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I've got the Car Home app working for Galaxy S2. As you can see, it is not available into Market for our phone.
Download the Car Home app and make sure you install first com.android.cardock-8-2.2.apk file.
For those of you with rooted phones, flash the Google signed package from CWM recovery. This is the package I currently have installed on my phone.
The app features the Voice Search integration, allowing you to perform various tasks like calling a contact directly with a command similar to "call Alex mobile" or "listen to Michael Jackson". It also has a cool automatic mode (Day/Night) and links with your bluetooth car system.
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Tip: If you are rooted, uninstall VoiceToGo and VLingo apps, they are useless once you use Voice Search app.
Can anyone confirm if the Car Home starts automatically once you place the phone into Samsung Vehicle Dock kit? It should from what Google says... I'm going to get the dock, is damn sweet.
Confirmed. Use it every day!
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Awesome! Can you tell me the feature you like most while driving? Can't wait to test it with a mount.
I updated the screenshots to show the shortcut created by apk...
I like that it starts the Google Music app, if you click on Music shortcut.
Here is a flashable zip. Flash in cwm. Will install apps to system folder.
http://db.tt/C1hWUUU
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Thanks for the new files. I really hate that I cannot get the app from the Market, so we get proper updates... Probably Samsung did not wanted the app because they went the VLingo way ("Hi Galaxy") and Google banned the app for all related models.
How I got the app working on my phone:
I Googled forever until I found a compatible cardock launcher file with 2.2.1.4, which for some reason everyone had it named CarHomeLauncher.apk instead of com.android.cardock-8-2.2.apk. Then, I exported both apps with the proper name and version assigned to each file.
Edit: I just found a Google signed package and link it to the first post. I flash it and everything works great.
awesome, thanks
Superb, loving it...
only question -
do you know if it is possible to add a direct dial for a contact?
I can add a contact, but when I press on that added contact I get the contact's options (message/call/email etc...)
Personally I use Voice Search option in Car Home. If I want to call Alex, I just say "Alex" and it will pop the contact. If anyone has other tricks, please share them.
Edit: Whoaa, I just tried the Voice Search feature: "call Alex mobile", it worked!
Works well with specific songs I want to listen to. I said "listen to Thriller":
This is a great app... I'm playing with the other Voice Search options as we speak.
Thanks!
Installed and working perfectly on Epic 4G Touch (SGX2). Thank very much!
So lame that they block us from installing it from the Market. I wonder if it's because of the car-centric crapware that gets bundled on our phone...
yqed said:
Can anyone confirm if the Car Home starts automatically once you place the phone into Samsung Vehicle Dock kit? It should from what Google says... I'm going to get the dock, is damn sweet.
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Yuck nasty suction mount.
Look up a Brodit Active cradle for the GS2. use inconjunction with the specific pro-clip designed for your car.
You'll never look at another brand of car mount again.
I own a Nokia CK-300 car kit, it connects through the car speakers, mute's them on phone call, connects through bluetooth and streams music through a2dp perfectly. Has a small microphone usually placed close to the driver's head. Also has a small remote control, useless with this phone (voice commands!!)
Will this app work with this car kit? I wonder if Google Car Home will accept commands through BT connection......
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Will this app work with this car kit? I wonder if Google Car Home will accept commands through BT connection......
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I don't think Google Car Home is what you think it is. All it is is essentially just a launcher with big icons which are easy to see while driving. It also allows auto-launching when it detects connection to any bluetooth device.
Any voice-activated programs are a totally separate thing.
I mean, will Google Car Home accept voice commands passing through BT connection?
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I mean, will Google Car Home accept voice commands passing through BT connection?
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Google Car Home has nothing to do with voice commands!
If you are talking about Google Voice Search, then no, I haven't found a way to get this to work through a bluetooth microphone. Would be cool, though. In any case, this is off topic and is probably discussed elsewhere.
xak944 said:
Google Car Home has nothing to do with voice commands!
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That is simply a button which launches this app: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.voicesearch
Ok, it could have been a process controlled by Google Car Home....
please help
thanks for this post my Samsung galaxy sii t989 needed this
Thanks for the files working great on my T989.
If you haven't heard about iris go here;
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Gingerbread-Iris-Siri-iOS-Honeycomb,news-12968.html
So, what do you think about it? I think it's unreal that they made in in just 8 hours! Grated, it has a few problems but overall it's extremely well done. One problem that really annoyed me was that it was working fine, then about 4 hours later it would give me complete and utter crap for answers. Now it's working again, if I was to ask "How did Jhon F Kennedy die?" I would receive a full answer provided with pictures, dates, etc. Whereas before I would receive answers such as "He was bitten by a werewolf." or "He sold his soul to Yelloweyes to let Jake live."
Anyway, what's your take on this?
Please - No Apple Fanboys.
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I tried it today. It was useless. I installed tts etc... But it just kept giving me gibberish. The market said voice search was incompatible with my I9100
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gibsonus said:
I tried it today. It was useless. I installed tts etc... But it just kept giving me gibberish. The market said voice search was incompatible with my I9100
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Check out IVONA it's free until the 15th of november, and it sounds extremely realistic;
Demo: http://www.ivona.com/
Download: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.ivona.tts
BTW the data that's needed to be downloaded is about 200mb. But it's worth it.
i like it, lol (juvenile i know, but still funny)
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I think all this voice stuff is crap I'm betting it doesn't take off, it's just a gimmick. Who in real life is going to start chatting to their phone in any real social situation its unrealistic to say the least. The only thing its good for is showing off how clever your phone is, which imo is stupid.
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I think all this voice stuff is crap I'm betting it doesn't take off, it's just a gimmick. Who in real life is going to start chatting to their phone in any real social situation its unrealistic to say the least. The only thing its good for is showing off how clever your phone is, which imo is stupid.
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agreed.
Just a silly gimmick that in reality doesnt actually work that well.
So..it's cleverbot with a speech synthesizer that can apparently do some fact querys?
Isn't the main point of Siri that it interacts with your phone and does stuff there?
I wouldn't call a text-to-speech cleverbot the same as siri or even remotely close..
8 hours doesn't matter in this case - it's simply programming speech-to-text and vice versa from the bot.
Actual interpretation and phone interaction is a completely different and much more difficult thing.
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So..it's cleverbot with a speech synthesizer that can apparently do some fact querys?
Isn't the main point of Siri that it interacts with your phone and does stuff there?
I wouldn't call a text-to-speech cleverbot the same as siri or even remotely close..
8 hours doesn't matter in this case - it's simply programming speech-to-text and vice versa from the bot.
Actual interpretation and phone interaction is a completely different and much more difficult thing.
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They've already stated that they will be adding voice interactions within the next few updates.
Was Iris even intended to be serious?
Tiim said:
Was Iris even intended to be serious?
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Yes. I'm not sure why you're all fobbing it off. Anyway, here's some upcoming features;
- in 2 days apparently it's going to become supersmart -
Features they will add eventually also include:
Location services
Reminders
Better commands (Such as better contact lookups, etc.)
Weather
etc. etc.
compuw22c said:
i like it, lol (juvenile i know, but still funny)
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How did you get precise answers? tts library is not compatible with my GS2. Maybe because of the ROM I use?
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Yes. I'm not sure why you're all fobbing it off. Anyway, here's some upcoming features;
- in 2 days apparently it's going to become supersmart -
Features they will add eventually also include:
Location services
Reminders
Better commands (Such as better contact lookups, etc.)
Weather
etc. etc.
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Because it is of no use to the vast majority of people.
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What good is the dial pad unless you have your contacts phone numbers memorized.
I dont get why I cant just open the phone and dial someones name on the key pad and it starts suggesting contacts? Even my old non smart phones could do this.
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What good is the dial pad unless you have your contacts phone numbers memorized.
I dont get why I cant just open the phone and dial someones name on the key pad and it starts suggesting contacts? Even my old non smart phones could do this.
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Definitely one thing I'll miss coming from HTC Sense. The smart dialing feature is amazing. I never ever open my People app.
Maybe someone patented it and Google does not own or license the patent?
That or they don't care.
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Maybe someone patented it and Google does not own or license the patent?
That or they don't care.
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I definitely think theyre afraid of patent trolls or something.
I like AOSP in most cases but this is one thing that is frustrating
Agreed
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It's actually still in the OS and isn't that hard to do. You don't even have to go into the contacts list or dialer.
Step 1. Click the Google bar at the top of any home screen.
Step 2. Start typing in the contact's name.
Step 3. Select the contact and tap the phone number to call.
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It's actually still in the OS and isn't that hard to do. You don't even have to go into the contacts list or dialer.
Step 1. Click the Google bar at the top of any home screen.
Step 2. Start typing in the contact's name.
Step 3. Select the contact and tap the phone number to call.
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Not the same thing... first of all, searching that way doesn't only show contacts, shows a bunch of other crap you may not want and the contacts aren't even listed first. Second of all, using the dialpad to just type in the name is *much* quicker than doing it on the full keyboard.
I agree with everyone else on this thread, it would be awesome to have that back. One thing I'm missing from my Dinc2
I had no idea that wasn't available...I am glad I ran across this thread and also glad I cancelled my letstalk order.
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I had no idea that wasn't available...I am glad I ran across this thread and also glad I cancelled my letstalk order.
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Try 3rd party dialers like RocketDial
The T9 search feature actually can be done in application layer
I did not get Nexus yet, but I am using the i9000 with ICS porting. I am using RocketDial as my primary dialer . RocketDial actually has been optimized to work on ICS . It is definitely the best smart dialer I can find . Smarter than ICS stock dialer at least joking. You can search through dial pad (T9 search) or you can search through text search bar; You can search in name or phone or company ,or email or notes, or websites.. any other field in the contact.
Not sure whether RocketDial works on Galaxy Nexus or not , but you can have a try . Free version is here .
You could always push the mic icon and say, "call blah blah" voice functions are awesome.
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Would you guys suggest another dialer app with that T9-name spelling function?
How about Dialer One?
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What good is the dial pad unless you have your contacts phone numbers memorized.
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For dialing numbers not in your contacts?
use the people app, use the search bar, set up people short cuts? lots of options.
is the only thing I miss in the AOSP roms
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Would you guys suggest another dialer app with that T9-name spelling function?
How about Dialer One?
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Been using Dialer One for 2 years now. Can't find anything better.
https://market.android.com/details?id=kz.mek.DialerOne&hl=en
You can set it up to work the same as a BB dialler. Start tying and it searches across names and numbers at the same time and shows you matching contacts or log entries. There are several UI options too and the dev seems active.
The T9 dialer, aka the one called smart dialer here, is patented technology. Since Ice Cream Sandwich is open software, Google does not implement technologies into it that it is unable to cover with its own licenses. As a result, Android 4.0 does not have it (and likely Android never will).
HTC implements T9 since they are licensing the technology.
Voicedial?
"Call Mum"
*Bam!
Go Dialer also does this. I wish it was stock. Thanks to the last poster. I didn't know that.
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The T9 dialer, aka the one called smart dialer here, is patented technology. Since Ice Cream Sandwich is open software, Google does not implement technologies into it that it is unable to cover with its own licenses. As a result, Android 4.0 does not have it (and likely Android never will).
HTC implements T9 since they are licensing the technology.
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Both HTC and Samsung own the T9 license. Google could have asked Samsung to extend the license to the GN, since it is a Samsung phone...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T9_(predictive_text)
Incidentally ICS and all other versions of Android uses predictive text, just not using a numeric keyboard.
Also, for some unknown reason the search bar at the top of GN does not search across the call log.
I also noticed that typing in 0189 brings up all my 01895xxxxx contacts, but typing in 01895 asks if i want to create a new contact. It appears the search is only on the first 4 characters.
the feature is present in SMS
when i wrote 1st number it gave me suggestions
why they cant use it in the dialer while it is used in messaging?!!!
This is version 2.10 - old version was 2.8.x
A few differences in this one, mainly that you can set your own wake up command! (Haven't tried it myself. "Hi Galaxy" comes standard) Couple more bluetooth settings, ability to set memos and alarms, opens apps, new UI, yada, yada, yada
Edit: found out the hard way by installing on my GF's GSII... this is made for 720p screens too
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Install like any other apk
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10728770/VoiceToGo.apk
Looks pretty sweet. I'll have to give it a go although I do like the type as you speak function of the default speech to voice service.
vlingo is dead to me.
since they changed a while ago... they got rid of their keyboard which my wife loved, and they changed the way the long pressed search button activates their tool. dead i say.
nice find though!
Thanks for the app, looks good and works just fine! =]
So, what's the difference between this one and the one on the market?
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So, what's the difference between this one and the one on the market?
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Hmmm, good question.
9kracing said:
A few differences in this one, mainly that you can set your own wake up command! (Haven't tried it myself. "Hi Galaxy" comes standard) Couple more bluetooth settings, ability to set memos and alarms, opens apps, new UI, yada, yada, yada
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Any way I can set it to open on a double press of the home button like the initial tutorial says? Thanks for posting this
its nice but is crashing too much:/
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its nice but is crashing too much:/
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No crashes on my device, rom incompatibility maybe?
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No crashes on my device, rom incompatibility maybe?
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i am also getting nothing but crashes if its open for more then about 10 seconds. Doesn't say it force closes or anything it just closes and goes back to the app drawer. I'm using it on Gummy 7.6
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i am also getting nothing but crashes if its open for more then about 10 seconds. Doesn't say it force closes or anything it just closes and goes back to the app drawer. I'm using it on Gummy 7.6
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yeah same, liquid beta 4
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Weird, I'm on AOKP M3 and I haven't seen it crash yet. I'll look at it today if I get a chance.
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So, what's the difference between this one and the one on the market?
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One from market doesn't wake up with "Hi Galaxy", it's "Hi VLingo", and you can't change it. This one is also made for our 720p screen. Also a couple extra options in this.
Social Update doesn't work on GNex
on AOKP M3 and unable to keep Voice Talk from force closing... Really wish this was available for GNex as I like the special features..
Those of you getting FCs, how are you installing it??
I can't get it to force close on my phone ever.
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Social Update doesn't work on GNex
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Facebook integration isn't baked into ICS. Did you try Twitter?
I think i figured it out. Its not quite 100% stable, but it does work well overall. The crashing that people are seeing when they can do NOTHING without a crash happens when you use any other wake-up command OTHER then the default "Hi Galaxy". If you don't change the wake-up command it works fine.
When i was changing the command it would crash before i could do anything. Tried it 3 times. Uninstalled and re-installed. Then i didn't change the command and it worked. Once i KNEW it worked, i changed the command as a test and it crashed again.
Can someone else who is getting constant crashes confirm this?
That was my conclusion as well with this app.
I'll see about testing again, but I left the wake up command the way it was (Hi Galaxy)... Mine would allow me to do a command but once complete it would then crash...
Are you leaving other version of Vlingo on your phone or removing?
I was trying to open apps using Google now but was unable to open it so what are the commands to open apps or play music from. Google now????
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As a general rule, Google voice actions doesn't launch apps. It'll launch the dialer, messages, maps, navigation, the browser and some of those basic things.
There's a thread somewhere about the nexus 7 tablet manual that is free thru google play books that has a section with all the commands for the now search app. I don't have the link available.
It would suck if Google limited now's ability to Google's own apps. That's the worst thing about its retarded cousin, siri
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"Play Beastie Boys" works on my phone...
I've got the same problem. Everytime I ask something (e.g. call xxxx, play song xxxx, what's the Yankee's score), it'll go to the browser. I went through all the settings and can't find anything.
If I remember correctly, launching Play Music via Google Now only works if you're in the US and the music is uploaded to the cloud.
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skychan said:
I've got the same problem. Everytime I ask something (e.g. call xxxx, play song xxxx, what's the Yankee's score), it'll go to the browser. I went through all the settings and can't find anything.
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Instead of 'play', have you tried to ask: 'listen to' --- [artist] or [song title]? It works for me. It should even ask you to choose between Google Music, YouTube, and any other music app you already have installed (like Rdio, Jango, Slacker, etc).
Also, make sure you've followed this guide on how to set up Google Now:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1740542
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Instead of 'play', have you tried to ask: 'listen to' --- [artist] or [song title]? It works for me. It should even ask you to choose between Google Music, YouTube, and any other music app you already have installed (like Rdio, Jango, Slacker, etc).
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Same thing happens, Now will show the "link" to Google Music, but then the browser automatically opens up over it ... It also happens when I try "call xxx", the contacts open up (because of multiple phones for this person), but then almost immediately, a browser opens showing the Google results ...
There's gotta be a setting somewhere to disable auto browser results ....
If I say, "Text Melissa -text here-" it works. But if I say "Text Mom -text here-" it won't. I have to say "Send text to Mom" for it to send a text. Same with calling. So my suggestion is to play around with the wording.
Change your settings to 'always search from Google.com instead of your local domain.' Then it'll work. I'm in india, did this, and then it started showing cards/doing actual voice actions.
ayaad said:
I was trying to open apps using Google now but was unable to open it so what are the commands to open apps or play music from. Google now????
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Google Now can open apps. First you must say (Open app) then say the name of the app that you want open.
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Google Now can open apps. First you must say (Open app) then say the name of the app that you want open.
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You are CORECT SIR!
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Google Now can open apps. First you must say (Open app) then say the name of the app that you want open.
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Still can't get it to work.
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Still can't get it to work.
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Go to settings>phone search and untick the browser setting. That should sort it.
You don't have to uncheck browser in settings. You can launch application by saying "launch [app name]".
Maybe you have to change both system language and voice input language to English(US).
I'm able to play music too even I'm outside US.
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didn't know i could do this. should be fun
More info about Google Now
Ok, the option to listen to music works, but it will give you the option to listen to songs that you have stored in your phone with the default music application, it's not like it'll stream music from the web so use it confidently. Also, following all the set up instructions for Google Now exposed in a previous post helps a lot. A personal note: I would say that Google Now works pretty much better with searches on the web and in my experience S-Voice on my phone (Samsung Galaxy S3) works better with the phone's applications. Basically both of them are good, but each one has a strength tha the other does not. Hope it helps as the thread of this post helped me.