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Hi everyone.
First post but long time reader.
I have an un-rooted Vivid I updated the other day through the phone dial trick. Everything went fine with the update except all my previous apps appeared except for the voice dialer. I had a shortcut set on one of the screens and the label showed up with the little android guy as the image. When I clicked on it the message said the app is no longer associated. Sure enough I went through all the apps and it was not there.
I tried to install the apk and checked off the box to allow installation of unknown apps. It appeared it was working then I got a message during the install that the it did not install. I tried a few times just to be sure.
I also noticed that I am not able to use my bluetooth ear piece to accept a call or voice dial.
Does anyone have the voice dial app working or was it left out of the update? I tried the google voice app and that doesn't work with bluetooth.
I have a message to HTC regarding this as well. If there is no solution here, I will post what they plan to do if anything.
Edit 4/2/12 see the posts on pages 3&4 for a Voice dialer that works pretty good so far in ICS. There may be others that work just as well but I'm tired of trying to find them. Until (doubtful) google or HTC fixes this issue I'll stick with I have now.
I don't have a solution, but I have the same problem.
My Blueant Q2 headset has a command to activate the phone's voice command. The phone said my phone doesn't support that feature.
That's unfortunate because I use it all the time.
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Does everyone else have the voice dialer like we had in GB? If so can you post the apk?
Using bluetooth without it is very difficult to say the least. It's even more distracting than just picking up the phone and talking except that's not an option in many area I travel through.
vivid x2 said:
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Does everyone else have the voice dialer like we had in GB? If so can you post the apk?
Using bluetooth without it is very difficult to say the least. It's even more distracting than just picking up the phone and talking except that's not an option in many area I travel through.
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Few to try - this was an issue with the Inspire at times too. This is an older apk and probably won't work, but backup and try.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1005228
Some suggestions here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1314862
Also an app in the market called Hands-free voice dial that might work
After reading your post I tried messing with the voice dialer to see if I could help. It turns out it's not even installed on my phone and its not on the market. Voice actions are supposedly alot better and I wonder if the dialer was done away with in favor of voice actions. One problem with this is on my headset it now does nothing but beep at me when I hit the call button where as it brought up the dialer before. Also I held down search and tried to voice dial through voice actions and it couldn't pick up my voice through the headset. Right after I was messing with it I got a call and the caller could here me fine through my headset. So I dunno what the deal is. Oversight maybe? I'm fine with voice actions replacing the dialer but not if my button on my headset does nothing and i can't use my headset to use it.
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Okay, so it was a fluke, voice actions picks up my voice now. However, my call button still doesn't activate it. I have to unlock the phone and hold down search to activate it. I can make calls through it fine however so i think that is the solution. I believe the lack of support of a voice dialer button on a headset is most likely an oversight. Sucks but I hope this at lead helps you out for now.
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Okat HTC got back to me and here is their response. It fixed part of the issue but still no voice dialer app. I can now answer an incoming call by pushing the button on the earpiece. So far only half a fix. I'll try to find a decent dialer on the market. The google one sucks.
I can certainly help you with Bluetooth functionality on your HTC Vivid. I essentially want to clear some Bluetooth data from your phone and then see if the issue continues. First let's navigate to home>menu>settings>Bluetooth. Tap on the settings icon to the right of your Bluetooth device's name and let's select unpair.
Now let's return to settings and tap on Apps, then All. Please tap on Bluetooth share and select clear data and confirm. If your Bluetooth headset has an option to clear its partnerships, please do that as well.
We need to restart the phone. To do this let's just hold down power and select restart. When the phone boots back up are you able to pair with and properly use your Bluetooth headset?
yeah I can answer calls, and if I hold it down, it'll redial the last caller in my call log. But yeah if i just hit the button, it makes a beep and does nothing. I actually primarily use my headset for music playback, its a motorola SD-9 stereo bluetooth headset, but it works for calls too. I had to re pair it after the ICS update.
Ours do the same thing. Thanks for confirming I'm not nuts. I hope they didn't rush the update through just to be first with the update to ICS.
I have an older Moto HS850. I'm searching for a decent visor set since I now wear hearing aids. It's a bit tough to hear with the BT earpiece as it is since I have to have an aid out. Until I can get a decent voice dialer app I'll hold off on blowing money for a half assed solution.
Hope HTC comes through and develops a dialer for ICS. At least you'd know it'll be functional. So far I've tried three apps off the market and none have worked for what I need.
I guess I can always switch my phone out with my daughter if I really need to. I told her not to update yet since I was willing to be the guinea pig. She never uses her voice dialer. I would feel like taking a step back but GB was not bad at all.
I agree, gingerbread was great, I was hesistant to update but figured might as well. Hopefully HTC issues a fix for this problem quickly.
Cor-master said:
...Voice actions are supposedly alot better and I wonder if the dialer was done away with in favor of voice actions. One problem with this is on my headset it now does nothing but beep
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I tried holding down the Search to activate Voice Actions. The Vivid seemed to use my Blueant Q2 mic. However, Voice Actions definitely doesn't work as well as the Voice Dialer for dialing contacts.
I'll be monitoring this thread for solutions.
I found a solution that isn't completely eligant buy works.
I downloaded Vlingo and setup the un-car option to auto listen for commands. Don't leave Vlingo in-car on fulltime else it will drain your battery.
However, when I signal phone commands from my header, it fires up Vlingo. Set it to default to in-car Vlingo. From the you can say "Hey Vlingo..." and speak your command. My Blueant Q2 headset still says "Feature not available" but it works.
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willgill said:
I found a solution that isn't completely eligant buy works.
I downloaded Vlingo and setup the un-car option to auto listen for commands. Don't leave Vlingo in-car on fulltime else it will drain your battery.
However, when I signal phone commands from my header, it fires up Vlingo. Set it to default to in-car Vlingo. From the you can say "Hey Vlingo..." and speak your command. My Blueant Q2 headset still says "Feature not available" but it works.
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Vlingo virtual assistant is the best.
Thanks fro the recommendation for vlingo. I haven't tried that one yet. Seems cummbersome to use. The voice dialer app was so easy to use. Everything else so far takes too many steps.
I'm checking out the new Motorola Roadster2. There is a Moto app that is made to use for it. So far all the reviews I read did not say anything about it working with ICS or not working. Most of the gripes were from Iphone users. I may hold off a little while until such reviews start coming in.
The Voice Dialer app we had in GB was an Android app built into GB. I had a version from 2.3.4 on my retired Sony phone that I bluetoothed over to my Vivid. It installed but would not work prpoperly. I tried disabling the voice thingy from ICS and it still didn't work. When I had the GB VD installed ICS was sluggish so I removed it.
Here is the latest response from HTC:
We apologize that you are unable to use the handsfree dialing over Bluetooth. Unfortunately, the Voice Dialer app was removed with the Ice Cream Sandwich update. There is no information available as to when or if this will be added again on the device as it was a change made by Google.
This might fix it,
I took the Bluetooth.apk from a Cyanogenmod and it got my wiimote to connect (see my post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1560647) it should lift any nasty restrictions that HTC's bluetooth version has put on anything.
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This might fix it,
I took the Bluetooth.apk from a Cyanogenmod and it got my wiimote to connect (see my post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1560647) it should lift any nasty restrictions that HTC's bluetooth version has put on anything.
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My issue isn't being able to pair my device it has to do with an app that Android left out of ICS that worked so well in GB.
Thanks for the info though. What can you do with the Vivid when it's paired with a wiimote?
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Thanks fro the recommendation for vlingo. I haven't tried that one yet. Seems cummbersome to use. The voice dialer app was so easy to use. Everything else so far takes too many steps.
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I understand vivid x2. I had used Vlingo before but then switched to the native Voice Dialer for the simplicity.
My problem with most 3rd party voice dialers is the only recognize and expect first names. With over 600 contacts, that won't work for me. Vlingo and Voice Dialer did use first and last names.
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Im having another bluetooth related issue. I primarily use my headset for listening to music. Since the ics update my music will go into random skipping sessions. It's not related to 4g or wifi as I mowed my lawn using a regular set of headphones and didn't have any issues. There is almost a pattern to the skipping actually. If kill pandora or Google Music and restart it'll fix the issue for a little bit but it'll start up again eventually. No issues before the update.
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Bluetooth Hands-Free Dialing Broken
After reading this thread, I tested my bluetooth hands-free connection in my car. It's BROKEN. My Vivid will connect to the car's audio system via BT, but it will not recognize my voice requests to call a number. It was working last week before I did the ICS "upgrade."
I expected something to not work, but I didn't expect something as critical as a safety feature. I use the hands-free dialing for obvious safety reasons. I have a feeling that HTC is catching heck about this one. They are about to catch some more from me.
I hope this isn't a case of "you got your update now shutup". Hopefully they'll release an update for bluetooth and voice dialing
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Anyone know How to make a call from the Note 3 and not have it go through Galaxy Gear watch? Iam not sure if its possible. If I start a call from my phone I want to use my phone for the call.
Thanks
I thought that's how it was supposed to work
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I thought that's how it was supposed to work
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The call unfortunately goes through the watch. Annoying
If you initiate a call from the phone, it should only transfer when you hit the headset button on the screen... might want to reset the Gear and re pair it...
Or turn off Bluetooth and it won't go through gear.
Ian B
stu5797 said:
The call unfortunately goes through the watch. Annoying
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Something isn't setup right if your calls are going to the watch by default. The only calls that go to my watch are calls started on the watch, calls answered from the watch, or calls transferred to the watch after they have started. Calls made on the phone stay on the phone unless I specifically send them to the watch. Are you sure you don't have the watch set to act as a wireless headset full time?
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Anyone know How to make a call from the Note 3 and not have it go through Galaxy Gear watch? Iam not sure if its possible. If I start a call from my phone I want to use my phone for the call.
Thanks
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I dunno if this is your problem but I had a problem one time with some phone where the button you push to transfer the call to blue tooth was always on. Every time I made a call I had to take the phone off Bluetooth. I don't have my note 3 yet so can't tell you how to do it but in the phone app look for the headset button. On my note 2 it is right the on the main screen during a call
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Are you guys using a Note 3? The problem you are describing happens with my S4 when it's paired to the Gear but never happens paired to the Note 3.
I think that's what it's supposed to be because mine goes thru the Gear as well. Still fiddling with my phone's settings... but just hit the green-lit Headset icon then it's good to go.
When I get a call, both the Note 3 and the Gear show an incoming call. It is up to me to swipe on the Gear or the Note to answer the call and continue the call on whichever one I swiped to accept the call.
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If I initiate my call from the phone, it stays on the phone.
If I initiate my call from the watch, it stays on the watch until I transfer.
The same thing is true about receiving the call. It's working as expected.
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Anyone know How to make a call from the Note 3 and not have it go through Galaxy Gear watch? Iam not sure if its possible. If I start a call from my phone I want to use my phone for the call.
Thanks
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Same problem with S4. All the time, when i start call from phone i have to push headset button off. Till now i did not find any settings in phone to change it.
... Oh, and it's an S4 not a Note 3, FWIW...
how should be the game if you have a bluetooth headset/ car bluetooth either doing a call or receiving one?
Onyok said:
I think that's what it's supposed to be because mine goes thru the Gear as well. Still fiddling with my phone's settings... but just hit the green-lit Headset icon then it's good to go.
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Where is this button found? I haven't yet been able to transfer a call to bt headset from watch...is there some setting sonmewhere that does this?
charlie
ArborRes said:
If I initiate my call from the phone, it stays on the phone.
If I initiate my call from the watch, it stays on the watch until I transfer.
The same thing is true about receiving the call. It's working as expected.
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Agreed this is how it is working for me as well.
ArborRes said:
If I initiate my call from the phone, it stays on the phone.
If I initiate my call from the watch, it stays on the watch until I transfer.
The same thing is true about receiving the call. It's working as expected.
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Same with headset ..
if I initiate my call from the phone, it stays on the phone.
If I initiate my call from the watch, it stays on the watch, if i turn bluetooth off and back on its on the bluetooth headset
if I initiae my call from a bluetooth headset, it stays on the headset.
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Same with headset ..
if I initiate my call from the phone, it stays on the phone.
If I initiate my call from the watch, it stays on the watch, if i turn bluetooth off and back on its on the bluetooth headset
if I initiae my call from a bluetooth headset, it stays on the headset.
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Hi, I'm considering on buying galaxy gear
So what if I pair galaxy gear and bluetooth headset simultaneously on Note3
If I initiate my call from phone, Can I talk on bluetooth headset right away or do I have to do something on gear first?
and if I have incoming call, Can I push the answer button on my bluetooth headset and have a conversation or do I have to answer from the gear and transfer to my bluetooth headset?
Really need to know these information before deciding whether to purchase or not.
Many Thanks in advance
I turn on my phone, open Google Voice Search, and ask it a question, and the answer comes from the watch. This seems to be the only app that does this, all my other notification sounds and media sounds come from the phone normally, but Google Now wants to talk through the Gear. It's not a big deal if I'm wearing the watch, but if it's on the charger upstairs and still paired, Google Now is useless because the replies are from another room.
I went as far as uninstalling Gear Manager and resetting the Gear and starting over from scratch and it still works the same way.
Anyone else have a similar issue and found a solution?
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I turn on my phone, open Google Voice Search, and ask it a question, and the answer comes from the watch. This seems to be the only app that does this, all my other notification sounds and media sounds come from the phone normally, but Google Now wants to talk through the Gear. It's not a big deal if I'm wearing the watch, but if it's on the charger upstairs and still paired, Google Now is useless because the replies are from another room.
I went as far as uninstalling Gear Manager and resetting the Gear and starting over from scratch and it still works the same way.
Anyone else have a similar issue and found a solution?
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Just checked mine. Works fine via phone S4 and not Gear.
ProximaC said:
I turn on my phone, open Google Voice Search, and ask it a question, and the answer comes from the watch. This seems to be the only app that does this, all my other notification sounds and media sounds come from the phone normally, but Google Now wants to talk through the Gear. It's not a big deal if I'm wearing the watch, but if it's on the charger upstairs and still paired, Google Now is useless because the replies are from another room.
I went as far as uninstalling Gear Manager and resetting the Gear and starting over from scratch and it still works the same way.
Anyone else have a similar issue and found a solution?
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Try opening Google Search -> Menu -> Settings -> Voice and uncheck "Bluetooth Headset" at the bottom and see if that resolves your issue.
I do believe that was the issue! Thanks!
I picked up a Lumia 930 over the weekend and so far I'm loving device, except for 1 small issue. I'm not getting any voice guidance at all in Here Drive. I get the speeding warning tone just fine, but no voice guidance at all from either the device or over my car's BT connection.
Everything else comes over the BT connection fine... Cortana's voice, music, phone calls... Just no voice guidance...
Anyone come across that at all?
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I picked up a Lumia 930 over the weekend and so far I'm loving device, except for 1 small issue. I'm not getting any voice guidance at all in Here Drive. I get the speeding warning tone just fine, but no voice guidance at all from either the device or over my car's BT connection.
Everything else comes over the BT connection fine... Cortana's voice, music, phone calls... Just no voice guidance...
Anyone come across that at all?
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Yes, having the same problem. I have an unlocked Lumia 930 bought in Singapore
Did you install a voice?
Yes, of course I installed a voice... Tried both recorded and synthesized. Nada.
FloatingFatMan said:
I picked up a Lumia 930 over the weekend and so far I'm loving device, except for 1 small issue. I'm not getting any voice guidance at all in Here Drive. I get the speeding warning tone just fine, but no voice guidance at all from either the device or over my car's BT connection.
Everything else comes over the BT connection fine... Cortana's voice, music, phone calls... Just no voice guidance...
Anyone come across that at all?
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Did you actually downloaded any voice guidance in settings, as by default it's set to "none" , though on first start the program asks to download voice an maps, maybe you omitted this step ?
Yes, as I just said above you. Of course I downloaded the voice, both UK English voices, in fact. I'm not a dummy.
I can get voice guidance from other apps, just not Here Drive, which is annoying.
There's also another issue, which is WP's fault and bloody annoying. No control over the individual BT profiles, so I can't shut off the regular BT Audio profile (I don't want voice guidance or music to cut off my car stereo, just phone calls). It's the one big thing about WP that annoys the hell out of me.
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Yes, as I just said above you. Of course I downloaded the voice, both UK English voices, in fact. I'm not a dummy.
I can get voice guidance from other apps, just not Here Drive, which is annoying.
There's also another issue, which is WP's fault and bloody annoying. No control over the individual BT profiles, so I can't shut off the regular BT Audio profile (I don't want voice guidance or music to cut off my car stereo, just phone calls). It's the one big thing about WP that annoys the hell out of me.
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Have you tried downloading other than UK voices and see if it's the same ?
Yes, makes no difference. There's no voice guidance. It's not a corrupt voice causing the issue, it's something else.
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Yes, makes no difference. There's no voice guidance. It's not a corrupt voice causing the issue, it's something else.
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So to be sure i got your point, voice isn't working at all, i mean not even when not connected to car's bluetooth ?
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So to be sure i got your point, voice isn't working at all, i mean not even when not connected to car's bluetooth ?
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Correct. With or without bluetooth, there's NO voice guidance whatsoever from Here Drive.
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Correct. With or without bluetooth, there's NO voice guidance whatsoever from Here Drive.
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If i recall corectly ( as at the moment i can't test) there is a Driving Mode in the phone's settings, and you need to turn it ON .
Also you may want to take a look HERE for some more useful information on Here navigation features.
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If i recall corectly ( as at the moment i can't test) there is a Driving Mode in the phone's settings, and you need to turn it ON .
Also you may want to take a look HERE for some more useful information on Here navigation features.
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Ah HA!! Thank you for that link! Looks like it identifies the issue. I'd only tested it on my drive to/from work, and apparently, it doesn't use voice guidance for My Commute routes. I shall test that out next time I'm in the car.
It would have been nice if there was somewhere on the bleedin' phone that -told- you that, though!
Oh well, at least that's answered... Now, if anyone can tell me how I can control the BT profiles, I'll be completely happy!
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Now, if anyone can tell me how I can control the BT profiles, I'll be completely happy!
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I think Car Mode has you covered here, at least partially ))
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I think Car Mode has you covered here, at least partially ))
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Nope, there's no capability to disable specific profiles for specific devices. Android's been able to do this for years, but not WP, it seems.
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Nope, there's no capability to disable specific profiles for specific devices. Android's been able to do this for years, but not WP, it seems.
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Indeed...for now it's impossible to set different profiles for different devices, maybe in a future update, as of lately Microsoft has been pushing updates at a really fast pace.
Just got the watch and apart from the belt I really like it. The one thing that I can't get it to do is to show notification when someone is calling my phone... it simply doesn't do anything. Everything else works perfectly (gmail, whatsapp notifications etc). No custom image or anything - just updated OTA after I powered it on. I don't know if call notifications worked before.
Any clues?
Thanks.
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Just got the watch and apart from the belt I really like it. The one thing that I can't get it to do is to show notification when someone is calling my phone... it simply doesn't do anything. Everything else works perfectly (gmail, whatsapp notifications etc). No custom image or anything - just updated OTA after I powered it on. I don't know if call notifications worked before.
Any clues?
Thanks.
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Under the bluetooth settings in the watch have you enabled 'play phone audio on watch'?
I only have the options to rename or unpair under LG 7993.
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I only have the options to rename or unpair under LG 7993.
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You may have to disable numbersync or the 'watch shares number with phone' option in order for the 'play audio on watch' option to appear in the bluetooth settings. On my watch it's under settings> cellular> advanced>'watch shares number with phone '. If I turn this off, then I see the audio option in the bluetooth settings. There was a thread about this in the AC forums. Maybe it will help..... http://forums.androidcentral.com/showthread.php?t=664344
Both call and text are off in watch shares number with phone. But this setting in bluetooth would not make all audio from the phone go through the watch just like a bluetooth headset? Doesn't sound good - forget the pun
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Both call and text are off in watch shares number with phone. But this setting in bluetooth would not make all audio from the phone go through the watch just like a bluetooth headset? Doesn't sound good - forget the pun
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It doesn't make every sound go through the watch but it does need to be enabled for calls to ring through the watch. No luck with the option appearing? No way to disable numbering? (If it's enabled) The linked thread didn't help?
This is the way mine looks.....
Hah! Found it under settings - bluetooth. I was looking under cellular.
Thank you!
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Hah! Found it under settings - bluetooth. I was looking under cellular.
Thank you!
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No problem. Calls coming through now?
Yep! And media is on the phone exactly as it should be. Thanks.
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Yep! And media is on the phone exactly as it should be. Thanks.
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No problem.
Hello,
I was searching for this options also, with setups in this thread - now my watch see when somebody is calling, but when I answer it sound is directed to the watch... also it disconnects my other bluetooth headphone device... any other way so that LG will notify about call connection and just that?
Thanks for reply...
When I enable 'play phone audio on watch' my car bluetooth is not able to connect to the phone and bluetooth in-ear handsfree has the same problem. Looking at the BT icon on the phone it seems that the watch is acting as a hands-free and the phone does not allow to connect more of them. But the choice between having call notification on the watch and having car handsfree working is a hard one. Anyway able to have both of them simultaneously?
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When I enable 'play phone audio on watch' my car bluetooth is not able to connect to the phone and bluetooth in-ear handsfree has the same problem. Looking at the BT icon on the phone it seems that the watch is acting as a hands-free and the phone does not allow to connect more of them. But the choice between having call notification on the watch and having car handsfree working is a hard one. Anyway able to have both of them simultaneously?
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If you place a SIM card in the watch, then it is possible. Of course, the SIM card in the watch must have the same number as the one in your phone. Please note that not a provider offer this so-called MultiSIM option.
Thank you for the explanation. Is 'play phone audio on watch' working the same on Wear 1.5? I'm using AW2.0 and I haven't tried it on original firmware before upgrade.
Small update: on AW2.0 DP4 call notification works even without setting 'play phone audio on watch', active BT connection is enough. So it works and does not collide with hands-free.
Its pity that there is no way to pair AW 2.0 preview watch with iPhone