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How to make OK Google voice command work in cm11
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nice it did work but stuck in boot loop
did you forget to mention NOT to remove the "Temporary anything.....whatever" launcher, after installation
cause now am stuck in boot loop
using Maclaw CM11 S3 mini 4.4.2 18th Jan Build
Well its all because of google now (velvet.apk) present in sysrem/priv-app
Why its removed ?
A) Bcoz if its not preinstalled we cant have Google experience launcher working and we cant do anything without a launcher
To make it work follow these simple instructions
1)Install any alternative launcher for temporary [anything apex,nova,smart whatever]
2)Just use root explorer or similar and remove velvet.apk from system/priv-app
3)Install google now from play store using your installed launcher
If u don't want to buy root explorer use inbuilt file manager by pressing menu and select settings/general/access mode /root access
Reboot and done ur ok google will be working now
did you forget to mention NOT to remove the "Temporary anything.....whatever" launcher, after installation
cause now am stuck in boot loop
using Maclaw CM11 S3 mini 4.4.2 18th Jan Build
Google home is a shell without Google now
the main thing is google now
anyway chill out why it is in bootloop and can u confirm that no launcher is the problem
try adding another whatever launcher to system/app and if it boots with that launcher its my mistake
if its not its your problem
i dont think 1 app will effect whole rom
thanks anyway ill add it
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Hi, well first thank you for your concern and reply, didn't mean to appear as grumpy. But hey its the wife's mini if you know what I mean.
OK fail to boot through custom recovery dalvik wipe. (I kept clean wipe as a last resort)
Flash updated maclaw 28th build through custom recovery didn't help either
So I tired through Odin without flashing GAPPS. All fine except playstore , it just wouldn't connect through WIFI nor 3g
Back to recovery and flashed GAPPS
Thanks to you it is working fine now with Google now (ok Google hot word detection) working fine.
I have a question though. Do I need to do all that with every build update or it should stick now without all this headache
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OK fail to boot through custom recovery dalvik wipe. (I kept clean wipe as a last resort)
Flash updated maclaw 28th build through custom recovery didn't help either
So I tired through Odin without flashing GAPPS. All fine except playstore , it just wouldn't connect through WIFI nor 3g
Back to recovery and flashed GAPPS
Thanks to you it is working fine now with Google now (ok Google hot word detection) working fine.
I have a question though. Do I need to do all that with every build update or it should stick now without all this headache
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and no u dont have to do it again and again (coz i am proud user of this mini, i am updating it daily
except for full wipe (not factory reset more like fresh installation)
Pm me if u have any probs i will try to help have a nice day
Hi, this didn't work for me. I followed the instructions and after reboot I switched back to the cm11 launcher, only he Google search bar widget looks different. I kept saying "okay google" and nothing happened, there's not hotword detection setting in Google settings either. I'm using maclaws cm11 20140126 if that helps.
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i did what you said by moving/deleting (i did both, one in 1 situation and the another in other one) velvet.apk
then when i went to the play store, google search was STILL INSTALLED so i couldnt "reinstall it" (you said it has to be installed)
you didnt say to reboot device so i didnt do it the 1st time and like i said before, i couldnt "install" google search because it was installed.
the 2nd time i tried this method, i rebooted my s3 mini with cm11 and again, it was installed.
in both cases i decided to unninstall google search and reboot, then install it again and reboot.
Finally, "Ok google" commands worked but like it worked before i did all this methods.
(Before i deleted velvet.apk.etc) "ok google" voice commands worked and now it works too.
my questions are:
1) did the female's voice of google now only works on new experience launcher?
2) can i make it work on another launcher? (im using holo launcher plus)
3) what this methods are for? (if they are for activating just the "Ok google", it was working before too.
4) maybe im not understanding something from the guide, what could it be? (thats the reason i explained before the 2 methods i understood from the guide)
THANKS!!
i did what you said by moving/deleting (i did both, one in 1 situation and the another in other one) velvet.apk
then when i went to the play store, google search was STILL INSTALLED so i couldnt "reinstall it" (you said it has to be installed)
you didnt say to reboot device so i didnt do it the 1st time and like i said before, i couldnt "install" google search because it was installed.
the 2nd time i tried this method, i rebooted my s3 mini with cm11 and again, it was installed.
in both cases i decided to unninstall google search and reboot, then install it again and reboot.
Finally, "Ok google" commands worked but like it worked before i did all this methods.
(Before i deleted velvet.apk.etc) "ok google" voice commands worked and now it works too.
my questions are:
1) did the female's voice of google now only works on new experience launcher?
2) can i make it work on another launcher? (im using holo launcher plus)
3) what this methods are for? (if they are for activating just the "Ok google", it was working before too.
4) maybe im not understanding something from the guide, what could it be? (thats the reason i explained before the 2 methods i understood from the guide)
THANKS!!
1)voice depends on the speech output that an app use
2)i tried many launchers but no it didnt work (let me know if it works on any launcher)that google search widget is not designed to have ok google command may be it will be updated in another googles release
3)yes its for ok google and it will not work without that app velvet out of priv-app
4)its simple you got all but one thing you are the one who got it working without doing these
and finally i found it working because i installed experience launcher on cm 10.2 and velvet as normal apk before release of cm11
ok google works when i uninstalled the us language and reinstalled[i found it annoying and so i searched and replaced some libraries it works]
but surprisingly it doesn't work on cm11 when released by maclaw so i researched everywhere and found that i cant uninstall preinstalled language and again i cant make it work with lib as they are same of cm11 so i reverted to cm10.2 and pushed velvet and google home to system
and i surprisingly found that ok google wont work so i get back to cm 11 and known that maclaw puts some important apps in priv-app older and deleted velvet and did this process ok google works
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I found how to get this to work. You have to change the voice language in Google now settings. You have to set it to English (US) or whatever you want. The default language is English Generic. I hope that no one has stated it again...
I found how to get this to work. You have to change the voice language in Google now settings. You have to set it to English (US) or whatever you want. The default language is English Generic. I hope that no one has stated it again...
but it didnt work for me
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Have you changed the language on the top?
NO it worked on cm10.2 but did not work on cm11 because of pre installed us language
Google Now Launcher https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.launcher
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Ya i know as my launcher updated from playstore but the problem is not with launcher , its with velvet.apk as system app, thats all
After Google updated the launcher to be standalone app now velvet is no present to delete. Instead I removed the launcher from system apps and reinstalled it from play store. However not working.
Heads up also changing default languages will not let Google now "OK Google" feature to work
S3 mini rooted TWRP 2.7 maclaw CM11 15/3/2014 build
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Heads up also changing default languages will not let Google now "OK Google" feature to work
S3 mini rooted TWRP 2.7 maclaw CM11 15/3/2014 build
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Same here, best thing is to roll back to the previous version and disable automatic updates for that app. I haven't tried it yet but I think it should work until someone figures the new version out
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I had some trouble getting the voice command to work on maclaws cm11
Finally I figured it was because my home address wasn't a known address in google maps
Is this with the new version of Google Search?
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3nice it did work but stuck in boot loop
Well its all because of google now (velvet.apk) present in sysrem/priv-app
Why its removed ?
A) Bcoz if its not preinstalled we cant have Google experience launcher working and we cant do anything without a launcher
To make it work follow these simple instructions
1)Install any alternative launcher for temporary [anything apex,nova,smart whatever]
2)Just use root explorer or similar and remove velvet.apk from system/priv-app
3)Install google now from play store using your installed launcher
If u don't want to buy root explorer use inbuilt file manager by pressing menu and select settings/general/access mode /root access
Reboot and done ur ok google will be working now
did you forget to mention NOT to remove the "Temporary anything.....whatever" launcher, after installation
cause now am stuck in boot loop
using Maclaw CM11 S3 mini 4.4.2 18th Jan Build1Google Now Launcher https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.launcher
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Im aware of this yes. Mine is working as well, also, maclaw fixed the Google Now command in the 20/03 release (CM 11, not sure about others), it works without removing velvet.apk now.
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