Is anyone using Google Now to good effect on Ice Cream Sandwich?
I've had a little search around (on the XDA app which is an experience in itself...) and ended up trying to flash a zip onto Omega v13.1 but to no avail. I don't know if I'm making a glaringly obvious mistake though.
Anyone able/care to share their own results?
Ta
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Lolpoppa said:
Is anyone using Google Now to good effect on Ice Cream Sandwich?
I've had a little search around (on the XDA app which is an experience in itself...) and ended up trying to flash a zip onto Omega v13.1 but to no avail. I don't know if I'm making a glaringly obvious mistake though.
Anyone able/care to share their own results?
Ta
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My Galaxy S III is running XXDLI7, so it's already got Google Now on it. However, my Note, Note 10.1, and One X are all still running ICS. I've put Google Now on all of them and had fantastic results. However, I didn't flash the package with CWM. I extracted the *.zip and copied over all of the files and directories manually. That way I can make sure all of the files and directories have the correct permissions set. For example, when I flashed the package in TWRP on my One X, every file and directory flashed had it's permissions set to 033 (--- -wx -wx) for some weird-ass reason. Because of this funky glitch, I had to go back and manually set the permissions for every single file and directory. So when it came time to put Google Now on my Note and Note 10.1, I just did it manually. Went smooth as butter!
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Thanks mate
Seems it's definitely possible but not using the apk. method that I used.
I'm not ready to delve into the realms of manually inputting stuff yet so I guess it's time to do some reading to find out what it's all about.
Cheers
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Hi XDA:
I still have the Avatar movie on external sd card, pushed the avatar.apk file to /system/apps, and made sure the proper movie sub directory was copied from an old back up to my internal sd card under the sd card directory. Still getting ' file not found' when click Avatar icon. I can watch the movie using the video player and I'm sure this is something small that I've forgotten, and I researched other threads regarding this issue but cannot find an answer. If anyone can help I would appreciate it. I'm currently running Nero v3. Cheers.
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Same issue. I was never able to figure it out so I just use the video player to launch it.
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Same issue. I was never able to figure it out so I just use the video player to launch it.
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If anyone can shed some light on this it would really be appreciated. I am selling one of my Vibrants as I've just purchased a Nexus S and I'm trying to get this working for them before I ship it. Thanks again
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This has to do with the different ways 2.1 and 2.2 name the external sd card - 2.1 calls it "sd" or "sdcard" (can't remember...been a while since 2.1), while 2.2 calls it "external_sd." So, you need the Avatar apk that has the correct name in the movie filepath.
The attached apk's should solve your problem. If you are running a 2.2 rom, then use the one I attached named "Avatar_22." Push it to your system/app just like you were doing before.
Disclaimer: I did not make the 2.2 compatible Avatar shortcut. I had this same issue and found it somewhere on this site, but figured I'd just share the apk instead of trying to search out the original source. If this makes someone mad, let me know and I'll give the proper credit or remove it - whichever you prefer.
Awesome.. Exactly what I needed and I'll give it a whirl once I arrive home from work. Thanks.
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Worked perfectly already tested it here. Thanks so much, I'll +1 to your thanks meter once I can get to my home computer. Cheers.
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You're welcome. Glad it worked for you.
Thank you. That fixed my issue too.
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As we all notice with the new exciting 4.0.4 release for the SGT-10.1, Face unlock is not available for unlocking the tab!
I have taken the liberty to modify the ICS-04292012-gapps to include Facelock.apk without all the rest of the gapps. So BIG THANKS to the CM team for the zip and the components outside of the facelock.apk. The facelock.apk came from my SGS3 and works perfect on my tab.
Instructions:
I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY PROBLEMS THAT MIGHT OCCUR FROM FLASHING THIS! BY DOWNLOADING AND INSTALLING, YOU THE USER ABSOLVE ME FROM ANY DAMAGES THAT MIGHT INCUR FROM YOU INSTALLING!!
1: MAKE A NANDROID BACKUP!
2: DID YOU MAKE A BACKUP?
3: ARE YOU SURE YOU MADE A BACKUP!
4: Download the zip http://www.mediafire.com/?pps4d43jmpoyjc4
5: Flash with CWM
6: Reboot
7: Check settings>security>screen lock
This has been tested only on the P7510. Once more people download and report back, I can say if it works with other variants of the 10.1 series.
Confirm working by RavenY2K3 that it works on P7500. He had to clear extra space on the /system partition to have it running.
Man, thanx for it!
Working on my P7510!
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Man, thanx for it!
Working on my P7510!
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Awesome! Glad to hear its working for you.
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Thanks for the upload dude, alas it doesn't work on the P7500, states that it cannot start face unlock.
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Thanks for the upload dude, alas it doesn't work on the P7500, states that it cannot start face unlock.
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Really? Not sure why it wouldn't work since the tabs are almost identical. Your on the Italian build right?
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Really? Not sure why it wouldn't work since the tabs are almost identical. Your on the Italian build right?
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Scratch that, I delved a little into the system and it appears the amount of space in the ROM partition wasn't enough, it didn't give any errors on flashing to say there wasn't enough but I moved a few things around manually and reflashed the file.... Working perfectly now, thanks again for your work dude
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Scratch that, I delved a little into the system and it appears the amount of space in the ROM partition wasn't enough, it didn't give any errors on flashing to say there wasn't enough but I moved a few things around manually and reflashed the file.... Working perfectly now, thanks again for your work dude
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Awesome, glad to hear its working, thanks for posting about the space.... makes me wonder if thats why they removed it in the first place =O
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Awesome, glad to hear its working, thanks for posting about the space.... makes me wonder if thats why they removed it in the first place =O
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What's needed is to get someone with a 7500 who flashed with PC Odin to see if they have had the same issue I just had, I did it with the mobile version and those people who did the same have found that the hidden.img didn't flash, so some apps weren't available after flashing.
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What's needed is to get someone with a 7500 who flashed with PC Odin to see if they have had the same issue I just had, I did it with the mobile version and those people who did the same have found that the hidden.img didn't flash, so some apps weren't available after flashing.
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Good call, I flashed with Mobile ODIN as well for the P7510 but I remove so much bloat I don't even think about space anymore.
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Flashed with cwm - recovery, works great, had to make some room before flasing so removed bloat with root explorer.
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Scratch that, I delved a little into the system and it appears the amount of space in the ROM partition wasn't enough, it didn't give any errors on flashing to say there wasn't enough but I moved a few things around manually and reflashed the file.... Working perfectly now, thanks again for your work dude
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Can someone guide on which file to remove from system partion and how pls? Will love to have this work on my p7500, Am kind of noob
Thanks
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Can someone guide on which file to remove from system partion and how pls? Will love to have this work on my p7500, Am kind of noob
Thanks
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If you are rooted, use a program like Titanium Backup in the market to remove any useless apps, need to clear at least 25 MB.
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Just tested on P7510 US release for 4.0.4 and still works perfect.
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flash it on my 7500 stock ICS (LQ8) but it didn't work pal
now i'm trying Toldo's rom so i can use face recog's
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flash it on my 7500 stock ICS (LQ8) but it didn't work pal
now i'm trying Toldo's rom so i can use face recog's
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It was reported that you need to clear bloat from /system/app to get it running.
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It was reported that you need to clear bloat from /system/app to get it running.
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Are you trying to say that it means clear some spaces?
How much space do I need to free? or which app need to be clear ?
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Are you trying to say that it means clear some spaces?
How much space do I need to free? or which app need to be clear ?
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I removed like GMail, Maps, StreetView, YouTube, Books, Movies. And just re-downloaded from the Play Store, because it puts it in /data/apps.
This works great on Tasks ICS. I removed a few useless apps with titanium backup and it works great!
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Works great on P7300 (yes, tab 8.9). Thank you, author
Hi, I installed the application on my gtab 10.1v with official ics rom 4.04.
The application starts normally, but written "impossible to start face unlock", the part where the face is incere stay black.Thanks for your help.
Alright, following This Guide I got Google now working.
To summarize what I did
1. Root phone using the Korean Root method
2. I unlocked the bootloader and installed CWM using Project FreeGee
3. I booted into CWM and installed This zip.At the I was writing this guide, I freegee was on version 0.5
4. My phone restarted and froze up about twice before finally staying booted. It seems to have normalized now.
edit:Right now most things seem to work.
If anyone finds a better version of Google now, please let me know and post the how-to.
I didn't make the zips and all I have done is follow the instructions and write down my personal experience. I give full credit to the author of the original post for their instructions/work they did. However, since the LGOG doesn't need project Butter, Google Now is the main thing we are missing from 4.1 and it should help ease the wait for a stable AOSP ROM. If anyone has any issues let me know and I'll make a list.
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Alright, following This Guide I got Google now working.
To summarize what I did
1. Root phone using the Korean Root method
2. I unlocked the bootloader and installed CWM using Project FreeGee
3. I booted into CWM and installed This zip.
4. My phone restarted and froze up about twice before finally staying booted. It seems to have normalized now.
Right now the main thing that doesn't seem to work is Calendar/setting alarms.
If anyone finds a better version of Google now, please let me know and post the how-to.
I didn't make the zips and all I have done is follow the instructions and write down my personal experience. I give full credit to the author of the original post for their instructions/work they did. However, since the LGOG doesn't need project Butter, Google Now is the main thing we are missing from 4.1 and it should help ease the wait for a stable AOSP ROM. If anyone has any issues let me know and I'll make a list.
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THis is great news. Right now I'm pondering whether to get this phone or the Note II, and Google now (which I have on my Captivate running SlimBean 3.0) is the one thing I really cannot imagine giving up.
Question: when you say that Calendar/settings alamrs don't work, do you mean that they don't work at all, or that they don't show up in Google Now?
I was referring to not working in Google now. Although i did manage to set an alarm with it shortly after this post.
Also fwiw I had the captivate too. I try to stick with nexus hardware.
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Google now works for me fully...
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Working flawlessly for me also...
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Flashed and works fine
The wait for jelly bean or aosp rom is tolerable now.
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No issues for me either.
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I couldn't get it to work.... Musta done something wrong...
OK, I can't get it to launch links for me after searching. Anyone else? I'm wondering if it's because I removed Chrome and the LG browser?
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Edit: Works most of the time but I also have issues launching links. I still have chrome and the stock browser installed, it will launch them I just have to click on them multiple times. I'm also occasionally having issues exiting to the home screen using either the home button or the back button.
Links can be a little stubborn for me but, usually open.
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Any way to uninstall?
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Titanium backup.
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Uninstall stock voice search with titanium backup or you will get problems with android keyboard. It makes it try use them both for voice typing. I'd assume it may be the cause of any and all problems.
Edit: scratch that... Since installing Google now I get all kinds of freezing reboots. Caca. Then again it just be saying f u to nova launcher. Clearing cashes fixes it until it happens again.
Has anyone had good luck with this?
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mws1986 said:
Has anyone had good luck with this?
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Works okay for me. Kinda finicky at times, but overall a good experience.
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Are you running the base rom?
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Are you running the base rom?
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Yep...
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working for me too, aside from the link clicking issues
One of the cards says there's an update available in the Play Store. When I go there it says my device is incompatible. Is there something we could tweak to the build.prop in order to get this update? Or will that mess things up due to the nature of how it was installed?
Ok heres my issue I cannot seem to find a direct answer. I am running ICS Tmobile ROM (jedi 4)and everything seems to be kewl but for some reason I cannot get s pen to work. I was sent a copy of s memo but s pen has been nothing but a failure. I have tried flashing it, loading over the apk's and all sort of stuff and I cannot figure it out. The program would not load at all, any ideas?
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S Memo will not run on that ROM. It is not an ICS Touchwiz based ROM. Try third party apps.
I am sorry I provided the incorrect information. Jedi 4 is a touchwiz based ROM and the application that is in question is not smemo but snote s memo works correctly. The reason why I had chosen that specifically that ROM was for, please don't flame me, touchwiz yeah sure is kinda laggy and bloated but I like it. And in the end that is all that matters correct?
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Did you install the driver files associated with S Note?
Clear app cache and app data?
Thank you for the response and yeah I did clear the cache and everything else with all the associated files but it doesn't seem to work .
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From what I have seen on videos and read on various blogs and from people using early AOSP builds, the new Google Search is significantly improved - most importantly in terms of speed, which has always been my biggest gripe with it. So earlier I pretended like I still had a nexus and tried to install the new apk from the factory image over the one we all have, and predictably, it opened but would FC every time I tried to run a search. Anybody else tried? anybody havE any thoughts on how we might be able to make it work?
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Defiantly +1
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CScolamiero said:
Defiantly +1
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Hmm this? http://www.theandroidsoul.com/download-google-home-android-4-4-launcher-apk/
Running the new google launcher/search on my s4 now.
Yeah, just need to change language then change back. Also make sure you have the latest Play Services version installed.
See here, fix posted ... http://phandroid.com/2013/10/31/download-and-install-the-new-google-experience-launcher/
Still can't get it to work even with these steps. The launcher works fine, but it is a bit laggy
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