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NEX global rom features compared to Chinese version

Hi. First if all, let me tell you I don't have the device, but planning to buy one soon. One of the guys in my neighborhood have a global rom version for sale. I am reading through the forums and I can see most of the users here have the Chinese version of the phone. I would like to ask somebody with the Indian version and global rom installed if there is any issue from those that affect the Chinese version of the phone (vivo account necessary to change the launcher, bloatware, notification issues etc...). Is the device certified in google play store? Is Google assistant working normally with dedicated button?
Thanks.

boober78 said:
Hi. First if all, let me tell you I don't have the device, but planning to buy one soon. One of the guys in my neighborhood have a global rom version for sale. I am reading through the forums and I can see most of the users here have the Chinese version of the phone. I would like to ask somebody with the Indian version and global rom installed if there is any issue from those that affect the Chinese version of the phone (vivo account necessary to change the launcher, bloatware, notification issues etc...). Is the device certified in google play store? Is Google assistant working normally with dedicated button?
Thanks.
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Yes the Indian (global) version is certified in play store.
You can use any launcher without any trouble.
Bloatware is there and some of it is uninstallable.
Yes Google lense and assistant is working great with dedicated button but cannot remap it.

Same as above. Also the bloatware is far less compared to Chinese version as seen on YouTube. No phone number verification required to do any kind of changes in system.

Thanks guys, I appreciate your insight.

Are you experiencing any issues with notifications not showing up? Bluetooth connectivity issues if some kind (stuttering sound for example)?

boober78 said:
Are you experiencing any issues with notifications not showing up? Bluetooth connectivity issues if some kind (stuttering sound for example)?
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Not at all.

boober78 said:
Are you experiencing any issues with notifications not showing up? Bluetooth connectivity issues if some kind (stuttering sound for example)?
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Never faced this problem with notifications. Sorry no idea about Bluetooth, haven't tried it.

Few other things: is changing a launcher a pain as in Chinese model?
Are settings of the phone accessible from a quick settings tie or only from the icon (the actual app)?

Have been using the phone for past 2 days and loving it especially coming from Honor Note 8, where getting Notification and many of the simple things used to cause lots of headache.
Loving the phone- no issues with notification and/or changing Launcher. @boober78- In Chinese version, you apparently need Vivo account to change Launcher! (Used to be issue with Honor phone as well)
Bluetooth works fine and have it connected with Gear S3, which also is running smoothly, unlike Honor wherein, the aggressive battery monitor used to close it intermittently. Having used EMUI (and other Chinese version Mobiles past 3 years, including Mi Mix), I think this has been a pleasant change. Only thing I dont like is Size- its too small for my liking! If Honor Note 10 releases in India, will go for it.

I am facing one issue. Any third party app which uses camera especially front camera in night even with sufficient light, is getting yellowish and pink image. Human face and colors dont appear normal. Video calling quality feels as if I am using 5000 inr smartphone. Example, video calling in duo, whatsapp etc, Google lens, open camera app, etc.

Does the Vivo Nex Support Dual Whatapp (dual apps)

fahdsuleman said:
Does the Vivo Nex Support Dual Whatapp (dual apps)
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Yes it does apparently

boober78 said:
Yes it does apparently
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Chinese ROM 1.16.6 ..... does not support ....

Did you check app clone in settings?

boober78 said:
Did you check app clone in settings?
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Yesterday I was talking with.Vivo service in Facebook. Chinesse model does not support whatsapp...[emoji17]
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Enviado desde mi vivo NEX S mediante Tapatalk

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Yesterday I was talking with.Vivo service in Facebook. Chinesse model does not support whatsapp...[emoji17]View attachment 4562840
Enviado desde mi vivo NEX S mediante Tapatalk
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Hi,
what do you mean? We can't install Whatsapp at all? or we just can't clone this app?
For 600€ i can get Nex 128gb/8gb, but the chinese model... is it still worth it? I'm just a bit scared about some apps compatibility

Wahoux said:
Hi,
what do you mean? We can't install Whatsapp at all? or we just can't clone this app?
For 600€ i can get Nex 128gb/8gb, but the chinese model... is it still worth it? I'm just a bit scared about some apps compatibility
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He means there is no app clone feature.
Funny company. Look at what happens when you switch on developer settings. My goodness. Overall it's a beast of a phone, but come on vivo, get a grip.

Got the India model today and now i have both models The Indian model is realy great.
First things i notice are:
- Indian model has a verry small Vivo logo on the back, you can almost not see it.
- All notifications like Whatsapp works without disabling i Manager app.
- White looks more white on Indian model, white on Chinese model looks kinda dull.
- Jovi button on Indian model activates Google lens and Google Assistant.
- On Indian model all Google apps are pre-installed and Google Play Store is certified.
- Vivo account is not needed anymore. There is Vivo Cloud, but you can make an account easy with email.
- App clone works with Whatsapp, just press the Whatsapp icon and hold to enable it.
- App linking works on Indian model.
- Screenshot app works much better on Indian model.
- Apps that use the slide down like "dimmer" work on Indian model.

I receive mine today, it's cxalled international version (indian) and u can change launcher, have whatsapp, messenger, skype, register call with ACR, Google feature already include in rom, and receive update 1.17.8 after connecting to net...
Then it's nice !!!

lesscro said:
I receive mine today, it's cxalled international version (indian) and u can change launcher, have whatsapp, messenger, skype, register call with ACR, Google feature already include in rom, and receive update 1.17.8 after connecting to net...
Then it's nice !!!
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1.17.8 on the indian version, are you sure ?

Google Search App keeps updating itself, any way to prevent this?

Hey guys,
I just discovered that the Google Search App (incl Assistant) keeps auto updating on all my devices, although Play Store is set to "manual".
This shouldn't happen at all, find this rather shady.
Has anyone any clue how to block this behavior? I'm rooted, just in case you might ask.
Thanks!

You might be able to at least block it from connecting to the web using netguard.

@shaftenberg
Simply disable automatic updates of apps:
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Simply disable automatic updates of apps:
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Well, as stated in OP, automatic update is disabled in Play Store.
That's why I'm so annoyed because Google App (velvet.apk) doesn't respect the setting.
@SmawtPho20 I don't want to block the Play Store completely, that's not a workaround by itself
Has someone successfully signed velvet.apk so that it won't be recognized by Play Store but still working?
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I just have tried to sign velvet.apk with another key and installed it as system app, but it crashes then. This isn't a solution.

Magisk debloater module to debloat it.

Karma Firewall, uses almost no battery, freeware.
Or...
If you don't use wifi, set to update by wifi only

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Magisk debloater module to debloat it.
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Well, I do not want to remove the Google App - I just do NOT want it to auto-update it by itself. I mean, come on, the user setting is "do not update" and Google App and Youtube keep updating nevertheless. Gladly I use Youtube Vanced, so because of the other signature, auto update doesn't work.
But Google App force closes when signing with another key.
I'm using the voice search feature alot, this is the only purpose for the app in my case. So I need velvet.apk / Google App.
OR: Has anyone an idea where to get voice search only? This is baked in unfortunately as far as I know.

Voice search? Bixby's big sister
Just more invasive Gookill data mining.
You're not the customer, you're the product.
You know like cattle...

shaftenberg said:
Has anyone an idea where to get voice search only?
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Try Google Go ?

blackhawk said:
Voice search? Bixby's big sister
Just more invasive Gookill data mining.
You're not the customer, you're the product.
You know like cattle...
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Your post is not useful at all, please stop trolling if you don't have any helpful things to say.
Stumbled upon many messages of you in the past few hours regarding Play Services and Battery drain and it seems, you simply hate Google but your "advices" do not help as they are out of logic in the corresponding threads.
@pl1992aw Google Go does not provide a system wide voice messaging unfortunately, but thanks for the hint!

shaftenberg said:
Your post is not useful at all, please stop trolling if you don't have any helpful things to say.
Stumbled upon many messages of you in the past few hours regarding Play Services and Battery drain and it seems, you simply hate Google but your "advices" do not help as they are out of logic in the corresponding threads.
@pl1992aw Google Go does not provide a system wide voice messaging unfortunately, but thanks for the hint!
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shaftenberg said:
Hey guys,
I just discovered that the Google Search App (incl Assistant) keeps auto updating on all my devices, although Play Store is set to "manual".
This shouldn't happen at all, find this rather shady.
Has anyone any clue how to block this behavior? I'm rooted, just in case you might ask.
Thanks!
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Simply my opinion. You called it "shady" yourself.
So stop stumbling like a smuck

shaftenberg said:
Hey guys,
I just discovered that the Google Search App (incl Assistant) keeps auto updating on all my devices, although Play Store is set to "manual".
This shouldn't happen at all, find this rather shady.
Has anyone any clue how to block this behavior? I'm rooted, just in case you might ask.
Thanks!
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I'm struggling with the same issue. The voice-to-text was wrecked by the last update. Uninstall update and everything is good again. I have also disabled auto update on the Play Store and it keeps updating. All I can figure is that there is an update file saved on the phone that it is accessing. Does anyone know if it is possible to find/ delete the update file? FWIW, I am not rooted on this device (S20).

tacotory said:
I'm struggling with the same issue. The voice-to-text was wrecked by the last update. Uninstall update and everything is good again. I have also disabled auto update on the Play Store and it keeps updating. All I can figure is that there is an update file saved on the phone that it is accessing. Does anyone know if it is possible to find/ delete the update file? FWIW, I am not rooted on this device (S20).
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Try clearing the system cache.
Hard reboot.
SDMaid might be able to find/delete the corpse file on a non-root phone. I use the old Samsung 360° powered Device Care* to clear system logs which works well.
*firewall blocked due to potential CCP spyware

blackhawk said:
Try clearing the system cache.
Hard reboot.
SDMaid might be able to find/delete the corpse file on a non-root phone. I use the old Samsung 360° powered Device Care* to clear system logs which works well.
*firewall blocked due to potential CCP spyware
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Well, I cleared system cache and the app cache and it came back again this am.
Do you happen to know what directory the update file may be saved in and any clues on file name to look for?
Someone on another site recommended disabling Play Store and switching to a different apk app, which sounded promising. My main concern though is that I had already disabled "auto update" on the PS for the Google app and it keeps doing it- so either the file is already on my phone and the app is updating from there, or PS could be ignoring my selection...

tacotory said:
Well, I cleared system cache and the app cache and it came back again this am.
Do you happen to know what directory the update file may be saved in and any clues on file name to look for?
Someone on another site recommended disabling Play Store and switching to a different apk app, which sounded promising. My main concern though is that I had already disabled "auto update" on the PS for the Google app and it keeps doing it- so either the file is already on my phone and the app is updating from there, or PS could be ignoring my selection...
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I keep Playwhore package disabled unless I need it. It will constantly run in the background, at start up etc. I don't use wifi, my wifi is always disabled so I set it to auto update by wifi only.
Nothing updates on my 10+ unless I authorize it to. Updates are way overrated and many times not in your best interests.
You can try locking it down with Karma Firewall. On Pie and below it's valuable logging feature is full functional. Thank Google for the limited app resources change starting with Q.
Karma uses almost no battery. A great app.

tacotory said:
I'm struggling with the same issue. The voice-to-text was wrecked by the last update. Uninstall update and everything is good again. I have also disabled auto update on the Play Store and it keeps updating. All I can figure is that there is an update file saved on the phone that it is accessing. Does anyone know if it is possible to find/ delete the update file? FWIW, I am not rooted on this device (S20).
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Finally there is someone with the same problem Not that I like it, but now I don't feel that stupid anymore.
It seems, that Google pushes updates to Google App and Youtube regardless of the user settings in Play Store. But Youtube can't be updated automatically, because I'm using Youtube Vanced and the auto-update fails (haha).
So I suspected that a velvet.apk signed with another key would help, but this crashes immediately at start.
I haven't found a solution yet other than disabling Play Store, but this isn't a workaround for me. If you enable PS again, it will silently update Google App anyway in that short time frame.
I don't even know if Play Store is the culprit or the Google Play Services. If I had to guess, I'd tend more to the Play Services, but I really don't know.
What do you mean with "update file"? The apk to be installed will be downloaded either in a temp directory which isn't accessible without root, or it will be stored in the cache partition which you can safely clear in your recovery (Vol Up & Power). But I assume, deleting the apk wouldn't solve the problem as it has been installed already then.

Goggle Assistant and/or Quick Search maybe the culprit(s). I have both disabled along with Google Backup Transport and Framework.
I'm running on Pie as well as the factory load for most of the Google apps including Gmail and maps. I don't have this issue.
It may have something to do with Google account settings; there are many spread out in a big mess. Go through them all. I disabled most of them including Firebase and casting.
Gookill sucks.

Well, I am several days now without the app updating. Seems the solution was to disable the Google Play Services (not Play Store) app. Not sure if it is temporary or permanent of if it will cause long-term issues, but for now I have the voice-to-text interface that actually works good.

tacotory said:
Well, I am several days now without the app updating. Seems the solution was to disable the Google Play Services (not Play Store) app. Not sure if it is temporary or permanent of if it will cause long-term issues, but for now I have the voice-to-text interface that actually works good.
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I'm just curious to see if this held or not. I've been dealing with the same thing with my SwiftKey keyboard. The Google app completely ruins speech to text on it. And the more you roll it back, the more frequently it wants to update. I've been fighting it for months and so far the only thing that I found are suggestions that require me to root which I kind of grew out of several years ago.

It is working. I had it backwards in my previous post though. You need to disable Play Store (not Play Services). Disabling Services kills a majority of apps.
I use Swiftkey also, but I don't think it has anything to do with Swiftkey. Swiftkey just uses the Google voice-to-text.
Once Play Store is disabled you have to go the the Google app and uninstall updates. The only negative I have experienced is that you have to enable PS again when you need to download a new app from the store (expected) which will mean uninstalling updates again.

General Google Assistant on watch 4 (wear OS)

Hi guys, only want to share my experience trying to install the google app and google assistant in my Samsung Galaxy Watch 4
1) Download the google app (wear os) on apk mirror
2) active the developer mode in the watch, turn on debug mode and debug on wifi
3) install "Wear installer" on my phone and connect to the watch, from here traspassing and install the google app on the watch
4) the app not show in the launcher, but i can change the predefined assistent app to Google!!! I show you in the pictures added
I have no idea how to make this work, but is promissing!! Maybe somebody read this and can make it, or maybe this almost compatibility mean that the official app is coming in the near futue!
Sorry for my english, im spanish
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Looks promising, I bet adfree or Dante might like this...

Hopefully soon

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That's been talked about before and it's super sketchy. You have to install some random guys app store, give his app tons of permissions, pay him then you get a limited version of Google assistant.
His telegram group have banned people for asking about the security concerns of his apps permissions. Super sketchy

If you install google go apk or other assistant also shows on this menu, but for now seems that only bixby is mapped to home button longpress

Google Assistant on Galaxy Watch 4 classic. Working for me. I follow theses steps
And Download this apk here : https://t.me/newsgw/2028
Google Assistant Go Galaxy Watch 4.apk
6.5 MB
and in your watch 4 go to settings, Apps, Choose default Apps, Digital Assistant App, Choose Google assistant Go and scroll down to OK button. You are done.
I use Bugjaeger 3.0 on my phone to Sideload my Apk's " follow the steps on youtube to sideload apk's from your mobile to your smartwatch.
Bugjaeger 3.0

Thanks, assistant works well. Ui is not perfect but no problem using it.

beautyangel said:
Google Assistant on Galaxy Watch 4 classic. Working for me. I follow theses steps
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Interesting. The video in Spanish isn't terribly helpful, though. I am sure there are others out there. Seems like there would be a simpler way to sideload to the watch, but maybe not. Are you nervous about running some random APK? Good find on the "default app" > assistant. Didn't even notice that until now. How are your "activating" the assistant when you want to use it? Do you have to launch the app each time? Or did you bind it to a button or action on your watch face or something?

crxssi said:
Interesting. The video in Spanish isn't terribly helpful, though. I am sure there are others out there. Seems like there would be a simpler way to sideload to the watch, but maybe not. Are you nervous about running some random APK? Good find on the "default app" > assistant. Didn't even notice that until now. How are your "activating" the assistant when you want to use it? Do you have to launch the app each time? Or did you bind it to a button or action on your watch face or something?
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I just set custom key to double press to activate Google Assistant.

beautyangel said:
Google Assistant on Galaxy Watch 4 classic. Working for me. I follow theses steps
And Download this apk here : https://t.me/newsgw/2028
Google Assistant Go Galaxy Watch 4.apk
6.5 MB
and in your watch 4 go to settings, Apps, Choose default Apps, Digital Assistant App, Choose Google assistant Go and scroll down to OK button. You are done.
I use Bugjaeger 3.0 on my phone to Sideload my Apk's " follow the steps on youtube to sideload apk's from your mobile to your smartwatch.
Bugjaeger 3.0
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Is there also a non-telegram download link somewhere?

It's a gimped version of the assistant....can't play music on Spotify or youtube music, can't use find directions or navigate to commands....when not connected to the phone on bluetooth it struggles to process queries. And most frustrating of all.....screen powers down terminating the request mid way....and setting as default assistant makes no difference, long press still opens up ****sby. Need to remap double tap home to launch app....which takes a while to fire up
Can't wait for Google to release it officially....

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It's a gimped version of the assistant....can't play music on Spotify or youtube music, can't use find directions or navigate to commands....when not connected to the phone on bluetooth it struggles to process queries. And most frustrating of all.....screen powers down terminating the request mid way....and setting as default assistant makes no difference, long press still opens up ****sby. Need to remap double tap home to launch app....which takes a while to fire up
Can't wait for Google to release it officially....
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Yes I agree it's frustrating but it's useful for making shopping lists, calls, messages etc... It's best we have for now, hopefully official one comes as soon as possible

Can you please give me a favour send me the link of Wi-Fi internal internet something I don't have any and minutes in my phone I don't hav

Assitant and chrome in attachment.
Booth are working. Just sideload it, and set assistant as default.

krogoth said:
Assitant and chrome in attachment.
Booth are working. Just sideload it, and set assistant as default.
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Cool/thanks.
Is there an easy way to sideload? What method do you use? Also, is Chrome required for the Assistant, or did you just include that as a bonus?

Bugjeager works just fine.
Chrome is a bonus.

How to associated

Bugjeager works just fine.
Chrome is a bonus.
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krogoth, thanks again. I finally went ahead and tried it. Sent the two APK's to my phone with Airdroid. Put watch in developer mode, figured out how to turn on ADB and force wifi on (I had to disconnect bluetooth). Loaded Bugjeager on my phone. Went into developer options on watch to find IP address, connected to it in Bugjeager, finally figured out how to upload an app Bingo- it is on the watch! Binded it to top button double press, turned off ADB, turned off Wifi and BT back on....
It actually works (at least for now). Obviously not designed for round screens. Even has a dialog on the bottom I can't dismiss, since I can't see it. But it can answer questions (what is the time? What is the square root of 13? What is my battery level? etc). When I ask to SEE something like "show me a picture of a cat", nothing appears. I installed Chrome too, to see if it would launch that to show it... it doesn't. I don't think it can show anything due to the lack of space on the screen and no way to navigate (that I can figure out, anyway). Also times out too quickly sometimes.
Anyway, I will play with it some. It might have a lot of issues, but it is a hell of a lot more functional than NOTHING!

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krogoth, thanks again. I finally went ahead and tried it. Sent the two APK's to my phone with Airdroid. Put watch in developer mode, figured out how to turn on ADB and force wifi on (I had to disconnect bluetooth). Loaded Bugjeager on my phone. Went into developer options on watch to find IP address, connected to it in Bugjeager, finally figured out how to upload an app Bingo- it is on the watch! Binded it to top button double press, turned off ADB, turned off Wifi and BT back on....
It actually works (at least for now). Obviously not designed for round screens. Even has a dialog on the bottom I can't dismiss, since I can't see it. But it can answer questions (what is the time? What is the square root of 13? What is my battery level? etc). When I ask to SEE something like "show me a picture of a cat", nothing appears. I installed Chrome too, to see if it would launch that to show it... it doesn't. I don't think it can show anything due to the lack of space on the screen and no way to navigate (that I can figure out, anyway). Also times out too quickly sometimes.
Anyway, I will play with it some. It might have a lot of issues, but it is a hell of a lot more functional than NOTHING!
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It might have a lot of issues, but it is a hell of a lot more functional than NOTHING....and Bixby!

Is this still the version where you have to donate to the creator ?
And do you have to give out your Google account to a third party (or creator) ?

Question Gboard's Assistant voice typing is jacked

Anyone have any suggestions on how to get the Assistant voice typing option working in Gboard? I'm at my wits end trying to figure this sh!t out and believe I have tried everything I can find on the Internet, as well as my own tinkering. Everything was working fine, but then all of a sudden this morning it stopped and the Assistant voice typing option is grayed out saying You can't currently use Assistant voice typing. The following are things I've tried
clearing data/cache for Gboard, as well as the Google app - still says You can't currently use Assistant voice typing
removed my Google non-gmail account
uninstalling Gboard (beta) and Google app (beta), which leaves you with the system default versions - same message
updated Google app (beta) from Play Store - Assistant voice typing needs an update. Connect to Wi-Fi to automatically download
leave Gboard settings, go back and message returns - You can't currently use Assistant voice typing
switched to non-beta of Google app via APKmirror - same result as the beta
updated to non-beta of Gboard - You can't currently use Assistant voice typing
what else haven't I tried??

Hi, it seems like you are as desperate as I was about that stupid greyed out option. I searched for days until I found a solution at least for my case. Perhaps it also works for you.
These are the instructions I followed:
1. Go into Assistant Settings and select Language (Account-Settings -> Google Assistant -> Sprachen (German for Languages))
2. Remove secondary Language by clicking on it and in Radial-Menu selecting keine (German for "None") right at the top.
3. Go into Gboard-Settings, into Voice typing. Now the option of Assistant Voice Typing should be available. Activate it!
4. Go back into Language-Settings for Assistant and add secondary Language again. After that just check it the Assistant Voice Typing is still activated in The GBoard settings.
You might have to give it some time to download the necessary files. I first thought it did not work, but when I checked again a bit later, it did!
Hope this helps.

vielfalter said:
Hi, it seems like you are as desperate as I was about that stupid greyed out option. I searched for days until I found a solution at least for my case. Perhaps it also works for you.
These are the instructions I followed:
1. Go into Assistant Settings and select Language (Account-Settings -> Google Assistant -> Sprachen (German for Languages))
2. Remove secondary Language by clicking on it and in Radial-Menu selecting keine (German for "None") right at the top.
3. Go into Gboard-Settings, into Voice typing. Now the option of Assistant Voice Typing should be available. Activate it!
4. Go back into Language-Settings for Assistant and add secondary Language again. After that just check it the Assistant Voice Typing is still activated in The GBoard settings.
You might have to give it some time to download the necessary files. I first thought it did not work, but when I checked again a bit later, it did!
Hope this helps.
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I believe I may have come across your post in my searches and unfortunately I have checked there to see if there were any secondary languages that may have caused this and there are none =(

I ran into the same problem when I added Spanish to my languages for Gboard. Then after that, Google voice assisted typing worked intermittently. There were times that it didn't work, and then times that it did.
My remedy was sticking to just an English keyboard and flashing a whole new rom since I do it every month. I also wiped user data, because I thought whatever caused the problem was in user data.
Then it started working again. Whatever it is by Google, it's a nasty bug.

I've noticed in the settings, it says that I can't use it at times, but when I go to use it, it works perfectly fine.
Another thing is, if you're rooted, you can used rBoard to enable the flag NGA(New Google Assistant), but you will have to first do the fix for the flags by pasting the files they give into your /data/data/ folder to fix whatever Google did to the keyboard that breaks rBoard at the moment.
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"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

rester555 said:
I ran into the same problem when I added Spanish to my languages for Gboard. Then after that, Google voice assisted typing worked intermittently. There were times that it didn't work, and then times that it did.
My remedy was sticking to just an English keyboard and flashing a whole new rom since I do it every month. I also wiped user data, because I thought whatever caused the problem was in user data.
Then it started working again. Whatever it is by Google, it's a nasty bug.
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yes, I feel the same way in that it's a nasty bug that is somehow related to languages. tried too many things that I don't remember now, but I believe this started happening after I had added Japanese as a second language somewhere. removing any traces of it did not fix it and I fear unless it's fixed that the only way to fix now is to either wipe or find the cause and report it...

Curiousn00b said:
I've noticed in the settings, it says that I can't use it at times, but when I go to use it, it works perfectly fine.
Another thing is, if you're rooted, you can used rBoard to enable the flag NGA(New Google Assistant), but you will have to first do the fix for the flags by pasting the files they give into your /data/data/ folder to fix whatever Google did to the keyboard that breaks rBoard at the moment.View attachment 5765073
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do you have a link to this rBoard app? searches turn up rBoard theme manager, but the screenshots of the app do not look anything like yours... are you saying that rBoard breaks or GBoard when it comes to fixing the files in /data/data? does this mean you run this fix from time to time to get NGA working?

dimm0k said:
do you have a link to this rBoard app? searches turn up rBoard theme manager, but the screenshots of the app do not look anything like yours... are you saying that rBoard breaks or GBoard when it comes to fixing the files in /data/data? does this mean you run this fix from time to time to get NGA working?
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That's correct. It does a lot of things actually. You can even make your own custom themes for GBoard as well as enable different flags that aren't enabled by default.
Here's the XDA link for rBoard linking to the downloads.
[APP] Rboard Theme Manager
*require root* Rboard Theme Manager Manager app for Google Gboard keyboard app. Continuation of Magisk module "Rboard themes" with more customizations and themes. Rboard Themes are not overlays but just additional themes for Gboard app...
forum.xda-developers.com
There's been an uprise lately with XDA vs Telegram and whatnot, but based on what I read on the other thread, this doesn't violate the rules since you're not required to join the group to see this post, so...
Rboard Themes
New fix for flags until we figure it out why this happens: • Download • Extract it to /data/data/com.google.android.inputmethod.latin/shared_prefs • Force close Gboard flags should work now
t.me
This post here will tell you what to do do get rBoard working correctly. Root is required and you have to do this every time you update GBoard since it'll replace what you've done. You can turn off updating so you don't have to do it every time.
Feel free to PM me(or post here so others can see) and I'll happily guide you through whatever you need help with so that you get the hang of the app.

dimm0k said:
Anyone have any suggestions on how to get the Assistant voice typing option working in Gboard? I'm at my wits end trying to figure this sh!t out and believe I have tried everything I can find on the Internet, as well as my own tinkering. Everything was working fine, but then all of a sudden this morning it stopped and the Assistant voice typing option is grayed out saying You can't currently use Assistant voice typing. The following are things I've tried
clearing data/cache for Gboard, as well as the Google app - still says You can't currently use Assistant voice typing
removed my Google non-gmail account
uninstalling Gboard (beta) and Google app (beta), which leaves you with the system default versions - same message
updated Google app (beta) from Play Store - Assistant voice typing needs an update. Connect to Wi-Fi to automatically download
leave Gboard settings, go back and message returns - You can't currently use Assistant voice typing
switched to non-beta of Google app via APKmirror - same result as the beta
updated to non-beta of Gboard - You can't currently use Assistant voice typing
what else haven't I tried??
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If you are rooted there are some Magisk mods that screw up ASI, which can impact voice input among other things. Pixilify screwed things up for me

K1nsey6 said:
If you are rooted there are some Magisk mods that screw up ASI, which can impact voice input among other things. Pixilify screwed things up for me
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I was in fact rooted and using Pixelify... were you able to fix whatever issues you had with Pixelify? seems like disabling it as a test does not fix anything on my end regarding this issue...

Possibly trying to disable every accessibility will work. Tried it and after a day or so it worked(not grayed anymore)

dimm0k said:
I was in fact rooted and using Pixelify... were you able to fix whatever issues you had with Pixelify? seems like disabling it as a test does not fix anything on my end regarding this issue...
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I had to factory reset it. I tried uninstalling ASI updates first with no luck. After a clean install everything works perfectly, without Pixelify. I lost voice text, live translate, Now Playing, and transcribe. I'm sure there were other features that it broke.
The only Pixelify mod I enabled was unlimited Photos storage.

TheShinyEnd said:
Possibly trying to disable every accessibility will work. Tried it and after a day or so it worked(not grayed anymore)
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I did try this... at least for the ones I actually touched/enabled, but that never helped =(

K1nsey6 said:
I had to factory reset it. I tried uninstalling ASI updates first with no luck. After a clean install everything works perfectly, without Pixelify. I lost voice text, live translate, Now Playing, and transcribe. I'm sure there were other features that it broke.
The only Pixelify mod I enabled was unlimited Photos storage.
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yes, after your mention and my original suspicions I decided to look more closely into this Pixelify module. what I found and confirmed is that even if you only enable the unlimited Photos storage, there are other things that get installed/modified and one of them is ASI!! I've gone through the install script, as well as the files included in the module to comment out everything not dealing with the unlimited Photos mod. for extra measure I also removed the unneeded APKs and whatever else I could find from the module and repackaged it as a custom module for my own use. so far... it seems to be working!!

Just putting in my thoughts on the whole Pixelify thing, but I said I avoid using that module since it's used to enable Pixel features on non-Pixel devices. Since we already have a Pixel, it changes a lot of settings when everything already works fine.
Other have claimed the other Pixelify(app) doesn't work for them, but maybe you guys can try it as well. Don't know if you guys were apart of the other thread or not, but open it, select Pixel XL, click force stop(grant root), then open Google Photos and back up something. After that, check the description of it at the very very bottom for this tag in the screenshot below.
As for Assistant Voice Typing, you'll have to use rBoard to manually enable it. I've linked it in my other post above with the fix to get it working.

Curiousn00b said:
Just putting in my thoughts on the whole Pixelify thing, but I said I avoid using that module since it's used to enable Pixel features on non-Pixel devices. Since we already have a Pixel, it changes a lot of settings when everything already works fine.
Other have claimed the other Pixelify(app) doesn't work for them, but maybe you guys can try it as well. Don't know if you guys were apart of the other thread or not, but open it, select Pixel XL, click force stop(grant root), then open Google Photos and back up something. After that, check the description of it at the very very bottom for this tag in the screenshot below.
As for Assistant Voice Typing, you'll have to use rBoard to manually enable it. I've linked it in my other post above with the fix to get it working.
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what is this other Pixelify app that you have in the screenshot?? didn't know there was a frontend for it...

dimm0k said:
what is this other Pixelify app that you have in the screenshot?? didn't know there was a frontend for it...
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GitHub - Xposed-Modules-Repo/balti.xposed.pixelifygooglephotos: Pixelify GPhotos
Pixelify GPhotos. Contribute to Xposed-Modules-Repo/balti.xposed.pixelifygooglephotos development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
It requires LSPosed. Once enabled, just open the app, set it to Pixel XL and click force stop. After that, try backing something up and then check to see if you have what I had in the screenshot above.

dimm0k said:
yes, after your mention and my original suspicions I decided to look more closely into this Pixelify module. what I found and confirmed is that even if you only enable the unlimited Photos storage, there are other things that get installed/modified and one of them is ASI!! I've gone through the install script, as well as the files included in the module to comment out everything not dealing with the unlimited Photos mod. for extra measure I also removed the unneeded APKs and whatever else I could find from the module and repackaged it as a custom module for my own use. so far... it seems to be working!!
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Does flashing your modified module fix the issue or do you have to factory reset to revert the changes made to the ASI? I have the same problem where my now playing isn't working properly. Voice text, live translate, and transcribe seems to work well. I'm hesitant to factory reset the phone just for the now playing feature.

chaos193 said:
Does flashing your modified module fix the issue or do you have to factory reset to revert the changes made to the ASI? I have the same problem where my now playing isn't working properly. Voice text, live translate, and transcribe seems to work well. I'm hesitant to factory reset the phone just for the now playing feature.
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you can think of my module pretty much as a gutting of the original module so only the relevant bits pertaining to unlimited photos remain therefore it will not fix the issue without doing a factory reset unfortunately. you may be able to revert the changes by examining all the changes done and reversing them

Curiousn00b said:
GitHub - Xposed-Modules-Repo/balti.xposed.pixelifygooglephotos: Pixelify GPhotos
Pixelify GPhotos. Contribute to Xposed-Modules-Repo/balti.xposed.pixelifygooglephotos development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
It requires LSPosed. Once enabled, just open the app, set it to Pixel XL and click force stop. After that, try backing something up and then check to see if you have what I had in the screenshot above.
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I am considering the LSPosed approach as it does seem cleaner... I know a lot has changed since the XPosed days, but does LSPosed all SafetyNet to pass enough for GPay to work?

Question WebView Crashing Bixby

Lately I've been getting these WebView crashes related to Bixby Voice. WebView version is: 113.0.5672.162.
Does anyone have any ideea why the issue appears and any potential fix (besides constantly uninstalling the WebView update)?

got the same webview version, no crashes. how does it crashes on yours, doing what?

Something like this, but Bixby voice.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

Maybe mi home is not compatible for some reason. I'm using nova

I got that error too, but with Facebook Messenger, Discord, Notion, Coda and other country-related apps.
Ive read that this error can appear by different webview versions for different users: default user, private folder, dual apps, etc. But Notting worked so far, its been a month or so from the first time it happened. Read also that in other time, this was google error in some binaries or wtv.
If someone have a solution share it please

kraven001 said:
Lately I've been getting these WebView crashes related to Bixby Voice. WebView version is: 113.0.5672.162.
Does anyone have any ideea why the issue appears and any potential fix (besides constantly uninstalling the WebView update)?
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Are you on stock rom?

raul6 said:
Maybe mi home is not compatible for some reason. I'm using nova
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A note 10+ in the household has the same Mi version but a different WebView (a smaller point release) and no such errors.
I am at a loss how to "debug this further", it's simply annoying since it pops up randomly, and the bixby one even stops the camera - I was at a sports event and just closed the camera mid filming.....

marquelito said:
Are you on stock rom?
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Yes, stock, latest version available for me. This started randomly.
I tried the dev options and installed the beta and dev versions, but didn't really fix it.
The odd thing is that it fails randomly, sometimes for Bixby, sometimes for Google, the only constant is MiHome.
I will probably end up resetting the phone, but it's a hustle to set up things again (e.g. eSIM reinstall).

raul6 said:
Maybe mi home is not compatible for some reason. I'm using nova
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Mi Home controls my vacuum, bulbs and a home camera. It's not related to launcher.

marquelito said:
I got that error too, but with Facebook Messenger, Discord, Notion, Coda and other country-related apps.
Ive read that this error can appear by different webview versions for different users: default user, private folder, dual apps, etc. But Notting worked so far, its been a month or so from the first time it happened. Read also that in other time, this was google error in some binaries or wtv.
If someone have a solution share it please
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Got issues with Fb Messenger also, but they stopped happening, no idea why.

kraven001 said:
Yes, stock, latest version available for me. This started randomly.
I tried the dev options and installed the beta and dev versions, but didn't really fix it.
The odd thing is that it fails randomly, sometimes for Bixby, sometimes for Google, the only constant is MiHome.
I will probably end up resetting the phone, but it's a hustle to set up things again (e.g. eSIM reinstall).
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Ok so its not rom related, im on beyondrom. I got that since the Abril update. Maybe is really google related i will look for the article ive read. Its temporary solved by going to playstore and uninstall webview updates. And dont let it update.
At least the warning will stop and not pop up during other apps use. Its what im doing

marquelito said:
Ok so its not rom related, im on beyondrom. I got that since the Abril update. Maybe is really google related i will look for the article ive read. Its temporary solved by going to playstore and uninstall webview updates. And dont let it update.
At least the warning will stop and not pop up during other apps use. Its what im doing
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Yeah, that's the workaround. The default version seems to not have the issue. I've been doing that, but still puzzling. Maybe June Update or some Google play updates will fix it. One can hope ....

kraven001 said:
Yeah, that's the workaround. The default version seems to not have the issue. I've been doing that, but still puzzling. Maybe June Update or some Google play updates will fix it. One can hope ....
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Google explains why WebView crashed Android apps last month and upcoming mitigations
Following Android users worldwide experiencing repeated app crashes last month, Google today explained what led WebView to...
9to5google.com
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Android system Webview update is crashing apps on my S22 Ultra - Android Enterprise Community

Speaking of the devil

marquelito said:
Google explains why WebView crashed Android apps last month and upcoming mitigations
Following Android users worldwide experiencing repeated app crashes last month, Google today explained what led WebView to...
9to5google.com
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Android system Webview update is crashing apps on my S22 Ultra - Android Enterprise Community
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No idea how to install this in the secure partition. I suppose it's secure folder. But web view (non beta) is installed by default.

Reverted webview to 112 and that seems to work just fine as before. Guess something got broken somewhre after 112 and it affects some apps and their implmentation.

I have factory reset the phone, and re-installed apps and so on. With the latest version of WebView I don't get any more crashes (it was crashing before the reset).
Seems that's one way to solve it. Full reset ... a nuissance to restore all accounts, cards, etc.

Samsung prompted to uninstall the latest Webview update because detected some apps are crashing including Discord.
In addition, apps such as Discord may crash on startup unless the cache is cleared manually from settings.
Update: 114.0.5735.131 still crashing some apps.
Example screenshot on Android 13 (One UI 5.1)
I already made feedback to Google own forum to no avail. Previously made feedback somewhere on Reddit but the subreddit I was posted undergoing protest by made subreddit private indefinitely.
Then I found out something Google changed in version 113 there:
In WebView 113.0.5656.0 and later, this is enabled automatically if the app is declared as android:debuggable="true" in its manifest; otherwise, the default is false
Webview Documentation