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[APP] Google Ears from Portal

First the link in case no one remembers where the portal is located: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2025645
Google ears has been modded for the Nexus 7 and without restriction so I decided to give it a test run and see if it would go on the GS3 T999 and worked without a hitch, no bugs no glitches.
I figured I would post it up for those interested in case anyone missed it, I'm not looking for credit obviously as I only checked to see if it would work but please give this guy a thanks for doing a great job on this app/widget.
It does say for unsupported countries only but it's working either way.
MOD, My fault I should have known, thanks for moving this to the right section.....

Sweet thanks!
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This already works with the latest google update just tap mic and say whats this song and it should start lestening
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Babyj303 said:
This already works with the latest google update just tap mic and say whats this song and it should start lestening
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Didn't know that, well here's a widget for that just so people have a different option then.
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Orical said:
Didn't know that, well here's a widget for that just so people have a different option then.
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I use the widget, have been for quite some time. Is this the updated widget that lets you see your search history?
EDIT: Yes, I see it is. I'm using a clear widget Mod that I got from somewhere. Got Transparent widget here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28141389&postcount=82

RaymondPJR said:
I use the widget, have been for quite some time. Is this the updated widget that lets you see your search history?
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Im not sure, testing a rom at the moment but the big thing is the non restriction depending on region so it could be there I haven't gone that far.
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Orical said:
Im not sure, testing a rom at the moment but the big thing is the non restriction depending on region so it could be there I haven't gone that far.
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I see, I posted some more right above you. I don't know if this one has any region restrictions. Missed that part.
EDIT: I looked back and see people posting from Australia, Britain, Italy...etc. My guess is this version has no restrictions too. Link is above your last one. I like almost any widget that is transparent, lol!

This is now downloadable from the Play Store as Google Sound Search.
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Towle said:
This is now downloadable from the Play Store as Google Sound Search.
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That would explain why it wouldn't come up when I searched? I've only known it as Google Ears.:silly::silly:

Google Settings app

just noticed this; when did it appear!?

Where at? Can you post a screen shot?

I received bunch of updates and see this new Google settings. I believe it is something to do with this: http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/0...n-in-simple-and-secure-minus-the-social-spam/

I'm so thoroughly confused what is even being discussed here. Such vague posts and no specifics..

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IndianSuzuki said:
I received bunch of updates and see this new Google settings. I believe it is something to do with this: http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/0...n-in-simple-and-secure-minus-the-social-spam/
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It is a little worrying that it seems like a Google Settings app just appears without any interaction from me...can't even see which Google app got updated?

It just appeared on my device too...

It has here as well, how very odd!
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Ok, after some brief digging around. It appears it is part of Google Play Services.. Which before no one was entirely sure what it was used for, it appears we now have an idea.. To use as a gateway for Google to install their loot on your device at will.
That app is the only one I have open.. As you see, Google Play Services is responsible for it.

styckx said:
Ok, after some brief digging around. It appears it is part of Google Play Services.. Which before no one was entirely sure what it was used for, it appears we now have an idea.. To use as a gateway for Google to install their loot on your device at will.
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There was zero notification either!
Seems to have a lot of perms too.
Yup, if you hold and drag to App Info it shows as Google Play Services.

The strange part of it is.. I have my Nexus 10 sitting right in front of me and that app doesn't exist and I have no updates.

I was wondering why my internet connection lagged so bad to the point where I couldn't do anything.. Then this settings app showed up.

Have not got it. Is it only those with G+ who have received it?
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Just got it today on my GNEX - I couldn't figure out where it came from.

You guys on stock rom?
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Kick-Ass Joe said:
You guys on stock rom?
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I am. Also have G +.

Kick-Ass Joe said:
You guys on stock rom?
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Nope... Sitting on CM 10.1

I'm on PA 3.10 and I just got this.
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This explains all the google wake locks I have been getting over the past few days. They have been doing this in pieces. I went in and froze the play services and the locks are gone for now.

nothing yet... maybe i have a black google+...?
who knows...i ll be wait...!!

Google Maps vs Waze?

Which one do you guys prefer and why?
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AW: Google Maps vs Waze?
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Which one do you guys prefer and why?
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First time I heard of waze ^_^
However, it looks interesting. I guess I'll try it out.
Until now maps suited me perfectly.

IxBUSTERxI said:
First time I heard of waze ^_^
However, it looks interesting. I guess I'll try it out.
Until now maps suited me perfectly.
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It has more features when it comes to driving directions but its design is not as awese as google maps i would say... Also, has real time reports of accidents from drivers and stuff like that
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Using waze forever now, it's a really great app, never even bothered using google maps since I started using smartphones.
Maybe it's working better here in Israel but you should really give it a try, the more people use it the more accurate it is and after a while it also learns your schedule which is nice.

One more reason why i like waze over google maps is the fact that it only runs when i need it while google maps is always running in the background.
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Waze all day I remove Google maps I hate it so much
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Got use to waze on my iPhone and up to now it hasn't fail me, really great app but both get it done where I live
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Can waze maps be saved and used offline?

galaxys said:
Can waze maps be saved and used offline?
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I don't think so. I have been using it for about a year and also on their beta list to run beta builds.
I do love Waze as well, but because of the roads are always being diverted and built up and expanded, I sometimes do not have time to adjust them. So I do revert back to Google Maps from time to time.
Going to new places still scare me using Waze lol, but I use it whenever I need to find my way home.

galaxys said:
Can waze maps be saved and used offline?
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I think once you downloaded the map(by simply being in the area) it's saved on your phone until you delete it in some way.

Waze is user updated map, the more users you have the more accurate and faster updating it will be. Ideally it should update faster and better than google maps.
Here in Israel it's pretty damn accurate, in my old city we had a new traffic circle, my brother updated it and it showed up on the map after few days.

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I don't think so. I have been using it for about a year and also on their beta list to run beta builds.
I do love Waze as well, but because of the roads are always being diverted and built up and expanded, I sometimes do not have time to adjust them. So I do revert back to Google Maps from time to time.
Going to new places still scare me using Waze lol, but I use it whenever I need to find my way home.
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been using wae for years and its never failed me ever before i leave on a trip or if im going to a new area i always refesh the map data from the settings

CheesyNutz said:
been using wae for years and its never failed me ever before i leave on a trip or if im going to a new area i always refesh the map data from the settings
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I know, but I had a bad experience with it once, but it was when I first started using it a year ago. While in a state where I was not familiar, Georgia I think, it was 2AM and needed to find my hotel. And I ended up spending 30 minutes going back and forth on the access roads to find the stupid hotel lol. So I reverted back to google maps and it gave me the image area where I needed to be and also called the hotel to make sure I was going the right way, which I placed from google maps, because I don't think Waze had that capability at the time. Maybe it did, but I reverted back to what I knew lol.

Waze is good when i like to know where is police or traffic jam. but if i like to know exacly addres, then i use google maps.

Sorry to ask but wht not Sygic? It doesn't use data and It's really good(for my needs).
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Maps ofc.
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I prefer Google Maps. For some reason Waze drains my battery way faster than Google Maps.

badboy47 said:
I prefer Google Maps. For some reason Waze drains my battery way faster than Google Maps.
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Yup, Waze is awesome for getting traffic jams, crashs and etc.. But the battery drains a lot faster with Waze than G Maps

For me, i found that waze isnt very smart when redirecting. If i miss a turn, or take another better route from experience, waze will just keep trying to route me back to the original, even asking me to go backwards just to get back onto the original planned way. I no longer use it because of this. Google nav on the other hand seems to adapt much better and recalculates a better route depending on where i am.

Sygic is best I guess
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New Google Maps APK !

awesome new update 7.0 guys it looks incredible !
don't forget to hit the thanks button! :good:

Wiow version 7.!
Still waiting in play store for change log.
Btw, thx for share :beer:
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Thanks for the update. It looks so much better

Feels more fluid and things render faster. Way better UI. Thanks bud
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yep it looks so clean!

Thanks for this much cleaner look. Looks similar to the iOS Google maps
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This in deed looks incredible
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This in deed looks incredible
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How do you navigate with this?

All you do is type in your destination, select the car at the bottom right then choose which route you want to take. The navigate button should also pop up at the bottom right
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Love the new look! Thanks
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I think this is something of what we gonna see in next android os
My S4 is on steroids!!!

Thanks, some good improvements, but with no simple way to cache maps and no way at all (that I can find) to add the Zoom Buttons, I've reverted back to the previous version. Hopefully these issues will be addressed.

Im pretty sure this is common knowledge at this point... but disable location aware and location history in google location settings and get much much better battery life.

This new update is junk
They removed my places, which gives a lot of useful info. Some stuff is still in app, but only some, and it's spread all over.
Removed offline maps feature. If course you can still somewhat save what you see on screen, but come on guys, the real feature us gone. Once you save you screen maps for offline use, there's no way to pick and choose to delete them later.
Plus removed a lot of other useful things.
Navigation has been changed, and not for the better. It's not separate app, but it's within maps now.
Some part are indeed better and more fluid,
BUT OVERALL, IT'S LIKE TAKING ONE STEP FORWARD, WHILE TAKING THREE STEPS BACK IN GOOGLE MAPS DEVELOPMENT !!!
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vlad2277 said:
This new update is junk
They removed my places, which gives a lot of useful info. Some stuff is still in app, but only some, and it's spread all over.
Removed offline maps feature. If course you can still somewhat save what you see on screen, but come on guys, the real feature us gone. Once you save you screen maps for offline use, there's no way to pick and choose to delete them later.
Plus removed a lot of other useful things.
Navigation has been changed, and not for the better. It's not separate app, but it's within maps now.
Some part are indeed better and more fluid,
BUT OVERALL, IT'S LIKE TAKING ONE STEP FORWARD, WHILE TAKING THREE STEPS BACK IN GOOGLE MAPS DEVELOPMENT !!!
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This is beta yo. You can't even get this version on the play store.
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For those of you who are missing the zoom buttons. Double tap the screen, but hold the second tap and slide finger up or down. One handed zoom!
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elesbb said:
This is beta yo. You can't even get this version on the play store.
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Obviously you don't understand what I've said, or just didn't read
This version is all over the web.
I know exactly what I'm talking about.
It was available on aptoid, almost after it was released into the wild
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Soldier 2.0 said:
For those of you who are missing the zoom buttons. Double tap the screen, but hold the second tap and slide finger up or down. One handed zoom!
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This feature was there for very long time, nothing new
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vlad2277 said:
Obviously you don't understand what I've said, or just didn't read
This version is all over the web.
I know exactly what I'm talking about.
It was available on aptoid, almost after it was released into the wild
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This feature was there for very long time, nothing new
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You are complaining about a beta.. something that everyone knows is clearly not perfect. So by writing in all caps that this release was three steps backwards, was nothing but pointless. Im just trying to let you know that this isnt how its gonna be forever. In my eyes, this was a great step forward and a very promising lead in the right direction.

elesbb said:
You are complaining about a beta.. something that everyone knows is clearly not perfect. So by writing in all caps that this release was three steps backwards, was nothing but pointless. Im just trying to let you know that this isnt how its gonna be forever. In my eyes, this was a great step forward and a very promising lead in the right direction.
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No, that's not entirely true
I was not complaining, but constitutional the facts.
I've tried nothing apps, old & new version, side by side on 2 phones.
And according to official Google post in blog about this new release, Google itself clearly states that things I've "complained" about, are gone from app.
And as soon as version 7 came out, majority of reviews on play store, reflect the same very negative opinion.
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I keep getting the "problem parsing" error. Little help?
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Google Maps 7.0

Anyone download the new maps? I just received the update via the play store last night ... downloaded it and it's slow as heck! Runs much slower (fps-wise) than the previous maps. Also several features are hidden / removed...
Thoughts?
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http://www1.datafilehost.com/d/920483f4

Map Caching still there
Map Caching is still there... but its an easter egg right now...
Search for "Okay Maps" and it'll copy it to the clipboard, aka the cache.
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dirkdigles said:
Anyone download the new maps? I just received the update via the play store last night ... downloaded it and it's slow as heck! Runs much slower (fps-wise) than the previous maps. Also several features are hidden / removed...
Thoughts?
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Can you upload the apk?
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_Epic said:
Can you upload the apk?
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http://www1.datafilehost.com/d/920483f4

dirkdigles said:
http://www1.datafilehost.com/d/920483f4
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update looks exactly like the Google maps i use on my iPhone 5

alaman68 said:
update looks exactly like the Google maps i use on my iPhone 5
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I bet it doesn't run at 20fps on your iphone though!!

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Can you upload the apk?
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The first link below is for the Article about the Update for Google Maps. It also contains a link to the apk. The second link is for more information explaining about the features that are missing.
Google Maps v7.0.0
New Google Maps Offline Maps Still available

so this update removes Navigation and incorporates it into the maps app, then tells you that the "maps navigation" is in beta and to use caution. nice

prboy1969 said:
The first link below is for the Article about the Update for Google Maps. It also contains a link to the apk. The second link is for more information explaining about the features that are missing.
Google Maps v7.0.0
New Google Maps Offline Maps Still available
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All the links I have tried have had issues parsing the apk. People say it is only working on 4.2.2. That is why I asked him to upload the apk, and sure enough it works perfect and I'm on 4.1

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All the links I have tried have had issues parsing the apk. People say it is only working on 4.2.2. That is why I asked him to upload the apk, and sure enough it works perfect and I'm on 4.1
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Any comments on performance? Seems pretty slow to me.

dirkdigles said:
Any comments on performance? Seems pretty slow to me.
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Running perfect for me. I've tested everything. I love it so far.

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All the links I have tried have had issues parsing the apk. People say it is only working on 4.2.2. That is why I asked him to upload the apk, and sure enough it works perfect and I'm on 4.1
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In those links was also the same one he posted. For 4.1.x . But the main thing is you got it working . Also wanted to share the Info on it, in case someone wanted it .

prboy1969 said:
In those links was also the same one he posted. For 4.1.x . But the main thing is you got it working . Also wanted to share the Info on it, in case someone wanted it .
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Got it. All the links I have seen have had parsing issues. Just glad we got it working.

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Running perfect for me. I've tested everything. I love it so far.
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Well WTH! I wonder why it seems so sluggish on my phone. I just ran a quick quadrant test to make sure everything is running up to snuff and got a nice ~5600 or so, so no issues there. Everything else seems in line, and the old maps ran fine too.
So you don't find the frame rate to be slow or anything? I wonder what the heck is going on with my phone. Perhaps I should reboot after updating..

dirkdigles said:
Well WTH! I wonder why it seems so sluggish on my phone. I just ran a quick quadrant test to make sure everything is running up to snuff and got a nice ~5600 or so, so no issues there. Everything else seems in line, and the old maps ran fine too.
So you don't find the frame rate to be slow or anything? I wonder what the heck is going on with my phone. Perhaps I should reboot after updating..
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I rebooted into recovery and wiped caches and fixed permissions after installing. And it runs perfect.
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I also wiped dalvik and fixed permissions. Mines is running great.
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I'm wondering why the features besides caching map data found in labs appear to all be missing. I'm particularly missing the "measure" feature that allows me to measure distance as the crow flies between any two points. I'm also bummed about the bigger text option disappearing. Obviously there are lots of cool new features and I love the new interface but wish they didn't remove features that were already buried in the labs section.
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Check out the new release... 7.0.1... Seems like its getting better... No lagging and traffic added.... Nice...
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I hate it. I used Latitude and they retired it claiming you could use Google+ for the same thing. Well you can't. My Google+ locations (with everything enabled), just shows my icon against a grid. There's no map underneath like they advertise.
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dizzy21 said:
Check out the new release... 7.0.1... Seems like its getting better... No lagging and traffic added.... Nice...
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Just got mine too. Seems a bit better
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