Phone is rooted but stock ROM. I can't get incoming text messages or emails to be read via TTS no matter what I try. I remember it worked a long time ago. I'm using Widget Locker for lock Screen with slider and Nova Launcher and GoSMS Pro for SMS. Checked settings under Accessibility and Google Text-to-speech engine is selected and Driving Mode slider is ON. So here's what I've tried and it has made not difference.
- Put phone into Driving Mode via toggle
- Put phone into Driving Mode AND "Car Mode" via Llama event
- Freeze GoSMS Pro via TB to force use of stock Messaging App
- Check stock Messaging app settings: Notification=ON
- Turn Widget Locker OFF (so no slider or passcode needed)
I tried all of these things in various combinations and nothing would activate the TTS for incoming text messages.
Any other suggestions?
I stumbled across a thread from last year and some others had the same problem and found it worked when they ran S-Voice. I have my double tap home mapped to Google Voice Search instead of S-Voice so I never use it. I launched S-Voice, and then TTS works. However, if I do long press and swipe S-Voice away from the open apps list, the TTS stops working.
Having to remember to keep S-Voice running seems ridiculous. Guess I'll have to go with a third party app and hope it works with GoSMS.
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I tried searching xda and google and haven't found an answer to this question.
I'm using BLN to make the soft keys flash and that works great, but I'd like it if the screen didn't come on at all when I'm receiving notifications.
Is there an app/tool I can use to turn that off?
Thanks
This has been covered many times but I can see how it would be difficult to search.
The solution is to either use third party texting app (like hand cent) to circumvent the auto screen on or you can do what I did if you want to use stock messaging app and download "SMS popup" from the market, disable stock messaging notifications in settings in your messaging app and setting up your desired notifications through SMS popup instead making sure to disable "screen on for text" feature and any other features you will not be using (I. E. The actual pop up feature)
Also remember to enable led light notification in order to activate bln.
With this method you also will have the added ability to set custom notification tones for specific contacts =]
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Ah, yeah I did see someone saying they use handsent. I was looking for a less complicated solution (ie, just turning off the screen wake lol).
I'll try that for now. Thanks
Edit ***Just put on sms popup, and that's the perfect solution. I really wanted to avoid handsent as I don't like that application, and also my current ROM won't allow me to change the stock SMS icon on the main screen (Juggernaut 5.0)
That was the last step I needed and now I finally have my phone perfectly the way I wanted it
So I have tasker and I use it for a couple things, but one thing in particular is I use it so it turns on my screen for 5 seconds when google voice gets a notification. However, in order to have this enabled, tasker needs to have the "tasker - JB" accessibility option checked. When this is checked, it prompts saying "talkback cannot be enabled while airview is enabled, disable airview to enable talkback". If you go ahead and hit disable it turns on "tasker - JB" and turns off airview (though talkback accessibility is still off).
So I was fine with this for a while until I started using my s-pen. Now when I hover over my emails from my email app (not gmail) it will start reading emails as I hover over them. If I turn airview back on (at this point talkback has NEVER been enabled in the options), it still does the same thing.
In conclusion it seems like the tasker - JB accessibility option is causing talkback to be semi-enabled when hovering the s-pen over. I haven't noticed any other apps talking back besides the stock email app, gmail does not talk back.
Just a funny little quirk..
TalkBack with S-pen in mail app
Had the same issue when I installed an app (WatchIt!) for my SmartWatch which required permission for Accessibility Services. So I disabled TalkBack in the Application Manager, guess what, it defaulted to Google TTS Engine (I noticed a voice change). So, I responded like a war dog, and instantly disabled the same... The d’riod hits back, it defaulted to Samsung TTS (another voice change, this time a female). Finally I had the upper hand when I disabled that too. Now it is working fine.
In more 'formal/serious' terms, disable the following three TTS engines:
Google Text-to-speech Engine
Samsung TTS
TalkBack
Please note that you might have to disable any other too if you have more.
The same thing happens to me and it drives me nuts. I wish I could find a way to fix it.
1. Changing home screen pages from the little "bubbles" at the bottom of the home screen makes it say the number "1" "2" "3"
2. Zooming out on the home screens makes it say "Open home screen paged edit"
3. Selecting one makes it say "Home screen 3 of 5"
4. Opening an app folder makes it say "Folder Open" and then when you close it, "Folder Closed".
5. And of course, the most irritating: Hovering over an email with the pen in the email app makes it read the ENTIRE message out...
I need Tasker to get my notifications, there's got to be a way to disable this stupid thing.
-av
Is anyone else having an issue with Google voice search always listening and not launching on the ok google command? Ive tried to re train several times now, turning off the settings rebooting, and then turning them all back on again, but i still almost always have to manually launch Google search.
What's funny, is both my old galaxy s3 and nexus 7 hear me, and auto launch, but the new note 4 doesn't.
Had anyone seen a fix for this issue anywhere?
Gareee said:
Is anyone else having an issue with Google voice search always listening and not launching on the ok google command? Ive tried to re train several times now, turning off the settings rebooting, and then turning them all back on again, but i still almost always have to manually launch Google search.
What's funny, is both my old galaxy s3 and nexus 7 hear me, and auto launch, but the new note 4 doesn't.
Had anyone seen a fix for this issue anywhere?
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Are you using a different lockscreen, or no lockscreen?
When I tried AcDisplay and the Microsoft Next lockscreen, OK Google wouldnt work with the phone off. It also wouldnt work if I had lockscreen set to "None"
Also, i think you need to have the Google Text to speech selected for it to work. I recall selecting the Samsung TTS engine once and it didnt work.
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Are you using a different lockscreen, or no lockscreen?
When I tried AcDisplay and the Microsoft Next lockscreen, OK Google wouldnt work with the phone off. It also wouldnt work if I had lockscreen set to "None"
Also, i think you need to have the Google Text to speech selected for it to work. I recall selecting the Samsung TTS engine once and it didnt work.
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Another note. If you set up for phone to always listen per that other thread regarding Google Search "Ok Google" waking phone from sleep, I found after setting up secure lockscreen unlock using the fingerprint scanner, this option to wake the phone no longer works. Don't know if that is any part of your issue as described or not.
Standard lock screen, no fingerprint lock. I think i corrected it b qith b a suggestion in a post about this at android authority.
They suggested checki n g the samsung svoice settings, and setting it to the opposite of what it was set as. In my case, I had to turn svoice "wakeup on lock" off.
I suspect a conflict between svoice and google voice search.
How do you turn off Flipboard notifications? I'm tired of this app spamming me every day, I've tried going into the app going to profile, hitting the settings icon and then going to Push Notifications and unchecking all of the boxes but its still sending me the notifications!
Thanks.
Block it with debloater
Goto tablet settings, apps, find flipboard and turn off notifications, simple ☺
Sent from my LG-D855
Same issue here. Turning off push notifications does not do the trick. Pissing me off, tell you what.
marty1966 said:
Same issue here. Turning off push notifications does not do the trick. Pissing me off, tell you what.
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Settings - Applications - All - Find Flipboard Tap it and then tap Disable.... I hate that app!
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Settings - Applications - All - Find Flipboard Tap it and then tap Disable.... I hate that app!
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That's the problem, I use it daily, just hate the notifications. I have everything unchecked in settings and still they notify me. Ugh.
If the app is running in background you still get notifications, even with it disabled in settings, only way to stop it is to open recent apps and clear flipboard once youve stopped using it, this seems to happen with alot of apps, i get the same thing with news republic app
Sent from my LG-D855
Android allowing notifications
The Blocking Mode on Galaxy devices lets you disable the entire notifications on your device, But how to disable notifications on Android for selected apps? follow the instruction to specify which application is allowed to show notifications on the status bar:
1. Open Settings and go to Application Manager (or Apps on some devices)
2. Now you should see the list of installed applications on your device
3. Tap the application you would like to disable notifications
4. Make sure "Show Notifications" is not checked
androidwidgetcenter.com/android-tips/how-to-disable-notifications-on-android-for-selected-apps/
I also cleared data and signed out - some who still use FB may not want to go this far.
I'm so proud of myself. Some months ago, I started searching the Internet to find out how to end those annoying Flipboard notifications. Today, I was out searching, again. Somehow, I accidentally discovered the answer. And you'll flip when you read my solution! (Definitely, no pun intended. )
To disable Flipboard:
1. Go to your notifications.
2. Find a recent Flipboard notification item and touch and hold the notification item.
This action should take you directly to the app's notifications settings. At the very top is the option to disable Flipboard's notifications.
This worked in my Sansung Galaxy S7, but I see no reason it shouldn't work for other devices/users who are disgusted with the annoyance.
I'm using the google now launcher on rooted fire phone with stock lock screen. I get notifictions from google now and screen lights up to show me and vibration works but it is silent. I have set different alert sounds, including default, but it keeps resetting to silent when I go to gNow card notification settings. I even deleted card settings and started over.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Can anyone tell me if they are having this problem, too?
Yes, I am having this issue as well with the latest version.
This appears to have worked for me.
1. Force stop Google Search.
2. Clear cache
3. Uninstall Google search which should restore it to the phone's factory default app.
4. Launch Google Now and set notification sound to None (Silent).
5. Reinstall latest version of Google Now.
6. Launch Google Now and set notification sound to desired sound.
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This appears to have worked for me.
1. Force stop Google Search.
2. Clear cache
3. Uninstall Google search which should restore it to the phone's factory default app.
4. Launch Google Now and set notification sound to None (Silent).
5. Reinstall latest version of Google Now.
6. Launch Google Now and set notification sound to desired sound.
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This didn't work. No Google app after uninstalling it.
But thanks,
I got alerts working with Tasker. Method was to:
Create an Event - UI - Notification
Owner Application = Google
New Task - Name "Alert" (optional but recommended)
Add Action +
Alert - Notify Sound - Title "whatever you want" - Sound file = "whatever you want" (Defaults are located in System/media/audio/notifications)
go back
Add another action +
Task - Wait - 2 sec
go back
Add another Action +
Alert - Notify Cancel
go back
Done.
(I actually added Alert Sound - wait 1 - Alert Sound - continue) so it would play the alert twice but thats up to you.
Notify Cancel, keeps the Tasker Alert icon out of your Notification Drawer.
Tasker does not need to be run in foreground for this to work so change it in Tasker Prefrences to keep the Tasker icon out of Notifications, as well.