Anyone figured out the syntax to add appointments to your g-calender? Tried all the usual suspects but it comes back with either an alarm or a note to self. Flipping through the Nexus 7 handbook doesn't give any answers, starting to suspect this functionality may not be in place yet. Anyone have any luck?
i've been trying to find an answer too.. but i guess it's not part of the system yet. May be in following updates
Don't see it listed in the voice commands section of the guidebook so I don't think its set up yet. Luckily, this is something they can implement on their end, without a software update.
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Hallo,
I got a new note 2. Everything is working perfectly except the quick command. I can start it, write on it and then nothing. It just crash and I am back to the home screen. I cannot create new command. Nothing works. The S-Pen works beatifully in all other apps, everything else seems fine. I got the latest update Samsung pushed out. Any idea or suggestions? Anyone seen that?
Thanks in advance,
Umberto
Have you been able to get this working?
Quick command has never worked for me. I did some searching and found that someone had determined that Quick Command working was related to the Google account on the device. Specifically, synching with contacts caused it to fail.
I was able to reproduce this, and was somewhat surprised.
If I remove my Google account from the phone, Quick Command works!
If I add my Google account back, Quick Command works until I allow it to synchronize contacts. Once it does, it fails again.
I've gone through my Contacts, cleaned up duplicates, removed some unusual entries such as those with unusual characters, missing names, XML in the notes section. From what I can tell, it all seems pretty clean, but there is apparently *something* that causes Quick Command to choke when looking through the contacts.
Wondering if anyone else has had this issue or has any idea of a workaround to get this working.
Thanks!
-J-
Hi,
Actually yes. Ist your google account. I was able to get it working removing all accounts without a name (or first or last name). I had quite a lot of accounts with just a telephone or an email. Removing those it worked perfectly. Please do a backup of your contacts before trying. I am not responsible if you loose your contacts
Let me know if it works!
Umberto
JasonLP said:
Have you been able to get this working?
Quick command has never worked for me. I did some searching and found that someone had determined that Quick Command working was related to the Google account on the device. Specifically, synching with contacts caused it to fail.
I was able to reproduce this, and was somewhat surprised.
If I remove my Google account from the phone, Quick Command works!
If I add my Google account back, Quick Command works until I allow it to synchronize contacts. Once it does, it fails again.
I've gone through my Contacts, cleaned up duplicates, removed some unusual entries such as those with unusual characters, missing names, XML in the notes section. From what I can tell, it all seems pretty clean, but there is apparently *something* that causes Quick Command to choke when looking through the contacts.
Wondering if anyone else has had this issue or has any idea of a workaround to get this working.
Thanks!
-J-
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So weird...I've gone though everything I could think of, and it's still not working correctly. Do you recall anything unusual in your contacts in particular that you fixed? I've even gone through and made sure every single one has a first name and last name.
I don't even think I would use this feature much....But I'm on a mission now!
Context:
Verizon Galaxy Nexus, Stock ROM, Android 4.1.1.
When I check in Settings...Accounts...Google...
It shows a Sync Error for my account. At the bottom of the screen it says:
Sync is currently experiencing problems. It will be back shortly.
If I then click on my [email protected]
All of the entries are checked and properly synced, and up to date, except Contacts. It says 'Last Synced 4/20/2012..."
Despite this, Contact additions or edits that I make on my phone do in fact get synced to my other devices. And Contact additions or edits that I make elsewhere do get synced to my phone.
So, this appears to be a faulty error message. Since everything is working right, I'm reluctant to do anything major to try and clear the message, for fear of actually creating a functional problem. And yet, it bugs me that it's there.
One of the frequently suggested solutions is to go to Settings...Apps...Contacts Storage...
And once there, hit "Clear Data".
So my question is what exactly happens when "Clear Data" is hit? I want to eliminate the potential for inadvertently deleting my contacts overall, don't want to create new problems, etc., so would like a little more information about what this does or doesn't do.
And, if someone has any insight on another way to get rid of this message, that would be appreciated as well.
Thanks!
Anybody have any information here??
Thanks.
Try this
Hi, i face the same problem. After few hrs search in Internet, I found a way to solve it, so far it works.
Go to Google Play and install this apps: Contacts Sync Fix
Run the apps
Go to setting, open Google account and try to sync again.
It should be OK then.
Hope it helps.
yctan2020 said:
Hi, i face the same problem. After few hrs search in Internet, I found a way to solve it, so far it works.
Go to Google Play and install this apps: Contacts Sync Fix
Run the apps
Go to setting, open Google account and try to sync again.
It should be OK then.
Hope it helps.
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Very interesting! Looks like it just came out this month. This is an incredibly common problem, if you read Google's "support" forums, which I find hard to believe how this is such a core function of the whole Google enterprise.
I wonder what this App is doing behind the scenes, or actually how it does it. All of the reviews so far are very positive, although there are only 11 of them at this time. I'll probably monitor this for a bit, and then try it out.
Thanks!
I exchanged a quick email with the Author, and went ahead and installed and ran the Contacts Sync Fix App. It identified a single problem, fixed it, and my error message is now gone, and sync continues to work fine. I went ahead and bought the ad-free version for $.99 - I have no idea if a problem will recur in the future, but I'll now be able to fix it. And besides, he fixed something Google has been unable or unwilling to do!
This solved my same problem
Download contacts fix app from android play market
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Context:
Verizon Galaxy Nexus, Stock ROM, Android 4.1.1.
When I check in Settings...Accounts...Google...
It shows a Sync Error for my account. At the bottom of the screen it says:
Sync is currently experiencing problems. It will be back shortly.
If I then click on my [email protected]
All of the entries are checked and properly synced, and up to date, except Contacts. It says 'Last Synced 4/20/2012..."
Despite this, Contact additions or edits that I make on my phone do in fact get synced to my other devices. And Contact additions or edits that I make elsewhere do get synced to my phone.
So, this appears to be a faulty error message. Since everything is working right, I'm reluctant to do anything major to try and clear the message, for fear of actually creating a functional problem. And yet, it bugs me that it's there.
One of the frequently suggested solutions is to go to Settings...Apps...Contacts Storage...
And once there, hit "Clear Data".
So my question is what exactly happens when "Clear Data" is hit? I want to eliminate the potential for inadvertently deleting my contacts overall, don't want to create new problems, etc., so would like a little more information about what this does or doesn't do.
And, if someone has any insight on another way to get rid of this message, that would be appreciated as well.
Thanks!
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Hey everyone!
I've now had my Note 7 since launch on the 19th. Its a fairly fantastic phone so far. With a few software issues. I kinda knew there were going to be issues like this, which is why I disallowed the OS upgrade on my S5.
So here it is. It seems that Samsung has decided they are the end all, be all for the voice input on the phone. You can still use Google search for strictly Google functions. I.e. "Okay Google" search bar and internet search functions. However, now it seems that you MUST use the S Voice input for the keyboard accessible voice input. Not a problem you say?
Well for someone like me, it becomes a major problem when Samsung has decided that using curse words isn't allowed. And there seems to be no setting to allow curse words in this new release from Samsung. I am not going to lie, I curse a lot in text messages and this makes the speech to text function almost completely unusable for me. (Maybe not for you, but it does for me.)
I have searched everywhere and can NOT find a way to disable this childish censorship implemented by Samsung. (Apparently swearing is a "no no" and we are not allowed to say "no no"s on our Samsung devices?)
I have attached screenshots of things I have already tried. I am open to any more actually useful suggestions by those who are providing more than just upping their post count. If no one can find a solution for this, then at least there is a place on the internet that others can come to see they are not alone in this software nightmare and maybe, just maybe Samsung will notice?
I greatly thank everyone for your time on this!
-C
Please ignore this new thread/delete it (dont know how).
Just found this thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-7/help/google-voice-samsung-keyboard-t3443428
(The search on this site sucks)
Sorry everyone.
-C
Does anyone HATE Bixby as much as I do ? I really wish someone from Samsung would read this. I hate it when Microsoft uses the public to beta test software, but Samsung has gone WAY TOO FAR! If the software is not ready, don't implement it yet!
I've been a Note user since my Note 2. I've ALWAYS relied on S-Voice to do two major things for me. I know a lot of people didn't like it, but it's been very helpful for me. One is creating an appointment while I'm driving. The other is calling customers while I'm driving. I assume you see the 'driving' portion of my need. I need and want it to work TOTALLY HANDS FREE! I use a Motorola bluetooth on my ear during my waking hours. I use it to call Bixby. I WILL NEVER hold that stupid button to talk to my phone. Very stupid idea Samsung! I will never have Samsung, Google, Amazon, or anyone else listen to me talking (or singing horribly) all of the time waiting for that magic phrase. Never happening! Sorry. my wife listens too closely as it is. I don't need the cloud to listen to me too! I ***** and gripe a lot!
On my old Note 4, and through the different versions of S-Voice (none of them publicly released for that device ... only installed via ROOT), there have been problems, but its worked almost 95% of the time. Now that I paid $1000 for the new flagship phone, I'm finding myself unable to do the same things I've been doing on my Note 2, Note 3, and Note 4 devices for the past five plus years. Since obviously I've had it more than 14 days, I can't return it.
Bixby DOES NOT work handsfree. Neither does Google Assistant either. But S-Voice actually did! Saying commands to Bixby like these produce very odd results. They worked perfectly with S-Voice.
"Create an appointment Joe Smith at 8am tomorrow morning" ... with Bixby, it will be named something like "APPOINTMENT JOE", but most likely it will be set to 8 o'clock TODAY and not TOMORROW! Sometimes it doesn't even pick up the time and it's set for 12 Noon! It also DOES NOT repeat your request, like S-Voice did. I have no idea while I'm driving if it got anything correct. So far, I've LOST a half dozen appointments because I don't know where, when, or even if they were saved. They disappeared after confirming for it to be saved. If it does get saved, it's almost always incorrect and I have to manually edit it.
Now I've tried the way they recommend making an appointment, by saying to open calendar ... blah blah ... but that doesn't work either. It stops to ask "what would you like to name this event?" ... well, you reply and it stops. So much for handsfree. I have to reach for my phone to complete creating an event, something so basic is beyond Samsung's Bixby.
This one really gets me riled up! When I say "Call Teresa Adams", sometimes it will pick up the contact correctly, but a majority of the time it won't. It thinks I said "Theresa" instead of "Teresa". The same thing happens with a lot of other names, like "Bird" instead of "Byrd", "Smith" instead of "Smyth". Or "Jon" instead of "John". It cannot find the contact to call ... meaning it's not longer handsfree. I have to pick up my phone to make a phone call while driving. In some states, it's illegal to even HOLD your phone while driving! These are only a few of the issues I've seen with Bixby. But the inconsistency of pulling names from your contacts is HIGHLY FRUSTRATING!
Another one that burns me up ... this happens for totally unknown reasons. I'll ask Bixby to do something, and the reply I get is just totally off the wall. It will come up and tell me I have to install UBER to do that. WHAT THE HELL? I don't need UBER for ANYTHING!
I had to rename my wife's contact. I guess have too many names with 'Teresa' along with a last name, It NEVER called the right one. It would find five other names (and not all were Theresa or Teresa). So I've rename her contact to 'THE WIFE', and yet ... a few weeks ago, I asked Bixby to call 'THE WIFE' and it dialed my neighbor 'Peewee' instead. He got a great chuckle out of the fact that my Note 8 thinks he's my wife. I find it disturbing it can't even do the VERY BASICS. If Bixby was my true personal assistant on the job. they would be fired instantly and shown the door.
What have I done to remedy this issue for myself? You're not going to believe it, but I still carry my Note 4 (with Verizon service) and use it to do the stuff my new and expensive Note 8 cannot handle. I use my Note 8 as my business phone, but Bixby is useless for me. I don't want my so called assistant to pull up photos I took last week based upon some request. That stuff I should do with it in my hands.
NOTE TO DEVELOPERS OF ALL ASSISTANT APPS:
1. Must be able to function COMPLETELY HANDS FREE using bluetooth.
2. Must be able to respond with audible prompts and continue the process after an answer has been given.
3. Must verify and read back the information received correctly BEFORE saving the event (or calling the number selected)
4. Must be able to save a calendar appointment/event WITHOUT asking which app to use to save it. (this is a Google Assistant issue more than Bixby). As far as I can tell ... ALL CALENDAR APPS access the SAME CALENDARS! Duh! Why ask? Bixby wants to save to the Samsung calendar, but that can be changed and it will remember which calendar to save the requested event (and future requests). It should ask which calendar to save it to ONLY once, and use that as a default.
5. If you're going to release a REPLACEMENT software program, at least make sure it's CAPABLE of doing what the previous version could do first.
I've ranted long enough ... but haven't said all there is. I find it sad that I have to carry around my 4 year old device to do something so basic that my new expensive device cannot do without being coddled into doing my bidding. I refuse to switch to another device. If I wasn't locked in, I'd go back to using the Note 4 and never give Samsung my money again.
Whew ... I feel a little better, but I know I'm only blowing off steam. No one who reads this will be able to change anything. So I'm stuck carrying around two devices for now to do the basic stuff I've been doing for the past five years. Feels like we're moving backwards, doesn't it?
Hello all, my GIF interaction doesn't work with the Google message app and Gboard. I can still see others but when I go to that portion on the app, it generates nothing. I think this might have stopped for the April security update, or at least that might be when I noticed it. Has anyone else seen this and know of a fix? For now I've been using Textra but would rather use the native app. I'm thinking about doing a factory reset in hopes this will fix it, but am dreading setting my phone back up the way I like it, as far as settings and such. Any help and suggestions are appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Is no one having this issue? I've seen a couple of people post on Android Authority asking about this so I figured this might be a better forum to ask the question because of potentially a bigger audience.
Update: I got the gif issue fixed and it could have been because I selected another keyboard (I chose Swiftkey) and went back to Gboard. That was all I knew that could have been the fix so hopefully others having this issue in the future can use this as a solution.