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I have been a long time fan of Vlingo for Blackberry and I read that it is now available for Android. I can't seem to find it in the market and I even went to www.vlingo.com/getvlingo. When I pull up the link it opens the market and says that there are no results for my search? Has anyone been able to successfully install this on the N1 running Froyo? If so, please enlighten me on how to do so.
Also, does this new version support Bluetooth voice dial since 2.2 has the ability now? One more thing, I did the build.prop mod to show all protected apps in the Market. Maybe that has something to do with it? If so, how do I revert this as well?
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I have been a long time fan of Vlingo for Blackberry and I read that it is now available for Android. I can't seem to find it in the market and I even went to www.vlingo.com/getvlingo. When I pull up the link it opens the market and says that there are no results for my search? Has anyone been able to successfully install this on the N1 running Froyo? If so, please enlighten me on how to do so.
Also, does this new version support Bluetooth voice dial since 2.2 has the ability now? One more thing, I did the build.prop mod to show all protected apps in the Market. Maybe that has something to do with it? If so, how do I revert this as well?
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Vlingo pulls up fine for me - stock 2.1 (search for vlingo pulls it right up)
I'm on Froyo and can't pull up vlingo either (also went through Market and the getvlingo links).
Can anyone throw it up on a mirror?
Thanks!
Namuna said:
I'm on Froyo and can't pull up vlingo either (also went through Market and the getvlingo links).
Can anyone throw it up on a mirror?
Thanks!
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This is exactly what I am experiencing...
This is a paid app, I pulled it up on my old G1. I don't think anybody is gonna post it here. Sorry for everybody who would actually pay for it.
ccunningham83 said:
This is a paid app, I pulled it up on my old G1. I don't think anybody is gonna post it here. Sorry for everybody who would actually pay for it.
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Geez, ten bucks? What is it supposed to do that the inbuilt voice command cannot?
I used Vlingo when I had a BB and I didn't like it, and it was free at that time.
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Geez, ten bucks? What is it supposed to do that the inbuilt voice command cannot?...
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This is what they've got on their blog.
well, considering that voice to text should be available in any field that you are using the stock keyboard (i use swype, so i only turn stock on when i'm in the car), seems like vlingo is worthless
maybe i'm wrong
Thats pretty deceiving, since you can use the built-in android VR to compose emails and txt messages. I've done it many times, and it works great. I also use it to update my facebook status. As far as i can tell, there's really nothing that you CAN'T do with the built in VR, since you can use it anywhere you can use the keyboard.
Just got a reply back from support.
I was asked if my phone is rooted and if so that's the issue because the Market blocks Dev and Rooted phones.
Errrrr, hmmmm.
Anybody going to dish out 10 bucks for it and give us a review?
Namuna said:
Just got a reply back from support.
I was asked if my phone is rooted and if so that's the issue because the Market blocks Dev and Rooted phones.
Errrrr, hmmmm.
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I got the exact same email from them about 5 minutes ago. I was solely interested in BETTER Bluetooth voice dial which they DON'T support at this time... I'm over it!
I suspect it doesn't show up in the market on Froyo devices because Google changed their voice recognition API in Froyo. They'll have to make some changes to the code and compile it with the 2.2 sdk.
I bought the app on my 2.1 Droid. The voice recognition is a lot better than Google's. I can actually use this, talk naturally, and don't have to worry about making corrections after the fact. I've got it mapped to hold on search hardware button, I say "Send an email to John Doe subject look at this message I composed this entire email without using my keyboard". It will ask me to verify the contact and email address I want to send to, let me choose to send with gmail or my exchange account, and insert the subject line and text in the message automatically. It's very slick and makes voice recognition really useful on android.
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This is what they've got on their blog.
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Uh, how is that not false advertising??
I can open Gmail right now, click a text box, and press the voice button.
Wtf?
Paul22000 said:
Uh, how is that not false advertising??
I can open Gmail right now, click a text box, and press the voice button.
Wtf?
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Read my post above yours. This is what they were referring to.
As far as froyo support, I may be wrong: http://blog.vlingo.com/2010/05/android-22-froyo-support-for-vlingo.html
Bottom line is that as soon as Android Market flips the switch and recognizes the 2.2 OS as an officially released OS, Vlingo will show up as available for download. We'll certainly let you know once Android Market makes the change, and all you Froyo pioneers will be free to download Vlingo at your leisure.
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Read my post above yours. This is what they were referring to.
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So the only difference is that you can create and send an email without actually opening the Gmail app?
That's still false advertising as you can indeed Compose an email through voice.
If they made a distinction between "open apps using your voice", then it would be correct. But the way they are phrasing it is totally false.
I bought it, mapped it to long-press search button. The very first time I used it, it worked perfectly. "Text Google Weather [my zip code]" and sure enough, Handcent opened and the TXT was 100% correct. That was the only time it worked though. Everything else was close, but enough off I had to manually input something (find the correct contact or change the body of the message). Wasn't very impressed with it at all.
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This is what they've got on their blog.
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the latest video can be found here
http://www.androidcentral.com/vingo-android-updated-include-superdialer-super-indeed
The first thing I noticed was how broken the interaction was when she said "call wonton shop" and it didn't call anywhere. it just looked up the number. the first result was a teriyaki place...go figure.
the second thing i noticed was the price. $10? for real? no thanks.
I found a keyboard on the market called thumb keyboard and its awesome. Everyone should give it a try
Yep it's a great keyboard, I've been using it since day two. The right spacebar I have to make sure I press harder to get it to register otherwise its great with great support. They seem to update it often.
Will check it out.
It works great with the gtab the free version not so much but the pay version has a tablet layout that its awesome.
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Looks great. Thank you.
Problem is that I can't get it to activate.
How did you get it to replace the stock kb?
In settings it won't check off after the warning box...??
I rebooted but the same results.
what rom are you running?
Runing 1.1 3389 the latest stock update.
Any suggestions or ideas?
Thanks
i believe you have to be running a custom rom to change keyboards on it. but do not hold me to that statement
billygtab said:
Runing 1.1 3389 the latest stock update.
Any suggestions or ideas?
Thanks
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You can do it in TnT but it takes a couple tricks. The TnT settings app won't let you enable the keyboard so you need to switch to the stock Android style settings app. Then enable the keyboard. Once done you need to put back your stock TnT settings app or you will have problems with other things.
Here is a link to the files required.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9532446&postcount=1
No workarounds needed with vegan 5.1
Thumb keyboard paid is bad ass btw, using it now and its great. I can almost type without looking at all
kpowr82 said:
No workarounds needed with vegan 5.1
Thumb keyboard paid is bad ass btw, using it now and its great. I can almost type without looking at all
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I check it under settings but old one stll comes up. Any hints?
Got it! Awesome
Thank you for the link.
I will read up on this as I would loveto get this going.
Just wanted to say I have been following this developers project since day one. I highly recommend this keyboard. He updates and fixes issues quickly. Worth the $1.33. I use it as the default on my tab. Check it out if you haven't.
Jack Daddy said:
I check it under settings but old one stll comes up. Any hints?
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In a text box long press. It will popup with input method. Then you should see it.
Be sure to activate it in Settings/Language & Keyboard/ by checking it. i had to do this before changing it in the input method.
Does anyone else notice that thumb keyboard gets stuck in All Caps with no way to get out unless you close/re-open the keyboard? Hitting the shift key after it is in All Caps does nothing.
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Does anyone else notice that thumb keyboard gets stuck in All Caps with no way to get out unless you close/re-open the keyboard? Hitting the shift key after it is in All Caps does nothing.
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I know I usually have to hit the caps key twice when wanting caps lock off. Just see if hitting it a couple times does the trick. Otherwise I've never really had a problem.
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thumb keyboard
Can't find it on the market..any help?
what a difference...
I had doubts that a keyboard could make such a difference but I was clearly way off... great find...
just released, it works on my Incredible with AT&T, anyone try the Xoom? I know they are working on a honeycomb version but was hoping it may work on Xoom if you pull the apk
I was able to use the web browser version. It is a flex application, so it runs flash. Gets laggy sometimes if they're sending high quality video, but it is watchable.
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just released, it works on my Incredible with AT&T, anyone try the Xoom? I know they are working on a honeycomb version but was hoping it may work on Xoom if you pull the apk
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No it don't... I side loaded it and it was not supported for this device....
ilovechi23 said:
No it don't... I side loaded it and it was not supported for this device....
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Can you post the apk for the app here?
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Can you post the apk for the app here?
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Ya plz
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here is the apk
Thanks! It's working on my Droid X. Couldn't find it on market for this device...
The only problem is that I don't want to pay for HBO and extra data. If I'm in the position to get WiFi, I'm probably in the position to watch TV. Sounds like a good thing for subscribers at a hotspot. I hope it works great.
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Wouldnt work for me... maybe someone can modify it...
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This came out before its release date and they got the android support way faster than I thought they would... looks like HBO has their **** together, so I don't think we'll have to wait very long for honeycomb support. App runs great on my epic, quality is better than you'd expect for streaming, really looking forward to this on my xoom.
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I've heard that on the Xoom if you go to hbogo.com you should be able to use that until they release the tablet app. However, when I go to that site I can't do anything. It has 4 squares: "On Your Computer" "On Your Ipad" "On Your Iphone" and "On your Android Smartphone" but none of these do anything when I tap them. I don't see anywhere to log in either.
Website works for me.... but id like a app
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i cant watch from browser either,which browser are you using?
On the HBO website from Xoom, you have to use another browser, like Dolphin, and specify a desktop agent in settings. That will get you past the page you are referring to, but, I am not able to log in to my directv account - the window inside the page doesn't allow text entry.
Or in Xoom browser, in the address bar, type debug:about, then go into settings - set UA to desktop. This allows you to get past the initial page, but I can't type my Directv login information in the popup window.
Anyone able to get around this?
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No it don't... I side loaded it and it was not supported for this device....
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I don't have a Xoom. Just the OG Droid. I also get the message that it isn't supported on my device. I read a thread that said that putting my device in airplane mode before opening the app, then launching would throw a network error. At that point, taking my phone off of airplane mode and then trying again lets me use the app.
That got me thinking there must be something calling home reporting my device model. I set my phone for WIFI and I had my router log what URLs were being called right before the failure. The one that stood out was this one:
catalog.hbogo.com/apps/mediacatalog/rest/settings.json?category=an
So I had my router block that specific URL. Presto, damn thing works on OG Droid with no issue, at least on WiFi. Is there any way that URL can be blocked on the our devices instead or can the APK be modified to not call that URL?
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I don't have a Xoom. Just the OG Droid. I also get the message that it isn't supported on my device. I read a thread that said that putting my device in airplane mode before opening the app, then launching would throw a network error. At that point, taking my phone off of airplane mode and then trying again lets me use the app.
That got me thinking there must be something calling home reporting my device model. I set my phone for WIFI and I had my router log what URLs were being called right before the failure. The one that stood out was this one:
catalog.hbogo.com/apps/mediacatalog/rest/settings.json?category=an
So I had my router block that specific URL. Presto, damn thing works on OG Droid with no issue, at least on WiFi. Is there any way that URL can be blocked on the our devices instead or can the APK be modified to not call that URL?
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Could modify hosts file like ad-blocking does
cranch said:
Could modify hosts file like ad-blocking does
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Won't work as the app has other things it needs from that site. Blocking the URL itself though does the trick though.
Take care...
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camezaga said:
I don't have a Xoom. Just the OG Droid. I also get the message that it isn't supported on my device. I read a thread that said that putting my device in airplane mode before opening the app, then launching would throw a network error. At that point, taking my phone off of airplane mode and then trying again lets me use the app.
That got me thinking there must be something calling home reporting my device model. I set my phone for WIFI and I had my router log what URLs were being called right before the failure. The one that stood out was this one:
catalog.hbogo.com/apps/mediacatalog/rest/settings.json?category=an
So I had my router block that specific URL. Presto, damn thing works on OG Droid with no issue, at least on WiFi. Is there any way that URL can be blocked on the our devices instead or can the APK be modified to not call that URL?
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When I try to block...
catalog.hbogo.com/apps/mediacatalog/rest/settings.json?category=an
in DD-WRT, it apparently still gets through as my Xoom says "not supported"...
Am I'm supposed to use something other than entire string?
i got it working with dolphin HD in desktop mode.
Jwb
Does anyone know for sire if they are indeed working on a honeycomb compatible app?
This may sound a little noob-ish but I am new to device and my condition is a bit bad.
My G1 is running Android 2.2 Froyo, it has a keyboard with E,R and 6,7 keys not working. And I cannot get past google verification. I can't run wifi and to write the apn settings, I require the keys.
The ****ty system doesn't even show on-screen keyboard in the auth.
So what can I do apart from dumping the G1? Is there some way to enable on-screen keyboard?
EDIT -> I now know that the device is rooted and has Amon_Ra but I can't seem to do anything. Any help?
Re: [Q] [HELP] Bypassing Google authentication
If you are running 2.2froyo then you must be rooted as the dream can not be updated past 1.6 donut without root.
But if your only issue is those couple keys to bypass why not just make a new gmail that doesn't use those keys, new accounts are free you know, how about [email protected]
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If you are running 2.2froyo then you must be rooted as the dream can not be updated past 1.6 donut without root.
But if your only issue is those couple keys to bypass why not just make a new gmail that doesn't use those keys, new accounts are free you know, how about [email protected]
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Well, the problem is not with the Gmail account, the problem is setting up the GPRS connection. You know, the APN settings. If only would it let me use WiFi from default.
And I can't even use it on adb I guess (to enable it I need to type in a code).
I did see something like "WiFi patch" on CaNNoN202's ROM thread, but the links were dead.
Still looking for help
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Well, the problem is not with the Gmail account, the problem is setting up the GPRS connection. You know, the APN settings. If only would it let me use WiFi from default.
And I can't even use it on adb I guess (to enable it I need to type in a code).
I did see something like "WiFi patch" on CaNNoN202's ROM thread, but the links were dead.
Still looking for help
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Do ya need a keyboard? i have some inbox me.
If it is rooted and has amonra recovery installed then boot to recovery and flash a compatible ROM, nearly all custom ROMs have the ability to let you bypass sign in and go straight to os
If you want help choosing a ROM that is compatible you need to tell me what radio and SPL you have
If you really just want to use adb to bypass I can help with that too but it is unneeded if the phone is rooted
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1098899 <-this helped me a lot.
PM me if you cannot understand the process.
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If it is rooted and has amonra recovery installed then boot to recovery and flash a compatible ROM, nearly all custom ROMs have the ability to let you bypass sign in and go straight to os
If you want help choosing a ROM that is compatible you need to tell me what radio and SPL you have
If you really just want to use adb to bypass I can help with that too but it is unneeded if the phone is rooted
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Well, I do not know the radio and SPL (the person I bought it from had it all done). Would anything happen if I install the latest SPL and Radio? And they already be on the device? (which is rare)
EDIT: I looked another thread and found that pressing Camera + Power should show me a screen which tells me the radio and other things. Tried it and it showed me a RGB-color screen. Radio was 1.22 something and the Hboot was 0.95 something.
And by the way, on the same thread I found that, if we boot into recovery and it shows a triangle and "!", it means the phone is unrooted. Well, unfortunately that is the case with me
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1098899 <-this helped me a lot.
PM me if you cannot understand the process.
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Thanks for this. I did get most of my questions about the device solved from this thread. But the By-pass method won't work for me as I can't enable the device in adb. W,E,R keys are not working on my keyboard...
Hi, I had the same problem. Try to go to the 'Welcome to Android' screen with the android guy. Touch the upper left, upper right, down right (above the bar with the Emergency dial button and down left in THAT order. It should work....
Dual screen not active, work around
Hi guys, after reading several threads I was having problems getting any of the method to work for my LG H634. I was able to get as far as opening browser, but as far as installing an app or opening dual windows I was unable to. It seems that the dual screen option is not turned on when the phone is reset and returns default setting. Fortunately while using the phones browser to research the problem I noticed the more browser window and apps I left open the the longer it would take to go to the activation screen when the phone was turned on. After leaving nearly 30 browser windows and several app such as messages note pad and other as that I was able to open using the share option from sites such as YouTube the phone had enough lag when initially booting that I actually had time to open the setting screen by quickly making a downward swipe on the screen during short time it took to go from the the opening screen to the activation screen. Once I was able to do this I had full access to the phone's option menu which allowed me to change account, turn on the dual screen option, allow third party apps to be installed as well as every thing else needed to gain full access to my phone.
Hope this helps some of you. I there are any questions I will be glad to answer them.
Posted this over on reddit but should have asked here first. My Note8 has officially received Oreo ota update 2 days ago. One of the features im looking forward to is the GIF Keyboard. The changelog for the Samsung Keyboard includes - "The GIF keyboard lets you send GIFs". However I cant seem to figure out how to find/ use this GIF keyboard. Anyone know how? I only have emoji, stickers, live message, voice input, settings, handwriting, clipboard, one handed keyboard
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Posted this over on reddit but should have asked here first.
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While inside your text messaging app tap on your stickers icon inside your text area of your keyboard then see if you can switch to GIFs down below.
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While inside your text messaging app tap on your stickers icon inside your text area of your keyboard then see if you can switch to GIFs down below.
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I don't see that option...when I tap on stickers, I only see the stickers...nothing for Gifs.
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While inside your text messaging app tap on your stickers icon inside your text area of your keyboard then see if you can switch to GIFs down below.
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I do not have that option
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I do not have that option
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That's a bummer. I read in another thread that it was disabled in oreo and I was hoping that was not the case for everyone.
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That's a bummer. I read in another thread that it was disabled in oreo and I was hoping that was not the case for everyone.
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Probably a bug on the Oreo firmware? It is included in the official Note8 Oreo changelog
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I don't see that option...when I tap on stickers, I only see the stickers...nothing for Gifs.
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Probably a bug on the Oreo firmware? It is included in the official Note8 Oreo changelog
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What messages version are you all on? If it's less than 5.xx try to install this https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/samsu...g-messages/samsung-messages-5-0-10-9-release/ using adb with the -l -r commands and see if that gets you GIFs back.
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What messages version are you all on? If it's less than 5.xx try to install this https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/samsu...g-messages/samsung-messages-5-0-10-9-release/ using adb with the -l -r commands and see if that gets you GIFs back.
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My "Messages" version is 4.4.10.13 and "Messages Service" version is 4.4.10.4. Looks like that is the culprit and Samsung forgot to include the latest messages version in the Oreo firmware. I haven't done any adb sideloading in ages. Will just wait for Samsung to fix this. Thanks for the input.
I have gif working on Samsung keyboard on the Note 8
The gif keyboard is integrated into Samsung keyboard and allows anyone you use it. The gif option is greyed out if it cannot be used, for instance typing on a browser.
I am using Verizon Note 8 on the Oreo update. I use Verizon messages and I have stock messaging app is disabled on my phone. Gif works fine in my messaging app.
So I would say messaging app not related. Maybe clear cache/data for Samsung keyboard.
Another note, for a fresh run I did factory reset my phone in settings after coming to oreo. Old habit when upgrading to new big builds from my rooted days. Figured I'dgo in fresh. All is working. I used smart switch to backup and restore to save time before and after reset.
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Posted this over on reddit but should have asked here first. My Note8 has officially received Oreo ota update 2 days ago. One of the features im looking forward to is the GIF Keyboard. The changelog for the Samsung Keyboard includes - "The GIF keyboard lets you send GIFs". However I cant seem to figure out how to find/ use this GIF keyboard. Anyone know how? I only have emoji, stickers, live message, voice input, settings, handwriting, clipboard, one handed keyboard
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I'm having the same issue. I keep messing with it and nothing. But once I kept messing with it, it finally worked. Honestly I have no idea how I did it lol. Now I'm trying to do it again and I cant get the gif key board to work. Pissing me off lol
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I have gif working on Samsung keyboard on the Note 8
The gif keyboard is integrated into Samsung keyboard and allows anyone you use it. The gif option is greyed out if it cannot be used, for instance typing on a browser.
I am using Verizon Note 8 on the Oreo update. I use Verizon messages and I have stock messaging app is disabled on my phone. Gif works fine in my messaging app.
So I would say messaging app not related. Maybe clear cache/data for Samsung keyboard.
Another note, for a fresh run I did factory reset my phone in settings after coming to oreo. Old habit when upgrading to new big builds from my rooted days. Figured I'dgo in fresh. All is working. I used smart switch to backup and restore to save time before and after reset.
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This is correct, it has nothing to do with the Messages app, it's a feature of the Samsung Keyboard app. Gif was available & worked fine for me with Oreo.
Check to see if you guys have Samsung Keyboard v.3.0.10.34 installed. I have that installed on Nougat & gif keyboard is working fine (although it's useless to me, I never use it or stickers either).
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This is correct, it has nothing to do with the Messages app, it's a feature of the Samsung Keyboard app. Gif was available & worked fine for me with Oreo.
Check to see if you guys have Samsung Keyboard v.3.0.10.34 installed. I have that installed on Nougat & gif keyboard is working fine (although it's useless to me, I never use it or stickers either).
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Yes I have the same version of Samsung keyboard installed, but no gif option...
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Yes I have the same version of Samsung keyboard installed, but no gif option...
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Hmm, that's strange. I wonder if it's CSC/country related? I've used XEF & TMB CSC & both had gif keyboard.
If you go to languages for Samsung Keyboard in settings, do you have English updated/downloaded? If not it will have a down arrow next to it, if it is it should have a toggle next to. I'm not sure if it might be related but if English is not fully updated swipe & predictive text don't work on Samsung Keyboard. Just a thought, worth a try.
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Hmm, that's strange. I wonder if it's CSC/country related? I've used XEF & TMB CSC & both had gif keyboard.
If you go to languages for Samsung Keyboard in settings, do you have English updated/downloaded? If not it will have a down arrow next to it, if it is it should have a toggle next to. I'm not sure if it might be related but if English is not fully updated swipe & predictive text don't work on Samsung Keyboard. Just a thought, worth a try.
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Thanks, I appreciate it! I actually happened to check the languages today and English was already up to date. I agree though, I'm starting to think it's maybe CSC related too. I'm on XSG.
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Thanks, I appreciate it! I actually happened to check the languages today and English was already up to date. I agree though, I'm starting to think it's maybe CSC related too. I'm on XSG.
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Damn, hoping it might have been something simple.
Hope it gets figured out. If I get a chance tonight, I'll flash XSG CSC & see if it disappears for me.
shouren04 said:
Damn, hoping it might have been something simple.
Hope it gets figured out. If I get a chance tonight, I'll flash XSG CSC & see if it disappears for me.
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Thanks, me too! If you have a chance to confirm when you have time that would be great, at least we'd know for sure. It's not crucial, but it seems like an odd feature to restrict. I'm curious...
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Thanks, me too! If you have a chance to confirm when you have time that would be great, at least we'd know for sure. It's not crucial, but it seems like an odd feature to restrict. I'm curious...
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Yup will do & will report back here.
You know, I remember seeing something a while back about gifs & fair use. If that's the issue it would make sense for some countries to not allow it but then again IIRC there were reports of people in the US on certain carriers not having it. Usually when carriers disable a feature is cause they offer their own paid service. I doubt carriers would have their own gif feature but if they do & that's the case, that's unbelievable! Greedy SOBs.
sefrcoko said:
Thanks, me too! If you have a chance to confirm when you have time that would be great, at least we'd know for sure. It's not crucial, but it seems like an odd feature to restrict. I'm curious...
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Ok, I tested & unfortunately it appears that my suspicion of it being CSC related is correct. With XSG CSC I don't get the gif keyboard.
I found online that mostly AT&T users are complaining that they don't have gif keyboard. Some are thinking that AT&T forget to include it in their update/firmware. Well that's not the case as it's CSC also. I installed AT&T CSC & sure enough, no gif keyboard either.
I wonder why some countries and/or carriers choose to disable it. I went back to T-Mobile CSC & have gif keyboard again.
Are you rooted?
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Ok, I tested & unfortunately it appears that my suspicion of it being CSC related is correct. With XSG CSC I don't get the gif keyboard.
I found online that mostly AT&T users are complaining that they don't have gif keyboard. Some are thinking that AT&T forget to include it in their update/firmware. Well that's not the case as it's CSC also. I installed AT&T CSC & sure enough, no gif keyboard either.
I wonder why some countries and/or carriers choose to disable it. I went back to T-Mobile CSC & have gif keyboard again.
Are you rooted?
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Ahh, there we go! Thanks for testing and confirming shouren, much appreciated. Definitely seems strange that some carriers will allow but not others.
I'm slightly embarrassed to say I'm not rooted lol... I've rooted and modded every Android device I ever owned, and specifically got the Exynos Note 8 so I could continue doing the same here. Strangely though, I bought it and then never really felt a need to root yet. I don't even know who I am anymore...
When I do eventually root though, I might as well apply my carrier's CSC (Bell Canada) and hopefully resolve both root and gif keyboard at the same time
sefrcoko said:
Ahh, there we go! Thanks for testing and confirming shouren, much appreciated. Definitely seems strange that some carriers will allow but not others.
I'm slightly embarrassed to say I'm not rooted lol... I've rooted and modded every Android device I ever owned, and specifically got the Exynos Note 8 so I could continue doing the same here. Strangely though, I bought it and then never really felt a need to root yet. I don't even know who I am anymore...
When I do eventually root though, I might as well apply my carrier's CSC (Bell Canada) and hopefully resolve both root and gif keyboard at the same time
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No problem. Ah ok, if you were rooted, I was gonna say I'll dig around in the XSG CSC & see if I can figure out how to get gif kb to work. I think I have an idea of what to change but I'd have to test. But since XSG is not your carrier's CSC, doesn't matter anyway.
Since XSG is not your carrier's CSC, might as well change to XEF CSC? I know gif kb works with XEF. No root needed, may wipe data though if that matters.