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Google Assistant on Moto X Play - Nougat - simple working method

​Hello All,
​This is the easiest way to get google assistant working on your Moto X Play running Nougat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XL1HRyf1-lc&feature=youtu.be
It May work on other moto devices running Android Nougat
(please let me know in comments if this method works on any other device other than Motorola)
Requirement :
1. Android Nougat
2. Root Access
3. Build prop editor from google play store
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jrummy.apps.build.prop.editor
Steps : open build prop editor and follow these steps
1. Edit "ro.product.brand" change the value to "Pixel XL"
2. Add new entry "ro.product.model" value "Pixel XL"
3. Add new entry "ro.opa.eligible_device" value "true"
4. Restart your device
5. clear google app data and cache
6. long press home key You got Your own google Assistant
Cheers
Jerry

Google assistant
This method works on my moto e2...Thank u so much.....???

If you still don't know how to get Google Assistant
Then Just Follow this video. Just trying to help who dont know how to get it.

got loop, AICP 7.1 11/11 optimus kernel R16

Edited build.prop, rebooted and cleared Google App Cache; no effect. Still get Now on Tap. Any ideas?
On AICP 7.1 11/11 Nightly

Thanx it worked.. love the new Google assistant

theepickorean said:
Edited build.prop, rebooted and cleared Google App Cache; no effect. Still get Now on Tap. Any ideas?
On AICP 7.1 11/11 Nightly
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Rename ro.product.brand to ro.product.model. No need to add new entry

PSxplay said:
Rename ro.product.brand to ro.product.model. No need to add new entry
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Thanks for this! Worked fine after doing so.

Works fine, or almost! Because all the time when I say Ok Google, appears the screen for recognize my voice. What can I do for fix it?

Isley Matias said:
Works fine, or almost! Because all the time when I say Ok Google, appears the screen for recognize my voice. What can I do for fix it?
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Same problem here, actually.

theepickorean said:
Same problem here, actually.
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basically GA is exclusive to pixel phones and in this method we are using the official app, so hot word issue gonna exist until someone find a way to fix it.

I found a workaround for OK Google. 'ChopAssistant' Install this app, enable accessibility service, and voila. Say okay Google and Google assistant pops up.
Thanks to Daniel F Q for this app.

flashable zip works
the flashable zip method works but it has no memory. as soon as you ext the app it loses memory.

Will this trigger the assistant when the phone is dosing/locked?
How is the compatibility with the speech recognition chip that can wake/unlock your Moto with its counterpart in the pixel in general?
I hope this is not off topic.

theepickorean said:
Same problem here, actually.
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there is something called chop for assistant on playstore, install that...it would work fine

Google phone/dialer app for Moto G5+

Hi,
i am perfectly fine with stock ROM and only one thing i would like to have beside. And it is Google phone app with capability to do search nearby places right from the phone app and the capability to see who actually calling behind unknown number.
I see some apks on apkmirror, but latest nonnexus apk is from 2016. So i rather ask here first. Do you guys tried this app and can confirm it has all the features i would like to have? Is it possible to have this app on our phone?
Do you have link to app for our device?
Thank you
https://www.apkmirror.com/uploads/?q=google-phone

I pulled this from OpenGapps. Flash the following Google dialer framework in TWRP and install it from the playstore... All the features work for me.

atrac17 said:
I pulled this from OpenGapps. Flash the following Google dialer framework in TWRP and install it from the playstore... All the features work for me.
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Tried this without success. Running lineageos 8.0.
edit2: actually it doesn't work. Givs me a device not supported error

HatchetJackk said:
Tried this without success. Running lineageos 8.0.
edit2: actually it doesn't work. Givs me a device not supported error
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Possible operator error. Also, this isn't designed for Oreo to begin with.

atrac17 said:
Possible operator error. Also, this isn't designed for Oreo to begin with.
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How is it possible user error if it wasn't designed for Oreo? you never mentioned what os it was meant for. In any case, it did not, in fact, work for Oreo. However I did successfully use it for 7. Thanks for your work.

HatchetJackk said:
How is it possible user error if it wasn't designed for Oreo? you never mentioned what os it was meant for. In any case, it did not, in fact, work for Oreo. However I did successfully use it for 7. Thanks for your work.
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At first, I was saying it's an operator error because it does work. Of course it doesn't work for Oreo it clearly states the date when I pulled the framework in May. The OP was asking to use an updated dialer in stock. I provided him the framework with the ability to do so.... I wouldn't specify why because I was answering the OP.

atrac17 said:
At first, I was saying it's an operator error because it does work. Of course it doesn't work for Oreo it clearly states the date when I pulled the framework in May. The OP was asking to use an updated dialer in stock. I provided him the framework with the ability to do so.... I wouldn't specify why because I was answering the OP.
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Understood. Hopefully you can understand my side, as well. Again, thanks for your work.

PumaPerez said:
Hi,
i am perfectly fine with stock ROM and only one thing i would like to have beside. And it is Google phone app with capability to do search nearby places right from the phone app and the capability to see who actually calling behind unknown number.
I see some apks on apkmirror, but latest nonnexus apk is from 2016. So i rather ask here first. Do you guys tried this app and can confirm it has all the features i would like to have? Is it possible to have this app on our phone?
Do you have link to app for our device?
Thank you
https://www.apkmirror.com/uploads/?q=google-phone
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You can check my thread.. I've ported the google dialer to non rooted devices
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mo...-161735957-t3636608/post73025780#post73025780

abhishekiswithyou said:
You can check my thread.. I've ported the google dialer to non rooted devices
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mo...-161735957-t3636608/post73025780#post73025780
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How do I use this app, if I've a rooted device, pls assist, thanks :good:

talk2indrajit said:
How do I use this app, if I've a rooted device, pls assist, thanks :good:
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same procedure as non rooted devices, Install as normal apk

I can confirm that it works on Moto G5 Plus (Sanders), stock rom, rooted with Magisk. Installed the dialer framework from the post by @atrac17 above, then phone apk (v.11) from here. (Play Market installation was still showing as unavailable for my device.) Then all I needed to do was to change the default phone app to google phone rather than Moto. Thanks for your help, guys. Couldn't figure it out by myself.
So freaking annoying we have to do this!.. Why on earth do we need Moto's dialer?!

AOSP ROM?

Hi everyone, I got a question: do you think we gonna have an AOSP ROM for this phone?

I need a rom for this phone can any one help?

Ehtisham4417 said:
I need a rom for this phone can any one help?
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It's your lucky day pal!
MIUI 12 stable for Merlin just dropped https://bigota.d.miui.com/V12.0.1.0.QJOCNXM/miui_MERLIN_V12.0.1.0.QJOCNXM_86c4c0b217_10.0.zip
(Link from https://www.xda-developers.com/down...ing-out-several-xiaomi-redmi-mi-poco-devices/ )
Importantly though, that is the Chinese ROM - will have to wait a while longer for the global version

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It's your lucky day pal!
MIUI 12 stable for Merlin just dropped https://bigota.d.miui.com/V12.0.1.0.QJOCNXM/miui_MERLIN_V12.0.1.0.QJOCNXM_86c4c0b217_10.0.zip
(Link from https://www.xda-developers.com/down...ing-out-several-xiaomi-redmi-mi-poco-devices/ )
Importantly though, that is the Chinese ROM - will have to wait a while longer for the global version
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I just installed this, it's really good in almost everything except the control center.
Sometimes it lags when opening.

Google?
FirasMohamed said:
I just installed this, it's really good in almost everything except the control center.
Sometimes it lags when opening.
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I see this is China, does it have Google Mobile Services? If not, is there a way to install the GMS ?

fabianowerner said:
I see this is China, does it have Google Mobile Services? If not, is there a way to install the GMS ?
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It doesn't have the google play services pre installed but, there is a really easy way to install it
Launch the Mi App Store
Search for Google
Scroll down to the bottom of the list and select this option:
Install Google Play on Xiaomi phone
Though the results will be in Chinese, you should be able to make out the Google Installer app
Select Install, then when it has downloaded tap Open
Hit the big blue circular button to begin installing the various components
You will be prompted to allow the phone to install apps from unknown sources - select Settings, toggle on the slider, then proceed with the installation
Allow any prompts for permissions that pop up

I'm waiting for an EU / global version of this - doesn't seem to be forthcoming...

thesoupthief said:
It's your lucky day pal!
MIUI 12 stable for Merlin just dropped https://bigota.d.miui.com/V12.0.1.0.QJOCNXM/miui_MERLIN_V12.0.1.0.QJOCNXM_86c4c0b217_10.0.zip
(Link from https://www.xda-developers.com/down...ing-out-several-xiaomi-redmi-mi-poco-devices/ )
Importantly though, that is the Chinese ROM - will have to wait a while longer for the global version
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I suggest to wait longer for global or Xiaomi.EU version better than ( Chinese ) because at most xiaomi rolling it for testing before the final touch

I suggest you to keep on stock rom firmware only.
Root it with magisk. Flash it with twrp.
And everything is fine.
If you want to know what is working for MERLIN, take a look: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...omi-redmi-note-9-xiaomi-redmi-10x-4g.4204873/
Do you need help with your MERLIN device ?
Read this FAQ: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...for-merlin-redmi-10x-4g-redmi-note-9.4225177/

Question Restore from Google Backup

Apologies if this has been answered already - I've searched and not found an answer.
I've just received my China version; having installed Google Play, is there any way to force a restore of a Google backup of my previous phone - it would be so much easier if it could (re)install my apps and settings in one go. I can't seem to find a way to do it.
Thanks

Someone correct me if I am wrong, but I think restoring from Google backups is only possible during the initial configuration. And China ROM doesn't have Google Play 'out of the box', it needs to be installed by the user. So I'm afraid it's not possible. But again, I could be wrong.
I would recommend unlocking the bootloader and flashing either the Global ROM or Xiaomi.EU. Preferably Xiaomi.EU because Global ROM is significantly behind with updates.

I couldn't test it but if you have installed google playstore and the google app basic android should be available. Then you can "restart" the inital setup via adb command:
adb shell am start -n com.google.android.setupwizard/.SetupWizardActivity
That should run the google setupwizard. I can't try it as I have already .eu rom on my phone installed and there it is available from scratch.

RoughNeck1971 said:
I couldn't test it but if you have installed google playstore and the google app basic android should be available. Then you can "restart" the inital setup via adb command:
adb shell am start -n com.google.android.setupwizard/.SetupWizardActivity
That should run the google setupwizard. I can't try it as I have already .eu rom on my phone installed and there it is available from scratch.
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Brilliant, thank you. I will try that this evening, after I've got through the debloating

apd said:
Brilliant, thank you. I will try that this evening, after I've got through the debloating
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I keep fingers crossed. I hope it works out.

RoughNeck1971 said:
I keep fingers crossed. I hope it works out.
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If it doesn't, I only need to last as long as installing another ROM, but of course have to wait a week for that to occur!

RoughNeck1971 said:
I keep fingers crossed. I hope it works out.
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As it happens I just tried it and got an error message:
Starting: Intent { cmp=com.google.android.setupwizard/.SetupWizardActivity }
Error type 3
Error: Activity class {com.google.android.setupwizard/com.google.android.setupwizard.SetupWizardActivity} does not exist.
If that means anything to you and if there's an easy answer, I'd be grateful for the help. If not, don't worry

Ah - this is what I was afraid off. With installing google playstore the google setup is still missing. You could try the Android Setup Wizard from Google from APK mirror. This should install the missing files. But I really can't confirm that this will work. In worst case you need to do a factory reset. Or you just install the .eu rom and all problems gone .
Android Setup 230.346018473 (arm64-v8a) (Android 10+) APK Download by Google LLC - APKMirror
Android Setup 230.346018473 (arm64-v8a) (Android 10+) APK Download by Google LLC - APKMirror Free and safe Android APK downloads
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RoughNeck1971 said:
Ah - this is what I was afraid off. With installing google playstore the google setup is still missing. You could try the Android Setup Wizard from Google from APK mirror. This should install the missing files. But I really can't confirm that this will work. In worst case you need to do a factory reset. Or you just install the .eu rom and all problems gone .
Android Setup 230.346018473 (arm64-v8a) (Android 10+) APK Download by Google LLC - APKMirror
Android Setup 230.346018473 (arm64-v8a) (Android 10+) APK Download by Google LLC - APKMirror Free and safe Android APK downloads
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That got a bit further - i got this output:
Starting: Intent { cmp=com.google.android.setupwizard/.SetupWizardActivity }
But then nothing else happened!

apd said:
That got a bit further - i got this output:
Starting: Intent { cmp=com.google.android.setupwizard/.SetupWizardActivity }
But then nothing else happened!
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Damn. So it is missing something more. Then I'm out of options to be honest. Maybe someone else has an additional idea how to get around that. Or you really think about switiching to .eu rom. Sorry.

RoughNeck1971 said:
Damn. So it is missing something more. Then I'm out of options to be honest. Maybe someone else has an additional idea how to get around that. Or you really think about switiching to .eu rom. Sorry.
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Thanks so much for your help - it was certainly worth a try! I'll wait for the bootloader to be unlocked

use Xiaomi's mi mover app on the play store and you install it on both the previous phone and the new one, it will move everything over for you. I have been using the built-in migration app for all my phones, and they work just as well as google backup

Princevelyn said:
use Xiaomi's mi mover app on the play store and you install it on both the previous phone and the new one, it will move everything over for you. I have been using the built-in migration app for all my phones, and they work just as well as google backup
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Thanks very much - that is the solution. I had tried to use Mi Mover before using Google backup/restore but it kept failing.
The trick was – as you say – to install a fresh version from the Google play store and not to use the version which was already installed on the phone from the xiaomi App Store.
Once I did that, it worked a treat!!

i haven't had good luck with google restore....mobiletrans has been a godsend

speedstream said:
i haven't had good luck with google restore....mobiletrans has been a godsend
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Thanks - I may try that next time, although it's quite pricey at $40 per year or a bit more for an outright purchase

Question MI 11 ULTRA CN NOTIFICATIONS

I just got my hands on the mi 11 ultra, few days back I made the switch from oneplus 7 Pro.
my major concern right now is notifications from Instagram, Whatsapp & messenger.
So far I have tried, Battery restrictions, auto start, lock app from recent taps & active notification (from developer options)
however I am still unable to get instant notifications on idle screen. sometimes the notifications are delayed by few minutes or they wait for my attention (till i unlock the phone or open the particular app)
since I run an ecommerce business these notifications are crucial for me.
Kindly if anyone has been successful do share what worked for you?

Change ROM

abdallahmemon said:
I just got my hands on the mi 11 ultra, few days back I made the switch from oneplus 7 Pro.
my major concern right now is notifications from Instagram, Whatsapp & messenger.
So far I have tried, Battery restrictions, auto start, lock app from recent taps & active notification (from developer options)
however I am still unable to get instant notifications on idle screen. sometimes the notifications are delayed by few minutes or they wait for my attention (till i unlock the phone or open the particular app)
since I run an ecommerce business these notifications are crucial for me.
Kindly if anyone has been successful do share what worked for you?
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Try disabling Smart Scenes (Settings > Battery > wheel icon > Scenarios)

theintelligent said:
Try disabling Smart Scenes (Settings > Battery > wheel icon > Scenarios)
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Done. will be testing it out!

abdallahmemon said:
I just got my hands on the mi 11 ultra, few days back I made the switch from oneplus 7 Pro.
my major concern right now is notifications from Instagram, Whatsapp & messenger.
So far I have tried, Battery restrictions, auto start, lock app from recent taps & active notification (from developer options)
however I am still unable to get instant notifications on idle screen. sometimes the notifications are delayed by few minutes or they wait for my attention (till i unlock the phone or open the particular app)
since I run an ecommerce business these notifications are crucial for me.
Kindly if anyone has been successful do share what worked for you?
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Unlock your bootloader and flash global rom. Best rom for 11 ultra.
I switch between china stable, eu, and now global. No bug and great performance

Global Rom is super performing as well as chinese especially if you play with root. Obviously chinese rom is kore advanced as it works under different regulations and also more updated

speedtripler said:
Change ROM
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Unfortunately, I have never rooted or changed ROMs on any of my android phone. hence unfamiliar with the procedure to do so. Just based of my research I think to use another ROM unlocking the Bootloader & rooting is required & by doing so, I will loss out on a lot of local (middle east-KSA) apps which are of essential use to me.

abdallahmemon said:
Unfortunately, I have never rooted or changed ROMs on any of my android phone. hence unfamiliar with the procedure to do so. Just based of my research I think to use another ROM unlocking the Bootloader & rooting is required & by doing so, I will loss out on a lot of local (middle east-KSA) apps which are of essential use to me.
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If you flash the eu ROM all the banking, payment and finance apps work fine
With root or without

abdallahmemon said:
Unfortunately, I have never rooted or changed ROMs on any of my android phone. hence unfamiliar with the procedure to do so. Just based of my research I think to use another ROM unlocking the Bootloader & rooting is required & by doing so, I will loss out on a lot of local (middle east-KSA) apps which are of essential use to me.
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1st: change to global rom, same miui, but for global users, only need to unlock bootloader, no need to root
2nd: u will not lose any apps (dont know what u r talking about)

abdallahmemon said:
Done. will be testing it out!
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this may help you.im on china rom and i also have problems but solved by removing the stupid battery restrictions

hungragezone said:
Unlock your bootloader and flash global rom. Best rom for 11 ultra.
I switch between china stable, eu, and now global. No bug and great performance
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Does safety net pass in global rom ?

hungragezone said:
1st: change to global rom, same miui, but for global users, only need to unlock bootloader, no need to root
2nd: u will not lose any apps (dont know what u r talking about)
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2. I am talking about;
STCpay, madapay, alinma, mcd, tawakalna, sabbnet.

Raj kiran said:
Does safety net pass in global rom ?
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No

Whatever you do you want get perfectly timely notification in china rom. Just switched to global rom that's only option.

Did you try to give full permission to Google play services and Google services framework? Also allow autostart to it. Check if by doing so whatsapp start working as intended. Afaik whatsapp relies on Google play services to function properly. On Global rom Google play services is a system app on china is a user app, the problem is that

Raj kiran said:
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No, because of unlocked bootloader
abdallahmemon said:
2. I am talking about;
STCpay, madapay, alinma, mcd, tawakalna, sabbnet.
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Don't know what all the app want, but I think if u dont root your phone, it will be ok
And u can relock your BL and come back CN rom anytime if u want

xNAPx said:
Did you try to give full permission to Google play services and Google services framework? Also allow autostart to it. Check if by doing so whatsapp start working as intended. Afaik whatsapp relies on Google play services to function properly. On Global rom Google play services is a system app on china is a user app, the problem is that
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Couldn't find auto start or permissions for both google play services and services framework.

If you could direct me to the thread on this forum with complete guide to switch to global rom it would be appreciated.
I am willing to give it a try since i have my OnePlus for backup

Very easy buddy, just use miflash if you don't know how to use it, later on I will give you a step by step guide

xNAPx said:
Very easy buddy, just use miflash if you don't know how to use it, later on I will give you a step by step guide
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Downloading right now. if you could share the guide that would be awesome!!