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Change what launches when put on touchstone

the clock launches by default, is there a way to change it to something else?
i checked the clock app settings and the clock isnt a default app to anything

anonxlg said:
the clock launches by default, is there a way to change it to something else?
i checked the clock app settings and the clock isnt a default app to anything
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I'm interested in this as well. I have TuneIn Radio installed, and always get the option to open that or Clock, but that's it. If nothing else, I'd like to open a slideshow or news reader.
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FYI, I did find a thread on another board that suggested Desk Clock Plus... https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.DevBob.DeskClockPlus. I can't try it out now, but it's supposed to show up as an option when you start charging on the TS
Edit: also found this thread... http://rootzwiki.com/topic/16031-any-good-android-docking-apps-with-touchstone-charger/

I've been waiting for an Android app that does the picture slide show like WebOS pretty much since CM9 came out for the Touchpad.
Maybe one day!

emuX said:
I've been waiting for an Android app that does the picture slide show like WebOS pretty much since CM9 came out for the Touchpad.
Maybe one day!
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check out Desk Clock Plus that i mentioned above. I got to play with it a little last night, and there's an option to do a slideshow. unfortunately, idk how many more goodies we can expect to see for our old beloved touchpads.

ponyboy82 said:
check out Desk Clock Plus that i mentioned above. I got to play with it a little last night, and there's an option to do a slideshow. unfortunately, idk how many more goodies we can expect to see for our old beloved touchpads.
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Thanks for the suggestion.
Seems to need a load of permissions considering it's application (a clock) - I'm always wary of an app that wants loads of permissions and especially control of things like system settings without proper explanation, etc.

emuX said:
Thanks for the suggestion.
Seems to need a load of permissions considering it's application (a clock) - I'm always wary of an app that wants loads of permissions and especially control of things like system settings without proper explanation, etc.
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Yeah, I hear ya. It has a ton of different settings, I think including stuff like changing the lock screen and display/screen timeout, which I assume that is for. I wish there were more fine-grained permissions sometimes, or a way to disable certain ones and still have the app work, just not the particular feature that the permission relies on. I believe in CM that's possible at least to some extent.

Weather Widget update

Hi,
I wonder if there is any way to make the Accuweather widget to update the location automatically ?
I come from a Note 2 which widget automatically updates its location, and it is something I lack.
Of course the possibility to pickup something from the Play Store remains but still I would be keen to use
the genuine apps.
thx !

I would like to know this too! Cant get it to update location
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Ditto, I like the weather widget would like to stick with it. Anyone?
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On my one you click on the app which makes the settings appear in the top right corner, then you can set it to use your location every half hour, you also have to allow location services in phone settings.
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Ah ok I see what you're saying, after coming to work my phone still says my old location and I've been here more than half an hour, but even then it's not exactly accurate.

wonneil said:
On my one you click on the app which makes the settings appear in the top right corner, then you can set it to use your location every half hour, you also have to allow location services in phone settings.
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Ah ok I see what you're saying, after coming to work my phone still says my old location and I've been here more than half an hour, but even then it's not exactly accurate.
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Thank you for your reply. I have already done that. the weather forecasts and trends are updated every hour (it's the way I have set it up) but not the location.

The Sony-built-in News/Weather widget allows this, by the way. There is Accuweather and then there is "News & Weather". See if that works for you.

lloydbf said:
The Sony-built-in News/Weather widget allows this, by the way. There is Accuweather and then there is "News & Weather". See if that works for you.
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yes I'll give it a try !
Even if the Sony widget is quite ugly !

Indeed, the Sony widget is updating its location. I'm going to stick with it a bit.

Weather not updating on watch. WHY?

Why is my weather not updating on my watch. I have it set to update every hour. It doesnt at all. I have to go into gear settings then weather and toggle off then on the location for it to update.

idle0095 said:
Why is my weather not updating on my watch. I have it set to update every hour. It doesnt at all. I have to go into gear settings then weather and toggle off then on the location for it to update.
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I had a similar problem recently, mine was also set to one hour & when I realized it was off by more than ten degrees I knew something was wrong.
I checked when the last time it had updated was and it was over 5 hours earlier. At that point, I tried absolutely every thing I could think of to get it working and NOTHING worked.
I finally figured out that the acuweather site was not working right. The next morning, it started working just fine again all by itself, and I hadn't changed anything..........

Mine has been like this since day one. Over 10 days now.

You have to use the stock weather app, it syncs with the gear.. I had the same problem, switched back to stock weather and everything works as it should..

I had this problem, Im using a custom rom.. You want to make sure you have accuweather widget installed.. theres also a weather service apk. Pretty much anything related to weather must be on your phone to be safe.
These may be considered "bloat" to some, without them the weather wont update.
Also I had to reinstall galaxy gear manager, now my weather updates hourly.

same here. today i try login to samsung play store update the gear manager and than the weathter show up.
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popcity said:
You have to use the stock weather app, it syncs with the gear..
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Are you saying you have to use the stock weather widget on your phone? I use Beautiful Widgets on my phone, but BW uses accuweather. My Gear says it's 72°, my phone says it's 46°. The Gear says it was last updated @ 10:42 AM on 10-4. It's 9:15 PM on 10-25. I didn't even own the Gear on 10-4.

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Are you saying you have to use the stock weather widget on your phone? I use Beautiful Widgets on my phone, but BW uses accuweather. My Gear says it's 72°, my phone says it's 46°. The Gear says it was last updated @ 10:42 AM on 10-4. It's 9:15 PM on 10-25. I didn't even own the Gear on 10-4.
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As far as I know, you have to use the stock weather widget to update the gear weather watchface..

Answer: Location service must be turned ON
I just purchased a Galaxy Note 4 and for an added $55 deal I got the Gear 2 Neo smartwatch with it. I am having tons of fun with both the phone and the watch. I thought I would do a Google search on how to fix the issue with the Gear 2 Neo not updating the weather application when I have the Location button turned off and it brought me to this page.
Yes that's right! You heard me. The issue with Accu Weather not updating is because the Location Finder must be active or the watch refuses to update. I have verified this several times over again. Definitely the result of not being able to find it's location through the phone because the phone's Location service is off.
I have solved this by pressing the Location button and turning it on momentarily to update the phone. Sometimes leaving the Location on for several hours when I wish to receive weather updates. This is very self defeating turning it on and off to receive weather, not to mention that if a Severe Weather Warning came through on my phone I would not receive it on my Watch unless I had the Location/GPS/Wifi finder service running. That's just stupid :silly:. I will be waiting for a fix unless I can find some alternative clock/weather watch face that will replace this broken AccuWeather application.
I hope this helps you understand what is happening to your watch when it fails to update weather. And yes, it is also true that only the Default Weather application will send updates to the watch even with the Location turned on, that I have found so far. Though I'm still new at this and if I find and alternative I will certainly post it here for everyone.
Edit: Wow I just noticed the age of the last post before mine. OMG! I can't believe this problem still exists and hasn't been fixed yet over the last year. Complete brand new model and it still happens, this is sad.

Banteel said:
I just purchased a Galaxy Note 4 and for an added $55 deal I got the Gear 2 Neo smartwatch with it. I am having tons of fun with both the phone and the watch. I thought I would do a Google search on how to fix the issue with the Gear 2 Neo not updating the weather application when I have the Location button turned off and it brought me to this page.
Yes that's right! You heard me. The issue with Accu Weather not updating is because the Location Finder must be active or the watch refuses to update. I have verified this several times over again. Definitely the result of not being able to find it's location through the phone because the phone's Location service is off.
I have solved this by pressing the Location button and turning it on momentarily to update the phone. Sometimes leaving the Location on for several hours when I wish to receive weather updates. This is very self defeating turning it on and off to receive weather, not to mention that if a Severe Weather Warning came through on my phone I would not receive it on my Watch unless I had the Location/GPS/Wifi finder service running. That's just stupid :silly:. I will be waiting for a fix unless I can find some alternative clock/weather watch face that will replace this broken AccuWeather application.
I hope this helps you understand what is happening to your watch when it fails to update weather. And yes, it is also true that only the Default Weather application will send updates to the watch even with the Location turned on, that I have found so far. Though I'm still new at this and if I find and alternative I will certainly post it here for everyone.
Edit: Wow I just noticed the age of the last post before mine. OMG! I can't believe this problem still exists and hasn't been fixed yet over the last year. Complete brand new model and it still happens, this is sad.
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I'm using the Gear S2 and the issue is still present! Pretty sad after all these years!

Literally am having this issue right now... SAMSUNG FIX THIS!!!!

Same here. Galaxy watch 46mm and Galaxy S10+. I believe that it auto updates while my phone is on wifi, but it does not update on LTE even if i try to force it on watch. If my phone is not on wifi it updates thru Galaxy wearable app.

[Q] ToDo list or calendar

Aside from the EasyDo smart assistant, is there any widgets I can use with the null rom that basically just present my ToDo list, or a calendar widget that maybe shows 2 or 3 events and when clicked shows the rest? I ask because I constantly find myself writing things on my hand like "bills" so I can remember to do them after work. It would be great if I could dedicate a homescreen to a widget for the same purpose and stop writing on my hand.

I'm using Google Calendar and Tick Tick on my gear. They both work nicely with syncing via bluetooth tether

I use Simple Calendar Widget.
It's scrollable and when you tap an event, it opens in calendar.
A bit fiddly to configure on the Gear, so I set up the layout on the phone and then export and copy to Gear.
I used to always be taking my phone out to check what room I had to be in. Now, I can easily check on my watch
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I use Simple Calendar Widget.
It's scrollable and when you tap an event, it opens in calendar.
A bit fiddly to configure on the Gear, so I set up the layout on the phone and then export and copy to Gear.
I used to always be taking my phone out to check what room I had to be in. Now, I can easily check on my watch
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i use standard google calendar widget with two zooper widgets on top - one to show current temperature and second for battery left.

richlum said:
I use Simple Calendar Widget.
It's scrollable and when you tap an event, it opens in calendar.
A bit fiddly to configure on the Gear, so I set up the layout on the phone and then export and copy to Gear.
I used to always be taking my phone out to check what room I had to be in. Now, I can easily check on my watch
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Hi can you guide me on how do i install/configure this app to the galaxy gear?do i need to download the .apk and sideload it? Thanks
And also your layout/theme is pretty cool. How did you set it up?

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Hi can you guide me on how do i install/configure this app to the galaxy gear?do i need to download the .apk and sideload it? Thanks
And also your layout/theme is pretty cool. How did you set it up?
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You can either side load it or download via the playstore on the gear.
Once it's installed, you can select a 1x2 widget and configure it how you like in terms of colours, fields to display, font size.
The widget on the top half of the screen is Minimalistic Text widget. I have 1 instance of it with the time and date. And another overlapping instance with just the battery.
There is also the Noticounter widget which I have overlapping everything else.
[edit] As I mentioned, it's easier to setup the widget on your phone and then export it and import it on the Gear. The screen on the Gear is too small and fiddly. That applies to both Simple Calendar and Minimalistic Text [/edit]

Getting calendar apps to sync
I've got calendar apps installed ok, but they don't seem to sync, or at least don't show any meetings. When I open up Today's schedule (the stock gear app) it shows the days appointments fine. How can I get the appointments to show in the non stock apps. I'm running null_19 and had a look through the app settings. The google calendar sync and other calendar apps are set to off. I turned them on, but it killed the battery in about 20 minutes and still didnt seem to sync the meetings.
Its a major gap in the utility of the watch for me, so I'd really appreciate any help or advice. I've trawled all the threads the mention calendar, but I didnt find anything that helped.
Thanks.
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Hi can you guide me on how do i install/configure this app to the galaxy gear?do i need to download the .apk and sideload it? Thanks
And also your layout/theme is pretty cool. How did you set it up?
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richlum said:
You can either side load it or download via the playstore on the gear.
Once it's installed, you can select a 1x2 widget and configure it how you like in terms of colours, fields to display, font size.
The widget on the top half of the screen is Minimalistic Text widget. I have 1 instance of it with the time and date. And another overlapping instance with just the battery.
There is also the Noticounter widget which I have overlapping everything else.
[edit] As I mentioned, it's easier to setup the widget on your phone and then export it and import it on the Gear. The screen on the Gear is too small and fiddly. That applies to both Simple Calendar and Minimalistic Text [/edit]
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I have installed the app both on the phone and gear.How did you make this as your main clock?are you rooted and using other Rom?im sorry im a bit confused Does it sync?since i need to export then import it.im just confused on how does synching works.Thanks :thumbup:
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hurdlejade said:
i use standard google calendar widget with two zooper widgets on top - one to show current temperature and second for battery left.
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How do you set this up on the gear?

[email protected] said:
How do you set this up on the gear?
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install google calendar, add widget, resize it. now add 2 new widgets in zooper and choose it to display current temperature and battery left..

[email protected] said:
I have installed the app both on the phone and gear.How did you make this as your main clock?are you rooted and using other Rom?im sorry im a bit confused Does it sync?since i need to export then import it.im just confused on how does synching works.Thanks :thumbup:
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Yes, you need to have Null ROM installed to be able to use any widget.
Then, you just set the widget/s on your homescreen.
For syncing, you need to setup your google account in the system settings on the Gear (need Null ROM for that too) and then set it to sync the calendar.
To sync, you will need to setup bluetooth tethering between the Gear and phone. (need Null ROM for that too).
I don't leave it tethered all the time to save the battery. I have tasker installed on the phone and Gear and it enables BT tethering for 2 minutes every hour. that is frequent enough for me to have the calendar on the watch updated.

hurdlejade said:
i use standard google calendar widget with two zooper widgets on top - one to show current temperature and second for battery left.
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richlum said:
Yes, you need to have Null ROM installed to be able to use any widget.
Then, you just set the widget/s on your homescreen.
For syncing, you need to setup your google account in the system settings on the Gear (need Null ROM for that too) and then set it to sync the calendar.
To sync, you will need to setup bluetooth tethering between the Gear and phone. (need Null ROM for that too).
I don't leave it tethered all the time to save the battery. I have tasker installed on the phone and Gear and it enables BT tethering for 2 minutes every hour. that is frequent enough for me to have the calendar on the watch updated.
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I was actually planning on installing NULL but found out that Dev decided not to continue with the support so i guess there's no way i would be able to set it up like yours
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hurdlejade said:
install google calendar, add widget, resize it. now add 2 new widgets in zooper and choose it to display current temperature and battery left..
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Are you also on NULL?

i'm on null 11, and yesterday there was released null 20. it is in active development, you got your info all wrong.

The developer stopped providing support through the main thread and PM. He is distributing the Rom through another forum and to be honest still ridiculously active and supportive through multiple threads. However, I think its fair to say he's here to develop, not play helpdesk.
But yeah, as others have said, if you skim through a bit more of the front page of the gear forums, you'll find plenty of discussion showing the null rom is well and kicking.
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Thanks for the advice around syncing Rich. I have syncing working fine - I'm usually permanently tethered, probably unnecessarily. When I check the google sync settings it always shows a recent last sync'd time. However, none of the meetings are being loaded into the non-stock apps for some reason. I'm keen to check out the new null_ so I imagine I'll be doing a few full resets as part of that to hopefully clear this odd blockage.

lurkapup said:
The developer stopped providing support through the main thread and PM. He is distributing the Rom through another forum and to be honest still ridiculously active and supportive through multiple threads. However, I think its fair to say he's here to develop, not play helpdesk.
But yeah, as others have said, if you skim through a bit more of the front page of the gear forums, you'll find plenty of discussion showing the null rom is well and kicking.
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Thanks for the advice around syncing Rich. I have syncing working fine - I'm usually permanently tethered, probably unnecessarily. When I check the google sync settings it always shows a recent last sync'd time. However, none of the meetings are being loaded into the non-stock apps for some reason. I'm keen to check out the new null_ so I imagine I'll be doing a few full resets as part of that to hopefully clear this odd blockage.
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Thanks bud this is a great news. But was wondering where can i find it. Ive been searching through...i will try and search again but if you dont mind showing me the active thread/link I would really appreciate it :good:
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lurkapup said:
The developer stopped providing support through the main thread and PM. He is distributing the Rom through another forum and to be honest still ridiculously active and supportive through multiple threads. However, I think its fair to say he's here to develop, not play helpdesk.
But yeah, as others have said, if you skim through a bit more of the front page of the gear forums, you'll find plenty of discussion showing the null rom is well and kicking.
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Thanks for the advice around syncing Rich. I have syncing working fine - I'm usually permanently tethered, probably unnecessarily. When I check the google sync settings it always shows a recent last sync'd time. However, none of the meetings are being loaded into the non-stock apps for some reason. I'm keen to check out the new null_ so I imagine I'll be doing a few full resets as part of that to hopefully clear this odd blockage.
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hurdlejade said:
i'm on null 11, and yesterday there was released null 20. it is in active development, you got your info all wrong.
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Thanks its a good news. I will try to search for it. I went to this site http://null.section80.net/ but couldnt download the ROM and i got the news from reading on this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2515696. Hope you could show me the light on where i can download his masterful ROM
EDIT: Ok guys sorry i got it all wrong. I found the way to download it. Cant wait to flash this amazing ROM onto my gear

Build 21 actually it seems to be Well there's my project for the evening, as well as killing a couple of beers. Cheers F0mey!

Weather Watermark with p9 camera

Hi. I was trying to take photos with the weather watermark option but the weather appears unknown
Can anyone help me?

Mele19 said:
Hi. I was trying to take photos with the weather watermark option but the weather appears unknown
Can anyone help me?
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mine is the same. Picks up my Location, but the weather is always -- degrees.

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mine is the same. Picks up my Location, but the weather is always -- degrees.
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is there any support from huawei?

Mele19 said:
Hi. I was trying to take photos with the weather watermark option but the weather appears unknown
Can anyone help me?
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This works fine with my phone - shows my city and the correct temperature.

ch1lko said:
This works fine with my phone - shows my city and the correct temperature.
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how did you do?

Mele19 said:
how did you do?
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Nothing special - when i selected the watermark feature i got message to allow use of mobile data for weather and location info. That's all.

Ah ha! I got my watermark to register the temperature.
Tried the watermark, it only picked up my location, but no temperature.
I opened the Huawei weather app and let it refresh, then opened up the camera again, and the watermark now shows my temperature.

Nah your temp is all wrong... There is no way that it got over 20 degrees in England... As an aussie I refuse to believe that!

bunnybash said:
Nah your temp is all wrong... There is no way that it got over 20 degrees in England... As an aussie I refuse to believe that!
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Tis true! Last week of September and it's so mild it's crazy. Humid too
Bloody weather :silly:
(just noticed you're in Perth. Did a Christmas there a few years ago. 44 degrees on Dec 25th is NOT good for a Yorkshireman )

In order to resolve this issue, you need to change settings in you Huawei Weather App and allow the weather app to locate the current location. If this is disabled, enable it from weather app settings. It should work