Ok, Google - function - Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

It seems to support voice commands, but will it work from sleeping mode?
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I have read so many posts about this thing so I can't remember the source. What I did see was a screen shot about having to be at your Home Screen or in Google Now before the voice activation works. Going only on this it would appear that the X still has a advantage with touchless control.

The Nexus 5 page says you have to be on the home screen.
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Cheater912 said:
The Nexus 5 page says you have to be on the home screen.
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Indeed it does say "When on your home screen" but it DOESN'T say it won't work from sleep mode, or?

I'm not sure how accurate it is, but:
http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/31/...-google-now-and-speech-recognition/in/4615569
"Speech recognition is receiving some upgrades as well. With the update you'll be able to wake up your Nexus 5 and search just by saying "OK, Google," like on the Moto X. "
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http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/1...ice-commands-but-only-on-the-nexus-5-for-now/
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I'm hoping as people in the US begin to get their Nexus 5, they will be able to confirm this 100%. Currently it seems that the Nexus 5 does NOT get woken up like the Moto X - "Ok Google" only works with a NON-Secure/Slide Lockscreen and ONLY on the Homescreen/Google Now.
Hoping we are all wrong

I have mine (UK - Carphone Warehouse purchased this morning) and OK Google does nothing at all whether on the lock screen, sleep or home screen.
Sad.

Does nothing on my N5..
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recklesslife85 said:
Does nothing on my N5..
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Not working for you either? Glad it's not just me.
is there a setting I need to enable? i dont have security setup.
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+Ryan Yakus Google Now has a dedicated home screen (one swipe to the left). The Nexus 5 also listens for you to say "OK Google Now."
(A caveat on that "always listening" thing -- that feature is disabled if you have lock screen security enabled and you have to unlock the phone before it will listen for your voice.)
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Lockscreen missing

When my nexus boots up, it has a lockscreen. The moment I get a notification (email, voice mail, etc) my lockscreen disappears and never reappears when I turn my screen on until I reset the whole phone. I have screen lock slide selected under the security section. Anyone have ideas?
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Did you load a custom ROM onto it?
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Nope. It happens on my stock nexus I've noticed in logcat it says "no lock screen! Windowtoken=null"
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Seems it was something to do with the Nova launcher beta. I'll email the dev
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Fidyyuan said:
Seems it was something to do with the Nova launcher beta. I'll email the dev
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Did you find a solution to this? I'm not using Nova launcher and having the same. Posted here what I'm experiencing, plus some adb logcat output:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50416162
Yup! I found out why it was happening but it wasn't the developers fault Mods can closed/delete this thread!
Fidyyuan said:
Yup! I found out why it was happening but it wasn't the developers fault Mods can closed/delete this thread!
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I posted above in my thread what I was doing wrong: I messed myself up! I have the No Lock app it turns out that it was somehow set so locking was disabled. Re-enabling locking fixed this problem and solved my hours of wasted time.

Need a app to keep the screen on like knock on

Is there a app that doesn't lock the screen when the display turns off, I find it a bit annoying on android to turn on the phone, on symbian I just had to press any key to turn on the display without unlocking it, and lock it only using the lock key.
I prefer a app like LG G2's Knock On.
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AeonXS said:
Is there a app that doesn't lock the screen when the display turns off, I find it a bit annoying on android to turn on the phone, on symbian I just had to press any key to turn on the display without unlocking it, and lock it only using the lock key.
I prefer a app like LG G2's Knock On.
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theres a kernel here what does what you want ,well i think it does
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2565299
I don't want to upgrade to a CFW now. I prefer enjoying rhe phone on stock than to deal with minor hindrances which ruin the experience on a CFW, like the camera bug mentioned in the thread you quoted to.
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You're out of luck then unfortunately, custom kernel is the only thing that offers it right now.
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Such a basic thing that symbian had but android doesn't, I am disappointed with Google.
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Just go to settings and set lock screen to none.
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Lol such an obvious solution
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radicalisto said:
You're out of luck then unfortunately, custom kernel is the only thing that offers it right now.
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Wrong there is an app I've been using for a while called intelliscreen theres at least two I know definitely work i use them to stop my phone from sleeping while I'm downloading from the internet
Take a look at "Auto Screen On"
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.omd.autoscreenon
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.pyrobytestudio.intelliscreen.full
jaggythistle said:
Wrong there is an app I've been using for a while called intelliscreen theres at least two I know definitely work i use them to stop my phone from sleeping while I'm downloading from the internet
Take a look at "Auto Screen On"
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.omd.autoscreenon
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.pyrobytestudio.intelliscreen.full
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I stand corrected. Thank you
jaggythistle said:
Wrong there is an app I've been using for a while called intelliscreen theres at least two I know definitely work i use them to stop my phone from sleeping while I'm downloading from the internet
Take a look at "Auto Screen On"
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.omd.autoscreenon
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.pyrobytestudio.intelliscreen.full
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Thanks for the apps but with both the apps the phone gets locked after the screen turns off, I wanted a app that turns off the autolock of phone and just turns off the screen to save power. So I can press any key on the phone to see the screen without unlocking it each time.
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I can press any key except the volume rockers which leaves the obvious power button and the home button will turn my screen on and with no lock screen it does what you want it to.
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bignibb said:
I can press any key except the volume rockers which leaves the obvious power button and the home button will turn my screen on and with no lock screen it does what you want it to.
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I have kept inteliscreen installed but which are the setting options I need to keep to achieve the same effect as yours
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Ok Google Now ..

Can we talk or speak out "ok google now" without touching or press the power button on our Nexus 5..?? Like the way Motorola X can do? I tried to talk while the phone screen off but nothing happen..the phone remain sleep..
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farsight73 said:
Can we talk or speak out "ok google now" without touching or press the power button on our Nexus 5..?? Like the way Motorola X can do? I tried to talk while the phone screen off but nothing happen..the phone remain sleep..
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Enable Hot Word detection in Google Now Voice settings.
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PhilipTD said:
Enable Hot Word detection in Google Now Voice settings.
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In the US English yes, no other version yet (unless you go custom and hack it yourself)
Everything is ON now and setting in US English too but saying the magic words won't wake up the phone. Any other idea?
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farsight73 said:
Everything is ON now and setting in US English too but saying the magic words won't wake up the phone. Any other idea?
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Does it work if you tap the Microphone? Also, the screen has to be on. Sorry I didn't read your first post carefully.
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Yea I know it work when the screen is on. What I want is it still hear me even when the screen is off.. Oh well I guess Nexus 5 can be disturb when he is sleeping... Thanks..
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If the mic icon in the search bar is an outline it's not working, if it's a solid icon then it should be working
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If the mic icon in the search bar is an outline it's not working, if it's a solid icon then it should be working
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He said it works with screen on but not with screen off. Which of course doesn't work because it's not supposed to
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Ok Google only works from the home screen on 4.4.x versions of android, the moto x has a special always listening function built by moto as well a chip that has low battery usages that allows for the active listening function anytime. Its probably possible for the nexus 5 to do the same but it would drain the $h1t out of the battery.
In moto x it called the "active display".. In which the phone always listening thru its mic. If somehow our nexus 5 can have this feature would be awesome..
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No, this is not possible as we do not have the same chipset as the Moto X.
utter! has "always listening even when screen is off" functionality (and much more).
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In moto x it called the "active display".. In which the phone always listening thru its mic. If somehow our nexus 5 can have this feature would be awesome..
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Active Display is actually a notification feature that shows you what notifications you have while you're screen is off. It powers on your screen while you're phone is locked to show you notifications periodically. This feature was developed for the amoled screen that the moto x has since that type of display can light up individual pixels and not the whole screen to save battery. But active display has been ported by a few different custom roms now like Omni.
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Wubbz said:
Active Display is actually a notification feature that shows you what notifications you have while you're screen is off. It powers on your screen while you're phone is locked to show you notifications periodically. This feature was developed for the amoled screen that the moto x has since that type of display can light up individual pixels and not the whole screen to save battery. But active display has been ported by a few different custom roms now like Omni.
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OmniROMs is still a bit buggy but it should be stable soon
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farsight73 said:
Can we talk or speak out "ok google now" without touching or press the power button on our Nexus 5..?? Like the way Motorola X can do? I tried to talk while the phone screen off but nothing happen..the phone remain sleep..
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Without installing an App with the "always listening" feature it is not possible.
There are Apps for that.
Open Mic+ is a good one. Use it myself.

Excessive battery drain from Google play services

I am running stock 4.4.2 rooted with xposed installed. The title pretty much explains it as well as the picture. I have a lot of apps greenified and have location set to battery saving and have rebooted several times but still get terrible battery drain from Google services
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trich_28 said:
I am running stock 4.4.2 rooted with xposed installed. The title pretty much explains it as well as the picture. I have a lot of apps greenified and have location set to battery saving and have rebooted several times but still get terrible battery drain from Google services
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first off, it being your first post, ill be nice. questions/help/troubleshooting does not go in general, it goes in the q&a/help/troubleshooting section. secondly, you should have searched xda before posting another thread, as we already have many threads about this. here is one that we have been using mainly, for this issue http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/help/normal-google-play-services-to-drain-20-t2519831
Sorry man just trying to solve this issue asap. You people should try not to be so stuck up to the newbies. I see it everywhere on this site
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trich_28 said:
Sorry man just trying to solve this issue asap. You people should try not to be so stuck up to the newbies. I see it everywhere on this site
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lol, i was even being nice! didnt say anything that would be considered mean or nasty, or just not nice. i know that youre new, and just trying to solve an issue, and i pointed you towards help. i was just explaining to you about how to post correctly. but we do have our own rules here, which everyone is expected to read and follow, even noobs.
Sorry won't happen again! I went to the thread you directed me to and disabled all the location ones in Google play services using "disable services" and it didn't work for me. Thanks for your help! I'll send a few thanks your way for the misunderstanding
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trich_28 said:
Sorry won't happen again! I went to the thread you directed me to and disabled all the location ones in Google play services using "disable services" and it didn't work for me. Thanks for your help! I'll send a few thanks your way for the misunderstanding
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if you disabled those that are shown in a screenshot, did you reboot first? if not, try again. then let the phone sit there for like 10 minutes, then check.
btw, i do agree with you about some of the meanness that goes on in xda. im not like that, i enjoy helping people too much. and the nexus 5 forums here also, it isnt as bad like the rest of xda. there are many here like me, that actually keep an eye on the forums, to make sure that meanness doesnt go on
Disable them all. Reboot. Then charge the phone fully so battery stats reset
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Ben36 said:
Disable them all. Reboot. Then charge the phone fully so battery stats reset
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dont disable them all.
im sure that he wants a phone that will function like it should, not one thats fully disabled.
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dont disable them all.
im sure that he wants a phone that will function like it should, not one thats fully disabled.
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I would like my phone to function like it should yes lol. I tried to reboot after disabling the ones with location and rebooted and waiting 10 minutes but Google play services time awake is still rising and has been awake for pretty much the whole batter cycle. Could greenify be causing such issues?
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I would like my phone to function like it should yes lol. I tried to reboot after disabling the ones with location and rebooted and waiting 10 minutes but Google play services time awake is still rising and has been awake for pretty much the whole batter cycle. Could greenify be causing such issues?
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no, greenify is innocent. if you got all the location, i wonder what else it could be..
would you post this screen from your default battery stats please..
Here ya go
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Here ya go
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thanks. yea, you definitely have something preventing your phone from syncing. check your google sync in main phone settings, check if any of the stuff that you normally sync isnt stuck syncing(either continuous spinning or stopped spinning). alsi, would you post the battery stats page with your apps % battery use.
I checked and it is not stuck syncing :/
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trich_28 said:
I checked and it is not stuck syncing :/
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were you listening to music for a while with the screen off?
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were you listening to music for a while with the screen off?
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Ya I listen to a lot of music with the screen turned off. Could that really cause this?
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trich_28 said:
Ya I listen to a lot of music with the screen turned off. Could that really cause this?
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well.. its probably what actually is keeping your phone awake. dont listen to any music for a while then post the history detail screenshot again.
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well.. its probably what actually is keeping your phone awake. dont listen to any music for a while then post the history detail screenshot again.
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Well I really like to listen to music lol but anyways play music is greenified every time after I use it
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trich_28 said:
Well I really like to listen to music lol but anyways play music is greenified every time after I use it
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maybe so, but at least i will be able to see how your phone actually sleeps, if it does or not, and how much it gets woken
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maybe so, but at least i will be able to see how your phone actually sleeps, if it does or not, and how much it gets woken
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I got this from wake lock detector. I hope it helps. Its Google services
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Could it not be your Google play music using Google services? Just a suggestion
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Screen of on HDMI

Is there a way to turn the screen of while mirroring via HDMI? The app "Screen Standby" doesn't work. Unfortunately.
Any advice is welcome.
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Is there a way to turn the screen of while mirroring via HDMI? The app "Screen Standby" doesn't work. Unfortunately.
Any advice is welcome.
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It's been this way on every phone forever. I've never found a solution to it unfortunately .
dark_dude said:
Is there a way to turn the screen of while mirroring via HDMI? The app "Screen Standby" doesn't work. Unfortunately.
Any advice is welcome.
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The screen standby app sort of works for me ... enough for me to keep using it at least.... basically on my nexus 5 the normal screen off method doesn't work I have to use the one two dim method and the screen stays off for good
So currently i have it setup like this :
Auto HDMI detection > starts timer when i plug slimport in
lasts about 10-15 seconds ( enough time for me to setup my app etc )
screen turns off
italia0101 said:
The screen standby app sort of works for me ... enough for me to keep using it at least.... basically on my nexus 5 the normal screen off method doesn't work I have to use the one two dim method and the screen stays off for good
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Edit. Didn't see your entire posting. Now I see them
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italia0101 said:
The screen standby app sort of works for me ... enough for me to keep using it at least.... basically on my nexus 5 the normal screen off method doesn't work I have to use the one two dim method and the screen stays off for good
So currently i have it setup like this :
Auto HDMI detection > starts timer when i plug slimport in
lasts about 10-15 seconds ( enough time for me to setup my app etc )
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Works good enough for me. Many thanks:thumbup:
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