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URL for UK Update

Ok, I took this quickly because I had no idea how long it'd stay there so excuse the quality!
Link to picture
Link to zip file

I must say.
I love you.
Tried it and downloads fine (as if verification was needed)
Think I'll leave updating my phone until JF's picked it apart, though

Haha no problem! I've been searching about for a while trying to find evidence of the new update so thought I'd be useful now I've actually got it
To be honest, apart from support for paid apps in the Market, I can't really see many differences...

Excellent, good to see someone caught it early. I'll hang fire for now until someones give it a good once over.

I haven't heard much about it but I hope the radio update it includes is the same one that seems to increase battery life in RC33. Can say I'd enjoy that.

Nickedynick said:
Ok, I took this quickly because I had no idea how long it'd stay there so excuse the quality!
Link to picture
Link to zip file
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Does this update the firmware as well as the Android OS?

Fushichou said:
I haven't heard much about it but I hope the radio update it includes is the same one that seems to increase battery life in RC33. Can say I'd enjoy that.
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It does have a radio image in it.

Yep, I'm now on firmware 1.1.
Here's an overview of what's contained from this thread.
RC9's Key Features:
Market is operational - paving the way for paid app
Spam report - flag offensive or unproductive comments in the Market
Market report - a range of options when removing apps
App upgrade notification
Email sync - new options for days sync
Software update - a specific option to check for OTA's
Locale added - offering language support for English or German
Internal phone storage - memory increased
Battery life - increased performance
MMS - ability to save content via screen longpress
App updates:
Sim Toolkit -SMS based services for Europe (includes a LOT of subsections)
Info Services: News, Sports, Weather, Lottery, Share Price, Exchange Rates
Text Chat
Group Text
Fun & Games: Horoscopes, Humour, Virtual Flirt, Sports Quiz, Trivia Quiz, Penalty (1P), Penalty (2P), Russian Roulette, Huggie - Virtual Pet
Voice Services: Call Voicemail, Voicemail Settings, Directory Enquiries, Traffic updates, Call Customer Services
Unconfirmed: (anyone care to test?)
Phone signal strength boosted.
Wifi glitches fixed
3G stability
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Interestingly (annoyingly), Maps is now 3.0 but there's no sign of Latitude...

latitude is present in rc9 (uk).
Voice search is not present.

enlightener said:
latitude is present in rc9 (uk).
Voice search is not present.
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both of which I really wanted and when I got them (by installing JFv1.43 Holiday) never really used them past that first try

This is fantastic news i've been waiting for this update, just need the modded JF version now .

enlightener said:
latitude is present in rc9 (uk).
Voice search is not present.
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I don't have Latitude...

Nickedynick said:
I don't have Latitude...
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Maybe you are unlucky
Are you sure you are looking on the right place?

Nickedynick said:
I don't have Latitude...
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neither do i, and I am looking in the right place.
I have v3.0 of maps. but no option in the maps menu for latitude.

I have updated too. no latitude and still not able top access https through the browser!
i've not noticed any real difference in anything to be honest!
does anyone know how to solve the https issue?
Thanks,
Dan

dubstar_04 said:
I have updated too. no latitude and still not able top access https through the browser!
i've not noticed any real difference in anything to be honest!
does anyone know how to solve the https issue?
Thanks,
Dan
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I have latitude and https is working fine.
Maybe because I made a "fresh install":
jf1.41 -> rc8 (dreaimg.nbh) -> rc9

hmmm, I may try a wipe and install....see what happens.

Surely we shouldn't have to go through that process to get new features from an update...?

I wouldn't have thought so...but you never know!
Nothing is ever easy...life would be boring if it was!

minty1978 said:
I wouldn't have thought so...but you never know!
Nothing is ever easy...life would be boring if it was!
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Well a factory reset and reinstalling rc9 seems to have https:// working!!
Still no sign of latitude though!! What should there be?

[APP] SayMyName Dessert

Hello,
At the moment I'm working on a new version of SayMyName Dessert. It's my first app (but it's already on the Android Market for more than a year ) and I just can't stop developing it. Mostly, I blame my users for that. You send me feature-requests, bug-reports, good feedback, bad feedback... even donations!
Currently there are two versions of SayMyName available at the Android Market. One for Cupcakes, and one for Donuts and beyond.
With the upcoming version of SayMyName, I want to merge those versions, fix old, very annoying bugs and add some often requested features.
Why I'm telling you that? Because I need even more feedback, more testers, more contributers D) and some guys who translate my app into various languages.
So, if you want to help me, please download the attached .apk and give me some feedback / requests / whatever comes to your mind. Just leave a reply here at xda or send me a mail. (tomtasche AT gmail)
Thank you very much
Tom
P.S.: If you want to try the old, buggy version of SayMyName, feel free to search the Android Market for "SayMyName Dessert".
edit:
I forgot to mention what this app is for.
Official market-description:
"Want to know who's calling you without looking at your phone? SayMyName reads out loud the name saved in your adressbook and tells you who's calling.
- reads SMS, GMail and K9-Mail too
- very customizable
- discreet mode
- Locale Plug-in
- open-source
- supports non-latin languages too
See website for changelog, etc."
edit:
Changelog:
- reads nicknames!
- fixes, fixes, fixes.
- much more
- mute gestures
- read number-/mail-type (custom labels supported too!)
- auto translate messages (enable "translate")
- improved widget
- fixes
- pause music during speech on phones with Android 2.2
- sk, cs and de translations by David K. (thanks! )
- supports people who can't find TTS Extended in Android Market / don't have access to Android Market
Planned features in near future:
- more translations (any volunteers?)
- bluetooth (maybe I found somebody who can help me! )
edit:
If you want to help translate, download this file and translate the text between the tags:
Code:
<string name="...">TRANSLATE THIS</string>
Return the translated file to me afterwards.
Thank you very much
Tom
PS: Please let me know if you want me to mention your name / mail-address / website.

Shall report back tomorrow. Used to love this app!

MillyMoo106 said:
Shall report back tomorrow. Used to love this app!
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Thanks! Tell me if you miss something.

I just tried the app for SMS notifications, but it gets interrupted by the notification. I'd like the notification to come first, followed by the announce and then the message. As it is now half the announcement gets killed by the notification.
I tried setting both Reading break and speech delay to 5 (seconds?), but the announcement started immediately anyway.
The app also seems to open a TTS-channel on start, causing noticeable hiss for a couple of seconds.
And the locale-plug-in, is it a separate download? Couldn't see it in Tasker even if I force-stopped it.
Your app seems to perform all the functions I want from TTS-notifications, now I only have to wait for the engine to not sound like a broken record in my language.

xdZKu7 said:
I just tried the app for SMS notifications, but it gets interrupted by the notification. I'd like the notification to come first, followed by the announce and then the message. As it is now half the announcement gets killed by the notification.
I tried setting both Reading break and speech delay to 5 (seconds?), but the announcement started immediately anyway.
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Nice, you found a bug! Little workaround until I upload the fix: set the speech delay in SayCaller Settings.
xdZKu7 said:
The app also seems to open a TTS-channel on start, causing noticeable hiss for a couple of seconds.
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Shouldn't happen in the next version too, thanks.
xdZKu7 said:
And the locale-plug-in, is it a separate download? Couldn't see it in Tasker even if I force-stopped it.
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Locale Plug-In is made for Locale 1.0 (beta). I didn't update it yet, because I thought nobody would use it.
I'll note that on my ToDo-list, thanks!
xdZKu7 said:
Your app seems to perform all the functions I want from TTS-notifications, now I only have to wait for the engine to not sound like a broken record in my language.
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Which Android version performs on your phone? Everything under 1.6 has a REALLY bad voice:

TomTasche said:
Locale Plug-In is made for Locale 1.0 (beta). I didn't update it yet, because I thought nobody would use it.
I'll note that on my ToDo-list, thanks!
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Tasker has Locale plug-in support. I would like to use Tasker to enable and disable your program whenever I place my phone in the car dock.
Which Android version performs on your phone? Everything under 1.6 has a REALLY bad voice:
[ YOUTUBE ]
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Yup, that's the voice.... Froyo (CM6) on Nexus. Truth be told I don't really like the english voice either, it's just far too synthetic compared to some of the other TTS-engines out there:
AT&T Natural Voices

xdZKu7 said:
Tasker has Locale plug-in support. I would like to use Tasker to enable and disable your program whenever I place my phone in the car dock.
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I'll try to add Tasker-support on Friday. Thanks for the hint.
xdZKu7 said:
Yup, that's the voice.... Froyo (CM6) on Nexus. Truth be told I don't really like the english voice either, it's just far too synthetic compared to some of the other TTS-engines out there:
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Unfortunately I'm not responsible for the voice. It comes from Android, but the AT&T sample is very impressive!
I've uploaded another update at the first post, which fixes speech-delay.
Thanks
Tom
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By the way, you can change the voice in "Speech settings" (linked in SayMyName). Change the "Engine" to "Pico TTS" and you'll get a female voice.

TomTasche said:
Unfortunately I'm not responsible for the voice. It comes from Android,
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I do realise that. I'll just have to sit still and wait until either google, or someone else grants us a more pleasant engine.
I've uploaded another update at the first post, which fixes speech-delay.
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Excellent.
A slightly more convoluted feature request: Do you think it would be possible to change the TTS-language based on which contact a text message comes from? Say for instance if the contacts had TTS=en_US or TTS=sv_SE or any other preferred language in the notes-section?
The reason for this request is of course that I receive messages in different languages depending on the contact, so if I just decide on a language half the time it'll sound even worse than necessary.

TomTasche said:
edit:
By the way, you can change the voice in "Speech settings" (linked in SayMyName). Change the "Engine" to "Pico TTS" and you'll get a female voice.
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Thanks for the hint, but it doesn't seem to work. Probably because I don't use EN/FR/DE/ES.

xdZKu7 said:
I do realise that. I'll just have to sit still and wait until either google, or someone else grants us a more pleasant engine.
Excellent.
A slightly more convoluted feature request: Do you think it would be possible to change the TTS-language based on which contact a text message comes from? Say for instance if the contacts had TTS=en_US or TTS=sv_SE or any other preferred language in the notes-section?
The reason for this request is of course that I receive messages in different languages depending on the contact, so if I just decide on a language half the time it'll sound even worse than necessary.
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Let's see what I can do for you. I'll try on Friday.
Now I'm off till Friday. Thanks for testing! Keep reporting.

When I tried the old version from the market the notifications didn't pause the music or podcasts so the text reading was down out by the audio. Using btunes for music and google listen for podcasts. Any progress on this?
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App

d11dog11 said:
When I tried the old version from the market the notifications didn't pause the music or podcasts so the text reading was down out by the audio. Using btunes for music and google listen for podcasts. Any progress on this?
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
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Android should pause your music automatically if there's a notification-sound. But I'll see if I can pause music too. Thanks.

so is the 6.5 file the donut version

dsMA said:
so is the 6.5 file the donut version
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Yes and no. Both uploaded files are for every Android version above 1.1.
Download the 2.2.6.5 file if you want to try SayMyName.
Thanks
Tom

thanks
thanks man, lets see if it works on my nexus one

Looks cool !!
Good job man

Feel free to ask if you have any questions.

Tattoo
Dont works on my HTC Tattoo..

TattooHtc said:
Dont works on my HTC Tattoo..
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Would you be so kind and provide some further information?
What happens? Force close? If so, please follow this instructions. Thanks!

Can't get any of these to work on my x10 mini (Android 1.6). Old version from Market works fine but when I install these and try to open them I get a popup saying "The requested item could not be found".
Any idea what's going on Tom?
EDIT: Tried the earlier .6.3 and it seems the app is trying to search the Market for "pname:com.google.tts" doesn't find anything matching that though and just sticks on that screen
EDIT 2: Couldn't find the files on Market but the newest version of it is here:
code.google.com/p/eyes-free/downloads/detail?name=tts_3.0_rc05.apk&can=2&q=
Sorry for the rambling post lol

[App][1.6+] Whistle App, Trigger your phone with whistle - Testers wanted

Hi all, I've published my first app and would like your advices, it's called Whistle App listens for a whistle and responses with user defined image presentation and sound playing.
in fact i'm working on an open source project which provides audio analysis api for java applications (android compatible), i want to test whether it works on different devices, thanks!
Market link: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.whistleapp
Project on Google code: http://code.google.com/p/musicg-sound-api/

Won't this application be heavy on battery?

I would like to test for you but unfortunately its incompatible with my galaxy mini. Can you expand the compatibility range? Thanks
Slide(it)d from my crappy galaxy mini

Unlock with a whistle would be cool.
Sent from my MB860 using Tapatalk

woolf clubs said:
Won't this application be heavy on battery?
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It only works when you start the problem, it's not an app in background service. Actually i've a thinking to make it as service but as you said, it would be a battery demanding issue

Gnaver said:
I would like to test for you but unfortunately its incompatible with my galaxy mini. Can you expand the compatibility range? Thanks
Slide(it)d from my crappy galaxy mini
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I've checked and it supports with the device Galaxy Mini(GT-S5570), have you got any error message during the installation?

rozzco said:
Unlock with a whistle would be cool.
Sent from my MB860 using Tapatalk
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same thinking here. But i've tried the unlock permission is allowed to unlock and bring to this app only. If the app is waken by a whistle, after the user quit this app, he still need to unlock the screen by his finger. It may have a proper way to unlock the screen by an activity, i hope.

linda poky said:
I've checked and it supports with the device Galaxy Mini(GT-S5570), have you got any error message during the installation?
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I didn't get to installation... When I click on market link it redirect me to some device 3.0 page with dialog app not found and this only make apps which are not compatible with my device. Or its not available in Czech market
Slide(it)d from my crappy galaxy mini

Gnaver said:
I didn't get to installation... When I click on market link it redirect me to some device 3.0 page with dialog app not found and this only make apps which are not compatible with my device. Or its not available in Czech market
Slide(it)d from my crappy galaxy mini
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ic.. i didn't set any area restriction.
Or let me upload the apk, i'll make it shortly

uploaded the apk, you may try it for your interest:
http://code.google.com/p/musicg-sound-api/downloads/detail?name=WhistleApp_v1.1.apk

Tried. It's very easy to use. Charge a celebration with your whistle. This is wonderful app for any special occasion you can use to play with your creative idea’s and make the celebration even enjoyable with a beautiful start.

[APP]Smart Stay Ex

Hi guys I found this app was up for beta testing here at XDA developed by elnoxvie, its similar to Smart Stay & works on GB ROMs too. I'm posting it here so that if any there are any compatibility problems with our handset it could be ironed out by the developer.
- Go to the following thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1708012
- Get the latest beta & test it on your R.
- Report on the same thread your observations & problems you faced.
- Beta testers will get a discount.
The app is out of Beta & is available at the Play store. I have done beta testing for the app with my stock GB ROM, it was working fine & Galaxy R has been granted support. But it may not work on some custom ROMs.
Here are links:
1. SmartStay Ex Lite
2. SmartStay Ex Pro
Cheers!

Bro I read you wrote there that it is working for you but it is not for me on NEO ROM 2.1!!
I can only hear Stupid camera clicks and the screen goes off even if i am watching it.
I hope you be the Representative there and Report all the issues faced so that we can get a Nice Working Release !:angel:

maheepmaurya said:
Bro I read you wrote there that it is working for you but it is not for me on NEO ROM 2.1!!
I can only hear Stupid camera clicks and the screen goes off even if i am watching it.
I hope you be the Representative there and Report all the issues faced so that we can get a Nice Working Release !:angel:
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You'll have to report yourself cause he may try to understand your problem & ask you submit logs which only you can do.
So I'll request everyone to post your observations after testing it in the original thread as it'll help the developer in making it fully compatible with our device.

Ehhh !! i installed this app, but how do i know whether this is working or not, i can only hear camera clicks !!

I've installed it for some minutes. I think that you need to restart the phone after installing the app, but, first, enable the boot option inside it.
I suppose that those clicks are real photos been taking by the phone, I also hear it... just a bug. The app is trying to analyze the face and it's searching for the eyes.
If you want to try it, set the display timeout to 15s (in phone's settings), turn on your room's light and put the mobile to a reasonable distance from your face, you'll see that it doesn't switch off the screen, after this, just leave it far from you and, if everything is ok, it should go to sleep in some seconds.
The software need to mature a lot, it consumes tons of CPU time and, eventually, it starts to eat all the ram and CPU, leaving your phone in a semi-freezed mode, I was able to restart it but took some time.
Besides that, it did its function, it kept the display on while I was watching at it, and afterwards it put it to sleep.

Force Close on NeoRom 2.1
sux

Sputnik. said:
Force Close on NeoRom 2.1
sux
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I would request you to submit the logs to the developer so that he could try to understand the problem & rectify if possible.

'cooleagle' said:
I would request you to submit the logs to the developer so that he could try to understand the problem & rectify if possible.
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If you could tell me where I can find the log files I'd upload them..
Thx
Gesendet von meinem GT-I9103 mit Tapatalk

Sputnik. said:
If you could tell me where I can find the log files I'd upload them..
Thx
Gesendet von meinem GT-I9103 mit Tapatalk
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By sending a log you are sending some sensitive information to this app's developer. I think this is how it's done though I'm not 100% sure:
- First download & install the new v1.4 of the app.
- Now start /open the app, after clicking on 'OK' lock your device once by pressing the lock key.
- Now click on 'Send Logs' in the app. It'll ask you to download & install a log collector app so install it & open it.
- Next Tick 'Debug' and go through the process of running the app when you are facing the front Cam with some distance between you & your front Cam so as to let it try to detect your face. Now let it run once when you do not face the front Cam.
- Next Click on Send logs once again then click on OK.
- It'll then allow you to Email the log to this app's developer.
- If the app works then don't send the logs.
Hope this helps. Cheers !

App is out of Beta & it's available for download at the Play store. Check OP for the links & more info.
Cheers !

Thx @ cooleagle
ex lite version works though

it is working

Interesting app, but it fails to recognize in landscape mode. Also uses too much cpu, and phone lags while shooting images.

nRoof said:
Interesting app, but it fails to recognize in landscape mode. Also uses too much cpu, and phone lags while shooting images.
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It does work in landscape mode AFAIR but it's hard to keep your face in the field of view of the front camera in the landscape mode.
Yep you are right about others except the lagging part but that can vary from person to person.

The app is working, however, the shutter sound is very annoying. Just imagine when you fall asleep and suddenly hear that noise.

Adam77Root said:
The app is working, however, the shutter sound is very annoying. Just imagine when you fall asleep and suddenly hear that noise.
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There's an option to turn off the shutter sound but it's a temporary fix as it switches the handset into 'Silent' mode for the duration of the shutter sound which affects others functions of the handset as well.

Google Now - wake up word (hotword)

Hi.
Does the hotword "Google" work for you in the newest stock OTA for Google Now? For me it does not... Is there a way to enable it?
(if you don't know what I'm talking about check out this clip - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8ePUYp6HPU )

er453r said:
Hi.
Does the hotword "Google" work for you in the newest stock OTA for Google Now? For me it does not... Is there a way to enable it?
(if you don't know what I'm talking about check out this clip - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8ePUYp6HPU )
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change language to us english

rrohanjs said:
change language to us english
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I have changed the language to US everywhere (in the phone, in Google Now, in Voice input) and it still does not work This works for you?

er453r said:
I have changed the language to US everywhere (in the phone, in Google Now, in Voice input) and it still does not work This works for you?
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certain things do, like the prime miniter and president of india etc

rrohanjs said:
certain things do, like the prime miniter and president of india etc
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Ok - I think you misundestood me. Google Now works fine for me, with pictures and everything. Only the hotword search does not work for me. (So you can use it hands free, only say e.g. "google, who is the president of united states?", without touching the screen and/or buttons)

er453r said:
Ok - I think you misundestood me. Google Now works fine for me, with pictures and everything. Only the hotword search does not work for me. (So you can use it hands free, only say e.g. "google, who is the president of united states?", without touching the screen and/or buttons)
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ok, that surely works with english us for me, i tried it on my brothers phone now, it works on his also with english us

er453r said:
Hi.
Does the hotword "Google" work for you in the newest stock OTA for Google Now? For me it does not... Is there a way to enable it?
(if you don't know what I'm talking about check out this clip - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8ePUYp6HPU )
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It was working on AOSP roms but not on OTA so probably CM10 will have everything working.

rrohanjs said:
ok, that surely works with english us for me, i tried it on my brothers phone now, it works on his also with english us
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And you are on stock OTA? (rooted?)

Same issue.
I have OTA Jelly Bean on my Nexus S.
Voice Search works fine with the exception of the hotword.
So when I say "Google" on the Google Now screen nothing happens.

er453r said:
Hi.
Does the hotword "Google" work for you in the newest stock OTA for Google Now? For me it does not... Is there a way to enable it?
(if you don't know what I'm talking about check out this clip - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8ePUYp6HPU )
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It doesn't work for me on HP420's port either

er453r said:
And you are on stock OTA? (rooted?)
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my bro is on stock rom unrooted and my phone is on adams jb

I'm pretty sure this hot word feature was removed due to Apple's lawsuit, too similar in functionality to Siri.

I know you're talking about the OTA update, and I'm running hp420's rom on my NS4G, so there are likely differences, but when you open up Google Now, what does the search bar say? Does it just say "Search" or does it say (as mine does) "Search, or say Google"??

Yeah, I had it in the first 4.1 builds, then once the official 4.1.1's started appearing it was gone. This was after the incident where they had to stop selling Galaxy Nexii for a week. It looks like that feature was dumped to get the injunction lifted.

dchoward1977 said:
Yeah, I had it in the first 4.1 builds, then once the official 4.1.1's started appearing it was gone. This was after the incident where they had to stop selling Galaxy Nexii for a week. It looks like that feature was dumped to get the injunction lifted.
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AHHHH that explains it. Thought I was going crazy. :laugh:

I'm sure you could flash an older version of Google Now taken from one of the ROMs where it is functional.

Hmm, I thought the lawsuit with Siri is regarding the result of the search, nothing to do with how the search is triggered right? There's no like "siri" hotword or something.
However, I don't really get the purpose of this hotword, as I will still need to unlock the phone and press the Search button anyway, might as well just press the "mic" icon on the top right at the google search "widget"?

That's my best guess on the issue, it makes sense. It appears that this as the only thing that changed for the official 4.1.1 release. Or maybe google deemed it not worthy of the Nexus S, like Face Unlock... Wonder if Nexus 7 and Galaxy Nexus might still have this feature.

How come when I search our doesn't show up like in the video and directs me to browser searches?
Sent from my Nexus S

jark99 said:
How come when I search our doesn't show up like in the video and directs me to browser searches?
Sent from my Nexus S
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To have results like in the video you have to change Google Now language to English US and force searching on google.com (in google now settings).
The hotword is only a "cool" feature, with practically no use (unless it would work globally, not only with the google now screen) but I would like to test it out