Google Now Launcher - Galaxy S 4 Active Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Does anyone else favor using the Google Now Launcher over TouchWiz? I'm loving it over the latter, just curious if anyone else uses it.

timmytron said:
Does anyone else favor using the Google Now Launcher over TouchWiz? I'm loving it over the latter, just curious if anyone else uses it.
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i've been using it as well. my phone just feels faster and cleaner. love it.

After i "found" google now, i haven't used touchwiz. I tried some other launchers, but nothing comes close to google now imho.
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TheJ80 said:
After i "found" google now, i haven't used touchwiz. I tried some other launchers, but nothing comes close to google now imho.
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I've noticed some problems with apps that save to the SD card, but other than that, if you've got the processing/RAM power, it's the best for an Android device.
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New Android Market

Excuse me if it's posted, I didn't see it. Grab it here! And damn it is sexy
http://androidcommunity.com/grab-the-new-android-market-right-here-20110712/
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Movies also!
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Looks nice
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It is very nice
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I have it installed on my evo, I like it better than the current market, although it is kinda windows phone 7 styled
Word of warning, dont bother trying to buy a movie if youre rooted. They will accept your money and give you this...
http://forum.androidcentral.com/android-applications/102677-new-android-market-apk-here-3.html
Igotsanevo4g said:
Word of warning, dont bother trying to buy a movie if youre rooted. They will accept your money and give you this...
http://forum.androidcentral.com/android-applications/102677-new-android-market-apk-here-3.html
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there is a form to request to get your money back if you press menu on the movie page of the market. i ended up filling one out
Interesting, I definitely have to get used to it.
Yea it is windows 7 stylish
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Can Google make it so when my apps are updating, it only does it one at a time? The phone becomes practically unusable when 10 apps are trying to download at the same time. Super annoying.
meetagrawal said:
Can Google make it so when my apps are updating, it only does it one at a time? The phone becomes practically unusable when 10 apps are trying to download at the same time. Super annoying.
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just don't use your phone for a minute while they update
Maybe there's a possibility, like the netflix mod, to bypass the root check by someone that has the knowledge to do that sort of thing
If I install this, can I receive another Market update in the future? Or I should again install via APK?
gogol said:
If I install this, can I receive another Market update in the future? Or I should again install via APK?
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I have this question as well.
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You will still receive updates
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I loove it!!
Alright I think I have figured out that you cannot review content that was downloaded using the other market I think? Yeah it is pretty confusing if anyone could clarify this a bit more?
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I manually updated this, works fine. I do have a problem though, maybe it's me ;o)
How do you manually update an App after installing this latest Market app.
Example:
I've installed the new market place and notice that the Amazon UK app had an update this morning. I have set this app to manual update, but when I open the app through the new market, the only 2 buttons are 'open' and 'uninstall', there's no update button.
Confused? I am... any ideas guys?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGEKL2YVDXU&feature=youtu.be
How did you bypass the checker?
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Samsung Galaxy Exhibit 4g custom ROM modding

Yo! So, I know this phone is kinda old, but I'm still rocking it. My question is based on the fact that I've tried pretty much every custom ROM and I'm currently using CM10 4.2 and I'm really not digging the contacts and messaging app that comes with it and most of the custom roms for jellybean.
So, I am wondering if it possible to replace the apk with an alternative from the play store?
Any help would rule. Thank you so much to the developers for making this phone so customizable and easy to change!
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ts0rock said:
Yo! So, I know this phone is kinda old, but I'm still rocking it. My question is based on the fact that I've tried pretty much every custom ROM and I'm currently using CM10 4.2 and I'm really not digging the contacts and messaging app that comes with it and most of the custom roms for jellybean.
So, I am wondering if it possible to replace the apk with an alternative from the play store?
Any help would rule. Thank you so much to the developers for making this phone so customizable and easy to change!
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Try aoip it up to date all other roms are discontinued
There are several dialing and message apps in the play store. I think the contacts app I use is Rocket Contacts, or something like that. As for messaging apps, I will have to look at which I am using, but there are several, most of which are good, I would imagine.
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Proud2banoob said:
There are several dialing and message apps in the play store. I think the contacts app I use is Rocket Contacts, or something like that. As for messaging apps, I will have to look at which I am using, but there are several, most of which are good, I would imagine.
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I like the aoip contacts but I use Handcent messaging because it's quick reply pop up always works, aoip's only works 3 out of 5 for me.
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I use Go SMS pro for messaging
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[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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tmb993 said:
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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Nexus 5 on Video, 7 minutes..

Nexus 5
thanks to Artem and AndroidPolice http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/1...ll-in-leaked-crystal-clear-7-minute-hd-video/
Can't wait please Google sell it now
i know!
its a gorgeous phone, so simple and clean..
Beautiful device... Can't wait!
Looks good will doubt there will be many hardware related features that the nexus 4 won't have.
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Great, but I wish it would have shown the SMS and phone apps
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IRX120 said:
Great, but I wish it would have shown the SMS and phone apps
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there wont be an sms app in kitkat, it will be part of the hangouts app.
Where is widget drawer?
Sexy Nexy, AOKP
defffizz said:
Where is widget drawer?
Sexy Nexy, AOKP
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there isnt one. widgets will be like before, a long press on the home screen brings up a menu where you can chose widgets.
I'm excited, I'll be getting it at launch.
It's a very well designed device from the looks of it.
As for the video, I wish he would've shown more of what's new in 4.4.
I know what YouTube, earth, chrome, calendar, the play store and keep look like...
I would've liked to have seen more of the new launcher and how widgets are added, the new way search is handled, etc.
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I think this is an earlier build of kitkat, it has the old youtube and the version number says KeyLimePie. The screenshots that were leaked seem to show the more updated version.
Edit - as said in video description
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there wont be an sms app in kitkat, it will be part of the hangouts app.
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I'm not too happy with this if that is the case. Hangouts has far to many hiccups and slowdowns to be my sole messaging app.
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clusterchuck said:
I'm not too happy with this if that is the case. Hangouts has far to many hiccups and slowdowns to be my sole messaging app.
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ill be honest with you, i feel the same way about hangouts. ive been replacing hangouts with gtalk until about a month ago, for that exact reason. hangouts did slightly improve, thats why im using it now, but it is not the best app. oddly, it runs quick without issues on my nexus 7, and on my friends note 2. but on the n4, it has issues. hopefully its update will correct that for the n4, and hopefully it runs as perfect on the n5 as it does on my n7.
clusterchuck said:
I'm not too happy with this if that is the case. Hangouts has far to many hiccups and slowdowns to be my sole messaging app.
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I am pretty sure that Google has smoothened out the hiccups you speak of. I for one think that the Hangouts and SMS merge is a smart one. I bet users who has never used Hangout will now get familiar with it.
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I personally love hangouts it's clean and simple
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I'm not too happy with this if that is the case. Hangouts has far to many hiccups and slowdowns to be my sole messaging app.
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I just hope they give some options to hide groups of people and separate sms chats from hangouts. I don't need everyone from Google+ showing up. Most I don't talk to, but like to follow for news ect.
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sadly it looks like this confirms that the battery is not removeable. that blows! thats actually a deal breaker for me i think.
I dont like this phone's design. I love Nexus 4's design .
If nexus 5's battery is 3000 mah, then I can Buy a nexus 5.
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Oh look, another thread.
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This is killing me.
The phone looks so beautiful :angel:

Anyone tried to use the Google enhanced launcher? From N5?

I have a nexus 5, and love the newer KK launcher. I have my tf701 ordered and shipped but not delivered yet. Just wondering if anybody tried using the launcher?
http://nexus7.wonderhowto.com/how-t...erience-launcher-your-nexus-7-tablet-0149714/
Looks like it works with other tablets and phones too. It adds a Google now screen if you swipe all the way to the left and makes the bottom bar through. I don't it would hurt anything seeing as it is just an APK. Shouldn't need root or anything like that.
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steadly2004 said:
I have a nexus 5, and love the newer KK launcher. I have my tf701 ordered and shipped but not delivered yet. Just wondering if anybody tried using the launcher?
http://nexus7.wonderhowto.com/how-t...erience-launcher-your-nexus-7-tablet-0149714/
Looks like it works with other tablets and phones too. It adds a Google now screen if you swipe all the way to the left and makes the bottom bar through. I don't it would hurt anything seeing as it is just an APK. Shouldn't need root or anything like that.
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I thought it needed KitKat to work?
I think it will work on anything with jelly bean or newer. I'm not a hundred percent sure though. When I get my tablet in I will install it and give it a try.
Here's another thread about it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2506488
I think a lot of it had to do with the Google Play services that were provided now. If you update completely Google now Google Voice, I think the google it. Launcher installed with just one apk.
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I'm still on version 0.9.6.886092 because i can't update the google now launcher, probably because the TF701 doesn't has 4.4 yet. But it works fine =)
Edit: I've tried it again and now I'm running the latest version of the Google now launcher.
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Jerry1996 said:
I'm still on version 0.9.6.886092 because i can't update the google now launcher, probably because the TF701 doesn't has 4.4 yet. But it works fine =)
Edit: I've tried it again and now I'm running the latest version of the Google now launcher.
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It it working with the integrated Google now? Where you swipe to the left to get to the automatically created\updated cards?
Yes, everything is working =)
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