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OK Google not launching Google now

Anyone else having a problem getting OK Google to launch gone now? It worked fine when I first bought the phone then stopped after a couple days. Then I rooted the phone and it started working again but then stopped after a couple days. I'm running stock rooted. I even cleared the data on the search app and it still didn't work.
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Did u change the language? AFAIK it only works in english.
Btw: U only can use it when the search bar is visible (Homescreens or on Google now)
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Hannibal226 said:
Did u change the language? AFAIK it only works in english.
Btw: U only can use it when the search bar is visible (Homescreens or on Google now)
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I haven't changed the language and no I don't see the words but I used to see them.
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It only works on US english.
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It only works on US English but as the OP said, it did work before and he hasn't changed language so we can assume he is using US English.
It's an issue that I've seen crop up around XDA and Reddit and one I've had myself, so don't worry too much because I assume it'll be fixed in later builds. All that works for me is a reboot, then Google Now will detect 'OK Google' again. Try that.

"Ok Google" may disappear but feature is working
that's what is happening with me. I wiped the Launcher data twice to get back the "Ok Google" on the search bar
but it disappeared again and When I say okay google it works

A reboot definitely doesn't help. The only other time it came back was when I unlocked the bootloader and it wiped the device.
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If the microphone on the "Google" search bar of the home screen is filled in, it is listening. If it is hollow (an outline of a microphone) then it's not listening.
Reasons it may not be listening:
A. An app has requested audio access (games, music, videos, camera, even if they're in the background). This is especially common with games that insist on running even when no longer visible. Swipe away the app(s) and the microphone will activate itself again.
B. Not set to US English.
C. Google Now isn't configured.
D. Hotword in Google Search settings is turned off.
Any of those reasons are common and considered normal functionality. If you can eliminate all of them then you're looking at something more in depth like ROM issues, broken hardware, etc.

The microphone is hollow.
A. It isn't a game or app because it doesn't fix with a reboot.
B it is set to us English
C gone now is configured
D hotword is turned on
I haven't changed any of the settings but I have double checked that the settings are correct. I read on Android police that other people are having problems with now but none of the problems are the same as mine.
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These are my settings.
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armandosal said:
These are my settings.
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Not sure if it'll work for you, but changing the language, back to home press the microphone and then changing it back to US seems to work for me.

pert_S said:
Not sure if it'll work for you, but changing the language, back to home press the microphone and then changing it back to US seems to work for me.
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Nope. Didn't work.
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armandosal said:
Nope. Didn't work.
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You clear the cache in Google search...APPS

Is the "Google Voice typing" checked? Mine stopped working too and I noticed it wasn't checked anymore. I Checked it and it game back on
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jev3gs said:
Is the "Google Voice typing" checked? Mine stopped working too and I noticed it wasn't checked anymore. I Checked it and it game back on
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Maybe that's a fix? Mine isn't checked but its still working.
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wyrman said:
You clear the cache in Google search...APPS
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I cleared the data on the search app which sucked because not only did it not fix the problem but it erased all my home screen app positions
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jev3gs said:
Is the "Google Voice typing" checked? Mine stopped working too and I noticed it wasn't checked anymore. I Checked it and it game back on
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It's checked.
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I cant even activate Google Now cards! Also a lot of the settings are missing on the google search app. My language is set to US but i think google is blocking it here in my country
On my Note II i had it working fine!

The first picture is from clearing the cache and uninstalling all app updates. The second picture is the first page after activating Google now.
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Kristi-Tech said:
I cant even activate Google Now cards! Also a lot of the settings are missing on the google search app. My language is set to US but i think google is blocking it here in my country
On my Note II i had it working fine!
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What do you mean you can't activate it?
Go to settings > accounts > google > search > and what do you see?
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The first picture is from clearing the cache and uninstalling all app updates. The second picture is the first page after activating Google now.
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Have you tried turning Google Now off and then back on?
So opt-out and then back in?

Try ART

First thing I did after signing in was switch to ART. If your going to do the same, I'd recommend you do it before downloading your apps. It has to optimize all apps on the device and I did it without downloading a single app. 324 apps. Took a while.
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Crooke356 said:
First thing I did after signing in was switch to ART. If your going to do the same, I'd recommend you do it before downloading your apps. It has to optimize all apps on the device and I did it without downloading a single app. 324 apps. Took a while.
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Stupid question but how do you activate art ?
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greatnesstx said:
Stupid question but how do you activate art ?
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Not stupid at all bud. Unlock developer settings by going to "about phone" in settings, double tap "build number" 7 times until you see the toast msg that says "you are now a developer". Back out, go to the newly available " developer settings " and 3rd (4th if you count the first non selectable line) option which says "select runtime system" and change it to "ART". It will say Dalvik until you've changed it to ART. Choosing it will reboot your device and take a few minutes while sets up your apps for ART. It is possible that if could be incompatible with some apps but since it first released with 4.4, I haven't heard of this.
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I think this sped up the start up time of the camera, which is still kinda slow. I just hope I don't have issues with some apps as I've heard of others that had to completely reset their phone to stop some apps from crashing even after returning to Dalvik and reinstalling the app...

What is Art?

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What is Art?
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Basically, it is supposed to allow apps to start faster, run smoother and improve battery. Here's an in depth explanation
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/the-art-of-android/
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Crooke356 said:
Basically, it is supposed to allow apps to start faster, run smoother and improve battery. Here's an in depth explanation
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/the-art-of-android/
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i think it may be kitkal art who released as soon as possible..:good:

After going to art the phone showed the unlocked icon on boot and custom rom....
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Yea maybe kitkat he means.

No literally it looked like a flash counter notification stating modified... not sure of it unlocked the bootloader or not as I'll let someone else make that brick in error... it had a lock which showed unlocked though.
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ballisticevo said:
No literally it looked like a flash counter notification stating modified... not sure of it unlocked the bootloader or not as I'll let someone else make that brick in error... it had a lock which showed unlocked though.
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Mine does the same.
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You can try what others did.

mine too?

Its gone when switch back

Mine does this as well. I can't believe Samsung marks the device if you run ART. A stock feature of Android.
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Crooke356 said:
Mine does this as well. I can't believe Samsung marks the device if you run ART. A stock feature of Android.
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Yeah, that's kinda crappy. Good thing TW was toned down so much I don't see any reasons for flashing yet.
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brazcub said:
Yeah, that's kinda crappy. Good thing TW was toned down so much I don't see any reasons for flashing yet.
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Yeah, not too bad. It looks as if they started to redesign it but only got as far as settings and quick settings lol. With Nova and Flatro icons, it looks as though it's how it was supposed to be done. One of things that was always first on my list after rooting or flashing was changing the appearance of the status bar/quick settings. I like them now so with Nova, I really like the appearance. IMO.
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Crooke356 said:
Yeah, not too bad. It looks as if they started to redesign it but only got as far as settings and quick settings lol. With Nova and Flatro icons, it looks as though it's how it was supposed to be done. One of things that was always first on my list after rooting or flashing was changing the appearance of the status bar/quick settings. I like them now so with Nova, I really like the appearance. IMO.
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I like TW now. Using Google Launcher and it's very close to stock.
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I don't wanna open a thread for this so I'll try it here, I can't remember the "official" name, but "quick glance"? Something like that. When device is asleep, you wave over it and it displays the time and notifications. The one " motion gesture " I use and I can't find it. Hope they didn't ax it.
Anyone know how to enable it? Can't find it in the gestures section... Nor can I find lock screen widgets.
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I know people are all excited to try anything different, but ART on this device just isn't a good experience (at least on a stock device). I really wouldn't recommend switching, as you are unlikely to be pleased.

Google Keyboard stops responding

Does anyone else have issues with the google keyboard not responding to input? It works fine, then all of a sudden it doesn't "freeze", but won't take any input - I.e I can see the button being pressed, but text doesn't appear on screen.
It seems to only happen after receiving a SMS. I have tried hangouts, chompsms, and aosp message app and they all do this. I have also tried different keyboards (aosp, google, Swiftkey) but they all freeze up to.
I'm on a totally stock setup, but had issue on purity and PA as well in past. Seems to come and go, but lately it's happening very frequently. To get the keyboard working again I have to kill the SMS app then restart.
Any ideas on how to fix this would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
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Have you tried clearing the keyboard and messaging app caches? Maybe even wipe cache and dalvik next. Seems to help with a lot of issues like this.
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Sharpie24l said:
Have you tried clearing the keyboard and messaging app caches? Maybe even wipe cache and dalvik next. Seems to help with a lot of issues like this.
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I have tried before, but will give it a go again.. Thanks for the reply.
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Are you using Dalvik or ART?

Snow24 said:
Are you using Dalvik or ART?
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Dalvik.
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Zorrich said:
Dalvik.
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Did you ever find a solution? My keyboard keeps freezing too!

Can't connect to camera CM11s

Just wondering if anyone else gets this on the stock ROM every so often?
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Jon.W said:
Just wondering if anyone else gets this on the stock ROM every so often?
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I get this issue ALL THE TIME when I'm trying to use Snapchat, but I'm assuming that's just an issue with the app and it's compatibility with my device, ROM, kernal, etc. I haven't noticed it happening with the Camera Next app (Cyanogen stock camera), but I also haven't tried using it much.

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Just wondering if anyone else gets this on the stock ROM every so often?
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That's a well-known Cyanogenmod issue which I frankly hoped would not occur on this CM-powered phone. I did have it happen too on some occasions regardless of which app triggered the camera.
The good old "Restart Camera" APK seems to do the trick even though it takes a lot of time to reinitialize the camera afterwards. See here for the APK: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/themes-apps/17-fixed-camera-app-lib-cm-aosp-roms-t2505973

Yeah same here with Snapchat
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Not sure whether it would be worth flash a different ROM just because of this issue. Shame though because I really do like this ROM.
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Jon.W said:
Yeah same here with Snapchat
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I just downloaded the Camera Reset apk that someone previously mentioned and I'm hoping when Snapchat loses connection to the camera, using the reset app will fix it. Better than restarting the phone.
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[Q] Camera bug since Lollipop 5.1

Since I installed the 5.1 update on my Nexus 5 (no root) I've been having this bug on my camera app.
Every time I open the camera (whether it is the standard app, or for example inside the WhatsApp app) the brightness is just extremely low. The only way to fix this is taking a picture, close the app and open again. Brightness is back to normal and everything is fine.
A while later its just the same story all over again.
Any solutions or suggestions?
Am I the only one with this problem BTW?

How did you update to 5.1? Try to flash the factory images if you didn't do it before.
If it's a Google bug then it will might be fixed with 5.1.1 which is around the corner

Same issue for me on Nexus 4. Flashed factory images.
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Same problem here I think it is caused by viber application but I need this app
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kinderko1000 said:
Same problem here I think it is caused by viber application but I need this app
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No Viber installed here.
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