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On July 17th I updated my Droi Maxx to Android V. 4.4.4. Ever since then my Google Now has gone insane. I'm also having microphone issues. I try using my voice recorder or soundhound and I get an error that the microphone is either in use or locked by another app. I've restarted the phone numerous times which will get soundhound working, but I have yet to get the voice recorder to work.

Also, when I'm in drive mode and a text comes in, Google Now announces the text but then immediately says it can understand me, and let's talk later. It completely freaks out. I don't use these apps a lot, but it's really annoying when I want to use them.

I've even uninstalled the voice recorder and tried installing it or different ones and get the same issue. Any ideas?
 

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