Hi all,
Maybe I am missing something here, but doesn't the wake up command seem a little pointless, especially if you have a PIN code lock on?
What is the point of saying 'hey galaxy' to wake the phone up if you then have to press it anyway?
I was under the impressions when the phone was idle it was always able to be woken by saying 'hey galaxy' but this does not seem to be the case.
Secondly, I like how you can answer and reject calls with voice prompts also, which I thought would be great in the car, but you can't voice command options such as loud speak so becomes a bit pointless again.
Other than these gimmicky things I love the phone and moved from an iPhone 4.
Thoughts?
Can anyone add to this?
SickleFoot said:
Hi all,
Maybe I am missing something here, but doesn't the wake up command seem a little pointless, especially if you have a PIN code lock on?
What is the point of saying 'hey galaxy' to wake the phone up if you then have to press it anyway?
I was under the impressions when the phone was idle it was always able to be woken by saying 'hey galaxy' but this does not seem to be the case.
Secondly, I like how you can answer and reject calls with voice prompts also, which I thought would be great in the car, but you can't voice command options such as loud speak so becomes a bit pointless again.
Other than these gimmicky things I love the phone and moved from an iPhone 4.
Thoughts?
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If your using the phone in car just put it in "drive" or "dock" mode so it never shuts off then you can use the voice control all the time
and if you ring someone via S-voice it automatically opens the call on speaker.
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Hi, I was wondering if anyone can help me. Ive lost or somehow turned off the alert "beep". That you hear when you do certain things.
These include when you send a text, the box that pops up letting you know its been sent(I know some people are happy without this alert) it would make a beep sound.
It also happens(Not sure why) when you use the search bar in opera and click enter or press the search icon on the bar.
Its just a short beep that I love, not sure why I cant hear it on anything anymore, not sure what else it used to trigger the sound, but I really miss it and hope someone at least knows what Im talking about and can possibly help me bring it back.
Thanks guys, hope I can get this resolved soon.
EDIT: It also makes this beep sound when you turn the device on. I just heard it on my phone, but it only seems to do it when I turn it on now.
Ok, maybe Im crazy and it never made this sound. Sorry guys if thats it. Im kinda thinking it never did make this sound. hehe. But if it does let me know. In fact it does still make the beep in opera, so I was wrong about that.
The beep you hear at boot is related to the following >Start>Settings>Sounds & Notifications) the check box is probably ticked for "events"-warnings,system events. As far as notifications otherwise (email voice etc.) try the notifications tab of the prior and drill down through each setting for the events listed in the drop down box. You can most likely set Voice Command to notify some events if preferred. Go to >Start>Settings>Voice Command. From that screen chose the "Notifications" radio button for the items listed in each category listed to the left and choose "Announce notifications using bluetooth......." or "Announce notifications through........" per your preferences. Hope this helps you out.
One of the points I picked up from the official unveiling of the phone was that if the phone was off, and you called to it using one of the 5 nicknames, the phone would wake up and be ready for voice commands. I haven't seen this demoed in any of the videos on YouTube.
Can anyone with the phone please confirm if this is actually possible?
It is.
There's also an option to only have it active while the phone is plugged in (So it doesn't use up all your battery on listening for you)
FISKER_Q said:
It is.
There's also an option to only have it active while the phone is plugged in (So it doesn't use up all your battery on listening for you)
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Fantastic, thanks for clarifying.
I envisage myself using this whilst in car for example. So I can set-up a tasker profile to say that if the phone if moving at 10mph+ then activate the sleep voice mode, so I can talk to the phone whilst driving to do the dirty work, lol
p.s. do you have the phone? If so could you make a quick video showing this off?
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Fantastic, thanks for clarifying.
I envisage myself using this whilst in car for example. So I can set-up a tasker profile to say that if the phone if moving at 10mph+ then activate the sleep voice mode, so I can talk to the phone whilst driving to do the dirty work, lol
p.s. do you have the phone? If so could you make a quick video showing this off?
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I don't have it unfortunately
I just got the information from one of the S-Voice threads/news articles where they discussed it.
winwiz said:
Fantastic, thanks for clarifying.
I envisage myself using this whilst in car for example. So I can set-up a tasker profile to say that if the phone if moving at 10mph+ then activate the sleep voice mode, so I can talk to the phone whilst driving to do the dirty work, lol
p.s. do you have the phone? If so could you make a quick video showing this off?
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That sounds a brilliant way to use it, my understanding is that it will use a lot of battery if its on all the time, waiting and listening. Only time I would use it with no hands is, as you say in car.
I use AutomateIT Pro, but having bother with the app at the moment on my XE with it not activating screen lock
I want to use it when I wake up in the morning!
Good morning, Galaxy... What's the weather going to be like today? Any meetings? What's new? What should I make for breakfast? Etc...
winwiz said:
One of the points I picked up from the official unveiling of the phone was that if the phone was off, and you called to it using one of the 5 nicknames, the phone would wake up and be ready for voice commands. I haven't seen this demoed in any of the videos on YouTube.
Can anyone with the phone please confirm if this is actually possible?
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I've seen it in YouTube videos but the person pressed the power button first to wake the screen. But I don't think you need to do that. On top of that, you can customize the way you wake up the S3. So instead of saying " hi Galaxy" you can say " who's your daddy?"
From what i have read that is not possible, but rather u have to press power button first before saying " hi galaxy". Will try to find article about it.
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From what i have read that is not possible, but rather u have to press power button first before saying " hi galaxy". Will try to find article about it.
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Yeah i found my source again and all it say is that the application says it may use up battery, which i of course assumed to be since it would have to be listening in sleep mode.
When it's not in sleep mode there's not much of a power draw to speak of that isn't already being drawn
So yeah, i'm not so sure anymore.
I have the Phone, its only listening on the lock screen (when you dont have any security) and on the s voice app. Pretty disappointing in that aspect
varun124 said:
I have the Phone, its only listening on the lock screen (when you dont have any security) and on the s voice app. Pretty disappointing in that aspect
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Are you sure there isn't any option to enable it to listen from lock screen off?
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Are you sure there isn't any option to enable it to listen from lock screen off?
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I have an S3 too and yes, there is no such option.
S Voice listens to your command only on the Lock Screen or when you have started the S Voice app yourself.
You can't even say Hi Galaxy in the browser and expect it to open.
Sucks but I don't use it anyways :|
I'm looking for an app that will lock the screen when the phone is upside down. Here's my problem. I keep my phone in my pocket, generally top shirt pocket. I'll be on a call using a headset (BT or wired) and another call comes in. The screen wakes up (in pocket detection doesn't make a difference) and because it is a press to answer button on the screen for call waiting, the phone connects to the waiting call 99% of the time.
So, I'm looking for a way to keep the screen from activating. In pocket detection would be good if it worked. Maybe just have the phone upside down in my pocket (not good for wired headset through). If there isn't an app, something like Tasker (looked but it doesn't seem like a solution) or anything else that might help is appreciated. I can't believe I'm the only one with this problem but it I don't see any complaints. TIA.
i too need a similar app
i use a bluetooth headset to receive call on my maxx. i have tried almost every app that detects in pocket using proximity sensor. they all work well. but the moment a call arrives or made the screen lights up causing all sorts of button press and the phone hangs. please suggest a app with which the screen should not come on whatever may be the event (call, message etc) when it is inside the pocket.
Try using:
Cheeky Hangup Guard
myLock Utilities
Angle offHookGuard
On Phone Touch Protection
I've not personally used them but their description sounds like it might be what you're looking for.
i use automagic automation to create a rule to lock or silence the phone when it's turned face down.
and yeah, i know it's a 10 months later reply
So I just need a way to tap the phone once or twice when it sits in the holster while I'm driving and call/text via voice. I really don't need all kinds of extra crap like searching and launching music players, my phone is 95% for business and I am driving most of the time while on the phone (and have no internet connection).
Is S Voice the best option? I'm fine to keep using it, but just checking if there are better alternatives. I suppose my main concern is the battery drain of S Voice but I'm not sure if that's valid, if it is a drain or not, that's just from reading anecdotal posts around here and other forums.
Thanks for any help!
When driving s voice works for me for texts and calls, though with one issue. I use a motorolla bluetooth fm transmitter and drive a noisy diesel van, so the mike has a bit of trouble picking me up perfectly. sometimes it gets it right, sometimes wrong. Though this is mostly with the message of texts. Getting the right contact or dialing the right contact seems to work ok. But it only gets the message right half the time. Just the noisy van interferring there. If I do it just with the phone it gets it right most of the time.
I haven't tried anything like vlingo with it, but really s voice is just vlingo isn't it? With my old s1 things like speaktoit, etc etc worked ok but certainly no better.
Thanks for your feedback! I suppose I am just curious about battery drain, especially since in the S Voice settings for wake up command it even says so right there (that it will cause battery drain).
I have no experience with this stuff really, but I don't think battery drain would be too much of an issue. I mean, s voice is not running spill the time. Only when you double tap the home button, or, like me, have it set to wake up on the lock screen. It doesn't seem to be running permanently in the background.
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I'm running Lineage 15.1 on my Moto G5 Plus and I have to say I'm very satisfied with everything in the new release with the exception of one thing: the annoying popup it gives you when you turn off mobile data. Does anyone know how to turn this off? It's driving me nuts, reminds me of my old Samsung.
Any help, suggestions, or simply +1s are appreciated.
I'd like to know that too. Mighty annoying little popup.
Why Android, Why?
So makes me want to toss my phone every time, multiple times a day, all day long.
YES, I'm f** sure, that's why i clicked it and additionally that's why I put it in a list of fixed quick commands because I fully am aware exactly what the f*** it's suppose to do.
It's a popup that covers 85% of my screen that can be swiped away ONLY if you DO NOT want it to do what you want, why is this backwards. Asking Bixby or Google to turn of mobile data as part of a list of commands is not possible, ie. "I'm home" is set up to 1.turn on wi-fi 2.Turn off mobile data 3.Open calendar - What happens instead is 1.wi-fi-on 2.attempt to mobile data off - popup for confirmation 3.opens calendar - But mobile data never turns off because the popup was never confirmed, so for all I know I get booted off wi-fi and am streaming movies on mobile data. So makes Bixby and Goggle "quick commands" USELESS to me. Forcing me to touch my phone more often than I should have to, forcing me to really think that Android may believe we are as clueless to customization as iOS users, Forcing me to have to stop and stare at phone in disgust
Do I really need to be told 6 times a day this same message over and over? On top of the daily harassment of 2 dozen popups about damaging my hearing from loud volume. IT'S MY HEARING !
Where is the "Don't show again" button? Why need a confirmation instead of just a notification? You want to tell me that wifi is disconnected - sure, tell me data is off/on - sure thanks, but why is there an extra button to push for anything to happen anymore. Not very "Smart" these days, OR they think we're not as smart these days. IDK but I need a fix, anybody?
I know how u feel bro am having the same problem on my asus zenfone max pro.
I searched everywhere.
Haven't found a clue how to.