[Q] How do you get the GN2 to do voice dial with a bluetooth headset? - T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II

I'm on the road a lot and use a bluetooth headset all the time. On my HTC Amaze I was able to voice dial from my bluetooth headset but on the GN2 I can't get past the lock screen and when I do (get past the lockscreen) I have to use S voice. All I'm trying to do is use the voicedialing without ever picking up my phone. Unfortunately I've searched everywhere and can't find or figure it out. Is anyone else having this issue/know of a fix?

Simply pair your headset to your phone. Then with the phone on and you unlocked it, activate your BT headset while watching the screen. You'll need to accept a waver to activate it. Once it is actvated, you can use your BT headset. Youll hear a chime ti promt you to speak.
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I gave that a try but unfortunately I still have to unlock the phone in order to use voice dialing. I use face recognition/pin & I'm using a Jawbone Icon.
The thing that annoys me is that I can do a redial(double press the call button) and it works without me having to touch the phone.
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Having the same problem with BlueAnt Q1 and Q2. They both worked as such on my HTC G2:
(after all paired up and connected)
Push button on BT
Say "phone command"
BT responds "activating your phone's in-built voice commands on the connected phone"
G2 says "speak now"
I say "call Fred"
Phone dials Fred
On my SGN2:
(after all paired up and connected)
Push button on BT
Say "phone command"
BT responds "activating your phone's in-built voice commands on the connected phone"
Nothing happens
If I unlock the phone, S Voice is activated
I have some other BT devices, I'll see if they fare any better, maybe it is an issue with BlueAnt?

Queue515 said:
Having the same problem with BlueAnt Q1 and Q2. They both worked as such on my HTC G2:
(after all paired up and connected)
Push button on BT
Say "phone command"
BT responds "activating your phone's in-built voice commands on the connected phone"
G2 says "speak now"
I say "call Fred"
Phone dials Fred
On my SGN2:
(after all paired up and connected)
Push button on BT
Say "phone command"
BT responds "activating your phone's in-built voice commands on the connected phone"
Nothing happens
If I unlock the phone, S Voice is activated
I have some other BT devices, I'll see if they fare any better, maybe it is an issue with BlueAnt?
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This is the same problem I have with the GN2, I've switched to a pattern lock and now I unlock my phone before using the Bluetooth. It defeats the purpose of being hands free. Once I get a car dock I'll go back to face unlock but this isn't very good. Luckily it's an easy work around and is probably one of the biggest problems I have with the phone. lol

Go to S Voice settings > check wake up in lock screen > set wake up command. ( i didn't do this part as i don't have pattern lock)
Open dialer > go to call settings > Accessory settings > Outgoing call conditions > Select Even when device locked.
Don't know if this helps but I can make calls no prob with my jawbone Icon. To activate S Voice you only need to press and hold the end call button on your headset and it should start up by itself. Once in a while you will not hear the special sound S Voice makes when it's activated (Don't know about headsets that don't support A2DP), that means it is not working properly. All you have to do is press the end call button on your bluetooth again and you will hear the end call sound. Then press and hold the end call button again to reactivate the s Voice, it should work again!

Thanks for your response.
I didn't have the Svoice set as you described, but the call setting was already set. Still not working. Can you try with screen lock set to "Secured with PIN"? That is the security setting required by my employer. I have tried it with and without "With swipe lock" checked. My BT is A2DP.

Queue515 said:
Thanks for your response.
I didn't have the Svoice set as you described, but the call setting was already set. Still not working. Can you try with screen lock set to "Secured with PIN"? That is the security setting required by my employer. I have tried it with and without "With swipe lock" checked. My BT is A2DP.
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With the Pin enabled I cannot open S voice either.. That's kind of expected though because that's a security breach if I am able to bypass the lock screen just by opening SVoice. For company phones I guess security comes before convenience.

Thank you for confirming. Unfortunately, the workaround (putting the phone in car mode and leaving it open) is much less secure than letting me make a call from a paired device. Oh well.
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[Q] Disable bluetooth double tap redial

Greetings!
I have my Desire running MIui GB and it is fantastic.
I prefer using a bluetooth headset rather than talking to the phone directly.
The problem comes when the headset is inside a pocket ,and its buttons are pressed.
On a single button tap i had voice dial popping on the screen.
There were false matches by the voice dialing app and random calls were made.
This was easily disabled, simply by deleting VoiceDialer.apk from the ROM.
The other problem that i haven't found a solution yet, is when the button of the headset is pressed twice.
When that happens, the phone redials the last number, bypassing any lock screen. It is happening quite often actually.
Anyone knows how can i disable that?
Bluetooth headsets are suppose to go on your head, not in your pocket.... seriously.
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Does your headset have key lock? Or u could buy an extra pocket for the headset.
Meaple said:
Bluetooth headsets are suppose to go on your head, not in your pocket.... seriously.
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Meaple in my places they say that " If you don't have something to say, don't speak". Seriously...
mrvanity said:
Greetings!
The other problem that i haven't found a solution yet, is when the button of the headset is pressed twice.
When that happens, the phone redials the last number, bypassing any lock screen. It is happening quite often actually.
Anyone knows how can i disable that?
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I found a workaround by chance just now. After I installed dialer for JAJAH service that I use I got a dialog asking what program to use after clicking BT button.
As long as i don't select USE BY DEFAULT it stops at that dialog and doesn't dial.
Please all, lets keep it on topic and with respect.
Thanks for your cooperation.

SGH-i927R Rogers with Bluetooth Voice Dial not working

Hi,
I have the Rogers version Galaxy S Glide (Android 235), non-rooted as not allowed in order to use it for work email.
Using Motorola S10-HD stereo bluetooth headset.
When paired and connected, pressing the BT Call button does nothing.
Holding the BT Call button performs a redial of the last number.
I've read for other devices with Android 2.2 or higher that the Google Voice Dialer should start when holding the Call button but it doesnt. It will only start if I hold the search button on the phone itself.
Any confirmation from others or suggestions to make it work?
Thanks.
Maruzko said:
Hi,
I have the Rogers version Galaxy S Glide (Android 235), non-rooted as not allowed in order to use it for work email.
Using Motorola S10-HD stereo bluetooth headset.
When paired and connected, pressing the BT Call button does nothing.
Holding the BT Call button performs a redial of the last number.
I've read for other devices with Android 2.2 or higher that the Google Voice Dialer should start when holding the Call button but it doesnt. It will only start if I hold the search button on the phone itself.
Any confirmation from others or suggestions to make it work?
Thanks.
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I am using a Nokia BT headset but working fine, can you check on Settings > Wireless and network > bluetooth settings > [Moto S10-HD] > tap and hold, and see if it's connected with "Phone" and "Media"
gabby131 said:
I am using a Nokia BT headset but working fine, can you check on Settings > Wireless and network > bluetooth settings > [Moto S10-HD] > tap and hold, and see if it's connected with "Phone" and "Media"
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Yes, both "Phone" and "Media" are listed in the BT settings and both are ticked.
Have tried repairing with no change.
Maruzko said:
Yes, both "Phone" and "Media" are listed in the BT settings and both are ticked.
Have tried repairing with no change.
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okay good, now check if you have Voice Search and/or Google Voice app....if you have it, try updating it from Play Store......
gabby131 said:
okay good, now check if you have Voice Search and/or Google Voice app....if you have it, try updating it from Play Store......
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Yes, already updated it from the Play store.
Voice Search v2.1.4
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Do you have access to another Bluetooth headset you could try with the phone? Maybe there's something wrong with your current headset.
Maruzko said:
Yes, already updated it from the Play store.
Voice Search v2.1.4
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clpo13 already mentioned....try to delete other bluetooth headset connections you have....
clpo13 said:
Do you have access to another Bluetooth headset you could try with the phone? Maybe there's something wrong with your current headset.
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I just tried a Nokia BH-104 but it also doesn't start Voice Search/Dial.
It also acts slightly differently to the S10-HD.
Call button press - nothing
Call button long press - nothing
Call button double press - last number redial
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Maruzko said:
I just tried a Nokia BH-104 but it also doesn't start Voice Search/Dial.
It also acts slightly differently to the S10-HD.
Call button press - nothing
Call button long press - nothing
Call button double press - last number redial
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Oh now this is becoming a real challenge. I also have Nokia BH-104 and I will, in all my best, try and replicate your issue and see.
EDIT: Positive! The call button on both my Nokia Headsets does not trigger Voice Search.....I can only redial my recent called contact via double press.
gabby131 said:
Oh now this is becoming a real challenge. I also have Nokia BH-104 and I will, in all my best, try and replicate your issue and see.
EDIT: Positive! The call button on both my Nokia Headsets does not trigger Voice Search.....I can only redial my recent called contact via double press.
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I gather we are stuck?
Is there an app that allows remapping the BT call key to start another app, even though this function should work standard to start Voice Search?
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Maruzko said:
I gather we are stuck?
Is there an app that allows remapping the BT call key to start another app, even though this function should work standard to start Voice Search?
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I believe voice dial/search does that, don't know what google did....
On google phones (Nexus One/S), I believe, the voice dial app pops out once call key on BT headset is pressed.....but I wanna search further....
gabby131 said:
I believe voice dial/search does that, don't know what google did....
On google phones (Nexus One/S), I believe, the voice dial app pops out once call key on BT headset is pressed.....but I wanna search further....
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I have a Motorola T505 in the car and it works well just that it does not work if the phone is at the lock screen. Needs to be unlocked for the call button to work. I assume you already made sure the phone was not at the lock screen. Just wondering is their anyway to make it work with the lock screen still active?
gabby131 said:
I believe voice dial/search does that, don't know what google did....
On google phones (Nexus One/S), I believe, the voice dial app pops out once call key on BT headset is pressed.....but I wanna search further....
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Did a bit more testing.
I installed Vlingo, then something changed.
Instead of nothing happening when pressing the BT call button (Motorola S10-HD), now I get a choice:
Vlingo
Vlingo In-Car
but still no Voice Search option
I then found this App in the Play Google Store called Bluetooth Launch.
It allows you to assign any function to launch when the BT headset call button is pressed.
Now I get:
Bluetooth Launch
Vlingo
Vlingo In-Car
I set Bluetooth Launch to start Voice Search and it works!.
Vlingo is not a bad option either since it can be set to start listening on launching.
However, I realized all this only happens when the phone is in wake mode.
If its asleep, nothing happens, so you still have to touch and wake up the phone then press the BT button.
So still not totally hands free.
Asleep or locked the phone does not respond which is quite annoying when driving. My old phone (Windows Mobile 6.1) alloud voice dialing even though it was locked. I loved being paired with my Bluetooth as I still could do everything via Bluetooth. Sucks that Android which is so powerful does not work well with BT.
dudejb said:
Asleep or locked the phone does not respond which is quite annoying when driving. My old phone (Windows Mobile 6.1) alloud voice dialing even though it was locked. I loved being paired with my Bluetooth as I still could do everything via Bluetooth. Sucks that Android which is so powerful does not work well with BT.
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Did some more searching and it appears that the move from Froyo to Gingerbread changed the way BT call wake up works.
When the phone is secured with a pin or pattern to unlock, the BT call button wont wake it up..
I did have a pattern lock enabled, which I've since turned off.
Now pressing the BT call button while the phone is in standby wakes it up and runs Vlingo straight into listening mode waiting for a command.
So seems to work OK, just that I cant have a secured lock enabled.
Maruzko said:
Did some more searching and it appears that the move from Froyo to Gingerbread changed the way BT call wake up works.
When the phone is secured with a pin or pattern to unlock, the BT call button wont wake it up..
I did had a pattern lock enabled, which I've since turned off.
Now pressing the BT call button while the phone is in standby wakes it up and runs Vlingo straight into listening mode waiting for a command.
So seems to work OK, just that I cant have a secured lock enabled.
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Ya I have seen that it works as you mentioned but I like having the lock pattern and was hoping there was a way to get Bluetooth call button to work even though the phone is locked. Kind of sucks if there is no way around this. The whole point to the Bluetooth is that the phone can stay in my pocket locked so as not to press any buttons by accident and I can make calls from my Bluetooth device.

[Q] Bluetooth Voice Talk

So I'm using the Plantronics M20 bluetooth headset (standard universal). When my screen is off and i hold the talk button for two seconds to activate voice talk, nothing happens until i manually turn on my phone's screen, which seems counter intuitive to the purpose of a bluetooth headset. When the screen is on and i trigger voice talk, it brings up the app and commands with no problem. My question is, is there a way to make it so the phone will wake up when activating voice talk, rather than having to manually wake up my phone before being able to give commands? I tried using vlingo and it gives me the same problems. Also im using Mijj's blended ICS if that makes a difference.
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nevermind i figured it out... for those of you who are wondering, if you manually lock your screen to go into standby mode, then it will require you manually turning it on before entering voice talk. which makes sense i suppose. so if you let your phone go into standby mode after waiting (15 seconds or whatever you have it set to) then you can wake it up with your bluetooth's voice talk command. hope this helps someone lol

[Q] Rogers firmware, bluetooth voice dialing

Bluetooth voice dialing was working on the AT&T firmware, but it seems that since updating to the Rogers firmware it doesn't - pressing the call button (1 second press on my Jabra Extreme 2 headset) does nothing at all. Redial (double-tap on the headset) works as you would expect.
Some searching found this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1558776
But this doesn't seem to help in my case - I've installed Bluetooth Launch, but the call button still does nothing. Even more strange, if I run "adb logcat" then nothing is logged when I press the call button (I expected to see something from the bluetooth subsystem at least saying it had been pushed, even if it couldn't launch an application to deal with it).
Voice search is installed, and works as you would expect when manually launched.
Any pointers would be appreciated - thanks.
FireFury said:
Bluetooth voice dialing was working on the AT&T firmware, but it seems that since updating to the Rogers firmware it doesn't - pressing the call button (1 second press on my Jabra Extreme 2 headset) does nothing at all. Redial (double-tap on the headset) works as you would expect.
Some searching found this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1558776
But this doesn't seem to help in my case - I've installed Bluetooth Launch, but the call button still does nothing. Even more strange, if I run "adb logcat" then nothing is logged when I press the call button (I expected to see something from the bluetooth subsystem at least saying it had been pushed, even if it couldn't launch an application to deal with it).
Voice search is installed, and works as you would expect when manually launched.
Any pointers would be appreciated - thanks.
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From the previous thread did you disable any security lock on the phone ?
As that was the clincher for me, once disabled security code to unlock/wake up phone the BT button then actually does something when pressed.
Edit: Actually I supposed if the BT button doesn't do anything while the phone is already awake then its something else.

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