yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Ghstudent:
Voice search is like an alpha version of Google now. In order to comprehend the difference, the best analogy I can think of for you is MySpace upgrading to Facebook. And for your other question.. use Google now, you won't be losing anything.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] rpavich:
thanks for the explanation :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Ghstudent:
Glad you liked it! Do me a favor and hit the thanks button please :3
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] rpavich:
I hate to admit this but where IS the thanks button?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ighost77:
Thanks for this post ! Woked perfectly. Just one question:

After installing, my phone's status switched to "Modified". I was rooted, before, but the status was "Normal".

If I flash original stock ROM, will the status return to be "Normal" ?:good:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Ghstudent:
If you are on the site I think it is at the bottom of the post, using tapatalk or the xda app you press somewhere on the post you want to thank and press thank
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Ghstudent:
Were you on stock rooted ROM?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ighost77:
Yes, I was.

Rooted as it says here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1739426
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] answer1o1:
Amazing bro just amazing! No need to run Jelly Bean anymore lol. Everything works perfect.

Not sure if its been mentioned yet, but if you guys don't want to use/replace S-Voice just simply tap the mic on the Google Search Bar Widget and set it to 'Google' not 'voice search'. Now you can launch Google Voice from there by the tapping the mic or the widget itself.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] notown775:
is there a way to be able to replace the double tap action in the system to launch voice search?? without using home2

**clever sig**
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Ghstudent:
No.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] netchemica:
Android rookie here, I just came from a jailbroken iPhone, decided to upgrade to an Android.

I rooted using the guide found on galaxys3root.com. (I tried posting a link, but this forum won't let me until I have at least 10 posts)

I tried installing this app and I'm having an issue with step 2. When I do the Volume Down / Home / Power reboot, it launches into the same screen as it did when the phone was bone stock. The title is "Android System Recovery (3e)"

How can I get into the same recovery screen as I did when I was rooting? I tried following the steps in the original guide, but Odin just hangs as soon as I hit "start".
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Ghstudent:
Instead of going to recovery you need to go to download mode by holding power, volume down, and home. Then plug into Odin and press start.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] stan.s:
Mine still says Normal. I have att stock rooted rom, with the hot spot tether patch and the cell power fix....
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] brorex:
I didn't see it mentioned but if anyone doesn't want the double tap Google now launch holding the menu button will also launch Google now sorry if it has already been mentioned

Edit* never mind that just launches Google now not voice search
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] netchemica:
Got it working. Little tricky coming from an iOS, not too complicated though.

So does google search "learn" over time? I search some "basic" phrases that Siri has no problem with and this app just types it into google.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sparks305:
I wanted to thanks the author. I followed the steps exactly, no problems Google now makes S voice and Siri look like an alpha.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Ghstudent:
It's because it is still on ics
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ElBeaner:
So how do you get this to launch apps?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] pseudoware:
Cards appear on my phone from searches I did on my LAPTOP! Directions, sports scores, etc. Awesome! :D
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Ghstudent:
I don't think this has that functionality
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Ghstudent:
Yeah it really is an amazing little application! I love it!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Clints525:
The mediafire link for the files says that the user removed them. Anywhere else to download them?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Ghstudent:
links updated in the OP :D
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Clints525:
Thank you sir, works like a charm :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Ghstudent:
Glad to help, don't forget to thank the post! :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] zap12341:
im having a problem that the voice doesn't come on
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Ghstudent:
is your media volume up..?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] 17mayis:
I don't have Google Now icon in my app drawer i did everything right even reflashed 3 times :( i'm running stock ICS on my galaxy note
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] kitkit201:
I accidentally set my default on double home button press to open with TW launcher. How do I set it to change to Home2 Shortcut?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Ghstudent:
Go into your app manager and find the touchwiz home app (you may have to find it via the icon) press it and click "clear defaults"
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Ghstudent:
I have no idea :/
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] lordmorphous:
There is no Google Now icon. Just a Google icon (the old Google search icon). Also you can pull it up with the Google search widget.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Ghstudent:
I'm thinking it might be the new download link.. I will check it when I get home from school later
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] natefish:
Just wanted to say thanks for posting these files and instructions (yes, I hit the button already). This is how speech-to-text should be and I can't wait for the GS3 JB update now. I was able to use the speech-to-text several times and I was amazed how fast it worked and how accurate it was every time. Kills Siri on my wife's 4S. Go Android.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] MisterDuong:
I hope this isn't a stupid question... But.... I downloaded the offline version and it doesn't recognize anything when I am not connected to the internet. When i try to talk to it, it says that it can't reach google at the moment, so it doesn't recognize anything offline, did I do something wrong, or is that normal? :confused:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] larva_pro:
has any one tried this rom on the stock rooted ics for the e4gt

because i have tried to install many diferent ones google now roms

and no one has work for me.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Toested:
AWESOME!

Thank you for this!:good:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DarkredD14:
Works great for me. Although be careful if you're on slow internet Google Now seems to lag (I am referring to slow wifi). I did watch the video to help me out first however I did not follow every single exact step that the video details. I followed both the text and video.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] denonlake:
Is there a way to add calendar to the search options? It is not listed as an option . Or is it left out to comply with patent infringement .

I am referring to the settings in Google now under phone search
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] stan.s:
I think you have to have a Google calendar app vs the Samsung one. It can show you what your next appointment is and give you travel time if you have filled out the location.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] natefish:
I'm using the http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=30548538Ariel rom right now and it has Now embedded in the rom quite nicely. No calendar search there either.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] HSuke:
Great mod!

I hope the AT&T JB update really does come next week so the rest of my friends can enjoy Google Now.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] pflip:
Sweet...

Nice mod... much better functionality.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] CheesyNutz:
worked perfectly
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] emze:
hey, i just flashed this mod. and after the set up, it just does not work. the program crashes. i did a reflash from cwm but no use
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bradbusa:
what is the difference between offline and online voice files that are offered in the first post?

i searched and couldn't find an answer
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] drwx:
Offline does the speech processing on your phone without using the internet. Online uses the internet. Hence, the offline one is a bigger package.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bradbusa:
maybe i'm not understanding.. why would a person want one over the other?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] KappaG9:
If you don't have the offline voice package and you don't have service/network connection, voice will not work
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Tiffany84:
So I've seen this asked but haven't seen an answer. When you hit the back button is it not supposed to do anything? If I'm in Google Now and hit the back button it doesn't exit the app.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Ghstudent:
I would answer this but I always use the home button
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] drwx:
that is a known bug. If you read through some posts in the other thread, you can see that. Just use the home button.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] stan.s:
After having this a couple weeks now, I think that this video which has some of the commands that GVoice [Search] understands is extremely helpful.... I was outside and I wanted to set a Timer and asked GVoice [Search] (as I would have SVoice) 'set a timer for 2 minutes' but it wouldn't do that.

http://youtu.be/fHkhp6BwnGo 47 voice commands

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8ePUYp6HPU&feature=share&list=ULh8ePUYp6HPU 20 more commands
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] KryptosXLayer2:
Why is it we're calling Google Now voice search "GVoice?" Isn't that a little confusing considering Google Voice is another app entirely? Proper terminology is important here, I think....

Anyone have a CWM flash for the latest (8.29) update of GOOGLE NOW?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Caloriefree:
Great tutorial worked perfect

Worked GREAT!!!!! Im only having problems with assigning the home key double tap to bring it up but its probably something im doing wrong on my end. keep you all updated if I figure it out.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] squirreltech:
Anyone have the latest updated app from the play store?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] emze:
hi, i posted this question earlier but did not get any response. any how.. i tried installing this on my international note running a rooted 4.0.4 ICS rom. although the flash goes on well in CWM and i was able to go through with the initial set up, Google Now wouldn't launch. it would crash instantly after opening a new window without any crash report. please help.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] tblcoach:
+1
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] stan.s:
'cause it's obvious that the old GVoice [Search as a independent app] is going away. And if you go to Settings/Language and Input, you'll find two Google [Voice Search] typing apps in the Keyboards and Input Methods. The Now part is just the browser/cards combined with the predictive 'you've done this before'.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] drwx:
I don't know how true that is. Google voice is a voicemail system. I highly doubt that Google is getting rid of it. It isn't related to Google now at all.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] KryptosXLayer2:
It's also obvious you have no idea what Google Voice is, see post above for a description and GOOGLE it before looking silly talking about what's obvious on a tech forum....
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] cuhrazy:
Tried flashing three times on rooted stock and it didn't work.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] stan.s:
I stand corrected, and have updated my post to what I meant at the time.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] drwx:
The old isn't called "gvoice search". It is just called "voice search".
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jebise101:
got a prblem ever since i installed Google Now. When i use it sometimes the screen stops going to sleep and will stay active will not dim will not turn off. Is there any way to go back to whatever google voice apps came with ICS?

Or a way to do a clean install without wiping. I had a different version (from the main Google Now Thread) before this version and it did the same.

Bell Canada Galaxy S3
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Tazzyez:
Please delete post...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Tazzyez:
I have same issue, I had it working ounce before but now I'm on rooted stock LH1 from the forums here it now it won't work.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DarkredD14:
Has anyone else noticed the app being sluggish and at times unresponsive when attempting to search the Web? Sometimes I have to click back into the search box and hit the search button again multiple times to get Google now to search. I have flashes it three times because I have tried many ROMS and then returned to stock root it seems to do it right away even before I install extra apps.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Ghstudent:
I have been thanked by 63 people who this has worked for and you want me to delete the post all because it didn't work for you? Please delete your account.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] GPdhillon:
thanks I'll test it tomorrow
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ex-28:
anyone have this running on rooted Lh1 update , was going to install but i seen a few posts they say it's not working :(

edit , all working great ,
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] blackwrx02:
Thanks! Working great so far. Much better than S-Voice!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Ghstudent:
Glad you enjoy it! :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ex-28:
when i double tap home button it opens up a little icon voice dialer think it is , is there any way to set it to open up google now app itself ?

it opends up the google now app with the cards if i press and hold the menue button

would like it to open this way with the doubble tap home button.

i find the little voice search thinggy doesnt really do much .

but the google now app itself is verry nice .
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] blackwrx02:
You can set it with the Home2Shortcut app as mentioned in the OP.

If you want the double-tap to open the cards, set it to open "google" icon instead of the blue microphone icon, which is voice search.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] MrUnionFan:
I know this is slightly off topic, but is anyone close to making this feature work on JB? Thanks in advance for any assistance!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ScudMuffin:
If you mean Jelly Bean, this feature is ripped from JB build and ported over to work on ICS. This is one of the primary features to JB other than Project Butter.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Tazzyez:
No I wanted my post deleted because I found my issue and it works fine, it would not let me delete my post earlier. I love how people read into things. Thanks for understanding.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Ghstudent:
Oh I'm so sorry! I thought you were trying to say that it didn't work so you wanted the whole post taken down
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ex-28:
in the home2shortcut app no matter what i set it to it still opens op google voice search

i open the app and under step 1 i click on "installed applications" then i select any app and click close at bottom , it doesnt save or change anythign , still opends up google voice search when i doubble tap home button :(
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Tazzyez:
Nope I just meant my post. I guess we all make mistakes. I guess it was my fault should worded it different. Thx for the work on this mod.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Ghstudent:
Anytime! again, so sorry for the mistake!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] blackwrx02:
Strange. I just tried it on mine to verify. I opened the app, went to step one and set the app to IHeartRadio and clicked back a few times to get to the home screen. Then double-tapped the home key and it opened IHeartRadio for me. Maybe uinstall and reinstall?

You are rooted right?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ex-28:
I'm on rooted stock LH1 from the forums here when i run home2 it doesnt ask for root tho ...

uninstalled rebooted and reinstalled home2 shortcut even without this app installed my doubble tap opends up google voice search , i am running apex launcher as well but tried it on defaut touchwiz no go :(

cant get the shortcut app to work :(
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] waiters:
once the home button is configured do we need to keep the home2 shortcut program? i.e is it a service that is needed to run or does it just make configuration changes and once its job is done i can uninstall?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] slickdaddy96:
Yes that has to be the default app for double tap or it will revert back. Don't worry it doesn't drain battery or anything else.

---------- Post added at 06:35 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:28 PM ----------

Glad to see someone concisely put up a post about this from the original ICS Now thread for GS3 users only. Since s-voice is specific to GS3. We just figured out how to get the bluetooth button on your bluetooth device to open the full Google Now search rather than The Voice Dialer portion of Google Now. It won't open your mic up on your bluetooth device and send it over(known ICS and JB bug by google since Bluetooth is closed source), but it will open up the mic on the phone so it can hear you. Previously we were having issues because Now would override every app we tried.

If you are interested in doing this, you will have to have a file explorer program and move the velvet.apk or googlesearch.apk (which ever way it is named) in your system/app folder and move it to /data/app instead. Reboot then download this app:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kin.bluetooth_launch&hl=en

Open it and set this action as the bluetooth button default program:

Google Search >>>> com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox.VoiceSearchActivity

Then make sure your defaults are deleted from the app manager for google search, then just long press your bluetooth button and your phone should pull up the app you want to pick for the button, pick "Bluetooth Launch" and default it.

Then it should work fine. Also by moving the app to data/app your phone may prompt you for permission requests the first time you do certain things with Google Now. I believe that is because it got moved.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] cajunflavoredbob:
While I'm glad you got this going, I'm asking nicely that you not directly link to the zips. Please direct people to the OP of this thread to download from there. i've requested per XDA's new sharing policy that my zips not be linked to or redistributed outside the thread. The only reason for that is so that if someone happens upon some weird issue, they know where to go for troubleshooting.

Thanks in advance.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Bowsa2511:
I wish there was a way to do this sans home button lag :(
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] knightnz:
I'd frozen the S-Voice app on my Galaxy Note already as it can't understand me.

Installed Home2, flashed the ZIP from the OP, launched the search, enabled Google Now, and it seems to be working happily.

I also froze the original "Voice Search" app so as to remove the potential for confusion between 2 search sources both called "Google".

Thanks!

(I'm running RocketROM - LRQ FWIW)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] djmickyg:
It's the mediafire link not working for anyone else? Says the file has been removed
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] knightnz:
The ZIP has been updated in the original authors thread.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=31525891
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] XxTyboxX:
Can you please update link, the original threads tutorial is not meant for s3's and is alot more comlicated/confusing.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Boo_Wii:
could you please re upload to a hosting service? cheers :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] slickdaddy96:
There is nothing complicated at all about the original forum post. It is also meant for all devices running ICS Roms. Just pick which zip file you want to flash and flash it. My opinion is to use either mikey6 or mikey7 version on the original post. Then after that come back to this thread and follow the directions. He can not repost those zip files or upload those zips anywhere else without the permission of the person who made them per XDA rules. Having multiple threads troubleshooting the same core program is redundant. So if you have problems with Google Now, go to the original thread and ask for help. If you have problems getting s-voice deactivated come here and ask a question. That way it is easier for both the people having problems and the people helping.

You are probably not going to get a lot of help with the actual Google Now app in this thread because we are all over on the other one helping and helping here on the core Google Now app will be redundant.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Ghstudent:
link has been updated in the OP, sorry for any setbacks!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] cajunflavoredbob:
I asked nicely before. This is the last time. Please do not link directly to the files. Direct them to download it from the OP of the Google Now for ICS thread.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Ghstudent:
Seriously? This is ridiculous. "I ask this so that if anyone has any problems they know where to troubleshoot." BS, you want that link so people come and give you more popularity, which is just stupid. But since you are being so obnoxious about it, I will just start repackaging the now package myself and distribute it. Do me a favor and get off my post.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] cajunflavoredbob:
If you want to talk about taking popularity, then what about how your post is a repost of FAQ #14 of the GN thread? My concerns are legitimate. I want troubleshooting for the ICS Google Now mod to be contained in one thread. Be sure you ask the creators of the modded apks before you repost them without their permission. I'm not trying to get into a war with you. I'm trying to explain my position as calmly and clearly as possible.