Root Google Now is awesome

[PowerBomb]

I was getting a little bummed because I don't feel like doing the 235 or 238 ICS ROMs, the Jellybean ROMs were starting to sound tempting but I don't wanna go back to struggling to have a data connection, no working camera, etc, but the successful port of Google Now to ICS has given me something new to mess around with.

Basically Siri for Android. Weather, Traffic, locations, directions, stock prices, many things you can ask it.

I got it by following the XDA guides which were linked to in this story.

Google Now Fully Ported to Ice Cream Sandwich | The Droid Guy

 

[Rxpert83]

Google now runs circles around siri

 

[zach.schenfisch]

I was getting a little bummed because I don't feel like doing the 235 or 238 ICS ROMs, the Jellybean ROMs were starting to sound tempting but I don't wanna go back to struggling to have a data connection, no working camera, etc, but the successful port of Google Now to ICS has given me something new to mess around with.

Basically Siri for Android. Weather, Traffic, locations, directions, stock prices, many things you can ask it.

I got it by following the XDA guides which were linked to in this story.

Google Now Fully Ported to Ice Cream Sandwich | The Droid Guy

Do you remember which version of the .zip you flashed?

 

[xmr405o]

Sweet. I haven't rooted ICS leak .232 because I didn't feel the need to but now I want to. I've always wanted to try out Google now.

BTW- The Droid life article has links to the flashable zip through a custom recovery (CWM). If anyone is interested in reading it.

http://www.droid-life.com/2012/08/0...-of-supported-devices-through-flashable-zips/

 

[zach.schenfisch]

This is the link I used to install Now: xda-developers - View Single Post - [MOD] [4.0+] [UPDATE 08/06] The Google Now for ICS Project [APK AND ZIP] [ARMv6&v7]

I installed the "NearlyThere" online/offline .zip, 36.48 MB file size. Very cool addition to my phone! Now I'm just trying to get things like traffic and such to sync to my Now Cards!

 

[tehsusenoh]

Google now runs circles around siri

*cough*

Face Off: Hilarious Siri Vs. Google Search - YouTube

 

[Somniferum]

I'm running the online only version of Google Now on the .232 leak and so far I love it. Highly recommend to anyone interested.

 

[PowerBomb]

Do you remember which version of the .zip you flashed?

I believe I flashed version 3 online/offline from this thread, but when I went back to the thread to retrieve the link for you it looks like there's already a newer version where they worked out even more of the kinks.

xda-developers - View Single Post - [MOD] [4.0+] [UPDATE 08/08] The Google Now for ICS Project [APK AND ZIP] [ARMv6&v7]

 

[Jeffery]

I have my volume turned down and Google Now's sounds are still quite loud, how do I turn them down???

 

[PowerBomb]

I have my volume turned down and Google Now's sounds are still quite loud, how do I turn them down???

Google Now is part of the media volume. Unless you adjust the volume at the exact moment Now is speaking, you're actually just adjusting your ringtone volume. You can go into the regular settings>sounds>volumes menu and adjust your media volume there.

I experienced the same issue except opposite, I couldn't get Now to talk when I was trying to show some people how it worked. Got home later that night and realized my media volume was all the way down and trying to use the volume rocker earlier in the evening hadn't worked because it was just changing my ring volume.