Hi,
at some point the new roms started to include a program called "Locations" or HTC Locations, which starts now everytime i click on an address of any contact instead of googlemaps. Since I have a different navigation program and i don't like Locations, is there a way of switching the standard back to googlemaps or, even better, to get rid of Locations at all?
Thx
Go to settings > applications > manage applications > locations and look for "Launch By Default" and click Clear Defaults and try again.
tried that first, that button says "no standards set" and is greyed out... i tried deleting the data for Locations but that didn't help
Hello, not sure if any of you experienced the same problem. I can't seem to turn Google Now on. It either says 'Network Error' or 'Google Now requires location services which are not available'.
Any ideas? Help appreciated.
Do you have that turned on under settings - connection - location ?
Followed this trick found in googlegroups and it worked!
Switch the phone to Airplane mode (re-enable wi-fi, it's needed later on)
Go to Location settings and switch to GPS only mode
Download Fake GPS (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lexa.fakegps)
Set the location to London (I suppose any place with access to Google Now will do but, I tested this on London)
Open search settings and sign out
Disable Google Play Services (if it asks to uninstall updates, do so)
Open search settings and select your account
Google Now terms and conditions should come up
Select the option "Yes, I'm in" (Or just use voice search, say "Remind me to buy milk" and click "Opt in to Google Now").
Re-enable Google Play Services, disable Airplane Mode, change location settings to your hearts desire and stop fake GPS.
Enjoy Google Now.
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Hi all, im running COS beta on my.find 7a. I want to run some apps in background like utorrent for example.
But after I open it and then switch to.another app the OS close it and wont let it run in the background.
Tried to.look for some options in settings but couldnt change this odd behavior.... on other roms this never hapens.
Anyone have a solution?
A solution? Nope... It's either a bug or a rather crappy way to handle background tasks on COS.
A workaround? Yep! :victory:
First you'll need to enable the "Data Saving" option, even if it sounds totally unrelated to your problem.
(Go to "Settings", and then "Security settings". Select "Data saving" and enable it.)
It will then display a list of all your installed apps. Just select the ones you want to allow to keep running in the background, and they won't be closed any more once launched.
AngryHapposai said:
A solution? Nope... It's either a bug or a rather crappy way to handle background tasks on COS.
A workaround? Yep! :victory:
First you'll need to enable the "Data Saving" option, even if it sounds totally unrelated to your problem.
(Go to "Settings", and then "Security settings". Select "Data saving" and enable it.)
It will then display a list of all your installed apps. Just select the ones you want to allow to keep running in the background, and they won't be closed any more once launched.
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Haa. Works like charm.
Stupid though cos now I cant really use data saving properly as I have to add to the list all the apps I want to run in background...
I could have sworn that before the update I could use the ok google detection anywhere (after I enabled it search settings). I tried it again, and it's grayed out in the Search, Voice settings in Google Search. Only the top main option to enable OK google voice allows me to toggle it on or off.
Are you sure you weren't using Google Now launcher?
efishta said:
I could have sworn that before the update I could use the ok google detection anywhere (after I enabled it search settings). I tried it again, and it's grayed out in the Search, Voice settings in Google Search. Only the top main option to enable OK google voice allows me to toggle it on or off.
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Disable S Voice in app management, reboot, then go back to Google Now settings. It shouldn't be grayed out anymore.
Woot! Your response led me on the right path. I am and was using the Google now launcher, but the reason I kept referring to Google Search (which is actually just called Google in the app store) is because I thought it was a separate app responsible for the search functionality and that it hooked into the Now launcher. So I uninstalled the standalone Google app, rebooted phone, and now the option is no longer grayed out in the voice detection section of the Now launcher settings.
I think it's strange that Google allows the Google search app to coexist and override the built in Now launcher search functionality (or at the very least seems to pull the standalone Google search app's settings when I try and configure them through the Now launcher)
I'm sooo confused right now. What I uninstalled was just an update. The "Google" search app is still installed and asking me to update it, which means it came built in to the firmware. Aarrghh!
I updated it, and the option for OK Google functionality anywhere in the phone (different apps, screen off, etc) now became grayed out again. So its' at least linked to that it seems. I also don't get the ability to train the OK Google voice recognition (also grayed out) with the updated Google (search) app. The stock, original firmware version of the app does allow it. Aggravating!
Yup I noticed the same thing, the ability seems broken after the update.
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I followed the advice to disable the s voice app through the application manager, rebooted... And forgot to check it till today. Yes! Its working. I'm 99% sure it was disabling s voice that did it, and 1% possibility it was an a background google update... So I'm leaning toward the s voice fix.
Thank you to the 2nd poster above with the recommendation. Fixed it.
Hmm. My svoice is enabled and I am able 'ok google' from anywhere. Including the lock screen. I haven't actually used svoice since the update so I will try it and then see if ok google still works from everywhere.
I can 't force stop or disable S-Voice and OK Google options are grayed out. Any ideas?
In the past I was not able to disable s voice through the application manager, but this time I was.
A couple of possibilities I can think of. In the s voice settings, disable any available options that may be enabled, such as activating it via home button, etc. (Don't recall all the various settings now because it's gone completely from my application settings section)
Also, go into the Security settings of the phone and make sure s voice is not listed as a Device Administrator. I've noticed that apps can't be disabled or uninstalled as long as they're listed in this section as device admins. As usual reboot after just in case, and check if you can disable it then.
I haven't modified anything on the phone other than manually disabling a bunch of apps through application manager and replacing touchwiz with the Google Now home screen.
efishta said:
In the past I was not able to disable s voice through the application manager, but this time I was.
A couple of possibilities I can think of. In the s voice settings, disable any available options that may be enabled, such as activating it via home button, etc. (Don't recall all the various settings now because it's gone completely from my application settings section)
Also, go into the Security settings of the phone and make sure s voice is not listed as a Device Administrator. I've noticed that apps can't be disabled or uninstalled as long as they're listed in this section as device admins. As usual reboot after just in case, and check if you can disable it then.
I haven't modified anything on the phone other than manually disabling a bunch of apps through application manager and replacing touchwiz with the Google Now home screen.
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it was a device administrator. once removed, i was ale to force stop/disable s-voice
I want to use the Smart Settings feature to enable wifi when I'm at home, but can't work out how to set my home location.
The "Home" section of the Edit Smart setting page says "No home located in My places". When I tap on that a message pops up saying "Home is not located in settings for My places. When located, Smart settings can be set automatically...."
So I went hunting for a way to set my home location...I started with Location settings, which seems the obvious place. There's a "Places" section there, but it's greyed out. The slider is set to On however, and the greyed-out text reads: "My place ...locate your home for Smart settings".
Presumably if this option wasn't greyed out I would be able to set my home location, but I can't work out why it's not enabled. I have Location services turned on, and set to High accuracy mode.
Any ideas?
I've just found the answer. It seems that I had Mobile Data disabled, and it is only possible to set your home location when Data is enabled.