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I've just got a Nexus 5 and live in China. Google Now no longer does anything. It just searches. No cards or anything.
It worked fine on my Galaxy Nexus with 4.3, but on my N5 it does nothing.
Is it related to being in China? I noticed Location settins now say, "Google Location Reporting: Not available in China," but I don't see why that is entirely applicable to all of Google Now functionality. After all, not all functions are related to my location.
Any suggestions?

wedouglas said:
I've just got a Nexus 5 and live in China. Google Now no longer does anything. It just searches. No cards or anything.
It worked fine on my Galaxy Nexus with 4.3, but on my N5 it does nothing.
Is it related to being in China? I noticed Location settins now say, "Google Location Reporting: Not available in China," but I don't see why that is entirely applicable to all of Google Now functionality. After all, not all functions are related to my location.
Any suggestions?
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Google Now is locked down pretty tight by China as our many of google's services. The only two ways I know of solving this problem are:
1. Activate your device from a country where Google Now is not blocked
2. Activate your device with a SIM card from a country that is not blocked. For example, I have a ATT sim card, and even though it doesn't work in China I do the following. Power down my device and pop out the China mobile SIM card and put my ATT one in. Boot into recovery and do a factory reset. Once the phone boots up and goes through the set-up process enter your google username and password and let it sync with the Google service. The next screen you will is the option to use Google Now. Opt in to google now and set it up. Once that is all down, i power down the device take the ATT sim card out and put the China Mobile back in. Google now will be working once you power the device back up.
I've tried every means known to mankind, including VPN, Proxy server, market enablers and those two methods are the only ones that work for me.

Activate Google Now using Fake GPS app
Had the same issue & I tried this on my Nexus 5 and works like a charm. Worth the trouble.
1) Switch the phone to Airplane mode (re-enable Wifi, it's needed later on & make sure you're around a working WiFi hotspot)
2) Go to Location settings and switch to "Device only" mode
3) Download Fake GPS app (can be downloaded from Google Play store for free)
4) Set the location to London (or any other place with guaranteed access to Google Now)
5) Open Google Setting > Search > Account & privacy > Google Account and sign out
6) Disable Google Play Services under Settings > Apps > All (uninstall updates if it asks you to do so)
7) Open search settings (as explained in step 5) and signin to your Google account
8) The Google Now terms and conditions should now come up*
9) Select the option "Yes, I'm in"
10) Re-enable Google Play Services, disable Airplane Mode, remove Fake GPS app, enable the location setting of your choice under Settings.
11) Enjoy Google Now!

yasirnasir said:
Had the same issue & I tried this on my Nexus 5 and works like a charm. Worth the trouble.
1) Switch the phone to Airplane mode (re-enable Wifi, it's needed later on & make sure you're around a working WiFi hotspot)
2) Go to Location settings and switch to "Device only" mode
3) Download Fake GPS app (can be downloaded from Google Play store for free)
4) Set the location to London (or any other place with guaranteed access to Google Now)
5) Open Google Setting > Search > Account & privacy > Google Account and sign out
6) Disable Google Play Services under Settings > Apps > All (uninstall updates if it asks you to do so)
7) Open search settings (as explained in step 5) and signin to your Google account
8) The Google Now terms and conditions should now come up*
9) Select the option "Yes, I'm in"
10) Re-enable Google Play Services, disable Airplane Mode, remove Fake GPS app, enable the location setting of your choice under Settings.
11) Enjoy Google Now!
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Thanks a lot, I had the same problem, and now I have Google Now back! :victory:

not work for me
yasirnasir said:
Had the same issue & I tried this on my Nexus 5 and works like a charm. Worth the trouble.
1) Switch the phone to Airplane mode (re-enable Wifi, it's needed later on & make sure you're around a working WiFi hotspot)
2) Go to Location settings and switch to "Device only" mode
3) Download Fake GPS app (can be downloaded from Google Play store for free)
4) Set the location to London (or any other place with guaranteed access to Google Now)
5) Open Google Setting > Search > Account & privacy > Google Account and sign out
6) Disable Google Play Services under Settings > Apps > All (uninstall updates if it asks you to do so)
7) Open search settings (as explained in step 5) and signin to your Google account
8) The Google Now terms and conditions should now come up*
9) Select the option "Yes, I'm in"
10) Re-enable Google Play Services, disable Airplane Mode, remove Fake GPS app, enable the location setting of your choice under Settings.
11) Enjoy Google Now!
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Hello, not work for me, on galaxy s3 cyanogenmod 4.4.2 kitkat

this is a nexus 5 thread

Thank you
Thanks, I've been searching a long time for this.
yasirnasir said:
Had the same issue & I tried this on my Nexus 5 and works like a charm. Worth the trouble.
1) Switch the phone to Airplane mode (re-enable Wifi, it's needed later on & make sure you're around a working WiFi hotspot)
2) Go to Location settings and switch to "Device only" mode
3) Download Fake GPS app (can be downloaded from Google Play store for free)
4) Set the location to London (or any other place with guaranteed access to Google Now)
5) Open Google Setting > Search > Account & privacy > Google Account and sign out
6) Disable Google Play Services under Settings > Apps > All (uninstall updates if it asks you to do so)
7) Open search settings (as explained in step 5) and signin to your Google account
8) The Google Now terms and conditions should now come up*
9) Select the option "Yes, I'm in"
10) Re-enable Google Play Services, disable Airplane Mode, remove Fake GPS app, enable the location setting of your choice under Settings.
11) Enjoy Google Now!
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If you are rooted ,then uninstall the google search app and install the apk https://www.dropbox.com/s/l5vw0ivzu...oid.googlequicksearchbox-2.6.7.721924.arm.apk , enable "Now".later when you are asked to update the google search..update... method credit is not mine ..forgot who's ..i am just mirroring

yasirnasir said:
Had the same issue & I tried this on my Nexus 5 and works like a charm. Worth the trouble.
1) Switch the phone to Airplane mode (re-enable Wifi, it's needed later on & make sure you're around a working WiFi hotspot)
2) Go to Location settings and switch to "Device only" mode
3) Download Fake GPS app (can be downloaded from Google Play store for free)
4) Set the location to London (or any other place with guaranteed access to Google Now)
5) Open Google Setting > Search > Account & privacy > Google Account and sign out
6) Disable Google Play Services under Settings > Apps > All (uninstall updates if it asks you to do so)
7) Open search settings (as explained in step 5) and signin to your Google account
8) The Google Now terms and conditions should now come up*
9) Select the option "Yes, I'm in"
10) Re-enable Google Play Services, disable Airplane Mode, remove Fake GPS app, enable the location setting of your choice under Settings.
11) Enjoy Google Now!
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I got google now to work on my samsung galaxy note 3 using the above method. Thanks a lot man for the detailed how-to. Had been trying forever to get it to work.

sohojmanush said:
If you are rooted ,then uninstall the google search app and install the apk https://www.dropbox.com/s/l5vw0ivzu...oid.googlequicksearchbox-2.6.7.721924.arm.apk , enable "Now".later when you are asked to update the google search..update... method credit is not mine ..forgot who's ..i am just mirroring
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You have no idea how long I was looking for this exact solution !! You sir have my thanks !!

yasirnasir said:
Had the same issue & I tried this on my Nexus 5 and works like a charm. Worth the trouble.
1) Switch the phone to Airplane mode (re-enable Wifi, it's needed later on & make sure you're around a working WiFi hotspot)
2) Go to Location settings and switch to "Device only" mode
3) Download Fake GPS app (can be downloaded from Google Play store for free)
4) Set the location to London (or any other place with guaranteed access to Google Now)
5) Open Google Setting > Search > Account & privacy > Google Account and sign out
6) Disable Google Play Services under Settings > Apps > All (uninstall updates if it asks you to do so)
7) Open search settings (as explained in step 5) and signin to your Google account
8) The Google Now terms and conditions should now come up*
9) Select the option "Yes, I'm in"
10) Re-enable Google Play Services, disable Airplane Mode, remove Fake GPS app, enable the location setting of your choice under Settings.
11) Enjoy Google Now!
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THANKS a lot sir.. great solution. . I got NOW in China. .thanks. .

yasirnasir said:
Had the same issue & I tried this on my Nexus 5 and works like a charm. Worth the trouble.
1) Switch the phone to Airplane mode (re-enable Wifi, it's needed later on & make sure you're around a working WiFi hotspot)
2) Go to Location settings and switch to "Device only" mode
3) Download Fake GPS app (can be downloaded from Google Play store for free)
4) Set the location to London (or any other place with guaranteed access to Google Now)
5) Open Google Setting > Search > Account & privacy > Google Account and sign out
6) Disable Google Play Services under Settings > Apps > All (uninstall updates if it asks you to do so)
7) Open search settings (as explained in step 5) and signin to your Google account
8) The Google Now terms and conditions should now come up*
9) Select the option "Yes, I'm in"
10) Re-enable Google Play Services, disable Airplane Mode, remove Fake GPS app, enable the location setting of your choice under Settings.
11) Enjoy Google Now!
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I have an international s5 in China and I can't get it to work. I tried this solution, no luck. Any other solutions?

Azereal said:
I have an international s5 in China and I can't get it to work. I tried this solution, no luck. Any other solutions?
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Same here, HTC M8 in China, none of the solutions work.

I know that some google Services are blocked in China. This may be included.

Doesn't work on Lollipop anymore.
Does not work on Lollipop for me anymore. Once Google Play Services are disabled, I cannot sign in to my Google account anymore. There is not even an option for Google accounts. Any ideas?

Just download Market Unlocker
Set it to load on boot. Choose a us market and you will have Google now and Google Fit both working

Stock - turning off Google Play Services crashes GPS [Solved]

I admit that this is a little narrow - but I figured I'd share my experiences.
I use Replicant, so I really want a phone with few blobs, an unlockable bootloader, and a low price. I did not win on this phone... too many blobs.
However, I like this phone, and it was cheap (I have XT1304 / US GSM edition). I figured that if I could de-Google the device it'd tide me over until CM comes out and is stable. I don't care to use Google Play Services. At all. (I know it's rare, but hey, I like smartphones, just not so tied to the walled garden.)
When I disabled all of the Google & Motorola Services that I could on stock, I'd get crashes from anything that wanted to use my location. ADB revealed it was crashing looking for the "network" location provider.
This would kill everything; even the modem would be reset - I'd miss calls, the Launcher would restart...it was basically a soft reboot because of underlying system crashes. Switching the location mode off of "High Accuracy" or "Device" to "Battery Saving" would cause it not to crash, but that's not exactly a good location provider.
Now yes, I'm disabling "system" services. I'm on my own. But someone's gotta do it.
My solution:
Post-factory reset with no Google account:
Install any location consumer - I used SatStat in F-Droid. (I'm too new to post links; find it yourself. You're smart and people like you.) I installed it via adb after turning on USB Debugging. There aren't many other ways from GNU/Linux distros, but you should be able to MTP it on there too.
Turn location on. Dismiss annoying dialog: No Google you can't snarf my location. (This dialog doesn't save its answer if you don't have a Google Account. It. Asks. Every. Time. Therefore, it must die.)
At this point it gets fuzzy - I basically went on a disabling spree, and managed to disable everything except Google Play Services (No Notifications, Clear Data, Disable Service) checking to see if SatStat would crash between every disable. I was also checking the Location settings every once in a while as well - eventually Google Settings revealed that "Google Location reporting is not avaiable for this location" which means... it's dead, Jim. No more annoying dialog. At this point it was safe to disable Google Play Services.
When I was done I had about half a page of apps - if that. At which point... I installed F-Droid, and am busy repopulating the world.
The entire point of this post: if you're going to de-Google your phone, use CM and don't flash GApps. Disabling everything on stock is risky, but doable. Just expect to factory reset. Disabling in Settings is so much better than the old days of Root & Remove.

[Solved] Google Now Not Showing Any Cards on Note 3

From the day I got my Note 3 (SM 900), which is totally stock, my Google Now would not show any cards and would say that location is not available in my region. After a some searching I found a couple of solutions, many of which required rooting, which i would definitely not go for. Finally on the Nexus 5 forums, i found a solution given by yasirnasir which was simple and reasonable and by jove it worked perfectly.
This is the original link to his solution.
Since his solution was a nexus 5 guide, for your convenience I'm modifying it slightly for the Note 3:
1) Long press the power button and switch the phone to Airplane mode (Important: re-enable Wifi, it's needed later on & make sure you're around a working WiFi hotspot)
2) Go to Settings >Location>Mode and switch to "Power Saving" mode
3) Download Fake GPS app (can be downloaded from Google Play store for free)
3a) Go to Settings>Developer Options and tick Allow mock locations.
4) Set the location to London (or any other place with guaranteed access to Google Now)
5) Open Settings>General>Accounts>Google > Search > Account & privacy > Google Account and sign out
6) Disable Google Play Services under Settings > Application Manager > All (uninstall updates if it asks you to do so)
7) Open search settings (as explained in step 5) and signin to your Google account
8) The Google Now terms and conditions should now come up*
9) Select the option "Yes, I'm in"
10) Re-enable Google Play Services, disable Airplane Mode, remove Fake GPS app, untick mock locations in developer tab and enable the location setting of your choice under Settings.
11) Enjoy Google Now!
Hope I could be of help and thanks again to yasirnasir for his solution.

[Q] Nexus 5 in China - No Google Now then no search access

Hi Guys,
I live in China and just bought a HK-spec Nexus 5 (D821). Upon receipt of the device I inserted my China Unicom SIM and proceeded to setup the phone. Firstly I noticed that everything was in Chinese automatically, so I changed the language. Then I noticed that nothing was updating, so I setup my VPN and used that to download all the updates. Once everything was updated I noticed that Google Now was absent and I wasn't able to enable it.
I searched the forums and found the two solutions offered to enable Google Now. One involved GPS-faking, signing out of my Google account for search, then deleting all data for Google Play Services, Google Play and Google Search. This didn't work, i think because the phone did not allow me to fully disable Google Play Services, saying that it "can't uninstall because this package is an active device administrator". Then when you click on "manage device administrators" it lists only one - Android Device Manager with a check box for allowing to lock or erase a lost device... That was a dead end.
The second method involved wiping the device then reinitiating with a non-China SIM installed. I used an Australian Amaysim SIM card and it appeared to do something different to my original installation. The phone started up in English, and asked if I was in an Australian time zone, despite the Aussie SIM not working at all on the Chinese networks. I then connected to my WiFi, and added a Google account and was asked to enable Google Now, which I did successfully, with cards loading up. However the one issue I have now is that I cannot access Google search without my VPN being active. Google Now says I don't have an internet connection unless my VPN is active and the search bar doesn't even respond..
I do have internet access - there is an H next to my network signal strength indicator and I can browse to non-China bookmarks in Chrome. However I cannot use the important search bar without a VPN - very frustrating!
My previous phone is an HTC One X with stock ROM running 4.2 and it never had a problem accessing Google Search in China without a VPN. What has changed now with the Nexus 5? Is it related to Google Play Services updates?
Can anyone help???
Thanks

Disable adm and try again

Thanks for the quick reply - care to elaborate how to do that?
When I go to disable the Device Administrator apps, Google Play Services is not present to disable. Only the Android Device Manager.

Ok, it appears that when I disable that single entry under Device Administrators I can actually disable Google Play Services.
Once Play Services was disabled, I logged out of my account for Google search and was then surprised to find that although all the Google Now functionality was gone, my Google search worked without VPN.
Then re-install Google Play Services and Google Now has returned but I cannot search without a VPN.
Why is it one or the other but not both?

This can't be helping
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/03/business/chinas-battle-against-google-heats-up.html?_r=0

This account is not eligible to use google now

I am mad as hell.
I wanted to enable Google Now but in Google Settings I receive the message "Google Now requires location services which are not available".
Googled, found several "hacks", great. I tried the one where you unistall updates/disable Google Play services, etc... and I get the message to activate Google Now, but when I choose so and login with my email I get "This account is not eligible to use google now".
I tried this with 2 different gmail accounts, always get the same message. There are no info on Google about this problem.
Anyone has any idea how to enable google now? I need it, I love it, and I think I am going to break my nexus 5 if I can't have it.
By the way, I am on the latest developer L build (didn't work on 4.4.4 too, I kinda updated only because of the hope that it may work on L).
Also, on my Nexus 7 (2012) google now works great although I am using the same gmail account.
Any help is appreciated!

Uhhhhh.......
Turn on location? Why don't you try that and report back.

SilkyJohnson said:
Uhhhhh.......
Turn on location? Why don't you try that and report back.
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Read the first line of the original post...
Google Location services are not available in all countries (which is fine) but Google Now shouldn't explicitly need location services. Location services are not available in my country and Google Now still works with no problems on my Nexus 5 and worked on my Nexus 7 (2013) before I updated to the L Developer preview (using the Play Services - Uninstall updates trick) and still shows me location weather information, appointments, news updates, delivery updates, time to work.home, time to get to the location of my next appointment, etc... all without being able to enable location services. I don't understand why Google would limit their service when it clearly works with no problem but has no problems pushing out beta apps to everyone which clearly have issues (new hangouts desktop app).
The Play Services trick did not work on 5.0 for me either. If I do find a way around it I'll let you know.
UPDATE: Managed to get it working with the following steps:
1. Logged out of Google search app
2. Uninstall Play Services updates
3. Connect to a Free UK VPN (I used this: http://www.bestukvpn.com/)
4. Ask Google to remind you of something and select the opt in to Google Now option
5. Go through the steps to enable Google now.
6. When you get the "This account is not eligible to use Google now" click on search bar and search for anything
7. Open the hamburger menu while in search (click on the menu icon or slide from the left)
8. You will notice that you are not signed in. Select sign in and select your account.
9. Viola you will get the opt in to Google now option again and you should then have Google Now
That's what worked for me. Ask Google to remind you of something to make sure its working. Hope this helps .

jonmall1441 said:
UPDATE: Managed to get it working with the following steps:
1. Logged out of Google search app
2. Uninstall Play Services updates
3. Connect to a Free UK VPN (I used this: http://www.bestukvpn.com/)
4. Ask Google to remind you of something and select the opt in to Google Now option
5. Go through the steps to enable Google now.
6. When you get the "This account is not eligible to use Google now" click on search bar and search for anything
7. Open the hamburger menu while in search (click on the menu icon or slide from the left)
8. You will notice that you are not signed in. Select sign in and select your account.
9. Viola you will get the opt in to Google now option again and you should then have Google Now
That's what worked for me. Ask Google to remind you of something to make sure its working. Hope this helps .
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Doesn't work for me. After the 8th step I never get to the step 9. I sign in, get back on the home screen and never again get asked to opt-in to Google Now

Damn ...
I have the same problem ...I even made 3 more accounts but still not eligible...
????
But my brother made an account and is using Google now ...??

ljesh said:
Doesn't work for me. After the 8th step I never get to the step 9. I sign in, get back on the home screen and never again get asked to opt-in to Google Now
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Did you try creating a reminder using Google Now after the 8th step. Make sure you are still connected to the VPN. You have to open chrome after connecting to the VPN to verify the connection. A simple search should bring up a window to accept the VPN terms and conditions.

jonmall1441 said:
Did you try creating a reminder using Google Now after the 8th step. Make sure you are still connected to the VPN. You have to open chrome after connecting to the VPN to verify the connection. A simple search should bring up a window to accept the VPN terms and conditions.
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I am connected to the VPN, I can confirm by searching for my IP, it says I got a London IP.
After the 8th step when I try to create a reminder (remind me to thank johnmall1441) nothing happens... in fact, the program closes itself like it was killed. I don't have another device currently to record the screen and show what I am doing and what happens...

hi,
hpw to unninstal play services updates please ?

up

Managed to get it working !
-remove sim card
- Full wipe
-Install the rom (android 5.0)
-Skip Wifi Settings and everything else
-Once skipped all the settings steps, desactivate Location
- Activate Wifi
- Use VPN (bestukvpn Posted by jonmall1441)
-Activate google now and add your google account

Location Services
Hi all, this morning I went into Google Search settings and I could finally enable Google Location Services. This is what was blocking Google Now. With it enabled you shouldn't have to jump through hoops to opt-in. Try checking your location services settings in the Google Search app . They may have enabled it for a number of new countries.
Quick Tip: If the opt-in screen doesn't show up automatically, sign-out and sign-in in the Google Search app. Hope this helps.

Still not eligible ?
Tried v p ns and airplane mode

jonmall1441 said:
Read the first line of the original post...
Google Location services are not available in all countries (which is fine) but Google Now shouldn't explicitly need location services. Location services are not available in my country and Google Now still works with no problems on my Nexus 5 and worked on my Nexus 7 (2013) before I updated to the L Developer preview (using the Play Services - Uninstall updates trick) and still shows me location weather information, appointments, news updates, delivery updates, time to work.home, time to get to the location of my next appointment, etc... all without being able to enable location services. I don't understand why Google would limit their service when it clearly works with no problem but has no problems pushing out beta apps to everyone which clearly have issues (new hangouts desktop app).
The Play Services trick did not work on 5.0 for me either. If I do find a way around it I'll let you know.
UPDATE: Managed to get it working with the following steps:
1. Logged out of Google search app
2. Uninstall Play Services updates
3. Connect to a Free UK VPN (I used this: http://www.bestukvpn.com/)
4. Ask Google to remind you of something and select the opt in to Google Now option
5. Go through the steps to enable Google now.
6. When you get the "This account is not eligible to use Google now" click on search bar and search for anything
7. Open the hamburger menu while in search (click on the menu icon or slide from the left)
8. You will notice that you are not signed in. Select sign in and select your account.
9. Viola you will get the opt in to Google now option again and you should then have Google Now
That's what worked for me. Ask Google to remind you of something to make sure its working. Hope this helps .
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How to uninstall google play services updates? I only saw disable option.
I'm frustrated... All methods I can find not working, it used to be easy to turn on google now in 4.4.4.

jonmall1441 said:
Read the first line of the original post...
Google Location services are not available in all countries (which is fine) but Google Now shouldn't explicitly need location services. Location services are not available in my country and Google Now still works with no problems on my Nexus 5 and worked on my Nexus 7 (2013) before I updated to the L Developer preview (using the Play Services - Uninstall updates trick) and still shows me location weather information, appointments, news updates, delivery updates, time to work.home, time to get to the location of my next appointment, etc... all without being able to enable location services. I don't understand why Google would limit their service when it clearly works with no problem but has no problems pushing out beta apps to everyone which clearly have issues (new hangouts desktop app).
The Play Services trick did not work on 5.0 for me either. If I do find a way around it I'll let you know.
UPDATE: Managed to get it working with the following steps:
1. Logged out of Google search app
2. Uninstall Play Services updates
3. Connect to a Free UK VPN (I used this: http://www.bestukvpn.com/)
4. Ask Google to remind you of something and select the opt in to Google Now option
5. Go through the steps to enable Google now.
6. When you get the "This account is not eligible to use Google now" click on search bar and search for anything
7. Open the hamburger menu while in search (click on the menu icon or slide from the left)
8. You will notice that you are not signed in. Select sign in and select your account.
9. Viola you will get the opt in to Google now option again and you should then have Google Now
That's what worked for me. Ask Google to remind you of something to make sure its working. Hope this helps .
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Holy sh*t, it's working! Thanks! It's like magic and I don't know why...

jonmall1441 said:
Read the first line of the original post...
Google Location services are not available in all countries (which is fine) but Google Now shouldn't explicitly need location services. Location services are not available in my country and Google Now still works with no problems on my Nexus 5 and worked on my Nexus 7 (2013) before I updated to the L Developer preview (using the Play Services - Uninstall updates trick) and still shows me location weather information, appointments, news updates, delivery updates, time to work.home, time to get to the location of my next appointment, etc... all without being able to enable location services. I don't understand why Google would limit their service when it clearly works with no problem but has no problems pushing out beta apps to everyone which clearly have issues (new hangouts desktop app).
The Play Services trick did not work on 5.0 for me either. If I do find a way around it I'll let you know.
UPDATE: Managed to get it working with the following steps:
1. Logged out of Google search app
2. Uninstall Play Services updates
3. Connect to a Free UK VPN (I used this: http://www.bestukvpn.com/)
4. Ask Google to remind you of something and select the opt in to Google Now option
5. Go through the steps to enable Google now.
6. When you get the "This account is not eligible to use Google now" click on search bar and search for anything
7. Open the hamburger menu while in search (click on the menu icon or slide from the left)
8. You will notice that you are not signed in. Select sign in and select your account.
9. Viola you will get the opt in to Google now option again and you should then have Google Now
That's what worked for me. Ask Google to remind you of something to make sure its working. Hope this helps .
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The only option is to disable play service and by doing so it removes the google account altogether in official lollipop build.

couldnt get google now in lollipop!!!!
Cant get google now by applying any of the fixes above!!!!!!!common you can do better than this????

the above solution does not work. I performed a full wipe and install of latest lollipop release. I have no uninstall updates button. Only "Force Stop" and "Disable" both greyed out. Not rooted.
hopefully a solution will appear soon.

Finally Got Google Now Working in Lollipop_Nexus 4
1. Switch Off the Phone
2. Remove sim card
3. Do a Hard Reset
4. Skip Wifi Settings and everything else
5. Once skipped all the settings steps, deactivate Location
6. Activate Wifi
7. Use VPN (bestukvpn Posted by jonmall1441)
8. Activate google now and add your google account
9. Enjoy!!!!!!!

does hard reset mean factory reset?

rossoneri_forever said:
does hard reset mean factory reset?
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Nexus 4
- If your phone is on, turn it off.
- Press and hold the Volume Down button and the Power button at the same time until the device turns on. You'll see the word "Start" with an arrow around it.
- Press the Volume Down button twice to highlight "Recovery mode."
- Press the Power button to restart into Recovery mode. You'll see an image of an Android robot with a red exclamation mark and the words "No command."
- While holding down the Power button, press the Volume Up button.
- Use the volume buttons to scroll to "wipe data/factory reset" and press the Power button to select it.
- Scroll down to "Yes - erase all user data" and press the Power button to select it.