Anyone notice their Google Maps is not speaking street names? It was the first thing I checked when I got this phone because my S3, Galaxy Tab, Galaxy Tab S and Nexus 7 are all doing the same thing. Ironically, my IOS devices work just fine.
None of these devices have been rooted.
I've read somewhere that the TTS voices don't match my system language but on my Telus and Rogers devices, I don't have US English available for a system language. Any clues?
Bell s6 edge...Google navigation working perfectly fine with voice and street view
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Not street names for me on Rogers as well.
Spent a few days trying to figure this out. I've tried the clear cache in Maps and Google TTS, even a full device reset. I've set it up as a new device and it still doesn't speak street names. I can understand why this would happen on my S3, it's old hardware but an out of the box S6?
It does work.... if I flip the system language to French tho.
A full wipe also fixed my Nexus 7.
I've noticed google maps doesn't consistently annonce street names on several devices I've owned but maybe try uninstalling then reinstalling. Always seemed to work for me across all devices.
Unfortunately, I can't uninstall maps. It only removes updates and reverts back to the version that came with the phone which also has this problem.
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NOTE: Mods I don't know exactly where to post this. Sorry.
I live in South Korea. I use Windows Mobile 6.1 on a Blackjack III(epix) Korean version. Yes, English programs install just fine. I have used Google Latitude for just over one year. Worked great. Then Latitude / Google Maps 4.0/4.1 came out. Since April I haven't been able to update my location from my phone. The "Join Latitude" is not available in the menus anywhere like it used to be. Now it's just generic Google Maps with GPS. NO latitude functionality whatsoever. To update my location I must log into google from a desktop. Yes, foolish.
Has anyone else had similar problems? Any solutions? I'm looking for a Latitude 3 cab if anyone has it, I'd love to have it and see if it still works. I regret updating to 4.
Really sucks being a lone exception...
I have not found anyone else online having this problem.
Hello all,
I just cannot believe what I am seeing!
I currently use CyanogenMod 7 and was sad because I couldn't find voice search in the Market.
After a quick look in the Web Market, I just learn that my Carrier (Base, Belgium) does not allow (see attached screenshot)
After Googling, I just feel alone because no one else reported same issue
Just installed Market Enabler and everything is fine.
I am just astonished to see that such a basic app is country-dependant
Same thing happened to me i just reflashed the rom.. and ofcourse wipe dalvik and wipe data/cache and it went away hope it helps
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Lol! Funny thread
Why is that a funny thread?
Because you live in America and you have access to all Google services?
Please think about all other countries that have to cross their fingers each time there is a new product/service/application to know if that will be available in their country.
That's just amazing that we have no information on why we have access to a limited services and having restriction on basic stuff like voice search because we live in other country than America.
I guess voice search is tailored for each language? Hence the lack of support. I know voice search initially supported only English, more languages were added later on. If your language is currently not supported, I guess that would be the reason why it's not available in your country.
Google voice search work pretty well in english and french-dutch-german (our 3 national langages)
Just tried every langage with amazing results.
I had the same issue with YouTube.apk. Market Enabler fixed it again for me, but I remember Google having removed the region-related conditions on app-purchasing... what's up with that?
I'm curious if google changed things recently. Downloaded the tts I had on my old android phone and I find that no matter what, Google maps/nav will only play in the default voice, even if it's not that good. I prefer to use Ivona.
Any feedback?
sent from my beast of a Galaxy Note II running JellyBeans ROM
Check out this thread, it might not completely answer your question but it should point you in the right direction.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2218525
I have the problem that Google Maps doesn't use the selected TTS engine (SVOX Classic or Ivona) even if it has the same language as the global phone language specified in the system settings.
Does anyone know how to fix this?
Thanks
Hello guys,
I've faced a problem, which I need to resolve.
As you probably know, such Samsung services as Galaxy Apps, Themes, Galaxy Entertainer, etc. are strictly depends on region.
In most of regions they are working flawless, while in some regions they have lack of features or didn't work at all.
I'm living in Seychelles right now, and when I try to download some themes, I'm receiving an error "Theme store is not supported in this country".
When I open Galaxy Apps it show me the warning like "Your device or country is only available for limited service". And there is only a few apps, only from Samsung.
Trying to find a workaround I've found the following:
1. Galaxy Apps determining your location by IP address when you are running it at the first time.
(I've set up my wife's SM-G935FD while we were Ukraine and everything is working well even in Seychelles)
So, I reset my phone to the factory defaults. Then I configured a VPN-tunnel to Ukraine (where the all services are working) and connect the phone to wi-fi with ukrainian IP.
Galaxy Apps believed that my location is Ukraine and all of the features were available.
2. When I switched to the seychelles IP address everything was fine for a while. Samsung services still thought that I'm in Ukraine.
But in the end of the day when I've tried to install some themes suddenly I've faced the same problem: "Theme store is not supported in this country"
It's looks like Samsung services are updating their location periodically.
3. Galaxy Apps determining the location by IP and not depends on GPS.
I've tried the FakeGPS solution. It works for any GPS-based apps. Even for google ones. But no luck with Samsung services.
Does anybody know where exactly Samsung services store the information about their location? And how it can be edited manually?
My phone is rooted. So I have a full access to the system.
Did you try to change your CSC? You can do this with Samsung phone info app. But all your data will get deleted.
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Hi DIZAZTER
Did you find a solution? I also live in Seychelles and I am having the same issue. I bought a Gear S2 and i can't get any apps to install on it since galaxy apps is limited. VPN works with google apps but not with galaxy apps apparently.
Any help would be very much appreciated
I had that problems 2 or 3 years ago and I contact the support center. Isn't possible to do anything. The problem is connect to the country networks. So the device always will know which country you're at the moment. Unfortunately even that language goes to the country in self on samsung store.
Subject says it all. I snagged a new Fold 2 from Samsung China, and of course it comes with all the Chinese apps, etc. I can get all the normal western apps I need on it just fine with google play, but the Samsung store and Samsung Theme store is just local Chinese stuff, which is completely useless. I noticed in the settings, everything is changeable except region/country, which is set to China.
Is there a way to change this somehow, to give me access to the western Samsung [theme] stores? I tried using a vpn and cleared cache/data so it reboots seeing US servers, I reinstalled the whole OS using the vpn and no chinese Sim card, I uninstalled it and found the theme stores apks which don't even work at all, and still nothing. I figure there must be some kind of method to change the region itself.
Any help? Thanks