So I figured there are a few of us switching to Android from an iPhone, and for most of us it couldn't come soon enough! Figured it'd be nice to have a thread to post questions/answers we have on the migration.
Here are a few of mine:
1. No visual voice mail on AT&T--If you have google voice, enable Google voice mail on the phone in Google Voice>> Settings. I still need to tweak a couple of things, but looks like it will work pretty well. Dialing in to get your voice mail just seems so 2003.
2. Contacts--Google Contacts is what I synced with, however when you sync your contacts with google, you end up with anybody you have ever emailed as the phone doesn't have the option to just pull in 'My Contacts' as of yet. Simple fix is to click options in the Contacts app, Display Options, and click to display only contacts with phones. Not the but works for now until hopefully Samsung addresses this with a fix.
3. Silent toggle--Here is where I'd like some help. There is no hardware toggle for silent mode, and it's pretty annoying to turn on the phone and have to select the 'Silent" profile. Anyone know of an app that will let you use the volume rocker when the phone is locked and the screen is off? Ideally I want to be able to reach in my pocket, hold the volume down key and have the phone vibrate to let me know it's on vibrate mode.
Update!! Widget locker takes care of this perfectly. you can wake the screen with the volume key, and then adjust the ringer volume from the lockscreen.
the silent toggle is what i am wanting too.. i havent got the phone yet, but it will be one thing that is missed from my iphone.. hopefully something like you described will be made..
i dont know if the captivate has it or if it is just a droid thing, but i like the lockscreen for the droid where you can switch it to silent that way too..
Swipe down from the top status bar (the one with the battery indicator). You will then have easy access to toggle Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Silent and Vibration.
There are widgets that you can place on your home screen to deal w/ turning the phone to silent mode.
No Visual Voicemail sucks. Come on, even Blackberrys have visual voicemail. What the hell? Oh well, I probably just will never check my messages again. Most people text if I don't answer anyway. I'll have to see if Google Voice handles it the way I like. I've been wanting to use Google Voice more anyway.
yeah no visual voice mail does suck but there are alternatives but i dont care cause ive never used visual voice mail
Visual voicemail its up to the carrier not android. All HTC sense UI have it. Anyways try Google voice its even better because it convert voicemail to visual text voicemail.
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Is visual voicemail something we could get with custom roms?
sansart said:
Is visual voicemail something we could get with custom roms?
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Seconded. If Sense UI has it, would hacked roms or the like, enable visual voice mail?
yes or no?
No--I believe visual voicemail is on the carriers end of things. For the iPhone AT&T has it set up but not yet for android phones. Hopefully that changes at some point.
Google Voice
Use Google Voice. It can transcribe your voice mails to text.
Free alternative
Just use YouMail its free from the market place. Been using for quite a while now. Works great even on the iPhone.
jromney said:
Use Google Voice. It can transcribe your voice mails to text.
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I Don't know why people are complaining about no visual voicemail, its almost like they are ignoring your post!
Google = Android = Google voice, and its much better than the iphone voicemail. Google voice LOOKS just like the iphone version when you open it up, but it will transcribe what they said into text if you don't feel like listening to the voicemail. It also sends you an e-mail notification that you have a voicemail, and you can also read/hear it through that email on your computer.
For the love of god, why is this a visual voicemail thread... on an Android device...
Sign up for Google Voice. Set it to take over your carrier voicemail. Enjoy superior voicemail experience.
candymann said:
3. Silent toggle--Here is where I'd like some help. There is no hardware toggle for silent mode, and it's pretty annoying to turn on the phone and have to select the 'Silent" profile. Anyone know of an app that will let you use the volume rocker when the phone is locked and the screen is off? Ideally I want to be able to reach in my pocket, hold the volume down key and have the phone vibrate to let me know it's on vibrate mode.
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On the demo unit I just played with at the store, I could hold down the volume key and mute the ringer if the screen was unlocked. I'm not sure if that put it in "silent mode" or not. Also, you have to have a pretty big pocket to fit both hand and device and still have room to swipe the screen...
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getting tired of at&t
I came to AT&T in 2007 because verizons customer service and
billing was so bad. Now AT&T making me feel like I may have to switch again. They keep cripling phones and trying to manipulate the buyer towards the iphone. They're as bad as Steve Jobs in their limitation of chooses for their own agendas. Android is here, and they need to quit dragging their feet and cripling phones that compete with the iphone.
I like google voice, but the transcribing sux. I got a message today that said "A death please call me back" when the person was just saying my name and to call them back. And yesterday my wife called and she said this is Val, but it transcribed This is Dan lol.
Get "No Lock" to get rid of the lock screen. When you press the power or volume buttons it just unlocks the phone. Still requires swipe to pickup call.
The neat thing about that is that you can depress the volume down button until its silent even when its in your pocket
Laaf2005 said:
I like google voice, but the transcribing sux. I got a message today that said "A death please call me back" when the person was just saying my name and to call them back. And yesterday my wife called and she said this is Val, but it transcribed This is Dan lol.
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Bad transcribing is better than no transcribing There are cases where it is very useful (like being able to search)
andy2na said:
Get "No Lock" to get rid of the lock screen. When you press the power or volume buttons it just unlocks the phone. Still requires swipe to pickup call.
The neat thing about that is that you can depress the volume down button until its silent even when its in your pocket
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I downloaded No Lock but didn't have a chance to use it as Widget Locker ($.99) does exactly what I want it to. I downloaded Widget Locker for the widgets on the lockscreen and it also has the option to allow the use of the volume keys at the lockscreen. Just started using it but so far I'm a big fan.
I've noticed that my phone doesn't "pick up" my voice when I am trying to use the built-in voice settings on Android.
For example, when I open Google Navigation and click "Speak Destination" it doesn't hear me. I never get the analysis of my voice.
Has anyone noticed this?
nobody? surely i'm not the only one
I've installed the Sony Call Handling Extension, and it says in the blurb in the Play Store that it can answer calls, but I only have buttons on the display for Mute, Reject with SMS & Reject. Am I missing something somewhere?
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I've installed the Sony Call Handling Extension, and it says in the blurb in the Play Store that it can answer calls, but I only have buttons on the display for Mute, Reject with SMS & Reject. Am I missing something somewhere?
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If your phones isnt sony you cant answer calls
DESDE MI BESTIA 3
That explains it. Thanks.
you can answer your phone on the watch if you install this call handling app, works for me
you do need to remove the one from Sony
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nixi.smartwatch.callhandlingpro
I had a look at that one, its certainly better being able to answer from the watch, thanks for that.
The Sony one will let you answer the call from the watch if you are using a Bluetooth headset as well
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I've installed the Sony Call Handling Extension, and it says in the blurb in the Play Store that it can answer calls, but I only have buttons on the display for Mute, Reject with SMS & Reject. Am I missing something somewhere?
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you may look at my post to find the solution
[PATCH] Bug Fix for Call Handling Smart Extension Answer Button (on non-SONY phone)
Does anyone know how to change the default program "voice dialer" on the lock screen and replace it with Google Now(search). On my old phone, gnex, i was able to disable "voice dialer" for my blue tooth headset to work. On the m8, there is no voice dialer to disable. If this helps anyone, when the phone is unlocked and i hit the voice button on my Bluetooth, Google now opens. When the screen is locked, voice Dialer opens.
I would also like to know how to change this.
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I would also like to know how to change this.
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Same. I use a bluetooth headset, I find it incredibly annoying that I can't use Google now when my phone is locked in my pocket. Voice dialler is so crap it can't recognize basic English words.
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Does anyone know how to change the default program "voice dialer" on the lock screen and replace it with Google Now(search). On my old phone, gnex, i was able to disable "voice dialer" for my blue tooth headset to work. On the m8, there is no voice dialer to disable. If this helps anyone, when the phone is unlocked and i hit the voice button on my Bluetooth, Google now opens. When the screen is locked, voice Dialer opens.
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I use bluetooth launcher from the play store. It does the trick for me. I followed this guide and now I can access Google Now without touching my phone with my bluetooth. http://hackerspace.lifehacker.com/reassign-your-bluetooth-phone-button-to-open-google-n-1507391132
Wanted to bump this to the top-- I tried the solution above and lets just say it wasn't elegant. I'm trying to have it work with my 435i which is actually programmed to play nicely with google now--problem is the M8 boots up voice dialer instead of Google Now.
With the solution above, it will start voice search, and search and give me an answer, but then I have to manually exit google now on the phone before it will let me search again, and even then it's iffy.
Have there been any more developments on this front?
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Hello,
I recently convinced my friend (iPhone enthusiast) to give android a try. He constantly uses his wired headset to make voice dials and verbal text messages. With his new HTC One M8, when his phone is locked, instead of Google Now opening form a headset button press, Google Voice launcher opens.
Any luck on getting Google Now to be the default voices search from the lock screen?
Nevermind. I found where to turn off Voice Wake-Up.
Too bad, it's actually a really powerful feature. You're missing out on A LOT of what a smart watch can do without this.
If you want to use it, just assign a word/phrase that is unusual and distinct. It won't keep listening to you when you don't want it to.