Since the OTA Kitkat (4.4.2) update of my stock Verizon Galaxy S4 (SCH-i545), when I use the voice-to-text microphone button (Google voice typing) on the stock Samsung keyboard, it does not pause music played by Play Music or Pandora as it used to. I've been through troubleshooting with Samsung and VZW Support, including:
- Clearing cache for S Voice, Google Voice, Samsung Keyboard
- Testing in Safe Mode
- Performing a hard reset of the device
The music pauses for half a second and resumes with the mic active... not cool when listening to music and want to use voice to answer a text message.
VZW last said they want to discuss replacing the phone, but before I go down that rabbit hole, does anyone have any ideas on what to check or change to fix this?
The same thing happened to me. This used to work fine. My guess is it's software related. Replacing the entire phone seems like overkill.
Let's troubleshoot further. I'll keep you updated on anything I try, and obviously if anything fixes it.
EDIT: Found your follow-up thread here. Seems like an update to Google Search was the culprit.
sweeds said:
The same thing happened to me. This used to work fine. My guess is it's software related. Replacing the entire phone seems like overkill.
Let's troubleshoot further. I'll keep you updated on anything I try, and obviously if anything fixes it.
EDIT: Found your follow-up thread here. Seems like an update to Google Search was the culprit.
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Anyone find a resolution for this? I have same issue on Galaxy S4 I337M (Canada), both stock and custom ROMs using 4.4.2.
BlindDroid said:
Anyone find a resolution for this? I have same issue on Galaxy S4 I337M (Canada), both stock and custom ROMs using 4.4.2.
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Follow that thread; bottom of first page. The problem was an update to Google Search (and thus Google Voice input). Current solution is to downgrade to older version, link in that other thread.
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sweeds said:
Follow that thread; bottom of first page. The problem was an update to Google Search (and thus Google Voice input). Current solution is to downgrade to older version, link in that other thread.
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Thank you very much.
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My Google maps navigation seems to to get stuck in loop and repeats the last set of directions over and over the list directions are right just the voice part. I'm on team perfection rom. I've cleared the cache and all but it just keeps happening maybe its from this last Update. Anyone else?
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Mine has been working well after the update. Try clearing the data then uninstall, reboot, and reinstall.
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nthknd said:
My Google maps navigation seems to to get stuck in loop and repeats the last set of directions over and over the list directions are right just the voice part. I'm on team perfection rom. I've cleared the cache and all but it just keeps happening maybe its from this last Update. Anyone else?
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Same issue here. Running Only1 base. I have to clear app data every week or it gets stuck repeating the route from the state I was previously working in. The map directions are accurate, but the voice keeps saying to turn on a road from the previous week. Over and over and over again. Crazy.
rsfinsrq said:
Same issue here. Running Only1 base. I have to clear app data every week or it gets stuck repeating the route from the state I was previously working in. The map directions are accurate, but the voice keeps saying to turn on a road from the previous week. Over and over and over again. Crazy.
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Yep it also happen on my skyrocket running the collective rom. Wtf
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Why don't you guys use a NAV app that doesn't need data connection? I've been using CoPilot Live Premium and haven't had any problems whatsoever.
Same here
Hi!... same happening here.. Happened with Epsilon ROM... then with WanamLite 12.0 it worked ok for a few days, then it started repeating the route over and over again =((
No solution for this??
moreaup said:
Hi!... same happening here.. Happened with Epsilon ROM... then with WanamLite 12.0 it worked ok for a few days, then it started repeating the route over and over again =((
No solution for this??
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Same problem, Galaxy Nexus VZW on JellyBean, was having the issue on ICS as well. Did an uninstall/clear cache...worked for a while, and then started repeating again. Only thing that fixes it temporarily is clearing the app's data.
Happens to me once a week. Go to applications in settings, force stop maps, clear data, and reopen maps/nav. Problem solved. Its getting very annoying though, to do this once or twice a week.
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Same problem
This is my same problem and my location never picks up anymore..this is why I'm trying to go back to gingerbread cuz I never had a problem with maps
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I had the same problem on the Team Perfection ROM, in addition to it not using my Ivona TTS voice or speaking street names. Clearing cache and data didn't help, neither did an uninstall and reinstall from Play. What DID work however, was installing an older version apk I found (which kept FC for some reason), and then updating that version from Play. (Sorry, I don't recall which version it was, but I downloaded it from Aptoide.) After that, everything worked perfectly again. I noticed other people complaining about the same problem in Play's comments section. Really strange, but at least it works again for me.
Settings > Language & input > text to speech output.
Changing this to Pico TTS fixed it for me.
This has been happening on my phone (Verizon Galaxy Nexus on 4.1.1 JB AOKP build 2) on and off for a few months now, it first started happening right before android 4.1 Jellybean was officially announced. *It was at that precise time that the voice for Google Maps Navigation changed to be the same voice that Google Now uses in Jellybean. I remember there was a period of time where I would hear both voices like they hadn't finished converting all of the speech over to the new voice. It's been ever since then but this problem has been happening, I have noticed the clearing cache seems to sometimes stop it from happening only to return again randomly.
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Protonus said:
This has been happening on my phone (Verizon Galaxy Nexus on 4.1.1 JB AOKP build 2) on and off for a few months now, it first started happening right before android 4.1 Jellybean was officially announced. *It was at that precise time that the voice for Google Maps Navigation changed to be the same voice that Google Now uses in Jellybean. I remember there was a period of time where I would hear both voices like they hadn't finished converting all of the speech over to the new voice. It's been ever since then but this problem has been happening, I have noticed the clearing cache seems to sometimes stop it from happening only to return again randomly.
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Looks like this might be the solution, going to try it will report back.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26802275&postcount=373
Any updates?
orvtech said:
Any updates?
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Yup, the fix i posted above has worked since I did it.
Protonus said:
Yup, the fix i posted above has worked since I did it.
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I tried that but latter I got the same error. I am guessing that something is corrupting my data, either an app or faulty hardware.
did you uninstall any app by any chance?
Maps issue
Does anyone here know why my stock map flickers and cause force close in stock navigation. I'm on a custom rom and was wondering if it was the rom or the stock map app. Can anyone help, because I love using google map and navigation.
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Does anyone here know why my stock map flickers and cause force close in stock navigation. I'm on a custom rom and was wondering if it was the rom or the stock map app. Can anyone help, because I love using google map and navigation.
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what rom and kernel are you currently using?..The flicker is a issue with some roms..editing the maxlayer overlay build prop helped with alot of people.
Did anybody think to post what version of google maps your using, without it any fix or info is almost useless because it might work for one version but not another (ex// im on 6.14.1 but someone else may not if not updated or running old GApps
Has anyone attempted making the new Hangouts for MMS/SMS/Hangouts work on a VZW TW based ROM like CleanROM?
I can't even find a thread about people doing it in CM!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2507251
I'm looking to give that a shot and report back this week, if no one has.
Curious what else would be needed from 4.2/4.3/4/4 to make it work (since VRAMC3 is like 4.1.2).
Well, I tried it. I installed it normally. No hitches. Works just fine.
Haven't tried video chatting yet, which (as I understand) has issues on some devices, like the Moto X (needs a different library or something) but works fine on others.
I will report!
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Well, I tried it. I installed it normally. No hitches. Works just fine.
Haven't tried video chatting yet, which (as I understand) has issues on some devices, like the Moto X (needs a different library or something) but works fine on others.
I will report!
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I have been using it since droid life posted it last week and it seems to work well enough. I stopped using it because I prefer to have individual notifications.
Hangouts just updated via the Play Store for me today and asked to take over SMS/MMS duties after installing.
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Hangouts just updated via the Play Store for me today and asked to take over SMS/MMS duties after installing.
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I looked for it at the time of my post and it was not available for update.
I wonder if an official version is coming for some users!
Because video chatting DOES NOT work (I should update the original post here).
Can't get it to happen.
EDIT: My Hangouts only updated to 1.2.018. Won't update to the 2.0.x yet.
Strange. I'm on CleanROM (Stock basically)
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I have been using it since droid life posted it last week and it seems to work well enough. I stopped using it because I prefer to have individual notifications.
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Yeah, when are they going to let individual hangout/conversations have different notification settings (other than ignoring notifications or not)?
It CAN'T be a hard feature to implement.
I'm keeping Handcent installed for now. But this thing won't update in the Play Store. Hoping to have a version where Video chat works, because I use that more htan phone calls.
Most of my friends (even iphones) have Hangouts now, and I just video call + turn off video + turn on 'handset' for sound (so it's basically a phone call).
WOrks well for a few friends I have that have 0 reception at their house but have wifi with good internet at home.
Google usually does staged roll-outs of updates for their apps. I'd think that by tomorrow you should be able to update to the latest version. Also, try going to Hangouts in the Play Store. I've seen sometimes where apps can be updated, but they don't show as being able to update from the all apps screen, but you can update it from the Play Store listing itself.
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Google usually does staged roll-outs of updates for their apps. I'd think that by tomorrow you should be able to update to the latest version. Also, try going to Hangouts in the Play Store. I've seen sometimes where apps can be updated, but they don't show as being able to update from the all apps screen, but you can update it from the Play Store listing itself.
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Yeah I'll check tomorrow. I went right to it, too, to check. Good advice though.
Are you on the stock-based 4.1.2? I wonder if I need 4.2 or 4.3 ROM going to make it happen.
I put that new Video lib .so file for the video chat. with OR without it, video calling seems to connect for a second, then stops working. I'll just wait for the official one, I do suppose!
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Yeah I'll check tomorrow. I went right to it, too, to check. Good advice though.
Are you on the stock-based 4.1.2? I wonder if I need 4.2 or 4.3 ROM going to make it happen.
I put that new Video lib .so file for the video chat. with OR without it, video calling seems to connect for a second, then stops working. I'll just wait for the official one, I do suppose!
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The new, official version is rolling out.
http://www.droid-life.com/2013/11/07/google-hangouts-2-0-122-with-sms-integration-rolling-out-to-all/
So like imnuts said, just check back and it will eventually update.
i wish hangouts had a private option like stock mms. i hate the message being rolled over the status bar.
Hello,
As the title suggests, I have upgraded to the new stock 4.3 ROM (Ireland) and it seems Multi-Window is no longer working.
I activated it from the settings, and I can see it as active from the notification panel, however pressing and holding the BACK button yields nothing.
The rom is STOCK and rooted, apart from the frozen applications (List below) that's about it.
Now I know this ROM is incomplete, however I can only see people talking about the lack of Light Effect (same thing for me) and the lag/ battery drain (Which I was able to improve and fix). I was wondering, does anyone else have the same problem as mine? And if not, does anyone know how to fix this?
Frozen apps list:
Backup 2.5.6 (Samsung's backup)
ChatON
Google Play Books
Google Play Magazines
Google Play Movies
Google Play Music
Music Hub
S Voice
Samsung Apps
Samsung Backup Provider 1.8
all Samsung SyncAdapters
Samsung Link
Samsung Push Service
User Manual.
Solution to the above was doing a wipe data/factory reset.
Lost.soul said:
Hello,
As the title suggests, I have upgraded to the new stock 4.3 ROM (Ireland) and it seems Multi-Window is no longer working.
I activated it from the settings, and I can see it as active from the notification panel, however pressing and holding the BACK button yields nothing.
The rom is STOCK and rooted, apart from the frozen applications (List below) that's about it.
Now I know this ROM is incomplete, however I can only see people talking about the lack of Light Effect (same thing for me) and the lag/ battery drain (Which I was able to improve and fix). I was wondering, does anyone else have the same problem as mine? And if not, does anyone know how to fix this?
Frozen apps list:
Backup 2.5.6 (Samsung's backup)
ChatON
Google Play Books
Google Play Magazines
Google Play Movies
Google Play Music
Music Hub
S Voice
Samsung Apps
Samsung Backup Provider 1.8
all Samsung SyncAdapters
Samsung Link
Samsung Push Service
User Manual.
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did you try a new flash via odin again?
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did you try a new flash via odin again?
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Not yet, before I resorted to this I wanted to make sure that this isn't a general problem.
So just to confirm, it is working fine for you correct ?
working fine herw
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working fine herw
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Thanks, will re-flash once I am home and see how it goes then.
Flashed I9300XXUGMJ9_I9300VFGGMJ5_VDI again, same result. MultiWindow not working :/
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Flashed I9300XXUGMJ9_I9300VFGGMJ5_VDI again, same result. MultiWindow not working :/
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factory reset after flashing?
Flashed I9300XXUGMJ9_I9300VFGGMJ5_VDI again, same result. MultiWindow not working :/
Yeah I was thinking about that .. just gonna wait until a proper build is released by Samsung and work from there.
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In case someone has the same issue, a factory reset resolved it.
I had this issue where i sounded like a mouse and you could not understand what i was saying on the other end of a hangouts call. I tried everything to resolve it and it turned out to be the google now (search) settings ok google hotword detection allowing ok google to work from any screen. No clue why, as my sons galaxy nexus has the same setting and it works fine.
Just wanted to post in case anyone else ran into this.
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I had this issue where i sounded like a mouse and you could not understand what i was saying on the other end of a hangouts call. I tried everything to resolve it and it turned out to be the google now (search) settings ok google hotword detection allowing ok google to work from any screen. No clue why, as my sons galaxy nexus has the same setting and it works fine.
Just wanted to post in case anyone else ran into this.
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I'm going to have to try this out. Me and my wife are having this same exact issue where I sound like a robot.
JewRican said:
I had this issue where i sounded like a mouse and you could not understand what i was saying on the other end of a hangouts call. I tried everything to resolve it and it turned out to be the google now (search) settings ok google hotword detection allowing ok google to work from any screen. No clue why, as my sons galaxy nexus has the same setting and it works fine.
Just wanted to post in case anyone else ran into this.
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I have the same problem, but still trying to figure out a solution
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I have the same problem, but still trying to figure out a solution
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so did you try disabling the setting that I posted?
workaround
But what if one wants to have the ok google functionality turned on? Isn't this issue/bug supposed to be addressed by samsung?
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But what if one wants to have the ok google functionality turned on? Isn't this issue/bug supposed to be addressed by samsung?
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Sure is, but who knows when that will happen
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-verizon/help/video-call-audio-kit-kit-upgrade-t2856743
I started a whole other thread on this.
Is not just a Hangouts issue, but it's a Skype and any other video chat issue.
Are you guys on 4.4? This might be it, but since hot word detection on any page was a Kit Kat function.
I tried turning off Google Now, but but I didn't turn off the hot word on any page function. I'll try it and let you know if it's the issue.
JewRican said:
I had this issue where i sounded like a mouse and you could not understand what i was saying on the other end of a hangouts call. I tried everything to resolve it and it turned out to be the google now (search) settings ok google hotword detection allowing ok google to work from any screen. No clue why, as my sons galaxy nexus has the same setting and it works fine.
Just wanted to post in case anyone else ran into this.
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Thank you sir. After a week and a half of trouble shooting, you found the answer.
The problem is indeed, and Google Search's new "anytime /any screen" hotword section function..
Go to Google Search, Settings, Voice, Uncheck hotword detection from any screen.
Why this breaks the wifi audio when using a video chat service is a mystery.
I now realize that this wasn't an issue under 4.3, because Hotword detection from any screen is a Kitkat only feature.
I don't know if this a Samsung, possibly or Google Search issue. But I'll submit a ticket to Google under in the play store.
Hopefully, everyone else will too.
I'm on the galaxy s4 from tmobile. I was also having this problem, but I turned off the hotword from any screen and it worked. I first noticed this trying to make a google voice call from hangouts, which is audio only, but it did it with video chats as well. I'll definitely report this.
Thanks for figuring it out!
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I can also verify that this fix works. I'm going home for Thanksgiving & we wanted to set it up so the gf and stepson can video chat with me while I'm gone. She was trying to set it up on her PC & having issues, which I've never even tried.
I asked her why she didn't just use her phone like a normal person & she said she'd tried it with her mom & had the high pitched noise. We tried it & confirmed & a Google search brought me here.
I disabled hotword detection from any screen & it went away (she doesn't use it all the time like I do).
This is weird though, because this is the vzw s4 that I used to video with her on her s3 thriugh hangouts before & I've had Google now set to detect from any screen since I could.
Not that I think it matters, but her mom has an s5 & I assume she's got hotword detection off. I'm on the Note 4 & have it on with no issue.
I know the OP is a little old, but I'm wondering if the latest OTA for the s4 has something do to with it? I swear I videoed her from the s4 with detection on.
In any case, after my long rambling, thanks for posting the fix!
Sent from my Note 4
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I can also verify that this fix works. I'm going home for Thanksgiving & we wanted to set it up so the gf and stepson can video chat with me while I'm gone. She was trying to set it up on her PC & having issues, which I've never even tried.
I asked her why she didn't just use her phone like a normal person & she said she'd tried it with her mom & had the high pitched noise. We tried it & confirmed & a Google search brought me here.
I disabled hotword detection from any screen & it went away (she doesn't use it all the time like I do).
This is weird though, because this is the vzw s4 that I used to video with her on her s3 thriugh hangouts before & I've had Google now set to detect from any screen since I could.
Not that I think it matters, but her mom has an s5 & I assume she's got hotword detection off. I'm on the Note 4 & have it on with no issue.
I know the OP is a little old, but I'm wondering if the latest OTA for the s4 has something do to with it? I swear I videoed her from the s4 with detection on.
In any case, after my long rambling, thanks for posting the fix!
Sent from my Note 4
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Its strictly a kit Kat 4.4 issue. That Google has dropped a serious ball on. But they can care less now, since they are on to lollipop 5.0
Maybe it will be fixed in 5.0
Looks like the issue wasn't fixed in Lollipop either. I'm running Dan's GPE ROM, and I had to disable any-screen hotword detection to return the normal voice.
Hello everyone,
I'm coming from a Galaxy S2 running ICS. When I would click to play a video from the default internet browser, I would get prompted for the video player. I'm assuming that it has something to do with flash compatibility? In any case, I really liked this behavior since I could choose MX player (stream) or Internet (download). This was very handy and I would love to be able to have that functionality on my new device.
I'm now using a Galaxy S4 running KitKat 4.4.2 and it seems that all videos play inline and I can't choose any other apps. Is there a way to get that functionality back?
Thanks for any insight you may have!
Nope. Android killed all flash plug-ins and apps are now made to play videos inline. Not to mention the option to download was breaking alot of rules.
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Nope. Android killed all flash plug-ins and apps are now made to play videos inline. Not to mention the option to download was breaking alot of rules.
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Say it aint so!! Should this have been working in ICS? I'm wondering because if it's been disabled since before ICS, maybe I can still find a way around this...?
alagator28 said:
Say it aint so!! Should this have been working in ICS? I'm wondering because if it's been disabled since before ICS, maybe I can still find a way around this...?
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You might be able to get around this by using outdated apks from before they started using the inbuilt browsers but be warned that if you download the videos google has the right to term you account. Other then that there is nothing you can do. Flash has been dead for a long time now.
zelendel said:
You might be able to get around this by using outdated apks from before they started using the inbuilt browsers but be warned that if you download the videos google has the right to term you account. Other then that there is nothing you can do. Flash has been dead for a long time now.
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Thanks for your answer. Much appreciated.