Maybe I am missing something very simple. And am hoping someone can help.... I have a joying 5.1.1 headunit. I have installed google now app on it. I want it so that when I use the call contact command in google now that it will eather dial it thru the build in Bluetooth phone app.. or would dial the contact on my phone.. even if I have to install another app... I have read a lot of posts but they are all about using Google Now on my phone and using the Bluetooth to activate it... I don't want this as I want google now on the headunit for other functions too... thanks in advance
From what I gather, the problem is that the bluetooth app doesn't actually work like a Dialer app.
Normally Google will use the Dialer to push through the number. Unfortunately "Bluetooth" doesn't appear to declare as a Dialer to receive the intent.
Thanks for the reply.. is there an Bluetooth app that does decade it's self as a dialer
Hello All,
I have recently bought a Xtrons PQ89UNVIP head unit. All in all I love it. However the functionality I like the most is Google Assistant but it is doing my nuts at the moment. Say "OK Google" it promps up and politely asks what it can do for me. It plays my music in Deezer, takes me places, suggests me locations, etc. Lovely. BUT,when I tell google to make a phonecall it says "making a phonecall to XXX" as it does with every other task that I ask it to do but in this case it stops there. Not sending the command to the phone. Which is strange because using the bluetooth app is no problem. I have already checked the permissions but everything is activated for google... Hope you can help me on this!
Thanks!
Most here have the same issue with Joying units. I only found this week that if I say "OK google, show me my contacts and dial xxxxx" this has so far worked every time ?
davemazo said:
Most here have the same issue with Joying units. I only found this week that if I say "OK google, show me my contacts and dial xxxxx" this has so far worked every time ?
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Dammit! That is one stupid error that sort of brigns down the whole thing quite a bit. Thanks a lot however for your suggestion! This is the first bit of actuable info I have gotten on this matter so far.
Thanks Dave!
kris_kristofferson said:
Thanks Dave!
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No problem, hope it works for you
davemazo said:
No problem, hope it works for you
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Dammit. I tried it yesterday on my way home from work and the same happened. It does bring my contacts up but again, fails to send the call command as previously.
I did contact Xtrons via their FB page and their reply was epic to say the least: "Hi, our xtrons units can't work with Google Assistant". The end.
Anybody that can throw me a bone here?
kris_kristofferson said:
Dammit. I tried it yesterday on my way home from work and the same happened. It does bring my contacts up but again, fails to send the call command as previously.
I did contact Xtrons via their FB page and their reply was epic to say the least: "Hi, our xtrons units can't work with Google Assistant". The end.
Anybody that can throw me a bone here?
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I have a different unit but this is what kind of got it working. I doubt this will work for you but worth a shot. Posted on a FB group for my unit so i can't link the video unfortunately. Its mostly unstable and still only works if the moon is in a waxing phase and I've sacrificed a flamingo.
1. Install google contacts sync service (missing on my unit)
2. Install google contacts and make sure your contacts are syncing.
3. Install google assistant if you haven't already, obviously
4. Install shortcut master
5.launch shortcut master, search for accessibility and click on Settings from the list (i had two, used the first one)
6. Set display to larger. Exit, maybe restart, i dunno
7. Attempt a voice call and in the top right corner of the google popup tap on bluetooth dialer icon (not phone). Similar to how the mtcdialer fix worked.
I found that it would open the bt dialer but not dial the number if my contact did not have country code in the number. +1-xxx-xxx-xxxx or 1-xxx-xxx-xxxx. Bone thrown...
kris_kristofferson said:
Dammit. I tried it yesterday on my way home from work and the same happened. It does bring my contacts up but again, fails to send the call command as previously.
I did contact Xtrons via their FB page and their reply was epic to say the least: "Hi, our xtrons units can't work with Google Assistant". The end.
Anybody that can throw me a bone here?
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I went and tried mine again and guess what, it didn't work. Not exactly anyway. The reason it didn't work was because the head unit had somehow lost my contacts despite it previously syncing fine with Gmail.
It did work after a fashion because my phone picked up my "OK google" dialled the number and it then went through the head unit and out through the speakers. But why my contacts are not synced is a mystery
davemazo said:
I went and tried mine again and guess what, it didn't work. Not exactly anyway. The reason it didn't work was because the head unit had somehow lost my contacts despite it previously syncing fine with Gmail.
It did work after a fashion because my phone picked up my "OK google" dialled the number and it then went through the head unit and out through the speakers. But why my contacts are not synced is a mystery
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Try installing the Google Contact Sync service. If your contacts are not showing up in the Google Contacts apps then you know its not syncing. Or make sure contact is checked under your account sync options in the setting menu.
RabbidHampster said:
Try installing the Google Contact Sync service. If your contacts are not showing up in the Google Contacts apps then you know its not syncing. Or make sure contact is checked under your account sync options in the setting menu.
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Many thanks I'll give that a go in the morning
Hello. I recently installed an android head unit in my car. It has an application that downloads contacts through bluetooth and you can make calls from the app. But i dont like app interface and contacts are not in alphabeticall order. When i tried to use google contacts app it tries to make the call from the head unit and of course there is no network for the call. Is there a way to use another app for contacts that can actually make the call through bluetooth from my phone??
konstantinos86 said:
Hello. I recently installed an android head unit in my car. It has an application that downloads contacts through bluetooth and you can make calls from the app. But i dont like app interface and contacts are not in alphabeticall order. When i tried to use google contacts app it tries to make the call from the head unit and of course there is no network for the call. Is there a way to use another app for contacts that can actually make the call through bluetooth from my phone??
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Hi,
You can use MTC Dialer for autovoice..
or you can use a different launcher like FCC Car Launcher. (you can even setup a direct call widget)
Hello team,
I bought China Made Car TS8 Android Player 9 inches 4G 2+32 TS8 for my car but in this player, it does not have phone dial pad and sms apk.
I put the 4G sim card but can only use mobile data but does not include dial pad and sms apk. So, I would like to know can I use dial pad apk with make a phone call & receive with sms also.
Please also share with me password for developer options.
Thanks in advance.
Developer option pass is 7890hh where "hh" is the time you log in. If you log in at 22:05, pass is 789022.
I dont know about your other queries.
Hi everyone, I just bought a YT9216CJ head unit and I found that creating a shortcut to direct dial a contact (without scrolling through hundreds of contacts or call log entries from the main bluetooth app) is impossible. I'm looking for a way to solve this. From my searches, I found that bluetooth calls are a thing just inside the main app, that's why the system can't place a bluetooth call by itself, so you have to use the main app to place a bluetooth call, which don't give you any way to set a favourite contact or a call shortcut. Any help or even an idea of what to try to get this would be really appreciated, thanks!