Google Announces Voice Actions – Fix on Fresh Updater (updated)

Google just announced and released Voice Actions. It is basically Voice Search 2.0 (for Android 2.2 only) and is quite awesome. For any Fresh users that have tried to use it yet you’ll notice that the install from the market fails just like it did on the Facebook update a while back. This is due to a signature issue. I actually haven’t had anyone report it yet as Voice Actions just got released a few hours ago but I wanted to stay ahead of the game and get a patch out on Fresh Updater.

This patch will remove Facebook and Voice Search from /system/, allowing you to install the new versions from the market. It will not install them for you. So just grab this patch off of Fresh Updater and you’ll be ready to install the newest Facebook and Voice Search. If you already installed the new Facebook then don’t worry, this won’t touch it. This only removes them off of the system partition.

Make sure to setup Fresh Updater if you haven’t already: How to setup Fresh Updater.

Updated 08/12@10:45pm: It was brought to my attention that Google Search was updated too. I just updated the patch on Fresh Updater to fix that one too. So refresh Fresh Updater and grab v2 of the patch.

This entry was posted by flipz on August 12, 2010 at 4:16 pm, and is filed under Android 2.2, News. Follow any responses to this post through RSS 2.0.Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.

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#1 written by Princem131 1 year ago

Thanks I was struggling tryin to install this. Just rebooted my phone to see if that would fix and then I saw your tweet. Flipz ftw as usual thanks!

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#2 written by joe 1 year ago

the patch also deactivates the search button on the bottom

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- #3 written by joe 1 year ago
  
  never mind i had to reboot twice!
  
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#4 written by Jason 1 year ago

My 3G network does not work after this patch. =( anybody else having problems?

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#5 written by lugose 1 year ago

Cool, I’m running the cyanogenmod for the hero and this helped me get past the install failure (the idea, no the patch). Thanks man.

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#6 written by mario23 1 year ago

Hey can you also remove google search as that has been updated for this?
Thanks and way to stay in front of this one!

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#7 written by jason 1 year ago

I am new to Fresh and Android. Does this not work with the HTC Hero? I have the latest Fresh installed, downloaded the update via Fresh Updater, rebooted. My facebook app was still installed after I rebooted. Does this mean the updater didn’t work?

I also looked for the google voice search / actions in the market, but it was not listed anywhere.

Sorry for my newbness. I do appreciate any help or info.

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- #8 written by jason 1 year ago
  
  Does anyone have any idea what is going on with mine? Thanks!
  
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#9 written by coolted 1 year ago

works great thanks…. this issue seems to be effecting anyone with a custom rom hopefully the guys over at droidforums.net get this figured out soon as well. That’s where my first research took me… Until I figured out that you had already fixed it for us…. thanks for the quick response and support

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#10 written by Matt 1 year ago

I installed the patch but i am getting a package file was not signed correctly error when i try to install the new Google Search from the market place

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#11 written by mario23 1 year ago

This package allowed you to upgrade google voice search. Google search is a different program that needs to be patched out first

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#12 written by Wisam 1 year ago

Thanks for the fix. I was looking in the forums till I decided to check here. I got Facebook and Google Voice. Only Google Search is left now. Please add a fix to remove it too.
I hope the gurus at XDA can figure out a way to avoid having this error in the future. Thanks and keep up the good work!!

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#13 written by flipz 1 year ago

I just updated the fix to also fix Google Search. Refresh Fresh Updater and you’ll see v2 of the fix on there. Grab that and you’ll be all set to update Google Search also. I didn’t realize there was a new version of that too. Thanks!

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#14 written by dakotaSioux 1 year ago

Quick Note: If you need to manually flash the zip from you recovery manager the zip you need is in the “download” folder on your SD card. I wasn’t sure exactly where it was located, thought I’d share.

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#15 written by jimmer 1 year ago

flipz: do you have a different fix for google search than the one at xda? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7643931&postcount=1688 or does yours Copy /data/app/com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox-1.apk to /system/app/GoogleQuickSearchBox.apk too?

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#16 written by bigcrab 1 year ago

quick tap of mag glass does not bring up search anymore from home screen

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#17 written by taverentech 1 year ago

As usual (for me because I ignore the recommendation to use Amon Recovery) I had to manually go into Clockwork recovery to apply this, but I’m happy to do so.

I now have a facebook free phone!!!!! yeah!!! Thanks, although I know you remove it just to install newer version, I’m happy I don’t have facebook on my phone. Now can we get rid of twitter and other social apps? I’m not social.

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#18 written by Princem131 1 year ago

My search button won’t bring up Google search any more after the v2 patch. I tried rebooting multiple times like in the post above. No luck. Then reflashed patch and unistall/ reinstalled Google search. Still no luck. Finally tried reboot again still nothing. Anyone else in the same boat? My only other option is nandroidand wipe. But I’d rather not…. unless I can grab my mdn without to much hassle and fix my pri too.

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#19 written by flipz 1 year ago

I’ll look in to why tapping on search isn’t working.

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#20 written by Magick72 1 year ago

Same thing for me.. no more google search

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#21 written by CoolGui 1 year ago

I applied the patch then installed Google Search and Voice Search. Both seem to work when launched from the apps menu, but like others here, nothing happens if I hit the search button on the home screen. If I long press it there, I get the voice search so at least that feature still works.

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- #22 written by jason 1 year ago
  
  How come I cant find google search or voice search anywhere on the marketplace?
  
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#23 written by Dan 1 year ago

When I try and apply this patch I just get the white HTC EVO 4G screen, let it set for 10 minutes. Thank god I Nand backup’d. Tried it twice, don’t know why it wont patch.

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#24 written by Roman 1 year ago

i just did the update but now i cant find voice search on the market at all can anyone help

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#25 written by Jared 1 year ago

I was able to get the quick search button working again.

After applying the patch and reinstalling Google Search and Voice Search, I had to copy com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox-1.apk from /data/app to /system/app

After copying, I rebooted and the button worked again good as new.

(Of course, You need a file explorer with root access to access those folders… personally I used Root Explorer)

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- #26 written by Gordon 1 year ago
  
  It won’t let me move the file to system/app. it says that its read only. Any ideas? Both voice search and google search are installed. I’m just just trying to get the search button to work.
  
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  - #27 written by Jared 1 year ago
    
    What file manager are you using? In Root Explorer, there is a button on top you have to click to enable Read-Write access. It says “Mount R/W”. I’m guessing your file manager has a similar step to enable read/write access to the root folder.
    
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    - #28 written by Gordon 1 year ago
      
      I was using Root Explorer. I wasn’t hitting the “Mount R/W” button. I went back and moved the file, rebooted and the search button is working again. Thanks for your help.
      
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#29 written by Scott 1 year ago

@Jared. Thanks that fixed my quick search button.

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#30 written by CoolGui 1 year ago

@Jared Any free app that will let me copy that file? I tried es explorer, astro, and root manager, none of them show the source file you mention.

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- #31 written by Jared 1 year ago
  
  I haven’t seen any free apps for easy access to the root folder. Root Explorer was probably the best ~$4USD I spent on my Evo though. Very useful app. If someone else has another app they recommend, maybe they will chime in.
  
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#32 written by Zameus 1 year ago

Do I need to flash back to the previous version of Fresh ROM to see this update. I’m not seeing it in Fresh Updater.

Thanks!

Z

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