[Android Apps and Games] ThunderCrackR:
***THIS DISCUSSION IS ONLY FOR ANDROID 4.0 ICE CREAM SANDWICH! THESE APPS ONLY WORKS IN ANDROID 4.0! DON'T TRY THESE ON OTHER VERSIONS!***

So, first and foremost, Not I, or anyone else is responsible to any damage you do to your device. You are renaming/modifying system files so if you screw it up you are RESPONSIBLE, NOT US. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. Follow the instructions in this post and you should be fine.

BELOW YOU HAVE INSTRUCTIONS FOR ARMv7 AND ARMv6 SEPARATELY, BECAUSE ARMv6 HAS ONLY A WORKAROUND FOR VOICE! SOME USERS SAID THAT ON THEIR ARMv6 DEVICES, VERSION FOR ARMv7 WORKS, SO YOU COULD GIVE IT A TRY, IF YOU ARE ON ARMv6!!!

INSTRUCTIONS FOR ARMv7 DEVICES (I repeat, you could give it a try if you're on ARMv6)

For ARMv7, there are some APKs and some flashable ZIPs. So I will give some information for everyone!

APKs for Google now:

ATTENTION>>ALL O THESE APKs SHOULD BE USED WITH OTHER FILES. YOU HAVE TO USE THESE INSTRUCTIONS<<

• Download LennoxPackage.zip from http://www.mediafire.com/?8lv1h2879q925x1 It is not a flashable ZIP!!! Do not flash this in recovery!!!

• Extract all 3 folders from LennoxPackage.zip to a new folder on your computer

• Then download and replace the Velvet file in the app folder of your new folder with one of the following Velvet.apks. The Velvet.apk from Zip don't working!!!

• Move the folder you've created (with 3 subfolders) to your SD Card

• On your phone, in /system/app/, rename GoogleQuickSearchBox.apk to GoogleQuickSearchBox.apk.bak using Root Explorer (or something similar)

• In the folder you placed on your SD - you'll need to move everything from the /app/ folder to /system/app/, and set permissions to RW/R/R for each of the 3 .apks

• copy the files from the lib folder on your SD, and paste to system/lib (note, a couple of these already exist. Before copying these files go through /system/lib/ and rename any existing files to include .bak, then copy/paste new files. If you don't do this it will paste them with '- copy' as part of the file name). Change permissions of these New files to rw/r/r

• rename the existing "config" folder in /system/usr/srec/ on your phone to "config.bak", then just paste "config" and "en-US" from the srec folder on your SD to /system/usr/srec/. Some, also changed permissions on config and en-US to RWX/RX/RX

• Reboot and enjoy. (of course, your System partition should be mounted R/W -read/write - to move files in it)

And now, the APKs :laugh: >>

1. The no double take APK. The most of these APKs, shows Google Now Cards twice, one after another. This problem is solved in this APK, but it has another problem>>sometimes, you have to move your fingers on the screen for showing up the Cards<< Here, the auto-launch function should work!!!

Here is the link>> http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1240357&d=1344043690 !!! Enjoy it! :good:

2. The one with no double take and no blank screen. This one eliminates the double take problem and the problem with white screen when you don't see Cards and you have to move your fingers on the screen. But it has another problem>>it eliminates auto-launch function because it refresh automatically the screen for showing up the Cards and there is no transition animation (for those that don't know, auto-launch function is that function that you can see when you say something like>>Navigate to ...<<A blue bar shows up and it loads and automatically does that action, in this case, opens the Google Maps Navigation and schedules your navigation details)

Here is the link>> http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1242492&d=1344147549 !!!

3. The first voice-functional version. This one has double take but it should't have blank screen problem. It sometimes has auto-launch, sometimes not, from what I heard from users.

Here is the link>> http://www.mediafire.com/?ij9tsfg5jitm8ep !!!

4. A new version from mikeyxda. This should resolve the double take problem, auto-lauch and white screen, but it has some problems with the showing up of the cards on some phones, as I saw at you, guys.

Here is the link>> http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1243199&d=1344183455 !!!

5. A new APK from mikeyxda. Oh man, you are completely dedicated! I like that!!! Keep it on this way! :D

This APK should resolve:

1. No double takes

2. Web results display properly: no font stretch or invisible results

3. Action countdown fully functional

4. "Refresh" is always available via a press of the Menu button from the cards view

Here is the download link>> http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1243421&d=1344190796

More information here>> http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=29824319&postcount=8.

The choice is yours!!! You will choose the APK that is working for you!!! ;)

**Removed per original authors request*** ~TRM

And we are done with ARMv7 devices!!! :good: Oh, man, this will be big :laugh: !!!

TIP FOR ARMv7 DEVICES>>>***LONG PRESS ON MICROPHONE BUTTON FROM GOOGLE NOW, NOT JUST A SIMPLE PRESS, THIS WILL HELP YOU SO MUCH TO AVOID PROBLEMS ;) !!!***<<<

INSTRUCTIONS FOR ARMv6 DEVICES (of course, if you have an ARMv7 device and methods for ARMv7 didn't work for you, you could use this, give it a try!!! This should work on almost every device with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwitch!!!)

These are the current instructions:

1. Rename GoogleQuickSearchBox.apk in system/app to GoogleQuickSearchBox.bak

2. Rename the "Velvet-Thes0o-5.apk" that you downloaded ( http://www.mediafire.com/?hbtjvbzwbbaf3yj ) to: "GoogleQuickSearchBox.apk"

3. Place the renamed .apk in the system/app folder and set the permissions to rw-r-r

4. Reboot and enjoy!

OR

1. Rename GoogleQuickSearchBox.apk in system/app to GoogleQuickSearchBox.bak

2. Try to install the downloaded .apk off your sd just like any other .apk

OR

1. Flash this .zip through recovery -- AOSP ONLY

Here is the link>> http://goo.gl/svDEF !!!

To make Voice Action work (this is just a workaround for ARMv6 devices -if is needed, I repeat, for ARMv7 devices- that will listen to you, but it doesn't give you voice responses, just repeats what you said) you have to use these instructions:

1. Download the "Voice Search for Google Now!" app from here>> https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11388416/GoogleNowVoiceSearch.apk !!! and install it!

2. Either open up the app, hold down search or tap on the dedicated widget that comes with the app to launch the voice search

3. The app will use ICS's voice-to-text engine to get your answer, and then enters it into the Google Now app. All you have to do is hit enter and then congrats, you've got working voice search!

So, to get it working, open Voice Search for Google Now (after you installed Google Now with above instructions for ARMv6 devices), click that microphone button, say what you want, the app will open Google Now, you will see that what you said is written in Google Now, press Enter on Keyboard, and you will see the result.

***>>>NOTE FOR ARMv6 VERSION: THE VERSION FOR ARMv6, DOESN'T VOICE-RESPOND TO YOU, IT SHOWS UP RESULT, BUT IT DOESN'T READ WHAT IS WRITTEN IN RESULT, IT JUST REPEATS WHAT YOU SAID!!! THE VERSION FOR ARMv6 HAS DOUBLE TAKE!!! YOU MUST HAVE INSTALLED A PREVIOUS WORKING VOICE SEARCH, LIKE THE ONE FROM GINGERBREAD OR HONEYCOMB, TO HAVE THIS THING WORKING. YOU COULD DOWNLOAD VOICE SEARCH VERSION 2.1.4 FROM HERE>> http://www.mediafire.com/?r9b47dcirtt8m98 <<<*** :p

INFORMATION!!!>>>

FIRST>>THANK YOU very much to all the kind people who are providing the modded .apks and .zips for us. I can't account for every single person but thank you all for helping with the effort.

Second, I will try to update this post as frequently as possible, but its so difficult to keep up with you, guys :laugh: !!! Any 'info dumps' in PM's would be appreciated.

For those of you who are complaining of no cards showing up:

You Have to understand that Google Now works by gathering information about where you are, what you search for OVER TIME. You simply can not expect it to have all of the information you want in a few minutes after you installed it, wait for it a few days, just use the Google search like you would usually and it will start to fill in!

Devices this will NOT work on:

-Devices that are running anything before Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich

-Devices not running an AOSP ROM (in most cases, try anyway and report back)

-iOS Devices (Suckas!)

Secondary voice widget:

If your ROM doesn't support a persistent search widget, this will allow you to still have a search widget that also ties to Voice Search for Google Now app

(and its color customizable for you, themers out there).

Here is the link>> http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=29019660&postcount=2016 !!!

Troubleshooting Guide:

If you have followed the above instructions exactly and are still experiencing problems, read through this troubleshooting guide to see if a fix for your problem is there.

Here is the link>> http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=28309520&postcount=695 !!!

Command Index:

This is an index of all the commands you can use in Google Now in order to get the specialized 'cards' results.

Here is the link>> http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=28308998&postcount=689 !!!

Explanation of the different cards:

A guide to the different types of cards and how you can influence them with your location and system language.

Here is the link>> http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=28314317&postcount=724 !!!

Youtube video of current version for ARMv6 devices:

Here is the link>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XhX3hj4-cE&list=UUvtKdGMoFdNXCb3TooTRZuA&index=1&feature=plcp !!!

WHERE CREDIT GOES:

- lenny_kano, for the third APK, this was the first voice-functional APK

- cajunflavoredbob, for the 4 flashable ZIPS from second category in Flashable Zips for ARMv7 and for his very good instructions

- reekotubbs, for first APK, that with no double take

- udz2002, for first flashable ZIP, that was very useful

- Killer-B, for his Command Index, for his secondary widget and for his general help

- SilentStormer, for the first thread, this thread being based on his and for his Troubleshooting Guide

- gachana, for his set of instructions, they were very useful

- homeslice976, also for his very good instructions

- mikeyxda, for the second APK, also very useful

- Jonny_G, for Voice Search for Google Now App

- Phil from TheDroidPeople, for the YouTube video for ARMv6 devices

- Bexton, for card explanation

- Theos0o, for his modded APK for ARMv6 devices

- mnazim, for his very useful modded APK

- MazdaRider23 and his team, also for his very good APK

- Other various forum contributors and everybody who is involved, you all, guys, made this community and I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL!!! YOU ARE THE BEST!!!

That was all for the moment. I am so sorry if I forgot something (an APK, a ZIP etc.) or someone. Please remind me if I forgot! I am a human and I can do mistakes! I hope you will like this thread and you will keep it on the same way as the first thread!!!

If I helped you with something, don't hesitate to press 'Thanks' button!!!

Have a good day!!! :fingers-crossed: