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Hey guys, I've installed the voice search 2.1 apk and it's working fine, but today I decided to see if I could voice dial, and for the life of me I can't figure out how to get it working. Everything I say simply ends up a google search. If I long press the Search button while on the Home screen to bring up Voice Search, then say, for example, "Call Dad Mobile", all it does is do a Google Web Search for those exact words...I can't get it to actually dial!!
What am I doing wrong??? I also tried, "Open Calendar", and surprise surprise, it did a web search for those words. Nothing is working!!!
When you hold down the magnifying glass and say call someone, and it provides you with a google search, rather than actually calling someone.....
The problem is you have the wrong voice keyboard installed.
You were probably and early adopter of the device and installed the first one you found in a thread on here.
I had the same problem, and deleted the keyboard, installed a later one, and now it works.
Fon22
And where is the later one?
Do you mean Voice Search app or Voice Keyboard? I'm using Jonas' v27 HTC IME mod as my keyboard (created from the online skin generator).
If you mean Voice Search, I'm using Voice Search 2.1 apk, that I got from another website. Should I replace this with the one on the market place?
I'm running Jonas' v27 too, and I think the 2.1 voice APK (didn't install it separately, came with the MCR FroYo ROM). Works a charm for me (though only for some names, such as Adam Green, as most of my contacts have Eastern European names ).
Just tried replacing Voice Search with the one on the market place, and it's still doing exactly the same! I can use it for entering text, but NO voice commands work, it always defaults to doing a web search! What am I doing wrong? I'm running stock rooted 1.21 firmware, no modifications (apart for Jonas' keyboard).
Hmm....I think I may have just figured something out...can someone on here run a test for me? I need someone to check in People and see if their contacts are set to "Google" or "Phone". I have all but one of mine set to "Phone", but it seems that the one I have designated by accident as a Google contact is the only one that voice dialing works with...is this because, for example, Google actually searches your online contacts only, rather than the contacts saved exclusively on your phone?
Also, it still doesn't recognise the "Open" command...can someone also test that out for me?
jedininja666 said:
Hmm....I think I may have just figured something out...can someone on here run a test for me? I need someone to check in People and see if their contacts are set to "Google" or "Phone". I have all but one of mine set to "Phone", but it seems that the one I have designated by accident as a Google contact is the only one that voice dialing works with...is this because, for example, Google actually searches your online contacts only, rather than the contacts saved exclusively on your phone?
Also, it still doesn't recognise the "Open" command...can someone also test that out for me?
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I wish I could help you.. seems all my contacts are Google contacts. I even made a new one, and he's still a Google contact :/
And I never heard of Open X commands working. Open Mail, Calendar, Messaging all point me to a google search, so it understood what I said.
Hi Guys,
I'm hoping it's just me - but there were a number of issues I was of the impression should have been fixed with Froyo / 2.2 and after updating it would appear that they're not.
Could someone please confirm if I'm wrong - and the following do infact exist:
1) Bluetooth voice dialing. Doesn't appear to be active in Froyo 2.2. I was told that this version was supposed to support voice dialing over bluetooth. Is this just a Desire issue, or have I not activated something I should.
2) Contacts Notes cut off after 1k of information. (ie, if you sync from Outlook and you have very long notes for a client - it does not put all onto the Droid). This is a real disappointment.
3) Weather has not been fixed. (It will detect my location and show me weather, but I can not manually add my location if I'm somewhere else. Only shows a few main cities around the world).
4) Every application I've installed so far I haven't had the opportunity to save to SD.
Is anyone able to confirm please or am I missing some steps?
Cheers
Adza
#3: When you're in the weather app, click the "add" symbol in the lower right corner and add you location. I just type in the city name. At least that works for me.
#4: I think that the app has to support the ability to install to SD-card. Have you tried an app that specifically says that it can be installed on the Sd-card? Don't hold it against me if that isn't correct. Haven't tested it myself yet.
Hi Boll,
Thanks for your reply...
#4 - I think you may be right...
#3 - Nope. Only a few selected locations (capital cities / large cities) are available.
On the weather screen it will tell me the weather wherever I am (even in a 1 person 2 dog town!!!) but when I try to add new locations they only show main cities (I'm guessing populations greater than 1 million people) or capital cities.
Cheers
Adza
#1 This works fine for me in the latest froyo htc release and also in previous custom roms
#2 These are contact notes and if you have over 1k of notes you need to store them in another file or document.
4 - the app installs to the phone - settings applications / manage applications - select the app and use the move to SD Card/Phone option if available.
Hi Guys, and thanks for your replies...
A|ex said:
#1 This works fine for me in the latest froyo htc release and also in previous custom roms
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Interesting. Most of the posts I've seen on here relating to the desire say the opposite. Are you able to access the functions / app / settings via the phone (ie, not by pressing the bluetooth button), and if so can you please tell me the path to get to these settings so I can see if they are on my phone too.
#2 These are contact notes and if you have over 1k of notes you need to store them in another file or document.
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The problem being if you sync with outlook, outlook allows for much more than 1k. The phone syncs and truncates anything over 1k - but when it syncs the next time - it updates the computer and truncates what is on outlook.
If the phone will never support notes more than 1k then they need to change the way it syncs so it doesn't delete whatever is on the computer. This is a very serious problem for business users.
Cheers
Adza
For 1) you mean as per Car Dock? It's in there. On home screen go to + add widgets, shortcuts, apps, etc. Select settings as a shortcut (not a widget) and among the options with is Car Dock and Dock Settings.
Hi Al89nut,
Do you have the official HTC Desire Froyo, or another one?
I've just done as you've mentioned and I have no Car Dock or Dock Settings in my list of shortcuts.
My phone shows the following:
Android Version:
2.2
Baseband version
32.43.00.32U_5.09.00.20
Kernel Version
2.6.32.15-gf9c0527
Build Number
2.09.405.8
Software Number
2.09.405.8
Browser version
WebKit 3.1
Cheers
Adza
Azda,
Standard HTC 2.2 d/l on Sunday.
I might have explained it badly.
Home Screen
Press + key
Select "Shortcut"
Scroll down to "Settings" and select it
and there they should be - among them are "Car Dock" and "Dock Settings"
I just checked and they are there.
hi al89nut,
Thanks for the clarification. Didn't realise it was under settings. Now I have Dock Settings and Car Dock, but still can't get voice dialing anywhere.
I take it this is for a car dock though (wired) and not bluetooth, or is there something else I need to do too?
Cheers
Adza
I don't think so. If you look at the Car Dock settings it says Auto connect to Bluetooth devices, presumably meaning that voice-dialling is possible via the dock (if only via something like the Edwin app)?
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I don't think so. If you look at the Car Dock settings it says Auto connect to Bluetooth devices, presumably meaning that voice-dialling is possible via the dock (if only via something like the Edwin app)?
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When I go into Dock Settings I have only two options:
Audio and Dock Insertion Sound.
When I click on Audio it says "The phone must be docked to configure dock audio'. Underneat the "Audio' button it says 'Phone Not Docked', but yet I am connected to my bluetooth device. (I hear my calls through my bluetooth).
I'm thinking maybe the docking is different / separate to voice dial?
I don't have a voice Dial Application in my list of applications. Do you?
Cheers
Adza
You could use Edwin - but you'd have to have the app running all the time I think. Sorry, can't get further as don't have a bluetooth thingy in my car.
Would this help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=730420
EDIT
The HTC Car Panel apk (dl in the thread) works fine with official Sense Froyo
Hi al95nut,
Thanks again for your reply. I have installed this on my phone but this appears to be some sort of splash screen for in car navigation and use. Unfortunately it doesn't add any voice dial over bluetooth features.
I guess if I want voice dialing I'm not going to be able to use Android phones without using a 3rd party ROM (which I can't do with mine as I've updated now) and I probably can't do if I buy a new one because they'll already have the latest OS on them stopping me from rooting too.
At least I know now to tell others so they can learn from my mistakes... don't buy an android if you want voice dialing over bluetooth.
One last - you're that it doesn't work if you pair the phone now that it has 2.2?
See final few comments in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=658929&page=5 = some people have got it working.
My bluetooth devices pair no problems at all, and almost all functions work. (I can talk, hear, reject calls, and do a redial by using the function button(s). The only function that does not work is initiating a voice dial.
I have HTC's Froyo 2.2. I read just this morning another post about a user who contacted HTC about this issue. The official response was:
Dear Simon, Thank your email. In regards to the voice dialing on the 2.2, it 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 to you now. Thank you for your patience and understanding. Kind Regards,
To send a reply to this message or let me know I have successfully answered your question log in to our ContactUs site using your email address and your ticket number 10GBCW32ENAXXXXXX.
Source: http://androidforums.com/all-things...missing-bluetooth-voice-dial.html#post1294639
Totally bizarre!
I'm looking into buying a Google Voice App. Did a few searches, but the reviews are mostly outdated and some of the cons are undoubtedly fixed.
Wondering if anyone recently done the same search and what conclusion you came to?
leesiulung said:
I'm looking into buying a Google Voice App. Did a few searches, but the reviews are mostly outdated and some of the cons are undoubtedly fixed.
Wondering if anyone recently done the same search and what conclusion you came to?
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If you mean the program that records calls, I had an issue one time on my HD7. I used the app on an Android and it recorded a call and kept showing the icon on the lockscreen of my HD7 when I started using it. What it did was mix up the voice message origin between the Google app and the built-in app. I could never get the icon to go away until I made a new voice message to my HD7 using the built-in app. Then I was able to delete the message and make the icon disappear.
I stopped using Google Voice because of that.
I've been using GoVoice, and its worked pretty good so far. Its a far cry from the official Google Voice app I had on android, so I'm hoping socket support comes soon, and hoping Google will make an official app like they did with the iPhone.
I come from using a Nexus One so the switch has been painful to say the least. I do like GoVoice somewhat. Hate the fact that you have to sign up for a third party service to get push notifications. Otherwise it's an ok app.
My pick is FreeTalk. I was using GoVoice before, but I found that FreeTalk offers a more user friendly interface. I like the fact that when I start up FreeTalk, you can immediately choose to either look at your messages or immediately swipe to the phone keypad hub screen to make a call. This is especially useful to me, as I make a lot of international calls through Google Voice. Lastly, for those who might need this feature, there is a non-English translation option that will translate your SMS and text voicemails to another language. I am not sure if this is built-in into the Android version, and I don't think I saw it in GoVoice either.
I hope you guys can help me out with this odd problem.
First of all, I'm a crack flasher. I think I've flashed every release of every rom out there However, I've noticed some navigation voice issues. Since I don't use navigation very often, I don't know which roms are affected, or how/why.
The issue is that the voice switches from old "Gingerbread behavior" (street names are spoken, very metallic robotic voice) to excellent "ICS behavior", where only essential information are spoken (i.e. "turn left", "in five hundred meters, turn right") in flawless Swedish pronouncement.
Today I was experimenting a little, and every second direction (or so) was in old behavior, and every other in the new. The flawless pronouncement is female, the metallic one is... maleish.
I've removed Maps and reinstalled it, but to no avail.
Settings --> Languages --> Text-to-speech lists "Pico TTS" and "Google text-to-speech-engine", none of which has Swedish as setting. I believe the Swedish voice is in Maps itself (?)
Anyone else experiencing this?
Generally very happy with new G3 (on Optus network in Australia), but two weird things driving me nuts.
1. With several apps open, hit the home button. All good, end up on home screen. Then hit the open apps button and it says 'No recent apps'. Repeat above steps and now it shows all those running apps and you have an enabled option to Clear All or can individually swipe them off.
Any one else seeing this. Never saw this with Nexus 5 I just lost and replaced with G3.
2. The keyboard entry on the Nexus 5 (if I recall correctly) worked pretty much the same for emails as it did for say SMS messages or Hangouts messages. i.e. if you had a bad typo you could position back into the word and all suggested corrections appeared to allow you to replace the typo. This is how SMS/Hangouts works but seems other text entry functions don't do this correction process the same way. Is it up to each app developer to control how this works or do they all use the common keyboard text entry 'widget' or control??
3. Hangouts. Seems that all of a sudden (probably an app update?) Hangouts (which I have selected as my default messaging app) tries to send a Hangouts message instead of a regular SMS. This is fine if the received has Hangouts activated on their device/account, but many of my contacts don't and I've suddenly realised they what I thought were SMS messages sent correctly have just gone into the ether. So step by step, if I go to Hangouts, search for a contact, select contact and start typing, I can see that it is telling me it's sending a Hangouts message, not an SMS. If instead I explicitly scroll in Hangouts through my contacts, and select one, it pops up their contact details and I get the option to select a message icon. When I now get back to start typing the message, it now shows the mobile number it will SMS (not Hangout message) to. This works fine, but is different behaviour to a week ago.
For all of the above, apologies if I simply don't understand the apps or OS fully yet. Learning ...
You can either clear all of swipe each to kill the app.
The stock keyboard sucks in my opinion. I use the Google keyboard without any issues.
G3 oddities
Pilz said:
You can either clear all of swipe each to kill the app.
The stock keyboard sucks in my opinion. I use the Google keyboard without any issues.
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Thanks - but my issues is that it says no active apps, and the Clear All button is greyed out. Repeat the process and now the apps which I know are open, are all there. The question is why first display of apps thinks there is nothing there.
Careyw said:
Generally very happy with new G3 (on Optus network in Australia), but two weird things driving me nuts.
1. With several apps open, hit the home button. All good, end up on home screen. Then hit the open apps button and it says 'No recent apps'. Repeat above steps and now it shows all those running apps and you have an enabled option to Clear All or can individually swipe them off.
Any one else seeing this. Never saw this with Nexus 5 I just lost and replaced with G3.
2. The keyboard entry on the Nexus 5 (if I recall correctly) worked pretty much the same for emails as it did for say SMS messages or Hangouts messages. i.e. if you had a bad typo you could position back into the word and all suggested corrections appeared to allow you to replace the typo. This is how SMS/Hangouts works but seems other text entry functions don't do this correction process the same way. Is it up to each app developer to control how this works or do they all use the common keyboard text entry 'widget' or control??
3. Hangouts. Seems that all of a sudden (probably an app update?) Hangouts (which I have selected as my default messaging app) tries to send a Hangouts message instead of a regular SMS. This is fine if the received has Hangouts activated on their device/account, but many of my contacts don't and I've suddenly realised they what I thought were SMS messages sent correctly have just gone into the ether. So step by step, if I go to Hangouts, search for a contact, select contact and start typing, I can see that it is telling me it's sending a Hangouts message, not an SMS. If instead I explicitly scroll in Hangouts through my contacts, and select one, it pops up their contact details and I get the option to select a message icon. When I now get back to start typing the message, it now shows the mobile number it will SMS (not Hangout message) to. This works fine, but is different behaviour to a week ago.
For all of the above, apologies if I simply don't understand the apps or OS fully yet. Learning ...
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Install a 3rd party keyboard, then set your new keyboard to be the default keyboard. Now restart your device and Disable the stock keyboard with something like titanium backup, reboot once more to be sure it is gone and notice how much smoother everything is... Most lag disappears... Just goes to show how crap the stock keyboard really is...
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Careyw said:
Generally very happy with new G3 (on Optus network in Australia), but two weird things driving me nuts.
With several apps open, hit the home button. All good, end up on home screen. Then hit the open apps button and it says 'No recent apps'. Repeat above steps and now it shows all those running apps and you have an enabled option to Clear All or can individually swipe them off.
Any one else seeing this. Never saw this with Nexus 5 I just lost and replaced with G3.
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I've noticed this as well, only ever happens when I have more than a couple of apps open, it's like the phone fails to register what apps are open or something, but as you said if I try doing it again, they appear there open
Very strange, probably just a bug or something that will be fixed in a Firmware update...
iDefalt said:
I've noticed this as well, only ever happens when I have more than a couple of apps open, it's like the phone fails to register what apps are open or something, but as you said if I try doing it again, they appear there open
Very strange, probably just a bug or something that will be fixed in a Firmware update...
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Yeah me too. Even after complete restore to stock.
Recent app menu is some funny bug.
And about your keyboard. I'd ditch it for google keyboard and lag will be gone.
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crzygrmn said:
Yeah me too. Even after complete restore to stock.
Recent app menu is some funny bug.
And about your keyboard. I'd ditch it for google keyboard and lag will be gone.
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Yeah I caved to pressure today and switched to TouchPalX. I've had it for years but decided to give the default LG keyboard a go, but after today's update I just gave up. Now, I've never had a smoother typing experience in my life!
Careyw said:
Generally very happy with new G3 (on Optus network in Australia), but two weird things driving me nuts.
1. With several apps open, hit the home button. All good, end up on home screen. Then hit the open apps button and it says 'No recent apps'. Repeat above steps and now it shows all those running apps and you have an enabled option to Clear All or can individually swipe them off.
Any one else seeing this. Never saw this with Nexus 5 I just lost and replaced with G3.
2. The keyboard entry on the Nexus 5 (if I recall correctly) worked pretty much the same for emails as it did for say SMS messages or Hangouts messages. i.e. if you had a bad typo you could position back into the word and all suggested corrections appeared to allow you to replace the typo. This is how SMS/Hangouts works but seems other text entry functions don't do this correction process the same way. Is it up to each app developer to control how this works or do they all use the common keyboard text entry 'widget' or control??
3. Hangouts. Seems that all of a sudden (probably an app update?) Hangouts (which I have selected as my default messaging app) tries to send a Hangouts message instead of a regular SMS. This is fine if the received has Hangouts activated on their device/account, but many of my contacts don't and I've suddenly realised they what I thought were SMS messages sent correctly have just gone into the ether. So step by step, if I go to Hangouts, search for a contact, select contact and start typing, I can see that it is telling me it's sending a Hangouts message, not an SMS. If instead I explicitly scroll in Hangouts through my contacts, and select one, it pops up their contact details and I get the option to select a message icon. When I now get back to start typing the message, it now shows the mobile number it will SMS (not Hangout message) to. This works fine, but is different behaviour to a week ago.
For all of the above, apologies if I simply don't understand the apps or OS fully yet. Learning ...
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Have issues number 1 and 2 too.
I did give the stock keybord a try too, at the beginning i had good feedback.. But after a while it became laggy.