yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy Note 3 General] BossJ:
Yes! Dieing to get this to work! Wonder why this isn't working for us!!
[Galaxy Note 3 General] hctimin:
No idea, but I'm not mad,...having Root has reminded me how freaking awesome it is to have an Open platform, and be able to do ANYTHING to you phone [provided that someone was able to figure out how to do it for me :)]

I am just hoping that we'll be able to do this as well since I didn't realize how terrible S-Voice sounded until I was setting my alarm.

I'd be ok with using Google Now, but I can't control my phone vocally like with S-Voice.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] BossJ:
Wish we could say "HI Galaxy" and it would open google now :D Someone needs to make that app. I'd pay $5 easily for that! S-Voice SUCKS.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] njfoses:
Follow the steps 1 by 1 again. Make sure you are placing the files in the correct directories and changing permissions on all 3 files. This is a pic of what the permissions should look like on the 3 files. Reboot phone when finished.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] BossJ:
Yeah I've done it 3 times, with downloading the file again :( Don't have any idea.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Hitman3984:
dumb question but have you actually tested it within the maps app?

I only ask because the "listen to example" doesn't work for me but when I start an actual navigation? No Problem.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] BossJ:
Not dumb. Great question. LOL

I was testing it in "Google Now" and "S-Voice" perhaps those don't work?

Edit: Because I'm an idiot. You WIN Hitman... I was testing it in situations where it just must not work. Sorry for wasting your time :D
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Hitman3984:
S voice will ALWAYS use the samsung tts.

However google now for me is using the googletts.

Honestly I hadn't checked it before doing the mod shown here though.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] BossJ:
Yeah mine is working now.. I thought s-voice would take any voice. God, Samsung is cruel. How do they think that is a natural good sounding voice? You make a killer phone with sucky apps.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] hctimin:
I've pretty much done the same and it doesn't pop up on Text-to-speech options screen

My permissions match what you show exactly as well.

Odd. If I have to listen to Samsung Robot lady I will. I just like tinkering around with the phone to customize it since we have Root!!! :D

---------- Post added at 05:43 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:30 PM ----------

Hmm,..well maybe I was anticipating seeing a toggle in the Text to speech option screen?

Was I wrong?

I know that when I was playing with trying to get Long Press to be Voice Search that I was hearing a difference Voice aside from Samsung lady prior to this modification.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Saknice20:
okay guys I figured it out. I had the same issue, did not have permission to move the files . try this:

Open es3 file explorer, hit menu key, click on "Root Explorer" text, Mount r/w, and MAKE sure /system is RW. then you will be able to move the files and the option will show up for google.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] hctimin:
Saknice, can you post a screen shot of your TTS setting showing both Samsung and Google in the Setting menu?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] :
Man I forgot all about IVONA. Thanks for the reminder.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] PaulusGrandis:
Just as a reminder...the stock Samsung voices are terrible, but through the Samsung TTS you can download "High Quality" voices that actually sound pretty good.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] camaroqqq:
That's the one that sounds like a molester
[Galaxy Note 3 General] tenshino:
Not to mention that, for me, it doesn't work half the time in Navigation. My music will just stop and I'll hear silence a few seconds. Sometimes, it suddenly starts working mid-sentence. And, even when it is working, it pops and clicks.

...and sounds like a molester. LOL.

I also don't get any sound when I press "listen to sample" but here's hoping it will work for Navigation. I will try it out in a bit. Thanks so much for the post. Samsung removing Google TTS has been my only complaint about this phone, so it'll be *great* to have it back.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] darkleafar:
I have not rooted. Yet, I can confirm my google now uses Google TTS young sounding lady. My new "updated" and "improved" google maps with "built in" GPS however, does not. It uses Samsung lady. Doesnt that mean that Google TTS is actually installed on the phone somehow? Maybe you can enable without root after all? I enabled Google TTS before (HTC EVO 4g lte) and I dont remember having to root for it :/
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Bsmith0731:
I followed everything to the t and it hasn't worked for me.

I get the Google tts under the accessibility settings but it will not work with Google maps.

I don't hear a thing.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] DutchDogg54:
Just double checking, do you have the voice muted through the maps apps settings? Volume up for media? If so maybe try uninstalling maps and reinstalling, possibly wiping data for the app.

Sent from my Note 3 - XDA Premium
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Bsmith0731:
Got It Working By UN installing And Reinstalling.

Thanks.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ukic:
Confirmed working on AT&T Note 3, thanks!
[Galaxy Note 3 General] xfive420:
you sure?

I'm not sure this actually works, at least not on the AT&T Note 3. Has anyone gotten the "Listen to an example" button to work in the Text-to-speech options? Mine does nothing. I also can't get tasker to say anything. I also tested Talkback in accessibility settings and that doesn't work either.

However, google maps DOES start using the google TTS engine, but it should be noted that the same thing happens without copying the files from this thread just by freezing the Samsung TTS software with titanium backup. It seems that without a valid TTS engine selected maps will fall back on the Google TTS without it being explicitly installed or selected. I'm thinking that maybe the reason this seems to work is because it allows you to deselect the samsung TTS. At least that seems to be the case for me.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] takemo:
I'm gonna have to try this tonight. The Samsung voice is so horrible.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] hctimin:
Can someone that successfully installed this please post a screen shot of the TTS setting screen showing what we should see on a successful install?

Thanks!!
[Galaxy Note 3 General] AGx-07_162:
The Google TTS sounds a lot more natural than IVONA. IVONA only wins for having more preferable voices and languages (e.g. male and female voices for each language).
[Galaxy Note 3 General] DutchDogg54:
There's really not much to it but here you go.

Sent from my Note 3 - XDA Premium
[Galaxy Note 3 General] hctimin:
Thanks for posting this. Sadly mine doesn't look like this -.-'
[Galaxy Note 3 General] DutchDogg54:
So , what is missing from your procedure? did you put the files in the correct folders? Did you set permissions on all files? Did you reboot?

Sent from my Note 3 - XDA Premium
[Galaxy Note 3 General] hctimin:
Just copied and replaced the two files into system-lib, changed permission to rw-w-w then copied/replaced Google TTS.apk into system-app and changed it to have the same rw-w-w permissions. Rebooted and no bueno :-/

---------- Post added at 10:14 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:01 PM ----------

Just deleted all three files, Rebooted, placed in same location with rw-w-w permissions and rebooted. Samsung was still the only TTS option,...
[Galaxy Note 3 General] DutchDogg54:
Alright, something is fishy here. We're gonna get you up and running, if you're willing to do a little more leg work.

First, delete and redownload the file in the OP - download corruption happens more than you might think and this will hopefully eliminate the chances of that (thought it could be corrupted again - avoid 3G or 2G signal for this, 4G or WiFi are most stable)

Second, put screen shots up of the file explorer showing you've EXTRACTED the files (usually when extracted they're put in a different folder - just shoot a screenie of that

Third, take a screen shot on each screen where it's showing you setting the permissions for each file - on most file explorers this screenshot will show the permissions box selection and probably the file path at the top so I can confirm 2 big steps.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] xfive420:
Anyone? DutchDogg54, does that button work for you? Because if it's just Google apps like Maps that start using the Google TTS, it's probably not actually installed as a valid TTS option and essentially all you've done is manage to deselect the samsung voice. Again, if you simply uninstall or freeze the samsung voice, Google Maps will default to the Google TTS engine even without it being explicitly installed. At least that's true on my AT&T Note 3. But if someone actually got the "Listen to an example" button working, that means the solution really does work for others.

Reference: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=46625119
[Galaxy Note 3 General] DutchDogg54:
The button does NOT work for me - I'm not sure if your conclusion is correct but thought I'd let you know it doesn't play a sample. :)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] hctimin:
Hey Dutch,

Appreciate the input and feedback.

I re-downloaded the zip file, deleted the old files, and repeated the process with the reboot.

Still no bueno. I will post the screen shots on another attempt over the weekend or sometime next week, but just wanted to at least say thanks for the help/tips/recommendations in the interim.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] DutchDogg54:
No problem! I think you should try something else though - I've read other places that doing nothing but disabling/freezing the Samsung tts will enable the Google one without doing anything else - so to try this delete all the Google tts stuff and then I'd probably reboot and try disabling the Samsung one.

Sent from my Note 3 - XDA Premium
[Galaxy Note 3 General] MoJoe277:
Simply freezing Samsung Text to Speech in Titanium Backup causes maps / navigation to default back to goggles speech program. Is quick and simple
[Galaxy Note 3 General] hctimin:
Found the file to freeze, but then I just had no TTS option. Unfroze it and Samsung text-to-speech engine showed back up.

Not the end of the world I guess, but it just gives me something to work on and tinker around with my phone :)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] mnlmnv:
I followed all the steps, does not work on N900t model :(
[Galaxy Note 3 General] xfive420:
Don't worry about no TTS option appearing if you only use TTS for Google Maps. Google Maps will still work and use the Google TTS engine, even though it doesn't appear as an option. For me, I wound up unfreezing the Samsung voice. I'd rather have the Samsung HD voice for general use and put up with it for navigation, rather than have the Google TTS only work with maps and have nothing for general use. Hopefully we'll figure out what else is needed to get the Google TTS to function properly on the Note 3 sooner or later.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] jsdecker10:
I'm having the same problem on my Verizon Note 3. I followed the instructions to a "T", rebooted, yet when I try to play a sample, I get absolutely NOTHING. I dunno what they problem is either... oh well...
[Galaxy Note 3 General] krazman325:
Play sample does not work on my att N3. But it does work in Maps. Only certain speeds work though. Other speeds are silent.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ruebarb:
Same issue as the others , it installs but no output when tested.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] eyan2011:
No Root Google Text to Speech Engine (4.4) 2.4.3.893803

Install this apk as normal and select the Google TTS through settings-controls-language and input-Text-to-speech options> Google TTS Engine

Link:https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BxI1YpjkbX0OT1YxQ3huVTNGUTg/edit?usp=sharing
[Galaxy Note 3 General] njfoses:
Cant download, your quota has been exceeded.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] xfive420:
Is that from this thread?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=46997212

This will be awesome if it works on the Note 3. Anyone have a new link for the file?

Update: The download link started working again. I just tried installing the GoogleTTS.apk but install fails on my Note 3.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] RDA3440:
I just tried on my Note 3 from Telus... it installs but force closes moments after selecting it. Selection then reverts back to the horrible Samsung TTS.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] rsfinsrq:
Same here. Would love to get this working without root.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] allroy1975:
THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH!!!! (__)(__)======:cyclops:
[Galaxy Note 3 General] krelvinaz:
Tried this with the T-Mobile version sm-900t with no success just in case someone is looking.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] yousefarman89:
I have a Verizon Note 3.. worked fine for Maps. S-Voice still uses the Molesters voice
[Galaxy Note 3 General] clownfart:
Google TTS is available in the play store for all. Link at the end of the story:

http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/1...es-awful-default-voices-on-note-3-and-others/
[Galaxy Note 3 General] xfive420:
Holy crap! I can't believe it's suddenly this simple. Although now that I have both I'm realizing the Samsung voice doesn't sound too bad by comparison. Lol
[Galaxy Note 3 General] mnlmnv:
This works for me https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.tts
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Yuhfhrh:
And for those who have already installed using the method on this thread, it's perfectly safe to install the update from the play store. In case anyone was wondering.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] jwahler:
Help me get rid of the robot voice

I would actually like it to sound like that. I downloaded the high quality British samsung voice files and set it as the preferred engine on my Note 3, but the Google Maps navigation still uses the crappy robotic voice. I even tried installing the Google TTS engine and using that, but it still reverts to using the robotic voice during navigation. How did you get it to work? Am I missing something?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] typhon67:
I am forever grateful. Fixed the endless crashes of my rooted S8+. Apparently it works for a lot of Samsung smartphones. Many options in settings would trigger "Settings has stopped" and everything would crash. I was about to do a factory reset or reflash. No more crashes and Google TTS chosen by default....
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] dianna_wills:
What's that black symbol that has been taking a permanent(?) residence on my phone.

And I have been trying to get to get 3G to work today and apparently, T-Mobile has a ****ing bad coverage in BD7 area since today.

Had a hard-reset on my MDA Pro (Jasjar rom) and the black symbol appeared.

Anyone had any idea?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] lilliput:
RTFM ^^

hihihi
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] dianna_wills:
FDGB! STFU!

(sorry, we know each other.. ignore it..)

It's not in the manual BTW~
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] dianna_wills:
page 23; MDA Pro manual.

Call being forwarded.

I called T-mobile this morning, and it's good to know that my complaint has been taken seriously.

Lilliput's T-Mobile MDA Pro has no coverage while mine has. I should probably gloat on this.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] pre4speed:
Mohan has uploaded it for developers.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=46237198

Hoping something can be done with it like deTmobilized. ;)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] loserskater:
Unfortunately it's pretty pointless without the boot.img

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] pre4speed:
Damn that sucks.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Apra24:
I'm with Bell (Canada.) I was hesitant to root this device as it's a pretty significant investment, but I have rooted my original note with few issues, so I figured it should work as long as I follow every step carefully. Well unfortunately, upon first trying to root it, apps would start updating right at bootup, and SuperSU continuously crashed. So I decided I was just going to restore it to my original state and be done with it for now. Nope. Once I did this, the phone would just enter a boot cycle. (How does restoring my backup place me into a boot cycle?)

The only SM-N900W8 firmware downloads I can find are for south american regions... I have tried one of them and it failed to install. I am a bit panicked at the moment. Is there some crucial step I'm missing here?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yorgo1982:
have the same issue a man on xda helped me to get a nandroodmfrom is phone now my phone boot but no network cause i force flash the south america modem, and i have error msg. process system in not reponding and it boot. do u have an errormmsg too?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Apra24:
I got an error message trying to flash a SAM firmware. It would just say FAILED in red letters. I'm going to try the Mexico one next, and hopefully it will work. I'm hoping someone could upload a working backup from their phone.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yorgo1982:
wait sammobile if u r with rogers bell telus fido vmc koodo, and if with other carrier contact them with ur phone model and serial num so they will upload it ..
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pikezer1337:
Did you restore from CWM/TWRP?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Apra24:
TRWP. I'm in the process of uploading a zip of my backup through hotfile, if anyone else who is having the same problem would want to try it out..
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pikezer1337:
If you restored through TWRP there is a good chance that you are softbricked. There are restoring issues that mess with the system partition.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Apra24:
Update: I was able to flash the tar file from inside the zip of mexican firmware through odin (I was trying to install the zip through TWRM before... perhaps you need to install stock firmwares through odin? It's been a while.)

It's not rooted, and the icons are all different looking... but it's back in working condition :)
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yorgo1982:
can u give the file name?

plz
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Apra24:
I am using the TCE (Mexican) firmware from this link (It won't let me post links since I'm a newly registered account on these forums, but if you google "n900w8 firmware site:samsungis.com" it will be the first result)

I unzipped the file and flashed the tar file within using odin.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yorgo1982:
Not working having same prob and same msg pop up. Means my phone is a factory damaged. And since i rooted it we will see what they will do at sammy lol
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Apra24:
You know what.. Me being a dumbass tried again to root it after restoring it to the mexican firmware, and now I have the same problem. And now the restore isn't working this time. Why did it work once and not again? Who knows? I just keep trying to factory reset and reflash the firmware, but I'm getting nothing but bootloops.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dumbo53:
Could this be a Knox created problem? The reason I say this is you were able to restore a "new" (unknown to Knox) firmware, but it failed on the second time (as it is now no longer newer). I wonder if you were able to find a firmware with a later number (ex ...H2 rather than ...H1) it would install?

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Apra24:
I'm wondering if the official Bell/Rogers firmware will be available any time soon? Does it typically get released soon after the phone launch, or are they withholding it for some reason?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eklipse1:
I was abe to load the peru (SAM) version on my device with no problem, i am with WIND however but under networks i now have lte as an option as before i did not. i did not just download the kernal i download the stock firmware. do a factory rest after the odin process is done.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Apra24:
I was trying the Peru one for a while, but it kept hanging up during the bootup. The message was in a foreign language, but I'm assuming it was "initializing". It would initialize for about 3 minutes then an error message would pop up saying something is not responding.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eklipse1:
Did you try recovery factory reset right after Odin does the root and installs the files?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Apra24:
Well I have been trying to. When I flash the firmware in odin, it reinstalls the stock recovery mod. Right after flashing firmware, it won't go into recovery mode on the first boot (first does some android robot install thing, then boots up). I attempted to install the TWRP recovery directly after the firmware, and then booting directly into recovery to factory reset, but I'm still getting a boot loop.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yorgo1982:
I think due of the lock. We are not free as b4 to flash anyrom. 2day im shipping my phone to samsung rooted lol how gr8 is that lol
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Apra24:
do they know it's rooted/void? Or did you somehow not trigger the knox/warranty void switch? I may just have to do the same thing...
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yorgo1982:
For now there is nothing that we can do. Its gonna cost 85$
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Apra24:
$85 beats $700 any day... The real question is, how long do they take to restore it and send it back? I would gladly pay extra to have it shipped next-day each way, though I'm guessing there's a standard procedure that takes weeks...
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yorgo1982:
I'm ready to pay more if I can have my phone back. When I sent them the s4 it took a month. So I placed a complain for Samsung Canada and they fix it for free by sending a new unit. I shipped it at 8.30 am they will get it 2morrow so here 24h just for the post. So yeah u will have to wait weeks .
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MacBreQ:
I had the same problem. Use Kies to do a emergency restore. That did work for me. By the way, when doing the emergency restore, Kies states that the phone will be back to factory default, so nothing will be retained. Fortunately for me, after the restore it seemed that everything was still there!
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yorgo1982:
I'm ready to pay more if I can have my phone back. When I sent them the s4 it took a month. So I placed a complain for Samsung Canada and they fix it for free by sending a new unit. I shipped it at 8.30 am they will get it 2morrow so here 24h just for the post. So yeah u will have to wait weeks .

---------- Post added at 04:56 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:54 PM ----------

[QUOE=MacBreQ;46254436]I had the same problem. Use Kies to do a emergency restore. That did work for me. By the way, when doing the emergency restore, Kies states that the phone will be back to factory default, so nothing will be retained. Fortunately for me, after the restore it seemed that everything was still there![/QUOTE]

But kies is asking for error code.to retrieve it
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] glensta:
Hi guys - I'm coming from the US T-mobile Note 3 variant. Some folks (including me) had the boot loop issue as well.

Here's that thread in case they come up with a solution how to fix this (even though it's a different variant - there may be common tools we can both use)

I've linked those folks over here as well - hopefully it's resolved soon. Until then, Stock for me which is fine - this phone is truly awesome.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2471421
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MacBreQ:
But kies is asking for error code.to retrieve it[/QUOTE]Use Tools > Firmware upgrade and initialisation (not exactly sure about the exact name, my Kies is Dutch). So don't use the Emergency firmware restore option in Tools.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yorgo1982:
Use Tools > Firmware upgrade and initialisation (not exactly sure about the exact name, my Kies is Dutch). So don't use the Emergency firmware restore option in Tools.[/QUOTE]

I tried other option it says not available yet for your model