Does anyone know if there is a way to program the button on a pair of headphones to perform different activities? I would like the button to activiate an app that accepts voice commands or searches. I realize that by defaut it will activate the stock voice command app from motorolla which I hate and have disabled. I would prefer that it acts like a long press on the magnifying glass key that activates google voice actions. I am running stock and unrooted ICS that I updated from the posted zip file. I would prefer to stay unrooted stock but if I have to root to have this feature I would strongly consider it. I also have the tasker app but as far as I can tell you can't reassign buttons with it. Just curious if anyone has any ideas on how I might be able to do this. Thanks in advance for any advice.
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Hi all!
Have recently upgraded to the G2 from a HTC Diamond. So far so good, but I have a few questions that I dont seem to be able to find via search.
Can you set all the keys to wakeup the device instead of just the power button?
Can you set xt9 as default input for SMS messages only. I know how to set xt9 but it seems to do this globally. I just want it for the SMS section
Is there a program like mymobiler that allows you to use your Android via a PC. This is especially useful at work when typing SMS.
Thanks for the help guys
-Lewman
all keys DO already wake up the device....well, almost. the home, call, end call and menu buttons do. To wake it up just press menu twice.
no. i don;t think you can.
not just yet i don't think. or not that i know of anyway.
I hope someone develops a similar MyMobiler app soon.
I love using it while I'm at work, can just put my phone down and text away without anyone seeing me on my phone.
androidscreencast apparently allows to control an Android phone via a PC, but at the moment it works only for rooted phones, because it wants to write to a directory which is normally not writable. That problem is known but a fixed version has not yet been released (but I guess it won't take very long any more).
Hello. Today I a friend of mine gave me his Dexim Click Stik since he didn't need it anymore. It's a simple bluetooth clicker for taking pictures with iOS or Android phones.
I don't take many pictures with my phone, much less ones that need me in them. I was hoping I could use the clicker as a remote activator for some shortcut or app.
I've been googling and searching around for hours without much luck. The only thing I've been able to do so far is find an app that lets me open an app upon the Click Stik connecting to my phone, but not when I specifically press the button on the device itself. Not very practical, in my opinion.
I found a tutorial I thought was helpful in somewhat understanding what I might need to do in order to get the functionality I'm looking for here: http://chris.boyle.name/2010/08/android-keymaps. However, the KeyTest.apk he links to in order to obtain the KeyEvent from the bluetooth device does not display any input events when I hit the button on the clicker.
I also haven't been able to find any similar apps to what KeyTest seems to say it does.
Any help or insight is greatly appreciated!
Edit #1: I was able to install the KeyTest.apk via ADB by "adb install KeyTest.apk". Not sure why it worked this way when it wouldn't install normally. That said, now that I have the program open, pressing the button on the bluetooth clicker doesn't result in the KeyTest program telling me anything. Kind of disappointed. Not sure where to go from here.
Hello,
I'm curious what software/app you use for dialing with your S4.
Most of the time my phone sits in my pocket and I use BT for voice dial. I've found the current voice dial seems to be a lot more tedious than my S3. Confirming who I want to call and half the time on confirm - e.g. call Mary Smith at work - there are two numbers what number would you like to call - I press the work number and then it says do you want to call Mary Smith at work and I will say YES and then it goes I can't find yep in your phone book and I have to start all over.
Is there a way to switch off confirmations? Is there a way to switch which voice dialer (I tried VLINGO but it no longer supports BT dial).
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I use the headset that came with the S4. Long press on the bottom button and make my calls when driving. I haven't hooked up my S9 to it yet but then again that one is a stereo headphone headset so it goes in both ears.
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I use the headset that came with the S4. Long press on the bottom button and make my calls when driving. I haven't hooked up my S9 to it yet but then again that one is a stereo headphone headset so it goes in both ears.
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Thanks. I should have been more specific. I'm curious about the voice dial software people are using and if there are any options within the S4.
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Thanks. I should have been more specific. I'm curious about the voice dial software people are using and if there are any options within the S4.
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I was having a similar problem. Except I wanted to change the default application that was launched when I hit my bluetooth function button in my car. It was launching SVoice by default. SVoice really sucks on my phone when it is connected to my car's bluetooth. Not so with my wife's S4. Not sure why.
I wanted to use Google Search- works flawlessly for making calls, navigation and finding points of interest, weather... but cannot do as much as SVoice or a few of the other apps available. Anyway- a couple weeks I did a series of searches and found the solution on these forums but can't find the the thread anymore...
So in case you are wondering how to change what is launched: you have to go into application manager (under settings) and disable svoice. Now, when you launch one of these apps it will ask you to pick a new default. If you would like to launch Google Search you have to download the app Bluetooth Launch which lets you assign any app to launch when bluetooth function button is pushed. You choose com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox.VoiceSearchActivity in the bluetooth launch app.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kin.bluetooth_launch&hl=en
I tried a lot of other apps in the app store like vlingo, assistant, skyvi, maluuba, dragon voice, etc... a lot of them had problems with voice recognition, but had a lot more functionality. Oh and vlingo still supports bluetooth... The one that seemed to have the best voice recognition was assistant.... which i may eventually switch to.
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I was having a similar problem. Except I wanted to change the default application that was launched when I hit my bluetooth function button in my car. It was launching SVoice by default. SVoice really sucks on my phone when it is connected to my car's bluetooth. Not so with my wife's S4. Not sure why.
I wanted to use Google Search- works flawlessly for making calls, navigation and finding points of interest, weather... but cannot do as much as SVoice or a few of the other apps available. Anyway- a couple weeks I did a series of searches and found the solution on these forums but can't find the the thread anymore...
So in case you are wondering how to change what is launched: you have to go into application manager (under settings) and disable svoice. Now, when you launch one of these apps it will ask you to pick a new default. If you would like to launch Google Search you have to download the app Bluetooth Launch which lets you assign any app to launch when bluetooth function button is pushed. You choose com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox.VoiceSearchActivity in the bluetooth launch app.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kin.bluetooth_launch&hl=en
I tried a lot of other apps in the app store like vlingo, assistant, skyvi, maluuba, dragon voice, etc... a lot of them had problems with voice recognition, but had a lot more functionality. Oh and vlingo still supports bluetooth... The one that seemed to have the best voice recognition was assistant.... which i may eventually switch to.
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So I finally tried the latest dragon (I think they took over vlingo and their newer version supports BT). It BLOWS the doors off Svoice and google voice dial. I don't need to play music or anything else via BT command so I don't know if it is good or not for that sort of stuff but for calling my contacts from my exchange account, it is nearly flawless. I've only tested for a day but so far so good. If it ends up having issues, I'll be sure to post back.
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I wanted to change the default application that was launched when I hit my bluetooth function button in my car....you have to go into application manager (under settings) and disable svoice...If you would like to launch Google Search you have to download the app Bluetooth Launch ...choose com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox.VoiceSearchActivity
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Thanks fun4stuff!! That's exactly what I was looking for!
Whenever I hold the Bixby button on the side I try to speak as soon as it comes up and no matter how quickly I speak or what I say it always fails and says it couldn't hear me. It fails almost instantly. How do I fix this or extend the amount of time that Bixby listens to pick up what I'm trying to say/ask? Otherwise this function is absolutely useless!
Thanks in advance! I've never used or had Bixby before. I had the note 4 perviously. FYI I have the T-Mobile version of the S9 plus right now.
Have you tried the google assistant app just to see if it can hear your command?
You are supposed to hold the button while speaking to it. kinda like a walkie talkie button
Thanks! I have one other question about Voice to Text please
Not sure why, but I searched all over and no one had this simple answer. I went from the Note 4 to the S9+, so I have no experience with Bixby. Thanks for the tip to hold the button while speaking. :good:highfive:
Any suggestions on changing the voice to text service used when creating my text messages and other things? I get SOOO many typos with Samsungs version. Googles at least have fewer types and sometimes none. It was much more intuitive in fixing things if it heard me wrong as well. I looked all over my phones options, but am not sure how I can change to Voice-to-Text button in the Galaxy S9+ keyboard to Google Voice, or better more accurate one if there is one better than goggles. I like to swype with my finger to type my messages, but my Note 4 had a much more accurate/better setup for creating SMS and other times that I use the keyboard, but can't or don't want to type. It doesn't save time if I have to go back and fix soooo many typos from it hearing me incorrectly. Plus for some reason, if I start speaking again in the middle of a sentence it ALWAYS capitalizes the word I start with, even though it is in the middle of the sentence. Such a pain as I see no option to turn it off without turning off auto-capitalizing the 1st word of a sentence, which I love and have used for years on many phones.
Thanks,
JewlZ
So if u like Google speech to text, install Google Assistant, then use one of the apps from the themes and apps subforum for this device to re-map the Bixby button. You can then start Google Assistant with the Bixby button.
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> Any suggestions on changing the voice to text service used when creating my text messages and other things?
Depends how you are launching speech to text. if you are launching speech to text using a microphone in the keyboard app, then use settings within that keyboard app or change keyboards (gboard will certainly launch Google STT). if you are launching from Google assistant, then it will again use Google stt.
I'm working on doing some automation on my phone, and I want to perform some actions that I'm hoping I can perform using Android intents. I'm not very knowledgeable about how they work or how to find them, but I'm trying to hack some stuff together.
Here's my main question: how do I go about figuring out if I can use intents for a particular task or see what I can do with intents?
For example, I would like to be able to trigger the "Share trip progress" feature within Google Maps automatically (using Flic buttons, which allow me to use Android intents). I don't know if I can set up an intent myself to trigger this action in the Google Maps app, and I don't really know where to start in order to try to find out how to do it.
Another example is that I would like to trigger Google Assistant with my Flic button, but I want to use my Anker Roav Bolt in my car to respond to the action. Flic has a function built in to trigger Google Assistant, but it's a lot more invasive in that it opens the prompt on the phone and disrupts my Google Maps navigation as opposed to if I long-pressed the button on my Roav Bolt and it just listens for instructions without disruption. I have no clue if this is something I could trigger using Android intents, but I'd like to find a way to make this smoother.
If you have solutions to these two problems, that would be great. But as I said, I would also like to have a better general understanding of how I could find this stuff myself for future stuff I want to set up on my phone.
Thank you.