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I forgot to bring my phone to work today and i was thinking it would be good if i could gain access to my phones text messages and missed calls while not actually at my phone. I guess it would mean access my phone though the internet somehow. I cant find a app that will do that! can anyone point towards something that would help?
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I forgot to bring my phone to work today and i was thinking it would be good if i could gain access to my phones text messages and missed calls while not actually at my phone. I guess it would mean access my phone though the internet somehow. I cant find a app that will do that! can anyone point towards something that would help?
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There is an app on here I think it is called HTC portal. Converted From moto. It let's you check and send sms nor sure about missed calls from the internet. It's in thus forum
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Found it. It's called MOTO phone portal v2 just a few forums down.
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I know Moto X has been advertised as being able to do so many things hands free, but I can't seem to figure out if its possible to answer calls hands free, and then automatically turn on speaker phone.
There may be apps that can do this, but I assumed it would be possible by default on the X. It'd be nice to be able to use the home dock and answer calls without having to touch the phone at all.
Jexx11 said:
I know Moto X has been advertised as being able to do so many things hands free, but I can't seem to figure out if its possible to answer calls hands free, and then automatically turn on speaker phone.
There may be apps that can do this, but I assumed it would be possible by default on the X. It'd be nice to be able to use the home dock and answer calls without having to touch the phone at all.
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Yes as far I have heard about MOTO X functionality it has the feature to answer the call with voice , without any touch experience...but that voice apllication does not work out actively or properly in a crowded area...but this is quite interesting one and will surely sell MOTO X at carrier
Still a cool feature
Jimmy2u said:
Yes as far I have heard about MOTO X functionality it has the feature to answer the call with voice , without any touch experience...but that voice apllication does not work out actively or properly in a crowded area...but this is quite interesting one and will surely sell MOTO X at carrier
Still a cool feature
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Do you happen to know what the command for it would be lol, I can't seem to say anything that will actually answer the phone.
I had never heard I could answer my phone without touching it.
You can answer calls and have it speak back text messages with voice when in driving mode, I'm still trying to figure out how to enable driving mode while not driving.
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Ok so the reason this is urgent is because i purchased a 2nd hand HTC One off of Amazon and i seem to be having issues with it's mic during calls, if the issue can not be fixed by myself then i need to ask the seller for a refund ASAP.
Today i tried calling someone only for them to tell me they can not hear me during the call, i switched to speaker mode and everything was fine.
I assumed the bottom mic was faulty so i tried recording my voice with easy voice recorder and covered the top mic on the back, i was surprised to find that the bottom mic recorded my voice with no issues and it was ust as loud as my moto g which has zero problems with calls (the htc one was clearer).
I have done a search and it seems quite a few people have this issue but it's usually a busted mic, surely that can't be the case with mine or could it? I have tried cleaning it out with a toothbrush bristle.
It's fully stock unrooted and on android 4.4.3, i have done a factory reset 3 times already
fedor12 said:
Ok so the reason this is urgent is because i purchased a 2nd hand HTC One off of Amazon and i seem to be having issues with it's mic during calls, if the issue can not be fixed by myself then i need to ask the seller for a refund ASAP.
Today i tried calling someone only for them to tell me they can not hear me during the call, i switched to speaker mode and everything was fine.
I assumed the bottom mic was faulty so i tried recording my voice with easy voice recorder and covered the top mic on the back, i was surprised to find that the bottom mic recorded my voice with no issues and it was ust as loud as my moto g which has zero problems with calls (the htc one was clearer).
I have done a search and it seems quite a few people have this issue but it's usually a busted mic, surely that can't be the case with mine or could it? I have tried cleaning it out with a toothbrush bristle.
It's fully stock unrooted and on android 4.4.3, i have done a factory reset 3 times already
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Try this >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=57466266&postcount=13
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Try this >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=57466266&postcount=13
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I just tried it and i think it made a difference, it's too late/early here to call anyone so i tried calling my moto g and while i can hear my voice on my moto g it is still very quite and muffled if i hold it normally next to my ear, if i speak right in front of the bottom mic it picks up sound loud and good.
Anything else i can try now other than having to return the phone back to the seller? Reviews say the call quality is great but right now my moto g is at least 5x better call quality wise
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Anyone? I keep trying to test it's bottom microphone by recording my voice and it seems to work perfectly and i actually noticed it works a lot better (louder and clearer) than my moto g after i cleaned the mic out with a toothbrush but it's still not working properly in calls
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i have the same problem and i found that the mic works great except in a call...
facebook voice msg, whatsapp voice msg even the test on microphone *#*#4343*#$* or whatver numbers are
the only problem is in a call i tried everything... and nothing seems to work
and yes hands free works good, speaker mode good
the only thing i cant try it turning off the voice privacy setting in call because mine dont have that option
im using htc one m7 android 4.4.3 software number 6.07.1540 htc sense 6
everything seems to be up to date
i even downloader a room from HTC officialwebsite to update it
if there are some news please tell use
i hope some simple update can fix this
and sorry for my bad english
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i have the same problem and i found that the mic works great except in a call...
facebook voice msg, whatsapp voice msg even the test on microphone *#*#4343*#$* or whatver numbers are
the only problem is in a call i tried everything... and nothing seems to work
and yes hands free works good, speaker mode good
the only thing i cant try it turning off the voice privacy setting in call because mine dont have that option
im using htc one m7 android 4.4.3 software number 6.07.1540 htc sense 6
everything seems to be up to date
i even downloader a room from HTC officialwebsite to update it
if there are some news please tell use
i hope some simple update can fix this
and sorry for my bad english
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Had you searched you would know that it was a common issue and there is a fix that HTC pushed out.
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Had you searched you would know that it was a common issue and there is a fix that HTC pushed out.
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When did they push it out? I'm running the latest software according to my phone and the issue persists. I didn't think to try calling before updating from 4.3 Jellybean so no idea if it's just an issue with the latest software or a deeper issue with the phone
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Dhamour said:
i have the same problem and i found that the mic works great except in a call...
facebook voice msg, whatsapp voice msg even the test on microphone *#*#4343*#$* or whatver numbers are
the only problem is in a call i tried everything... and nothing seems to work
and yes hands free works good, speaker mode good
the only thing i cant try it turning off the voice privacy setting in call because mine dont have that option
im using htc one m7 android 4.4.3 software number 6.07.1540 htc sense 6
everything seems to be up to date
i even downloader a room from HTC officialwebsite to update it
if there are some news please tell use
i hope some simple update can fix this
and sorry for my bad english
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I spoke to HTC and they made me run the mic diagnostic test and they told me it's unlikely a hardware issue as it works fine in other scenarios (like you my mic works everywhere but in calls).
It's shocking that HTC would allow their software to cripple the phone's call quality, I'm on 4.4.3 software number 6.16.61.8 and my phone is saying I'm already running the latest update. I'm not sure how long this version has been out and why HTC haven't fixed it yet, they were my favourite phone manufacturer (started off my smartphone experience on htc phones) but after owning the One I'm not sure if i can say that they are anymore.
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Did you guys even bother searching the forum? This has been covered tons of times.
As for your device saying it is up to date, that depends on the carrier. Not all carriers push updates as fast as others.
zelendel said:
Did you guys even bother searching the forum? This has been covered tons of times.
As for your device saying it is up to date, that depends on the carrier. Not all carriers push updates as fast as others.
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I searched this forum and many others and you're right, this topic has been covered hundreds if not thousands of times and the usual answer is get your phone replaced. If there is nothing physically wrong with the phone then a replacement will most likely not fix the issue either.
The other causes and fixes i have seen are dusty mic-already cleaned them, factory reset-done more than once, blow in sim tray-done, turn off voice privacy - don't even have that option, root then tweak build prop-dont want to risk losing the warranty plus i can't imagine HTC forcing their customers to root their phone in order to be heard on the phone.
People have been reporting the issue as early as a year or so ago, surely software updates should have fixed it by now? You've got a point with carriers not pushing updates as fast as others so let me know what version the fix is in so i know if it's later/earlier than the one i have. If you know of a method i haven't yet seen then please let me know or just send me a link to that thread, thanks.
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I searched this forum and many others and you're right, this topic has been covered hundreds if not thousands of times and the usual answer is get your phone replaced. If there is nothing physically wrong with the phone then a replacement will most likely not fix the issue either.
The other causes and fixes i have seen are dusty mic-already cleaned them, factory reset-done more than once, blow in sim tray-done, turn off voice privacy - don't even have that option, root then tweak build prop-dont want to risk losing the warranty plus i can't imagine HTC forcing their customers to root their phone in order to be heard on the phone.
People have been reporting the issue as early as a year or so ago, surely software updates should have fixed it by now? You've got a point with carriers not pushing updates as fast as others so let me know what version the fix is in so i know if it's later/earlier than the one i have. If you know of a method i haven't yet seen then please let me know or just send me a link to that thread, thanks.
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There was an issues as outlined here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=56516913&postcount=39
It only effects roms that run HTC sense. IT doesnt bother AOSP based roms.
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There was an issues as outlined here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=56516913&postcount=39
It only effects roms that run HTC sense. IT doesnt bother AOSP based roms.
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I tried that method after i was advised to do so at the beginning of this thread, i didn't wipe cache/dalvik though so will try that now.
The OP's issue is a little different from mine, he couldn't hear other's as well as other's not being able to hear him, in my case however i can hear others perfectly but they can't hear me to well unless i point the botton mic right in front of my mouth and talk in to it. I suspect it's due to the noise cancellation being way too aggressive as covering the back mic helps a lot.
Any idea on the software number which HTC pushed out the fix with or is it on that same thread?
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fedor12 said:
I tried that method after i was advised to do so at the beginning of this thread, i didn't wipe cache/dalvik though so will try that now.
The OP's issue is a little different from mine, he couldn't hear other's as well as other's not being able to hear him, in my case however i can hear others perfectly but they can't hear me to well unless i point the botton mic right in front of my mouth and talk in to it. I suspect it's due to the noise cancellation being way too aggressive as covering the back mic helps a lot.
Any idea on the software number which HTC pushed out the fix with or is it on that same thread?
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I know it is o the last update HTC pushed less then a month ago. Check the development section. There should be a link to the newest update. I am not completely sure as I stopped using sense based roms years ago. So I never faced this issue.
zelendel said:
I know it is o the last update HTC pushed less then a month ago. Check the development section. There should be a link to the newest update. I am not completely sure as I stopped using sense based roms years ago. So I never faced this issue.
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Thanks, i will have a look in there now.
If it's only come out less than a month ago then it's likely i don't have it yet as the phone is an EE one (i unlocked it with a code from ebay and using it with a different sim now).
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Thanks, i will have a look in there now.
If it's only come out less than a month ago then it's likely i don't have it yet as the phone is an EE one (i unlocked it with a code from ebay and using it with a different sim now).
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Ok yeah if that is the case the only way you will get updates is flashing them found here.
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Ok yeah if that is the case the only way you will get updates is flashing them found here.
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I couldn't find that much in the dev section so i turned to Google and yeah like you said there is a known issue with calls which HTC promised to fix ASAP last month, however It seems that the issue reported is that the caller (calling from m7) can't hear the other party and the other party can't hear them which sound's different from my issue.
I found the version with the supposed fix and it's 6.10.531.10, my one is running on 6.16.61.8. I'm guessing mine is actually running an even later version? If that's the case then it sound's like I'm screwed
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fedor12 said:
I couldn't find that much in the dev section so i turned to Google and yeah like you said there is a known issue with calls which HTC promised to fix ASAP last month, however It seems that the issue reported is that the caller (calling from m7) can't hear the other party and the other party can't hear them which sound's different from my issue.
I found the version with the supposed fix and it's 6.10.531.10, my one is running on 6.16.61.8. I'm guessing mine is actually running an even later version? If that's the case then it sound's like I'm screwed
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Odd that your is newer then the official released build. Something sound really odd about that. Wish I could help more. I would try and see if anyone posted just the fix that was included. I know some had a files that could be flashed. You could always try running gpe and see if that fixes it. But you will lose sense
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Odd that your is newer then the official released build. Something sound really odd about that. Wish I could help more. I would try and see if anyone posted just the fix that was included. I know some had a files that could be flashed. You could always try running gpe and see if that fixes it. But you will lose sense
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I'm going to call HTC again tomorrow and ask them what the newest version available in UK is, they didn't ask for the software number when i called earlier they just told me to check if any later one is available to download.
I would love to run GPE on my One, i thought i would like the new version of sense (haven't had an HTC phone since my desire) but i really do prefer stock Google rom especially if sense will have issues like the one I'm having now but i don't want to risk losing my warranty or mess anything up especially at this stage, once I'm certain the hardware is 100% fine then i will probably unlock bootloader and flash a custom rom.
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I had the same problem that popped up three weeks ago along with many customers due to the before recent OTA upgrade
Tried to delete/erase cache/disable etc... Google frameworks services, and HTC speak services.
Tried factory reset a few times etc.... NOTHING I found as a solution online worked.
I waited for HTC second update for the OTA. Tried downloading it more than ten times.
Once after a factory reset, once after disabling google framework services, once after disabling htc services, once after disabling all, once in safe mode (disabling all apps),once after removing the last five apps i downloaded when the issue happened....nothing worked.
When I install the update, it goes to around 30% and a red exclamation point appears. the install stalls and it reboots with the old firmware and the problem stays (cant hear the caller, they cant hear me).
During install and stalling I pressed the power button and down volume, the error messages appeared:
HTCspeaklite.apk files are not recognized (or something like that). So the app is corrupted! and the installation files don't recognize it to update it. Installation stalls and reboots.
I searched for the stock htcspeaklite.apk zip file, rooted my phone and tried pushing it over the stock files.
When I booted the phone, it kept rebooting in a loop. Did not work!!
That's when what I had left: I erased everything and installed a custom rom (you can re install a stock rom if you prefer) on my phone.
Now everything works great except for the bluetooth pairing. So I may re install another rom soon.
Here's the stand alone fix posted by Venom Team > http://venomroms.com/venomhub-fix-no-sound-calls-htc-one-m7/
When there is going to be a thread for Urbane 2nd gen? It is out for almost a week now. I can not believe that nobody got it?
That's a good question. I am also waiting for it.
Came here to ask the same question. Lots of other people have it on android central forms. Please create a thread!!
I agree. I have one and keep checking back here
Your experience with the Urbane 2 LTE
Hi there, I'm also waiting on a forum. But, in the meantime, I'm thinking seriously about buying an Urbane 2 LTE, but have several concerns and thought perhaps you guys might be able to answer them. And all of my questions relate to when it is NOT connected to my smartphone.
1. Will it send and receive calls even when connected to wifi (I don't mean through wifi as I know that isn't possible)? I read in one review that this was a problem.
2. Can I receive my Exchange email through the watch?
3. Are you able to connect to a secured wifi network (i.e., insert a password) without being connected to your phone? Again, this concern came up in a recent review.
4. Can the watch accept Google Voice text messages?
5. How is the call quality talking (for the person you call) and listening (is the speaker loud enough under normal conditions)?
6. Can you easily connect the watch to a bluetooth headset?
7. How is OK Google working? One reviewer said it failed a bunch.
8. How well does it maintain a steady data connection with a link to a phone? Another reviewer concern.
9.
FYI, verizon launch was canceled and all pre-orders orders will be canceled. Big red strikes again.
Same here. I got mine from AT&T on Tuesday. Love it so far.
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drjim said:
Hi there, I'm also waiting on a forum. But, in the meantime, I'm thinking seriously about buying an Urbane 2 LTE, but have several concerns and thought perhaps you guys might be able to answer them. And all of my questions relate to when it is NOT connected to my smartphone.
1. Will it send and receive calls even when connected to wifi (I don't mean through wifi as I know that isn't possible)? I read in one review that this was a problem.
2. Can I receive my Exchange email through the watch?
3. Are you able to connect to a secured wifi network (i.e., insert a password) without being connected to your phone? Again, this concern came up in a recent review.
4. Can the watch accept Google Voice text messages?
5. How is the call quality talking (for the person you call) and listening (is the speaker loud enough under normal conditions)?
6. Can you easily connect the watch to a bluetooth headset?
7. How is OK Google working? One reviewer said it failed a bunch.
8. How well does it maintain a steady data connection with a link to a phone? Another reviewer concern.
9.
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My experiences so far on the AT&T Urbane LTE and a T-Mobile Galaxy Note 5:
1. Yes, as far as I can tell as it has its own SIM card, so it has a full cellular radio in it and has its own phone # assigned to it.
2. I don't think it has a full email client on it that I have found anyway. I am also an exchange user trying to find how to get notifications.
3. Yes, you can join WiFi networks that use a passkey/password, but nothing certificate based. Mine pulled the ones my phone knew of.
4. Kind-of. I took the Phone # assigned to the watch and added it to Google Voice as another phone. The notifications I get on a GV Text Message show the random numbers that GV uses as a portal, not the actual # of the person sending me a text message. I don't think there is a google voice app for android wear. At least not one I have found.
5. I think the call quality from the watch itself is quite good. Plenty loud enough and definitely clear. I wouldn't use it often, but in a pinch I wouldn't hesitate to use it either.
6. I have not tried this yet, but I will and let you know.
7. OK Google has not failed me yet. It is responsive and works just like it would on a Nexus Phone as far as I can tell.
8. As far as I can tell, the connection (bluetooth) between my Note 5 and the Urbane is quite robust. I went down the hall to the restroom in my office and left my phone on my desk. I had a phone call on my Note 5 while I was away from my desk and it "rang" on my watch just fine.
As an afterthought, it is probably worth noting that as I am not a current AT&T customer, I bought the watch outright with no contract for $299 so I wasn't locked into a data plan more than month-to-month. As such, I am currently paying a ridiculous $30 a month for a measly 300MB of data for the watch by itself and I am still trying to determine exactly how, when, where, and why it uses data on its own 3G/LTE radio.
I don't plan to separate the watch and my phone often, and I can't see the need to make a voice call on the watch without using my phone, so I am not sure I am going to keep the data plan from AT&T until I learn more about how it works. I have one of those "free" 200MB per month SIM cards from T-Mobile, and I can tell you the watch does NOT appear to be SIM-locked, much to my surprise.
More experimentation to follow. I'd love to hear what others have learned in using theirs thus far.
-Rob
Great insights!
robroy90 said:
Same here. I got mine from AT&T on Tuesday. Love it so far.
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My experiences so far on the AT&T Urbane LTE and a T-Mobile Galaxy Note 5:
1. Yes, as far as I can tell as it has its own SIM card, so it has a full cellular radio in it and has its own phone # assigned to it.
2. I don't think it has a full email client on it that I have found anyway. I am also an exchange user trying to find how to get notifications.
3. Yes, you can join WiFi networks that use a passkey/password, but nothing certificate based. Mine pulled the ones my phone knew of.
4. Kind-of. I took the Phone # assigned to the watch and added it to Google Voice as another phone. The notifications I get on a GV Text Message show the random numbers that GV uses as a portal, not the actual # of the person sending me a text message. I don't think there is a google voice app for android wear. At least not one I have found.
5. I think the call quality from the watch itself is quite good. Plenty loud enough and definitely clear. I wouldn't use it often, but in a pinch I wouldn't hesitate to use it either.
6. I have not tried this yet, but I will and let you know.
7. OK Google has not failed me yet. It is responsive and works just like it would on a Nexus Phone as far as I can tell.
8. As far as I can tell, the connection (bluetooth) between my Note 5 and the Urbane is quite robust. I went down the hall to the restroom in my office and left my phone on my desk. I had a phone call on my Note 5 while I was away from my desk and it "rang" on my watch just fine.
As an afterthought, it is probably worth noting that as I am not a current AT&T customer, I bought the watch outright with no contract for $299 so I wasn't locked into a data plan more than month-to-month. As such, I am currently paying a ridiculous $30 a month for a measly 300MB of data for the watch by itself and I am still trying to determine exactly how, when, where, and why it uses data on its own 3G/LTE radio.
I don't plan to separate the watch and my phone often, and I can't see the need to make a voice call on the watch without using my phone, so I am not sure I am going to keep the data plan from AT&T until I learn more about how it works. I have one of those "free" 200MB per month SIM cards from T-Mobile, and I can tell you the watch does NOT appear to be SIM-locked, much to my surprise.
More experimentation to follow. I'd love to hear what others have learned in using theirs thus far.
-Rob
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Really helpful, Rob! I can't wait till xda gets a forum for this smarthwatch.
I had a typo for #8. I'm interested in the quality and consistency of the data connection when NOT connected to your phone.
A few follow-up questions.
1. So it sounds like you receive GV text messages even with a funky sender #. But can you also send texts through GV? I seem recall reading that Hangouts (into which GV is now integrated) has a smartwatch app. But I find Hangouts cumbersome because you have to go through several screens to just get to text messages.
2. Without Exchange, what are you doing about email? I emailed an called Nine that appears to do what we want, but haven't heard back. Will report when I do.
I'm going to test out a U2 (that's a much better shortened name!) this morning and will report back if I learn anything.
Many thanks!
I just downloaded and installed the Nine email client. It seems to work great, but I can't figure out how or where to enable Wear notifications.
robroy90 said:
I just downloaded and installed the Nine email client. It seems to work great, but I can't figure out how or where to enable Wear notifications.
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I haven't explored it much yet. Did you install Nine on your watch as well? Perhaps go to their customer support and email them?
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I haven't explored it much yet. Did you install Nine on your watch as well? Perhaps go to their customer support and email them?
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I didn't see an option to install it on the watch. I sent a query to them.
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I didn't see an option to install it on the watch. I sent a query to them.
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Here a few possibilities:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.bluemail.mail
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.office.outlook
None of them indicate specifically about standalone smartwatches, but they say they are for Android Wear.
Also, do you have a gmail account? I believe there is a way to have Exchange email forwarded to gmail and have emails from gmail to show your Exchange email address.
Oh, is there a keyboard for inputting texts and emails?
BTW, did you see this app? Looks really practical: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.npi.wearminilauncher
It looks like something happened. Watch are out of stock on AT&T web site, Verizon cancelled pre orders and no information on LG web site about watch.
I Will have to wait much longer than i expected for availability in europe.
@robroy90 hey dude when you make your wirst go up.. does it push the crown everytime.. would be cool if we could put the watch on the other hand and the screen will rotate accordingly
LG Watch Urbane 2 has been canceled indefinitely
http://www.techradar.com/news/wearables/lg-urbane-2-has-been-canceled-indefinitely-1309332
while I have an love mine, I am still going to wait for a more detailed reason other then Unspecified Hardware Issue. I had it for a week tomorrow and the only issue I have is LTE connection is spotty at best, it seems to be stuck mostly on HSPA
One negative effect is see from this is software updates. When I had the LG G watch, I remember that being rooted. So if this "issue" is nothing to major, maybe someone with the experience will be able to root this beast so we can essentially still have updates, just not from LG specifically
Wow. I wonder why they were shelved? I was going to upgrade to this from a G Watch.
Maybe we can find them on a fire clearance sale?
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@robroy90 hey dude when you make your wirst go up.. does it push the crown everytime.. would be cool if we could put the watch on the other hand and the screen will rotate accordingly
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I have no issues with gestures engaging the crown button. I am not sure I follow the second part of your comment.
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Wow, glad I grabbed mine so aggressively when I did. I am not going to blindly just return mine (unless my wrist catches on fire... lol). I would like a detailed explanation on what this "serious hardware issue is". As far as it maybe being an issue where it drops to HSPA in an otherwise strong LTE service area, I could not care less. I don't think my watch needs the blazing fast speeds of LTE anyway. Someone posted about how cool it would be for it to be a hotspot?!? What, for 10 minutes before the battery dies... LOL. I am happy, and unless mine starts acting really wonky, I am definitely keeping it.
Well regardless of possible reasons, I'll be keeping mine. Yeah its only been a few days with the watch, but it has been a few days of heavy usage bliss. This is the first smart watch, that I have ever used, that does everything well, (well at least the things that are important for me to have in a smartwatch). So a later patch not coming for my device, (can't speak for others owners), won't be so bad for me, since everything I want to work....works great already, and if I return it, what other option is out there? All the other watches I tried don't work as good as this one for the things I want to work.....and this one has the best battery life to boot. Besides, I don't know why everyone thinks a software update won't come. Google controls android wear, an I don't think their going to not update their software.
If they scrap this one and release a new one a year from now, I'll check out that option when that bridge is crossed, but in the mean time, i'm keeping this bad boy.
Oh and if anyone has every used watchmaker before (lets you design your own watch faces), It appears to be working great for me. Just a heads up.
I was lucky enough to buy one of these from AT&T without a contract a couple of days before they were pulled. So far the watch is great. Battery life is good, calls are clear, and the screen is big and bright. However, there is one major flaw: You can't pair a Bluetooth headset to the watch and use it for voice calls. I tried a few different Bluetooth headsets, and they can only be used for audio playback. The only way to send and receive voice calls is using the integrated speaker and microphone on the watch. Another minor annoyance is you must have the phone with you to connect to a new WiFi network. If you try to connect to a new WiFi network using the settings on the watch, it asks you to enter the password on the phone.
The inability to use a Bluetooth headset for calls is pretty big weakness compared to other smart watches, but probably not severe enough to pull the watches from the shelves. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that the device is unlocked, and it is so easy to switch carriers without a contract. Also, AT&T was offering this device at the same cost of an LTE tablet ($10/month), but the watch has a SIM that supports both voice and data which usually costs 3-4 times as much. I tried using the watch SIM in an Android smartphone, and it seemed to work fine.
Hi there!
I used to have a dual-sim Moto G4 Plus, which was pretty comfortable for dealing with home/office numbers/lines/accounts.
My Moto X4 comes in a single-SIM variant, and although the easiest way to bring dual-sim would be to simply replace it with something else, I just like it too much to get rid of it.
So! I set call forwarding from one number to the one on my X4, whoch works alright. However, now there's no way to know when someone's calling me from my work number, and when it's from my personal one. I remember some phones used to tell you for a couple secs, and some apps managed to "catch" that notification and make a persistent one of their own. However, the X4 doesn't even have the brief notification. I tried using this app:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=joe.forward
It has a "Mode 2" option that's supposed to work even when no brief toast notification is displayed, but it didn't work either. Anyone know of some other way to detect a forwarded call? Bonus: If I could set it to avoid forwarded calls on a schedule, that´d be perfect. But right now, I'd just settle with the notification (tasker sounds like an option for this last part, though).
Any ideas or clues will help, by the way! thanks!