The new much awaited Google assistant will be pixel specific only. But developers have already managed to get assistant on any nougat phone by editing the build.prop. But users have reported that camera and some other apps aren't working properly.
A xda developer named ~ ANIKETultimate ~ has figured out a way to use Google Assistant on any device running Android Marshmallow. The best part is that you wont require any root permissions or build.prop edits, So lets get started
Disclaimer : Me or the ANIKETultimate is not responsible if any shit happens to you android device. Take your own responsibility so this one.But will be happy to help if any bullshit occurs to your device
WHAT WORKS
- Voice recognition
- Chats
- Navigation etc.
WHAT DOES NOT WORK FOR NOW
- The assistant settings page is not opening
- The "OK Google" hotword detection is not working. The App crashes if I open the "hotword detection" page in settings
REQUIREMENTS
- apktool (make sure you have set it up properly)
- A smali editor ( Notepad++ for Windows, I used kate on Linux)
- patience
- Android build tools (adb and zipalign)
1. First we need the Google apk. Make sure you have upgraded to the latest ( mine was 6.6.14.21). Copy the file to your PC. Name it Google.apk
2. Open up a terminal in Linux (in Windows, navigate to the folder where apktool is located, and shift+right click on a blank space and click "open command prompt here"). If you're on Linux, make sure apktool is in your PATH.
Type
Code:
apktool d Google.apk
3. Open Google/smali/com/google/android/apps/gsa/assistant/a/e.smali file with your preferred editor.
4. Look for a method called pa() like this-
Code:
.method public static pa()Z
.locals 3
.prologue
const/4 v0, 0x0
.line 98
invoke-static {}, Lcom/google/android/libraries/e/a/a;->aN()Z
move-result v1
.line 2191
............
Code:
const/4 v0, 0x0
Code:
const/4 v0, 0x1
If you can't find them in the path I provided, then look for something like this "ro.opa.eligible_device" inside an "if-neq" or "if-eqz". If you find this, then that is probably the required method.
5. Return to the root directory (where the Google directory is located) and type
Code:
apktool b Google
7. Open the original apk with a zip viewer (winrar or 7zip, I used ark). Extract the META-INF folder to the directory.
8. Open the modified apk with the zip viewer . Don't extract it. Just drag and drop the META-INF folder on the apk. Make sure you have the compression option as "store"
9. Now install this app. Some people reported that it does not install from the device. I never tried to install it from my phone. I actually installed it via adb and it worked. type-
Code:
adb install -r Google.apk
SCREENSHOTS
DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH ALL THE HASSLE OF UNZIPPING AND OTHER CRAP HERE IS THE APK WHICH IS MODDED BY THE ANIKETultimate HIMSELF : LINK
NOTE : if the above apk does not install, could you try running 'pm install -r Google.apk' from a terminal on your phone, and send me the output?
it says [INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_UNEXPECTED_EXCEPTION].What to do?
ReplyDeletePlease upload this modded app on mediafire
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