Having a problem last two days with vzw home page overriding browser/google settings and then forcing searches through Bing. Search starts in google to about 50% then loads the vzw page breifly before ending in Bing. I am on a debinged device and it wasnt a problem for the week before on the same rom.
Is it possible a market app swapped something and where might I look to find it ? No matter what I reset in the browser seetings or clear, the behavior returns.
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A search on debinged browser will help you find answers. If you are rooted you will have more options. But there are things you can do to minimize the influence if bing searches without being root.
One solution that I used was to replace browser.apk with the one from the Samsung Mesmerize which is the Canadian version of the Fascinate which doesn't use Bing
There is another file that will give you google search on a short press of the search key. But not google voice search with a long press. To get Google Voice Search you can install Vlingo (a nice voice recognition application with lots of features)
Another option is to use a different browser like Dolphin (I like Dolphin Mini) and set your home page to Google.
For a google search widget you can install LauncherPro.
Lots of ways to go. Searching will help you find details.
Thanks for the reply, but maybe I wasnt clear. I am fully rooted, running an eb01DB_DXC.tar with eb01 lockscreen mods, some swapped touchwiz and buddies .apks and other minor mods. Google voice search is disabled and everything is set properly settings wise.
The search function worked properly for a week, but something has changed to create this new behavior. I already tried Skyfire as well.
I understand the need to search and I do quite a bit. I just cant find a reason why behavior would change when there is no apparent reason to based on the device config.
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Hopefully a dev out there will read this and know what could and couldn't be done when it comes to this (i have some basic knowledge on some android programming but when i say basic, i mean basic...) but as most of you know the google search widget is back on the fascinate and works correctly if you have an ALTERNATE homescreen and you must use that homescreen (no more touch wiz). Now I personally prefer the touchwiz launcher over all the rest (i had a droid 1, then got a 2 and returned it for the fascinate best thing ive ever done imho) and im sure that there are some other people out there that feel the same way but HATE bing with a passion, such as myself. Now, more to the point, my idea is to take the touchwiz launcher from another galaxy S device (or the one that everyone has been able to use for non-rooted non-galaxy s devices for a while now) and simply make it compatable with the fascinate (I tried installing it myself and it failed) im guessing it failed for some version number reason or something of the sort (maybe all itd take is renaming the processes? idk) OR perhaps just go straight to the problem and someone dig into the TWlauncher on our fascinates and find where verizon has made them block all google related search widgets/icons (I cant even put the google voice search icon on my launcher ) Any and all input is both welcomed and thanked
bump with this as well
why?
Once rooted, you can fix the soft (short and long press) search button, which pretty much acts in the same fashion as that widget. I understand the frustration of not being able to install any widget once rooted, but that's a good enough solution. I prefer the TW launcher too.
I would wonder where the system defaults to Bing from. Even running a custom launcher, and using the google widget, the search button on the phone triggers a bing search. Would this be integrated in the TouchWiz launcher, or in the browser the phone ships with?
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I would wonder where the system defaults to Bing from. Even running a custom launcher, and using the google widget, the search button on the phone triggers a bing search. Would this be integrated in the TouchWiz launcher, or in the browser the phone ships with?
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You have to install the EnhancedGoogleSearchProvider.apk from the "Bing removed! Google is BACK!" thread to fix the hardware search button. The browser is also hooked to Bing, so the fix for the browser search is to use a different browser for now.
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You have to install the EnhancedGoogleSearchProvider.apk from the "Bing removed! Google is BACK!" thread to fix the hardware search button. The browser is also hooked to Bing, so the fix for the browser search is to use a different browser for now.
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So it's both then. Done, and done. Replaced the stock launcher in system/app with ADW, installed the search provider apk, and am running skyfire as default. This. Thing. Blazes.
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I'm trying to download either Voice Actions Infinity or Voice Actions Plus from my phone, currently running Hurricane ROM 1.6. I can find it fine in the web market, and I try to install it from there, but nothing shows up on my phone.
I also try to find it on my phone's Market and it just doesn't come up in any search I do.
I don't have problems downloading anything else, nor have I ever hit this issue before.
Any ideas? Maybe has to do with running the EH17 leak?
Initiating the install from the web market didn't work for me, but I was able to find and install just fine via the Market app on my phone.
You can't even find it? This may be a dumb question, but did you search for just "voice actions" ?
(I didn't try Voice Actions Plus because I didn't want to spend money just to test. Infinity worked fine though.)
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Initiating the install from the web market didn't work for me, but I was able to find and install just fine via the Market app on my phone.
You can't even find it? This may be a dumb question, but did you search for just "voice actions" ?
(I didn't try Voice Actions Plus because I didn't want to spend money just to test. Infinity worked fine though.)
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Yep, I tried "Voice Actions", "Voiceactions", "Voice Actions Plus", "Voice Actions Infinity", "Pannous" (the developer), etc. Apps come up, but not what I am looking for.. I get Google Voice Search, etc.
I downloaded Appbrain and found it through there, but it says the app is not compatible with my phone... my girlfriend's stock EC05 Epic can download it just fine... hmm...
I'm on an EC05 rom too, so I'll bet that's it. Maybe it's Froyo only, or maybe the Market doesn't like EH17.
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I'm on an EC05 rom too, so I'll bet that's it. Maybe it's Froyo only, or maybe the Market doesn't like EH17.
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Dunno. The app's web market page says it supports anything above Android 1.6... and I never hit this issue before, except when very explicit (like searching for Tegra games on my non-Tegra phone, etc.).
Oh well. I wonder if I can install the free version's .apk file in the mean time... but I can't find it
it's called "voice agent".
I am on the same situation, a running. Eh17 and a can't. Find the application. Can some one please. Help my
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i have seen this post today
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/google-now-on-aosp-based-ics-roms/
have any of you already installed google now with apk or edited build.prop?
i have uploaded velvet-signed.apk to the phone and android just doesn't want to replace old version of whaterev it is....(cuz i'm not sure that in replaces google search app)
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app now launched but search doesn't work(voice search too)
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1749045
search works but still without voice
Just tried it, it works well (without voice search).
One thing I hate is the weather applications are always like +/-2ยบ off and the forecasts can be different from the Bureau of Meteorology.
After reading through that 2nd link of yours it looks like it will be very difficult if at all possible to get voice search working, unfortunately...
I recently purchased a galaxy note 3 sm-900. I was desperate to return my android experience back to the one that I had become accustomed to on previous phones, so among other things I set about the task of removing google's new voice search and finding a way to install the old one. In short, I rooted the phone and deleted system apps using RootAppDelete. I uninstalled the google search app itself and then one that said something along the lines of com.google.android.voicesearch. After that, the google play store finally allowed me to download a fresh copy of the old voice search app, which installed just fine and works almost like it should on my phone. The only problem I have is that the app does not recognize voice commands, which is primarily what I use the app for. If I say "Navigate to X", the phone will open the browser with a google search for "Navigate to X". I really need to find a way to make these voice commands work. I have been digging through internet threads for the last few hours trying to find someone with a similar problem but with little success.
Does anyone have any ideas how I can fix this?
Hello all. I just noticed an issue that I dont remember having before. My Shield is updated to whatever the current official release is, and I might be rooted, can't remember (every update unroots me, cant remember if I re-rooted before or after the last update..). So the issue is, when I use the Voice commands to search anything, it applies very heavy censoring using Google's preferred logic (for instance, the word "porn" is censored but another dirty P-word is not..? I tested a ton of dirty words and it made no sense what it decided was bad and what was ok...). In the Shield's settings I have safe search off as well as the bad word filtering in the Voice settings disabled. I tested voice searching and voice to text input on my phone using the same Google account and it doesnt censor anything... Anyone have any idea how to resolve this? I Google'd around and all I found were a number of people saying they also have this issue, and it seems to have sprung up out of the blue. But it wasnt any help as there was no resolution, the reports spanned from 2011ish to 2016, and there was no common device or Android OS version...
also, JFYI, I noticed this issue by trying to search for SourceFed's video where they attended the hentai convention. "SourceFed Hentai Con" said aloud to my Shield resulted in it searching for "SourceFed H***** Con," and Youtube ignoring the H***** and just giving me every result containing "SourceFed" and/or "Con." Manually typing the word into the search on the Shield yielded the desired result, though... I am certain I have been able to voice cuss words in the past to look up songs on Youtube, but I cant give even a vague guess at when this censoring began for me..
Do you happen to have a different google search installed? A sideloaded version of the phone google search? If so, that has some voice settings too.
But if you are just using the inbuilt search function, maybe try changing language first, to a different english, then check the filters again etc. And try enabling blocking offensive words, use it, reboot, uncheck?
Or else, go to settings, apps, then in system apps select Google Search and Uninstall updates. Then it will reinstall updates probably, or do it manually via Play Store. And try Clear Data as well.
If that doesn't work, sign out of your google account. and last resort, factory reset?
Ive tried much of what you suggested already, but Ill give the rest a shot (changing languages temporarily and uninstalling/reinstalling updates mainly). If that doesnt work I will just have to live with it, not a big enough issue to warrant a factory reset lol. Thanks for the suggestions. I considered doing basically evertything you suggested, but figured it was unlikely to help. You also suggesting the same things makes me think there is a sliver of hope. Ill report back.
So, first thing I did was change the language to UK English and test it. Its not censoring voice search from the main menu, but IS censoring in Youtube only now. Changing back to US English, Youtube is censored and main screen searches arent. So, progress at least.
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Ive tried much of what you suggested already, but Ill give the rest a shot (changing languages temporarily and uninstalling/reinstalling updates mainly). If that doesnt work I will just have to live with it, not a big enough issue to warrant a factory reset lol. Thanks for the suggestions. I considered doing basically evertything you suggested, but figured it was unlikely to help. You also suggesting the same things makes me think there is a sliver of hope. Ill report back.
So, first thing I did was change the language to UK English and test it. Its not censoring voice search from the main menu, but IS censoring in Youtube only now. Changing back to US English, Youtube is censored and main screen searches arent. So, progress at least.
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Disable Restricted Mode in the youtube settings?
Restricted Mode has always been disabled. Voice-searching Youtube on my phone isnt censored, I should have mentioned. So at the moment, across all of the Google ecosystem, for some reason the only thing being censored is voice search in Youtube on my Shield... Going to clear Youtube data and updates on the Shield and let it refresh itself and see what happens.
Now that you mention it, Youtube does filter out some words as well. It does show the word titties, but the word fu ck is with stars. Maybe it's just the youtube app?
I can say f you in the regular search option. in Youtube I see stars. So maybe it's just youtube censorship...
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Restricted Mode has always been disabled. Voice-searching Youtube on my phone isnt censored, I should have mentioned. So at the moment, across all of the Google ecosystem, for some reason the only thing being censored is voice search in Youtube on my Shield... Going to clear Youtube data and updates on the Shield and let it refresh itself and see what happens.
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Yeah, it does seem to restrict outputting several words in the Youtube leanback app. In any language.
Maybe that's just built in the youtube app for tv.
You could consider using the phone/tablet youtube app. You can find it on the Aptoide app, or just download it from apkmiror.com and install it on your device. Then use an app (on the tv play store) called TV App Repo to create a shortcut on your Homescreen.
Maybe using the full youtube app will work. You can probably use the right stick on your controller as a mouse. Right trigger to click, hold to scroll. A to confirm, B for back.
EDIT: Tried it, the regular app doesn't seem to act any different. It uses the same voice overlay.
I actually used the regular app for a short time, as there are modded versions available that completely block ads, but it was entirely unusable for me. Barely even seemed to respond to input so all I could do was view front-page videos. Now I am doing the four month free trial of Youtube Red/Play Music, so no ads anyways haha. Thanks for your help though. Definitely looking to be no "fix" for this, but...I realized a very simple workaround. Doing the voice search from the main screen by default (for me at least) uses Youtube as its main results source. So I just have to remember if I need to search for anything with a potentially dirty word in it, just make sure to hit the Home button then the search button. I think that is an acceptable option, just not sure why Youtube's Leanback app has the restriction in the first place..
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I actually used the regular app for a short time, as there are modded versions available that completely block ads, but it was entirely unusable for me. Barely even seemed to respond to input so all I could do was view front-page videos. Now I am doing the four month free trial of Youtube Red/Play Music, so no ads anyways haha. Thanks for your help though. Definitely looking to be no "fix" for this, but...I realized a very simple workaround. Doing the voice search from the main screen by default (for me at least) uses Youtube as its main results source. So I just have to remember if I need to search for anything with a potentially dirty word in it, just make sure to hit the Home button then the search button. I think that is an acceptable option, just not sure why Youtube's Leanback app has the restriction in the first place..
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Yeah, I find it strange that there are apparently two voice search apps built-in. But indeed, searching from home does the trick.