Originally Posted by squadseven

Doesn't work on LG Optimus 7 running on NoDo. I only got Bing App in the search providers. The new/add button is greyed out.

What?!? That shouldn't happen. There are 4 buttons at the bottom. The "Edit" one (a pencil) is disabled. The other three, Refresh, Add, and Save, are all enabled.

If this doesn't describe it accurately, you're using an outdated version. Please re-download the app and install from IESearchSwitcher\bin\Release.

One quick question... Can we use the voice recognition to search the internet or not?????

Originally Posted by arkatis

One quick question... Can we use the voice recognition to search the internet or not?????

Yes, but only using the official Bing app (not any web page). If your phone defaults to something other than the Bing app while browsing the web, you can use this app to change it.

Also, from anywhere on the phone, you can press-and-hold the Start button to jump to the Bing app already in speech-recognition mode. This is often easier than pressing Search and then tapping the mic icon.

EDIT: sometimes the search results for "Local" will be shown first. It's a pivot view, though. Pivot to "Web" instead of "Local" and you'll see Bing's search results for your query.

Have you gotten a chance to write that button into the program yet, or how close to being done so i can test it and see what the results are?

@lucasryan
Not yet, sorry. I've geen getting home from work pretty late and not wanting to spend a lot of time staring at a Visual Studio screen... but it's a really simple change, and I'll try to send it out tonight.

At this point, I'm mildly tempted to just hold off until one of the multiple "do anything" projects bear fruit. There are already better registry tweaking approaches for Samsung than what I'm trying to do, but unfortauntely the source hasn't been released yet...

Originally Posted by GoodDayToDie

@lucasryan
Not yet, sorry. I've geen getting home from work pretty late and not wanting to spend a lot of time staring at a Visual Studio screen... but it's a really simple change, and I'll try to send it out tonight.

At this point, I'm mildly tempted to just hold off until one of the multiple "do anything" projects bear fruit. There are already better registry tweaking approaches for Samsung than what I'm trying to do, but unfortauntely the source hasn't been released yet...

Yes i really understand that kind of situation, getting home from work and wanting to relax...just take your time and dont push yourself.

Originally Posted by GoodDayToDie

Tuesday 4 April:
It looks like Samsung support is still broken. Feel free to continue testing and reporting any issues, but it looks like I'll need to try a few different things. HTC and LG still work, of course.

UPDATE 1.3.2 - Saturday 2 April:
I've added some more checks to the registry write code. If you're not sure if the app is working for you (i.e. Samsung device owners) please try it and report what happens when you switch search options, or install a new option. If you get a messagebox indicating success, you're good to go. If it indicates failure, please tell me what the message was. Also, if it indicates failure the first time, try hitting Save again, and see if you get the same result.

Does not work in LG E900 with NoDo.

On launch fails with:
System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException(0x8007 0032):COM object with CLSID '{C6BD09B4-96AA-4524-89C4-665A15DD7C9B}' cannot be created due to the following error: The network request is not supported.

@EarthQ:
Thanks for the report, but... that's really confusing. The error means it couldn't find the DLL. However, C6DB09B4 isn't even a device-specific DLL, it's the base native.dll that is required for registry reading across all devices. To put it differently, every single phone, even ones I don't support (Dell, for example) should be able to use that library. The app won't even start if it's not found.

Can you pull open the XAP (rename it to .zip) and ensure native.dll is present? I've never released a version of the app without it, but I can't think of anything else causing this...

Yep, native.dll is there :S
I have attached the XAP (renamed to xap.zip) extracted from IESearchSwitcher.zip, just in case.

BTW, I have tried several XAP installers, all with same result.

The app actually launches after two error dialogs.
The second is a "full page" one, while the first one is mid-page.
THe "full page" says:
Unable to load provider options!
System.NullReferenceException: COM object with CLSID ...
...
at IESearchSwitcher.RegistryAccess.GetOptions()
at
IESearchSwitcher.MainPage.LoadOptions()
at
IESearchSwitcher.MainPage.Page_Loaded(Object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
at
System.Windows.CoreInvokeHandler.InvokeEventHandle r(Int32 typeIndex, Delegate handlerDelegate, OBject sender, OBject args)
at
MS.Internal.JoItHelper.FireEvent(IntPtrUnmanagedOb j, IntPtr unmanagedObjArgs, Int32 argsTypeIndex, String eventName)

arff... lots of typing ..

After "ok", the app shows up.
The options toolbar below shows normal only the "refresh" icon.
"Pencil-edit" button shows with grey square background, and "+" and "floppy" signs are black, instead of white as the "refresh" icon.

If I hit "Refresh", I get the "full page" error.

The dropdown shows "Bing app" only.

If I select "Add" button, I can add "Google, bing, yahoo and yahoo mobile".

When selectgin google and hit save icon, get another error:

Error when installing search option!
System.NullReferenceException:
NullReferenceException at IESearchProvider.RegistryAccess.AddOptions(SearchO ption option)
at IESearchProvider.AddProviderPage.Save_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at
Microsoft.Phone.Shell.ApplicationBarItemContainer. FireEventHandler.....

... that should be enough...

It worked!!! I have a Samsung Focus, said ok past the error message, selected ADD, went to google, saved. Restarted phone. Went onto IE, pressed the search button on phone and poof...google.com. Awesome stuff. Thanks a million