Help This phone uses Bing???

moondrius · May 30, 2011

stetsonaw said:
Only problem I have with bing is i'm used to hitting the search hard key, then selecting what i wanted to search, be it IMDB, maps, whatever... and when you freeze bing, the button becomes dead unless you are in an app that has settings for it.

Pretty much. Bing is a huge deal. It may also delay future updates as well.

Blue218 · May 30, 2011

rushmore said:
Bing can be tamed, just as nate mentions, so a small bump in the road.

I have a Fascinate and you can work around bing easy enough.....but I refuse to get another phone that has bing on it. bing is probably the reason why the Fascinate got 2.2 8+ months later than it was supposed to....

djembeman · Jun 1, 2011

There was no way I could see to remove VZ Navigator within the stock Car Home App, so I checked a few out in the market and this one is great, Car Home Ultra. It is fully customizable but does have Google apps as defaults to get you started. My phone is now fully Google except for my capacitive search button.

https://market.android.com/details?id=spinninghead.carhome

zboon · Jun 1, 2011

nateap87 said:
you can sideload google search. then when you press the search key, it'll ask which app to use. select "make default" and click google search. the apk is easy to find. you might even be able to just go to the desktop android market site and send it to your phone. but it is blocked in the native android market.

uhhm how?

stetsonaw · Jun 1, 2011

I sideloaded it, didn't replace the search button though.

djembeman · Jun 2, 2011

Why didn't you search for it in the market and install it? I think the only way to change the capacitive search button function is to root! Arg!!!

Just FYI everyone, there is a Gingerbread keyboard in the market, if that is what you like, or if the two built in options piss you off. Gingerbread keyboard is very similar to the Froyo Droid keyboard.

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.moo.android.inputmethod.latin.free&feature=search_result

hedylogus · Jun 2, 2011

i was able to download google search directly from the market. no mods, no hacks, no sideloading, etc.

good tip on the link above....will definitely check it out. i like the keyboard on the xoom (honeycomb), so maybe i'll prefer it.....who knows.

JustPlainKate · Jul 30, 2011

Steven58 said:
I don't see what the big deal is with Bing. Just us the google widgets. If that's not enough, root your phone and do with it whatever you want. It's really a non-issue, imo.

So how exactly does one root their Revolution? Got any step-by-step dummy guides handy?

Codegal · Nov 25, 2011

If you just want to use google
search instead of bing then you can download the Opera app. It has a google search box always available that works on the lg revolution.

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