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[Mod][Guide][ICS]How to fully replace S-voice with Google Now voice search

This is simply a tutorial on how to replace Samsung's crappy s-voice with the amazing Google Now voice search!
In order to follow this guide you must be rooted, if you are not and wish to do so, follow the guide here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426 If you are already rooted, then continue with the guide!
Step 1: Installing Google Now:
1.)Download the Google now flashable zip here (download the one entitled mikey7 online/offline voice) XDA Google Now Download Thread
2.)Make sure they are on your internal SD card and reboot into recovery
3.)choose install zip file and navigate to wherever the file is (if you are unsure then there is a good chance that it is filed under downloads/mikey7_offline.zip)
4.)once you are done with this, turn your device back on and verify that the app "Google" is in your app drawer
5.)If so then continue with the tutorial, if not then retry and if that does not resolve the issue then post questions in this forum.
Step 2: Activating Google Now
1.)Make sure you have Google latitude installed and have set up your account for latitude before continuing just to be safe.
2.)Launch the Google Now app and go through the setup until you click the "Yes, I'm in." option and your cards appear
3.)Continue to the next and final step or, if you are happy with not being able to launch Now via double tapping the home button, stop here and have a nice day!
Step 3: Replacing S-Voice
1.)Go into S-voice settings and uncheck the option "Launch S-Voice"
2.)Download a free app from the market called "home2 shortcut" (or link here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eikatou0.appspot.home2shortcut ..)
3.)Set the double tap home option (Home> Home) to launch "Voice Search" from installed applications. (make sure it displays a blue microphone when you do this)
4.)Continue with the instructions for the app and close the app.
5.)Test it out, if it doesn't launch directly into the voice search after doing the double home then follow the next few steps, if it does then skip to step 8.
6.)Open the Google Now app (it will be listed as "Google" in your app drawer)
7.)Press menu>refresh.
8.)Reboot
9.)Enjoy having Google Now on your Ice cream sandwich Samsung Galaxy S3!
Don't Forget to hit the thanks button if this helped you!
Credits go to:
SilentStormer - kept the Google Now for ICS thread up to date
Slickdaddy96-helped me find apps
Google- For making this awesome Program
Samsung- For the hardware!

Thanks this worked perfectly!

Great post! Thanks!

Thanks for this...is there a way to set this up so that a single press while in my launcher (Nova Launcher) returns to the default screen? Single presses in the launcher do not currently do anything.

OpaqueEcho said:
Thanks for this...is there a way to set this up so that a single press while in my launcher (Nova Launcher) returns to the default screen? Single presses in the launcher do not currently do anything.
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You maybe can go into gestures settings in nova and set up the double tap for voice search in nova. However, you may have to triple press. This was actually my work around for a small time. You may have to buy the premium nova in order to use gestures though. Hope this works!
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the manual search is working perfectlly on my tab 10.1 running 4.0.4.
but the voice function is not. the message of "shell has been granted in su perm" kept appering for tens of times. then the app get forced to close.
thanks for the great effort...

Ghstudent said:
You maybe can go into gestures settings in nova and set up the double tap for voice search in nova. However, you may have to triple press. This was actually my work around for a small time. You may have to buy the premium nova in order to use gestures though. Hope this works!
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Thanks for the reply...should the Back button be doing something in Google Now? It doesn't seem to back out of the application...

OpaqueEcho said:
Thanks for the reply...should the Back button be doing something in Google Now? It doesn't seem to back out of the application...
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I haven't had any problems with it
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So is this more useful than S Voice?

613BulletProof said:
So is this more useful than S Voice?
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Incredibly more useful
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thank you so much it work great!!!

Thanks! It works but unfortunately the home button goes back to home really jerky and unsmooth along with a slight lag. Any fixes?

jfp999 said:
Thanks! It works but unfortunately the home button goes back to home really jerky and unsmooth along with a slight lag. Any fixes?
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I get the same thing on my wife's phone.
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Everything went smooth, just "Step3/#6". I don't have Google Now icon in my app drawer, but I do have "Voice Search" icon.
Is it the same?

ighost77 said:
Everything went smooth, just "Step3/#6". I don't have Google Now icon in my app drawer, but I do have "Voice Search" icon.
Is it the same?
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It will be labeled as "Google" if it isn't then try reflashing the package
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Is it easy to revert back to S-Voice? Not saying i would but if you have to.
Edit: Never mind. Doing the guide in reverse order works.
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This is awesome, the best search experience out there by far, works perfectly thanks!
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tjb433 said:
This is awesome, the best search experience out there by far, works perfectly thanks!
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Seeing fc on rooted stock rom...reverted back to google search
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ak789 said:
Seeing fc on rooted stock rom...reverted back to google search
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Maybe try a reinstall? Havent tried it on stock rooted, I'm running wanamlite 1.2 and it works perfectly, I Also have s-voice disabled if it matters
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ak789 said:
Seeing fc on rooted stock rom...reverted back to google search
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I am running stock rooted Rom..
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[Q] Popup Browser at any time, where to get it

I know I saw it somewhere but I cannot find it.
There is an app that can be added to the MultiWindow that will allow you to open a Popup browser at any time. Does anybody know what its called and where I can get it?

S2svetko said:
I know I saw it somewhere but I cannot find it.
There is an app that can be added to the MultiWindow that will allow you to open a Popup browser at any time. Does anybody know what its called and where I can get it?
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Not possible, what I've done is add a bookmark to my homepage and made it always open in pop up browser
Samsung doesnt have an app for it so that you can open a blank pop up browser, not sure what u mean about multiview...
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Here you go
https://www.dropbox.com/s/7devz597ycrcsfl/Popup-Browser.apk

Thank Jinra321
Hot tip. Place this on a default pad in SwipePad so you can always launch it on top of anything.

Dmwitz said:
Thank Jinra321
Hot tip. Place this on a default pad in SwipePad so you can always launch it on top of anything.
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XDA Article
http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...er-without-clicking-links-on-the-galaxy-note/
Original Thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1972869
I use GMD Gesture/SPen control with this, Aircalc, & LilyPad on a launch bar. Works beautifully. (Pop up browser / Calculator / Gtalk+FB Chat)

Thanks all of you guys that is exactly what I was looking for!

I flashed the modded popup browser app, how do I trigger it?

You kust click the icon like any other app....youre talking about popup invoke r right?
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ssCISengineer said:
You kust click the icon like any other app....youre talking about popup invoke r right?
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The icon is on my homescreen. Which means I need to exit an app I'm in, then go to my homescreen to open the pop-up browser.
Is there a way that it can be triggered inside the app I am using?

Oh I see what you mean....no there isnt a wsy ti bring it up like that with that application.
However I'm not saying there isn't another v app that does. ..I just don't know of one
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tomasitoc said:
The icon is on my homescreen. Which means I need to exit an app I'm in, then go to my homescreen to open the pop-up browser.
Is there a way that it can be triggered inside the app I am using?
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You might consider wave launcher which allows you to open another app without first exiting an app. You have to do a swipe gesture from the edge of the screen to get the apps you would like to choose from.

[Q] S-Voice

Is there anyway to disable S-Voice?
Looked in settings and I can't find anything.
S-Voice seems to have a mind of it's own.
It starts by itself and it can be quite disturbing in the wrong setting.
I am not rooted and don't feel confident enough to root.
Thanks,
Shofar1

Shofar1 said:
Is there anyway to disable S-Voice?
Looked in settings and I can't find anything.
S-Voice seems to have a mind of it's own.
It starts by itself and it can be quite disturbing in the wrong setting.
I am not rooted and don't feel confident enough to root.
Thanks,
Shofar1
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Its classed as a system app, so there is no way to uninstall it if you havent rooted. You can use apps such as titanium backup to do so if you have rooted though.
If not, you should be able to find it in settings > application manager > all > s voice > disable
I uninstalled it so cant confirm it that second option i suggested will work.

I disabled it in app manager like heartsjonmon says above. I haven't seen it since, thank God. I used to accidently hit the home button through the cover and set it off while I was carrying it. I am so glad that annoyance is gone! What was Samsung thinking!?!
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they were thinking they had to come up with something to combat "siri"....

kisrita said:
I disabled it in app manager like heartsjonmon says above. I haven't seen it since, thank God. I used to accidently hit the home button through the cover and set it off while I was carrying it. I am so glad that annoyance is gone! What was Samsung thinking!?!
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Actually looking back at my posts it looks like I just unchecked everything in the s Voice menu and that alone seems to be enough. I can't even find the app in my app manager. If you look at my posts, you will find two other suggestions that other people made top disable it too which should also work.
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Is there a way to make the Calendar plus memo thing open up without having to close a

It is a convenient feature, but it'd be nice to be able to access it through the normal home screen.
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I'd like to know too.
It's called DayNote, there is SecDayNote.apk under system\apps, but I don't know how to run it.

red321red321 said:
It is a convenient feature, but it'd be nice to be able to access it through the normal home screen.
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maybe it's only me but I didn't understand what you want

Elim said:
maybe it's only me but I didn't understand what you want
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To start DayNote from a shortcut like any other app. Right now it only starts when you use a smart cover and it wakes your tablet.

Clock-in/out app

Just wondering if there is an app for this. Would be really useful to keep track of my hours at work.

If you use Tasker on you phone and Tasker for Android Wear on your clock, you can write a task which saves the time in a file with one simple press on your clock

Exactly what you need.." At work ".
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.micene.minigroup.workingtime
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Thanks for the tasker bit but I'm too lazy to get into that. I'll try the at work app and see how that goes.