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HTC Rezound
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Infection 2.5
I last used Google Now on my way home from work on Tuesday. Normally, I would open Google Now. Then, when I say "OK Google" it would respond, and I could do what needed to be done. However, this morning, on the way into the office, no go. I can open Google Now, but the "OK Google" command does not work.
I checked the setting in Google Now, and Hot Word detection is set to On. Also, the microphone icon in the search bar on the Google Now screen is white. ( I learned this means that OK Google key word is active)
The only thing I have changed since then is updated applications as they become available. The only Google app I recall updating since Tuesday was Google+, but there might have been other Google apps, and I know I updated several other applications.
Can anyone help?
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Hi all,
My phone:
Original Motorola Droid
Rooted
Running Cyanogen Mod 7.1
Using V6 Supercharger with multi-tasking settings
Overclocked to 1000mhz
I have this strange problem I can't find the source of.
I frequently use Google Maps Navigation.
In the past the voice is the standard robotic sounding voice with the turn-by-turn directions and speaking full road names during navigation.
Recently starting about a month ago I would use my navigation like normal, However the navigation voice would randomly (at a point after maybe 5-10 minute into the trip or more) change to a different voice that sounds much less robotic and would only speak turns, example "turn left", "turn right" and not speak road names.
On top of that the navigation app, and eventually the whole phone would freeze and then shortly after reboots.
Needless to say my nav app is useless in this state and I'm at a loss to find a fix.
I have tried removing any other apps that might have a alternate voice installed, such as Google Translate, and a virtual assistant app called Eva.
I do still have Vlingo installed and I like using it so I have neglected to remove it. I have even completely removed Google maps, and wiped every file with maps in its name from my SD card and from the root FS with root explorer.
I'm frustrated and if any of you fine people have any tips for me id love to hear them
Thanks,
tw3ak.
Mine has been doing this as well lately. I used navigation twice a day every day on my way to and from work and it's done this a few times in the past couple weeks.
The voice is nicer, but also quieter.
I have an evo 4g.
I was doing a web search for this exact problem and found this thread. It seems only a handful of people have experienced it.
I have the Loquendo TTS engine, and lately the navigation is starting to use the "canned" non-TTS voice. If I quit navigation and restart it enough times, I eventually get my TTS voice back. Unlike what others have reported online, on my phone it seems that when google nav picks one or the other it sticks with it instead of switching randomly between the two.
I haven't seen anyone report it being fixed yet.
I have two problems:
a) i get bug-reports out of nowhere from time to time. No problem with any apps, everything works fine, but then i get a bugreport-notification that i can send via email or something else. I think i found out how to disable this, i turned on and off the debugging feature. But i never used this before, so why did this happen?
b) sometimes on my homescreen i can't do anything because the google now bar is activated. I have to touch the bar on the bottom and sometimes even have to open google now to use my homescreen again. I already disabled the google now shortcut with an app from the store, but this does not helf, the spotted ring is still coming up. Any help? Maybe a problem with my screen or with my display-foil?
I'm not a dev, but I thought this might be interesting for devs to know. For a few weeks I had "OK Google" working on my Nexus 4 with the screen off. I had an old version of the Google app installed, then updated via a flashable zip through Team Blackouts app. The filename is BlackGoogleApp-4.2.16.87075793-KK.zip. I'm sure I can upload the actual zip if need be. The procedure I used was to delete the apk, reboot and flash the zip in recovery. Soon after I discovered by accident that "OK Google" now worked even when the screen was off. The screen actually was off, not just darkened. It didn't respond to touch, and I detected no light coming from it in a darkened room. Here are some things of note:
I'm running KitKat with Francos last kernel made for it.
"OK Google" everywhere didn't always work, whether the screen was on or off. In order to get it working again I'd have to bring up the list of recent apps and swipe away one or more instances of Google App.
As you might expect, battery life took a beating. I was charging 2-3 times a day.
I'm running stock 4.4.4 with Xposed Framework. I don't have any modules installed directly related to Google App.
I use AutoVoice, for what it's worth.
I didn't even think this was possible outside of Moto X, but I can assure you it was working on my phone. I updated Google App to 4.6.10.19 via Team Blackouts app, this time without deleting the old apk, and "OK Google" no longer works with the screen off, and my battery life has improved. I did perform a nandroid backup before I updated, however, so it would be possible to go back and test something when I have the time.
It was pretty nice having "OK Google" working with the screen off, but the hit on battery life made it impractical. Also, "OK Google" sometimes not working until I swiped away instances of Google App was a minor nuisance. If this could toggled on and off, however, and "OK Google" could always work consistently I'd go back to it in a heartbeat. Any questions, let me know.
I just suggested that a friend purchase a Pixel to replace his old iPhone.
While he likes the Pixel so far, his battery life is ridiculously horrible with almost no apps loaded yet.
I figure that the Assistant is a big battery drainer, constantly looking at location and other activities and always processing a bit of data in the background. He likes the "OK Google" feature, but he doesn't need the Google Assistant and will want to keep his data consumption down.
Is there a way to permanently disable the "Google Assistant" feature without having the Google Assistant pop-up nag every time he does a search? His phone isn't rooted (yet), though we probably will if he decides to keep it.
Thanks,
¿GJ?
Don't know, however Google Assistant is not the culprit there has to be something else.
I no expert but I think "Google Assistant" is "OK, Google." I believe you're talking about disabling "Google Now with it's cards and notifications. It's the program that you get when you swipe from the left on your home screen.
Well, I tried to post and the verification nonsense stopped me for awhile. Then I was told I couldn't post the link to the instructions on how to disable Google Now. How helpful.
Search "Disable Google Now" Now, I'm off to deal with the verification nonsense again.
Remove Google assistance completely
I am using moto xt1762 woods. I just deleted default system google apk and replaced it with playstore google apk. The following steps worked for me.Not sure for others.Now i am not getting even pop up of assistance.
1 Rooted mobile with magisk and gave root permissions to es file explorer
2 From es file explorer >device>system>private_apps> ,deleted Velvet.apk
3 Now installed google app from playstore and took backcup and renamed as Velvet.apk and moved to the system>private_apps
4 If it still appears after rebooting, just delete velvet.apk from system files and restart. Google apk wont be there
but still works fine.
I'm on Open Beta 2, and suddenly Voice Match on "Ok Google" doesn't work anymore. When I turn it on in the Assistant settings, I'm guided through the set-up where I have to say "Ok Google" for a few times, but in the end when I click "Finish" it's still turned off. No error or such.
Tried uninstalling Google already, also installing other versions, but it's still switched off somehow.
Anyone have an idea?