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Removing Vlingo Voice Talk

Man, this thing is so annoying. I have a habit of double-tapping the home button to get to my desktop and I suppose the new function goes to Voice Talk. I don't want it to go there and I can't remove/remap it. Any clue on how to get rid of it?

yah thats in settings, go to motions in settings and uncheck double tap! that should fix it

You'll have to wait till our phones get rooted to completely remove any stock apps.

movieaddict said:
yah thats in settings, go to motions in settings and uncheck double tap! that should fix it
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That does not fix it for me, I have all motion turned off, and still get the vlingo terms of service when I double tap home. Which I then decline every time. Very Annoying.

Same issue here. I want it to behave like Sense and display all of my homescreens (zoomed out). What does the 'home' key have to do with Voice Talk and Vlingo anyway?!

What would u like to do ???
Lol cant get it off either
Tmo Galaxy S2

Damn near a deal breaker
I like the plain voice commands from android and I'd like to do what I've been doing for the last couple of years - push the headset button, say what I want and have it just happen. I'm going to play with this a while longer but I'm going to give the phone back if it doesn't work exactly like I want. It's too much money to live with like I did the Vibrant - till the guys here made it work.
I don't mind something being no removable if there's an option to use something else. If any of you know how to change the settings so the original vlingo by Samsung isn't the automatic choice, that would be greatly appreciated.

Yep checked off double tap and it still goes into voice talk
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Its called voice commander. Uninstall through titaniun backup
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b0ricuaguerrero said:
Its called voice commander. Uninstall through titaniun backup
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Or just freeze it. That's what I did.
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Deebo took your bike too?

if you want to remove and disable samsung voice talk from your take a look here: http://www.guruht.com/2012/02/how-to-disable-voice-talk-samsung.html
it helped me alot from that bad app, I hate it, wish this help everyone

Just switch to mr X rom its stock rooted and its disabled also no carrier iq
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Yeah......flash something custom and your problem will go by by..
sent from the nuke in my pocket...

This one did the trick!
Froze it using AntTek did the trick!
Thank you so much!! this app might be one of the worst one out there... What is samsung thinking by pushing this piece of %"#$#"!! so annoying!!
Frozen!

Maazer said:
Man, this thing is so annoying. I have a habit of double-tapping the home button to get to my desktop and I suppose the new function goes to Voice Talk. I don't want it to go there and I can't remove/remap it. Any clue on how to get rid of it?
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UNinstall voice command-voice talk- voice search using titanium backup if rooted. if not rooted- see previous posts.
I prefer the vlingo app from market(which needs voice search app,also available in market).
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n0tr1x said:
UNinstall voice command-voice talk- voice search using titanium backup if rooted. if not rooted- see previous posts.
I prefer the vlingo app from market(which needs voice search app,also available in market).
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It's been gone since the first update from when the phone was released... I don't know exactly which update, but I noticed it being gone after an OTA.

One easy way if your running ICS is to install go Launcher, open app drawer, long press voice command icon, un install, Vlingo gone! Un install go Launcher. No rooting required.

HOLY SHII
This solution that GDF01 is talking about, is not only very easy, but also very awesome! I removed Voice talk and Chat and other stuff, and i ICS-froze Readers Hub and all that stuff, so now I have a fully functional and great phone, without rooting or anything! Thanks!!

security hole affecting galaxy phones

I just read this on appy geek. I thought everyone should know about this.
The link that will reset some Samsung Galaxy phones without warning originally appeared on http://www.pocket-lint.com on Tue, 25 Sep
Frightening
A security hole has been discovered that allows some Samsung Galaxy phones running TouchWiz to be automatically factory reset without warning. This includes the Samsung Galaxy S2.
Found by ex-Gadget Geeks presenter Tom Scott, among others, all unsuspecting users have to do is go to a webpage via a specific link and their phone will be wiped back to how it came in the box.
"The USSD code to factory data reset a Galaxy S3 is *2767*3855# can be triggered from browser like this: " wrote Scott.
Developer Tom Hutchinson, who has helped Pocket-lint work out the incredibly damaging bug, says that the security blunder affects not just the SGS3 but the Ace, the GS2, and S Advance so far. "Most if not all Gingerbread phones or newer running TouchWiz will be vulnerable," claims the developer.?
The fear is that those looking to wipe out Samsung phones would be able to easily embed the code on a website without Galaxy owners even realising what is about to happen. The code could easily be used in a QR code too.?

I'm just glad these news sources are making sure everyone knows exactly how to accomplish it.

Installing titanium backup now. Didn't think I would ever need it. Guess I do just in case now.
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If you read my thread on the secret Android Codes, you will understand what is happening:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1894102
The stock Samsung dialer will execute secret android codes when you enter them without hitting send.
Like *#350# will reboot the phone. (That would be a better exploit example than the factory reset one)
The problem is that NFC or the stock browser will load a tel: into the dialer for you.
Well using the stock dialer that will execute any of those secret android codes.
Most of those secret android codes will not work on CM10/AOSP dialers obviously.
So the fix is to install any other dialer app like exDialer and use it as default app for dialing.

joederp said:
So the fix is to install any other dialer app like exDialer and use it as default app for dialing.
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I'm probably missing something easy, but how do I get exDialer to be the default? I installed it, went to Application manager and to the default Phone app, but the "Clear Defaults" button was greyed out.
When I dial from either app, it just dials, doesn't ask me which app to use. I tried doing a voice action "Dial xxx xxx xxxx" from Google Now and it automatically went through the stock dialer without prompting.

Engadget says it only affects the stock browser but not chrome. Who is using the stock browser anyways, it's garbage.

Philosuffer said:
I'm probably missing something easy, but how do I get exDialer to be the default? I installed it, went to Application manager and to the default Phone app, but the "Clear Defaults" button was greyed out.
When I dial from either app, it just dials, doesn't ask me which app to use. I tried doing a voice action "Dial xxx xxx xxxx" from Google Now and it automatically went through the stock dialer without prompting.
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I thought it stays. If you type a message in Handcent or messaging like (800)555-1212 then you can click on it and it will prompt which dialer to open as default. exDialer has option for auto run USSD code.. Wonder if samsung will add that to dialer (even though these are not USSD codes)
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psykhotic said:
Engadget says it only affects the stock browser but not chrome. Who is using the stock browser anyways, it's garbage.
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Who cares what engadget says, you can try it yourself, it will happen ANY time a number link is loaded into the stock dialer. That can be from SMS, maybe even fake caller ID spoofing. Maybe other apps can launch a number for you.

Has anyone tried the dialer code to factory reset?
Chances are Samsung already disabled it, probably for this reason. They've disabled quite a few of them actually so we probably dont have to worry about it. (I haven't tested it to be sure but it would surprise me if they left that one enabled)
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I've been testing this and you can follow my results over here at Rootz.
Preview: I've yet to actually get it to auto-execute (i.e. click send) the code and have tried modern CM10/AOKP, the JB TW leaks, and have gone back to T999UVALG1. Still going to be doing more testing but may not be for a while - maybe somebody can pick up from here.

Jaxidian said:
I've been testing this and you can follow my results over here at Rootz.
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Did you read any of my post or thread. The Samsung dialer instantly executes the code when you type last #. This isn't a USSD. They are android secret codes.
If you have stock dialer and it loads in the code it will execute it. tel:*#06# clicking that will bring up IMEI
(That should also work in aosp or cm10, but that is the only code they have in dialer)
You don't need to test, it is any app that launches dialer and adds digits
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joederp said:
Did you read any of my post or thread. The Samsung dialer instantly executes the code when you type last #. This isn't a USSD. They are android secret codes.
If you have stock dialer and it loads in the code it will execute it. tel:*#06# clicking that will bring up IMEI
(That should also work in aosp or cm10, but that is the only code they have in dialer)
You don't need to test, it is any app that launches dialer and adds digits
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Clicking on that just opens dialer with *. Just fyi, but it is pretty simple. Later tonight I'll test the factory reset code to see if sammy disabled it like most of the others. If it is as I suspect they will have done so, probably meaning they already knew about the problem.
Most security vulnerabilities are not released publicly until a fix has been implemented. (The NFC hack is a perfect example). For us that fix was most likely the update to UVALH2...assuming my assumptions are correct of course!
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ha ha ha and thank you
@op if I could thank you twice I would. 1) for passing on this info and 2) because this will make a good prank to some gullible people I know swho spend way to much time surffing the net from their s3. They are the type that find "French Models" on line....

Hey guys, just wanted to let you know Samsung did patch this in UVALH2 like I thought.
In case you didnt see the other thread, someone posted it here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1906473
I did test it and I might be mistaken about the dialer code being disabled. It did initiate the reset when I manually entered the code. But it may be due to me running a combo/hybrid version of ics. Ill be flashing back later today and will retest to let you know for sure.
I just wanted to throw this out in case anyone was thinking of testing it thinking it wont work...
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This has already been patched.
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Maybe they patched the factory reset but you could still do things like reboot someone's phone
*#350#
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Search Press and Hold Menu

Hey everyone I tried doing some searching but these words are pretty common so I couldn't find much.
The problem is that I know that by pressing and holding the menu button I get to the search function but the problem is that it doesn't give me the launch menu like it did on my S2 t989 for example when I held the search key on my S2 t989 a "which app would you like to do this in" menu would come up that would give me direct access to apps like shazam, soundhound, and screencast. Is that feature completely gone or do I have to enable a setting or something for this? I really loved having that menu there.
Also another question about the search function that does come up. It does not seem to be the same full search function from before but only for the web. I used to be able to search the apps that are actually on my phone and launch them through that menu as well. Is that possible anymore or has that been disabled too?
Don't get me wrong I LOVE this phone so much I just miss those couple little things. Thanks!

Thank crapple for the change in search function. If you are rooted go to /system/app and find GoogleQuickSearchBox_USA.apk. renameto remove the __USA part.
Dont know bout the other. Sorry.
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Thanks for the quick reply and help. I am rooted and I am actually running FreeGS3 and in my /system/app folder there is only "GoogleQuickSearchBox.apk" there isn't one with "_USA" on it.

Thats odd. I know that used to work. Maybe im forgetting a step, though I dont think I am.
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You know i didn't even know you can launch the search that way,yeah this is my 1st Samsung phone
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Are you on stock?
CM10 has settings under system where you can change the menu button long press action to in-app search.
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At some point whatever action you're trying to do you probably checked the "use as default" box and now you don't get the choice. I still get to choose which app I use for most things, not sure how to go back and remove the default though.

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Hey everyone I tried doing some searching but these words are pretty common so I couldn't find much.
Also another question about the search function that does come up. It does not seem to be the same full search function from before but only for the web. I used to be able to search the apps that are actually on my phone and launch them through that menu as well. Is that possible anymore or has that been disabled too?
Don't get me wrong I LOVE this phone so much I just miss those couple little things. Thanks!
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you can do it throught Google Gow. just go into Google Now>settings>phone search> and select what you want it to search.

I just loaded a custom ROM but when it asked what app to use it gave me this popup.
Clear default app settings by going to Settings>Applications manager>All

[Q] MMS camera app choices? Only stock?

Well, this is embarrassing.
Something I just found interesting about (what I assume is) a TW limitation?
When I want to take a picture to attach to an SMS, or attach an old picture to an SMS, I seem to only have the choices of the stock cam and stock gallery apps.
I thought that perhaps I had inadvertently set a default in the first day of ownership (although I don't remember doing so, and I am fastidious about these things), but there were no defaults to clear, either in the MSGing app, or the cam app.
While I find being forced to use the stock gallery for attachment annoying (I like QuickPic far better, for several reasons), not the end of the world.
But I use Vignette almost exclusively for taking pics, and having to close txt app > open vignette > take pic > close vignette > (wait for pic to process) > open txting > attach pic... P.I.T.A.
Am I missing something obvious? It's been quite some time since I used TW stock for any period of time. (On my E4GT I used anything but TW for the last 6 months of ownership...) But even then I still seem to remember TW offering me a choice of installed cams for attachments. Is this a Note II "thing"? Or something in the newer iterations of TW?
Thanks for reading, comrades-in-nerdiness.

Clear defaults in the gallery app?

I can't see your spam

w7excursion said:
I can't see your spam
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10 post spam :thumbdown:
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w7excursion said:
Clear defaults in the gallery app?
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There are no defaults to clear in the cam, gallery or messenger. I am literally forced to use the stock cam in attaching a pic to a msg.
Can someone confirm that this is the case on stock for them as well?
Or perhaps confirm that on a different rom its Not the case?
(fu*king spam, thanks for the bump)
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I downloaded the quick pic and I get no option to use it when picking a picture from the messaging app. Maybe contact the developer about it.
Edit: actually it might be how the phone software is meant to handle attachments. I installed another gallery app and it doesn't show up either.

w7excursion said:
I downloaded the quick pic and I get no option to use it when picking a picture from the messaging app. Maybe contact the developer about it.
Edit: actually it might be how the phone software is meant to handle attachments. I installed another gallery app and it doesn't show up either.
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thanks, if you're on stock, than I consider the issue confirmed. for stock at least. with gallery.
anyone on any other ROMs can confirm?
(I already assume that anything AOSP does not have the issue, but I am wondering if any TW base ROMs have tweaked something that would allow for other apps to be used as either defaults.)

I've only had the option to use stock camera/gallery on TW.
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When choosing to add an attachment if you choose take picture it defaults to the stock camera. But when u chose to attach an image and click on the stock images symbol you get options to choose from different apps. And quickpic pops up fine for me. Just downloaded it since above poster mentioned it.
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RayTrue04 said:
When choosing to add an attachment if you choose take picture it defaults to the stock camera. But when u chose to attach an image and click on the stock images symbol you get options to choose from different apps. And quickpic pops up fine for me. Just downloaded it since above poster mentioned it.
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thanks for that! would never have found that, counter-intuitive! (also, I tend not to attach many images from the gallery, usually take them on the spot.)
(found another cool little thing, if you long press any icon in the attachments menu, takes you to the app properties...)
still hoping to find a way to use a better/different camera app in attachments though. hrm. far more important.

kingdazy said:
thanks for that! would never have found that, counter-intuitive! (also, I tend not to attach many images from the gallery, usually take them on the spot.)
(found another cool little thing, if you long press any icon in the attachments menu, takes you to the app properties...)
still hoping to find a way to use a better/different camera app in attachments though. hrm. far more important.
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What I hate is when browsing the gallery if you have your dropbox synced to it you don't have an option to share. However I do for my Facebook pictures which is also an online service. So in order to share I have to go to the messaging app and click attach from the dropbox in the attach photo selection I posted above. If you attach directly from dropbox it created a link to visit instead but if you use it from the massaging app it loads up the photo.
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[Q] How do you stop receiving Go Launcher EX notification ads?

I am so sick of receiving Go Launcher EX ads for "New Themes Arrived!" in my notification bar. I searched through preferences many times and have searched online many times trying to find a way to disable Go Launcher from sending me their annoying spam, but I just can't seem to find how to disable it.
Anyone have a way? I really like Go Launcher and want to stick with it, but if there is not a way, I'm getting rid of it.

beezar said:
I am so sick of receiving Go Launcher EX ads for "New Themes Arrived!" in my notification bar. I searched through preferences many times and have searched online many times trying to find a way to disable Go Launcher from sending me their annoying spam, but I just can't seem to find how to disable it.
Anyone have a way? I really like Go Launcher and want to stick with it, but if there is not a way, I'm getting rid of it.
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Wow - they must really be pushing those notifications the last couple days. I have been googling for the answer, and all I am finding so far is the question, and the date posted is always within the last couple days.
I am another that likes Go Launcher, but the notifications - especially the graphic notifications are extremely annoying.

I haven't used Go Launcher, but the other applications I've used that do that are generally easily replaceable. What I mean by that is I couldn't find a way to turn off the notifications in them, so it was easier and better to replace them.
I do believe Apex launcher can use Go Launcher themes, and it never caused any problems for me. Maybe the Go launcher compatibility is only in the paid version though. I don't recall since I'm just using the standard Trebuchet launcher in CM10.

Airblocker on the play store will block push ads, but I dont think GO is using ads but a notification which I think you can turn off thru settings in the theme store thing, been a while since I used it. Or you could try add on detector from the market to try and remove them, or lucky patcher may be able to strip the notifications
I like to break stuff!

I never found a way to disable those notifications, it's jsut part of the 'free' I guess. I used GO launcher for almost 2 years but I feel like it has gotten a bit bloated and they're trying to make an extension for nearly everything.
I tried a few other launchers but settled on Holo.

Try Ad Away
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mremale said:
Try Ad Away
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or just buy the app and stop expecting everything for free. :good:
EDIT: I have to facepalm myself here since there is no 'no ad' option.

calisro said:
or just buy the app and stop expecting everything for free. :good:
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You can't get rid of GoLauncher notifications by buying anything man.
Personally, I used to use go, but now I like Trebuchet 0.2 that comes with CM/PA waaay better.
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kchannel9 said:
You can't get rid of GoLauncher notifications by buying anything man.
Personally, I used to use go, but now I like Trebuchet 0.2 that comes with CM/PA waaay better.
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I stand corrected. Then my answer would be dont use the app. Apex is good (Trebuchet is fine too)

calisro said:
I stand corrected. Then my answer would be dont use the app. Apex is good (Trebuchet is fine too)
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i tried firewalling all the go apps and even that didn't help.
time to start looking at alternatives.. i assume this is Go Launcher doing this?

I have been experiencing the same. I had to abandoned Golauncher for Apex. Golauncher got absurd with the many updates of their launcher. Many of these updates deleted settings or apps. And made my phone unresponsive. Now Gosms is getting out of hand. I keep emailing them, first about that gochat crap that wouldn't go away. Now these texting of themes. But they don't email you back. I might have to abandoned gosms for handcent...
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I think I may have found the solution, I too was tired of those notifications and was close to switching to another launcher.
Anyway, do it at your own risk.. I'm not so sure this will work in the long run since I just did it 2 days ago... I went into the launchers data found in system root /data/data/com.gau.go.launcherex for my phone (LG Motion 4G not sure if the folder name will be different for others) using the File Explorer app, then I went into the folder named shared_prefs, I then opened all the apprecommended, gostore, and gamecenter, also the autocheck, featuredtheme and msgcenter .xml files with File Explorer's built in text editor and changed where it says standalone='yes' into 'false' saved changes to each one, File Explorer automaticaly saves a backup within the folder incase you mess up then I exited the app so far I haven't gotten any more automatic updated notifications