somehow and someway i have lost the ability to browse the web.
My google search, web search function does not work, i have no browser.
If i go into "Google Search" it allows me to search contacts/market but when i type and try to search through google or web, nothing happens.
any ideas? have i deleted something in error?
bump!
still have no facility to browse the internet!
No browser install one and try .
jje
try search settings from the menu button when google search launched.
on the searchable items - tick the first option i.e. web
(unclick contacts/apps if you wish)
go back and do a search
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This is my first android phone so I don't have anything to compare it with, but it seems to me like the global search doesn't work very well. I've selected all the search options in the settings so I know that's not the problem. It just doesn't seem to want to post results for some of the data on the phone. For example, if I type the name steve I expect a list of my contacts named steve to appear in the list. What actually happens is that it provide a list of internet searches, and maybe a few seemingly nonsensical music entries. If I press the "g" button and choose contacts then it's all good and the proper results appear.
The same happens with music. If I try to search for an artist using global search, it just provides me with internet suggestions, no actual music suggestions, even if just a moment ago the same artist appeared as a nonsense entry while I tried searching for contacts!
Anyone have any suggestions on making it work better?
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This is my first android phone so I don't have anything to compare it with, but it seems to me like the global search doesn't work very well. I've selected all the search options in the settings so I know that's not the problem. It just doesn't seem to want to post results for some of the data on the phone. For example, if I type the name steve I expect a list of my contacts named steve to appear in the list. What actually happens is that it provide a list of internet searches, and maybe a few seemingly nonsensical music entries. If I press the "g" button and choose contacts then it's all good and the proper results appear.
The same happens with music. If I try to search for an artist using global search, it just provides me with internet suggestions, no actual music suggestions, even if just a moment ago the same artist appeared as a nonsense entry while I tried searching for contacts!
Anyone have any suggestions on making it work better?
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Ive never tried to search for contacts in Google search, untill now. I selected "contacts" to be a searchable item.. It didn't work for me either. =( You can open Contacts first and then hit the search key. This will allow you to search contacts in the exact way you want, only in the contacts app not the search app. Additionally, if you have LauncherPro, use this trick: You most likely have a contacts icon on your dock. Set up a "swipe gesture" for Contact search. That way, you can touch the Contact's icon to bring up Contacts/ and swipe the same Contact's icon to bring up Contacts Search. This setup have worked very well for me!
Music results did work tho! Search returned music results from mp3s stored on my phone. I have WinAmp installed, I just selected WinAmp as a searchable item in search settings.
sometimes when speakin ..the thing gives me list to what it thinks i said for search...is there anyway to train the voice search to certain things i say so that it doesnt get it wrong..or is it an online thing..where all information is done by google...
Your only option is to activate personalized recognition in the settings.
I couldnt find that on the flyer....tried settin on voice search also looked in the flyer setting....where about the personalized setting..
http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2010/12/voice-search-gets-personal.html
hey there,
on 4.0.1 (cm9) i used to use the google search app to search for contacts on my phone. and there, since i turned off every search on the device, exept for contacts, my most frequent contacts showed without me having to enter anything.
now in 4.2 (cm10.1) that doesnt seem to work anymore. i turned off google now (needs web search history and stuff, which i dont like). but no search suggestions (contacts) show before i start typing. and even if i start typing a friends name, first three websearch suggestions are listed, which pushes the following contact suggestions behind the keyboard. this really sabotages my used "workflow".
do you know any possibilities how to get rid of websearch suggestions and have contact suggestions before starting to type? or how to get the old google search app back?
thx for any hint!
and i know, there are other ways to find contacts. but i learned to love this way, because it was quick through my phones permanent search btn. and, if i wanted, i could still seach the web by completing the searchterm and hitting enter...
thx again and hf
kws...
...tapatalking
Hi, i often use google search to search the name of apps instead of using the drawer. I've enabled the search on local phone, including app, chrome and contacts. When i type an app name, i got at first (on top) the name of the app, and when i'm going to tap on the icon, three suggestion from web appears on top, and the app goes down. The beavior is very variable, because of the presence of internet connections (in such case no suggestions) and its delay (mobile data vs. Wifi).
It's really annoying beacuse i use the search to open the app quickly, and often i click on the randomly popping-up suggestion, which open Chrome, etc.. (at the end is anything but quick).
There's a way to disable these suggestion, or use directly the phone (local) search?
Thank you.
This is driving me crazy.
If I do a new voice activated search in chrome the result is spoken/read out aloud on the phone.
I have tried the settings option in the Google app, gone to “ voice” and changed to hands free only (the only other option is “on”).
But if I open a new chrome window or tab. Then use my voice to search Google the result is still read out as a summary.
I just want to be able to use my voice to activate the search but have the results returned as normal as text.
Help!