to false
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My Google app has updated, and now this doesn't work. Anyone know of any other way to switch off assistant and get the search bar back on long press of home?
I am really not interested in talking to my phone, or having it talk to me!
krs360 said:
My Google app has updated, and now this doesn't work. Anyone know of any other way to switch off assistant and get the search bar back on long press of home?
I am really not interested in talking to my phone, or having it talk to me!
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Hello...
Maybe I have a workaround. Go in Google play. Since your Google app updated itself, you have auto update apps in settings... Open Google app in "my apps and games" , click on the 3 dot menu on the top right corner and deselect "auto update" (see screenshot attached)
After that, you can go in: settings > apps > Google app >
Here you can tap on disable. Click "disable app" and on the second prompt "ok". It will reinitialize the app to the factory version.
Finally, you can go on https://apkmirror.com : http://www.apkmirror.com/?post_type=app_release&searchtype=apk&s=Google+app
And download an older Google app version of your choice. You need to enable "unknown source" in settings > security to be able to install it... :good:
Good luck...
People doing this and i can't even get assistant officially​ in the uk
lukeet said:
People doing this and i can't even get assistant officially​ in the uk
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I'm in the UK.. Got it last week. Have been trying ever since to get rid of it!
Short of rolling back the Google app version, the best I've found is using this app:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dynamicg.homebuttonlauncher
krs360 said:
I'm in the UK.. Got it last week. Have been trying ever since to get rid of it!
Short of rolling back the Google app version, the best I've found is using this app:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dynamicg.homebuttonlauncher
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Hello...
Have you tried the steps I previously posted for you?
Cheers...
5.1 said:
Hello...
Have you tried the steps I previously posted for you?
Cheers...
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I don't want to roll back to an old version of the app. Thanks though.
krs360 said:
I don't want to roll back to an old version of the app. Thanks though.
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Hey,
This is likely the only way to do it properly. Let us know if you find a way without installing third party app.
Good luck...

update

Had my first one.
felixthecat said:
Had my first one.
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Got one that was about 500mb in size. I noticed that going to the Face Recognition tab, an option called "Faster Recognition" is there. Personally i don't remember this option being there, do you find the same option as-well ?
eniorodriig said:
Got one that was about 500mb in size. I noticed that going to the Face Recognition tab, an option called "Faster Recognition" is there. Personally i don't remember this option being there, do you find the same option as-well ?
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I'm in that tab, and I'm not seeing "Faster Recognition" as an option at all. Where are you seeing that?
JDM9499 said:
I'm in that tab, and I'm not seeing "Faster Recognition" as an option at all. Where are you seeing that?
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Settings - > Lock Screen and Security - > Face Recognition .
There should be a "Faster Recognition" option that you could turn on in there.
I'm i the only one that got this ?
eniorodriig said:
Settings - > Lock Screen and Security - > Face Recognition .
There should be a "Faster Recognition" option that you could turn on in there.
I'm i the only one that got this ?
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I still don't see it. Am I missing something?
JDM9499 said:
I still don't see it. Am I missing something?
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Seems like i got a top secret update out of no where. I'm based in the UK and received this new update a few hours a go, i can also tell some people cannot seem to find this option. Check for updates.., this really made a difference to the face recognition for me.
Here's a screen-cap of it
eniorodriig said:
Here's a screen-cap of it
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Wow. That would seriously help. It's really bad to use right now after the latest update. Curious, what's your build? I have the ending in AQD9. Just received this morning.
JDM9499 said:
Wow. That would seriously help. It's really bad to use right now after the latest update. Curious, what's your build? I have the ending in AQD9. Just received this morning.
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Build "AQDD". I cannot seem to find people with this build as yet, at least for me i noticed a lot of improvement. Mysterious update, but good indeed.
I got faster face recognition...op
Faster recognition
eniorodriig said:
Settings - > Lock Screen and Security - > Face Recognition .
There should be a "Faster Recognition" option that you could turn on in there.
I'm i the only one that got this ?
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I got it, too.
Might be regional (European) update ...
aristopo said:
I got it, too.
Might be regional (European) update ...
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AT&T (US) here... got the update yesterday ending in AQD9 and I didn't get that faster unlock option.
ITNV said:
AT&T (US) here... got the update yesterday ending in AQD9 and I didn't get that faster unlock option.
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Orange (RO) here ... AQDD
I turned off automatic updates and had to go check for it. It is there for my Sprint phone. Holding off though.

Iphone Like Text to speach?

So my father recently switched from iphone 6 to Samsung Galaxy s8, and there is one thing he really misses and that is that you could highlight text and press the little microphone and it would read it out to him. Is there anything I can do to replicate this? Thank!
Lemonhead03 said:
So my father recently switched from iphone 6 to Samsung Galaxy s8, and there is one thing he really misses and that is that you could highlight text and press the little microphone and it would read it out to him. Is there anything I can do to replicate this? Thank!
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Check accessibility settings in your phone. There might be something that you are looking for.
Charkatak said:
Check accessibility settings in your phone. There might be something that you are looking for.
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I have already checked sadly nothing ?
Lemonhead03 said:
So my father recently switched from iphone 6 to Samsung Galaxy s8, and there is one thing he really misses and that is that you could highlight text and press the little microphone and it would read it out to him. Is there anything I can do to replicate this? Thank!
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It's available in accessibility settings.
Yes but u cannot highlight text and have it read it to u. From what I tried
Lemonhead03 said:
Yes but u cannot highlight text and have it read it to u. From what I tried
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I see. You can have it turned on through accessibility > vision > voice assistant (on). The implementation is really horrible though.
Did you try playstore to see if there are apps that can do what you're looking for?
mbashat said:
I see. You can have it turned on through accessibility > vision > voice assistant (on). The implementation is really horrible though.
Did you try playstore to see if there are apps that can do what you're looking for?
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Yeah he isn't blind? so that is really annoing for him, he just wants it so he can have it do it in the car. Yes we have already checked the play store.

New Google Phone app update 05-15-18

There's a new update on the Play Store for the stock Google Phone app. And man they killed one thing I LOVED the most about it, the swipe to the different panels. I would always swipe left to my Favorites, or swipe right to the Contacts, or further swipe to the Voicemail. It was so smooth and fast, to just swipe from anywhere on the screen.
Now it's been moved to the bottom of the screen, no more swiping, now you need to tap on which panel you want. Which to me takes even longer now, and is not as fast and smooth as before.
I have been using the stock Google or ASOP Phone app for years, probably 8 years or so. This change is no bueno.
It was probably done for the benefit of those with phones that had less than quality touch screens and might have activated swipes unintentionally.
I dont mind though.
Oh man. Just go the update, too. I hate it that I can't swipe. In what weird direction is Google moving? I don't get it. They keep removing great features or replacing them with things nobody asked for or things completely out of touch with users.
The argument of the guy above me is kinda invalid. Even the worst digitizer + SoC combo will be able to do a simple swipe. I don't buy that argument, whoever came up with it. Even if they did not. In what world is an inferior, low end device getting a recent Android version on which the latest phone app is available?
Thank god apk mirror exists. AFAIK 18.0.187698947 is the latest and last one with swipe enabled.
Do you have the link for the .apk of a previous Phone app
Zorachus said:
Do you have the link for the .apk of a previous Phone app
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Just uninstall the update on the play store.
Str0ntium said:
Just uninstall the update on the play store.
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Good idea, thanks. I did, and now I have swipe back
Zorachus said:
Good idea, thanks. I did, and now I have swipe back
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Awesome :good:
Mine keeps stopping!
I haven't been able to use the "Phone" app since the update!
I've done everything but reset the phone, nothing works and
since I can't even open the app, I can't even get rid of the update.
Any suggestions?
Thank you.
samteeee said:
Mine keeps stopping!
I haven't been able to use the "Phone" app since the update!
I've done everything but reset the phone, nothing works and
since I can't even open the app, I can't even get rid of the update.
Any suggestions?
Thank you.
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Can you open the play store? Don't need to open the phone app.
Str0ntium said:
Can you open the play store? Don't need to open the phone app.
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Sure can! You mean disable the phone app?
samteeee said:
Sure can! You mean disable the phone app?
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No. Open play store, search for "google phone", uninstall.
Str0ntium said:
No. Open play store, search for "google phone", uninstall.
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Mine is still the "Factory Version" so I can only
disable or update!
samteeee said:
Mine is still the "Factory Version" so I can only
disable or update!
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That would seem to indicate that it has not been updated, and the update is not the cause of your issue. Try updating?
Str0ntium said:
That would seem to indicate that it has not been updated, and the update is not the cause of your issue. Try updating?
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I have and still the same!
samteeee said:
I have and still the same!
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I take it you're saying the May security update is when your phone app broke, right? If that's the case, you can try flashing the May factory image after removing -w from the batch file. That 'should' rewrite the phone app, but I am not 100% sure it will. If not, a factory reset/reflash with wipe command left in batch file might be necessary unless someone else has an idea.
Maybe try an earlier version apk from apkmirror.com
Str0ntium said:
I take it you're saying the May security update is when your phone app broke, right? If that's the case, you can try flashing the May factory image after removing -w from the batch file. That 'should' rewrite the phone app, but I am not 100% sure it will. If not, a factory reset/reflash with wipe command left in batch file might be necessary unless someone else has an idea.
Maybe try an earlier version apk from apkmirror.com
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No the May update was fine, right after the app update started crashing.
But I think I'll try the earlier version from "apkmirror.com" before committing to re-flashing again.
Thank you.
samteeee said:
No the May update was fine, right after the app update started crashing.
But I think I'll try the earlier version from "apkmirror.com" before committing to re-flashing again.
Thank you.
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Let us know how it works out.
Str0ntium said:
Let us know how it works out.
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I had to disable the system "Phone" app first then installed
the latest that I downloaded from apkmirror.com and got
my phone going finally!
Thank you for replying.
samteeee said:
I had to disable the system "Phone" app first then installed
the latest that I downloaded from apkmirror.com and got
my phone going finally!
Thank you for replying.
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Cool! Good to know you didn't have to do a reset.
Based on the layouts for their new apps like the pixel 2 launcher or chrome beta, it looks like they are making apps easier to navigate with one hand by placing things towards the bottom of the screen. Seems easier to navigate than having to reach to the top of the screen in the prior version.

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