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Alright, so most of you reading this post right now either have an Optimus 7 or plan to get one (perhaps). With the exception of the early hard button problems I had with this phone (which was mostly fixed after two exchanges), I like everything else about it. The softwares that LG released preloaded on the phone, as well as the ones on the LG Store are genuinely useful.
However, since the early rumours and in most reviews, a Voice-to-Text feature was promised for November. Now, I know Bing search has that little voice button beside it (that I have not noticed in other WinPhones), and we have other augmented reality apps, but where is this rumoured Dictation feature that was spoken about? I want to send a text message using nothing but my mouth (that sounds wrong).
I have owned a Nexus One for the past eight months, and now that phone has been given to my brother. I really don't miss much, except for multitasking and some widgets, but the Voice-to-Text feature is annoying. WP7 has Voice Commands, some of which are only limited to US and UK (WTF Microsoft? Canada gets the backend all the time? Same with Zune...), but LG promised me Voice-to-Text, and I want it
I might be missing something or misunderstood what this feature meant, and if someone knows where to get this, or how it will work, then by all means, please let me know.
Share your thoughts below...
EDIT: It is listen under features and specifications in both the Canadian and the UK page of LG Optimus 7 in the LG website.
Here is where this feature is promised on the UK site of LG:
http://yfrog.com/jpmdz0j
It honestly looks quite intriguing.
And here is the VIDEO from the Canadian LG Site:
http://www.lg.com/ca_en/flash/feature/lg-moblie-E900-feature-flash-fancy_Voice_To_Text_video.swf
Just contacted Canada LG Support Line, and honestly, their customer service is worse than any other manufacturer I have ever called. Completely clueless representatives.
UPDATE: Now it is available both on Bell and Telus offerings of LG WP7 phones.
apparently it's available in the lg app store in some other regions ... some guy on some other forum mentioned in passing that he had it ... iirc he was italian
At least there's hope it'll show up for us canucks eventually
It's available in the lg app store now. I haven't tried it yet :|
Yes, it is finally available. Apparently, the initial release was on Nov 31th, and it was VERY buggy. But the new version available in Canada is Ver 1.1.0.0. and it is very stable. Not one crash or lag. The interface looks like...well it looks exactly the same as native apps in WP7.
I am extremely surprised at the performance. It registered anything I threw at it, although sometimes it took a while, but it even transcribed my ramblings. Also, it does French quite well, even though I have a pretty bad accent. I am amazed.
Respect LG. You are good.
PS: I wish this was integrated into every place you use the keyboard. Kind of like Android...Also, did you know only on LG phones the Bing search has that microphone symbol beside it? I didn't...until I looked at a Focus...
Google announded Android M today... So when will we get Android M (Mars Bar) for Cricket Galaxy Grand Prime SM-G530AZ
After all the Android L is so yesterday and we only have some KitKat 4.4
Sorry to break this to you, but we most likely won't get it.
Why not. This is what gets me upset.. Microsoft with Windows 10 and apple push updates to the phone... Why can't Google handle android updates for the base operating system. Microsoft will be doing it with Windows update tool. It is a black eye that about a year later after 5.x came out most phones don't have it. Stupid crappie like this makes me love apple more and more.
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Why not. This is what gets me upset.. Microsoft with Windows 10 and apple push updates to the phone... Why can't Google handle android updates for the base operating system. Microsoft will be doing it with Windows update tool. It is a black eye that about a year later after 5.x came out most phones don't have it. Stupid crappie like this makes me love apple more and more.
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android is very open,which makes it impossible for google to update all the devices in market to the latest android version.
Dude, I won't even get the Lollipop update in my country..
He made his account with his nickname back to windows phone he is hater
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He made his account with his nickname back to windows phone he is hater [/QUOTE
I am not a hater. I own a Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime and before that I owned a Nokia 1320, Nokia 635, Nokia 630, Nokia 5xx all on Cricket. Before that I used an unlocked Moto g 2nd edition, a Moto G 1st edition... I started about 10 years ago on Windows Mobile on a HTC Apache PPC6700 by UTStarcom on Sprint, then had the HTC Mogul, Palm Treo WIndows, HTC Touch Diamond, and some others... So I went back to Windows Phone and liked it but the applications are missing and no official google apps other then google search. I am simply saying that if Microsoft is now going to push updates to all Win 10 Phones then why cant google do it as well. This issue here with the updates taking over a year to get to phones other then the most expensive flag ship models is stupid. Now granted Apple has far less phones to deal with from the 4 to the 6plus but they do it as well... Microsoft does it with even the windows phone 8 devices from the developers preview program for $20... Hell i would pay google a small upgrade OS fee just to get them when google releases a new version. I would even wait maybe 60 days after the nexus gets it if i had to but not 1 year... Perhaps google needs to ban the custom skins and all and have everyone compete on hardware and look and feel of the device. and yes i do change my phone every few months after getting tired of it... But this Grand Prime is nice as it handles the encryption on the 64bit cpu and i dont see any real performance hit. For my 15 year old son I have for him a ZTE Grand X Max Plus that is cool but does not have nfc....
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I hate Google too with this i don't care if there are lots of phones Google should make the drivers avaiable for all developers and companies so they can make some newer version of Android it doesn't have to be with all features just like Apple is doing for 4/4S releasing iOS 9 Lite that doesn't have all the features google should do this to all phones weak or old. But they don't give a damn.... :/
Should Google also lock down the OS like Windows Mobile is doing when it comes to the launcher
We should have massive protests over android updates... We should do a sit in at Google headquarters
Wow, this sort of ignorance must be what creates Apple fanboys. Android, unlike either of the mobile OS examples you gave, is OPEN SOURCE. They do not develop the updates for your device, that is done by your carrier our by the manufacturer (i.e. Samsung) at the carrier's request. Google does not develop the "drivers" you've mentioned, again that's the device manufacturer. Google makes the OS source and all APIs available to all carriers and manufactures. One of those parties, most likely your carrier, decides if they feel it would be advantageous to build (or pay for) an official update for your device model.
This is very basic information and common knowledge. If you don't know how it works, then obviously you cannot work it. Next time please Google before you bash Google.
Download links here: http://llabtoofer.com/2016/10/09/pixel-and-pixel-xl-system-image/
Any dev willing to port Google Pixel android ROM to Nexus 6?
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Download links here: http://llabtoofer.com/2016/10/09/pixel-and-pixel-xl-system-image/
Any dev willing to port Google Pixel android ROM to Nexus 6?
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Already tried to dump APKs, almost everything is for arm64, i think ports will not be such a thing. The included launcher and wallpaper picker are 32bit tho, but are the same as those leaked before, with a different signature tho
Unfortunate if true. I was curious what might be ported to the N6.
Someone can Im sure, and hopefully integrate Google assistant into our roms, that's the only thing I want, pixel launcher is already on my phone
Does anybody have an extractable system image, where I can pull alarms, ringtones, notifications and the SystemUI and Framework? I wouldn't mind getting ahold of that new battery icon.
I was able to unrar the images posted via that link and was able to simply ext4fuse mount them. No need to run through sim2img it appears. The media ringtones and notifications appear to be the same files that were released back in August.
file *.img
system.img: Linux rev 1.0 ext4 filesystem data, UUID=bbcb9ad2-245d-035f-a549-7d500312efe1 (extents) (large files)
system_other.img: Linux rev 1.0 ext4 filesystem data, UUID=da594c53-9beb-f85c-85c5-cedf76546f7a, volume name "system" (extents) (large files)
@Yasharkhan: I don't think Google Assistant will ever appear on the Nexus 6, for a very simple reason: the 32/64-bit divide. The Pixel/Pixel XL devices run a 64-bit Snapdragon 821 while the Snapdragon 805 in the Nexus 6 is only a 32-bit processor. 64-bit processors can run 32-bit apps, as evident by the Pixel launcher being a 32-bit app in a 64-bit system, but 32-bit processors cannot run 64-bit apps. If Google makes the Google Assistant a 64-bit app and does not create a 32-bit version, even if we could install it on the Nexus 6 it won't run. Since the Assistant is not an open source app, no one would be able to build a 32-bit version that would run on the Nexus 6.
I'd like to be wrong on this one, but the Assistant is an exclusive that only the 5X and 6P are going to get, if Google decides to provide it.
absolutely correct!
Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
@Yasharkhan: I don't think Google Assistant will ever appear on the Nexus 6, for a very simple reason: the 32/64-bit divide. The Pixel/Pixel XL devices run a 64-bit Snapdragon 821 while the Snapdragon 805 in the Nexus 6 is only a 32-bit processor. 64-bit processors can run 32-bit apps, as evident by the Pixel launcher being a 32-bit app in a 64-bit system, but 32-bit processors cannot run 64-bit apps. If Google makes the Google Assistant a 64-bit app and does not create a 32-bit version, even if we could install it on the Nexus 6 it won't run. Since the Assistant is not an open source app, no one would be able to build a 32-bit version that would run on the Nexus 6.
I'd like to be wrong on this one, but the Assistant is an exclusive that only the 5X and 6P are going to get, if Google decides to provide it.
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Interestingly, however, we can already install Allo, which has the Assistant. I don't think I would put it past Google to offer a 32 bit option since the code base for it is already there. 64 bit devices may see it before the N6 simply because someone will port it over to other 64 bit devices from the Pixel. But otherwise, I think Google is going to to play the long game here (maintaining official Pixel exclusivity for a while) and eventually release it for any device that can support API level 24 (?) If memory serves, Now On Tap had this kind of exclusivity when it first appeared with the 6P and 5X
With the Nexus 6 being Google's last 32-bit device, and with the Pixel line being 64-bit only, chances of the N6 getting the Assistant are between slim and none. Allo is not a terribly good example. While it does have an assistant, the assistant supposedly only works in Allo. A big stumbling block in porting the Assistant from Allo would be Google's penchant for encrypting their code.
I would like to be wrong. I'd like to think we'll get the Assistant. However, I don't see it happening.
Is the new launcher a newer version than what has leaked? if so, can it be pulled out, and posted as an APK?
Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
With the Nexus 6 being Google's last 32-bit device, and with the Pixel line being 64-bit only, chances of the N6 getting the Assistant are between slim and none. Allo is not a terribly good example. While it does have an assistant, the assistant supposedly only works in Allo. A big stumbling block in porting the Assistant from Allo would be Google's penchant for encrypting their code.
I would like to be wrong. I'd like to think we'll get the Assistant. However, I don't see it happening.
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I don't mean that we will see a "port" to 32 bit devices. I mean we may see official Google support sometime in the 7.x lifetime. As long as the N6 receives official 7.1 and up (which according to what I read today, the N6 may not. 7.1 will only go to devices that can support Daydream... and unless there is indeed official support for Vulcan (different argument entirely...and I don't mean developer support like Qualcomm has insinuated will be possible)), the N6 may not see 7.1 onwards.
I guess I need to upgrade to a 6p, to take advantage of a lot of the future apps.
We won't see official support, as it's not in Google's best interests to support a device that is two years old with a feature that is an exclusive on the Pixel/Pixel XL. The 32/64-bit divide is a convenient excuse to not provide the Assistant. Same goes for Vulkan.
We won't be seeing Android 7.1 anytime soon, if ever. Google has apparently not released any code related to 7.1.
Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
We won't see official support, as it's not in Google's best interests to support a device that is two years old with a feature that is an exclusive on the Pixel/Pixel XL. The 32/64-bit divide is a convenient excuse to not provide the Assistant. Same goes for Vulkan.
We won't be seeing Android 7.1 anytime soon, if ever. Google has apparently not released any code related to 7.1.
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That's more or less what I've been saying.
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That's more or less what I've been saying.
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No. What you said is that Google may provide official support to the N6 at some point. I said they won't provide any such support, and provided reasons as to why. How you could draw a conclusion that I said essentially the same thing as you is unknown.
Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
No. What you said is that Google may provide official support to the N6 at some point. I said they won't provide any such support, and provided reasons as to why. How you could draw a conclusion that I said essentially the same thing as you is unknown.
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Here is my last comment. Please reread it:
I don't mean that we will see a "port" to 32 bit devices. I mean we may see official Google support sometime in the 7.x lifetime. As long as the N6 receives official 7.1 and up (which according to what I read today, the N6 may not. 7.1 will only go to devices that can support Daydream... and unless there is indeed official support for Vulcan (different argument entirely...and I don't mean developer support like Qualcomm has insinuated will be possible)), the N6 may not see 7.1 onwards.
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I've added some highlighting for context. I'm not trying to argue with you. But, this clearly shows that I also doubt that we will see official support... So yes, within context, basically the same thing.
Cheers
Regarding Google assistant for our nexus 6.
Found this mod in Nexus 6P forum and was able to implement it in my Nexus 6 successfully.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/development/mod-google-assistant-stock-nbd90x-t3477868
Did not require flashing/porting anything at all. Must be on any stock or stock based Nougat ROM (I use latest Nutty Nexus by RachetPanda)
Warning : Experiment at your own risk. Editing build.prop may cause your device to not function properly.
My exact steps-
1. Make sure you have Google App (6.5.35.21 or newer)
2. Add ro.opa.eligible_device=true to the end of your build.prop
3. Edit build.prop and change ro.product.model=Nexus 6 to ro.product.model=Pixel
4. Clear Google App data and remove your Google account.
5. Reboot.
6. After reboot add your google account and activate Now on Tap. This will walk you through setting up Google Assistant
Bugs : Encountered none so far.
Well, contrary to what we have been saying, Google just officially said that the N6 will indeed get 7.1
And near the end is this line:
"...in early December, we’ll roll out updates to the full lineup of supported devices — Nexus 6, 5X, 6P, 9, Player, Pixel C, and supported Android One devices..."
Does anybody has any idea, when are we going to get Android Q for One plus 6T?
simransingh165 said:
Does anybody has any idea, when are we going to get Android Q for One plus 6T?
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At Google IO
I don't know why Google only want to change thingd that are useful every version of Android. If some features are good, leave it. Example: Anyone wants to clear a notification in only one way? or, who wants to show the notch in the screenshots?
I don't understand Google..
Probably later after the OnePlus 7 gets it,summer sometime I would say
This is still in early beta state with a lot of bugs even on pixel devices:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GE4QN6zkiLQ
After seeing more and more of OOS features OP already implemented and Google sells it as 'new feature' in Q with insane amount of bugs... I am an android fan, but this is the first version I am not excited about.
Having a vs995 my time has come. I didn't get the memo, and had to order a stop gap phone.
I have experience in reverse engineering hardened systems and was wondering if someone could help me approximate the effort required. This is my favorite platform to date. Last I did any android rev eng was the s4 mini (SCH i435). That phone was stolen. If someone can convince me that this would take 40 hours I'd humor it.
Otherwise... I've noticed the XCover Pro is still working for many even though Verizon killed a few on the 31st. I however don't see the CFW support rolling for that platform. I did put in for the Moto G Power, someone revived VoLTE on GSI and the battery procedure is reasonable. Thoughts? Suggestions?
OnePlus Nord N200. Pops apart like it was meant to be user serviced. Plenty of CFW support. Done.
Zz~ said:
Having a vs995 my time has come. I didn't get the memo, and had to order a stop gap phone.
I have experience in reverse engineering hardened systems and was wondering if someone could help me approximate the effort required. This is my favorite platform to date. Last I did any android rev eng was the s4 mini (SCH i435). That phone was stolen. If someone can convince me that this would take 40 hours I'd humor it.
Otherwise... I've noticed the XCover Pro is still working for many even though Verizon killed a few on the 31st. I however don't see the CFW support rolling for that platform. I did put in for the Moto G Power, someone revived VoLTE on GSI and the battery procedure is reasonable. Thoughts? Suggestions?
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Lg's implementation is odd with many frameworks needed from stock. With no documentation about their implementation, all you have to go off of is the stock rom files. It'll certainly be a challenge.
I realized as I started to dig. I need a phone by Monday so I found a compromise, the Oneplus N200. I still love my V20, it's still my favorite platform. Time permitting, I may revisit.