Just got my Note II; coming from DNA. I have no complaints about the DNA, the battery lasted all day, but I realized I needed even more battery life than that. I do miss the screen honestly. Now that that is out of the way:
I got a minor question. When I hold down the button on the left at the bottom of the phone to bring up Google Now, Google Now pops up, but so does the keyboard (like the search box is already selected). I know I can hit the back button to remove the keyboard and see all my cards on the full screen, but how can I make it so that Google Now pops up without the keyboard (unless I manually tap the search box)? The keyboard covers my cards .
Would somebody give that a try for me, and see if their keyboard pops up by default when they go into Google Now?
Thanks!
My keyboard pops up but I didnt even know that got you to google now ive been going it by holding home and clicking google at the bottom
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My keyboard doesn't pop up. I'm using SwiftKey if that makes any difference.
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My keyboards popup too. Not sure how anyone's doesn't or wouldn't...
Holding the menu button is to get to Google search (which integrates with Now) . That's why the keyboard auto pops up. Google Now is when you hold Home button and press Google.
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Its TwiX said:
Holding the menu button is to get to Google search (which integrates with Now) . That's why the keyboard auto pops up. Google Now is when you hold Home button and press Google.
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Ahhh I see it makes sense (I just noticed the first replier was holding the home then hitting google, but I didn't try it). Works good; thanks!
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So I find that Voice Search is no longer integrated into a button (long press). It also doesn't even have a damn button for it. I have to launch Google Search and THEN launch Voice Search. Please tell me there is an easier way to do this...I don't want another launcher at this time either.
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So I find that Voice Search is no longer integrated into a button (long press). It also doesn't even have a damn button for it. I have to launch Google Search and THEN launch Voice Search. Please tell me there is an easier way to do this...I don't want another launcher at this time either.
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I found an app that's a shortcut, called "GVS" in google play on my pc (didn't see it on th e mobile version of google play for some reason). I downloaded it and put it on the home page...its perfect! .
ICS only uses 3 buttons as the standard, this has been known for a long time.
Just use the integrated Google search bar. I believe it's on the 2nd homescreen. Press the microphone and say what you want to search for, send a text, whatever.
I don't care about a search capacitive button. I know it only has 3 buttons smh. I just want my long press. Its all about hands free texting etc in the car. I dont want to have to switch pages and then find the search button on that page while driving. Guess i'll wait till a Sense 4.0 rom gets it right. Love the fun but this was a step backward for a VERY handy feature. Maybe they are planning to roll out Sense Speak or something soon.
The app I mentioned is a shortcut to Google Voice Search, I put it on the bottom bar (whatever that's called), so it's on every page...you can see it here
I was under the impression a long press on the multi-tasking button would launch Google Voice Search? Is this not the case? In any case, yeah, give it a week or so and someone will come out with a mod for the capacitive buttons like the One X has.
even better, i want the camera button hard press (not long press, which brings up the camera) to be the voice search button. i know i saw a thread on this, i asked for it in another post.
...Soft press i guess can be just a regular search button, if you are into that freaky ish
Banned
GVS was banned today. Hopefully Google just has an issue with the name.
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even better, i want the camera button hard press (not long press, which brings up the camera) to be the voice search button. i know i saw a thread on this, i asked for it in another post.
...Soft press i guess can be just a regular search button, if you are into that freaky ish
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There's a mod available for soft press search and long soft press voice search...works great.
EDIT* http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1681034
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GVS was banned today. Hopefully Google just has an issue with the name.
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What? Link?
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What? Link?
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I'm the dev ....still waiting on a response from Google...if I don't have anything by Sunday I'm uploading as a new apk
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anywhere to get this?
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I'm on Mean Rom and I can hold camera button half way down to bring it up
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Just an FYI on cm10 you can make a longpress set to voice search. I personally use long press recent app button for voice search. Just thought I'd point this out.
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Where did the voice search shortcut go? It would have been nice if a long press on the recent apps button brought up voice search. When I'm driving, I want to be able to "call home", or " "navigate to Best Buy". I tried to create a shortcut, but the voice search is not a app or widget, so I have no easy way to get there without multiple steps.
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I noticed this too :/ I use the Dragon Go! assistant app and it has the same problem.. The quickest way to get to it is to use the google search widget. It's voice button gets you straight to it.
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Yes, that's what I've been doing. Just wish there was a voice search only widget so I could put it on my home screen and not clutter it up, or a long press on the useless recent apps button.
Also, where did the Sound Hound app go? I can create a shortcut, but if I go to the apps area, it's not there! Tried to uninstall and reinstall market Sound Hound and you can't! Total garbage!
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Vlingo app is awesome for this...
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.companion.GVButton
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I think this is why google slapped their search bar on every screen on the gn
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Yes, that's what I've been doing. Just wish there was a voice search only widget so I could put it on my home screen and not clutter it up, or a long press on the useless recent apps button.
Also, where did the Sound Hound app go? I can create a shortcut, but if I go to the apps area, it's not there! Tried to uninstall and reinstall market Sound Hound and you can't! Total garbage!
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Soundhound is under Music now.
found a workaround
I've been looking for this shortcut (soundhound) and a couple others that seemed to disappear from the all apps drawer. The program is listed as installed, but you can't start it easily! This is what I found posted:
http://forums.androidcentral.com/htc-evo-4g-lte/177215-missing-voice-search-button-heres-fix.html
Easier to download google voice button from play store.
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I modded mine to use the focus button on the camera (half press of the camera button). Whenever you're not in the camera app, hold it at half press, and voice actions pops up. I'm putting it into a zip right now, link to follow.
I'm sending ian in here to help u all out, he make a key remmaping the focus button to voice actions
Ok, after a long (LONG) day. I've got the zip, and I've managed to get it uploaded. This just makes the focus key (half press of the camera button), act as the search key, outside of the camera app. Hope you like it. Thank ticklemepinks appropriately for getting me to post this
http://goo.gl/q4Z92
There's a way to bring back the "Voice Search" shortcut. I have it on my dock right now.
Someone at AndroidCentral created a thread about it, but since I don't have that many posts right now to send you guys the link, here are the instructions:
1) Download "QuickShortcutMaker" from the Play Store.
2) Launch QuickShorcutMaster.
3) Do a search for "Voice Search" and you'll get a list of Voice Search Activities.
4) Select the one that has "RecognitionActivity" in the description.
5) Select OK.
6) The "Voice Search" shortcut should now appear on your Home screen.
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Ok, after a long (LONG) day. I've got the zip, and I've managed to get it uploaded. This just makes the focus key (half press of the camera button), act as the search key, outside of the camera app. Hope you like it. Thank ticklemepinks appropriately for getting me to post this
http://goo.gl/q4Z92
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Thanks for posting this, but since it's not an apk, and I don't think it's a kernel file, I don't actually know what I'm supposed to do with this zip. For the record, I tried changing the extension to apk and that didn't allow it to be installed. My evo is a stock, unrooted one at present.
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Thanks for posting this, but since it's not an apk, and I don't think it's a kernel file, I don't actually know what I'm supposed to do with this zip. For the record, I tried changing the extension to apk and that didn't allow it to be installed. My evo is a stock, unrooted one at present.
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You have to flash the file via custom recovery. Not something you can accomplish completely stock.
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You have to flash the file via custom recovery. Not something you can accomplish completely stock.
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Ah, okay, I just got the phone yesterday and haven't installed any custom recovery yet. I should probably get on that. I ended up with an evo3d on 1.50, and therefore wasn't able to take advantage of such niceties. Thanks for letting me know.
You you possibly map it to a long press of the recent apps key? That would be more practical, think the half press of the camera key would happen too easily.
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You you possibly map it to a long press of the recent apps key? That would be more practical, think the half press of the camera key would happen too easily.
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Exactly what I'd like to see. Rom creators take notice.
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You you possibly map it to a long press of the recent apps key? That would be more practical, think the half press of the camera key would happen too easily.
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firebirdude said:
Exactly what I'd like to see. Rom creators take notice.
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I actually prefer to have it launch voice search when I short press the camera button.
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I actually prefer to have it launch voice search when I short press the camera button.
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Well then your problems are solved.
But I'm sure the vast majority of people want it back to the way we became used to it.
I know for the Note 2 if you double click the home button you open s-voice, is it possible to make it so it opens google now instead?
If you install Nova launcher you can open Google Now (or anything really)by double tapping your home screen. If you prefer you can launch it with a "pinch" a "swipe up" a "swipe down" or any other of the gestures that are available. It's really quite brilliant.
FWIW, holding menu while on the homescreen opens Google now.
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I wonder if there is a widget to activate Google Now, or if not could someone develop one?
Holding the menu button technically doesn't open Google Now. It opens Google Search. Which, yes does show the "cards" like Google Now, but really isn't Google Now.
As far as accessing Google Now, the blue "G" icon is Google Now. So if you put that Blue "G" app icon on the lock screen, you can get to it from there. Put the Google app icon on your home screen to get to it from there, and the long press of the Home Button should allow you to get to it from there.
That really covers all your bases.
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Holding the menu button technically doesn't open Google Now. It opens Google Search. Which, yes does show the "cards" like Google Now, but really isn't Google Now.
As far as accessing Google Now, the blue "G" icon is Google Now. So if you put that Blue "G" app icon on the lock screen, you can get to it from there. Put the Google app icon on your home screen to get to it from there, and the long press of the Home Button should allow you to get to it from there.
That really covers all your bases.
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Actually, on the Note 2, holding the home button does bring up Google Now. On the Galaxy S3, holding the menu button down brings up Google Search like you said (at least on an S3 running ICS), but it definitely opens Google Now on the the Note 2.
Yes you can set Google now to launch on a double tap.
1. Go into S-Voice settings and disable launch on double tap.
2. Download this app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/...S5laWthdG91MC5hcHBzcG90LmhvbWUyc2hvcnRjdXQiXQ..
3. set the app to launch google now and then set your preferred launcher.
4. Profit!
Hope I helped!
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Yes you can set Google now to launch on a double tap.
1. Go into S-Voice settings and disable launch on double tap.
2. Download this app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/...S5laWthdG91MC5hcHBzcG90LmhvbWUyc2hvcnRjdXQiXQ..
3. set the app to launch google now and then set your preferred launcher.
4. Profit!
Hope I helped!
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I tried exactly this and I like it. It adds a small amount of lag to the one-press home button return to the home screen, but works perfectly for the double-tap straight to Google Now. I don't mind the miniscule lag, and I love the new functionality. Thanks for the tip!
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N8shon said:
I tried exactly this and I like it. It adds a small amount of lag to the one-press home button return to the home screen, but works perfectly for the double-tap straight to Google Now. I don't mind the miniscule lag, and I love the new functionality. Thanks for the tip!
Nate
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Long pressing the menu button has no lag and requires no additional apps.
I really like the look and feel of nova launcher with the added customization but I found it to lag my Home Screens pretty majorly.
I'm wondering if he's yet to optimize it for note 2/bigger screens?
I use apex and it's fast with no lag...
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I really like the look and feel of nova launcher with the added customization but I found it to lag my Home Screens pretty majorly.
I'm wondering if he's yet to optimize it for note 2/bigger screens?
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I'm using Nova and there's zero lag. Very fast and fluid.
Hitman3984 said:
I really like the look and feel of nova launcher with the added customization but I found it to lag my Home Screens pretty majorly.
I'm wondering if he's yet to optimize it for note 2/bigger screens?
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I use it on my Note 2, Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 7/10 and it's as fast as AOSP on every one of them. Might be something else that is causing your lag.
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I'm using Nova and there's zero lag. Very fast and fluid.
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Same here.
I use Nova in my Galaxy 3's & my VZ Note 2, zero lag in either one.
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If you install Nova launcher you can open Google Now (or anything really)by double tapping your home screen. If you prefer you can launch it with a "pinch" a "swipe up" a "swipe down" or any other of the gestures that are available. It's really quite brilliant.
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Hey man, I just wanted to thank you for reminding me about that. Makes so much more sense than trying to add a new app.
Home 2 Shortcut app.
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Are you finding the "back" button to be annoyingly out of reach?
Is there a way to switch the menu button and back buttons?
Also another quick question about the keyboard "one handed" function. Is there a way to make it full screen again without going into the settings? that seems very anti intuitive #justsayin
Yes it socks having the back button so far away but eventually I'll get on screen buttons and disable the capacitive ones. I've been using swype which is working quite well for one hand use
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Yes it socks having the back button so far away but eventually I'll get on screen buttons and disable the capacitive ones. I've been using swype which is working quite well for one hand use
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i am a lefty but have long enough thumbs that it is within reach. as far as going back to full keyboard, the only way i have found is to long press the key next to the space bar and it will bring up keyboard setting and then just tic the box for full screen
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Are you finding the "back" button to be annoyingly out of reach?
Is there a way to switch the menu button and back buttons?
Also another quick question about the keyboard "one handed" function. Is there a way to make it full screen again without going into the settings? that seems very anti intuitive #justsayin
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If you "pinch out" or "reverse pinch" horizontaly on the keyboard it goes from one handed to two handed. Sometimes! It's difficult to get it to work. "Reåerse pinch" just above the space bar and wait a second to see if it worked before trying again.
When it gets officially unlocked us southpaws wont have to worry, I believe it wont be any problem for a real good dev (we got several) to swap the back and menu button, what samsung ought to do is make it swappable for us lefties.
We will get fixed up soon, be sure to tune in to xda tv tomorrow for Adam Outlers note2 bootloader fix.
I also wish the spen was on the left side. There's needs to be a left handed specific device that caters to all of our needs!
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Can this be done? I am coming from a Nexus 4, and i use google now and search so often its scary to have to go in and actually create an icon for it. Wondering if i can get to it via HOME button?
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Can this be done? I am coming from a Nexus 4, and i use google now and search so often its scary to have to go in and actually create an icon for it. Wondering if i can get to it via HOME button?
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When I long press the home button, I get a window for Google that says "Type or Speak", but it is not marked google Now in my apps drawer. Not sure if this helps.
Long pressing home brings up Google Now.
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Yeah i think before i opened Google Now for the first time it didnt respond properly. User Error. Thanks guys for responding.