my friend's S3 recently received an update to JB. he updated it through Kies. He decided to test the new feature of the google search app called Google Now but he cant see it. Going to the settings of the said app, there should be an option for Google NOw there, but in his phone, there is none. Even the UI which is supposed to show mountains and cards is not in his S3's google search app, his is just plain search box UI.
What could be are the problems?
Look at your apps, it's simply called Google. (blue box, white G) and when launched it gives some info on Google now and asks if you want to use it. In Applications Manager it says Google Search.
lininjim said:
Look at your apps, it's simply called Google. (blue box, white G) and when launched it gives some info on Google now and asks if you want to use it. In Applications Manager it says Google Search.
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Nope, it did not ask any questions whether we would like to use Google NOw
THE ANSWER IS: language of phone should be English(UNited States)...tsk tsk..
Well the language of my phone us English (United Kingdom), but thanks for your comment, I hope you get any further help you need with that kind of attitude.
Hi.
My name is Martin.
I live in Latvia and that's where the problem is. I can't use Google now, because it ain't available in my country yet. I tried going in options but it wouldn't even give me an option to enable the Google now. OK, I understand it cannot offer much useful information, because Latvia isn't made available yet, but I want to enable it anyway.
Is there a way to enable Google now without actually moving to US or something?
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i think you can use vpn or ssh of american to enable google now in your phone, but if google service not availble in your country, google now will not be so useful in your country too
Google at least exists in Latvia (evidenced by http://www.google.lv/ ), but I have no idea about when the Google Now service will be implemented.
I know this doesn't help much, but this is good for me to know, since I'm planning a visit to Latvia fairly soon, and even tossed around the idea of teaching English there.
you should set your device's language to English US, then go to apps, google search, app info, and delete all data, swipe you screen for google search, and you're good to go.
Greetings from Lithuania
maslelviz said:
you should set your device's language to English US, then go to apps, google search, app info, and delete all data, swipe you screen for google search, and you're good to go.
Greetings from Lithuania
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THANX!!!!
I've already checked the 2013/2014 thread about this but that method doesn't work.
I need help cause i want to play South Park : Phone Destoroyer, and PES 2017.
Pes was released in may but there's still no it in my playstore.
I tried metheod when you delete google play cache and install turbo vpn, but it doesn't work.
Btw sorry for my bad english and sorry if i put thread in wrong category, i am new to this forum.
My phone is Lenovo K6 and i live in Serbia.
Phone is not rooted.
djommi said:
I've already checked the 2013/2014 thread about this but that method doesn't work.
I need help cause i want to play South Park : Phone Destoroyer, and PES 2017.
Pes was released in may but there's still no it in my playstore.
I tried metheod when you delete google play cache and install turbo vpn, but it doesn't work.
Btw sorry for my bad english and sorry if i put thread in wrong category, i am new to this forum.
My phone is Lenovo K6 and i live in Serbia.
Phone is not rooted.
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You can directly download the app apk from web(maybe google search) and then install it on your device
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milkyway3
milkyway3 said:
You can directly download the app apk from web(maybe google search) and then install it on your device
Regards,
milkyway3
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Nah, that don't work. btw i found way to change location.
Thanks anyway.
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Nah, that don't work. btw i found way to change location.
Thanks anyway.
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I mean, apps don't work, it says please download app from google play.
I am now on canadian google play and everything works like a charm.
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Nah, that don't work. btw i found way to change location.
Thanks anyway.
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Can you just help to tell in detail how it worked so that this thread can be useful for people with the same query in future
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milkyway3
Oh yeah, I forgot about it.
So there are few "warnings" before start.
-When you restart phone, there is 50% chance that it will transfer you to your main Google play. For example : I live in Serbia and I want Russian Google Play. When I finish this procedure and restart phone there is 50% chance that it will change your Google play to your homeland country.
-If you want to transfer to Canadian Google play I recommend you to change your language to English (Canada,US,United Kingdom - whatever)
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1. You must delete your Google account on your phone because Google locks your Google play to country you created Google account in.
2.Connect to VPN (I recommend TurboVPN cause it's free and good)
3.Create new Google account with VPN on
4.Congratz, you now have new Google play!
This also works with YouTube. If you have VPN that is in USA, you can use YouTube Red for example.
Hi guys, I looked around first but I did not find anything... Is there anyway to run Alexa on a Verge if you are outside of the US? I thought simply about changing region on my phone but that's no longer an available option in Pie.
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Hi guys, I looked around first but I did not find anything... Is there anyway to run Alexa on a Verge if you are outside of the US? I thought simply about changing region on my phone but that's no longer an available option in Pie.
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As i know official there is no any ways to get Alexa outside US, about changing region in smartphone and ect., as i know don't working that, method in which if you only changed language/region (this happening in various operating system versions, so PIE is not only in this case) i tried to understand how working at all Alexa (how it detecting my region), coz i got the same update with Alexa as many probably of us (Verge smartwatch). So the only confirmation which i got from Amazfit support, it's can be detecting by GPS and you can't change that. When will be available Alexa or any other assistants in others countries there is no any news and dates. It's possible to do something from developers sides? Well i'm not developer, but i guess only if you install 3rd parties software and ect. But i'm not sure, developers i think can answer better from theirs sides.
I am outside of US and it works IF you use an Amazfit account which you state as US
Then when you set up the watch after signing in to your Amazfit account you will find an option to setup the "US" Amazon account and then get Alexa capability.
I find it a bit sluggish to call up but it works
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I am outside of US and it works IF you use an Amazfit account which you state as US
Then when you set up the watch after signing in to your Amazfit account you will find an option to setup the Amazon account and then get Alexa capability.
I find it a bit sluggish to call up but it works
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If my smartphone is android?
should work whether iOS or Android
the key is the Amazfit account. it should be in a region which is Alexa supported I think. Just use another email address and create a new Amazfit account with US as the location
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should work whether iOS or Android
the key is the Amazfit account. it should be in a region which is Alexa supported I think. Just use another email address and create a new Amazfit account with US as the location
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I tried, i created new account of Amazfit Watch app, i choice US region, i did factory reset of Verge and created new mail. Did not helped. Alexa is not still available. As i mentioned in some case Amazfit Support confirmed to me that Alexa is detecting by GPS, so you can try and further to change settings in smartphone/Verge, to create another account and ect., but if for you worked, must be something else. These method which you wrote did not wroked for me
What i did:
1. Created outlook account (which is US mail service)
2. Created new Amazfit Watch app account where i choice US location
3. I confirmed all new account
4. I did factory reset of Verge watch
5. I log in into these account/pair process
6. There is no Alexa, don't working any voice assistants
Did you et the phone language to US English too?
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Did you et the phone language to US English too?
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Yes. Can you do these screenshots/pictures?
From Verge watch:
1. Model from Verge watch with operating system version number.
2. Active Alexa on Verge screen (better is video, but will be great pictures too, it's depends you, what you can do)
From smartphone/Amazfit Watch app:
1. Smartphone's operating system version
2. Smartphone's region and language
3. Amazfit Watch app region (if this possible)
4. Amazfit Watch app version
All these sections which i mentioned screenshots/pictures or video at all.
By the way it's yours smartphone or/and watch is rooted? Is installed stock ROM and ect. (in both devices)?
As i mentioned in my past post, it's not enough to change only region/language of Amazfit Watch app/account and smartphone region/language. The same confirmed to me Amazfit support, in some case they confirmed to me that Alexa probably detecting location by GPS signal, which you can't disabled as i know in Verge model (i'm wrong?). Probably location is detected that you choosing weather location in Amazfit Watch app. How exactly detecting Verge watch region couldn't siad to me support, but idea and method which you wrote they rejected at all
P.S. Model of Verge i mean (for example) A1811 which is international version. I need this number. You can easily find this information in Verge settings.
I can't do this because my Verge is stock CN model with CN firmware. But I know people in Italy and Brasil using Alexa in EN without issues keeping the phone in English as well...
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I can't do this because my Verge is stock CN model with CN firmware. But I know people in Italy and Brasil using Alexa in RN without issues keeping the phone in English as well...
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Yhea, yhea... sounds like movie's name "rumors has it..." In youtube is millions fake methods how to do one of others things, but all theirs are fake. Sorry man, but as i mentioned yours methond don't working the same in a some case confirmed Amazfit support. I'm sure yours friends doing something more as to change location, if they exit at all
I got mine activated too. Latest Amazfit version both on watch and on phone, android 9, everything stock. I am logged in to my Amazfit account using Google, not using a separate Amazfit account and to activate Alexa I simply changed the language of my phone to English (US) and when I opened Amazfit it gave me a pop-up saying that now I can use Alexa, I never expected that to work this easy. My region for my Google account is Romania so the only thing that got it activated was changing the phone language to English (US), as I had it on UK previously.
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I got mine activated too. Latest Amazfit version both on watch and on phone, android 9, everything stock. I am logged in to my Amazfit account using Google, not using a separate Amazfit account and to activate Alexa I simply changed the language of my phone to English (US) and when I opened Amazfit it gave me a pop-up saying that now I can use Alexa, I never expected that to work this easy. My region for my Google account is Romania so the only thing that got it activated was changing the phone language to English (US), as I had it on UK previously.
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Screenshot/video please in others ways it's just empty talk, about rumors i already wrote
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Yhea, yhea... sounds like movie's name "rumors has it..." In youtube is millions fake methods how to do one of others things, but all theirs are fake. Sorry man, but as i mentioned yours methond don't working the same in a some case confirmed Amazfit support. I'm sure yours friends doing something more as to change location, if they exit at all
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My method? Where did you see me explaining any method? I simply asked you a question. If you don't want to trust my opinion it is up to you, but I am sure your attitude won't take you very far...
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Did you et the phone language to US English too?
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This is yours post? To change language to US is not method to get Alexa if you are not in US? I'm wrong?
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My method? Where did you see me explaining any method? I simply asked you a question. If you don't want to trust my opinion it is up to you, but I am sure your attitude won't take you very far...
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Don't be so sensitive, i just asked a proof, as i mentioned in internet full rumors/fake methods and ect., how to get any or other things/features and ect. I did not wrote nothing bad, if this is so hard to do it's ok, i just don't believe you, coz i tried and did not worked for me, also was rejected in a some case this method (if you want you can call it how you want, i named it as method) from Amazfit support. Did i wrote something wrong?
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This is yours post? To change language to US is not method to get Alexa if you are not in US? I'm wrong?
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No, it is not a method. And yes, you are wrong.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/method
I don't have time to post screenshots/photos. That's the only thing that I had to do, I just disabled it again now by changing phone language back to English - UK. I am 100% positive Amazfit servers don't do any kind of location check to enable Alexa.
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No, it is not a method. And yes, you are wrong.
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"a way, technique, or process of or for doing something" - to get Alexa in not US market by changing language, location and ect, is not "a way, technique, or process of or for doing something"?
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I don't have time to post screenshots/photos. That's the only thing that I had to do, I just disabled it again now by changing phone language back to English - UK. I am 100% positive Amazfit servers don't do any kind of location check to enable Alexa.
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I don't have time to try probably a fake method again which did not worked first time, which was rejected by manufactors worker... It's ok if worked for you, i just wrote my experience about that, guys, it's ok if you got positive result, i got negative. I just posted about it, no need to try to change my opinion, i just asked a proof, if you can't post it, discuss is over, do you agree with me? It's ok for you, then it's ok for me too
It's your choice, changing simply the language of your phone and region is the easiest thing. Anyway, Alexa in Verge is pretty useless if you don't have other Alexa enabled things in your house, as it can't do too much.
PS, the manufacturer support will always say no, as it's not an officially available service, even though they might know workarounds.
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It's your choice, changing simply the language of your phone and region is the easiest thing. Anyway, Alexa in Verge is pretty useless if you don't have other Alexa enabled things in your house, as it can't do too much.
PS, the manufacturer support will always say no, as it's not an officially available service, even though they might know workarounds.
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If you read attention my post, i already mentione dthat i tried to change language in smartphone/watch (Verge), to create new account of Amazfit Watch app and ect., did not worked. So that's why i'm so negative about that.
About manufactors, well, i know that they will sya ofetn no, coz it's not official method to get Alexa, that's why i tried. But as i mentioned it's not working for me. I don't know why, maybe i doing something wrong, maybe it's just something else i have to do. One of you posted Google account and ect. In my smartphone always wokring GPS, in watch was choice my location in weather widget, also in a some case confirmed that location in watch can be detected by GPS in watch and ect. I havn't iPhone, which was mentioned too. Yes of course it's my choice, but come on have everybody have Alexa in theirs watch? I know what is voice assistant is, i had before i bought Amazfit Verge, Sony smartband talk, which have voice assitant too. I tried a lot of time Google Now (voice assitant) too and ect. I waiting that untill will be available in rest world. But say me honest how often you using voice assitant? It's a fun feature, but... it's not daily useful. I bought Verge for that, but in Sony's device i did not used so often assistant, but always is great to know that you device have it, sometime is need it. But without it Verge is not worst watch That's why i tried to get it, but if not working - well, i will try to wait untill Amazfit will do available for me too SImple
Hey guys, chill
TBH it's just a fun feature. The response time is so sluggish I don't find it useful and hardly use it.
Little loss if you can't get it going on the watch.
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