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[Q] Google Now with a Google Apps account?

I usually set my android phones up with my Google Apps account. Most things work fine and I've been using Latitude with this account for maybe 2 years or so.
When I ran Google Now for the first time by swiping up from the bottom of my device it asked me to choose an account to use, my Google Apps account was greyed
out and it would not let me select it, so I chose my non Apps account.
I then got the sample cards and the welcome 'wizard' to Now.
I then noticed the menu for Google Now and saw I could switch my account to my Google
Apps account, however when I did this the cards vanished and I was only left with the search box.
I'm wondering if this is something to do with Google Apps or something to do with my Apps account being set to a UK locale?
Anybody else tried with Apps account?

It is working fine with my Google apps account.

I have the same problem with my Apps account. Search box only, no cards.
If I add a gmail account to my phone and select it, then it works, but not with my main Apps account. Disappointing.

I have the same problem
I have the same problem. No cards with my main google apps account, but with my second google apps account it works well...

Any luck with this? I was very excited to try this out. All my Google Apps accounts are greyed out ... can I only choose one [I think it has Google Account associated with it]. Very said. :crying:

I am getting my new Galaxy Nexus today but will probably wait for the official Jellybean update. I will be extremely disappointed if I cannot use my Google Apps account with Google Now. Google did this when they rolled out Google+. Google Apps accounts did not work for several months! Was very frustrating. Google needs to make sure their paying customers have first access to new features not last.

Works fine with my Google Apps account. Maybe it's a bug related to multiple accounts?
My Apps account is my only Google account on the phone.

Interesting..I never stopped to think that.. I also use Google Apps account and I never got an option to setup cards or anything in regards to cards.. I get no cards what so ever. I wonder what it might be. I am guessing its a hit and miss since its working for some and not for others like myself...

I also just noticed this too today. I thought it was just some weird quirk with me, so I did multiple wipes until I finally tried my rarely-used gmail account instead of my apps account.
I'm wondering what the difference is between some apps account than others? Perhaps there's a setting in the dashboard that needs to be enabled? I'm a bit disappointed that apps accounts seem to have low priority when it comes to new features

I can now tell you that for testing purposes I tried to add my usual gmail account and when i went to Google Now it presented me choosing an account to setup with Google now. Seems like some peoples accounts are working fine with Google Apps, some aren't.

Found it! Sort of... Enable "Android Predictive UI" in your Google Apps account settings.
http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1408902
On the very bottom it says "This setting enables Google Now for your users, which is available for Android 4.1+ devices."
I still can't seem to get it to work though.

My google apps account only has a main account, no subs. So I only have that main apps account on my phone, and I don't get the Now cards or Now menu settings. Hoping for a fix or enable option soon!
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TaFFeR said:
Found it! Sort of... Enable "Android Predictive UI" in your Google Apps account settings.
http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1408902
On the very bottom it says "This setting enables Google Now for your users, which is available for Android 4.1+ devices."
I still can't seem to get it to work though.
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I have it working now, thanks!

Really? Did you do anything special? I just wiped again, and now I'm stuck on the Google logo, ha!
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I just restored a backup from before my wiping spree and got it working! Changing that setting did the trick.
1. Go to your Apps Dashboard (www.google.com/a/your_domain.com) and click on settings on the top right.
2. Click on Mobile under Services on the menu on the left.
3. Make sure you're in the Org Settings tab and scroll all the way down to Android settings.
4. Enable Google Now and save.
At this point, I had some trouble getting it to make the change on my phone. I did some wipes and a restore and it finally worked. You may not have to do that though since matthewtyson seemed to have gotten it to work right away.

I checked the box you found to enable the feature, and a few seconds later I woke up the phone and swiped up for google. No reboot or anything. When I launched the Google, the mountains header image stayed in place and I got Now card instructions. Everything is working, and it is very cool! Thanks for finding the check box!
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Really? Did you do anything special? I just wiped again, and now I'm stuck on the Google logo, ha!
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I just restored a backup from before my wiping spree and got it working! Changing that setting did the trick.
1. Go to your Apps Dashboard (www.google.com/a/your_domain.com) and click on settings on the top right.
2. Click on Mobile under Services on the menu on the left.
3. Make sure you're in the Org Settings tab and scroll all the way down to Android settings.
4. Enable Android Predictive UI and save.
At this point, I had some trouble getting it to make the change on my phone. I did some wipes and a restore and it finally worked. You may not have to do that though since matthewtyson seemed to have gotten it to work right away.
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TaFFeR said:
Found it! Sort of... Enable "Android Predictive UI" in your Google Apps account settings.
http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1408902
On the very bottom it says "This setting enables Google Now for your users, which is available for Android 4.1+ devices."
I still can't seem to get it to work though.
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AWESOME FIND
works well.. all I did after enabling was.. i removed my apps account...re added it..still no go.. i re added my GMAIL account..when i went into search the cards appeared..I then also removed my GMAIL account and everything is intact...WORKS GREAT..THANKS MUCH

Sounds like a daft question, but where do I find my domain name to access this control panel?
I don't have access to any of that stuff. I just have a regular Google account.

Arthur Hucksake said:
Sounds like a daft question, but where do I find my domain name to access this control panel?
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Your domain should part of your email address. Say your email is [email protected], your control panel should be at www.google.com/a/bar.com.

That's the first thing I tried, just brings up an error page.
What i'm getting at is... I just have a gmail.com account that I use for everything. So if it's [email protected] for example, what would I use to access this page? Just using arthurhucksake.com at the end doesn't work.

Arthur Hucksake said:
That's the first thing I tried, just brings up an error page.
What i'm getting at is... I just have a gmail.com account that I use for everything. So if it's [email protected] for example, what would I use to access this page? Just using arthurhucksake.com at the end doesn't work.
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I answered in the other thread. If you're using an @gmail.com or @googlemail.com address, this solution doesn't apply to your account.

TaFFeR said:
I answered in the other thread. If you're using an @gmail.com or @googlemail.com address, this solution doesn't apply to your account.
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Ok thanks.
Google Now is crippled for the time being then, fastboot jellybean GTFO of my phone

[Q] No Facebook notifications or chat heads.

Running:
Nexus 7 (2013) WiFi only, 16GB
Android Version: 4.4.4
Cyanogenmod Version: 11
Let me start off by saying that notifications and chat heads are enabled. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling the apps, clearing the apps data and clearing the system cache partition.
Everything was fine until last night when randomly I stopped receiving Facebook notifications and chat heads became buggy. I am no longer notified when someone messages me, comments on a post of mine, etc. That doesn't bother me all that much, but the thing that bothers me is that chat heads don't seem to be working properly. They would usually automatically appear when someone messages me but they've stopped doing that. I don't get any sort of notification either. I have to manually open up the app to see if I have been messaged, then press on the conversation I want to open a chat head for. The strange thing is, everything works fine when I'm actually inside the Facebook app. When I'm in the app, chat heads appear automatically like they should. It's only when I close the app so the chat heads are over my other applications that they stop appearing. I can still chat through the already opened chat heads, just none appear so I don't know if I've been messaged.
Here is what I have to do to check if I've been messaged by someone else:
(Image added as attachment as I can't post outside links)
As you can see, instead of their chat head appearing, I have to expand an already active chat head and press the inbox icon. This problem is probably something to do with the notifications not working.
It isn't a heartbeat problem. The notifications don't appear at all. My friend has the same Nexus and he is not facing this problem. Notifications for everything else work fine.
Anyone got any advice?
Thanks.

I've got the same issue man...

Pretty sure they changed the app. You need separate messaging app for Facebook now. I may be wrong though.

madbat99 said:
Pretty sure they changed the app. You need separate messaging app for Facebook now. I may be wrong though.
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Yes they have. And both notifications aren't working.
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Just for reference, I've tried:
Uninstalling, then reinstalling Facebook and Messenger
Installing previous versions of both apps
Cleared cache, data of both apps
Triple checked notification settings in both apps and on device
Tried PFN to no avail
Turned platform off and then on again
Also, I had Messenger installed then uninstalled due to privacy concerns and I only noticed the lack of notifications after I reinstalled Messenger. It's as if Facebook is punishing me

Ok. So I've fixed mine. Facebook and Messenger notifications are both working now.
Not entirely sure of the issue, but I've;
Went to root/system/etc and deleted hosts file.
Installed SuperSU and updated binary.
Removed Facebook and Google accounts from device and resynced both.
*edit.
Not sure if it had anything to do with it, but I uninstalled Freedom as well...

[Q] "Ok Google Show Me My Steps" will not work!

I have had my moto 360 for about three days now. It updated and i can not get the new watch faces nor will it allow me to say "ok google show me my steps" because it will pull up a link on my watch and i press it and it opens on my phone. Nor will this work with the heart rate command. Im kind of pissed that i bought ab250 dollar watch that is messing up!

Try uninstalling Google Fit App on your Phone. When installed the Wear app do not works like before.

dersie said:
Try uninstalling Google Fit App on your Phone. When installed the Wear app do not works like before.
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Same issue here.. worked fine yesterday. This is odd.

Same here. Will try suggestion from dersie.
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Uninstalling and reinstalling the fit app did not work.
I am able to do voice searches from my phone. Also, I was able to use my voice to send a text from my watch. Not sure what gives.

I'm having problems with the commands "start a run", "start a ride" or "start a workout" - it just does google searches instead of starting the assigned apps (Runkeeper and VimoFit).

It all seems related to the latest wear update from the party store as I was fine until that installed when I got back on WiFi this evening
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Same here.
1. If I ask it "Show me my Steps" or "Show me my heat rate" it will take me to a search page vs. opening up google fit or the moto apps. On day 1, this did work.
2. If I ask it to "Start power amp" on my phone it opens the playstore vs. poweramp app. Other apps also do this, but not all of them.
3. If I say "settings" it takes me to a search page vs. opening settings.
4. If I say "Play music" it opens up Google music as it should.
5. Notes and reminders work.

Yep. Same here. Seems like a config issue...
I have the same problem as the first one you mentioned. The watch interprets the words and displays them on the face, so it got that much right. It seems like the definition of what to do has been removed. My guess is that there is a dictionary, hash map, registry or whatever that translates interpreted statements into Androidwear app actions. The entries for these two phrases have somehow been deleted or are unreadable.
App need: A tool to manage the actions taken by AndroidWear when a registered phrase is found. Typical CRUD operations. Maybe this app already exists?
Update: A few days after posting this, the device (dare I call it a watch) starting responding properly to the command. I'm sure something was updated but I don't recall seeing any notifications about an update (a little creepy if you ask me). Then a few days later an update to AndroidWear on my phone along with Google and Maps. No noticeable change in the device. Earlier I had noticed that the watch face would not display the date, even though I had configured it using Moto Connect. I reset the watch today and now the date is back and the commands continue to work almost flawlessly. All is good... for now.

hamiltonca said:
I have the same problem as the first one you mentioned. The watch interprets the words and displays them on the face, so it got that much right. It seems like the definition of what to do has been removed. My guess is that there is a dictionary, hash map, registry or whatever that translates interpreted statements into Androidwear app actions. The entries for these two phrases have somehow been deleted or are unreadable.
App need: A tool to manage the actions taken by Androidwear when a registered phrase is found. Typical CRUD operations. Maybe this app already exists?
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You can try IFTTT. It's free and solved some of my issues until Motorola fixes this.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ifttt.ifttt

The same problem appeared on my watch today. Strange thing is that it was working fine this morning. I've not updated nor installed any new apps on either my phone or the watch.
I've seen others report the same issue but on the LG G Watch R so this seem to be a Google problem.

Reinstall fixed it for me

But didn't fix it for me on g watch r
dangreene1 said:
Reinstall fixed it for me
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Sent from my HTC One_M8

Update to android wear in okay store on 12/3. Didn't get notified, but I uninstalled it, then reinstalled it. No change.

fixed!!
https://forums.motorola.com/posts/47f3ee214e

galaxy s3 missing some apps after reboot

ok... this phone is getting long in the tooth.
after a reboot, apps like Podcast, instagram and ampre are missing! its totally random
I go to redownload on play store... I get a 101 error. wiping cache was strange- I got errors on the screen from those certain apps and it didn't fix the problem
what the hell is going on and how can I fix it?

supertac said:
ok... this phone is getting long in the tooth.
after a reboot, apps like Podcast, instagram and ampre are missing! its totally random
I go to redownload on play store... I get a 101 error. wiping cache was strange- I got errors on the screen from those certain apps and it didn't fix the problem
what the hell is going on and how can I fix it?
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You do realize this is the Galaxy Tab S3 forum (tablet) and not the S3 phone.
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That said 101 error is user account verification error. Google can help you find how to fix it.

sorry wrong sporting area..
my problem was simular to this https://forums.androidcentral.com/htc-evo-4g-lte/225647-some-apps-disappearing-after-reboot.html
eventually it booted properly... its a sign that this 2012 phone is on its last legs.

Facebook constantly crashing

I was having issues with Snapchat yesterday as soon as i open the app it stop working but looked online and found it was a global issue with Snapchat however today Facebook is constantly crashing exactly the same way with the error Facebook has stopped working when trying to open the app, can't find any issue with this online, I've cleared the cache for the app, reinstalled it to no avail, rebooted the phone still the same issue, is anyone else having app crashes on their pixel 2 xl? Nothing has changed on my phone since these issues cropped, haven't installed any apps for a while.

I believe facebook crashing is facebook its issue not Android problem.

sadiku said:
I believe facebook crashing is facebook its issue not Android problem.
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Yeah it looks like that i just can't understand why, i haven't updated the app in a while and it's been fine, also my partner isn't having any problems on her pixel 2 same version of Facebook so can't get my head around why it's crashing on mine.

GF is having same issue on her iPhone. FB issue I think, server side. It looks like it's trying to load data or something and just closes

rquinn19 said:
GF is having same issue on her iPhone. FB issue I think, server side. It looks like it's trying to load data or something and just closes
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Yeah that's exactly what is happening, not my phone then, wth is going on with the social networks lately, Snapchat yesterday and Facebook today.

same facebook crashing
yep, crashes immediately
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actually not such a bad thing, wasting too much time on facebook need to get back to productivity

I have a fix for you, get rid of that bloat infested, disease filled, resource hogging, data stealing app and use one of the many alternatives, I personally use Maki.
Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using XDA Labs

It's working now must have been a long Facebook server issue yesterday for some people