Does anyone know what I can turn off on maps location settings so that Google Now will still tell me where I am and bring up the same cards (i.e. The weather in the address I'm in, how long it will take to get back home, places to check in, etc.)?
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I am guessing you can use Greenify and hibernate Maps so that it will only work on command.
Greenify all the way.
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And Google Now will work the same?
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And Google Now will work the same?
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Pretty much, yes. Also if you turn off everything under Location, you will not have to worry about that much anymore. There are ways to completely freeze or remove Google Now from your device, just use Google and you'll find many articles regarding this.
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Pretty much, yes. Also if you turn off everything under Location, you will not have to worry about that much anymore. There are ways to completely freeze or remove Google Now from your device, just use Google and you'll find many articles regarding this.
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I don't want to remove Google Now. That's the whole point. I wanna lessen the Maps wake locks but still get the same Google Now functionality.
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Yeah, I misunderstood at the time and I wanted to edit my post but I forgot. As I mentioned, use Greenify and Google Now should work properly.
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Hey guys I don't know if this is already posted but I'm just letting everyone that doesn't know that it works like it's suppose to
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It does work perfectly but it's odd that it's filtered out of the Market. You still have to side load it.
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can someone post a 3.1 friendly apk here for us then ?
danka
where are you downloading the apk from??
I just downloaded it to my phone and grabbed it for my xoom.
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so your saying google voice installs as long as we sideload it?
This doesn't surprise me, since the issue with Google Voice was the same issue as the Facebook Widget and that works too.
It seems Google relaxed the API a bit with regards to null intents
I just back it up to my drop box.. here's the link if you want to download it
http://db.tt/iQ6wlCy
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so i thought i would be able to get msg's on my tablet and my phone but when i setup my sprint number with gvoice i stop getting msg's on my phone and only get them on gvoice on the tablet
you can also get apps directly on your xoom by downloading from amazon app store. there's a ton of apps that work fine but missing from the market. and you don't have to go through putting the app on your phone then moving to your xoom, and you will get updates.
Yeah, found this out last week. Unfortunately, push notifications are STILL not enabled (you still have to select a polling interval).
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Yeah, found this out last week. Unfortunately, push notifications are STILL not enabled (you still have to select a polling interval).
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True :-( ... what are u using?
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what are u using?
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I figured 15mins was the best compromise.
One thing I did was change my Voice Notification E-mail from my default account to my GMail account, which means I at least get instantaneous notifications, but even still that's a hack.
FFS Google- you can't make this whole?!
Confirmed. It works perfectly. Thanks for the heads up.
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Umm' stupid question I'm sure but here goes...
If I install the voice from your dropbox does it replace the Google voice on the xoom? As in no more video calls, or does this just add capability to use the calling features? I'm so confused..
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Umm' stupid question I'm sure but here goes...
If I install the voice from your dropbox does it replace the Google voice on the xoom? As in no more video calls, or does this just add capability to use the calling features? I'm so confused..
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I think you are thinking of Google Talk. Google Talk and Google Voice are different apps
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Anyone else getting INSANE battery use from Voice? It's almost up there with the display.
Are u guys saying that you are being able to place calls from your xoom with Google voice?
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Are u guys saying that you are being able to place calls from your xoom with Google voice?
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no..u can't...u can text from it and initiate a call...but it will still have to call your cell phone to make a voice call
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Anyone else getting INSANE battery use from Voice? It's almost up there with the display.
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Yes I am. Might be the polling interval but I uninstalled it until there is a fix or an official release
Just wondering cause I don't see a big change. Actually I only see one or two to be honest.
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Play store Google now. Do it!at home screen swipe right. And a lot of it is based on refinement of android behind the scene all together. Think butter on bread
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Anyone else notice how much smoother the multitasking screen loads? It's probably the biggest performance improvement I've discovered so far. It was always pretty laggy for me in ICS.
Release notes
https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/91832
I notice that when you kill apps it alot faster as you swipe away.
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http://www.android.com/about/jelly-bean/
Hold down on home button to get shortcut to Google now. Jellybean is much much better than ICS as far as polish goes IMHO...
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Do you guys feel battery life difference, improvement?
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Do you guys feel battery life difference, improvement?
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Too soon to sell
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Just glad update happened fast. I thought motorola was going to loag in support department
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Its the same as the leak when there are issues that need to be fixed. Very disappointed in Motorola for blowing off Matt's serious points and acting as if they are unimportant. I'll be running batakang until we get CM or until the Nexus 4 actually is in stock lol
Loving it except the damn ATT bloatware.
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Hold down on home button to get shortcut to Google now. Jellybean is much much better than ICS as far as polish goes IMHO...
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Just swipe up from the home button. No need to hold it down.
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Loving it except the damn ATT bloatware.
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I have 99% of the bloatware disabled. If you don't like an app, just disable it. Been able to do that since ICS.
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You can disable all that crap.
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You can disable all that crap.
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Except for damn AT&T Address Book. I hate that I can't just open People without it having to load.
The only app of theirs I've found remotely useful is AT&T Smart WiFi.
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Wow, Thanks guys. Didn't even know that. Thought i can only do it with Titanium Backup
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I have 99% of the bloatware disabled. If you don't like an app, just disable it. Been able to do that since ICS.
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How do you do this? The only app I was able to disable was that race car game. There is no option to disable most of the bloatware. Do I need to uninstall bloatware updates first?
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How do you do this? The only app I was able to disable was that race car game. There is no option to disable most of the bloatware. Do I need to uninstall bloatware updates first?
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Yes, uninstall the bloatware updates and the button to disable it will appear.
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Yes, uninstall the bloatware updates and the button to disable it will appear.
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Cool, thanks!
I may be missing it, but how do you access Google Now from the lock screen? Unfortunately, you still can't change the lock screen targets (which is just stupid), and Google isn't in the normal top position like it is on other JB phones with the ring on the lock screen.
I really don't get not allowing the user to decide the lock screen targets. I don't use the stock messaging app, but I can't change the target to open Handcent, so that a useless target I have sitting there.
I dunno what app is doing it. Though Facebook and Google services are the top two drainers.
Annoying.. Gsam doesn't help me figure out which app I need to delete.
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recklesslife85 said:
I dunno what app is doing it. Though Facebook and Google services are the top two drainers.
Annoying.. Gsam doesn't help me figure out which app I need to delete.
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wow, without having the screen on thats a big drain from the battery, maybe a bug i'd say maybe!
Do factory reset and install Apex launcher and check battery usage again
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Do factory reset and install Apex launcher and check battery usage again
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why the hell would he do that? factory reset would be an absolute last resort.... and i have no idea why the hell you think installing apex would help him?
OP do you have google now enabled?
first thing i would do is disable data and disconnect wifi - make sure it is an app trying to fetch data that is causing the problem, if that turns out to be the case then simply stop all apps from syncing automatically and reenable a few at a time until you capture the problem one.
check out whether your GPS is being used too - google now would use your location and fetch data a lot, my money is on it.
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I dunno what app is doing it. Though Facebook and Google services are the top two drainers.
Annoying.. Gsam doesn't help me figure out which app I need to delete.
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Load up BBS and figure it out from there.
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why the hell would he do that? factory reset would be an absolute last resort.... and i have no idea why the hell you think installing apex would help him?
OP do you have google now enabled?
first thing i would do is disable data and disconnect wifi - make sure it is an app trying to fetch data that is causing the problem, if that turns out to be the case then simply stop all apps from syncing automatically and reenable a few at a time until you capture the problem one.
check out whether your GPS is being used too - google now would use your location and fetch data a lot, my money is on it.
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Na Now is disabled as I dont use it. GPS is off also. Dunno whats doing it, got a replacement phone coming so best not to stress over it now and hope the other phone doesnt have the same problem.
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Na Now is disabled as I dont use it. GPS is off also. Dunno whats doing it, got a replacement phone coming so best not to stress over it now and hope the other phone doesnt have the same problem.
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fair enough... but you can be 99.99% sure that it is something you have installed that is causing it.
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fair enough... but you can be 99.99% sure that it is something you have installed that is causing it.
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Uninstalled all the downloaded apps other than facebook and twitter, pretty sure it has something to do with the facebook app.
Greenify is a good app to check for wakelock... u can also disable them!
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Greenify is a good app to check for wakelock... u can also disable them!
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Thanks mate, will check it out now.
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I use better battery stats
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Can't use Greenify to freeze Facebook. Apparently its a system app. Any solutions for this?
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Can't use Greenify to freeze Facebook. Apparently its a system app. Any solutions for this?
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You should be able to disable it through settings/apps.
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Na Now is disabled as I dont use it. GPS is off also. Dunno whats doing it, got a replacement phone coming so best not to stress over it now and hope the other phone doesnt have the same problem.
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Will u keep the thread going n let us know how the , replacement unit turns out in terms of standby battery percent loss per hour or per few hrs?
Thank u and hope that ur replacement is better than previous unit
You need to be rooted to use greenify
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*This is same whether Google Now is on or off.
The search function won't find downloaded apps at first attempt.
The first attempt usually restricts itself to contacts etc
Anyone else have this
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Superpiper1972 said:
*This is same whether Google Now is on or off.
The search function won't find downloaded apps at first attempt.
The first attempt usually restricts itself to contacts etc
Anyone else have this
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try rebooting the phone
Is anyone else getting a terribly robotic voice from the Maps turn by turn gps? Normally it's the nice smooth voice from Google Now, but since I've been using it on my Note 3 it sounds terrible. Any ideas?
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Is anyone else getting a terribly robotic voice from the Maps turn by turn gps? Normally it's the nice smooth voice from Google Now, but since I've been using it on my Note 3 it sounds terrible. Any ideas?
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This...absolutely horrible
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tmb993 said:
Is anyone else getting a terribly robotic voice from the Maps turn by turn gps? Normally it's the nice smooth voice from Google Now, but since I've been using it on my Note 3 it sounds terrible. Any ideas?
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Is this Google Maps navigation, or some other maps app?
The Note 2's settings let you choose between text-to-speech by Google or by Samsung. Does the Note 3 have those options too? Which option are you using?
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Is this Google Maps navigation, or some other maps app?
The Note 2's settings let you choose between text-to-speech by Google or by Samsung. Does the Note 3 have those options too? Which option are you using?
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That's exactly what it was. There is only an option for Samsung and to get the high quality voice you have to download it. I didn't even think of that. Thanks!
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I want really is the original google voice back ! Anyway to install it ?
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How is that solved?
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How is that solved?
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I would like to know also I hate the new voice.
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How is that solved?
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Read the thread guys, it's pretty clear.
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I would like to know also I hate the new voice.
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Read the thread guys, it's pretty clear.
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Wouldn't it be easier to explain then? I saw that mention of downloading one I would love to know what that is. I searched googleplay and didn't seem to find what I was looking for.
As Gary02468 mentioned, you have to go to the TTS settings in Language and Input. Then click on the settings on the Samsung TTS Engine and then download voice data. I guess in my mind what needed to be done was obvious.
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It's not clear actually the Samsung text to speech is not good we want to be able to use Google
The hd Samsung vs non hd both sound horrible
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As Gary02468 mentioned, you have to go to the TTS settings in Language and Input. Then click on the settings on the Samsung TTS Engine and then download voice data. I guess in my mind what needed to be done was obvious.
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Maybe it is an issue with my phone I go in the to the Samsung text-to-speech engine, go to install data, choose English High Quality, hit play sound exactly like what I want, hit download and nothing happens. It never changes to the high quality voice.
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Maybe it is an issue with my phone I go in the to the Samsung text-to-speech engine, go to install data, choose English High Quality, hit play sound exactly like what I want, hit download and nothing happens. It never changes to the high quality voice.
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Do you have a Samsung account set up? It downloads the data through the Samsung app store.
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I got it to work. I had to go in and reset my app defaults and now it downloaded correctly. Thanks for the directions!
I don't think this is actually solved, at least not what op was asking for. OP was wanting the original Google TTS that is excluded from the phone's firmware for some reason. The fix that you see above was addressing someone else's issue not being able to download the high quality version of samsung's tts engine.
Yea I hope theres a way to add google's tts in the near future as well.
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I don't think this is actually solved, at least not what op was asking for. OP was wanting the original Google TTS that is excluded from the phone's firmware for some reason. The fix that you see above was addressing someone else's issue not being able to download the high quality version of samsung's tts engine.
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I am the OP and what I really wanted was to get rid of the terrible, robotic sounding voice. The Samsung HD voice works great for me so I changed the title to "SOLVED". If you guys want to make another thread on how to download the Google TTS that's cool, but as far as my issue is concerned, it's fixed.
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I got it to work. I had to go in and reset my app defaults and now it downloaded correctly. Thanks for the directions!
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Ah I see. Glad I could help!
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As a side note, I was just using my GPS and for just one phrase the Google voice was used and then it switched back to the Samsung HD voice. Strange lol.
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