Satechi BT MediaRemote Bluetooth Multi-Media Remote Control - Nexus 4 Accessories

I found something interesting on the Amazon store I thought I would share, I found this is incredibly useful for me so hopefully is to someone else.
this should work on pretty much any Android device but I'm posting it here as it is the only one I can/have tested it on.
I cannot post links yet but it can be found on Amazon UK under the name "Satechi BT MediaRemote Bluetooth Multi-Media Remote Control"
It's a small Bluetooth remote for iPad/iPhone/Mac and very quietly mentions Android so I decided to buy one and see how it goes as I needed something like it for my car.
Anyway it arrived this morning and I love it, I've successfully used it and I've been able to remap keys using the "External Keyboard Helper Pro" app by "Apedroid" which allows remapping of keys to media keys or launching apps.
All keys on the remote can be remapped except the wireless symbol which un-pairs and goes into discover mode.
My requirements were a remote that allows me to change tracks while driving but it also got Google now working in my car Bluetooth system. (it did not connect properly when I launched it via car voice controls)
I have now got the keyboard button remapped to switch to the maps app and the mute button to launch Google now so once Google now is done I have a button to go back to the navigation screen .
I have also been fairly successful in getting this to work with Tasker however it required a small workaround by exporting the task as an app (via Tasker App Factory) and then using "External Keyboard Helper Pro" to launch it.
My only issue with the remote at the moment is that it connects as a hardware keyboard meaning I cannot type while using it (obviously not an issue in the car though)
All this was done on a non rooted Nexus 4 on 4.4.2 so root is not required by the way.
If anyone has any questions feel free to ask, I'm going to figure out how I can bind the other 9 keys on the remote
Oh and finally if you do use the app in question and use Tasker I'd recommend exporting a Tasker task which launches the intent "android.intent.action.VOICE_COMMAND" rather than using the built in voice control key setting.

Dude!! I have totally been looking for this! I like playing podcasts from my phone while I'm working in the garage, so I hook the phone up to my stereo but whenever I need to pause it or adjust the volume, I gotta go clean up or slide out from under the car... This will be perfect!! I'm totally ordering this right now!! Thanks brother (or sister?)!!
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Seems very good indeed.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DY9UFB8/ref=cm_cd_asin_lnk
http://www.satechi.net/index.php/satechi-bluetooth-remote-control-for-android
Could you please check if there are any answer call buttons or microphones on this thing? Personally I hope not because it happens so easy in your pocket.

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[APP][>=2.1] EasyMute

Hello guys.
I just developed my first app for Android.
It's a tool called easyMute that will allow you to mute your phone while you're listening music without touching your phone.
It works using the proximity sensor. With a hand sweep near your phone (2 or 3 inches over it) you will mute your phone. Sweep again and volume will go back to normal. If you just place your hand over the device and keep it there, volume will be muted until you take it out, then will go back to normal too. It'll work even with screen off and device locked.
It also uses accelerometer and magnetic field sensor to detect whether the device is flat on your table or you have picked it up or placed it in your pocket. In that case, the proximity sensor will be blocked allowing the music to play while you walk around. When you go back to your office or study table and place the phone flat, the service will work again. This behavior can be disabled from options.
You can also set the quantity of volume reduction you want to apply when you do the gestures, from No sound at all to 10% reducion only.
Please, I need people to test it before I publish it on Andoid Play. Every comment is appreciated.
You can use the "Send tracedump to developer" button to send me a mail with a tracedump of the app log, or just post here your problems or experiences.
The app uses only INTERNET, NETWORK _STATUS and READ_LOGS permissions (this last one will be removed when beta phase finishes)
Download and test!!
Nobody tempted to test it? I need betatesters before making it on the market...
Cheers!
could add a feature where it runs and closes automatically when user defined music player is used and not used!
overall is good working app
great work
hashil1 said:
could add a feature where it runs and closes automatically when user defined music player is used and not used!
overall is good working app
great work
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I'm working on a 4.0 >= version only that will work with RemoteControlClient ... this will allow me to detect media keys (play, stop, next song and so on) and would be able to start/stop service only when music is playing without having to worry what is the source application...
Thanks for testing it... if something goes wrong or doesn't work just send me a tracedump so I can see what was.
Cheers
hashil1 said:
could add a feature where it runs and closes automatically when user defined music player is used and not used!
overall is good working app
great work
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Oh... by the way, did it localize to english ?? I have only tested it with friends here in Spain and didn't see if English localization was working ok

Google Now Not Listening: US

Hello,
Anybody see this issue? My Google Now is not listening to the hot word anymore. See the listening icon is paused. A reboot or cache clear of Google Search app resolves it but it is really annoying. Trying to figure out what's causing the pause.
Here is the screenshot of my home screen. Notice the listening icon looks different.
Thanks.
danlo said:
Hello,
Anybody see this issue? My Google Now is not listening to the hot word anymore. See the listening icon is paused. A reboot or cache clear of Google Search app resolves it but it is really annoying. Trying to figure out what's causing the pause.
Here is the screenshot of my home screen. Notice the listening icon looks different.
Thanks.
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Were you using headphones that day? I've seen this issue, and I think it's an audio issue (software). When I had this issue, the speakers didn't work either.
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I was using my Bluetooth headset but I've been using this pair since day 1. This just started happening yesterday.
Workaround I mentioned in another thread this morning:
With any music or sound playing apps paused, tap the Google logo (not the mic icon) in the Google search tool. Once in the search screen, just swipe back out to the home screen. The mic icon should now be "filled in" instead of hollow, and should respond to "Ok Google".
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TJCacher said:
Workaround I mentioned in another thread this morning:
With any music or sound playing apps paused, tap the Google logo (not the mic icon) in the Google search tool. Once in the search screen, just swipe back out to the home screen. The mic icon should now be "filled in" instead of hollow, and should respond to "Ok Google".
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Thanks for the tip!
man sadly nothing in this thread is working for me
I toggled the hotword option, toggled it with reboots in between, cleared Google Search data and cache, removed device administrators, toggled english styles, toggled wifi... I've done everything I can think of, and it's still not working.
I've scoured the web and nothing. It was working when I first got the phone, but today I noticed it had stopped. Ugh.
bengrulz said:
man sadly nothing in this thread is working for me
I toggled the hotword option, toggled it with reboots in between, cleared Google Search data and cache, removed device administrators, toggled english styles, toggled wifi... I've done everything I can think of, and it's still not working.
I've scoured the web and nothing. It was working when I first got the phone, but today I noticed it had stopped. Ugh.
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Same with me. I'm not sure why nobody else is having this issue. I've tried everything to get it back to always listening, and it doesn't work. I have to hit the microphone. The only "workaround" I've found is to swipe up from the center bottom of the lock screen, which takes me to the google now page and it's listening for "ok google". I can't get the widget on the left pane back though.
bengrulz said:
man sadly nothing in this thread is working for me
I toggled the hotword option, toggled it with reboots in between, cleared Google Search data and cache, removed device administrators, toggled english styles, toggled wifi... I've done everything I can think of, and it's still not working.
I've scoured the web and nothing. It was working when I first got the phone, but today I noticed it had stopped. Ugh.
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Ok, I've done a lot more testing with this issue, and have come up with the following working theory. If any of you notice behavior inconsistent with this theory, post it up here. Maybe we can pin the exact cause down enough to let Google know the exact parameters of this glitch.
Here's my theory:
I'm going to call the situation where the Google search mic icon is hollow and the search won't respond to "Ok Google" the HM (hollow mic) mode, and the normal, full mic icon, indicating the search will properly respond to "Ok Google" the FM (full mic) mode. (HM=hollow mic is not listening, FM=full mic is listening)
The problem seems to be that the control is designed to enter HM mode whenever the system is aware that the device is playing sound and to return to FM mode when the system detects that sound has been paused or stopped, but that sometimes the system gets "stuck" in HM mode and remains there even when sound has been paused or stopped. Furthermore, in some cases HM mode is not activated when sound is started,
My theory is that the HM/FM switching only occurs correctly when the sound app itself is used to *directly* start and stop sound. If you use an alternate method to start and/or stop sound (like a linked set of media controls in the notification shade, or a set of media controls in a linked home-screen widget), then there is a near certainty that either HM mode will not be activated when sound starts and/or FM mode will not be reset when sound stops.
When the system becomes "stuck" in HM mode, even when no sound is playing, I have found two ways to reliably get it to reset to FM mode:
Method 1:
1) Stop any sound being played by the device via any means (directly from a sound app, or indirectly from a set of media controls in the notification shade or a home-screen widget)
2) Tap the word "Google" in the Google search bar at the top of any home screen
3) Once inside the search screen, cancel it by swiping right-to-left once or twice to return to the home screen.
Method 2
1) Go into the sound app which either is or was being used to play sound
2) Start the app playing sound from directly in the app itself
3) Stop or pause the sound from directly in the app itself
On my device, using Google Play as the sound app, I have had 100% success, with both of these methods, at getting HM mode "unstuck" and getting the device back into FM mode.
I can also reliably produce the "stuck" HM mode by starting music from within a music app, but stopping or pausing it from outside the app by using a widget.
On my device, if starting from FM mode, starting music playing from a widget instead of from within a music app will result in the device never entering HM mode in the first place.
If others can verify this, I think we may be able to say with some confidence that the problem is that the method being used to detect when sound starts and stops is not properly looking for sound to be started or stopped using an externally-linked set of media controls (as from a notification shade or widget), and that it only reliably works when sound is started or stopped *directly from inside the app itself, using app's built-in media controls*.
Thanks for any additional data anyone is willing to provide to prove or disprove this theory.
I've had the same issue, but I can add that this is happening with games as well. Specifically, asphalt 8 causes this problem. Obviously, when I'm switching between apps, I wouldn't want to kill an ongoing game or song just to make the hotword work. The HC issue is annoying and I hope there's a fix to always keep it live no matter which apps are in the background...
shaklee3 said:
Same with me. I'm not sure why nobody else is having this issue. I've tried everything to get it back to always listening, and it doesn't work. I have to hit the microphone. The only "workaround" I've found is to swipe up from the center bottom of the lock screen, which takes me to the google now page and it's listening for "ok google". I can't get the widget on the left pane back though.
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bengrulz said:
man sadly nothing in this thread is working for me
I toggled the hotword option, toggled it with reboots in between, cleared Google Search data and cache, removed device administrators, toggled english styles, toggled wifi... I've done everything I can think of, and it's still not working.
I've scoured the web and nothing. It was working when I first got the phone, but today I noticed it had stopped. Ugh.
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My hotword detection also suddenly doesn't work. I've toggled the option in google now settings, rebooted, cleared cache, turned off google music... nothing turns it back on.
TJCacher said:
Ok, I've done a lot more testing with this issue, and have come up with the following working theory. If any of you notice behavior inconsistent with this theory, post it up here. Maybe we can pin the exact cause down enough to let Google know the exact parameters of this glitch.
Here's my theory:
I'm going to call the situation where the Google search mic icon is hollow and the search won't respond to "Ok Google" the HM (hollow mic) mode, and the normal, full mic icon, indicating the search will properly respond to "Ok Google" the FM (full mic) mode. (HM=hollow mic is not listening, FM=full mic is listening)
The problem seems to be that the control is designed to enter HM mode whenever the system is aware that the device is playing sound and to return to FM mode when the system detects that sound has been paused or stopped, but that sometimes the system gets "stuck" in HM mode and remains there even when sound has been paused or stopped. Furthermore, in some cases HM mode is not activated when sound is started,
My theory is that the HM/FM switching only occurs correctly when the sound app itself is used to *directly* start and stop sound. If you use an alternate method to start and/or stop sound (like a linked set of media controls in the notification shade, or a set of media controls in a linked home-screen widget), then there is a near certainty that either HM mode will not be activated when sound starts and/or FM mode will not be reset when sound stops.
When the system becomes "stuck" in HM mode, even when no sound is playing, I have found two ways to reliably get it to reset to FM mode:
Method 1:
1) Stop any sound being played by the device via any means (directly from a sound app, or indirectly from a set of media controls in the notification shade or a home-screen widget)
2) Tap the word "Google" in the Google search bar at the top of any home screen
3) Once inside the search screen, cancel it by swiping right-to-left once or twice to return to the home screen.
Method 2
1) Go into the sound app which either is or was being used to play sound
2) Start the app playing sound from directly in the app itself
3) Stop or pause the sound from directly in the app itself
On my device, using Google Play as the sound app, I have had 100% success, with both of these methods, at getting HM mode "unstuck" and getting the device back into FM mode.
I can also reliably produce the "stuck" HM mode by starting music from within a music app, but stopping or pausing it from outside the app by using a widget.
On my device, if starting from FM mode, starting music playing from a widget instead of from within a music app will result in the device never entering HM mode in the first place.
If others can verify this, I think we may be able to say with some confidence that the problem is that the method being used to detect when sound starts and stops is not properly looking for sound to be started or stopped using an externally-linked set of media controls (as from a notification shade or widget), and that it only reliably works when sound is started or stopped *directly from inside the app itself, using app's built-in media controls*.
Thanks for any additional data anyone is willing to provide to prove or disprove this theory.
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didn't help me. can't figure out what is going on. so frustrating.
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For me, turning off Push Bullet Notification Listener in Accessibility in Settings made Google Now hot word work again.
gaetawoo said:
For me, turning off Push Bullet Notification Listener in Accessibility in Settings made Google Now hot word work again.
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I'm replying to clarify this info for others who, like me, may not have been aware that Push Bullet is a third-party app that is installed from the Google Play store.
After reading through the app's description and reviews on the Play Store site, it sounds like a very useful app which has recently added a new feature which mirrors your notifications to a PC via a PC-side browser add-on.
According to a number of the user reviews on the Play Store, which have been confirmed by the app's author, this feature is causing problems with the "always listening" feature of OK Google.
Sounds like they're actively working on a solution for the conflict.
Thanks for posting this - it may very well be the reason some others have had no luck getting the listening feature to work.
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TJCacher said:
I'm replying to clarify this info for others who, like me, may not have been aware that Push Bullet is a third-party app that is installed from the Google Play store.
After reading through the app's description and reviews on the Play Store site, it sounds like a very useful app which has recently added a new feature which mirrors your notifications to a PC via a PC-side browser add-on.
According to a number of the user reviews on the Play Store, which have been confirmed by the app's author, this feature is causing problems with the "always listening" feature of OK Google.
Sounds like they're actively working on a solution for the conflict.
Thanks for posting this - it may very well be the reason some others have had no luck getting the listening feature to work.
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Yes I've talked to them, they know about it and are working on it, but that say it could be an OS issue.. that are trying to figure it out.
This happens to me at least couple times a day. Either Wi-Fi disconnect or a OK Google three I n a row consecutive search. Solution: kill the g search app it will automatically restart and you'll be gtg
Pebble whatsapp notifier causes this same problem. Unchecked it in accessibility and viola! Always listening again..
Easiest solution I found on the internet was to go into settings and install the US English language pack. Even though it says it is installed, reinstall it and set it as the default. After a reboot, it worked perfectly.
phandroid.com/2013/11/14/how-to-install-google-experience-launcher-with-ok-google-command/
Once in Google Now, scroll all the way to the bottom and press the 3 dot menu to select Settings. From there, select “voice” > “offline speech recognition” (manage downloaded languages). Now, we’re going to work our way from the right tab, all the way to the left.
Select the Auto-Update tab from the top and choose one of the auto-update options (we recommend leaving it on “over WiFi-only”). After that, scoot over to the All tab and find English (US). You’ll notice it already says “pre-installed”. Don’t listen to it. Select English (US) anyway. From there, jump to the Installed tab and press “English (US)” where you’ll be asked to download the latest version (version 28 at the time of writing). Hit “Download” and the updated version will be downloaded and installed.
TJCacher said:
Ok, I've done a lot more testing with this issue, and have come up with the following working theory. If any of you notice behavior inconsistent with this theory, post it up here. Maybe we can pin the exact cause down enough to let Google know the exact parameters of this glitch.
Here's my theory:
I'm going to call the situation where the Google search mic icon is hollow and the search won't respond to "Ok Google" the HM (hollow mic) mode, and the normal, full mic icon, indicating the search will properly respond to "Ok Google" the FM (full mic) mode. (HM=hollow mic is not listening, FM=full mic is listening)
The problem seems to be that the control is designed to enter HM mode whenever the system is aware that the device is playing sound and to return to FM mode when the system detects that sound has been paused or stopped, but that sometimes the system gets "stuck" in HM mode and remains there even when sound has been paused or stopped. Furthermore, in some cases HM mode is not activated when sound is started,
My theory is that the HM/FM switching only occurs correctly when the sound app itself is used to *directly* start and stop sound. If you use an alternate method to start and/or stop sound (like a linked set of media controls in the notification shade, or a set of media controls in a linked home-screen widget), then there is a near certainty that either HM mode will not be activated when sound starts and/or FM mode will not be reset when sound stops.
When the system becomes "stuck" in HM mode, even when no sound is playing, I have found two ways to reliably get it to reset to FM mode:
Method 1:
1) Stop any sound being played by the device via any means (directly from a sound app, or indirectly from a set of media controls in the notification shade or a home-screen widget)
2) Tap the word "Google" in the Google search bar at the top of any home screen
3) Once inside the search screen, cancel it by swiping right-to-left once or twice to return to the home screen.
Method 2
1) Go into the sound app which either is or was being used to play sound
2) Start the app playing sound from directly in the app itself
3) Stop or pause the sound from directly in the app itself
On my device, using Google Play as the sound app, I have had 100% success, with both of these methods, at getting HM mode "unstuck" and getting the device back into FM mode.
I can also reliably produce the "stuck" HM mode by starting music from within a music app, but stopping or pausing it from outside the app by using a widget.
On my device, if starting from FM mode, starting music playing from a widget instead of from within a music app will result in the device never entering HM mode in the first place.
If others can verify this, I think we may be able to say with some confidence that the problem is that the method being used to detect when sound starts and stops is not properly looking for sound to be started or stopped using an externally-linked set of media controls (as from a notification shade or widget), and that it only reliably works when sound is started or stopped *directly from inside the app itself, using app's built-in media controls*.
Thanks for any additional data anyone is willing to provide to prove or disprove this theory.
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I have the same issue and none of that work for me, it gets stuck with real racing, i force the stop once and it started to work again but minutes later it was hallow again, please help
shaklee3 said:
Same with me. I'm not sure why nobody else is having this issue. I've tried everything to get it back to always listening, and it doesn't work. I have to hit the microphone. The only "workaround" I've found is to swipe up from the center bottom of the lock screen, which takes me to the google now page and it's listening for "ok google". I can't get the widget on the left pane back though.
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Are you on stock? I thought this was a result of the new launcher in today's version of cm.
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xdapro said:
Easiest solution I found on the internet was to go into settings and install the US English language pack. Even though it says it is installed, reinstall it and set it as the default. After a reboot, it worked perfectly.
phandroid.com/2013/11/14/how-to-install-google-experience-launcher-with-ok-google-command/
Once in Google Now, scroll all the way to the bottom and press the 3 dot menu to select Settings. From there, select “voice” > “offline speech recognition” (manage downloaded languages). Now, we’re going to work our way from the right tab, all the way to the left.
Select the Auto-Update tab from the top and choose one of the auto-update options (we recommend leaving it on “over WiFi-only”). After that, scoot over to the All tab and find English (US). You’ll notice it already says “pre-installed”. Don’t listen to it. Select English (US) anyway. From there, jump to the Installed tab and press “English (US)” where you’ll be asked to download the latest version (version 28 at the time of writing). Hit “Download” and the updated version will be downloaded and installed.
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I love you dude or dudette I was going balled trying to figure this out, thanks a lot!
I found out that the hot word detection only works on the default launcher. If I add the google search widget on apex launcher, I get the search bar with a hollow mic, and hot word detection does not work.
If I use default launcher I got the full mic and hot word detection works.
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Remote shutter button

Anyone know of a good way to operate the camera remotely (for taking self portraits)?
I have been able to use the volume keys on an old wired headset to take a photo using camera fv-5, but wanted to do this wirelessly. I have tried with two different Bluetooth headsets, but this doesn't work. I've looked into Maku Shuttr, but this seems a) expensive, b) large for what it is, and c) requires a separate app to work with the Xperia Z, which does not look very good. I know you can do this with the Sony watch 2, but don't want to buy that just for this functionality. Anyone have any ideas?
I think you can do this with tasker app... Not 100% sure though.
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Thanks for the suggestion! I hadn't heard of tasker. I have not seen a way to do what I want (trigger the camera shutter with a Bluetooth headset) on a quick search, but will spend some time on it later. In the mean time, does any one know how this could be configured?
dannykap said:
Thanks for the suggestion! I hadn't heard of tasker. I have not seen a way to do what I want (trigger the camera shutter with a Bluetooth headset) on a quick search, but will spend some time on it later. In the mean time, does any one know how this could be configured?
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Sony Smartwatch
Thanks. I did say I didn't want to buy the watch just for this functionality though. Ideally I'd get it working with hardware I already have, i.e. a Bluetooth headset. I still haven't figured out if it is possible to configure tasker to do this though. Has anyone managed it?
Muku Shuttr
http://www.mukulabs.com/
"Muku Shuttr - first ever mobile shutter for iPhone & Android"
Thanks - I did say I'd looked into this (although I had spelled it wrong!), but it wasn't for me. It's too large, it's expensive for what it is, and it seems to require a separate app for the xperia Z. I'd much prefer to be able to use an old bluetooth headset. However, I have not, as yet, found a way of making this work, so am limited to using an old wired headset or the self timer. Thanks anyway for looking.
Yeah tasker.
You can create a task to, say, shoot one picture per second for 10 seconds, set it to start after you push a certain button (or whatever tasker lets you automate any actions your phone is capable of)
it has a learning curve to set up so you may want to read up some tutorials on it, but its a must have app, and I rarely reccommend paid programs.

[Q] Disable Google Voice Dialer??

Ok guys so the question has been asked a couple of times on XDA and there is still no viable solution. Maybe a Nexus section would be better to post and work on this.
I'm wondering if there is a solution or workaround to disable the built-in Google Voice Dialer that is launched from the lock screen when pressing the action button on a bluetooth.
When the phone is unlocked the action button on the Bluetooth typically launches Google Now, which is perfect. BUT I want to be able to Launch Google Now from the lock-screen using the Bluetooth action button, and NOT the crappy Google Voice Dialer.
The closest thing I've seen that allows this to be done so far is: Bluetooth Launch.apk from the PlayStore.
BUT this app has one major flaw.. when the headset button action is changed to com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox.VoiceSearchActivity, which is what is required to launch Google Now, the phone never sleeps/locks.
If this action>assign could be written and still allow the phone to sleep and lock, it would be ideal.
I was hoping that there would be an Xposed module to disable to Google Voice Dialer, but this has not been created as of yet.
Any help would be much appreciated and thanks will be given.
Get rom toolbox pro and take it out or freeze it. Simples
Ten min cutoff app.

Pressy not working

So does anyone else have a Pressy here? I can't seem to get mine to work with this phone. Every time I insert it, the message would pop up that I had pressed the button. Even if I didn't and used my nails without pressing the button I would still get that message. It works perfectly fine with my Nexus 5 though. I also noticed that the Pressy goes pretty deep but the message pops up before it even goes all the way in. Any solutions?
I have had continuous issues with Marshmallow and the Pressy. If you read some of the comments on their Kickstarter, we are not alone. They pretty much adandoned this project and moved on to some silly dice.
You may want to check out some 3rd party apps for this
PaisanNYC said:
I have had continuous issues with Marshmallow and the Pressy. If you read some of the comments on their Kickstarter, we are not alone. They pretty much adandoned this project and moved on to some silly dice.
You may want to check out some 3rd party apps for this
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Wow thanks for that. Backers worked mad hard to bring their project together. I backed $20 myself instead of just buying the $2 XiaoMi one. This is really sad to see them abandon their Backers like that.
I'm not actually have trouble with the app. I just can't seem to get the button plugged in without the message saying I pressed the button even when I didn't. I believe it works on my MM Nexus 5 though. Need to check again.
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I removed my Pressy with marshmallow since it wasn't working. I'd be interested to know if you've found any good replacement 3rd party apps.
Marcellus1 said:
I removed my Pressy with marshmallow since it wasn't working. I'd be interested to know if you've found any good replacement 3rd party apps.
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I am sorry but I haven't even looked. I gave up on Pressy. They will not answer any questions on Pressy, but they have no problems spamming me with their new kickstarter campaign
Had to remove Pressy from phone one year ago when I got an Android Wear. Has been an expensive keychain ever since. No updates, no love for us. Shame on you, Nimrod
I had a problem with the audio not being redirected correctly when Pressy was plugged in which resulted in the microphone not working (Nexus 5 stock Marshmallow). This was never an issue for me on Lollipop.
I have found an app called KeyCut that seems to work for Pressy and various other similar products. I've switched to using it instead of the Pressy app and it seems to have fixed the microphone problem for me.
KeyCut
I remember being so excited for the Pressy. The the $2 clone came out and neither ended up working well.
I was excited about pressy as well. Unfortunately it's been sitting in my desk since I got it because it's never worked right.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/08/26/pressy-review-i-had-no-clue-something-could-suck-this-badly/
Is this the thing you guys are talking about?
If so, what does it do? (Or supposed to do?) The article doesn't do a good job of explaining it.
]SK[ said:
It just adds a button to the phone so you can assign an action to it like open the camera etc.
I purchase a cheap Chinese version a while back. I plugged it into my Nexus 5, said "neat" and put it back in it's box to never use it again. Cool idea but pretty pointless IMO.
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Thanks
Teleshot said:
I have found an app called KeyCut that seems to work for Pressy and various other similar products. I've switched to using it instead of the Pressy app and it seems to have fixed the microphone problem for me.
KeyCut
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Thanks Teleshot. I tried the KeyCut app. It works well but there was still some additional functionality that Pressy had that I preferred so I kept looking for other options. I just came across an app called SoundAbout that based on my testing so far seems to do the trick. There may be other settings you could use to get things working, but these are the settings in the app that I used.
1. Turn the service on (you can choose the On - No Status option if you don't want a notification in your notification bar).
2. Set media and phone call audio to the speaker.
3. Set alert behavior -> wired headset behavior to phone speaker (or phone speaker + headset).
4. In connectable devices -> wired headset settings: allow plug in/out detection, ignore microphone for wired headset, ignore plug-in volume when wired headset plugged in.
I've tested app audio; microphone recording; always listening; phone: ringer, conversation, speakerphone. All of it seems to be working fine and I can also use Pressy the same as before the Marshmallow update. I'll try it with bluetooth audio later.
For using headphones (which I rarely do), turn the service off or set the media and phone call audio to the headset rather than speaker.
PlayStore: SoundAbout
Marcellus1 said:
...I just came across an app called SoundAbout that based on my testing so far seems to do the trick...All of it seems to be working fine and I can also use Pressy the same as before the Marshmallow update...
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Not certain how you came across this app in searching for a Pressy fix, yet alone how you discovered the particular settings to restore functionality but it's great to hear this nevertheless.
Unfortunately, I tried applying your settings on my 6P (unlocked bootloader, original factory recovery, not rooted) but they did not seem to work as none of my presses were detected by the Pressy app.
Android 6.0.1, Pressy 1.0.27 and SoundAbout 2.6.6.6

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