Hey folks, is there a way that I can disable the action of launching Google Now when long pressing my headphones remote button? In fact, I need to use the long-press for other action but due to the high priority of Google Now on the long-press action, I cannot change it and I cannot disable the priority. Any suggestion?
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you just might have to flash a toolbox or something disabling google now, but reassigning could still pose an issue if you dont want to root and flash a new ROM..
Sewrizer said:
if you are rooted download sd maid free from playstore and remove google now from your device. or freeze it.
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This is an option, but when I remove Google Now that means that I will remove the whole Google search application as well.
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I’m also very keen on finding a solution to this, because I have a headset with just one button. I don’t want google now to be removed., just a way to stop the long press action from launching google now, and the ability to reprogram it to do something else through a headset button controller app.
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Is there any way to disable the genius button and make it act like a proper search button in android?
solidunit said:
Is there any way to disable the genius button and make it act like a proper search button in android?
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This will come in time my friend.. With higher root comes higher privilege that we can take advantage of, or HTC finally realizes and updates our devices with an option to enable / disable
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Not without root access.
Why do people think the genius button is so horrible? Its helluva lot more useful than regular search, you would know if you actually tried it out.
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I wish I could customize it to launch vlingo instead. Genius doesn't even have a navigate command. I would use it, but it starts way slower than vlingo and isn't as accurate.
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I have used it. I like Google Search better. That and I get better results with Google Voice Search.
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Arcadia310 said:
Why do people think the genius button is so horrible? Its helluva lot more useful than regular search, you would know if you actually tried it out.
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It's called choice. I don't want it for search at all. There are other apps that can take advantage of the search button on every other device except the Slide and the MT4G. Options are always a good thing.
sianaka said:
I wish I could customize it to launch vlingo instead. Genius doesn't even have a navigate command. I would use it, but it starts way slower than vlingo and isn't as accurate.
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+1 to map it to Vlingo instead...I wonder if I can setup a Tasker profile to do this? The "Genius" button so far is the only thing that has ever caused my phone to crash and reboot...
i love the genius button. i use it all the time plus there are navigation options in it. i use it all the time. it asked for an address and i said mine and it did great and had no errors reading what i said. or i can say a place i wanna find and it shows me ones around me then i click on it and click nav and its good to go. i love how it reads my text messages and i can say a text message and it does really good with picking up what i said with out having errors or not putting in words i didnt say.
Have you guys tried downloading Google Search or any other app that uses the search button?
Maybe that applicatino that allows you to launch anything with the search key.
JCopernicus said:
Have you guys tried downloading Google Search or any other app that uses the search button?
Maybe that applicatino that allows you to launch anything with the search key.
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i did try the google search and it did work fine but it came with the phone i dont remember downloading it. on the google search bar just click the mic and says navigate to starbucks and it did it perfect but took a bit to pick up where i lived lol.
Hate the Genius button. I have to waste an entire row of my main home screen with the google search bar widget. Yay.....
Phateless said:
Hate the Genius button. I have to waste an entire row of my main home screen with the google search bar widget. Yay.....
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+1 in the entire row wasted...
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Hi guys,
I'm currently running KelLMSKing MIUI Mod 2.8.1, but this question might apply to just about any ROM.
One thing bugging me about this ROM is that when I hit the search button, it opens up some MIUI search tool that I find kind of annoying. I would much rather have the search button open up the Google Search app. Is there any app, or any way that I can reassign the function of the search button to open up a different app?
anteko said:
Hi guys,
I'm currently running KelLMSKing MIUI Mod 2.8.1, but this question might apply to just about any ROM.
One thing bugging me about this ROM is that when I hit the search button, it opens up some MIUI search tool that I find kind of annoying. I would much rather have the search button open up the Google Search app. Is there any app, or any way that I can reassign the function of the search button to open up a different app?
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button remapper app. google button remapper android(i dont think its in the market). im using it to assgn the search key with the power function, since my power button is dead. it works on ics too
Thanks for the tip, but unfortunately this won't allow me to assign an app to the search key, only the defined functions in the app
Any other suggestions?
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anteko said:
Thanks for the tip, but unfortunately this won't allow me to assign an app to the search key, only the defined functions in the app
Any other suggestions?
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if you read the info about the app, i believe it explains how to add your own functions via adb.
I know that button remapper is good for the skyrocket softkey function editing, but I would like to change the search key to open an app, and also rebind a long press function.. any suggestions?
otacon507 said:
I know that button remapper is good for the skyrocket softkey function editing, but I would like to change the search key to open an app, and also rebind a long press function.. any suggestions?
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Look for button saviour on the play store maybe that could help but if anything majority of Rom let you pick a default app to use I'm guessing slim bean and my remapping is awesome
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crashpsycho said:
Look for button saviour on the play store maybe that could help but if anything majority of Rom let you pick a default app to use I'm guessing slim bean and my remapping is awesome
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I am quite content with my GB NexusMod, however I cannot find a place in the settings to remap default apps. Isn't that standard with all roms? I tried button saviour pro and it is a piece of trash. I merely want to press the search key when on my home page and have the DuckDuckGo app pop up, just like the Google Search app did before I uninstalled it. Any suggestions?
Is there a way to be able to set Google Now to open on a long press of the home button? When I do it, it gives me the option to hit the Google Now link but can't I set it like s voice was before? Thanks!
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It should auto open if you long press the menu button.
You can do this under CM 10. I am not sure if you are rooted and interested in using that ROM though.
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Krusej23 said:
Is there a way to be able to set Google Now to open on a long press of the home button? When I do it, it gives me the option to hit the Google Now link but can't I set it like s voice was before? Thanks!
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Download an app from the Play Store called Home2 Shortcut. This will allow you to change the double click of the home button to use Google Now, or any other application that you want instead of S Voice.
I do that with my un-rooted Galaxy S3 i535. It's fantastic, just beware because Google Now doesn't play nice with your bluetooth headset is all.
Krusej23 said:
Is there a way to be able to set Google Now to open on a long press of the home button? When I do it, it gives me the option to hit the Google Now link but can't I set it like s voice was before? Thanks!
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I use Nova Launcher. I set it up to swipe any blank space on my phone to open Google Now. Its quick and simple.
sebastianraven said:
I use Nova Launcher. I set it up to swipe any blank space on my phone to open Google Now. Its quick and simple.
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I do the same with apex launcher. Works great, and is quicker than double tapping the home button.
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I use Nova Launcher as well and set the home button to launch google now.
On the google search bar or the google now bar. I can enter text but not able to use the enter key aka (search key) the text to search. Anyone have this issue as well?
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xXghostXx313 said:
On the google search bar or the google now bar. I can enter text but not able to use the enter key aka (search key) the text to search. Anyone have this issue as well?
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I think I have a similar issue. I am able to search after a reboot but after a while it stops working. I think there is a problem with cached processes. Try going to settings > apps > cached processes and stopping the Google Search process. Things should start working. It's not an ideal fix though. Hopefully it's a fixable software bug. I've submitted a bug report to Google so maybe you should try as well?
xXghostXx313 said:
On the google search bar or the google now bar. I can enter text but not able to use the enter key aka (search key) the text to search. Anyone have this issue as well?
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Thanks for the reply. Your solution actually works and hopefully this gets fix.
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No problem. As I said, it's not an ideal issue but neither is it a total deal breaker. I wouldn't RMA the phone for such I thing I don't think. It obviously seems like a software problem so I sent through a bug report using the feedback function on the phone itself. Maybe if it's a widespread thing Google can actually take an active look at it and release a fix. to my unqualified mind it seems like there is a problem putting apps into the cached process. I've noticed with more experimenting that the search function seems to stop only after swiping the app away from the multi tasking tray...Seems as though the system is having trouble storing Google Search in cached processes.
Of course, I am not a proper developer so I could be totally wrong.
I'm glad the temporary fix works for you also!