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Root [Guide]- How to install Google Now in Easy Steps w/ Pictures

Diego1593

Diego1593

Android Enthusiast
I also have confirm this that google now works on the lg motion but you will need root to work this.

Things you will need is root explorer for easier installation


first thing first download the zip file

Mikey6_Offline.zip

the file will be name mike6offline

un zip the file

and go to the file in system
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now go to home to you see the system and just copy over it and it should ask you this
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now restart the device
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now go back to root explore and go to /system/app/ googlequicksearchbox.apk and rename it to googlequicksearchbox.apk.bak just for back up if you don't like google now

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now reboot the device again and you should see that its saying Android is upgrading 2 applications and just wait and you are done and enjoy google now

Credits go to the people over xda

Original Thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=29756226&postcount=2856

Original Thread of Google now
http://androidforums.com/motion-4g-all-things-root/619657-google-now-motion.html

make backup of your original files if you don't like googe now to go back to
 
this did not work for me. After the second reboot i did not get any message saying that 2 apps are updating. Also my google search bar at the top of every screen is gone. All i see now is the + button to add items to the pages.
 
labstud said:
this did not work for me. After the second reboot i did not get any message saying that 2 apps are updating. Also my google search bar at the top of every screen is gone. All i see now is the + button to add items to the pages.
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Did you copy system and just merge it with system in root explore? And rename googlesearch?
 
Yes, i copied all files from the download and merged them with the system folder. I fixed it though by setting permissions on all files to rw-r--r-- (644) and this worked. But my voice search does not work very well. Even simple commands like "Hows the weather" do not result in anything.
 
labstud said:
Yes, i copied all files from the download and merged them with the system folder. I fixed it though by setting permissions on all files to rw-r--r-- (644) and this worked. But my voice search does not work very well. Even simple commands like "Hows the weather" do not result in anything.
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You werent suppouse to change permisions at all .... thats why it didnt work i just unzip copy and merge folders anf reboot then go back and rename that apk
 
Diego1593 said:
You werent suppouse to change permisions at all .... thats why it didnt work i just unzip copy and merge folders anf reboot then go back and rename that apk
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At first i did not, i followed your instructions. After the second reboot i did not get any message saying 2 apps were being upgraded.

So i went back and changed permissions on all files i copied to the /system/ folder and rebooted. Then i saw the message that 2 apps were being upgraded, and thats when the google now app started working.

Although not very well, like i mentioned earlier, it would not even recognize any search terms like "whats the weather like", it would show me the text on the screen, but not much after.

The cards worked after i turned on my A-GPS settings, i could see the weather and other location info but the whole application felt like it was running slow and just "buggy".
 
labstud said:
At first i did not, i followed your instructions. After the second reboot i did not get any message saying 2 apps were being upgraded.

So i went back and changed permissions on all files i copied to the /system/ folder and rebooted. Then i saw the message that 2 apps were being upgraded, and thats when the google now app started working.

Although not very well, like i mentioned earlier, it would not even recognize any search terms like "whats the weather like", it would show me the text on the screen, but not much after.

The cards worked after i turned on my A-GPS settings, i could see the weather and other location info but the whole application felt like it was running slow and just "buggy".
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Like i said before you probably didnt did something right i do a video tutorial later on so i can show you step by step
 
Not much, but here's a contribution from me for GNow.

Since location pretty much needs to be online full time, and since the location indicator is hideous, I made this icon with my Android and replaced it with Ninjamorph.

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Download here:
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff183/theamazingdave/images-3.png
 
Well, I tried this before and it didn't work.

I followed your instructions exactly this time and I got a message starting it was upgrading 1 app.

It works just like the JB ROM I put on the HTC Desire. I looked up a bunch of commands and tried then all. I got the Info card and the voice responded stating whatever was on the card.

Worked perfectly.

Thanks for your guide, I didn't reboot before or change the name of the Google Search pack last time. This time it was great.
 
DrHangman said:
Well, I tried this before and it didn't work.

I followed your instructions exactly this time and I got a message starting it was upgrading 1 app.

It works just like the JB ROM I put on the HTC Desire. I looked up a bunch of commands and tried then all. I got the Info card and the voice responded stating whatever was on the card.

Worked perfectly.

Thanks for your guide, I didn't reboot before or change the name of the Google Search pack last time. This time it was great.
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Ha thanks i was gonna record the screen with Screencast but idk something is wrong with it
 
Diego1593 said:
Okay its easy to modify files

Get root explorer

Navigate to system/app and look for systemUI.apk extract it go to rez drawable mdpi and change the mpcs 4g to the vz4g ita located in the bottom
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Ok, i got as far as finding the files. Am I copying a specific file to a specific location?

Ive tried renaming the VZ one inside the extracted folder and moving that to the build under systemUI...it asks me to overwrite it but actually copies it to the app folder
 
trigger1074 said:
Ok, i got as far as finding the files. Am I copying a specific file to a specific location?

Ive tried renaming the VZ one inside the extracted folder and moving that to the build under systemUI...it asks me to overwrite it but actually copies it to the app folder
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I make one right now and upload it for you
 
trigger1074 said:
Ok, i got as far as finding the files. Am I copying a specific file to a specific location?

Ive tried renaming the VZ one inside the extracted folder and moving that to the build under systemUI...it asks me to overwrite it but actually copies it to the app folder
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Copy your systemUI.apk

Here you go just drop in system/app

Copy over the systemui.apk and reboot and sign should be change

"SystemUI.apk" - SystemUI.apk - 4shared.com - online file sharing and storage - download
 
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