Google Now?

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I read that Google Now from Jelly Bean has been ported to ICS. The following links explains how to load it up:

Port Google Now To Your Ice Cream Sandwich Android Phone

As someone clueless about Android, can anyone say if we'll be able to do this on a rooted S3? Or is there something the S3 doesn't have or is blocked that allows others to use it but not us? I won't be trying to use this immediately, but Google Now is something that immediately caught my attention when JB was announced. Seeing we probably won't get real JB or a JB ROM for a while, this would be a nice thing to be able to do.
 

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First, this is only the Google Now text search and result card.
Voice search does not work.
While Samsung has stated JB will be released for the s3 in a few months, I think a custom JB rom will be much sooner as the dev community is building up fast for this very purpose.
 
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First, this is only the Google Now text search and result card.
Voice search does not work.
While Samsung has stated JB will be released for the s3 in a few months, I think a custom JB rom will be much sooner as the dev community is building up fast for this very purpose.

I didn't know the voice wasn't working. Never mind then. I really was interested in the voice control.
 

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I didn't know the voice wasn't working. Never mind then. I really was interested in the voice control.

Have my vzw gnx with custom jb Rom and loving it, Google now a fun toy and it seems to work well. hope a dev gets a Rom to work on your phone soon.

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There is a second modded voice search app in Google play that works great with Google now for the Verizon s3. I have it installed and it works pretty well.

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I'm using Google Now from XDA. But, cards don't load and it drains my battery. Voice Search does seem to work fine.

Edit: The cards seem to work with wifi only, but voice search works with or without wifi. Is anyone else experiencing this issue?
 
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I loaded Google Now from XDA to my ICS VZW Gnex and voice works fine. Don't know about battery since I just installed it, I have bad battery life anyway. I was looking in this S3 forum to see how many people have tried it and if it worked before I tell my friends who have VZW S3 to try it.
 

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