I have posted this in a few different forums, but no one seems to know the answer. Various people are/have tried looking, but I thought I’d try xda also and see if any developers etc. know my answer.
I’m running the stock firmware, with CleanRom 4.3 ICS and the patch to sync it with the stock firmware. I love the new ICS “recent apps” or multi tasker or whatever it’s called. I really want to use it more, and I’m slightly jealous of my brothers Nexus that has a dedicated button for this. Currently I have to “hold” the home button to get this to pull up.
I use the “search” button on my Rezound about once a month, if that. Therefore, here is what I want to do. I want to switch the search button to “multi-task”. I want to switch “long-press” search to regular search, and I want to switch long-press home to voice search.
I found that you can use root explorer and go to /system/usr/keylayout. If you open atmel-touchscreen.kl and change KEY 217 SEARCH to KEY 217 APP_SWITCH and reboot it gets me in the right direction. However, this opens the old GingerBread “Recent Apps” box. So my question is this. Does anyone know where the “long-press” soft keys are set? If I can find where they are set, I can see what long-press home is set to, switch that to search, etc. etc. and get it set the way I want. I’ve searched through most of /system/usr, as well as other places and haven’t had much luck. In my mind, it seems like long-press has to be their somewhere since every other key is in that area.
If anyone can give any suggestions or point me in the right direction it would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
So with 134 views and no responses, I'm thinking no one in the Rezound area is sure of an answer. Can I repost this in just the general android section without getting in trouble? I figure its probably pretty similar on all android OS, and maybe someone else knows the answer?
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Its already that way on Newt's One xXx rom. Check it out, its awesome.
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Abu-7abash said:
Its already that way on Newt's One xXx rom. Check it out, its awesome.
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Actually reading the most recent update, its reverted back to normal.
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Icedice34 said:
Actually reading the most recent update, its reverted back to normal.
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Its supposed to be but its not. Im on rc 2.1 and the search key brings up the ics task manager.
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I have an Evo 4G and am thinking about moving to the galaxy S2 when released on my carrier. I have a question. Without the search button on the GS2, are you able to search for emails (sender, subject, etc.) through the touchwiz 4 stock mail app? This may seem like an archaic question, but I'm having trouble finding a solid answer.
Thanks for the help!
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I have an Evo 4G and am thinking about moving to the galaxy S2 when released on my carrier. I have a question. Without the search button on the GS2, are you able to search for emails (sender, subject, etc.) through the touchwiz 4 stock mail app? This may seem like an archaic question, but I'm having trouble finding a solid answer.
Thanks for the help!
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It has a search button mate, just hold the menu button
This might even be standard android, try it on your evo?
Thanks, I knew that worked on stock android, I just didn't know if things were different on Touchwiz.
Concerning my Evo, holding menu pops up a keyboard, but when I type something, nothing happens. When I hit the search button, a keyboard and text box appear and I am able to search.
Raphielh said:
Concerning my Evo, holding menu pops up a keyboard, but when I type something, nothing happens. When I hit the search button, a keyboard and text box appear and I am able to search.
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That's a launcher thing, not a stock Android thing. Are you using Sense or, by any chance, Launcher Pro?
I am using Sense. Thanks for the insight
I want to disable the search button but I don't know how. I have searched for a while and can't find any info. Anyone have any idea. I always hit that stupid thing when I'm texting while laying down and it's annoying. Gotta disable that thing or at least disable it while I'm texting. That would actually be the better route so I can still use the feature because I do actually use it. I just hate how I always hit it and I have to keep closing out of it. Will donate if someone could help me with this.
Thanks.
Hmmmm....I don't know if this device has located the file were we could modify the function of each button yet. I definitely want to know if that could be done without utilizing an app.
Look in /system/usr/keylayout, now there are two files shooter-keypad.kl and qwerty.kl look for key 217 and remove delete the text "search" from both of them, and add CAMERA just like that and you could have camera instead of search, but if you don't want that just leave it blank, let me know if it works for sure, its been awhile and my 3d isn't rooted yet.
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That's it! That's what I remember from the Hero days. Thanks!
oohaylima said:
That's it! That's what I remember from the Hero days. Thanks!
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Anytime, I remembered it from when I modified that to help Flipz fix the menu unlock issue, good times on the Hero forums.
I find the slide to answer the phone very inconvenient. I would like to be able to answer the phone either by pressing a soft (on screen) button or even a hard button. I have tried a number of market packages that offer an answer button, but they do not activate until a number of rings have passed. Anybody have any suggestions?
This behavior probably varies between roms, so maybe you can find one with an option for what you want.
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This behavior probably varies between roms, so maybe you can find one with an option for what you want.
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I have not found a ROM with that option yet. If anyone knows of one I would appreciate your help.
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It's not a bad idea. You could post a feature request somewhere for it, I guess. Maybe make a poll, see if there is interest?
I know a hack is available for AOSP-based ICS ROMs. Will it ever be possible port a voice enabled Google Now to a Sense ROM?
The hack works on sense. I've used it on meanrom ics for cdma. Used the voice search for Google Now app too. Worked pretty well. Only thing is after using it, my battery was draining like no tomorrow. Not sure if it's related to Now or not. I got rid of it just in case.
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gk1984 said:
The hack works on sense. I've used it on meanrom ics for cdma. Used the voice search for Google Now app too. Worked pretty well. Only thing is after using it, my battery was draining like no tomorrow. Not sure if it's related to Now or not. I got rid of it just in case.
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Yeah, I used it on sense too. I got it on XDA, but I'm on my phone or I would post a link. The only thing is that voice search was not working, but you could type your queries.
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coal686 said:
Yeah, I used it on sense too. I got it on XDA, but I'm on my phone or I would post a link. The only thing is that voice search was not working, but you could type your queries.
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How come the voice search wasn't working for you?
They don't have voice search, speaking to you or you speaking to it, working at all. Sense or aosp. Only works on jb. They made an app to allow you to speak your questions in the meantime
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gk1984 said:
They don't have voice search, speaking to you or you speaking to it, working at all. Sense or aosp. Only works on jb. They made an app to allow you to speak your questions in the meantime
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So this worked for you guys?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1747224
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So this worked for you guys?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1747224
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Yes (sort of). When I first tried it, it was over the July 4th weekend, so the thread was very disorganized as people worked to get things going. I actually followed the instructions from one of the posts in the thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28234189&postcount=142
I haven't tried it since the OP has everything posted with the voice search add on. It says in the OP that it only works on AOSP Roms, but the one I used from post 142 worked for me on whichever sense based rom I was running at the time (I want to say MeanROM ICS).
Darn it Clankfu, now I have a new project to try. Time to start a nandroid backup. :laugh:
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So this worked for you guys?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1747224
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Yes, tried it when it first came out, then removed it because it was still buggy. Then tried it again Thursday for a couple days. Had to use the voice search for Google Now app to input searches via voice, but it worked pretty well. Just huge battery hog so I dumped it again forum now.
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coal686 said:
Yes (sort of). When I first tried it, it was over the July 4th weekend, so the thread was very disorganized as people worked to get things going. I actually followed the instructions from one of the posts in the thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28234189&postcount=142
I haven't tried it since the OP has everything posted with the voice search add on. It says in the OP that it only works on AOSP Roms, but the one I used from post 142 worked for me on whichever sense based rom I was running at the time (I want to say MeanROM ICS).
Darn it Clankfu, now I have a new project to try. Time to start a nandroid backup. :laugh:
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LOL...sorry man. I got the Nexus 7 and the Google Now voice search feature is ridiculously awesome. I would love to have it on my Evo.
gk1984 said:
Yes, tried it when it first came out, then removed it because it was still buggy. Then tried it again Thursday for a couple days. Had to use the voice search for Google Now app to input searches via voice, but it worked pretty well. Just huge battery hog so I dumped it again forum now.
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Been playing with it today a little. It is a little buggy (can't exit by back button and the JB microphone button does not work as the OP from the Google Now thread said). But, I installed it like the thread said and also installed the Voice App download and the secondary voice widget (although I don't know if that one is needed). If you long press on the magnifying glass, you can have the Voice App for Google Now open so no widget is needed.
The searches were not very natural like the Siri clones such as Vlingo. If I said, "call John Doe mobile" it would say searching "call Johnd hoe mobile" and try to search Google. If I just say "John Doe", it finds that contact on the phone and I can press the contact and then go to the contact page, which are more clicks than just doing that by hand. If I say, "run rom toolbox pro", it searches Google, but if I say "rom toolbox pro", it shows the app as an option and I can click on it and it loads. It actually seems to work better if you don't use the voice functionality and just type what you are looking for.
Be extra careful hitting the back button. If you hit that on the cards page, it locks up the app. To correct it, I had to press home, then to do a long home press and swipe the app away. If you want to leave the app and not have it lock, you have to hit home.
It also puts a weather notification in the status bar.
In the end, I agree with gk1984. I think it would be cool if it was built in to the phone, but it feels bolted on and not very smooth on the 3d. I may give it a few days to see if it is as clairvoyant as they say, but I'm not seeing why I should keep it at this point.
But, try it for yourself and see. As I always say, nandroid backups are our friends.
I also tried the Vlingo beta since that is what the S3 voice app is based off of and it seems a lot smoother.
Well hopefully they'll keep developing this and make it a smoother experience. For right now, it doesn't seem like a significant upgrade from the regular stock voice search.
Also, I didn't realize there was a new Vlingo beta. I'll have to check it out.
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Well hopefully they'll keep developing this and make it a smoother experience. For right now, it doesn't seem like a significant upgrade from the regular stock voice search.
Also, I didn't realize there was a new Vlingo beta. I'll have to check it out.
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Well, it's not all bad. You do get the little cards when you need them. But I don't think that makes it worth keeping personally.
So, I tried it for a few days and it killed my battery. My battery today only lasted 4 hours with 2 hours of screen on time. There were 2000 wakelocks trying to get my location, which I think was Google Now.
Yea, that's no bueno.
coal686 said:
Been playing with it today a little. It is a little buggy (can't exit by back button and the JB microphone button does not work as the OP from the Google Now thread said). But, I installed it like the thread said and also installed the Voice App download and the secondary voice widget (although I don't know if that one is needed). If you long press on the magnifying glass, you can have the Voice App for Google Now open so no widget is needed.
The searches were not very natural like the Siri clones such as Vlingo. If I said, "call John Doe mobile" it would say searching "call Johnd hoe mobile" and try to search Google. If I just say "John Doe", it finds that contact on the phone and I can press the contact and then go to the contact page, which are more clicks than just doing that by hand. If I say, "run rom toolbox pro", it searches Google, but if I say "rom toolbox pro", it shows the app as an option and I can click on it and it loads. It actually seems to work better if you don't use the voice functionality and just type what you are looking for.
Be extra careful hitting the back button. If you hit that on the cards page, it locks up the app. To correct it, I had to press home, then to do a long home press and swipe the app away. If you want to leave the app and not have it lock, you have to hit home.
It also puts a weather notification in the status bar.
In the end, I agree with gk1984. I think it would be cool if it was built in to the phone, but it feels bolted on and not very smooth on the 3d. I may give it a few days to see if it is as clairvoyant as they say, but I'm not seeing why I should keep it at this point.
But, try it for yourself and see. As I always say, nandroid backups are our friends.
I also tried the Vlingo beta since that is what the S3 voice app is based off of and it seems a lot smoother.
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I don't think Google Now was meant to be an assistant and follow commands, but I could be wrong. I think this is purely an enhanced search feature. They've be reporting the assistant was supposed to release in Q3 or Q4. They only said development was being sped up very shortly before the release of JB. They may still release an assistant later.
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So it's half assed like Siri. The whole idea was that it was supposed to answer questions before you asked.
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So it's half assed like Siri. The whole idea was that it was supposed to answer questions before you asked.
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It actually does on my N7. As you keep using the feature, it'll start showing the relevant cards but I'm not sure if a port will work the same way.
I apologize if this question has already been addressed, but I can't find any info on it, and am not sure if this is a "just me" situation.
On my DInc OG, using Google Maps, I could press the "My Location" button to have it find me and center my location on screen. A second press would change the view into an angled thing almost like Navigation, but with no turn-by-turn or voice-over. It would follow my location, however, just like Navigation does.
I now have a DInc4G, and the same FIRST press of the "My Location" button does the same thing, but the second press does NOTHING. Am I imagining things, or has that functionality been somehow removed? I really miss it and I'm dying to know more about it.
Can anyone help me out? Thanks!
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I apologize if this question has already been addressed, but I can't find any info on it, and am not sure if this is a "just me" situation.
On my DInc OG, using Google Maps, I could press the "My Location" button to have it find me and center my location on screen. A second press would change the view into an angled thing almost like Navigation, but with no turn-by-turn or voice-over. It would follow my location, however, just like Navigation does.
I now have a DInc4G, and the same FIRST press of the "My Location" button does the same thing, but the second press does NOTHING. Am I imagining things, or has that functionality been somehow removed? I really miss it and I'm dying to know more about it.
Can anyone help me out? Thanks!
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working fine for me on UKB.
lwinstead said:
I apologize if this question has already been addressed, but I can't find any info on it, and am not sure if this is a "just me" situation.
On my DInc OG, using Google Maps, I could press the "My Location" button to have it find me and center my location on screen. A second press would change the view into an angled thing almost like Navigation, but with no turn-by-turn or voice-over. It would follow my location, however, just like Navigation does.
I now have a DInc4G, and the same FIRST press of the "My Location" button does the same thing, but the second press does NOTHING. Am I imagining things, or has that functionality been somehow removed? I really miss it and I'm dying to know more about it.
Can anyone help me out? Thanks!
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Yes you don't get the angle view anymore but that second tap simply lets you rotate the map around manually (in my experience anyway)
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Yes you don't get the angle view anymore but that second tap simply lets you rotate the map around manually (in my experience anyway)
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Thanks for the confirmation. Okay, I just want to understand this. Has the functionality been removed by Verizon (Verizon-modified apk) or is this an Ice Cream Sandwich modification, or is this an update to Google Maps? I know it doesn't matter in the long run, but it's kinda pissing me off. Argh.
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Thanks for the confirmation. Okay, I just want to understand this. Has the functionality been removed by Verizon (Verizon-modified apk) or is this an Ice Cream Sandwich modification, or is this an update to Google Maps? I know it doesn't matter in the long run, but it's kinda pissing me off. Argh.
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Maps is from market, so I doubt anything to do with Verizon.
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Maps is from market, so I doubt anything to do with Verizon.
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True, but there lots of apps that are modified by the carrier and then pre-installed on the handset such that you can't fully remove them. (I guess that's two issues right there) Anyway, on my Asus Transformer OG, the Google Maps functionality of which I seek is present. And that's stock ICS, updated from Honeycomb.
I'll keep digging, but if anyone else can confirm either way on this, please chime in! Thanks!!
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True, but there lots of apps that are modified by the carrier and then pre-installed on the handset such that you can't fully remove them. (I guess that's two issues right there) Anyway, on my Asus Transformer OG, the Google Maps functionality of which I seek is present. And that's stock ICS, updated from Honeycomb.
I'll keep digging, but if anyone else can confirm either way on this, please chime in! Thanks!!
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Maps is indeed pre-installed on the Dinc4g and cannot be fully uninstalled without root. I just tried disabling it and installing fresh from Google Play, but the market knows its installed and will only allow an update. (Installing the update takes Maps off of the disabled list, too)