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Ok, so I flashed the semi-new Simplicity Base Rom (published 1/18/11) and it works really well. I get great battery life, i've added the apps I need/want, and changed a couple things to get it to look the way i want.
One of the things I changed was the the Google Search Box (I used Myn's 2.2 dark box...very nice) and up till a couple days ago it was working beautifully. I think what happened was I updated the Voice Search app from the Market and that seemed to screw the Voice Search feature up.
Now, all I get is "No Speech Heard" when I tap the microphone button. The app doesnt even try to listen for sound, as if the microphone isn't even initializing. Anyway, I tried uninstalling the searchbox and the voicesearch apps and then reinstalling....nothing seems to be working. I'm hoping someone can offer up some good answers.
Hey Guys,
Last night, i was jus playing with my GN as usual and suddenly as BAM... i got the update for JB :victory:
No doubt JB is so awesome, but i noticed this while using Google now. Everything is ok, works perfect,
EXCEPT for the voice reply. I saw the You-tube Videos where it replies with voice. (eg. whats the temperature?)
Mine does not. Mine works like something similar to this "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBZrtApZCD8"
I am from Germany, using English (US) as language in the phone.
So is there anything i should change ?
Thanks for the help in Advance
I know that some features only work in the states. I wonder if you downloaded the market enabler and selected the U.S play store to make your phone think your in the states if that would work. But I think there are some other threads on here were people are not getting all the Google now features if they are not in the states. I would check them out to see if anyone had any other tips that work.
Jellin' like a felon
Thanks for your reply kevinjgray88, me and my friend had a live comparison of the Google Voice features and his phone is from UK and mine is from Germany.
Everything works well for him, lets say, the results are always given with pictures and it speaks, but my phone just shows the text and it does not speak.
Mine is also working correctly, I've just tried "what's the temperature?" and I got the card and the voice result, I must add that my system language is EN (US) and I'm from and live in Lima, Perú.
Maybe you need to download a text-to-speech language pack, I'm just guessing, I did that back when I had ICS 4.0.2.
Cheers,
vicky88_nofear said:
Thanks for your reply kevinjgray88, me and my friend had a live comparison of the Google Voice features and his phone is from UK and mine is from Germany.
Everything works well for him, lets say, the results are always given with pictures and it speaks, but my phone just shows the text and it does not speak.
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some have voice replys and some dont
I also have this annoying issue... phone is in Canada and I think it should work.
I have tried both English (US) and English (CA) with no success. This is a bit worrying since it doesn't seem like a common issue, and it's not like we're using anything unofficial here...
I experienced this same issue on both 4.1 aosp and 4.1.1 aokp.
For me, it turned out that the google-now volume was somehow muted even though my volume level display showed maximum volume. I was able to restore the text-to-speech voice by increasing the volume while within google-now's settings pages.
Try opening google-now and go to: menu > settings > voice.
There, I increased my volume via the rocker and surprisingly found that the volume level display showed muted.
dk0r said:
I experienced this same issue on both 4.1 aosp and 4.1.1 aokp.
For me, it turned out that the google-now volume was somehow muted even though my volume level display showed maximum volume. I was able to restore the text-to-speech voice by increasing the volume while within google-now's settings pages.
Try opening google-now and go to: menu > settings > voice.
There, I increased my volume via the rocker and surprisingly found that the volume level display showed muted.
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I wish the solution was that simple... just tried it an unfortunately my volume was on high already.
Thanks anyway.
Guys, its not only about the Voice, it doesn't show pictures too, for example ask "whats the temperature of the sun". For all those, whose phone doesn't support voice, the picture is not shown too. In my phone, it jus shows 5,778"K.
I guess they apparently released 2 versions around the globe, one with voice and pictures and other without.
lets start from the beginning, wht was the size of your Jelly Bean update ?? mine was 144.9 MB to be exact.
Mine spokes the temperature but no picture shown
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vicky88_nofear said:
Guys, its not only about the Voice, it doesn't show pictures too, for example ask "whats the temperature of the sun". For all those, whose phone doesn't support voice, the picture is not shown too. In my phone, it jus shows 5,778"K.
I guess they apparently released 2 versions around the globe, one with voice and pictures and other without.
lets start from the beginning, wht was the size of your Jelly Bean update ?? mine was 144.9 MB to be exact.
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Yeah, mine is exactly the same too when I ask the same question.
This is so annoying... can't be that there's two different versions as I didn't get the OTA, I flashed the takju 4.1.1 update on Google's servers and started with a fresh install. Unless nobody in Canada has Google Now?
Edit: Out of desperation I tried to clear data on the Google search app... I get photos on my very first search then but to text only unless I clear data again, still don't get any voice even on first search.
Guys I've found a solution, sort of.
It seems you need to be on English (US) to get voice feedback. I thought I had checked this but I had checked the Google search app settings, which doesn't do anything - you need to change the main language by going into Settings > Languages and input - I still have Google search set to English (Canada) but as long as the system language is US you still get voice feedback.
Although, I still don't see images for searches, for example when searching for temperature of the sun. Clearing data brings back the image for one search but then back to text-only.
Thanks Shawn_230 for your tip, but unfortunately, my phone's language settings is already in English (US) and it still doesn't work or even show pictures after clearing data.
I think i promptly have to wait for Google them-self to give a proper explanation or release a fix.
i solve it to my phone
Go Settings, Language & input, Text-to-speech output, press Listen to an example and and immediately press Volume+
vicky88_nofear said:
Thanks Shawn_230 for your tip, but unfortunately, my phone's language settings is already in English (US) and it still doesn't work or even show pictures after clearing data.
I think i promptly have to wait for Google them-self to give a proper explanation or release a fix.
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That's too bad - you sure you changed the phone language though?
Google Now language doesn't seem to matter, you need change the whole phone to US (which ruins everything like units and date format across the whole system by the way...).
Grousso said:
i solve it to my phone
Go Settings, Language & input, Text-to-speech output, press Listen to an example and and immediately press Volume+
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WOW.. this actually worked !! :victory:
But it still shows no picture, I personally think this is soo stupid of Google to keep a bug like this
and i see no pictures yet.
Yup, so changing the system language to US English did the trick! right on! Finally! i've been trying to get this to work for forever. But sadly, yes, it also changes all the units and everything to the imperial system. So i just have to remember to ask it in Celsius what the temperature is.
i solve it by this way
Go to google play music, select any mp3, play it, then press Volume+ to max
Grousso said:
i solve it to my phone
Go Settings, Language & input, Text-to-speech output, press Listen to an example and and immediately press Volume+
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That did it for me also, thank you! I got my phone today directly from Google Play and set it with the Bell Canada network.
After performing your trick, I asked the following questions:
"distance between montreal and new york" - no voice
"what is the weather tomorrow" - voice presents the forecast
"remind me to call manuel in one hour" - voice confirms the alarm
"call queen elisabeth hotel in montreal" - voice confirms call
"listen to billy jean" - voice confirms the play request
"12 x 18.5" - no voice, result shows in calculator
"what is 12 percent of 25" - no voice, result shows in calculator
"3000 feet in miles" - no voice, result shows
"text alex how are you" - no voice, but the text message hits Alex properly
"bus directions to olympic stadium montreal" - voice confirms getting directions
"take me downtown by foot" - voice confirms getting directions
"when is the next montreal impact soccer game" - no voice
"when is the next giants game" - voice confirms the game details
"what time is in toronto" - voice confirms the time in Toronto
"air canada 715" - voice confirms the flight details from Toronto
"what is facebook" - voice confirms the information
"what is fyi" - voice confirms the abbreviation
"where did mark zuckerberg go to school" - no voice, probably because the dude doesn't like Google.
"where did bill gates go to school" - voice confirms information
OK, I got tired of testing, please post other commands that had the voice on.
Same here
dk0r said:
I experienced this same issue on both 4.1 aosp and 4.1.1 aokp.
For me, it turned out that the google-now volume was somehow muted even though my volume level display showed maximum volume. I was able to restore the text-to-speech voice by increasing the volume while within google-now's settings pages.
Try opening google-now and go to: menu > settings > voice.
There, I increased my volume via the rocker and surprisingly found that the volume level display showed muted.
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Same for me somehow I got muted. when to settings and increased the volume in the volume control
*Edit* p.s. i'm on pre-alpha ROM for HTC Desire
For some reason "ok Google" has disappeared from my search bar. I feel like it might've come with the 4.4 kit Kat update because I only recently realized it was gone, and I downloaded KitKat less than a week ago. I'm not 100% sure though. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling all Google search updates to no avail. Does anyone have any idea how to get it back? I can't voice activate Google now anymore, and I really liked that feature. I'm currently running the latest android kit Kat version. Thanks!
I'm getting the same problem here. It's weird because the checkbox under settings in voice for me shows that hotword detection is on...
Same here. Glad to know I'm not alone.
The "OK google" text goes away after a few uses but the OK Google hot word should keep right on working
Nope doesn't work
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I've tried everything, but nothing seems to make Waze and Google Maps works. I've always used Waze in my car, but since the KK update I can't manage to make it work. When I use GPS Test I can find many satellites and even get a lock. The only thing I find odd is the accuracy of 200ft, witch I think is too big. Now comes the curious part: When I open the GPS Test app, keeping Waze in background, Waze gets a lock and I get all the voice directions. When I bring Waze back on screen, it looses the GPS signal again. I’ve tried everything from Stock Rom, Bobcat Rom, Hyperdrive Rom, X-Note Rom, and nothing. Always wiping cache, Dalvik, etc. I’ve tried many apps like GPS Status, TopTnp, GPS Test, Faster GPS, etc. Nothing changes. The last thing I did is a procedure on the system (*#0011#, reseting the NV), but again nothing. I live in São Paulo, Brazil, and God knows the caos of traffic here, so I really need Waze. It’s been a month now, and I don’t know what to do. You guys are my last hope. :fingers-crossed:
T-Mobile Note 3 X-Note Rom.
Man I'm pretty much getting the same issue.. I'm on the Heisenberg rom.. And never had any issues with Google Maps and I use it almost everyday.. But every since the update that put the voice control mic on the screen... Google maps been sending me all over the place..
I've tried the "solution 1" in this link, and this time it worked. The only thing I did different is enter MENU>END before rebooting. Now Waze is OK!
Link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2827427
try the last post it will rest the gps and it will fix it
sometimes flashing many roms and doing rooting or bad update **** up the gps driver
Waze GPS not working Resolved.
casadomack said:
I've tried everything, but nothing seems to make Waze and Google Maps works. I've always used Waze in my car, but since the KK update I can't manage to make it work. When I use GPS Test I can find many satellites and even get a lock. The only thing I find odd is the accuracy of 200ft, witch I think is too big. Now comes the curious part: When I open the GPS Test app, keeping Waze in background, Waze gets a lock and I get all the voice directions. When I bring Waze back on screen, it looses the GPS signal again. I’ve tried everything from Stock Rom, Bobcat Rom, Hyperdrive Rom, X-Note Rom, and nothing. Always wiping cache, Dalvik, etc. I’ve tried many apps like GPS Status, TopTnp, GPS Test, Faster GPS, etc. Nothing changes. The last thing I did is a procedure on the system (*#0011#, reseting the NV), but again nothing. I live in São Paulo, Brazil, and God knows the caos of traffic here, so I really need Waze. It’s been a month now, and I don’t know what to do. You guys are my last hope. :fingers-crossed:
T-Mobile Note 3 X-Note Rom.
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I tried all the codes and apps and even tightening the screws, but nothing was working. It was when I took the phones back off and looked inside that I found the answer.
Now that my Waze GPS is working again after being out of action for over 3 months, I thought I would share my Waze GPS fix with everyone by making a quick youtube video,
I can't yet put a link here so just search youtube for 'Waze No GPS - Resolved'
Hope this helps
My GPS lock failed all the time
I fixed my note 3 failure to lock at all (No Fix) by removing the back cover, battery, sim, and sd cards, I checked and found several of the screws loose,tightenied them snug, reassembled, booted, and got a fix within 3 seconds. I got the idea from your video... Thanks very much!
Glad it Helped
lowpost99 said:
I fixed my note 3 failure to lock at all (No Fix) by removing the back cover, battery, sim, and sd cards, I checked and found several of the screws loose,tightenied them snug, reassembled, booted, and got a fix within 3 seconds. I got the idea from your video... Thanks very much!
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Thanks for the feedback.. it's one of those totally annoying problems that feels great when you finally get it sorted
hi all
recently been having a prob i cant fix
1) connect my phone to car bluetooth
2) turn on google maps and set up navi using my phone gps
3) turn on youtube (ie google maps is now running in background)
4) turn off screen
after abt 5 mins, google maps will lose gps signal
any thoughts on how to solve this prob?
much thx in advance
peterlee928 said:
hi all
recently been having a prob i cant fix
1) connect my phone to car bluetooth
2) turn on google maps and set up navi using my phone gps
3) turn on youtube (ie google maps is now running in background)
4) turn off screen
after abt 5 mins, google maps will lose gps signal
any thoughts on how to solve this prob?
much thx in advance
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Uuhh... Don't use youtube when driving in your car?
peterlee928 said:
hi all
recently been having a prob i cant fix
1) connect my phone to car bluetooth
2) turn on google maps and set up navi using my phone gps
3) turn on youtube (ie google maps is now running in background)
4) turn off screen
after abt 5 mins, google maps will lose gps signal
any thoughts on how to solve this prob?
much thx in advance
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How about you do some research yourself instead of having us do the legwork for you.
There are too many variables with GPS, most likely it's user error or just a lack of signal.
Flash factory images and stop driving while using YouTube. You're a danger to everyone on the road, and it's not to be taken lightly. Someone could die because your negligence.
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I use YouTube playlist for audio in my car all the time, literally every day. Yes, fiddling through songs while driving is a danger to him and everyone else, but who said that's what he was doing? Don't be so quick to assume the worst and think he's doing all this while driving, it's not hard to run this setup before leaving the house/work.
Anyways try calibrating your GPS in the Google maps app, and placing your phone somewhere closer to a window (anywhere else really, experiment with location.). For example, I don't get crap for GPS signal when my pixel is sitting near or in my center console, but if I move it to my passenger seat or put it on my magic mount I never loose signal.
Also try purchasing YouTube red or premium or whatever it's called. That way you can play your music, then return to the maps app, maybe keeping maps as a foreground app will help your problem, but who knows.
Man... You guys are harsh. I have gps issues, but different from what I can find online. Also, don't be so quick to blast him about driving with YouTube. Maybe he likes to listen to music from YouTube or maybe he has tesla auto pilot and likes to watch videos in rush hour traffic.
thx noidea and dinkoh... gonna leave this thread... clearly not worth trying to find an answ here based on the unconstructive prior responses (not yalls responses)
No idea if it is what's going on or not, but VZW has a long history of GPS issues on rooted devices, especially ones running custom firmware. As far as I know it has never been fixed, but not sure of that anymore.
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I'm going to bump the thread real quick because I started having this issue after tweaking my doze settings.
If you're using the "L speed" app turn all the doze settings under the battery section app off. If you used another app to enable any doze mods or disable doze motion detection then disable them all.
wyrdtrtle said:
No idea if it is what's going on or not, but VZW has a long history of GPS issues on rooted devices, especially ones running custom firmware. As far as I know it has never been fixed, but not sure of that anymore.
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Not in my experience
For what its worth, on my unlocked, rooted, and custom rom'd (purenexus) pixel xl, gps seems to be working just fine. Rather surprising since every previous device had problems. Unless the rom does it by default i haven't done any tweaks to any doze settings so cant rule that out on my end.
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