Just installed 4.2.2 on my VZW GNex, using a stock, rooted rom.
Now the feature where I could say "Text Bill - Hi I'll be there soon" and it would generate a text message is not working. It correctly translates the text but just does a google search.
Am I missing something or a setting ?
Your help is much appreciated.
How are you attempting to do this so I can try and do it myself? I dont ever start texts that way.
EDIT: Actually, i think its part of Google Now.
Thanks.
Press and hold the mic button so it comes up (from the regular google now) and say
Send Text to xxxxxxxx Please call me back
It should generate a text message.
homemadehitshow said:
Thanks.
Press and hold the mic button so it comes up (from the regular google now) and say
Send Text to xxxxxxxx Please call me back
It should generate a text message.
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Yeah, I tried it in Google now and it worked.
jsgraphicart said:
Yeah, I tried it in Google now and it worked.
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mmmm, thanks. Now I'm confused
homemadehitshow said:
mmmm, thanks. Now I'm confused
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You tried it in Google Now right? Or from your homescreen, if you have the search bar enabled at the top, tap the mic and start speaking. You said tap and hold the mic botton. I dont know what button that is and I wouldnt think to tap and hold it.
Yes that is how I use it. I have found others having the same problem, many others not.
homemadehitshow said:
Yes that is how I use it. I have found others having the same problem, many others not.
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Hmm. Maybe it has something to do with some settings somewhere. Maybe some kind of sync option that allows it to know your contacts. In all of my google settings for all of my apps, I give Google access to everything. I'm not worried about them stealing my info. lol. So maybe its some odd setting you need to change.
I am open with Google also.
and guess what, all of a sudden it's working.
I wonder if there was a google hiccup sometime or other.
Who knows.
Works perfect for me though. Even I had a problem last night. Apparently it's fixed.
Related
ok, i just got this phone yesterday, and its AWESOME. Just one minor but VERY annoying problem tho, whenever i send out text messages, it will be displayed in the correct time, but whenever i recieve text messages, it will be 4 hours before the actual time... It seems its been set to a different time zone or something... Anyways, does anyone know how to fix that?..
Thanks.
oh and is there anyway i can find out which rom/country my phone is currently using? I bought it unlocked from a local chinese retailer, and supposedly they get all their stuff from hongkong, is there anyway to check?
anyone? bump
it depends where is the person which sends you the sms, as a matter of fact if the person is in paris ou you are in London, then the message will be displayed with GMT -1
moloise said:
it depends where is the person which sends you the sms, as a matter of fact if the person is in paris ou you are in London, then the message will be displayed with GMT -1
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hmm but all the people who txt'd me are in the exact same town as me...
bloodmage824 said:
ok, i just got this phone yesterday, and its AWESOME. Just one minor but VERY annoying problem tho, whenever i send out text messages, it will be displayed in the correct time, but whenever i recieve text messages, it will be 4 hours before the actual time... It seems its been set to a different time zone or something... Anyways, does anyone know how to fix that?..
Thanks.
oh and is there anyway i can find out which rom/country my phone is currently using? I bought it unlocked from a local chinese retailer, and supposedly they get all their stuff from hongkong, is there anyway to check?
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I had the same issue, I apply the summer time fix followed by the df_timestamp_fix.cab I attached. (Thanks to the author, it's floating in the forums if you search for sms timestamp or something along those lines if your curious to know what the cab does)
I am not sure the summer time is needed but it work for me.
The issue is with a "Trust time zone" Reg key. From what I understand, your provider applies the GMT -4 and your phone do it a second time, hence the time difference.
Hope this work as well as on my phone
wow if i was anywhere near u i would go over and kiss u, thanks a lot man! I didn't know the correct term for it was "timestamp" and i been searching all over the forum and came up with nothing. Thanks again! gonna go try it now
the unfixable unread count is even worse.
at the moment i have 8 unread SMS messages i cannot make go away. even when i use a CAB to handle this things go back to the way they were after the next text comes in.
crazy talk said:
the unfixable unread count is even worse.
at the moment i have 8 unread SMS messages i cannot make go away. even when i use a CAB to handle this things go back to the way they were after the next text comes in.
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I haven't had that problem at all and I do alot of texting! Sometimes it'll have a 1 by it when I though I read all my messages but I really didn't.
Did you try disabling touchflo from today screen in settings rebooting and then re-enabling it?
bloodmage824 said:
wow if i was anywhere near u i would go over and kiss u, thanks a lot man! I didn't know the correct term for it was "timestamp" and i been searching all over the forum and came up with nothing. Thanks again! gonna go try it now
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Hahah, I`m quite happy I am far away, but you are more then welcome.
I try to help this forum by any means I got, glad it worked.
crazy talk said:
the unfixable unread count is even worse.
at the moment i have 8 unread SMS messages i cannot make go away. even when i use a CAB to handle this things go back to the way they were after the next text comes in.
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This is annoying, I use to have it on stock rom with my TP1, the genius cook made some work around work so I haven`t been bothered since...
crazy talk said:
the unfixable unread count is even worse.
at the moment i have 8 unread SMS messages i cannot make go away. even when i use a CAB to handle this things go back to the way they were after the next text comes in.
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I only had that prob once on my TyTn2... or was it my Prophet...? Anyway, try this file. It worked for me before.
Not working.... Just tried it.
this was exactly what i was looking for.
thanks SO MUCH.
EDIT: doesnt work.
Try this
Start/Settings/Text Messaging Change to Classic and X out.
Go into your text messages and you will probably find the culprit in bold. Once you open it, that should reset the counter. Go back and switch to threaded.
First, make sure local time setting is correct (as above posts)
If still persist, try reghack; open phm regedit or resco or else, navigate to HKCU/System/State/sms/Unread, change the Count value to 0. Exit regedit, press power button to suspend your device, wait 5 secs, then softreset. Please try and feedback.
The timestamp_fix.cab did not work for me. The MTS_RecvTimeStamp.cab did the trick.
link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=159852&d=1235328543
This didn't work either for me.
I noticed if HTC Messeging is installed, the cabs will work, if its not, they wont work.
But HTC msging is slow.
anyone with a solution for the timestamp issue?
hiazle said:
The timestamp_fix.cab did not work for me. The MTS_RecvTimeStamp.cab did the trick.
link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=159852&d=1235328543
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bump......
mankie said:
This didn't work either for me.
I noticed if HTC Messeging is installed, the cabs will work, if its not, they wont work.
But HTC msging is slow.
anyone with a solution for the timestamp issue?
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My phone shows I have 1 unread message. It shows both on the sense ui sms button, then on the 'Inbox' under the folder select.
Problem is I cant find any unread messages. Nothing is highlighted in the usual way, and I just can't get rid of the notification.
I've tried everything from turning the phone off, to opening every message grouping in my inbox..
Any ideas?
Did you check your deleted items?
jamesb457 said:
My phone shows I have 1 unread message. It shows both on the sense ui sms button, then on the 'Inbox' under the folder select.
Problem is I cant find any unread messages. Nothing is highlighted in the usual way, and I just can't get rid of the notification.
I've tried everything from turning the phone off, to opening every message grouping in my inbox..
Any ideas?
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It's called "ghost message"....search and you'll see that that so far it's an uncurable illness on many ROMS
M_T_M said:
It's called "ghost message"....search and you'll see that that so far it's an uncurable illness on many ROMS
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Thanks for the info.
That's kinda lame.. Oh well, I was looking to upgrade to a new rom anyway...
This is not uncurable. Search google or xda or modaco for a tool named fixunreadcount.exe, launch and you'll be fixed. send pm if you don't find it.
Thomas
I have this problem since I installed new HTC message version..
Never had before..
tlefeuvre said:
This is not uncurable. Search google or xda or modaco for a tool named fixunreadcount.exe, launch and you'll be fixed. send pm if you don't find it.
Thomas
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Yes, there are plenty of threads on this issue and 'fixunreadcount' worked for me when it happened (just the once so far). I have attached but can't remember where I found it so sorry can't give credit where it's due.
couldn't it also be due to the SMS soring problem that HTC has a fix for on thier website? I know that drove me nutz for a while until i found there was a fix for it.
Hi there.
When I go into messages app and make a new message I select contact but then the program drops the area code.
However if I go into the people app then select a contact, press the message button then the sms message will go through because it doesn't drop the area code..
So it is sort of annoying that I have to start messages that way. Anyone else have this?
I am running 4.1.1
Thanks
Seth_nexus said:
Hi there.
When I go into messages app and make a new message I select contact but then the program drops the area code.
However if I go into the people app then select a contact, press the message button then the sms message will go through because it doesn't drop the area code..
So it is sort of annoying that I have to start messages that way. Anyone else have this?
I am running 4.1.1
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are you on maguro, toro, or toroplus?
and what ROM and Kernel are you running?
Wolfbeef123 said:
are you on maguro, toro, or toroplus?
and what ROM and Kernel are you running?
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I am running this in the odexed version.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1737849
My phone said maguro.
Seth_nexus said:
I am running this in the odexed version.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1737849
My phone said maguro.
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maybe you got a bad flash.
nandroid and rewipe nad reflash. see if it fixes it.
Wolfbeef123 said:
maybe you got a bad flash.
nandroid and rewipe nad reflash. see if it fixes it.
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I just went back to 4.04 and downloaded the official ota file. Setting it up now.
Seth_nexus said:
I just went back to 4.04 and downloaded the official ota file. Setting it up now.
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Turns out that did not fix the issue either.
I guess I am just stuck with starting sms from my people app.
i've noticed this too after the ota, seems like the Parentheses around the code confuse it(###)
Grey Ghost said:
i've noticed this too after the ota, seems like the Parentheses around the code confuse it(###)
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Glad I am not the only one.
I also have this problem. All my contacts have parentheses () as well.
Bill
I'm also experiencing this issue with the ota update on my i9029a
Anyone solve this issue. This is happening for me too
Seth_nexus said:
Hi there.
When I go into messages app and make a new message I select contact but then the program drops the area code.
However if I go into the people app then select a contact, press the message button then the sms message will go through because it doesn't drop the area code..
So it is sort of annoying that I have to start messages that way. Anyone else have this?
I am running 4.1.1
Thanks
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I have had the same problem for a while now as well. The most convenient solution in my opinion is to edit the contacts by deleting the parenthesis from the number. I realize this can be tedious but at least its a one time fix instead of starting a conversation through the people app every time. I have been editing the contacts on my Gmail on my computer for convenience and then syncing to my phone. Or just keep using your phone like normal and whenever you run into a problem, just go to the contact page real quick and fix it.
I haven't tried the previously proposed solution of performing a factory reset and re-downloading contacts from the google account. I prefer my method since performing a factory reset would be very inconvenient for me.
Does anyone came up with the solution. Been experiencing the same problem also.
I use this feature all the time but after i clean wiped my phone now it either pulls up 3 businesses with home in the name or it will pull up 2 contacts that happen to have home in the title. Not sure why it isn't working right. Telling it to navigate to work still works correctly.
I already have my home set in the google app and in google maps.
smac7 said:
I use this feature all the time but after i clean wiped my phone now it either pulls up 3 businesses with home in the name or it will pull up 2 contacts that happen to have home in the title. Not sure why it isn't working right. Telling it to navigate to work still works correctly.
I already have my home set in the google app and in google maps.
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For myself, I say "OK Google, how do I get to home". Tells me how long it will currently take and I just need to tap navigate icon.
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Here's what i found...
I have read about this problem so many places and seen so many solutions - none of which worked for me.
Today - I finally found out where my "work" and "home" were stuck and preventing navigate to... from working for these locations. Short form - they were stuck in my Google+ account, but NOT in the places category. It was my contact settings for home and work. They were set to blank in my Google plus profile. It didn't matter that I had them set in my phone. It didn't matter that I had them set in Google Maps (both on Android and on the web). Caches - meaningless. In the end, it came down to the fact that those values were blank in my Google+ account - THAT is what stopped the service from working.
Thank me if I helped.
:fingers-crossed:
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Here's what i found...
I have read about this problem so many places and seen so many solutions - none of which worked for me.
Today - I finally found out where my "work" and "home" were stuck and preventing navigate to... from working for these locations. Short form - they were stuck in my Google+ account, but NOT in the places category. It was my contact settings for home and work. They were set to blank in my Google plus profile. It didn't matter that I had them set in my phone. It didn't matter that I had them set in Google Maps (both on Android and on the web). Caches - meaningless. In the end, it came down to the fact that those values were blank in my Google+ account - THAT is what stopped the service from working.
Thank me if I helped.
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i can't even find contact settings on g+
smac7 said:
i can't even find contact settings on g+
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Did you try my recommendation? I never had to do anything with contact settings on Google+.
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EeZeEpEe said:
Did you try my recommendation? I never had to do anything with contact settings on Google+.
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thanks! i tried you're recommendation and now it also works when I say "navigate home". I was stalling on trying it at first cause my wife is sleeping next right next to me and i didn't want to wake her. I went for the whisper and it worked lol.
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thanks! i tried you're recommendation and now it also works when I say "navigate home". I was stalling on trying it at first cause my wife is sleeping next right next to me and i didn't want to wake her. I went for the whisper and it worked lol.
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? Yeah I think I used to try that too and noticed it didn't work one time. Then I realized in a Google commercial they would say "How do I get to..." and gave that a try instead. So I just use that most of the time.
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Go to google plus on your browser Click on your profile. (This is from my phone, mind you) click on the info button on the rightside (the circle lettered "i").
Your location should be stored there (make sure its private). Next turn off your accounts sync on your phone and then back on. Accounts/Google turn off on everything and then back on.
Installing a larger package of google apps fixed the navigation problem for me. It seems in the nano or smaller package some essentiell voice things are missing.
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This is a known issue per Google. Thread on their product forum here https://productforums.google.com/for...A/tMN4y-GZAAAJ A huge thank you to uicnren for finding it!
I can't seem to find other reported instances of this when web browsing so thought I'd try here.
For the past week or so, anytime I make a phonecall there is no sound to indicate the phone is actually ringing. It's just silent until someone picks up, I get voicemail, etc.
Conversely every single time someone calls me I'm having to press option 1 to talk to them instead of just answering normally. (this part is a user option I've since disabled).
Not sure if I did something to settings, if this a bug, etc. It's driving me nuts though so any suggestions would be appreciated. I have not tried a factory reset yet because if I can about the hassle I'd like to.
Currently running 8.1 March update, on the non Verizon version. Bootloader is locked, not rooted.
Should also add that I use Google Voice, so maybe the issue is on that end.
Thanks in advance!
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paxderomano said:
I can't seem to find other reported instances of this when web browsing so thought I'd try here.
For the past week or so, anytime I make a phonecall there is no sound to indicate the phone is actually ringing. It's just silent until someone picks up, I get voicemail, etc.
Conversely every single time someone calls me I'm having to press option 1 to talk to them instead of just answering normally.
Not sure if I did something to settings, if this a bug, etc. It's driving me nuts though so any suggestions would be appreciated. I have not tried a factory reset yet because if I can about the hassle I'd like to.
Currently running 8.1 March update, on the non Verizon version. Bootloader is locked, not rooted.
Thanks in advance!
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I would first try clearing the google phone dialer app cache and data, reboot, and see it helps. If not, then I would uninstall it, reboot, then dl it again from the play store :good:
Or, side load the April OTA update
paxderomano said:
I can't seem to find other reported instances of this when web browsing so thought I'd try here.
For the past week or so, anytime I make a phonecall there is no sound to indicate the phone is actually ringing. It's just silent until someone picks up, I get voicemail, etc.
Conversely every single time someone calls me I'm having to press option 1 to talk to them instead of just answering normally.
Not sure if I did something to settings, if this a bug, etc. It's driving me nuts though so any suggestions would be appreciated. I have not tried a factory reset yet because if I can about the hassle I'd like to.
Currently running 8.1 March update, on the non Verizon version. Bootloader is locked, not rooted.
Thanks in advance!
Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk
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Do you use Google Voice at all?
Badger50 said:
I would first try clearing the google phone dialer app cache and data, reboot, and see it helps. If not, then I would uninstall it, reboot, then dl it again from the play store :good:
Or, side load the April OTA update
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I'm going to try the April update, the rest didn't work.
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Do you use Google Voice at all?
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Yes I do use google voice. I hadn't even thought of that. COuld definitely ber a google voice issue.
paxderomano said:
Yes I do use google voice. I hadn't even thought of that. COuld definitely ber a google voice issue.
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The pressing 1 to answer was what made me think of that. I know there is an option to enable/disable that. Not sure about the no ringing issue, however.
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The pressing 1 to answer was what made me think of that. I know there is an option to enable/disable that. Not sure about the no ringing issue, however.
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I just looked through the Gvoice settings and didn't find anything (that I could tell) that does that. But thanks for the suggestion!
I think it is the Screen Calls option, under the Calls settings in the web interface. Don't quote me on that.
I have the same problem regarding not hearing the ringing sound when making a call. I also use Google Voice. I have not experienced the press option 1 to answer problem.
machostallion said:
I have the same problem regarding not hearing the ringing sound when making a call. I also use Google Voice. I have not experienced the press option 1 to answer problem.
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Okay so I was able to get rid of that (it's the option that asks if you want to hear the name of the caller, definitely doesn't work like I thought it would).
Loaded the April update and still have the issue with outgoing calls.
"Loaded the April update and still have the issue with outgoing calls. "
Same here. It stated happening after installing google voice and uninstalling it.
paxderomano said:
I can't seem to find other reported instances of this when web browsing so thought I'd try here.
For the past week or so, anytime I make a phonecall there is no sound to indicate the phone is actually ringing. It's just silent until someone picks up, I get voicemail, etc.
Conversely every single time someone calls me I'm having to press option 1 to talk to them instead of just answering normally. (this part is a user option I've since disabled).
Not sure if I did something to settings, if this a bug, etc. It's driving me nuts though so any suggestions would be appreciated. I have not tried a factory reset yet because if I can about the hassle I'd like to.
Currently running 8.1 March update, on the non Verizon version. Bootloader is locked, not rooted.
Should also add that I use Google Voice, so maybe the issue is on that end.
Thanks in advance!
Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk
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Press 1 to talk? What do you mean?
paxderomano said:
I can't seem to find other reported instances of this when web browsing so thought I'd try here.
For the past week or so, anytime I make a phonecall there is no sound to indicate the phone is actually ringing. It's just silent until someone picks up, I get voicemail, etc.
Conversely every single time someone calls me I'm having to press option 1 to talk to them instead of just answering normally. (this part is a user option I've since disabled).
Not sure if I did something to settings, if this a bug, etc. It's driving me nuts though so any suggestions would be appreciated. I have not tried a factory reset yet because if I can about the hassle I'd like to.
Currently running 8.1 March update, on the non Verizon version. Bootloader is locked, not rooted.
Should also add that I use Google Voice, so maybe the issue is on that end.
Thanks in advance!
Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk
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maybe? https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!msg/voice/48CgSY067GA/tMN4y-GZAAAJ
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maybe? https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!msg/voice/48CgSY067GA/tMN4y-GZAAAJ
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Yes, that is it exactly! For whatever reason, I was having zero luck finding anything about it on the product pages. Thank you, I'm glad that it's a known issue and not just me.
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maybe? https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!msg/voice/48CgSY067GA/tMN4y-GZAAAJ
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pcloadletter1 said:
"Loaded the April update and still have the issue with outgoing calls. "
Same here. It stated happening after installing google voice and uninstalling it.
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pcloadletter, this is apparently a known issue. thread on google product page above. Thanks again uicnren!