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Google Now and Bluetooth

So, I noticed an odd behavior with Google Now. If I have Bluetooth on and it's connected to my Moto T505 car speaker, when I go to use Google Now (or Voice Search) it keeps saying initializing. It does not do this if Bluetooth is on but not connected. It also does not seem to do it with my Moto S305 headset.
Has anyone else seen this?

chrispt said:
So, I noticed an odd behavior with Google Now. If I have Bluetooth on and it's connected to my Moto T505 car speaker, when I go to use Google Now (or Voice Search) it keeps saying initializing. It does not do this if Bluetooth is on but not connected. It also does not seem to do it with my Moto S305 headset.
Has anyone else seen this?
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Uninstall google now restart phone problem solved
Google now not compatible with s3
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You do have the 4.1.1 update, right?

Fun fun on saturday and sunday
With google now installed try using voice recongnation on any keyboard mic for speach to text
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What's odd is, it seems to work with my Moto S305 Bluetooth headset.

chrispt said:
What's odd is, it seems to work with my Moto S305 Bluetooth headset.
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Bluetooth will work
Anything else not so much
Thanks Samsung for letting the consumer know
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Google Now works fine on bluetooth.
1. Hit Menu
2. Settings
3. Sound
4. Select "touch sounds"
5. Google now works with bluetooth.

I have a bluetooth radio adapter hooked to my car. when I hold down the "call" button instead of opening google now, it opens S voice. is there anyway to change that?

AftermathLK said:
I have a bluetooth radio adapter hooked to my car. when I hold down the "call" button instead of opening google now, it opens S voice. is there anyway to change that?
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Uncheck what does not need to be checked
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tonyagee said:
Google Now works fine on bluetooth.
1. Hit Menu
2. Settings
3. Sound
4. Select "touch sounds"
5. Google now works with bluetooth.
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Omg I have jelly bean from the first T-Mobile leak and this is the first time I was able to use Google now with my headset
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tonyagee said:
Google Now works fine on bluetooth.
1. Hit Menu
2. Settings
3. Sound
4. Select "touch sounds"
5. Google now works with bluetooth.
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Touch sounds are super annoying. :thumbdown:
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BlueCross said:
Touch sounds are super annoying. :thumbdown:
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Until you try to speach to text in a text message
I tried many timed uninstall reinstall restart
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I have this same issue with my Sony Xplode and my note 2
however if i back out of google now and back in it will work.
It hangs on "initializing" the first time. This also happened with my Galaxy nexus.
If someone finds a fix that would be sweet!

JustusIV said:
I have this same issue with my Sony Xplode and my note 2
however if i back out of google now and back in it will work.
It hangs on "initializing" the first time. This also happened with my Galaxy nexus.
If someone finds a fix that would be sweet!
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Samsung knows about it
Fix is when?
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tonyagee said:
Google Now works fine on bluetooth.
1. Hit Menu
2. Settings
3. Sound
4. Select "touch sounds"
5. Google now works with bluetooth.
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Thanks for this find. Now my i535 works with my bluetooth headset and I couldn't be happier and thanks to Home2 shortcut I got rid of that terrible slow S Voice, and am using Google Now and Utter! as my two go-to modules.

tonyagee said:
Google Now works fine on bluetooth.
1. Hit Menu
2. Settings
3. Sound
4. Select "touch sounds"
5. Google now works with bluetooth.
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Great, I get to finally use smart voice commands via Bluetooth with this phone . . . and it requires that I first enable one of the most annoying user interface options available.
Decisions, decisions . . .
- ooofest

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you the man now:good:

Solved!
Still no fix coming from Google, but at least one nice guy made a temp fix while they do it.
Look for "Voice Command" app on Google Play. Developer's name is IT-DEV-CROWD or code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=42178#c37
It worked for me, after trying a lot of different configurations.

[Q] How to enable Google now in China, please!

Hi there,
I am from China and before getting my nexus 5 I owned a galaxy nexus, in which Google now works well just when phone is switched into En-US.
Now for nexus 5 this does not work.
someone uses a AT&T SIM card to enable google now.
some turns the phone into airplane model, turns off location and connects to VPN network to enable it.
Some says "Ok Google" then follow the instructions to enable it.
It seems that all these does not work for me, is there a easy way to enable Google now.
Regards
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following this post, then it works.

bush911 said:
Hi there,
I am from China and before getting my nexus 5 I owned a galaxy nexus, in which Google now works well just when phone is switched into En-US.
Now for nexus 5 this does not work.
someone uses a AT&T SIM card to enable google now.
some turns the phone into airplane model, turns off location and connects to VPN network to enable it.
Some says "Ok Google" then follow the instructions to enable it.
It seems that all these does not work for me, is there a easy way to enable Google now.
Regards
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Press search bar>Get Google Now (there is a button) ???????????

Thank you, I searched, finally found a way.
072665995 said:
Press search bar>Get Google Now (there is a button) ???????????
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bush911 said:
Thank you, I searched, finally found a way.
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What worked for you? I had to uninstall Google search with titanium backup, install Google search 2.6, enable google now, then update to the latest version of search to have google now enabled in China. This is kind of annoying though as you can't flash otas if you do this because it modifies some system files. If you do my method you'll have to reflash the system image to update manually. So I'm wondering if you could share your method here.
Thanks!

sorry, I forgot posting, I just did the same as you did.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=48831383&postcount=1
computerdating said:
What worked for you? I had to uninstall Google search with titanium backup, install Google search 2.6, enable google now, then update to the latest version of search to have google now enabled in China. This is kind of annoying though as you can't flash otas if you do this because it modifies some system files. If you do my method you'll have to reflash the system image to update manually. So I'm wondering if you could share your method here.
Thanks!
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How to make google Now work in China
bush911 said:
Hi there,
I am from China and before getting my nexus 5 I owned a galaxy nexus, in which Google now works well just when phone is switched into En-US.
Now for nexus 5 this does not work.
someone uses a AT&T SIM card to enable google now.
some turns the phone into airplane model, turns off location and connects to VPN network to enable it.
Some says "Ok Google" then follow the instructions to enable it.
It seems that all these does not work for me, is there a easy way to enable Google now.
Regards
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following this post, then it works.
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For those who are still interested i am also in China ,and man it gave me a hard time but worked finally.
1-you need a proxy(Fqrouter or GAE)
2-install Market Unlocker
3-run Market Unlocker and select Enable Unlocker and Auto Unlock(You should already be connected to another market)
4-If you dont have Google Experience Launcher，then install it
5-Clear data of Google Search app and Play Store
6-Long press on the screen until the settings toggle of the laucher appears
7-Select settings
8-By now you should be able to activate Google Now.Done
I hope this has been helpful.Cheers

moussa01 said:
For those who are still interested i am also in China ,and man it gave me a hard time but worked finally.
1-you need a proxy(Fqrouter or GAE)
2-install Market Unlocker
3-run Market Unlocker and select Enable Unlocker and Auto Unlock(You should already be connected to another market)
4-If you dont have Google Experience Launcher，then install it
5-Clear data of Google Search app and Play Store
6-Long press on the screen until the settings toggle of the laucher appears
7-Select settings
8-By now you should be able to activate Google Now.Done
I hope this has been helpful.Cheers
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Confirmed this worked for me on my XT1085 China Moto X (2014) running 5.0.2.
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Okay Google does not work after update to Lollipop on XT1033

I have updated my XT1033 to Lollipop Brazil OTA. However, I cannot get my Okay Google detection work anywhere including Google Now,
Wonder anyone has the same problem.
Cheers,

Go to:
Google Settings App -> Search & Now -> "Ok Google" Detection
Check whether all 3 (or atleast first) toggles are ON.
If yes, then click on "Retrain Voice Model", (it will then tell you to say Ok Google 3 times).

This is not the problem. I have set everything on. When I train the voice, it just doesn't respond no matter how many times I say OK Google

Google now contact recognition missing in android 5.0.1

I have factory reset my nexus 5 in an effort to improve battery life, however I have now run into an issue with my moto 360. I can no longer use my 360 to make my phone ring/text contacts. There no longer seems to be an option in Google now settings: accounts and privacy to enable contact recognition.
When using voice commands on my phone alone there is no issue with it ringing contacts I ask it to. I have tried enabling OK Google detection when when the screen is off.
Any suggestions? Has anyone found a work around for this?
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timtime said:
I have factory reset my nexus 5 in an effort to improve battery life, however I have now run into an issue with my moto 360. I can no longer use my 360 to make my phone ring/text contacts. There no longer seems to be an option in Google now settings: accounts and privacy to enable contact recognition.
When using voice commands on my phone alone there is no issue with it ringing contacts I ask it to. I have tried enabling OK Google detection when when the screen is off.
Any suggestions? Has anyone found a work around for this?
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This feature is on by default.

Sorry but it isn't. See:
https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/4367425
It is not an option on my nexus 5 since factory resetting, and means that I can't instigate voice calls using my moto 360.
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timtime said:
Sorry but it isn't. See:
https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/4367425
It is not an option on my nexus 5 since factory resetting, and means that I can't instigate voice calls using my moto 360.
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Are you thinking that Google is as fast as we are.. You are wrong my friend.

Fair enough, any ideas why my phone won't recognise any commands from my moto 360 to ring contacts etc... then? All I get is a message on my moto 360 to "try again on my phone" which appears after the 360 finds the right contact and the right number and tries to ring.
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timtime said:
Fair enough, any ideas why my phone won't recognise any commands from my moto 360 to ring contacts etc... then? All I get is a message on my moto 360 to "try again on my phone" which appears after the 360 finds the right contact and the right number and tries to ring.
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Sorry, no. But maybe you can find your answer here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/android-wear

Strava crashes in Android Nougat

Hello,
My phone: Huawei Mate 8 Software: L29C432B560, and is rooted.
Strava is configured for not closing when screen is blocked (Settings/Battery). However, it is closed anytime by the operative system when I am recording a route.
Has anyone a solution for that issue?
Thanks in advance.

frankiard said:
Hello,
My phone: Huawei Mate 8 Software: L29C432B560, and is rooted.
Strava is configured for not closing when screen is blocked (Settings/Battery). However, it is closed anytime by the operative system when I am recording a route.
Has anyone a solution for that issue?
Thanks in advance.
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Try this:
Settings > Apps > Settings > Special access > Ignore optimisations > Allowed > All apps > Strava > Allow
AAAAARGH MY FINGERS HURT

goranimo said:
Try this:
Settings > Apps > Settings > Special access > Ignore optimisations > Allowed > All apps > Strava > Allow
AAAAARGH MY FINGERS HURT
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Strava is already configured "Allow". I'm sorry, I had forgotten to indicate it.

Today, I went on 65km bike tour with Strava engaged. All battery optimisations were off + Strava was "locked" in recent apps menu. Strava crashed with no explanation anywhere...
I'm using EMUI 5.0 on Huawei Mate 9.
This confirms other posts all over Internet which say: if you are into sport don't buy any Huawei

The last thing I've tried: Faster GPS locking on your rooted Android device.
http://www.techrepublic.com/article/faster-gps-locking-on-your-rooted-android-device/
I'm followed the steps, it really faster GPS locking, but it keeps crashing Strava in the middle of recording a route...
I feel desperate for this situation...
What more could I try?

I would also want to know. Having similar problems with my Honor 8...