Google Now - Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Merry Xmas!
Right to the point, my mum got an Xperia SP and it had Google Now, I got a Nexus 5 from google and it didn't have Google Now, how can I obtain it, please help, I have set the voice n stuff to US to obtain the OK Google which I quite like, but I want more :3
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It didn't have Google now? That's like saying it didn't have a screen. It's just part of the operating system, and has been for awhile. Swipe left of the main home screen or hold the home button and swipe up. You'll have to turn it on the first time.
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Silas0220 said:
It didn't have Google now? That's like saying it didn't have a screen. It's just part of the operating system, and has been for awhile. Swipe left of the main home screen or hold the home button and swipe up. You'll have to turn it on the first time.
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No...he means the setting to turn it on isn't there. Its supposed to look like this:
OP: Try swiping up from the home button...do you see this?:
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Yep I can see that stuff I live in Cyprus, that guitar like country near Greece... :3
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What you want to do is go home and tap the Google now bar at the top like here
You will be greeted with a message saying or giving the option to get Google now. Follow the steps and select the Google account you want to use with then now you got Google now. I had to do this on my new nexus 5
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Check this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2585018

Nah opens up this:
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Dude thanks a frekin tonne! It worked, but can I uninstall the fake GPS thingy?
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Pizza_Dox said:
Nah opens up this:
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Tap the Google part and not the mic part
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markdapimp said:
Tap the Google part and not the mic part
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Its fine bro, it werks now, :3

I'm having some trouble with Google now on my Nexus 7.
I want to change my home location but everyone I try it says "Can't reach Google at the moment".
What can I do? Can someone help me?
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[Q] What is this status bar icon?

I'm on stock, and I've only seen this icon on stock. I usually notice it while I'm loading an app
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also when I pull the status bar down there is no notification about it and the icon goes away. I'm on stock 4.1.2
Hmm, looks...unusual.. You first thought was a music app or distorted weather notification. How long has it been there? Maybe try downloading "Air Push Detector" and see if that app catches anything?
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SlimSnoopOS said:
Hmm, looks...unusual.. You first thought was a music app or distorted weather notification. How long has it been there? Maybe try downloading "Air Push Detector" and see if that app catches anything?
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I only have stock music player and google play music installed. And I know it's not from my weather app cause I remembering seeing this back when I didn't have this app. It's always been here, it shows up randomly for a short period of time and only on stock. And I usually notice it when starting up an app or I'll see it there after an app has started. Then I pull down the notification bar and it goes away. I got that app and scanned and 1 app came up but I remember seeing this status bar icon at a time I didn't have that app installed.
You actually get that as you would with 3 navigation on Aosp when you get the 3 dot overflow but does it with your notifications when you load something. Nothing to worry about unless it's constant while your actually on the home screen?
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Addiso said:
You actually get that as you would with 3 navigation on Aosp when you get the 3 dot overflow but does it with your notifications when you load something. Nothing to worry about unless it's constant while your actually on the home screen?
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I've never used aosp but no it's not always there I have just always wondered what it was
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joshua5683 said:
I've never used aosp but no it's not always there I have just always wondered what it was
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Yeah like as if I were to have a message or maybe my music playing and load up a game or such and I see th e status bar you'd see that dot overflow. Idk if that's when you see it.
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Addiso said:
Yeah like as if I were to have a message or maybe my music playing and load up a game or such and I see th e status bar you'd see that dot overflow. Idk if that's when you see it.
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Yeah it's usually when I'm loading an app

Looking for a Fantastical clone!

So after a brief stint with iOS, I'm back using a Nexus as my daily driver. But there's one single, essential iOS app I have yet to find a replacement for.
What makes Fantastical great is having the half month, half agenda view on a single screen. So far, haven't been able to find an Android app that does the same thing. Even tried combining widgets (which would even be ideal), but it's hard to find widgets that size well with the stock launcher.
Am I missing something? Anyone know of any decent alternatives?
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mjchung said:
So after a brief stint with iOS, I'm back using a Nexus as my daily driver. But there's one single, essential iOS app I have yet to find a replacement for.
What makes Fantastical great is having the half month, half agenda view on a single screen. So far, haven't been able to find an Android app that does the same thing. Even tried combining widgets (which would even be ideal), but it's hard to find widgets that size well with the stock launcher.
Am I missing something? Anyone know of any decent alternatives?
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DigiCal comes closest, I think, and keeps to Holo design to boot.
pdane said:
DigiCal comes closest, I think, and keeps to Holo design to boot.
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Thanks! Playing around with it right now, and it comes very close to what I'm looking for.
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mjchung said:
Thanks! Playing around with it right now, and it comes very close to what I'm looking for.
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Glad to be of help.
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Have you tried Jorte, its been my go to calendar app for years.
Try agenda
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Solcalendar.

[Q] Missing Google Now Cards?

Since starting to use my Nexus 5, I've noticed Google Now seems a LOT less useful than before.
Compare the beginning of the list of cards currently on my Nexus 7 2012:
http://i.imgur.com/b934Q7T.png
With the cards on my Nexus 5
http://i.imgur.com/ksJLlyL.png
http://i.imgur.com/avQTrg0.png
Am I missing something obvious here, or is this a massive step backwards? Anyone else seeing this?
It's not just the options, I'm seeing obvious differences between the two devices in terms of cards appearing.
Running both devices in Australia, both with language set to English(UK), both with Google Now's language set to English(AU).
My Everything Else has 16 options. Try clearing data from Google Now and starting over.
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ComposMentis said:
My Everything Else has 16 options. Try clearing data from Google Now and starting over.
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Already tried, no luck.
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I have never seen anything remotely like that in my Google Now!
I think Google just made all of them baked into the KitKat version. everything is based contextually on your usage. So everything is considered on but won't show unless you made a search for it. Example would be if you search Big Bang Theory, it would bring up TV episodes. They're just trying to trim down the fat in the settings.
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DirkGently said:
I have never seen anything remotely like that in my Google Now!
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My Nexus 4 was like that but my Nexus 5 seems to only want to tell me the weather so i have turned it off.
I'm noticing it too. None of my packages are tracking through Google now on my N5, but were on my N4.
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ekjl said:
I think Google just made all of them baked into the KitKat version. everything is based contextually on your usage. So everything is considered on but won't show unless you made a search for it. Example would be if you search Big Bang Theory, it would bring up TV episodes. They're just trying to trim down the fat in the settings.
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It's what I'm hoping is true, but I still suspect (fear?) that I'm missing out on things I otherwise wouldn't have.

Private SMS

I'm in desperate need of an application which can hide SMS from a certain person without any notifications. Have tried numerous ones from the play store but none seem to work on KitKat can anyone recommend anything?
try this one
LexLuth0r said:
I'm in desperate need of an application which can hide SMS from a certain person without any notifications. Have tried numerous ones from the play store but none seem to work on KitKat can anyone recommend anything?
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try root call blocker from the play store
diamonddawg21 said:
try root call blocker from the play store
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I've already got that installed, It works great for blocking unwatned calls and texts but I still get notifications and when I stop the notifcations I don't get to see the texts!!!
Afirewall I use it no notification or anything
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Evolve SMS can do private SMS
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Afirewall I use it no notification or anything
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Thanks, that's just what I need
Looks like this might be what your talking about this is on evolve SMS you might need to purchase the in app upgrade tho I already have so I'm not sure if its free or not
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david279 said:
Evolve SMS can do private SMS
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Thanks, Evolve works really well and great layout after I bought the customization pack.
someone has sidechicks lol
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The best app for that is my calculator
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Mr. Number works really well also. No notifications and stores the text message in the "blocked" section of the app for later reading.
wow
edisepic said:
someone has sidechicks lol
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LOL,
Yep
LexLuth0r said:
I'm in desperate need of an application which can hide SMS from a certain person without any notifications. Have tried numerous ones from the play store but none seem to work on KitKat can anyone recommend anything?
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Go sms is pretty good and free
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Call Master also can accomplish this along with calls.
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[Q] Ok... going crazy here. Why is this Hangouts missing from my phone!

Going Crazy trying to figure out why I'm missing this feature on my phone, and my wife has it on her's!
Both Phones are Google Nexus 5's
Both Phones are running 4.2.2
Both Phones are running Google Hangouts 2.0.303
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Any ideas?
Have you tried to send a group message yet or made a circle or group?
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Because you said no to hangouts being your sms service and she didn't?
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here the newest g+, not released yet, version 4.3. it includes a new photo editor. enjoy http://goo.gl/zqp8mg
Just grasping straws here, but could it be related to the carrier allowing it or not? I don't have the option either BTW. Try switching sim cards if possible.
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Just grasping straws here, but could it be related to the carrier allowing it or not? I don't have the option either BTW. Try switching sim cards if possible.
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Switching SIM cards didnt help. It's something with the phone. I'll try version 4.3 of Google +, but there must be something else going on here! So strange!
Hangouts missing? Sounds more like a solution than a problem.
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Haha this is crazy. I tried another messaging program and I still have the same missing group messaging settings.
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Confisk8d131 said:
Going Crazy trying to figure out why I'm missing this feature on my phone, and my wife has it on her's!
Both Phones are Google Nexus 5's
Both Phones are running 4.2.2
Both Phones are running Google Hangouts 2.0.303
Any ideas?
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I don't have the delivery report option. But have group mms. Hmm. There must be a common denominator somewhere. What is your carrier? Same plan?
same carrier, t-Mobile
Drag the Google settings app up into info. Do you both have the same build version?
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Exact same build #
nobody?
I'm gonna put it down to magic... (may be out of ideas )
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ttt?
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ttt?
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Did you ever find a fix? I have the same problem as well although I am on CM11.
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They took it.
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maybe you're just not cool enough to, hangout

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