Hi guys,
I just came across a very strange issue.
I downloaded a notifications app yesterday and since such apps need accessibility service turned on, I promptly did that in the accessibility settings.
But after this, I noticed that the LG keyboard suddenly changed from the default path keyboard to a normal AOSP type keyboard with TALKBACK turned on!!!! Which means that each time I typed there was a voice calling out the key I pressed, which was terribly annoying to say the least.
I thot maybe i could change it back to default in language settngs but to my amazement all settings in the LG keyboard had been greyed out, so nothing could be changed.
finally after trying everything possible, I disabled accessibility service for the notifications app, and lo and behold the default keyboard was back!
Queries
1) has anybody experienced this behaviour before ? If not , you can try it, it is reversible, so no harm
2) any solutions?
Cheers
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Every incoming call and text speaks out an annoying 'incoming call' or 'incoming message'.
I don't know what she activated on her phone, but I can't shut it off.
It's rooted, de-bloated and still on the stock ROM.
Check to see if you have driving mode enabled. It's under settings > voice input and output > text to speech settings.
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Sounds like you have accessibility turned on.
go to settings/accessibility/ and uncheck accessibility.
Driving mode is also another possibility as raquel13 said.
robiatti said:
Sounds like you have accessibility turned on.
go to settings/accessibility/ and uncheck accessibility.
Driving mode is also another possibility as raquel13 said.
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as they said sounds like driving mode or accessibility settings. if not try resetting to factory settings. that should clear out those options. but id do that as a last resort type thing.
personally i love that feature
i know it annoys the hell out of some people, but is very convenient for me when i'm busy working or driving
so people finds it really cool, and some other will find it really annoying
Thanks!
I kept freezing apps. Thought I had it, but it just wouldn't shut up!
I just had some hands on time with GS2.
I couldn't get into Voice input-output/Text to speech to disable driving mode because it just kept crashing.
I unfroze a few apps and finally solved it. I think unfreezing System Manager did the trick.
Thanks for the help.
This has probably been asked before, but is there a way to disable the stock keyboard in ICS? I just switched to using the new Swiftkey and the little pop up in the notification bar is driving me crazy.
I went into Keyboard settings and unchecked the Selector Notification...but for some reason, it still shows up. Anyone know how I can make this go away?
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If you are running stock, no. But some roms have added it as an option to remove that.
good day.
I'm running ParanoidAndroid. I disabled the notification indicator...but it still shows up, probably because the stock keyboard is still enabled.
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You can rename or just delete system/app/LatinIME.apk and if you don't use google voice typing then untick it in language and input.
good day.
Just disable the stock keyboard in applications...
EDIT.. Once you disable "Android Keyboard" in applications, you have to reboot.
Google Voice Typing is still an option though.. so you may have to disable that too if the notification appears.
Second edit... after unchecking Google Voice Typing... the language selector is no longer there.
greeced said:
Just disable the stock keyboard in applications...
EDIT.. Once you disable "Android Keyboard" in applications, you have to reboot.
Google Voice Typing is still an option though.. so you may have to disable that too if the notification appears.
Second edit... after unchecking Google Voice Typing... the language selector is no longer there.
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That worked. Thanks for the help!
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This may be a little late, but regarding the Galaxy S4, if your phone is rooted, you can find an App Manager app, or download ROM Toolbox, and you can go find Samsung Keyboard, and either freeze, or uninstall it, I chose to freeze it just in case I ever had to use it again, I downloaded Swiftkey years ago and that little notification icon has been seriously bothering me
Hi guys:
I have noticed a weird thing, I know there's a feature that you can say "google" after holding the home button and drag it to the google icon to activate the voice search. It works fine on me for a while, but I realized that after a while it doesn't work. Moreover, after a reboot, it would work again. Regular voice search still works fine by pressing the microphone button. Anyone know what's going on? I am on stock jellybean btw, but only rooted.
So it only works every now and again?
Also dragging any of the soft buttons up opens google now.
I have the same issue. The hotword option just randomly disappears. If you go into Google Now/Settings/Voice, the option to toggle it off and on is even gone. When you reboot it comes back, but then randomly disappears again at some point.
I had the same problem and realized i had the language under Google Now/settings/voice/language set to English (Australian).
After changing it back to Default-English (US), I have been able to consistently see the "say Google" option in the main Google Now page.
I have exactly the same problem, the language is always English (US), it still randomly disappears.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1769846
Do you use Light flow? I have noticed toggling "Accessibility" off and on when Light flow glitches out for me, or using Swype seems to kill hotword detection. Rebooting always seems to bring it back though
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I use both, light flow and Swype Beta. Which is killing the hot word detection ? How are they interfering anyway :s
I know from reading the issues log Light flow uses the Accessibility service. When you toggle Accessibility on and off, hotword detection disappears. It will just say "Search" in Google Now instead of Search or say Google. Dont know why but try it and youll see best way to avoid it is to not toggle that or just reboot after it happens
is there a good replacement for light flow ?
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I use both, light flow and Swype Beta. Which is killing the hot word detection ? How are they interfering anyway :s
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I only use lightflow, not swype, so I am sure lightflow will interfere for sure.
the same problem in here
just got an update of lightflow - we'll see how it rolls
anyway google now 'google' saying works only when EN(US) is set as language
what is more - i see that any internal integration (e.g. saying 'set timer for 10 minutes') works as well only when the overall system language is set to EN(US)
I noticed this last week also. When it wouldnt respond to saying "Google" it didnt say "Search, or say Google" in the textbox on the voice Search (Google Now) page.
I uninstalled Lightflow and not had any issues since.
I've noticed that the hot word and hot word option only appears when you have English us set.
Change to English uk and they both don't work, also the other hot word functions, send email etc don't work as well.
Disabling light flow and restarting the phone fixes it.
the same problem as the unanswered question at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1517293 exists on the note 2.
whenever a physical keyboard is connected to the phone using USB or Bluetooth the software keyboard is switched to the stock Samsung keyboard.
a null keyboard or prediction-only keyboard would make more sense.
does anyone know of a way to disable this automatic switch, or change it so a different keyboard like null keyboard is loaded instead?
I'm also facing the same problem on Jelly Bean Samsung S3 as well .. searching for the solution
best solution i could find so far is to freeze the samsung keyboard using titanium backup(android refuses to freeze it through the apps list)
you need to reboot after freezing it, otherwise it will completely disable the keyboard switcher notification when you connect a keyboard, and it doesn't return after disconnecting it.
Download null keyboard from the play store.
Select it when you use an external. That way you get to use your whole screen instead of the redundant on-screen keyboard taking up half of it.
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only to have it revert to Samsung keyboard again if the keyboard loses connection for a second.
if you'd read my original post properly you would have known I now of null keyboard, but that's not going to change the fact that no matter what keyboard I use its still going to switch back to the Samsung keyboard as soon as I connect a physical keyboard.
I know of only 2 ways to prevent that: freeze/delete the Samsung keyboard, or use a rom without the Samsung keyboard.
I have gotten this working with moderately aggressive use of tasker. I tried to post this but my post was flagged and blocked for some reason. As soon as I hear back why or if I can go ahead, I will share what I did.
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Without going into too much detail, I set a tasker shortcut to first enable accessibility for tasker (done with Secure Settings plug-in) and put in on my home screen or app drawer. (Must tap this before connecting keyboard.)
Then a profile triggered by the notification "Keyboard connected" which waits 2 secs and then enables the keyboard of choice.
Also set a profile triggered by notification "Keyboard disconnected" which set keyboard back to my desired default and turned off Tasker's accessbility option.
The reason for the accessibility settings are: Tasker can't react to notifications without accessibility turned on, and I couldn't find any other state that matched a USB keyboard being connected. Also, enabling Tasker's accessibility will disable AirView and TalkBack for some reason, and also messes with the SwiftKey function of Samsung Keyboard, so I wanted the accessibility to be turned back off after I disconnected the keyboard.
I have a weird thing going on with my sprint (rooted on stock rom) gs3. Out of nowhere the keyboard input notification keeps showing. I had the Google voice input unchecked and it was staying that way after a reboot, but now it turns on automatically after each reboot. I haven't done anything at all, no mods, no apps were downloaded.
How can I make the option stick?
Thanx.
Notice that the Google voice typing setting got checked on its own while I had the phone on.
For some reason I suspect the Google search.