Google Now not working properly. - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello everyone and thanks for checking out my post. I have a little problem here. I downloaded SuperNexus Rom which is a jellybean rom. It had Google Now already installed, but it didnt work like i expected... When i ask it questions like "How is the weather" It always googles it.
It doesnt show up like in siri or s-voice. Google Now doesnt speak either. And also on the Google Now "homepage" where it is supposed to show cards there is none of them. It only shows the "Cards will be shown here when needed" card. (Roughly translated from Finnish) And i do have the cards turned on in the settings.
Well thank you anyways, i really hope ill get an answer for these problems. - Maccoz

Try wiping cache+data and re-flashing rom?
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Go to "Google Now > [MENU] > Settings > Voice > Speech output" and select "always".
For photo's goto "Google Now > [MENU] > Settings > Privacy and accounts" and tick "Search on google.com".
Remember the program needs to 'learn you ways' and this can understandably take time. I'm not on speaking terms as I don't use that feature, but give it some time and see if it works. You should probably use it regularly (?).
Hope this helped,
ruan

ive been using cm10 for a while and only noticed today that google now supports finnish audio input, so i immediately tried it and cards do not show up for me either when asking about the weather. with english it works. as far as i know the cards only work with the languages available for offline download in the voice settings.. keep in mind google now is still beta so its only natural it doesn't work 100% with every language right from the start

Thanks for the replies! :good: I tried to re-flash the rom and clearing the cache too but it didnt work. And i do have those options selected.
I didnt know that it doesnt have full support for finnish language, thanks for clearing that out for me! How do i change the language? I tried Settings->Speech->Language->English->US but it still doesnt show any cards on the homepage, what am i doing wrong? Thank you!
edit: I changed the system language to english and the Google now language to English and it still doesnt show any cards.... Only the sample cards option... Well i am not giving up and helpful tips are welcome!

maccoz said:
Thanks for the replies! :good: I tried to re-flash the rom and clearing the cache too but it didnt work. And i do have those options selected.
I didnt know that it doesnt have full support for finnish language, thanks for clearing that out for me! How do i change the language? I tried Settings->Speech->Language->English->US but it still doesnt show any cards on the homepage, what am i doing wrong? Thank you!
edit: I changed the system language to english and the Google now language to English and it still doesnt show any cards.... Only the sample cards option... Well i am not giving up and helpful tips are welcome!
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Should find your answer here ... Turn off Google Now and turn it back on:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1744991

zee54 said:
Should find your answer here ... Turn off Google Now and turn it back on:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1744991
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Thank you for the reply, but it didnt work. Tried all the options found on those threads.

maccoz said:
Thank you for the reply, but it didnt work. Tried all the options found on those threads.
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I was having the exact same problems as you. My weather card just completely disappeared, even from the samples cards. So I followed those instructions, turned it off and on again, reset everything but still nothing. So I just left it like that for a while and then after like an hour or so it just reappeared in my notifications and the card was there again. Weird. Just it just needs time to reinitialise again
So try resetting, turn it off and on, go into settings >> now cards, and make sure the weather card is on (and any others that you want) and just leave it. See what happens. It should come back by itself. Hope it works.

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Anyone using IMDB app successfully?

I have downloaded it. Uninstalled it. Reinstalled it, etc. Can't get it to work to save my life. Everything on it times out as if I have no network connection. Every other app works fine and I have no connectivity issues. Any ideas?
I had the same error. "network error, click to retry"
I have several apps always FC while working fine on my old Captivate.
Weird, doesn't work on my phone either. Works on my tablet though, so clearly there is an issue with this app on our phone. I'm just uninstalling it until it's updated.
Thanks peeps. Glad to know it's not just me.
I was having this issue myself. I found a solution somewhere else, I don't remember exactly where.
I had to go to Settings > Language and keyboard > Select Language
I selected ENGLISH from the list. For some reason, Deutsch was selected by default.
Changing it to English fixed my IMDB "Network error" problem. Seems to be a common occurrence.
Thanks for the reply. I don't see that in my settings though
LiquidArrogance said:
Thanks for the reply. I don't see that in my settings though
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i think he was talking about system language, and i don't see how that would have anything to do with this.... and i'm fairly confident most of us don't have our system language set to german
---------- Post added at 03:39 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:37 PM ----------
Actually... holy crap he was right. I went into my language in the phone settings and even though the phone was displaying english, german was selected. So I selected english and tried IMDB again and it works. This is REALLY bizarre.
LiquidArrogance said:
Thanks for the reply. I don't see that in my settings though
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Check the SETTINGS for the phone, not the IMDB app. When you go to LANGUAGE AND KEYBOARD it will show ENGLISH for the language but when you click on SELECT LANGUAGE it you'll see that DEUTSCH is selected.
Select ENGLISH.
CamaroZ28 confirms this.
Give it a shot.
IMDB app works fine for me and I was already set on English.
DirkT said:
I was having this issue myself. I found a solution somewhere else, I don't remember exactly where.
I had to go to Settings > Language and keyboard > Select Language
I selected ENGLISH from the list. For some reason, Deutsch was selected by default.
Changing it to English fixed my IMDB "Network error" problem. Seems to be a common occurrence.
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great help Dirk, it worked for me to!! i made sure to press your Thanks button!
Mine is working without a hitch
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OMG. Thank you so much for the fix. It was bugging the crap out of me that IMDB didn't work.
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Too true! Settings showed English but when I opened it it was set to Deutsch.
Weird. But IMDB works fine now. Finally can settle those "Wasn't that guy in this movie?" bets with the wife again
Thanks I was having the same problem with Imdb!!

[Q] Whatsapp Can't Upload Photo

I think I originally placed this under the wrong forum so here we go again!
Good Morning All!
As per the subject, I'm having trouble uploading a photo onto my Whatsapp profile. Keeps saying 'Failed to upload Image data' Try again later'.
Can anyone help at all please. I've tried loads of things to no avail.
Many thanks,
Pedro
PedroMandell said:
I think I originally placed this under the wrong forum so here we go again!
Good Morning All!
As per the subject, I'm having trouble uploading a photo onto my Whatsapp profile. Keeps saying 'Failed to upload Image data' Try again later'.
Can anyone help at all please. I've tried loads of things to no avail.
Many thanks,
Pedro
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A few things to try (I'm sure you've done them already but just in case)...
1. Scale the image to different sizes before saving.
2. Make sure your wifi or data is on, as the app sometimes needs to consult with whatsapp servers for operations like that.
3. Make a backup of the app. Then go to Settings > Apps > select Whatsapp and then 'Clear Data'. See if that's fixed it.
4. If not, as a last result, after backing up your app data, try uninstalling and then reinstalling the app.
5. Make sure it's the most up to date version from the play store.
6. If you have a custom recovery, you could try to fix permissions from TWRP or CWM.
7. Shout loudly at it and make threatening gestures. :silly:
I'll install it and see if I can reproduce the problem.
EDIT: Installed it and was able to upload profile photo without problem. Sorry.
Really appreciate the advice, I really do. None of it has worked though!
Bloody annoying....
Bugger. I wonder if it's not WhatsApp, but your gallery app that's the issue? Have you tried using something like QuickPic perhaps? Just a thought...
Sent from my HTC Desire X using xda premium
Same again! Using Quick pic.
Could it be that I don't have an SD card in the phone yet?
PedroMandell said:
Same again! Using Quick pic.
Could it be that I don't have an SD card in the phone yet?
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Yeah you'll need a SD card for that.
I found a fix for that on my tab... I don't remember it right now, I'll post it tomorrow...
Sent from my HTC branded muffin...
Wahey! Perhaps I should've mentioned that from the start so apologies there.
Ordered a Sandisk 8GB Micro SD yesterday anyhow for £5.50 which I thought was a good price. Apparently, originally £18 or so.
Mine doesn't work either on my Company Wifi. Interesting part is that Windows Phone, Blackberry folks can upload and send photos without a prob. Just the android clients are having this problem.
works only from internal sd with me. from external sd i get error massage. hope it helps
on my sgs4
Hey. I started encountering the same problem. I cant change my profile picture and i cant send pics to anyone. I am using a custom rom on my sgs4 and i WAS using whatsapp reborn when this problem occurred. Even after switching to the original one didn't solve the issue. I reinstalled the rom, reinstalled whatsapp after clearing all the date and cache. But nothing seems to work. Any ideas why this is happening?
hi all
hi Pedro, just disable the developer option..to do that go to settings, more, developer option and disable it..see if that works..
Try this; Settings > App Manager > "Go to the App. Permission screen to change permission for individual apps." > WhatsApp > Shared files - - ON.

[Q] How do I acces LG OPTIMUS LTE2 F160L menu?

Hi,
I need helps related to an LG LTE2 F160L that I just receive as a gift from a very nice Korean friend. He just gave me that phone before he left Bali back to Korea. But, stupidly I don't even tried to use the phone before he left. So when I tried to activate the phone, well I couldn't do anything because the phone ask me, I guess, for a google account user name and the password. I'm not so sure because the phone was set in Korean languange and letters that I couldn't even understand it! When I push the back menu, the phone returns to the locked home screen and when I swipe it to unlock, it will take me back to that email password all over again, and it such a disaster that I don't even have his email adress! What a bad kind of a friend I am
What can I do over this situation? I never use an Android-flatformed smartphone before. I love this phone so much, even though I can't get into it yet, so far.
Just can't wait to explore this manly smartphone. So please help me to fix this problem. Any idea of you will be very, very appreciated.
Thank you very much and I'm so sorry so much for my bad english..
Thank you.
Note: I don't mind to lose all the data and back to factory setting as long as I would be able to use the phone. I have tried to hard reset it with buttons according to some website but nothing works! Help!
same here
leonkleonk said:
Hi,
I need helps related to an LG LTE2 F160L that I just receive as a gift from a very nice Korean friend. He just gave me that phone before he left Bali back to Korea. But, stupidly I don't even tried to use the phone before he left. So when I tried to activate the phone, well I couldn't do anything because the phone ask me, I guess, for a google account user name and the password. I'm not so sure because the phone was set in Korean languange and letters that I couldn't even understand it! When I push the back menu, the phone returns to the locked home screen and when I swipe it to unlock, it will take me back to that email password all over again, and it such a disaster that I don't even have his email adress! What a bad kind of a friend I am
What can I do over this situation? I never use an Android-flatformed smartphone before. I love this phone so much, even though I can't get into it yet, so far.
Just can't wait to explore this manly smartphone. So please help me to fix this problem. Any idea of you will be very, very appreciated.
Thank you very much and I'm so sorry so much for my bad english..
Thank you.
Note: I don't mind to lose all the data and back to factory setting as long as I would be able to use the phone. I have tried to hard reset it with buttons according to some website but nothing works! Help!
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same issue i do have, any solution you got??
Hali Siddiqui said:
same issue i do have, any solution you got??
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Not yet, brother..::silly:
clarification
leonkleonk said:
Not yet, brother..::silly:
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Hello, this may be outdated since your post was dated april 2013. I actually have this phone and would be glad to help you. If my understanding is correct, your problem is that you cannot explore the device because it is in korean language? my fox for this is to pull down the status bar from the homescreen and then you will see the icon for the setting. Just click that and the settings menu will appear. Once you are in the settings, scroll down and look for the icon with the letter "A". press that and a new menu will open, press the 1st menu on the top and then you find there the choices for language. look for english and press it. Hope this help! Good Luck with the phone, it is indeed a great phone. PM me if you already fix your problem. There will be more problems after that like the limit in SMS and some korean language that are still showing..

I made a mess, cant see calls incoming anymore

I hide the notification of incallUI during a call and now i cant answer the phone cause it doesnt appear the screen to answer, what should i do except a factory reset?
You can go into the phone app notifications and enable it again, also if you're using MIUI you have to enable to show on lock screen on the special permissions on the app info...
Also make sure you have your Default Phone app is set to Google Phone or whatever Dialer you are using, set it again and reboot, you should be good.
hectorviov said:
You can go into the phone app notifications and enable it again, also if you're using MIUI you have to enable to show on lock screen on the special permissions on the app info...
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it doesn't work, i still can't answer the phone
even after activating the notifications again it did not help ?
ShowBox Tutuapp Mobdro
beyonslay said:
even after activating the notifications again it did not help?
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i can't find this "notification" to activate. it's called IncallUI, it's not in contacts, if you know where it is please tell me
Hello,
To solve this go to TWRP. Locate a folder named Package_cache inside etc or system or data. I forgot the exact location. But it should be there.
Delete this folder and reboot to system. That's it.. you will get the cache created again and will be able to see the UI in call. You need not to wait for incoming calls. Even you can dial somebody to check.
Hit thanks if it helps you. Cheers
sssyraj said:
Hello,
To solve this go to TWRP. Locate a folder named Package_cache inside etc or system or data. I forgot the exact location. But it should be there.
Delete this folder and reboot to system. That's it.. you will get the cache created again and will be able to see the UI in call. You need not to wait for incoming calls. Even you can dial somebody to check.
Hit thanks if it helps you. Cheers
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that was the kind of answer i was looking for, btw it didnt work, i'm just doing full wipes and reinstalling again
path is data-system-package_cache
gian1 said:
that was the kind of answer i was looking for, btw it didnt work, i'm just doing full wipes and reinstalling again
path is data-system-package_cache
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Actually it worked for me 3 to 4 times (all the times I tried). Not sure why it didn't work for you. It should be.
Any way thanks for keeping posted. Hope a resolution for your issue arrives soon. Thanks
If you are using poco f1... this worked for me...
just update the phone app in play store... then go in app settings and clear cache... restart your device again go in phone apps app info then choose default calling app as phone (google's default phone app)... and boom it worked...

Question Spy/malware removal

Is there any kind that actually works? I keep fishing around on Google play and everything is either old, doesn't work, or is full of sh*t, or a combination of all 3.
Welcome to XDA
If you're running Android 9 or higher simply do a factory reset. There are no known rootkits that can worm out of the user partition, once that data is wiped so is the malware.
Don't reload it again after the factory reset.
blackhawk said:
Welcome to XDA
If you're running Android 9 or higher simply do a factory reset. There are no known rootkits that can worm out of the user partition, once that data is wiped so is the malware.
Don't reload it again after the factory reset.
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Thank you for the welcome. Sorry bout the late reply. I don't suppose there's another way is there? Im literally fresh out the box, I've never done a factory reset.
Michael Romanov said:
Thank you for the welcome. Sorry bout the late reply. I don't suppose there's another way is there? Im literally fresh out the box, I've never done a factory reset.
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You're welcome. The other way is to find the malware and delete it completely.
blackhawk said:
You're welcome. The other way is to find the malware and delete it completely.
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Which would be how? Would I need a app or something for the pc? And if so do you have any recommendations? I have the mixsilver file manager on my phone (pixel 6 "Not pro"). Would there be a way I could find it thru there? Also my device is not rooted. So would I need to root? I'm sorry if this gets on your nerves. If so tell me, won't hurt my feelings. I'm literally a noob at this stuff. I've been trying to teach myself and just do trial and error but im getting in over my head and don't wanna accidentally brick my phone or worse.
What makes you sure you have spy/malware? Or do you mean adware?
Cheers
Tom
With Avast or AVG Antivirus you can do a pretty good scan of your apps, even system apps if you want.
For Factory reset see here https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/4596836
or go here on a PC (you need your Pixel connected by usb to the PC then): https://pixelrepair.withgoogle.com/carrier_selection
tom1807 said:
What makes you sure you have spy/malware? Or do you mean adware?
Cheers
Tom
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Chrome ****tin out 3 gigs of data a day. I have unlimited so it's not that big of a deal but still.....and some of the options I had in settings like "permissions, enable/disable, clear data/cache" that I know for a fact I had not too long ago are now greyed out or nonexistent. Also sometimes when I bring up "location" thru the settings menu everything is supposed to be "off" but there's 2 or 3 that look like they are switching back to say "off" as soon as the page shows. 1 of them outright takes several seconds to display any "on or off" setting at all. I've found a "Verizon" system app on my phone, some kind of Samsung telephony thing. And it seems like I can input a change to settings or something and when I look at my phone in the morning everything I had set up is back to it's previous settings.
psi78 said:
With Avast or AVG Antivirus you can do a pretty good scan of your apps, even system apps if you want.
For Factory reset see here https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/4596836
or go here on a PC (you need your Pixel connected by usb to the PC then): https://pixelrepair.withgoogle.com/carrier_selection
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Thank you. Umm.....stupid question but I've never done a full reset before so.....how and would I need to move my apps to another storage or could I just go back thru the play store and redownload? And any paid apps and subscriptions?
It probably explains all that in those links doesn't it?
Just do factory reset and you are okay.. Then start using phone as new..
Michael Romanov said:
Chrome ****tin out 3 gigs of data a day. I have unlimited so it's not that big of a deal but still.....and some of the options I had in settings like "permissions, enable/disable, clear data/cache" that I know for a fact I had not too long ago are now greyed out or nonexistent. Also sometimes when I bring up "location" thru the settings menu everything is supposed to be "off" but there's 2 or 3 that look like they are switching back to say "off" as soon as the page shows. 1 of them outright takes several seconds to display any "on or off" setting at all. I've found a "Verizon" system app on my phone, some kind of Samsung telephony thing. And it seems like I can input a change to settings or something and when I look at my phone in the morning everything I had set up is back to it's previous settings.
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For what it's worth, the Verizon system app comes with the phone in case you use a Verizon sim.
If you end up clean flashing or factory resetting, I would not restore any apps from backups. I would reinstall everything fresh or you could just be putting the malware back on your phone, if that indeed is what you have.
Michael Romanov said:
Thank you. Umm.....stupid question but I've never done a full reset before so.....how and would I need to move my apps to another storage or could I just go back thru the play store and redownload? And any paid apps and subscriptions?
It probably explains all that in those links doesn't it?
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Just redownload them. Google remembers your bought apps or subscriptions in your Google account, so as long as you use the same email/account for logging in to Playstore after Factory reset you're good.
Your contacts normally are also synced to your Google Account, so you get them back also then.
psi78 said:
Just redownload them. Google remembers your bought apps or subscriptions in your Google account, so as long as you use the same email/account for logging in to Playstore after Factory reset you're good.
Your contacts normally are also synced to your Google Account, so you get them back also then.
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Thank you. I was worried it wasn't gonna remember me.
Lughnasadh said:
For what it's worth, the Verizon system app comes with the phone in case you use a Verizon sim.
If you end up clean flashing or factory resetting, I would not restore any apps from backups. I would reinstall everything fresh or you could just be putting the malware back on your phone, if that indeed is what you have.
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But that's the thing. I don't use Verizon I use sprint which is part of t mobile. That's why I just don't get it.
Michael Romanov said:
But that's the thing. I don't use Verizon I use sprint which is part of t mobile. That's why I just don't get it.
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It comes with the phone by default just in case you do use Verizon. Basically that app helps give the phone Verizon support, of sorts. It's disabled by default if you don't use Verizon so there's really nothing to worry about with that app.
Lughnasadh said:
It comes with the phone by default just in case you do use Verizon. Basically that app helps give the phone Verizon support, of sorts. It's disabled by default if you don't use Verizon so there's really nothing to worry about with that app.
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Man thank you. There's stuff on here that I don't understand and I've been thinking it's something I've downloaded or whatever. I'm new to all of this.

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