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[Q] Is there anyways to trick the Google Voice app to work for SMS on the G-tablet?

I've looked through every thread and searched every possible config here for Google Voice without success in finding anything about it, so here I am.
I would like to use Google Voice SMS feature on my G-tablet. Currently it requires a mobile phone number to register the device. Given the Gtablet doesn't have a SIM card slot, there's no way to connect and register the device with GV. Has anyone found a workaround yet? Am I missing some common knowledge about how to trick it? Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

yourtravelboy said:
I've looked through every thread and searched every possible config here for Google Voice without success in finding anything about it, so here I am.
I would like to use Google Voice SMS feature on my G-tablet. Currently it requires a mobile phone number to register the device. Given the Gtablet doesn't have a SIM card slot, there's no way to connect and register the device with GV. Has anyone found a workaround yet? Am I missing some common knowledge about how to trick it? Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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i just downloaded it from the market and logged in using my gmail account (already signed up for GV) and it just worked. i didnt have to do anything special

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yourtravelboy said:
I've looked through every thread and searched every possible config here for Google Voice without success in finding anything about it, so here I am.
I would like to use Google Voice SMS feature on my G-tablet. Currently it requires a mobile phone number to register the device. Given the Gtablet doesn't have a SIM card slot, there's no way to connect and register the device with GV. Has anyone found a workaround yet? Am I missing some common knowledge about how to trick it? Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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Try these threads:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=870890&highlight=SMS+Google+Voice
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=908967&highlight=SMS+Google+Voice

Lol, sorry. Google Voice just locks up on the final step after "skipping" setting up voicemail. I figure that happened to every. I guess it's just me. I stand corrected :/

yourtravelboy said:
Lol, sorry. Google Voice just locks up on the final step after "skipping" setting up voicemail. I figure that happened to every. I guess it's just me. I stand corrected :/
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It still works. After it locks up hit the home button and go to your contact app. Choose one of your contacts to sms. This will open up google voice and give you future access to your google voice inbox.

be sure to have latest GV app
yourtravelboy said:
Lol, sorry. Google Voice just locks up on the final step after "skipping" setting up voicemail. I figure that happened to every. I guess it's just me. I stand corrected :/
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You'll need to be sure you have the latest Google Voice application, version 0.4.2.13. The one that initially is on the machine (or in VeganTab in my case) is not the latest. It also can sometimes be hard to find in the market (I had to do the fix several times to find the latest). After that I was able to get SMS to work using Google Voice (in fact now with sipdroid, I can make a receive telephone calls as well -- barely so it will work).
Hang in there, keep trying, it does work.

[Q] ROMS that support BT Voice?

I just finished installing all the stereo parts in my car only to find out that my Captivate won't work with the voice dialing of the stereo. I guess it's the phone's fault as my wife's Focus works just fine as did my old HTC Pure. She won't trade phones with me so I'm stuck trying to find a ROM that has this.
With Samsung stating it will be fixed (added) in 2.2.1; does that mean only the 2.2.1 ROMS will have this feature? I'm currently running Cognition 4.3.1 and it does not have it; but would like to only try new ROMS that have it. What ROMS do have the feature?
Thank you for your input.

Firefly supports voice dialing. You have to start the Voice Dialling app and then say the command.

What I'm looking for is what the Droid Incredible has. I paired it to my stereo and when I hit the call button on the stereo; it launched what appeared to be a bluetooth voice dialer application that allowed me to speak into the stereo.
I just tried firefly and it did have that app, but it crashed as soon as I tried it. It also crashed the music app, failed to mount the storage drives, crashed when trying to put it in debugging mode and pretty much was unstable since it booted. I then tried to use one click odin and it went to a blue screen half way through the process. It'll be a fun night.

Probably not what you want to hear, but my BT in the car works great on my 'stock' set up. I think it has more to do with the kernel/ modem configuration than the ROM though.

dragon has this. many people are pairing it with choice dialer.

Dani897 said:
dragon has this. many people are pairing it with choice dialer.
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I can't get Choice Dialer to work well at all. ONe example: "CAll Tom Jones", it says "CAll Tom Jones?", I say "Yes", it says "Try again". Argh...
ANd most of th time it just doesn't understand me at all.

I believe this is the apk you need. I know cog doesn't come with it. This is an old one so I don't know if there is a newer version available but when you pair your bluetooth and hit the voice command on your stereo or bluetooth set, make this the default app when the prompt shows up. It won't give you a voice prompt but if you wait 2 secs and then speak it should dial for you. Only problem is that your phone has to be awake but at least you can use voice commands from your bluetooth set. Just leave your phone plugged in and awake while your in the car. This is the only option I have found.

That worked.
Thank you for the apk. That works.

ewingr said:
I can't get Choice Dialer to work well at all. ONe example: "CAll Tom Jones", it says "CAll Tom Jones?", I say "Yes", it says "Try again". Argh...
ANd most of th time it just doesn't understand me at all.
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It's not unusual to be called by anyone
It's not unusual to have a text from anyone
but when I try to use voice dial for anyone
It's not unusual to see me cry
Roflmfao!

studacris said:
It's not unusual to be called by anyone
It's not unusual to have a text from anyone
but when I try to use voice dial for anyone
It's not unusual to see me cry
Roflmfao!
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Boy, ain't that the truth. It really chaps me that the one thing that should be solid on a Cell now-a-days is voice dial. Can't believe that OLD OLD technology from Microsoft on Winmo SHINES so much better than Android. Maybe that's the only thing that does, but in my opinion, one of the most important things for a cell phone...at least if you anticipate wanting to use it while driving.

That was a tom jones joke ...

I'm glad the Voice Dialer apk worked. I couldn't get it to work on any Captivate ROMs. Most reoriented i9000 ROMs have a working version, but I find all of the i9000 ROMs to be severely lacking in performance compared to KB1 ROMs.
My preferred solution in either case is to use Bluetooth Launch and Voice Search. Bluetooth Launch can be found here. Run it from the app drawer, it brings up a full list of installed apps and available activities. Choose Voice Search, and then the "VoiceRecognition" activity (must have Google's Voice Search installed first of course). Then, hit your call button, and set Bluetooth Launch as the default activity when it asks. From then on, your call button will launch Voice Actions, which support not only "call <contact>" but also a ton of other commands, including controlling music, text msgs, etc. I love sending texts without touching my phone, and it works flawlessly for me so far.

Bluetooth Voice Dialing [FIX]

So after realizing that my brand new $650 phone did not have bluetooth voice dialing, I decided to do some work.... good news.
HTC did not include the VoiceDialer.apk with the Sensation. Why? No clue!
After getting it here...
http://download615.mediafire.com/m4f6kpd3g06g/mdh1m1x0dzh/VoiceDialer.apk
I was able to prompt my car stereo's Voice Dial button, but the Voice Dial still did not want to work correctly, but... just get ChoiceDialer+ from the market, and all is good.

How did you install the apk I would like to try this before I return the phone. Sorry if this is a stupid question.

Connect your phone to your computer via USB cable, and switch to Disk mode or Mass storage mode or whatever you call it.... drag it onto your phone. Use Astro or Root explorer to navigate to your phones folder, and just open the apk to install, and then restart.
Again, I dont think the voice dialer itself will give you prompts, so get a third party app like ChoiceDialer+

I can't get the voice dialer to repeat what I say for confirmation.
After I press my bluetooth, voice dialer opens up, I say my command, and then a pop-up comes up asking me to press ok or cancel.
Anybody got any luck with this?

I have been using vlingo since launch for bt dialing and works great. The app even has an in car mode and can read texts and emails. Of course you can turn that off as well.
I just use vlingo as my default app when long pressing the search button. So upon a long press, vlingo launches and listens via bluetooth and you can say your command from searching whatever to navigate to wherever to call whomever in your address book. Try it out, it's free. You can always uninstall if you do not like the functionality.

Is there an option for me to press the button on my bluetooth to trigger the app? It is illegal to use the phone while driving up here in Canada.

Make sure voicedialer.apk is installed, and then install a third party voice dialer like Vlingo or Choice Handsfree. You need that voicedialer.apk installed to trigger the prompt when you press the Bluetooth button on your headset... When you press it, it should bring up a prompt asking you which program you'd like to use.
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my voicedialer Force closed
after i installed choice dialer, i got the same menu still.
I press my bluetooth, say something, and then on my phone screen, it gives me a prompt as to what to do (in this case, who to call).
I don't want to touch my phone while driving.
The voicedialer app worked perfectly fine with my nexus one with the same bluetooth headset, no idea why it's not working on my sensation.

I think HTC needs to do something about this. I just bought the Sensation yesterday and didn't realize this issue till this morning. I am using the BlueAnt Q2. Call recognition works fine. But using the voice commands on the Q2 is a bust cause the device is no compatible. WTF.

305buddyluv said:
I think HTC needs to do something about this. I just bought the Sensation yesterday and didn't realize this issue till this morning. I am using the BlueAnt Q2. Call recognition works fine. But using the voice commands on the Q2 is a bust cause the device is no compatible. WTF.
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I have the same situation, Q2, Sensation, hopefully a rooted ROM will fix this issue.

Sorted
I have a HTC Desire and have long been frustrated at its inability to voice dial via bluetooth. Last week I was annoyed by HTC's attitude to a Gingerbread update for the Desire, so I took the plunge and rooted my phone, installing Cyanogen mod 7.
Wonderful change, it's like having a new phone! One bonus is that, just today I decided to try voice dialling in my car, and it works perfectly! Paired the phone with my Alpine car radio, pressed the phone button on the radio and up came the message 'voice dialling', I said 'call John' and a female voice replied 'calling John' and there I was speaking, totally handsfree. Miraculous I thought, why couldn't HTC manage that?
So, all credit to Cyanogen for a superb update to my phone and I'll be donating, although it's free.

Same issues here. HTC seems to have rushed this one out the door. Besides the lack of BT voice dialing, I'm seeing hangs/crashes in the phone dialer app, and rapid battery drain when playing games. I wish there was a way to turn off Sense; it really adds nothing to the Android experience and usually gets in the way.

installs fine but keeps force closing and does not work with bt and no confirmation prompts. found vlingo but it does not work with sensation.in fact,the app will lock your phone and you will have to restore phone if you can even manage to get it installed in first place. so please stop telling people to use this app. you should be ashamed of yourself.

kpjimmy said:
I have been using vlingo since launch for bt dialing and works great. The app even has an in car mode and can read texts and emails. Of course you can turn that off as well.
I just use vlingo as my default app when long pressing the search button. So upon a long press, vlingo launches and listens via bluetooth and you can say your command from searching whatever to navigate to wherever to call whomever in your address book. Try it out, it's free. You can always uninstall if you do not like the functionality.
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you are full of crap. if you claim to be using vlingo on an htc sensation you most certainly are full of it. the app is not available for this model and if you manage to find a work around,it will brick the phone. quit lieing to these nice people.

thefattexan said:
you are full of crap. if you claim to be using vlingo on an htc sensation you most certainly are full of it. the app is not available for this model and if you manage to find a work around,it will brick the phone. quit lieing to these nice people.
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Its too bad you don't know what you're talking about fattexan. I downloaded VLingo from Android Zoom the first day I had my Sensation and have used it everyday since with a blackberry bluetooth speaker. It has not bricked my phone, caused a force close and anything but work beautifully. And please, don't call me a liar like you've done before. I'd be happy to post pictures to get it through your fattexan head.

thefattexan said:
you are full of crap. if you claim to be using vlingo on an htc sensation you most certainly are full of it. the app is not available for this model and if you manage to find a work around,it will brick the phone. quit lieing to these nice people.
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I've been reading through the threads and have been most interested in voice dialing. I had it on my HD2 and it was quite useful as I use a bluetooth headset as my primary means of talking on the phone. I just hate holding the phone up to my head. In any case, voice dialing IS possible without using BT. I'm sure most of you know this as all you have to do is hold the search button on the phone for a second to get a voice command prompt pop up where you can simply say "call <contact name>" or "dial <phone number>" and it will do as told. I have no modifications on my phone, it is as stock as stock can come.
With my headsets, it used to be where I held the activate button for a moment, a tone would play in my ear, and a voice would say "say a command". Keep in mind, that was on my HD2. The sensation doesn't come with BT voice dialing by default, it seems, and it does appear that there are work-arounds to it like the apk listed above. In fact, I've seen some relatively talented people figure out how to make things work, that weren't supposed to work in the first place. Also keep in mind that voice dialing and other functions are software based, and simply writing the proper code can overcome pretty much anything.
With that being said, thefattexan, I've seen you call other posters and responders liars, and in this thread alone, you've told someone that they're "full of crap". In all honesty, those comments are not appreciated, and at least one thread was closed by a moderator because of attacks like that.
Let me submit to you, that just because you've never seen or heard of something, does not mean that it doesn't exist. Simply because you could not make it work, does not mean that someone else wasn't able to. Calling someone a liar based only on your own experiences is pretty much out of line, and your behavior is somewhat disgraceful. So I am asking you nicely, to please refrain from that sort of behavior. Maybe if someone says they can do something that you are not able to, rather than call them a liar, ask them how they accomplished it and you may learn something in the bargain. Obviously, they tried something that you didn't, and voila. Otherwise, don't say anything, because carrying on like you do will only result in the moderators banning you.
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I have had the same problems with the voice dialer apk. It installs just fine but it force closes when trying to use from the bluetooth headset.
I tried vlingo and some other apps but they are too complicated and usually require some interaction with the phone.
I want it to work just like my Thunderbolt. When my phone is in my pocket I can press the bluetooth call button and be prompted to speak now. The say "call John" and then prompted, "calling john" and the phone dials the number. Very simple and easy to work without any interaction.

thefattexan said:
you are full of crap. if you claim to be using vlingo on an htc sensation you most certainly are full of it. the app is not available for this model and if you manage to find a work around,it will brick the phone. quit lieing to these nice people.
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I have seen your past posts and I can see you do not play well with others. Man, are you a native Texan? You are the most....well how can I put this...ignorant person here. This is XDA. A place where developers and users help each other troubleshoot things here.
And your great additions to this community? Just badmouthing everyone that does not share your view. Name calling really got you where you are today /sarcasm.
I do not know what your problem is and why you resort to name calling literally everytime you post.
Back to topic and to simply replying to you. I have been the early adopters of vlingo. I even paid for the app when it was first released. I have to say I did indeed install this via market when I got the phone because a week ago the in car setting kept fc'ing on me and I uninstalled and reinstalled the version I found in the market.
The funny thing is I tried looking again on the market and I do see that it is marked incompatible with the Sensation like you said, but I did uninstall the app and reinstalled fresh from the market and not use any restores.
I am done sparring with words with you and you can keep calling me and every one else here names....I don't know maybe you were bullied as a child, not given enough attention as a child, or maybe you found out that the Easter Bunny is a myth *gasp*....
I part with this: Get that stinking cross off your back, use the wood to build a bridge and get the hell over it.....

caliber177 said:
So after realizing that my brand new $650 phone did not have bluetooth voice dialing, I decided to do some work.... good news.
HTC did not include the VoiceDialer.apk with the Sensation. Why? No clue!
After getting it here...
http://download615.mediafire.com/m4f6kpd3g06g/mdh1m1x0dzh/VoiceDialer.apk
I was able to prompt my car stereo's Voice Dial button, but the Voice Dial still did not want to work correctly, but... just get ChoiceDialer+ from the market, and all is good.
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downloaded installed both but when i press the voice dial button on my bluetooth it does nothing, only works when I open the program directly from the apps section in my device, any suggestions?

caliber177 said:
Make sure voicedialer.apk is installed, and then install a third party voice dialer like Vlingo or Choice Handsfree.
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You are d'bomb!! Worked exactly as you stated. I now have a completely hands free dialing experience using only my bluetooth headset.
Just a tip for anyone watching... I had to restart my phone after installing the voicedialer.apk in order for it to respond correctly. THEN I installed the Hands Free Voice dialer.

Fixed: Bluetooth voice dialing intentionally INOP & OTA update update

Been unsuccessfully trying to get bluetooth voice dialing working with Jawbone Icon. Called HTC and representative said that bluetooth voice dialing was intentionally disabled on the One X.
Would voice dialing apk enable bluetooth voice dialing? Does it need to be installed as system app?
Also, the representative said an OTA update should be out for AT&T by the end of May.

FreddieP said:
Been unsuccessfully trying to get bluetooth voice dialing working with Jawbone Icon. Called HTC and representative said that bluetooth voice dialing was intentionally disabled on the One X.
Would voice dialing apk enable bluetooth voice dialing? Does it need to be installed as system app?
Also, the representative said an OTA update should be out for AT&T by the end of May.
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The native Voice Dialer APK wasn't included. I've found a couple for ICS but none work on the One X. Vlingo works. For my BlueAnt Q2 it's a little funky. If you set up Vlingo InCar to listen over BT, you just say "hey Vlingo" to get it to respond and take your request. The first time I start it the Q2 says "feature not supported" but Vlingo's listening from that point anyway. Hopefully one of the devs on either One X forum will get a working APK out.

I use the leaked Voice Talk app from the Galaxy S III with my Jawbone ERA.
Supposedly they locked their servers but the app still works for what i need it for which is voice dialing. I get random FC's after command calls to other apps though.

The thing is Android has its own voice dial/voice search built right in the OS since 2.2.2. Why HTC disable this is beyond me. Even my AT&T Samsung GS2 has it after you removed the Voice app.
Actually, the voice search functionality is still there. You have to tap the mic icon on Google search widget to activate it. What's missing is click on BT headset button to launch it.

Found solution! I'm now able to long press the button on my Icon and get voice dialing over Bluetooth, even with screen off. Followed instructions at this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1573994
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FreddieP said:
Found solution! I'm now able to long press the button on my Icon and get voice dialing over Bluetooth, even with screen off. Followed instructions at this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1573994
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Still no way to do it without rooting. Is that correct? I have contacted HTC about this and was assured that it will be addressed in a upcoming update (not 1.85.502) so I guess we wait and see.

Possible Solution
This issues has been bugging me. It's one of the few features that my iPhone 4S did well... very well. So, I set out to find the fix.
Unfortunately, I cannot root my phone. So, I had to find another way.
I happen to have a Motorola Finiti headset. I installed MotoSpeak. Which whether it works for you or not, it enabled the menu to select the built in voice dialer when I hit the bluetooth call button.
Hopefully it works for others also.
XC

FreddieP said:
Found solution! I'm now able to long press the button on my Icon and get voice dialing over Bluetooth, even with screen off. Followed instructions at this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1573994
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I went to the link and downloaded, told the phone to install, but it says this app is already there as a system file, but it does not work and I don't think I can uninstall. This is on the HTC One X. Any suggestions?
Jim

If rooted.......
Go to settings>app>all. Clear the data and cache for the app. Using a root file explorer copy the .apk that you want, go to /system/app, and paste it. It will ask about replacing the existing, say yes. Reboot and enjoy
Sent from my HTC One X+ p_type 0.91.0

[Q] Lollipop: No Voice Search, Ok Goodle, TTS..

Interesting one, and can't figure out why it's happening - so if anyone has any thoughts x)
Flashed L tonight, all went smoothly and generally everything is fine. The only weird thing is that Google Voice search has stopped working. I press the Voice search button, and it just doesn't pick up any sound. I trying saying "ok google", and it doesn't pick that up either. Also, along with that, Text to Speech refuses to work too, tried with different languages and different voice packs.
Any ideas?

I know I had to go into the Google Now settings and activate the "OK Google" from any screen, to get it to work.

I had the same problem when setting another language as the primary language, then switching back to English, but something seemed bugged.
Removing all the other languages and restoring English (US) only, and finally rebooting, resolved the issue. Hope this helps.

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I had the same problem when setting another language as the primary language, then switching back to English, but something seemed bugged.
Removing all the other languages and restoring English (US) only, and finally rebooting, resolved the issue. Hope this helps.
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Hmm, just gave that a try, no dice Was it just the Voice language or the whole phone that you had to change?
The weird thing is, it's like it's not even connecting to the microphone, just sits there listening and not hearing anything x)

Yes, that was exactly the same behavior i had with mine. I also ended up trying to configure Ok Google from any screen, and the voice training feature didn't hear anything, remaining stuck on the 1st of 3 verifications.
Maybe you can try going to Settings > App > All > Google Search and deleting cache/data to restore it brand new.

themcfly said:
Yes, that was exactly the same behavior i had with mine. I also ended up trying to configure Ok Google from any screen, and the voice training feature didn't hear anything, remaining stuck on the 1st of 3 verifications.
Maybe you can try going to Settings > App > All > Google Search and deleting cache/data to restore it brand new.
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Tried that, and reflashing it, factory reset etc. Turns out the problem is slightly wider than just that not working though - It's killed the Microphone completely, can't make voice calls, it's like it's just not picking up the mix exists for some reason :S

It takes time to activate, there is a backend update of google going on while you select your language, but eventually comes back on.
Try voice typing if your believe the mic is not doing any good for "ok google"

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It takes time to activate, there is a backend update of google going on while you select your language, but eventually comes back on.
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Wouldn't really explain why my Microphone doesn't work at all, even in phone calls though

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Wouldn't really explain why my Microphone doesn't work at all, even in phone calls though
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just to try it out to rule out whether it's the telephony app or in effect a bug which affects 5.0 as a whole(which i highly doubt, because i have mine working like a charm) Hell mine even works on off-screen while charging.

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just to try it out to rule out whether it's the telephony app or in effect a bug which affects 5.0 as a whole(which i highly doubt, because i have mine working like a charm) Hell mine even works on off-screen while charging.
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Ok, voice search nothing, voice typing nothing, Making Phone calls, nothing x) The only thing I haven't managed to try yet is downloading a 3rd party voice recorder app - but unfortunately I'm on GSM at work and for some reason, Lollipop is refusing to connect to the wifi as well. Good times
Might just flash it back to 4.4.4 and wait for the OTA upgrade to see if that does it better

Just as an additional - managed to download a voice recorder app.... Nothing either. So the whole OS isn't picking up the Microphone. Curiouser and curiouser

Oh hell.... I'm going to hang my head in shame now and hand in any tehcy credentials I may have once had.
I have a Pressy.... I forgot it was plugged in... I didn't install the app. Lollipop saw it as a headset and mic.
In conclusion: I'm an idiot. That is all x) Thank you for anyone who tried to help though.

I have the exact same problem but no pressy. Could it mean that there is a fault with the headphone jack?

Reoryn said:
Oh hell.... I'm going to hang my head in shame now and hand in any tehcy credentials I may have once had.
I have a Pressy.... I forgot it was plugged in... I didn't install the app. Lollipop saw it as a headset and mic.
In conclusion: I'm an idiot. That is all x) Thank you for anyone who tried to help though.
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Lol

My mic is not working, i dont know what to do????? any help, just update to lollipop cuz receive the update message, but now i dont have mic. need help...