Bluetooth Voice Dialing is in the Froyo feature set.
I can't see this feature anywhere on the Desire after the 2.2 update. Anyone else?
I can't find it either...
really really annoyed about this!! when i bought the phone it was something I really needed! Was told it would be on the phone with 2.2 in a couple of months but now nothing!!! Grrrr!!!
I read somewhere that you can use the voice search do dial someone, and it actually works, but there are two problems:
1) Since the main objective of voice search is to search using google, you need to be on wireless or 3G to start using voice search, even if you don't want to use google at all. So if you don't leave your 3G active all the time, you'll have to activate it before launching voice search.
2) You can't launch voice search by pressing the action button on the bluetooth headset, so you still have to pull the phone out of the pocket to activate it and then give the command.
Those two problems pretty much makes voice search unusable as a replacement to a dedicated voice dialing dialog, because you always have to take the phone out of pocket and interact a lot with it to finally call someone. It's easier to just tap your contact's shortcut to call it.
It was in the leaked ROM that was floating around a couple of weeks ago too! My guess this will be coming in another update around the time that HTC release their car dock. Bloody gits.
in the prerelease 2.2 (LeeDroid) I am using if I press the talk button on the steering wheel it requests a voice command and then searches for whoever you said "call". But it its true that 3G MUST be activated.
Can anyone recommend a 2.2 ROM with HTC sense that has this feature? Is it a good idea for me to reflash do you think?
This was the one thing i was waiting for with the froyo release and it appears to be missing.
Im not seriously considering rooting my phone just to get this feature.
Can anybody recommend me a rom with this feature enabled?
I'm in the same boat, wasn't really bothered about rooting but now it looks like I'm going to have to!
I've emailed HTC on their support page, does anyone think I'm going to get a response?
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HTC replied to me saying "we can decide what parts of the system are used and which are not".
Removing this from the release is ridiculous. It's so common now for use of hands-free kits to be compulsory, if not the only legal option.
It was my main reason to debrand and upgrade, only to find that it's been omitted.
Maybe some kind soul can manage to knock up an APK from a release where it was included (fingers crossed)
Well here's the response from HTC!
Not good really!
Hi Dave, Voice to text is only available in North America due to the limitations of the voice recognition software database that our phone uses. We are researching the possibility of expanding the coverage of the Voice-To-Text feature but we are still analyzing
the feasibility and currently have no schedule to relay this to you now. We have your contact information on our system and will contact you when we have a solution. Kind regards, Tom HTC
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Don't tell me that HTC is not going to include this feature in Froyo! I bought my desire AFTER the announcement of Bluetooth voice dialing, and I thought I could wait for this to come in 2.2 update, and now they say they won't include it???? Are they crazy enough to omit one of the main features in Froyo??? What on earth are they thinking?!?!
Correct - they are NOT going to include it in Froyo 2.2
I have the official HTC version of Froyo that doesn't have it, and am rather upset as i would have rooted my phone to get this feature, but I was under the impression I didn't have to.
Now that I've updated to HTC's version not only do I still not have Bluetooth voice dialing, but I also don't have the option to root my phone anymore to get it.
Nice to see that they spent time on real things like a new android graphic, the way the lock displays and other useless but blingy stuff instead of items that were lacking that almost every other phone on the market has for granted.
The_real_dj said:
Well here's the response from HTC!
Not good really!
Hi Dave, Voice to text is only available in North America due to the limitations of the voice recognition software database that our phone uses. We are researching the possibility of expanding the coverage of the Voice-To-Text feature but we are still analyzing
the feasibility and currently have no schedule to relay this to you now. We have your contact information on our system and will contact you when we have a solution. Kind regards, Tom HTC
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If voice to text doesn't work, how does Google Voice search operate?
This is complete arse.
I thought that in the announcement Google said they were expanding it to work with different accents and languages?
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might have a little ray of hope....
Search on the market for choice dialer plus
Ive tested it with out my hands free and it recognises my voice really well, apparently it works with bluetooth headsets hands free!
Ill give it a test and post back!!
cheers for that.. let us know..
The_real_dj said:
might have a little ray of hope....
Search on the market for choice dialer plus
Ive tested it with out my hands free and it recognises my voice really well, apparently it works with bluetooth headsets hands free!
Ill give it a test and post back!!
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I tried it a few days ago and thought it was terrible.
I've tried it and seems to work well, I've emailed the dev as well about the last comment but he said it uses the in built speech to text library so it will be as good / bad as any other android dialer
Hope that helps!
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Hi,
For long time i'm having some issue with calls voice.
Sometimes when i answer a call, i can hear the caller but he cant hear me for the first 5~ sec.
After that time (5~ sec) everything continue just as regular.
The issue is with me trough few Roms and Radio's.
Currently i'm with LeeDroid 2.0a and latest radio. non branded phone.
Anyone saw same ?
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This sounds more like a problem with your provider (the phone company). Try finding a friend with a different company SIM, put it in your phone and see what happens: call people on your own provider, other providers, landlines, etc. assuming you know who is using what.
PS Since you rooted it, I assume you have also unlocked it if that was necessary, or maybe that comes for free, I really don't know, I bought mine unlocked
PS2 Putting a SIM in another phone may have the side effect of modifying some of its data (e.g. truncating contact names if they are too long for the new phone, deletion of non-standard data such as Calendar info). I don't know how the Desire behaves in this respect.
Hi,
A. I have SIMFREE device
B. Same provider worked like charm for 11 years now with every other phone.
C. I've saw some topics about same issue, just no one came to solution.
I've had my DHD for a few days now.
Originally it was locked to 3 and sold to me as brand new and still sealed in its box. All I've done is put my old sim (from my iphone) in and unlock it to my carrier (O2) and installed a few apps, etc,
However I've noticed that the majority of my calls are goiung direct to VM and that I'm not getting alerted to new VM's.
I've seen a few threads around (here and other forums) that talk about this being "the norm" when gprs is in use - either fore of background use.
So my question is ... how do I identify what is using gprs or is there some way of turnign it on/off whenever I want to use it? Not being able to receive calls just because I checked my emails or similar is ludicrous. Never had this issue with my iphone ...
Any help for this HTC / Android newbie would be great.
Post in the Desire HD forum and you might get a better response
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=754
EddyOS said:
Post in the Desire HD forum and you might get a better response
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=754
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Aww borrox - thought I had so sorry about that
hi,
first of all i hope that this problem hasn't been posted anywhere else before, if so please send me the link to that thread. anyway:
I've always had issues with mobile network reception in my room (i live in the countryside) but after years i manage to find the spots in my room, where there's quite good reception and so i always put my phones in the spots. it normally works well that way but with my new desire hd it's not that easy sometimes:
from time to time it just doesn't get any network reception, no matter how long i have it laying in that spot. but the strange thing is when i put it into airplane-mode and then back into normal-mode, all the sudden it gets (quite good) reception again. i've tried this a few times now (with attention on not moving the phone or changing its position in any way) and it always works that way... my question is if somebody can tell me what's wrong with my phone and if there is a solution for it apart from the airplanemode-trick (that's not a satisfying solution, cause the problem occurs on an irregular basis and i often don't notice it until someone calls me on my landline, asking me why i didn't respond to their textmessages etc...)
thanks in advance to your answers
my phone: HTC Desire HD, Bootloader 1.38..., rooted, radio s-off, eng s-off, but still htc-standart rom with android 2.2
Using the stock phone app dial *#*#4636#*#* it will automatically go to a menu when you press the last *.
First option then scroll down you'll see a select box, probably says WCDMA preferred, change it to GSM auto and see if that helps.
More info on this can be found by searching too.
If that doesn't work you could try using a different radio (again, search. Lotas of info in teh dev forum already).
Greetings,
I am having some issues after upgrading to A6/S7 and was wondering if anyone else is have similar things happening:
Firstly, and most annoying, is my mobile data keeps crapping out (Google search offline, web browser offline) despite the phone saying it is online. I have to shut off mobile data and then turn it back on for Google search and browser function to work - sometimes have to do this twice or three times.
Battery usage has doubled... or halved, I guess, depending on which way you look at it.
Using A5 and S6 I was getting 1.5 to 2 days' use out of a full charge, now I am getting .75 days out of a full battery.
I have done the usual of killing hogish BG apps, etc, but it still seems to drain rather quickly.
The BT calling in my vehicle has become weird. I get no dial tone and no ring tones - when I place a call it is silent until either someone picks up and says hello, or I get a VM recording.
I have reset the network settings and it did not help.
Any help is appreciated,
Thanks,
Mike
No one?
Another new glitch: when I am on a call, and someone else calls in it disconnects both calls.
Your title - HTC One M8 International and Android 6/Sense 7 is a bit confusing .. that's why you don't see response.
Post your fastboot getvar all minus serial & imei no. then we'll see what device that you really have.
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Your title - HTC One M8 International and Android 6/Sense 7 is a bit confusing .. that's why you don't see response.
Post your fastboot getvar all minus serial & imei no. then we'll see what device that you really have.
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Apologies, how do I find this info?
nGet said:
Apologies, how do I find this info?
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Never mind, I am going to use this as an excuse to buy another Sony Z5. Thanks anyway.
HTC might want to make this info more accessible as installing that much crap on a work computer is not advisable.