I've installed the SlideIt keyboard, and it's working great. Love it! Thanks for the post on installing alternate keyboards. Thing is, though, I'd love to try the Speech Recognition function, but it's greyed out. After some searching, I figured I needed to install something like Google Voice. I did, but don't really understand what that's all about. My Nook's not a phone, so I don't care about voice messages. At the very least, I thought it would allow me to enable speech recognition in SlideIt, but that option's still greyed out.
Has anyone been able to do this? And can someone explain what Google Voice is for, on a Nook Tablet?
I've searched and searched, but I because of the horrible search function on this site, I can't search for "Google Voice" without getting a zillion results that have both "google" and "voice" SOMEWHERE in the thread.
Thanks,
Lori
Holy crap, this is awesome! I finally got it working. Didn't realize Google Voice and Google Voice Search were two different things. Hours later (see note above about crappy search features in forum), I have it working. VERY COOL!
Where did you find Google Voice Search. The Market says it's not compatible with my rooted NT.
Google voice is used for text messages and calls to all USA and Canada for free, while google search is just for search by using voice recognition its way 2 different things. Google search can be installed eather by market or by using any other sideloading ways, preferably in /system/app to work properly.
Veronica
ccmay said:
Where did you find Google Voice Search. The Market says it's not compatible with my rooted NT.
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I found it here: http://www.mediafire.com/?7shyasw5bj4fjgp
lavero.burgos said:
Google voice is used for text messages and calls to all USA and Canada for free, while google search is just for search by using voice recognition its way 2 different things. Google search can be installed eather by market or by using any other sideloading ways, preferably in /system/app to work properly.
Veronica
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Veronica, what do you mean by installing it in /system/app? I copy the APKs somewhere, and then use ES Root Explorer to install it. It just installs. How do I control where it installs?
loribuono said:
I found it here: http://www.mediafire.com/?7shyasw5bj4fjgp
Veronica, what do you mean by installing it in /system/app? I copy the APKs somewhere, and then use ES Root Explorer to install it. It just installs. How do I control where it installs?
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by default your apk's will install to data/app, i believe what veronica means is to move those installed apk's in data/app into system/app and make the corrections to permissions if needed.
i believe the permissions are chmod 644 (owner read and write, group and other read only).
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I found it here: ...
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Thanks loribuono. Was it an xda source that put the apk on mediafire or another trusted source?
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Thanks loribuono. Was it an xda source that put the apk on mediafire or another trusted source?
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No idea, sorry.
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Since it does not seem possible to install the widget through the marketplace - testament of one user who played with the Fascinate in store - and many people won't know how to or will be afraid to root, can we get the Google Search widget APK file so people can install apps not from the market place? This way, users could install the widget and disable Bing.
Would that work as an alternative to rooting for the purpose of installing Google Search?
does this work?
http://www.google.com/mobile/android/
seems like going to m.google.com on the phone should work.
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/dr...oked-google-search-widget-v1-1-0-48668-a.html
I found this guy also. It's smoked version, but should alleviate bing pain.
Anyone been able to find an APK of the original (non-smoked widget)? Would really be nice. What did people end up doing on the Backflip which has a similar problem being locked to Yahoo (which is now Bing ironically)??
Right now Bing is tied to the search widgets via the browsers. You can install the Google search widget, but you'll get reidrected to Bing because Verizon hooked the browser. If you install a new browser (Dolphin HD has been confirmed to work) and set it as your default browser, you should be able to install the Google search widget and get results from Google. (You may need to clear some settings to remove the default browser choice). The widget is already on the device, it can be installed from LauncherPro (use LauncherPro to add the widget, it will find it).
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Right now Bing is tied to the search widgets via the browsers. You can install the Google search widget, but you'll get reidrected to Bing because Verizon hooked the browser.
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So could we "borrow" browser from one of the other variants' system dumps?
launcher pro does give you the widget. but your results will still come up as bing when you use it. and that interface sucks and the widget only shows up when using the launcher pro home screen.. it wont transfer to the regular screen
If you install this .apk you should get your default Google searches back (ie no more Bing redirect). I think you'll still have to add the widget via LauncherPro, but at least you won't get hijacked any longer.
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If you install this .apk you should get your default Google searches back (ie no more Bing redirect). I think you'll still have to add the widget via LauncherPro, but at least you won't get hijacked any longer.
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Well whaddaya know, it works! You've De-Binged the fascinate!
Just 'cause I'm trying to learn more about this stuff, do you mind if I ask how yo found that?
-Z
Also, I can confirm, Launcher Pro is indeed needed to install the widget.
Well, not quite.. You still need LauncherPro to get the widget, and for a lot of people, it doesn't fix the voice search via long-hold of the soft search key.. (if you hold the magnifying glass button down). But it does get us a good deal of the way towards getting rid of bing.
That particular .apk was from a Captivate I think? I found it posted at the AC forums for another (but similar) issue.
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Well, not quite.. You still need LauncherPro to get the widget, and for a lot of people, it doesn't fix the voice search via long-hold of the soft search key.. (if you hold the magnifying glass button down). But it does get us a good deal of the way towards getting rid of bing.
That particular .apk was from a Captivate I think? I found it posted at the AC forums for another (but similar) issue.
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Cool, thanks! I've got a sneaking suspicion that the true De-Binging will come from pushing a replacement browser app from another model SGS.
OK, voice search fixed (if you've got root). Rename /system/app/I500_BingSearchAndroid_07152010.apk to I500_BingSearchAndroid_07152010.apk.old
I have a captivate, do y'all want some apk's to try?
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I just uninstalled Bing once my phone was rooted, seemed to have worked :shrug:
I removed the Bing apps immediately along with one of the Search apks and I saw that when I pressed the search soft-key, it shows Google in the search box, but after executing a search it still uses bing.com to execute the search. For that reason, I agree with Zennmaster that de-Binging may come from another Browser.apk.
Did installing the Google search widget for you guys change the web page used for the soft-key search?
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I removed the Bing apps immediately along with one of the Search apks and I saw that when I pressed the search soft-key, it shows Google in the search box, but after executing a search it still uses bing.com to execute the search. For that reason, I agree with Zennmaster that de-Binging may come from another Browser.apk.
Did installing the Google search widget for you guys change the web page used for the soft-key search?
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Use the apk I posted, your redirect will be gone. If you've already removed your bing.apk file, then your voice search should be fixed as well. Yes, soft-key included.
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Use the apk I posted, your redirect will be gone. If you've already removed your bing.apk file, then your voice search should be fixed as well. Yes, soft-key included.
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Hell yeah. Works like a champ. No trace of the Bing on my phone. Awesomeness.
Newb
Can someone walk me through getting rid of Bing and moving over to google across the board. Rooted, but would rather now use a launcher if possible
Bye bye Bing....
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Can someone walk me through getting rid of Bing and moving over to google across the board. Rooted, but would rather now use a launcher if possible
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I can't remember everything, but I definitely removed the app I500_BingSearchAndroid_07152010.apk, then installed the app posted above. You can remove the file using Titanium Backup or Root Explorer. You can also install the apk above using Root Explorer or any other type of file manager. ADB can also do these tasks as well, just not as fancy. There may have been another .apk I removed that was related to Bing, but I can't remember.
What applications are you getting to work for the vtab?
I can get yahoo messenger to work but cant download the plugins for video
I cant get the buttons to show up for skype.
Trillian says its loading and signs me out of yahoo but doesnt finish.
I use trillian with google, facebook, and msn with no issues. I also use the new google voice+sprint for texting/chat.
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I use trillian with google, facebook, and msn with no issues. I also use the new google voice+sprint for texting/chat.
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How did you get Google voice working? When I install it, I go through the setup process, and when I get to the section about setting up voicemail (which obviously won't work) I get an error.
I believe the choices on the error are "cancel" (which let's you try again, to no avail obviously) or "skip". When I press skip, it just dumps me back to the same page of the setup I'm on (voicemail), but both the back and forward buttons are greyed out...
Now, the funny thing is that Google Voice is now running! If I get a text, it pops up in the notification bar. But if I want to go into Google Voice manually and write a text, I can't because I can't get past the setup process...very annoying.
I also use Google Voice on a real phone (HTC Magic on t-Mobile) using the same Google account....would that make a difference?
someone did a mod to the voice .apk, I don't remember which forum I got it from. I will put it on my dropbox and post the link here in a few. The modified .apk allows you to skip the phone settings part where you got stuck.
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I didn't think I would find it this quick on my computer. I uninstalled google voice then reinstalled using this one and it works like a champ
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15199943/googlevoice.apk
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someone did a mod to the voice .apk, I don't remember which forum I got it from. I will put it on my dropbox and post the link here in a few. The modified .apk allows you to skip the phone settings part where you got stuck.
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I didn't think I would find it this quick on my computer. I uninstalled google voice then reinstalled using this one and it works like a champ
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15199943/googlevoice.apk
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Thanks, that worked perfectly! I wasn't able to uninstall the old version (said it was a system app, not uninstallable), so I installed the new one right on top of the old one, no trouble.
You can also just upgrade to the current Google Voice in the market. The skip button works fine in it.
K J Rad said:
You can also just upgrade to the current Google Voice in the market. The skip button works fine in it.
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sweet, then I'll pull my super secret dropbox version off.
I recently rooted my NT by this method. It's working great and I love it, but the Android Market shows a lot of apps as incompatible (for example, Pocket Frogs, Facebook for Android, etc).
Does anyone know a way to bypass these restrictions. I think it may have something to do with pixel density requirements?
I know you can get the apps with an android phone, and transfer them over. However, I do not have a phone. If there is another way, I would be interested in it too.
Have you tried using AppBrain to get Market apps to the NT?
I have an Android phone, so I haven't looked into this.
Write access?
I found this thread which discusses changing the pixel density to 160, but I don't know how to get write access to the /system/ folder.
Can anyone walk an inexperienced android user through the following steps:
1. Gaining write access to the /system/ folder (specifically the build.prop file)
2. Clear market data
Thank you.
EDIT: I figured out how to clear market data and cache, but still only have read access...
You need to be rooted and use a tool like Root Explorer to navigate to and open the file in r/w mode.
I changed my dpi settings to 160 and it did very little in the way of making more apps show up in the market. I've found that buying apps on another device and sideloading the apk to my NT works best with many otherwise incompatible apps.
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You need to be rooted and use a tool like Root Explorer to navigate to and open the file in r/w mode.
I changed my dpi settings to 160 and it did very little in the way of making more apps show up in the market. I've found that buying apps on another device and sideloading the apk to my NT works best with many otherwise incompatible apps.
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Thanks. As I mentioned in the OP, I am rooted. I was using ES File Explorer, but it only had read access (is there a way to change this?).
Unfortunately I do not have any other android device to download with, and I would want to be able to update the apps without constantly sideloading.
Thanks for the reply.
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I found this thread which discusses changing the pixel density to 160, but I don't know how to get write access to the /system/ folder.
Can anyone walk an inexperienced android user through the following steps:
1. Gaining write access to the /system/ folder (specifically the build.prop file)
2. Clear market data
Thank you.
EDIT: I figured out how to clear market data and cache, but still only have read access...
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Are you rooted?
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Are you rooted?
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Yes, as mentioned in various places in this thread. I have access to the android market on the device as well.
You must grand the file explorer root permissions.
For ES File Explorer: open, press options -> settings, scroll down to "Root settings" and check the box for "Root Explorer".
Maybe you should also change your Home Directory to "/" for easier navigation
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Unfortunately I do not have any other android device to download with, and I would want to be able to update the apps without constantly sideloading.
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Keep in mind, I've found that once you sideload an app, it then becomes available for updates on the Market the same as any other.
It seems the compatibility check only happens initially. Once you sideload, it's as though the market sees an app as: "Well, it's running on your device, so here's the update..."
There's a caveat: it's still possible that running an update will break a previous version that runs on the NT. I think that happened for some with the Facebook app update.
So far, I've had the market update several otherwise incompatible apps that I sideloaded with no ill effects.
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Yes, as mentioned in various places in this thread. I have access to the android market on the device as well.
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Sorry. Just skimmed over the post. Download Root Explorer from the market. Navigate to the system folder. You'll notice a R/O gray box at the top of the folder. Click it. It because R/W. You can now change files.
Also, Facebook can be found in the NT Apps thread under "must have apps." You can also find a lot of apps here in the Android Apps forum. Once you install it, the Android Market will offer updates for it.
I usually google any apps I can't find on the market. You'd be surprised how many apps people store in sites like megaupload.
Pocket Frogs
zaptoons said:
Keep in mind, I've found that once you sideload an app, it then becomes available for updates on the Market the same as any other.
It seems the compatibility check only happens initially. Once you sideload, it's as though the market sees an app as: "Well, it's running on your device, so here's the update..."
There's a caveat: it's still possible that running an update will break a previous version that runs on the NT. I think that happened for some with the Facebook app update.
So far, I've had the market update several otherwise incompatible apps that I sideloaded with no ill effects.
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Thanks! This is my first go with android, so I'm still trying to learn how it all works. Seems strange that it's good to go once you have the app...
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Sorry. Just skimmed over the post. Download Root Explorer from the market. Navigate to the system folder. You'll notice a R/O gray box at the top of the folder. Click it. It because R/W. You can now change files.
Also, Facebook can be found in the NT Apps thread under "must have apps." You can also find a lot of apps here in the Android Apps forum. Once you install it, the Android Market will offer updates for it.
I usually google any apps I can't find on the market. You'd be surprised how many apps people store in sites like megaupload.
Pocket Frogs
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I guess I'm too used to the iOS way of doing things Thanks for the help!
bananelol said:
You must grand the file explorer root permissions.
For ES File Explorer: open, press options -> settings, scroll down to "Root settings" and check the box for "Root Explorer".
Maybe you should also change your Home Directory to "/" for easier navigation
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Does anyone know why, even with Root Explorer selected, we still can't get ES File Explorer to do a Search on the installed storage device?
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Does anyone know why, even with Root Explorer selected, we still can't get ES File Explorer to do a Search on the installed storage device?
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Not sure... but begs the obvious question... IF you are rooted and have root explorer installed why not use root explorer to search as it finds everything I've looked for....
dkb218 said:
Sorry. Just skimmed over the post. Download Root Explorer from the market. Navigate to the system folder. You'll notice a R/O gray box at the top of the folder. Click it. It because R/W. You can now change files.
Also, Facebook can be found in the NT Apps thread under "must have apps." You can also find a lot of apps here in the Android Apps forum. Once you install it, the Android Market will offer updates for it.
I usually google any apps I can't find on the market. You'd be surprised how many apps people store in sites like megaupload.
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I sideloaded a few apps that were marked as unavailable (I found them via google search), but none of them show up in the market as apps I have. Are you sure that they will be available for updates this way? Did I do something wrong/forget to do something?
Thanks, and forgive the remedial questions.
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Not sure... but begs the obvious question... IF you are rooted and have root explorer installed why not use root explorer to search as it finds everything I've looked for....
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Yep. It's got me scratching my head. I'm definitely rooted as I can do everything else.
dkb218 said:
Sorry. Just skimmed over the post. Download Root Explorer from the market. Navigate to the system folder. You'll notice a R/O gray box at the top of the folder. Click it. It because R/W. You can now change files.
Also, Facebook can be found in the NT Apps thread under "must have apps." You can also find a lot of apps here in the Android Apps forum. Once you install it, the Android Market will offer updates for it.
I usually google any apps I can't find on the market. You'd be surprised how many apps people store in sites like megaupload.
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What about apps that you have to pay for? If I want to get an app that costs money, I have no problem paying for it. However, if I can't sideload it (because I have no android phone), and I get it off of megaupload or something, will it tie it to my google account?
Can I get the app from another site but have it linked to my google account?
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What about apps that you have to pay for? If I want to get an app that costs money, I have no problem paying for it. However, if I can't sideload it (because I have no android phone), and I get it off of megaupload or something, will it tie it to my google account?
Can I get the app from another site but have it linked to my google account?
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There is a distinct possibility that I'm wrong, but I don't believe you can do that.
Additionally, if you side load a paid app acquired in this fashion, you won't be able to install any updates to it that might be available in the market.
liquidzoo said:
There is a distinct possibility that I'm wrong, but I don't believe you can do that.
Additionally, if you side load a paid app acquired in this fashion, you won't be able to install any updates to it that might be available in the market.
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Again, I have no issue with paying for it. But if google's market doesn't allow me to get it, even though I know it will work on the NT (see Angry Birds, even though that is actually a free app), how am I supposed to get it? There are loads of apps that cost money I would like to get.
Google needs to have a box that you can check after the warning that comes up saying it isn't compatible, and you acknowledge it and want to buy it anyways.
is it possible to make an application think it is installed from market?
does market app (now play store) keep record of applications installed from market but not directly from an apk or other sources? can that list be manipulated?
No it checks your google account to see if you made the purchase before. All that is done securely. The market will see it as purchased sometimes, but when trying to download google recognizes that you havent really purchased and gives an error. I sort of kno why you asked and you can google how to get what you want. No talk of that here though !
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No it checks your google account to see if you made the purchase before. All that is done securely. The market will see it as purchased sometimes, but when trying to download google recognizes that you havent really purchased and gives an error. I sort of kno why you asked and you can google how to get what you want. No talk of that here though !
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i asked it here to make sure nothing illegal is happening
because xplore (it's free!) suggests you to download it from market if you install the apk
but what about this: you install an app from market, you wipe everything, you install the backup of your (personal!) apk, now if it checks your google account, there is a record of purchase, right?, but xplore realizes it's not from market, i think the way it's doing this is very cool, i want to know how to do it myself
and by the way if you google ( no matter how hard) there is no cracked version of xplore!
i'm gonna think that developers of xplore are some kind of very.... genius?!?!!
and we all know there are a lot of articles about 'how to secure your app against reverse engineering and craking' but if i was in a hurry, which one did you suggest me to read?
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loolooyyyy said:
i asked it here to make sure nothing illegal is happening
because xplore (it's free!) suggests you to download it from market if you install the apk
but what about this: you install an app from market, you wipe everything, you install the backup of your (personal!) apk, now if it checks your google account, there is a record of purchase, right?, but xplore realizes it's not from market, i think the way it's doing this is very cool, i want to know how to do it myself
and by the way if you google ( no matter how hard) there is no cracked version of xplore!
i'm gonna think that developers of xplore are some kind of very.... genius?!?!!
and we all know there are a lot of articles about 'how to secure your app against reverse engineering and craking' but if i was in a hurry, which one did you suggest me to read?
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Titanium Backup (Menu->Market Tools->Market Doctor may help.
Also, if you install an app from some 3rd party source (but don't link it to the market), you will still see it as "purchased" or "installed" if you search for it (and find it).
Theonew said:
Also, if you install an app from some 3rd party source (but don't link it to the market), you will still see it as "purchased" or "installed" if you search for it (and find it).
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true but it wont let you redownload it.
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true but it wont let you redownload it.
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Only if it is a paid app or already installed.
I have loaded Google Translate on my Kindle Fire but on trying to use the microphone voice I get the message ''input not supported''. Is it possible to get this to work without rooting?
uncleal said:
I have loaded Google Translate on my Kindle Fire but on trying to use the microphone voice I get the message ''input not supported''. Is it possible to get this to work without rooting?
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My device is rooted but the mic still doesnt work. I need help on this too
uncleal said:
I have loaded Google Translate on my Kindle Fire but on trying to use the microphone voice I get the message ''input not supported''. Is it possible to get this to work without rooting?
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I'm pretty sure you need Google Voice installed for voice recognition. Try this thread.
BELASCO said:
I'm pretty sure you need Google Voice installed for voice recognition. Try this thread.
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This is true. I have Google voice installed and my Google translate works perfectly.
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Krsmqn said:
This is true. I have Google voice installed and my Google translate works perfectly.
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But have you rooted your kindle?
uncleal said:
But have you rooted your kindle?
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I'm pretty sure (but don't quote me) that you have to be rooted for voice recognition. If you want to experiment (at your own risk) the latest Google apps can be found here.
Yes. I rooted my kfhd7 the second I got it and looked at the nasty stock UI.
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BELASCO said:
I'm pretty sure (but don't quote me) that you have to be rooted for voice recognition.
You don't have to be rooted... I have all the google apps there are including google voice search and o don't have root...
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uncleal said:
I have loaded Google Translate on my Kindle Fire but on trying to use the microphone voice I get the message ''input not supported''. Is it possible to get this to work without rooting?
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To get google translate's voice input to work on the Kindle Fire HD without rooting you need to have the Google Voice Search sideloaded. I looked up " Google Voice_Search_2.1.4.apk " which is the latest as of this writing and eventually found a working one to download. I had already installed the Google services framework on my Kindle, so I am not sure if that is necessary to have first, but I wanted to let everyone know about my success in getting Google translate to work fully.
For those you who might have found this post through a websearch and are new to this all and have no idea how to 'sideload,' below is a copy and paste of a post I made on Amazon, hopefully that is ok to do on this site.
If you want something that will work offline with downloadable dictionaries, then the Google Translate app is your best bet, however if you have a Kindle you will need to 'sideload' this, which is what I did (on my Kindle Fire HD) and highly recommend because it is a truly amazing app that allows you to not only type in words or sentences, but also to handwrite things, or even take a picture of text to translate! It also has a feature that I just figured out how to make work with the Kindle which allows you to speak outloud and then translates it outloud so you can have a real conversation with someone in a different language (it translates what they say too).
To get the truly amazing Google Translate app you will need to search for it as an "apk" file and download that through your kindle's web browser, which means you will need the free "ES File Explorer," which you can download through the Amazon app store. Once you have done this, make sure your kindle is ready by pulling down the option/system tray (where the time and battery is displayed) and hitting the "more" option. Then go down to and hit "device." Once there, hit the "on" for 'allow installation of applications from unknown sources.' You can always come back to this later to turn it off again if you want to.
Now that you have done these, you can do a web search for the the Google translate app apk (the one I found that was most current as of this writing was called " Google Translate-173-V2.6.apk "), and in order to get the voice input working correctly, you will also need to install "Google Voice Search" apk and the most current at this writing is " Voice_Search_2.1.4.apk " and once you have found and downloaded both of these from a source you trust (both should be free), open up the ES File Explorer and go to the 'downloads' folder. The google translate apk and voice search apk files should be here, and you can now select them to be opened and download them to your kindle. Once these have been loaded, you should have a working google translate app that should recognize voice input. If it dousn´t, you may need to find and install a google services framework apk. I already had the framework apk installed before I discovered (through trail and error) how to make the voice input work with the google voice search.
Hope this helps!