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UPDATED - v1.2 removes the double messages from some apps, fixes another bug.
I wanted a way to get other notifications to the Gear without having to run another client app on the Gear.
There is another project (ATN) that initially used the Email notification to do this. I liked this approach because it was simple, used the gear manager as the delivery mechanism, and the Email notification app on the gear which is robust enough to handle long notifications.
I reached out to Dattas Moonchaser, who wrote the popular Pebble Notifier to see if I could use his app as my base. He obliged so here it is....
Install this on your phone, there is nothing to install on the Gear. The only thing you need to know is to go into Accessibility settings and give Gear Getter permissions (it has a big RED link for this when you launch the app). Also make sure you have Email notification checked in the Gear Manager.
Here are some better instructions - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47449016&postcount=119
Once you enable Accessibility you are able to setup your apps you want to receive notifications from. Couple cool things..
- There is the ability to setup filters
- Ability to setup quiet times
- There is tasker integration (I haven't messed with this)
- This reads the data from the expanded view so you should get pretty robust notifcations
- Easy on the battery
If you feel the need to donate, please do it from the app, and it will go to Dattas who would appreciate it.
mhoepfin said:
I wanted a way to get other notifications to the Gear without having to run another client app on the Gear.
There is another project (ATN) that initially used the Email notification to do this. I liked this approach because it was simple, used the gear manager as the delivery mechanism, and the Email notification app on the gear which is robust enough to handle long notifications.
I reached out to Dattas Moonchaser, who wrote the popular Pebble Notifier to see if I could use his app as my base. He obliged so here it is....
The only thing you need to know is to go into Accessibility and give Gear Getter permissions (it has a big RED link for this when you launch the app).
Then setup your apps you want to receive notifications from. Couple cool things..
- There is the ability to setup filters
- Ability to setup quiet times
- There is tasker integration (I haven't messed with this)
- This reads the data from the expanded view so you should get pretty robust notifcations
- Easy on the battery
If you feel the need to donate, please do it from the app, and it will go to Dattas who would appreciate it.
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Quick question..
I did not install anything yet but I wanted to understand this. Do we install on both the gear and the phone ?
Where does it pull information from ?
I never used the app before, I just wanted some more info before I experiment with it.
And does it require 4.3 ?
Thanks
Can you read the notifications from the gear with this ?.
Elgreco333 said:
Quick question..
I did not install anything yet but I wanted to understand this. Do we install on both the gear and the phone ?
Where does it pull information from ?
I never used the app before, I just wanted some more info before I experiment with it.
And does it require 4.3 ?
Thanks
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You only install it on the phone, there is nothing to install on the gear. It uses the built in Email notification on the gear to display the notifications.
You tell it which apps you want to receive notifications from on your gear.
This doesn't require 4.3, but the Gear Manager does (which this uses).
jawonder said:
Can you read the notifications from the gear with this ?.
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This send notifications from your phone (for the applications you select) to the gear, using the Email notification on the gear to display them.
Thanks, checking it out. I want to see if I can get Instagram notifications. I will report back.
So far so good! Gmail is sending full subject and body of emails! However, when you click "Show On Device" it launches the stock email client instead of gmail. It sounds like that's because it uses the email notification methods.
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So far so good! Gmail is sending full subject and body of emails! However, when you click "Show On Device" it launches the stock email client instead of gmail.
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Great! The logic for getting the notification details is pretty battle tested so I would expect the content it sends to the gear to be pretty good and mostly match what you would see in an expanded notification on your phone.
The Show On Device I don't think I will get to be able to actually work to open the app on the phone....
Tried twice to install apk and it crashes my Note 3, it reboots on it's own and the apk is not installed .
Strange it doesn't do anything at my end.. I do not get any notifications. Could possibly show a short video of how it works??? Do I need to select the Email in Gear Manager .. Cause I aint getting any Noti's....
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Tried twice to install apk and it crashes my Note 3, it reboots on it's own and the apk is not installed .
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Hmm, have not seen any issues like this, and I have a Sprint Note 3. Can you try to re-download the apk?
Ok it works on my stock rom but not on roms i'm using in SafeStrap slots .
Jeshter2000 said:
Strange it doesn't do anything at my end.. I do not get any notifications. Could possibly show a short video of how it works??? Do I need to select the Email in Gear Manager .. Cause I aint getting any Noti's....
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Yes, you need Email selected in Gear Manager for it to work
Mmmm ok like ATN was in the first place??
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Under FilterList in the settings it states Pebble. FYI.
Ok, this does not work for me. Although it is probably because I running an S4 on 4.2 so far. Waiting for the update to be online.
I'll have to wait for the update to get me to 4.3 for the gear manager to work properly. I have limited functionality still
UPDATE : Well, email does not work, only get recipients name showing, but on the other hand, texting works (using sms pro)
But everything displays double, I mean I see the text and who is from and then under s separator I see it again with just a bit smaller fonts. Don't know why, maybe a setting I need to play with ?
I am glad at least for the texts for now.
Ok strange , after i boot into stock rom and then back to rom slot i installed .
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Under FilterList in the settings it states Pebble. FYI.
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LOL thanks, must have missed that one... It will work for the Gear even though it says Pebble.
I would like to point out that using this method if you use the stock browser it will talk to you and to the best of my knowledge there is no way to stop it.
Also last I knew if you were on a note 2 it will also talk when opening and closing folders and when switching home screens
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I would like to point out that using this method if you use the stock browser it will talk to you and to the best of my knowledge there is no way to stop it.
Also last I knew if you were on a note 2 it will also talk when opening and closing folders and when switching home screens
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Crazy! I use Chrome so didn't notice but you are right. More research shows its a bug with Samsung. I'll switch over to the 4.3 method using the security setting in the next few days. Until then I suggest using Chrome.
Still on the fence if I should get one
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Still on the fence if I should get one
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Both, LOL, great as I never have to pull my phone out to do some things, Worse as I keep playing with it all the time roms, themes ect... LOL
Just wondering how much more can they do with this ...it's cool but knowing there's no Insurance on it just makes me leary sometimes ...
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I was debating on 3 smart watches to get and the gear won. I've had it 24 hours and I can't stop playing with it.
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i was re-ROM'ng my S4 and N3 every other day and havent touched it since the Gear. Ooh but now I try new NULL/Stock setups every day with my GEAR!
HAHA!
i actually enjoy something new to tinker with and my phone now has a few days rest
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Both, LOL, great as I never have to pull my phone out to do some things, Worse as I keep playing with it all the time roms, themes ect... LOL
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Same here. I love it. However spend a lot of time playing with it and having to set it up over and over. Fun times
Really doesn't do enough for me but it is a fun gadget and people love to hear about it.
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I imagine the best thing about owning a gear is keeping your phone in your pocket on silent and only bringing it out when you want to reply. Also, answering phone calls while driving and music control when your phone is docked to the speakers.
I've played around with my friend's pebble and its annoying that notifications aren't synced with your phone. You have to view them once on your watch and them dismiss them again on your phone.
kingofthebraves said:
I imagine the best thing about owning a gear is keeping your phone in your pocket on silent and only bringing it out when you want to reply. Also, answering phone calls while driving and music control when your phone is docked to the speakers.
I've played around with my friend's pebble and its annoying that notifications aren't synced with your phone. You have to view them once on your watch and them dismiss them again on your phone.
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Technically you don't even have to pull your phone out to reply I never do things to the gear having s voice.
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kingofthebraves said:
I've played around with my friend's pebble and its annoying that notifications aren't synced with your phone. You have to view them once on your watch and them dismiss them again on your phone.
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there is no difference with the gear. You have to dismiss notifications on the gear (which can be a bit annoying as you have to go through each app's notifications and dismiss), and they won't be dismissed on the phone, you have to dismiss it on the phone as well.
Supposedly the gear does clear the phone emails and mark them as read if you use the native email app. I use Gmail and do have to clear the phone again after reading in the gear. Also the gear doesn't show the entire email. It shows most of it, then says to see the rest on the phone...
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Supposedly the gear does clear the phone emails and mark them as read if you use the native email app. I use Gmail and do have to clear the phone again after reading in the gear. Also the gear doesn't show the entire email. It shows most of it, then says to see the rest on the phone...
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That's for non Samsung apps right? But all the rest will clear just fine?
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there is no difference with the gear. You have to dismiss notifications on the gear (which can be a bit annoying as you have to go through each app's notifications and dismiss), and they won't be dismissed on the phone, you have to dismiss it on the phone as well.
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I thought that was the whole point of smart relay?
gear made my life easier, but only because of custom ROM. i'm still using null 11.1 where everything is working for me, so i don't see a need to make an update and spend another hour configuring everything, i'm not a number whore..
stock gear is a devils device, terrible to use with zero configuration.
hurdlejade said:
gear made my life easier, but only because of custom ROM. i'm still using null 11.1 where everything is working for me, so i don't see a need to make an update and spend another hour configuring everything, i'm not a number whore..
stock gear is a devils device, terrible to use with zero configuration.
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I've been reading up and looking at YouTube on what u can do with null rom but I'm still confused. How is this better than stock rom? Do features like smart relay still work with null rom?
maximus96 said:
Supposedly the gear does clear the phone emails and mark them as read if you use the native email app. I use Gmail and do have to clear the phone again after reading in the gear. Also the gear doesn't show the entire email. It shows most of it, then says to see the rest on the phone...
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yeah, of course if you load an email app on the watch and have internet to the watch, then marking an email as read on the watch will mark it as read on the server, and mark it as read on any device, including your phone. but using the built in gear notifications, it won't do this.
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I thought that was the whole point of smart relay?
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no. smart delay is just to open up the app on your phone. So if you're looking at an SMS notification on your watch and you pick up your phone, Gear Manager will open up the SMS app on your phone for you. This in turn will clear the notification, but only as a side effect.
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I've been reading up and looking at YouTube on what u can do with null rom but I'm still confused. How is this better than stock rom? Do features like smart relay still work with null rom?
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i never used smart relay, but i guess it will work, because wake-up gesture works on mine.
why is it better? because it is. i can use internet, have a custom layout for my apps (no more swiping across 7 pages to get to the voice memos or any other app). if i want to do something on my watch, i can do it within 3 seconds, literally.
i can start a direct dial to a predefined person.
i can record 60 seconds videos with custom rom.
i can secretly record both video and audio without time limit while keeping screen off (saves battery life).
i can set a countdown timer, or a stopwatch.
i can read ebooks.
i can sync my google keep notes
i can sync my grocery list
i can browse 9gag on my wrist
i can use calculator!
i can check and answer to my emails (by using gmail and google keyboard)
i can use google translate service (with both text and audio input)
i can check my bank account
i can use hangouts IM
i can play some simple games
i can have full calendar agenda
i can use full google maps
.. and way more.
now, what can you do with stock rom?
you can answer calls.
you can take 15 secs max videos.
you can reply to texts using s voice.
you can download stock apps available in samsung store (not a single one is worth your time)
you can pair it only with other samsung phones.
for me the answer is clear. if i can't put null on it, it goes back to store as a terrible smartwatch. it's capable of way more things than samsung officialy let you use..
hurdlejade said:
i never used smart relay, but i guess it will work, because wake-up gesture works on mine.
why is it better? because it is. i can use internet, have a custom layout for my apps (no more swiping across 7 pages to get to the voice memos or any other app). if i want to do something on my watch, i can do it within 3 seconds, literally.
i can start a direct dial to a predefined person.
i can record 60 seconds videos with custom rom.
i can secretly record both video and audio without time limit while keeping screen off (saves battery life).
i can set a countdown timer, or a stopwatch.
i can read ebooks.
i can sync my google keep notes
i can sync my grocery list
i can browse 9gag on my wrist
i can use calculator!
i can check and answer to my emails (by using gmail and google keyboard)
i can use google translate service (with both text and audio input)
i can check my bank account
i can use hangouts IM
i can play some simple games
i can have full calendar agenda
i can use full google maps
.. and way more.
now, what can you do with stock rom?
you can answer calls.
you can take 15 secs max videos.
you can reply to texts using s voice.
you can download stock apps available in samsung store (not a single one is worth your time)
you can pair it only with other samsung phones.
for me the answer is clear. if i can't put null on it, it goes back to store as a terrible smartwatch. it's capable of way more things than samsung officialy let you use..
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Wow! I never thought about using it that way, impressive indeed especially direct call and text. While on null rom u can still receive SMS and call notifications like how you would on stock gear Rom right? Or does it replicate how a real phone does it?
kingofthebraves said:
Wow! I never thought about using it that way, impressive indeed especially direct call and text. While on null rom u can still receive SMS and call notifications like how you would on stock gear Rom right? Or does it replicate how a real phone does it?
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i can receive sms and call notifications and also notifications from other apps (you choose what you want displayed).
there is no easy way to reply to texts though, there is a tabletsms but it doesn't work so fluently.
you do not loose any functionality when running custom rom. you just gain more.
Since we're not allowed to use our cell phones at work, I'm able to covertly use the internet with this thing.
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hi
I have a question . the answer may be obvious but it eludes me
ccoming from pebble smartwatch to the gear with mk7 rom
is there anyway to get whatsapp notifications displayed on the gear screen
as they come in ? like in pebble ?
please let me know
thanks
zohaer21 said:
hi
I have a question . the answer may be obvious but it eludes me
ccoming from pebble smartwatch to the gear with mk7 rom
is there anyway to get whatsapp notifications displayed on the gear screen
as they come in ? like in pebble ?
please let me know
thanks
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yes you can, you can also read those notifications too.
swagatsourav said:
yes you can, you can also read those notifications too.
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how ? a 3rd party app or via some settings ? I have turned on the extended settings or whatever its called but that hasnt worked
zohaer21 said:
how ? a 3rd party app or via some settings ? I have turned on the extended settings or whatever its called but that hasnt worked
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In the gear manager, there are more options in Notifications. Make sure you have the latest, or one of the latest versions of Gear Manager.
I was wondering the same thing I only get some of my notifications well like one some far and that's email not gmail just email app messages never gotten any text messages gmail messages (email) or fb IG nothing and I checked all the options in the gear manager notification under settings any idea or advice would be greatly appreciated?
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waco2hot33 said:
I was wondering the same thing I only get some of my notifications well like one some far and that's email not gmail just email app messages never gotten any text messages gmail messages (email) or fb IG nothing and I checked all the options in the gear manager notification under settings any idea or advice would be greatly appreciated?
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What version are you running on Gear i mean software version
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What version are you running on Gear i mean software version
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I'm having the same limited functions on the gear.. using the latest mk7 rom
Go to gear manager on phone click on notification, scroll down to bottom and clean on more notifications, scroll down the now extended apps list and whattsapp is at the bottom... Tick the box next to it and your done. Of course you will only get the notification on the gear when phone screen is off, works really well.
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What version are you running on Gear i mean software version
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Null 19
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I bought a gear recently and was sad to see a lack of apps tailored specifically for it so I made one of my own!
Sprocket
Features:
Native SMS/MMS functionality.
View/Send SMS conversations
View MMS
File Transfer
Send a file from the phone and it will automatically be saved in Internal Storage in the GalaxySMS directory and opened on the Gear from the default handling app
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Remote Application Install
Allows you to install apps on the gear that are installed on your phone.
*Note does not work for paid apps it seems. At least on my Moto X.
Installation
Install the apk on both the phone and the gear and you will be good to go. The application will be automatically run on startup, but needs to be started initially once first installed on both the phone and gear.
Its a good idea to have bluetooth already turned on when initially starting the app.
Install on Phone first, select device
Install on gear next, select device
Support
This app was written specifically on my Moto X so there may or may not be issues with other phones. Please send me a logcat and I'll see what I can do.
Update 7.29.2014
East2West said:
Hello everyone!
I've been working many hours on this release and have made several improvements.
ChangeLog
Better App Stability
System runs in the foreground now so it is less likely to be killed
Improved Connection Speeds
Increased buffer size to allow faster transfers
New Notifications For Texts
This is the one I'm most excited about. I took some inspiration from the new Android Wear Watches to create custom notifications for our beloved gear.
Installation
Install the update on both the Gear and the Phone. If you already have sprocket installed on your gear you can update it with the new version v1.1 attached to the first post using Remote Install. To enable notifications click "Enable SMS Notifications" on the Phone version and follow the prompts.
Right now the app supports all notifications for SMS, but if you would like to preview notifications across the entire device you may download a developer key available on the play store. It will unlock all other notifications (including ongoing and button control!) from the device and will help continue development from my end to give you new features to make our device more useful. A preview of these notifications below:
Install Developer Key*
*The developer key only needs to be installed on the phone
I'll be going through the thread to address any issues you have come across. Thank you all for the feedback
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Update 7.31.2014
East2West said:
Hello everyone!
I have a new version available to address some of the issues in the thread as well as to add some new features.
Download
Whitelist Applications
Go to settings/allowed notifications and uncheck the applications you don't want notifications for
[*]Local Application Updates
Updates will be checked on the phone when the application is started. You can also check by going to menu/check for update on your phone
[*]Crash/Log Reporting
When the application crashes, you will be presented with a dialog to send the crash report to me for analysis. This will help resolve issues on different devices.
[*]Clear Phone Notifications From Gear
When you hit clear on the notification screen on your gear, notifications will be cleared on your phone
[*]Resend Files If Not Connect To Gear at Transfer Time
Fixes an issue when you try to send a file when the gear is not connected. The file will send as soon as device is reconnected
[*]Crash Fixes
Fix crash for some ongoing notifications
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Update 8.7.2014
Hello! Thanks for your feedback and crash logs. I've pushed out an update that should take care of the ones I've seen so far with the Nexus 5 crashes and one's when clicking on a conversation on the gear and the contact app is not installed. Let me know if it solves the issues.
Sprocket 1.3b
Thanks,
East2West
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Update 8.9.2014
Hey Everyone!
I was on vacation last week, so I only had time to push some incremental updates for some bug fixes, but I'm back now and have some new features!
New UI for bringing up sms messages and notifications
New Media Controller
Works with any media player that responds to media button events.
*Developer Key Needed
Clock On Notification Screen
Stability Fixes
Screenshots
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Update 8.9.2014
New Update.
Connection Fixes
Fixed an issue where server would not connect on initial app launch
Try and reconnect to server on bluetooth toggle
New Settings Menu
Allows Muting of Notifications. 3 Settings
Sound On Symbol - Notifications will vibrate and turn on screen and play the notification sound
Vibrate On Symbol - Notifications will only vibrate and not turn on screen
Mute Symbol - Notifications will be silent
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Update 8.11.2014
Another Update!
Extended Notification Detail
Click on flashing icon to expand
New SMS/MMS Theme
Improved MMS image quality
Media Controller Now Works With Pandora
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Update 8.21.2014
Fixed notification buttons not fitting
Items that do not fit go on to the next row
Added reply button in sms notifications
Will take you to SMS Threads
Notification splitting option in settings
Updates to notifications usually replace the last notification in android. This will keep them separate so you can see how it changed over time. Excludes ongoing notifications
Faster connection speeds
Bluetooth reset on disconnection
Bluetooth on the gear will reset if the connection is dropped to improve speeds
Support for large images like sms/screenshots
Images from sms and other notifications will show in the main view
Added request timeouts
Notifications will not be sent to the gear after 15 minutes of being disconnected
Fixed crash when sms is received on the phone and bluetooth is off
Fix duplicate notifications such as email and google music and calendar coming in more than once
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For others not able to connect to the gear after upgrading from version 1.3. It may be necessary to upgrade the watch apk manually as the UUID for the bluetooth service has changed and might not be recognized until upgrading the gear to 1.5
Update 8.24.2014
Hello! Another update..
Widget Support!
Swipe left from main menu
Long press to change widget
Can also activate by clicking notification clock at the top
For both free and developer versions
Out of Memory Crash Fixed
Phone memory was greedy before. Should stay in memory much longer without crashing
Removed "Unable to connect" popup from phone
Will still show on the gear
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Update 9.10.2014
Hey folks!
Something new...
Support for Watch Faces
Basic support for themes like watchstyler. This version supports analog clocks only.
To change theme replace BG_PART.png, FRAME_PART.png, HOUR_PART.png, SEC_PART.png, MIN_PART.png of your favorite watch styler theme
Themes files are located in /sdcard/SprocketWatchThemes/defaultTheme. The only supported files are those included in the folder
Fix sms conversation not updating while inside the conversation
*Credit to Gear Minimum 360 theme over at gearfaces.com for the included theme
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Galaxy s4 . All ok. Good job.
Nice and useful app! But I miss a notification which tells you when a file has been sent or an remote installation has been made.
You are a genuis!!! Works... having issues with transferring files. My screen goes black and sits in idle... but who cares... as long as I can receive and reply to text messages I'm good. GOOD JOB!!!! Can you add reply to emails?
Is your app for Android or Tizen?
How can I instill the Sprocket app on my gear?
Nexus 5 ... Remote install works.. file share works.. sms does not. keeps crashing everytime i select a contact.
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Works good got it working on my lg optimus g. Will u be adding notification and turn display on
Lg optimus G
agreed only think lacking is notification right now i leave gear manager for notification then go to sprocket for the reply would like one app for all
I like it works pretty good on my note 3
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Works great on ATT Note 2 with custom rom. Really like how the contact images get populated.
+1 on getting notifications. Would make the app wonderful! :good:
@East2West Are you still working on this?
So any chance the send sms will show up in the sms app as well?
//M
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m.klinge said:
So any chance the send sms will show up in the sms app as well?
//M
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You're talking about when you send from the Gear App it will also show on your phone? If so, it works for me. Shows up on my phone what I have sent through the Gear.
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You're talking about when you send from the Gear App it will also show on your phone? If so, it works for me. Shows up on my phone what I have sent through the Gear.
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Interesting! So if you send a sms to yourself from the gear it will be displayed twice on your phone (one as send and one as received)? Might I ask which sms you use?
//M
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ArnomaF said:
Is your app for Android or Tizen?
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I am assuming Android, Can anyone please confirm?
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I am assuming Android, Can anyone please confirm?
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I use it in Android
Lg optimus G
Really cool app, looking forward to next release. I can see and interact with the sms on the gear, but I can't seem to send files from my Note 3. It's also paired with the galaxy gear manager, does that need to be off? Thanks again.
Chris
EDIT: I was wrong above, it did transfer the files, I just didn't see them at first. I also installed some apps via Sprocket. Now that I have Google voice function working offline, the SMS function is really nice. I can practically hold a SMS conversation quickly on my watch. I just need to make the little voice button on the keyboard bigger...lol. But once you hit it, the Voice Icon is much bigger and easy to continue the replies. For such a small program, it really is very capable.
Updates
Like I indicated in my earlier post. "I love this app." It's the only app I've found that allow SMS replies without the hassle. "It feels good swiping a reply from my watch." Since I've had it here are the bugs.
1. When I send a text from my phone my watch vibrates.
2. Occasionally looses Bluetooth connection. (will not connect to server must restart phone/watch)
3. About a 3-5 sec delay to start the app
Also I"m using Note 3. Otherwise this app is the BOMB! It doesn't use much battery. Resolve the bugs and this will be me a must have app for the Gear.
lockart said:
Like I indicated in my earlier post. "I love this app." It's the only app I've found that allow SMS replies without the hassle. "It feels good swiping a reply from my watch." Since I've had it here are the bugs.
1. When I send a text from my phone my watch vibrates.
2. Occasionally looses Bluetooth connection. (will not connect to server must restart phone/watch)
3. About a 3-5 sec delay to start the app
Also I"m using Note 3. Otherwise this app is the BOMB! It doesn't use much battery. Resolve the bugs and this will be me a must have app for the Gear.
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I agree! I think people overlook Sprocket...It's really basic, but the few things it does are HUGE. It's the best for replying to SMS, I even shut off the Gear Manager notificatiion for SMS. And it's just too easy to install an app or transfer a file. I think this is my favorite app for the Gear. Thanks and look forward to your work.
Chris
I recently received a Galaxy Gear as a gift. After updating it (Android not Tizen), I receive my whatsapp notifications (After configuring Gear Manager) but I can't read the message. I only see the person who sent it and for more details I need to use my phone. Is it solved in the custom rom null 23, tizen or whatever? Is it possible to see the full messages in the Galaxy Gear 2 based on Tizen?
I don't know what to do because I can change this one to Gear 2 until Monday.
Thanks in advance
mannuk said:
I recently received a Galaxy Gear as a gift. After updating it (Android not Tizen), I receive my whatsapp notifications (After configuring Gear Manager) but I can't read the message. I only see the person who sent it and for more details I need to use my phone. Is it solved in the custom rom null 23, tizen or whatever? Is it possible to see the full messages in the Galaxy Gear 2 based on Tizen?
I don't know what to do because I can change this one to Gear 2 until Monday.
Thanks in advance
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You need to give a little more information, like what kind of phone you have and which version of Android is running on it.
Or do you use an iPhone ?
I have a Galaxy S5 with Lollipop and my Gear 1 (with Null_23) shows whatsapp messages perfectly. So the whole message.
Also for emails (Gmail and corporate email from Airwatch) and Facebook as well.
But read the forum here, as I think all your questions have been answered multiple times already.
Receiving whatsapp messages is easy. Sending them from the gear requires a little work
Santaclauswitz said:
Receiving whatsapp messages is easy. Sending them from the gear requires a little work
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you got me curious now.. Ive been trying to find ways round it as my job requires me leave phone in my locker so ill take advantage of the watch
Care to share how or any links to get me started ?
I just wrote a long reply and the xda app ate it! Bah and humbug!
Do you use tasker?
Santaclauswitz said:
I just wrote a long reply and the xda app ate it! Bah and humbug!
Do you use tasker?
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Yes i did use when i was on KK but now on lollipop not all functions work.. I am aware of Tasker on the Gear too but now took android off and went to tizen so i might be handicapped when it comes to what i can do.. I suppose i may have to just put up with normal messaging using fleksy messenger from Gear.
I appreciate your reply anyway
Alas I know nothing about tizen..... that'd be your biggest handicap. I think I'll stay kit Kat for a while longer.....