Problem with SMS and Google voice default setting - AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5

I can't for the life of me figure out how to use Google Voice as my default SMS app. My Note 3 and every other phone I've used in the past few years has all had this as an option. I don't really want to use hangouts as it's just not really setup as a SMS app yet.
Anyone else have this issue or a possible solutions?
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luckybun said:
I can't for the life of me figure out how to use Google Voice as my default SMS app. My Note 3 and every other phone I've used in the past few years has all had this as an option. I don't really want to use hangouts as it's just not really setup as a SMS app yet.
Anyone else have this issue or a possible solutions?
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Cant you just set Google voice typing as the default keyboard?.

cooza said:
Cant you just set Google voice typing as the default keyboard?.
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This made me giggle

I've been searching around and it seems that this is an issue for all S5's no matter the carrier. I'm experiencing the same issue on my T-Mobile S5. It sucks because I can't get my Google Glass to send messages from Google Voice anymore.
Hopefully Samsung will fix this asap.
luckybun said:
I can't for the life of me figure out how to use Google Voice as my default SMS app. My Note 3 and every other phone I've used in the past few years has all had this as an option. I don't really want to use hangouts as it's just not really setup as a SMS app yet.
Anyone else have this issue or a possible solutions?
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NickStarr said:
I've been searching around and it seems that this is an issue for all S5's no matter the carrier. I'm experiencing the same issue on my T-Mobile S5. It sucks because I can't get my Google Glass to send messages from Google Voice anymore.
Hopefully Samsung will fix this asap.
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I don't have it either and just flashed the first official 4.4.2 to my note2 and it's not there either so maybe it's a change to the newer 4.4.2 firmwares.
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This made me giggle
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Thanks mate. I try to please where I can

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[Q] Google map is using S voice sound !!!

i just got my note 3 today and was trying to use google map app to take me back to work to see how it works but i realized it is using that robotic voice from S voice instead of the original voice which google has on google map, has anybody else noticed it !!! it makes you forget about using a google map as a navigation. any fixes please.
locksmiths said:
i just got my note 3 today and was trying to use google map app to take me back to work to see how it works but i realized it is using that robotic voice from S voice instead of the original voice which google has on google map, has anybody else noticed it !!! it makes you forget about using a google map as a navigation. any fixes please.
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Second this, is not the same nice voice I had on my one x. Is there a way to change or download a different module?
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Supposedly, should go to settings - controls - language and input - text-to-speech (TTS) options - Samsung TTS engine and press configure cog. Then install voice data and download high quality voice female, but it doesn't do anything (in my case just a popup window that says it will download and nothing else happens). Can you please check this on your device also? It might be a software bug
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You have to have Samsung apps enabled.
At&t Note III...& At&t G Pro
I did that too and mine downloaded but still Samsung voice. On Google map it used to be more human voice .
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slimslim said:
Second this, is not the same nice voice I had on my one x. Is there a way to change or download a different module?
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Supposedly, should go to settings - controls - language and input - text-to-speech (TTS) options - Samsung TTS engine and press configure cog. Then install voice data and download high quality voice female, but it doesn't do anything (in my case just a popup window that says it will download and nothing else happens). Can you please check this on your device also? It might be a software bug
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It worked fine for me I did that right away on Thursday.
Edit: make sure you open the Samsung app store first. Than it will work. ..
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Thanks, it worked. I had disabled Samsung apps
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Still have not been able to find a way to get the google voice back on google map
I managed to download the HD voice but this is not what i had on my note 2 on google map. note 2 users probably know what i mean. it was google voice on google navigation but now it is samsung system voice.
locksmiths said:
I managed to download the HD voice but this is not what i had on my note 2 on google map. note 2 users probably know what i mean. it was google voice on google navigation but now it is samsung system voice.
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Yup, same here. I want the Google voice, not the HD samsung voice.
I have this problem on my Huawei P6, and from doing reseach I believe it's the TTS. If you look at under language and input, there is no Google-Text-To-Speach engine, but instead just the Samsung one.
I still couldn't find a way to download (or where to download the app for that matter) the Google TTS engine.
I hope some can figure this out, because that Samsung voice is really annoying. The funny thing is, Google Now have the correct voice/sound.
Visual360 said:
Yup, same here. I want the Google voice, not the HD samsung voice.
I have this problem on my Huawei P6, and from doing reseach I believe it's the TTS. If you look at under language and input, there is no Google-Text-To-Speach engine, but instead just the Samsung one.
I still couldn't find a way to download (or where to download the app for that matter) the Google TTS engine.
I hope some can figure this out, because that Samsung voice is really annoying. The funny thing is, Google Now have the correct voice/sound.
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Yeah samsung voice is annoying and i hope somone will come up with a link to download the google text to speech engine or another alternative way to get the google voice back on google map
Any word on this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2477542 Here's your solution for root and non-root.
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Hitman3984 said:
Any word on this?
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Changed it here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2477542
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in the text to speech menu under advanced samsung has HD voice downloads and they all sound really good. and there free
I took a peek on the link provided as far as a work around for this issue/annoyance, and seems like a lot of work.
Anyway, I've found an easier solution. You have to be rooted and have Titanium backup. Not sure if it will for everyone, but it sure works on my phone.
All I did was freeze the Samsung TTS engine, and like a miracle my Google maps now sounds wonderful (it use the Google voice/speech) now.
Let me know if this works for you guys.
I'm happy now.
Visual360 said:
I took a peek on the link provided as far as a work around for this issue/annoyance, and seems like a lot of work.
Anyway, I've found an easier solution. You have to be rooted and have Titanium backup. Not sure if it will for everyone, but it sure works on my phone.
All I did was freeze the Samsung TTS engine, and like a miracle my Google maps now sounds wonderful (it use the Google voice/speech) now.
Let me know if this works for you guys.
I'm happy now.
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that worked perfectly! thanks!
daddioj said:
in the text to speech menu under advanced samsung has HD voice downloads and they all sound really good. and there free
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If you do this then when using navigation it will not say the name of the streets. It will only say turn right in 1000 feet.
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a3plew said:
If you do this then when using navigation it will not say the name of the streets. It will only say turn right in 1000 feet.
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it might not say the name. but it still tells you on top where you need to turn.
daddioj said:
it might not say the name. but it still tells you on top where you need to turn.
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Saying the street names is basic functionality. The omission is inexcusable.
bigmout said:
Saying the street names is basic functionality. The omission is inexcusable.
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This ^^^ /Agreed. That's probably why it's called voice guidance
Voice sound
Google's map navigation function is pretty better than apple's. It shouldn't be lead you to lost at a different location.

[SOLVED] Maps voice guidance

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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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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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?
Gary02468 said:
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?
daraj said:
How is that solved?
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I would like to know also I hate the new voice.
daraj said:
How is that solved?
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Read the thread guys, it's pretty clear.
kitsinni said:
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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tmb993 said:
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.
kitsinni said:
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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iahk said:
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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kitsinni said:
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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SMS not working in Hangouts on Moto X?

I don't have an option to use SMS in Hangouts on my Moto X. Though the play store indicates I am on the latest version of hangouts because it does not give me the option to update, in fact my hangouts app indicates I am on version 1.2 instead of 2.0+.
Anybody have any ideas? Anybody else using SMS in hangouts on a Moto X?
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I don't think the 2.0 version has hit the Play Store yet. You have to be on 2.0+ for the SMS integration.
Maganus said:
I don't think the 2.0 version has hit the Play Store yet. You have to be on 2.0+ for the SMS integration.
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So is the description in the play store simply wrong? It gives the change log for 2.0 which suggests to me 2.0 should be available. See screen shot below, taken just now with my stock T-Mobile Moto X.
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Chances are they are doing a staged rollout. But if you don't have 2.0 on your phone, you won't have those features.
Anybody here with an X who CAN do SMS with hangouts?
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I received 2.0 a few days ago. When you first launch it, it will ask if you want to import your SMS messages. After that it works fine for SMS, MMS, and Hangouts. It's a little confusing at first but you'll get used to it. If you have a hangouts conversation and an SMS conversation going on with the same person, they will appear as two separate threads. However, you can switch between them using the account selector at the top of either thread.
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I received 2.0 a few days ago. When you first launch it, it will ask if you want to import your SMS messages. After that it works fine for SMS, MMS, and Hangouts. It's a little confusing at first but you'll get used to it. If you have a hangouts conversation and an SMS conversation going on with the same person, they will appear as two separate threads. However, you can switch between them using the account selector at the top of either thread.
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And you are on a stock Moto X?
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And you are on a stock Moto X?
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Yes, it's a stock Verizon Moto X.
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You could download the new hangouts app and install it
http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/1...e-newer-version-should-fix-broken-video-chat/
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Yea the market description is wrong. Just look in themes and apps for the update version that allows SMS. For it to work on version you need version 2.0.122
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phositadc said:
Anybody here with an X who CAN do SMS with hangouts?
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I can.
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I can.
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me too
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natezire71 said:
I can.
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me too
Mikessv said:
You could download the new hangouts app and install it
http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/1...e-newer-version-should-fix-broken-video-chat/
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Thanks I did that and it worked.
phositadc said:
Thanks I did that and it worked.
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I tried installing the Nexus 5 Hangouts APK and it didn't worked, threw an error each time I tried to send an SMS. After today's update from Play Store it's working fine.

Google voice to text instead of Samsung?

I use voice to text all the time. Samsung voice is crap. It never gets my message right. I want to use google voice to text with the samsung keyboard like i have with every other samsung phone I've ever had. I know i can use the Google keyboard touse it but I prefer the samsung keyboard. Any suggestions?
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use Google Keyboard, then you can select google voice to text. It is excellent.
i killed tupac said:
use Google Keyboard, then you can select google voice to text. It is excellent.
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Not to be rude, but did you read my post? I would like to know if anyone has an alternative.
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cinsity said:
Not to be rude, but did you read my post? I would like to know if anyone has an alternative.
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yeah i read the first part. I wonder if you can mix the two, like use google voice from Gboard with the Samsung keyboard.
cinsity said:
I use voice to text all the time. Samsung voice is crap. It never gets my message right. I want to use google voice to text with the samsung keyboard like i have with every other samsung phone I've ever had. I know i can use the Google keyboard touse it but I prefer the samsung keyboard. Any suggestions?
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I had tons of trouble with this also. It worked on my note 5 but not the note 7. The fixed for me was to install the google keyboard and not use the samsung anymore.
kdoweb said:
I had tons of trouble with this also. It worked on my note 5 but not the note 7. The fixed for me was to install the google keyboard and not use the samsung anymore.
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That sucks. The numbers above the letters are probably the biggest reason I buy Samsung phones!
ian1 said:
That sucks. The numbers above the letters are probably the biggest reason I buy Samsung phones!
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you can turn it on you know, if that's all you want then do this.
http://updato.com/how-to/add-number-row-to-google-keyboard-android
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you can turn it on you know, if that's all you want then do this.
http://updato.com/how-to/add-number-row-to-google-keyboard-android
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Huhh, thanks for letting me know. Forgot google keyboard doesn't have all the shortcuts either
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Huhh, thanks for letting me know. Forgot google keyboard doesn't have all the shortcuts either
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Yep that's the one feature I will miss with samsung keyboard those damn txt shortcuts. I still find myself typing 111 and expecting my email to show up LOL its not going to.
Not exactly convenient, but pulling down the drop down menu and press "select keyboard". Google voice will be an option. It records until done and returns to Samsung keyboard.
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You can disable Samsung voice
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You can disable Samsung voice
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Give it a try.
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Advance Messaging on AT&T

Anyone else experiencing issues with the feature since the last two updates? CSGA and CSGB is when mine started to basically not work at all. Just wondering is any other XDA folks are experiencing this issue and if you found a workaround
My messaging is still working fine, but my phone app seems temperamental now. When I make my call, I have to turn off my screen, count to 5, and then turn it back on to have in-call control. I also use Google Voice, but that hasn't seemed to have any impact.
I dumped advanced messaging always gave me issues.
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I dumped advanced messaging always gave me issues.
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So what do you use instead? To send high quality pics and videos and such? Also does it have a form of rcs
I just use stock messaging. Really didnt see a difference when I sent video clips with advanced messaging.
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I just use stock messaging. Really didnt see a difference when I sent video clips with advanced messaging.
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Gotcha. I've been thinking about switching what text app I use honestly. Just gotta find one

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