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Casio G-Shock Bluetooth 4.0 wristwatch and WP8 support?

Hi!
I'll soon get the fantastic Casio G-Shock with Bluetooth 4.0 link function - which normally works with iOS and Android OS. As i also have a Nokia Lumia 920 additional to my iPhone I'd like to use it with this new gadget. Is there any possibility to convert the existing Android App into a working WP8 App? Any solutions out there?
best regards,
Oliver

Nope, no chance. Thank Microsoft for the restriction.
I'm a GShock fan btw. Tough Solar with auto illuminator, black on black my favorite watch.

vetvito said:
Nope, no chance. Thank Microsoft for the restriction.
I'm a GShock fan btw. Tough Solar with auto illuminator, black on black my favorite watch.
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G5600E? And how is it MSFT's fault?

matthew5025 said:
G5600E? And how is it MSFT's fault?
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Was that a serious question? It couldn't be, it can't be. Seriously?
They don't allow it.

vetvito said:
Was that a serious question? It couldn't be, it can't be. Seriously?
They don't allow it.
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How do they not allow it? Bluetooth APIs are open, heck, you can even open bluetooth sockets and transmit raw data over them (unlike NFC, which is limited to NDEF formats). It's up to Casio to make the app. If Casio decides WP is not a big enough market, fair enough. They could release the protocols the watch are using, and developers can make an app for them.

matthew5025 said:
How do they not allow it? Bluetooth APIs are open, heck, you can even open bluetooth sockets and transmit raw data over them (unlike NFC, which is limited to NDEF formats). It's up to Casio to make the app. If Casio decides WP is not a big enough market, fair enough. They could release the protocols the watch are using, and developers can make an app for them.
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Smh. You obviously know how to use the internet, clearly you do because you're on this board.
How about searching the internet for the kind of access Casio needs. Its more than a simple app that is needed.
Apple just added the functionality IOS 5 & 6.
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vetvito said:
Smh. You obviously know how to use the internet, clearly you do because you're on this board.
How about searching the internet for the kind of access Casio needs. Its more than a simple app that is needed.
Apple just added the functionality IOS 5 & 6.
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Do you mean BT 4.0? I'm using the HTC 8X and according to the FCC, the tested the 8X WITH BT 4.0.

matthew5025 said:
Do you mean BT 4.0? I'm using the HTC 8X and according to the FCC, the tested the 8X WITH BT 4.0.
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Wow that's amazing! Bluetooth 4.0.
You're still missing the required SPP and MAP profiles.
Try researching and understanding next time.
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Have the decision!
Hi!
Try this
Bluetooth LE Connector for Windows Phone (www windowsphone com/s?appid=d95e1ee2-a9b5-4377-81ef-c7504f4b6684)
best regards,
GWolf
Benz-Driver said:
Hi!
I'll soon get the fantastic Casio G-Shock with Bluetooth 4.0 link function - which normally works with iOS and Android OS. As i also have a Nokia Lumia 920 additional to my iPhone I'd like to use it with this new gadget. Is there any possibility to convert the existing Android App into a working WP8 App? Any solutions out there?
best regards,
Oliver
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[Q] WP8 Store and Game

Debating on going from my SGS3 to Nokia Lumia 920 but am worried about the microsoft market place.
Is there much choice available on the WP8 store?
Does anyone know if the game 'life is magic' will be on WP8 store (available on ios and droid but cannot see on WP8?
Can the lumia play most video formats or does WP8 still require all data to be pushed/converted via zune still?
If the lumia cannot play these is there an application available for WP8 that allows WP8 devices to use different formats/codecs?
As you may guess i have not used a WP7 or WP8 device before but am getting over my phobia of how ugly the UI is to me and want to try one.

This is the windows 8 section, not the windows phone 8 section. The 2 are not the same thing.

Crap it! Sorry thought i had put in the right place, i should have read it properly!!!

SixSixSevenSeven said:
This is the windows 8 section, not the windows phone 8 section. The 2 are not the same thing.
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Ah, this IS Windows Phone 8 section. This is "Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting". Why did you say this?

LiFePo4 said:
Ah, this IS Windows Phone 8 section. This is "Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting". Why did you say this?
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I was just wondering that myself, even had to double check! Lol
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Enough with the drama, the thread was probably moved...

1) Unfortunately, it's near empty compared to iOS/android.
2) Only authors knows. Currently where are no news about WP8 port.
3) It supports mp4/wmv etc, you can download movie to phone and watch it. Third-party players can be installed for not-so-wildspread formats like .mkv
4) Yes, like "Yxplayer". it's commercial, but price is like 3-4$ .
5) My personal opinion - not a good idea. I have switched from Galaxy Note to Nokia 620 just to test new OS. Android/iOS are better right now.
kil43 said:
Debating on going from my SGS3 to Nokia Lumia 920 but am worried about the microsoft market place.
1) Is there much choice available on the WP8 store?
2) Does anyone know if the game 'life is magic' will be on WP8 store (available on ios and droid but cannot see on WP8?
3) Can the lumia play most video formats or does WP8 still require all data to be pushed/converted via zune still?
4) If the lumia cannot play these is there an application available for WP8 that allows WP8 devices to use different formats/codecs?
5) As you may guess i have not used a WP7 or WP8 device before but am getting over my phobia of how ugly the UI is to me and want to try one.
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eyeofhell said:
1) Unfortunately, it's near empty compared to iOS/android.
2) Only authors knows. Currently where are no news about WP8 port.
3) It supports mp4/wmv etc, you can download movie to phone and watch it. Third-party players can be installed for not-so-wildspread formats like .mkv
4) Yes, like "Yxplayer". it's commercial, but price is like 3-4$ .
5) My personal opinion - not a good idea. I have switched from Galaxy Note to Nokia 620 just to test new OS. Android/iOS are better right now.
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Excellent, thanks for the honest response. Think i may hold off for either the new nokia with xenon flash or hold off still until ubuntu raises it's head.

I have a Note 2 as my main phone and 620 as a secondary. IMHO, the 620 works extremely well as a secondary phone. The 920 is simply too expensive for such a role. To be honest, the WP8 is simply too raw to be a main OS. Too many missing apps and fundamental OS features.
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[Q] Equalizer

Sorry if it's such an obvious question, but is there an equalizer app out already for Windows Phone 8?
I'm asking because I recently found out that the Nokia Lumia 520 does not have this feature, that is the only concern that is making me hesitate to buy that particular phone.
So if there are apps of that nature already released or in development, please point me to where those apps can be found, if there aren't any, then why not?
Thank you all for your time!

It would have to be phone-specific; you could probably write a music player app with an EQ feature, but if you want it to be device-wide, you'll need a special, device-specific app.
Your best bet for that is HTC; their WP7 phones had advanced audio features including an EQ that were made avaialble via an OEM app (made by HTC and only compatible with their phones).

On Nokia WP8 phones its under >settings >system and scroll down to audio..:victory: on WP7 I believe only the HTC phones have it.

sinister1 said:
On Nokia WP8 phones its under >settings >system and scroll down to audio..:victory: on WP7 I believe only the HTC phones have it.
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I'm sorry but that's not what I meant, I'm asking this because a certain device, namely the Nokia Lumia 520, does not have an equalizer. I guess it was left out as a cost cutting measure to bring the price down. I'm asking if there's an app already out there that brings back that functionality to Lumia 520 users
Sorry if I wasn't clear enough.

You can't have it device-wide as an app, unless it's built into the ROM. If the setting that sinister1 mentioned isn't there, you could check the Nokia collection in the store, but you're probably SOL for a system-wide EQ.
If you just want an app-specific one... I don't know. That's possible (though computationally a bit expensive) but I don't know what apps, if any, feature it. Search in the store is probably your friend there.

notsafeforwork said:
I'm sorry but that's not what I meant, I'm asking this because a certain device, namely the Nokia Lumia 520, does not have an equalizer. I guess it was left out as a cost cutting measure to bring the price down. I'm asking if there's an app already out there that brings back that functionality to Lumia 520 users
Sorry if I wasn't clear enough.
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So it doesn't show up under your settings? Well that blows. I'm not sure what version of WP the 520 uses but if it's WP8 then it should be there, go to your updates and see if there is any available.

GoodDayToDie said:
You can't have it device-wide as an app, unless it's built into the ROM. If the setting that sinister1 mentioned isn't there, you could check the Nokia collection in the store, but you're probably SOL for a system-wide EQ.
If you just want an app-specific one... I don't know. That's possible (though computationally a bit expensive) but I don't know what apps, if any, feature it. Search in the store is probably your friend there.
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Thanks for the advice, I'm screwed as I'm a music loving person but I'll suck it up anyway. Thanks :laugh:

I asked about this to official Nokia care, they said Lumia 520 doesn't have hardware to support equalizer. As except 520, all Lumias have dolby enhancement. I don't get it, is dolby really a hardware thing ?? I thought MS doesn't allow such changes and that's why htc has to put beats' software instead if hardware in its wp.
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notsafeforwork said:
Thanks for the advice, I'm screwed as I'm a music loving person but I'll suck it up anyway. Thanks :laugh:
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620 isn't bad option if you don't want fm radio. It has much positive points on 520 like flash, CBD,comoass so ability to run apps like here city lense anf livesight in here maps.
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If it makes you feel any better, I have it on my 822 and it really doesn't make much of a difference; my old HTC Trophy had better sound.

sinister1 said:
If it makes you feel any better, I have it on my 822 and it really doesn't make much of a difference; my old HTC Trophy had better sound.
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It's okay, I'm planning to get a Lumia 720 instead

[Q] How to convert windows 8 to android

Hi all ...Just wanted to know is there a way to convert my windows 8 to android?
I have used it for a week and the windows app are really too less for me

tan015679 said:
Hi all ...Just wanted to know is there a way to convert my windows 8 to android?
I have used it for a week and the windows app are really too less for me
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This question has been asked all the way back to the WP7 days and has been duplicated on this forum.. This is NOT possible. Your only option is to just buy an Android phone.

The main key is unlock bootloader, until we found it, i think it's almost impossible. Just my opinion.
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tan015679 said:
Hi all ...Just wanted to know is there a way to convert my windows 8 to android?
I have used it for a week and the windows app are really too less for me
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So you installed and counted ALL the apps from WP marketplace and decided the count is just too small?

Samsung just did it with a new convertible laptop/tablet named Ativ Q. Seems that they could run Android on a VM over Windows 8. You can even put an android app link on the windows 8 desktop. Search it on youtube.

mcosmin222 said:
So you installed and counted ALL the apps from WP marketplace and decided the count is just too small?
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You don't need to count apps. Try to find a Google plus app or a good app.net app. Not possible. You have to go with webapps.
I'm very disappointed with WP8. It feels like Microsoft has already given up the platform and only Nokia is keeping it alive.

Rantanplan1980 said:
You don't need to count apps. Try to find a Google plus app or a good app.net app. Not possible. You have to go with webapps.
I'm very disappointed with WP8. It feels like Microsoft has already given up the platform and only Nokia is keeping it alive.
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I found a great app for google plus. It's called IE.
No Idea what app.net is.

Localhorst86 said:
I found a great app for google plus. It's called IE.
No Idea what app.net is.
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Try to upload an image with internet explorer on any website.
App.net is an ad free social network.

Alas, you can always use other browsers, not IE.

mcosmin222 said:
Alas, you can always use other browsers, not IE.
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There is no other browser, all browsers on wp8 use the same rendering engine.

Put Android on a Microsoft Lumia 640 LTE?

Hello there, new to the forum!
My Q. is if it is possible to put Android on the MC Lumia 640 LTE? And it being stable and performant.
If so, please link me a tut!
Thanks !

Install some of launchers from store

Sorry, but thats not possible.
Same thing as wp on a Android device.
Just a few pointers you have to overcome........think of hardware compatibility, drivers, radio etc etc.

Niche Info

You can not do this

dont ruin super phone with android

Even if you could performance would not be very good.
Wp runs much better on the same hardware

Wish this could be done. I love the $60 Lumia 640's hardware more than some of my $200+ phones. The swappable unibody shells are great. But... windows is crippling this beauty. I'd go pick up 3 of these if android was possible.

There are $60 Androids phone, so...

Not as nice as the Lumia's hardware. To get an android phone, as good as the 640, you'd need to spend something upwards of $180.

rouyal said:
Not as nice as the Lumia's hardware. To get an android phone, as good as the 640, you'd need to spend something upwards of $180.
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How much a Xiaomi Mi4?

MrCego said:
How much a Xiaomi Mi4?
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In the US? I don't even know where to get one, but a quick Google search shows 200+ usd

touch pro 2 was able to boot android, no reason why this can't be done on 640...

walmart now has the 640 at 29.00... so with a flood of these in the market an android hack may be possible...

Again: If you want android, buy a phone with it. Period.

feherneoh said:
What the hell are you doing on XDA then? Get out of these topics, if you don't want to help people.
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You're right man. Fanboys everywhere.
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Again: If you want android, buy a phone with it. Period.
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This is XDA buddy. Not a fanboys place. Face it.

I'm not fanboy. Ok, according to this, I will buy a drone and then a littles tires to use as remote car, right? Prfff!!

feherneoh said:
A smartphone is just HW. If we want another OS, we will port it somehow. I have 4 Lumias, and still, I prefer android because of the apps, even if I know, that WP runs much better on the same HW. And until now my favorite Android device was one that shipped with Windows. I don't personally own a 640, but if it got a SecureBoot bypass, I would surely buy one, and start messing with Android on it, the same way, as I am messing with WM10 stuff for my current (Android based) phone now
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Where had you seen iOS ported to Android phones? or viceversa?
Buddy, admit it! You want to do that just for feel hacker some time, no more. You could do that with things that are made for these purposes (like cooking ROMs, ex).

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I'd like to see android running on a lumia 640 .. would be cool