A tip for improving watch face activation... - LG G Watch R

I prefer to leave my watch face off until I look at it. The problem is that the accelerometer on this watch isn't always as sensitive as you might like (probably to prevent accidental activations). Unfortunately this means that if you have your wrist on the desk and then look at the watch, sometimes the face will not activate.
What I have found though is that if you give your wrist a slight rotational flick towards yourself as you raise your arm, the screen activates much more reliably.

mitchellvii said:
I prefer to leave my watch face off until I look at it. The problem is that the accelerometer on this watch isn't always as sensitive as you might like (probably to prevent accidental activations). Unfortunately this means that if you have your wrist on the desk and then look at the watch, sometimes the face will not activate.
What I have found though is that if you give your wrist a slight rotational flick towards yourself as you raise your arm, the screen activates much more reliably.
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Has anybody else noticed that the watch face does not light up when you raise the watch if it is in mute mode?
You can switch the screen on by pressing the button or touching the screen but raising your arm doesn't do it.

tilda said:
Has anybody else noticed that the watch face does not light up when you raise the watch if it is in mute mode?
You can switch the screen on by pressing the button or touching the screen but raising your arm doesn't do it.
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Thats why you can Mute the Device, i like this option (allways good when i bring the Baby to bed)

bluedragon1982 said:
Thats why you can Mute the Device, i like this option (allways good when i bring the Baby to bed)
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I agree - it is neat.
I had expected mute to stop alerts and cards popping up but hadn't realised that it would stop activation as described and when I first noticed it, I thought that my watch was faulty. Posting details here in case anyone else thinks the same!

mitchellvii said:
I prefer to leave my watch face off until I look at it. The problem is that the accelerometer on this watch isn't always as sensitive as you might like (probably to prevent accidental activations). Unfortunately this means that if you have your wrist on the desk and then look at the watch, sometimes the face will not activate.
What I have found though is that if you give your wrist a slight rotational flick towards yourself as you raise your arm, the screen activates much more reliably.
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I have the exact same observations as well .. in fact, if the watch has been idle for some time,even with the slight rotational flick, I find that the screen will not be activated.

I found some custom watchfaces were *much* slower and often took two wrist-flicks to get the watch to wake up.
I found stock faces and also better 3rd party faces avoided that problem.
YMMV

Ahh .. i AM using Facer and Custom watchfaces ... perhaps the graphics are slowing down the watch ..
tilda said:
I found some custom watchfaces were *much* slower and often took two wrist-flicks to get the watch to wake up.
I found stock faces and also better 3rd party faces avoided that problem.
YMMV
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zhix said:
Ahh .. i AM using Facer and Custom watchfaces ... perhaps the graphics are slowing down the watch ..
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Keen to hear your findings - as it happened, I was using a Facer face but I suspect that it wasn't facer but the watch face itself.

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movement to wake the watch

So I have the watch now for more than a week and I love it. One thing I hate though is that weird movement to wake the screen to check the time. It works in 75% of the time but 25% of the time it just doesn't work. And if it doesn't work, a repetition of the movement can result in a constant fail to wake the watch. In those cases it would be great to have a "fall back" or "backup" movement. For example turning your wrist a few times very fast.
Or are there some good tips to reduce the 25% fail ratio?
appelflap said:
So I have the watch now for more than a week and I love it. One thing I hate though is that weird movement to wake the screen to check the time. It works in 75% of the time but 25% of the time it just doesn't work. And if it doesn't work, a repetition of the movement can result in a constant fail to wake the watch. In those cases it would be great to have a "fall back" or "backup" movement. For example turning your wrist a few times very fast.
Or are there some good tips to reduce the 25% fail ratio?
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some here
Mine wakes 95% of the time iiiffff i turn it at a slow pace. pebbles quick jerk wake up makes more sense. I dont like it because its not natural to slowly rotate your wrist to check the time.
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More importantly where do we think the gesture would be stored ? In what APK..
Surely we can adjust the sensitivity..
fOmey said:
More importantly where do we think the gesture would be stored ? In what APK..
Surely we can adjust the sensitivity..
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Yep yep was also thinking about this. But I bet that it is hard coded in the kernel. Nevertheless definitely going to do some research to see if some parameters can be changed. Time to flash your Rom
A double tap on the screen would be excellent.
I've found that you can move your wrist as fast or slow as you want, but you have to hold it toward your face a second or two and it will come on.
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Or, you know, there's that big button on the side of watch for exactly this purpose...
JDV28 said:
Or, you know, there's that big button on the side of watch for exactly this purpose...
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I know.
It's got to be the rolling motion when the watch is oriented like you are holding a steering wheel. Look how much the watch turns on when driving.
The problem I have, is not only does the default not always wake the watch when you want to, it often wakes it when you don't mean to. I see it on a lot when I'm driving, or at the gym. Seems like a waste of battery power. Ideally, they'd have a variety of different motions and methods you could choose from to wake it, and even a allow a combination of them to reduce false positives (like a quick jerk then rotate).
dscline said:
The problem I have, is not only does the default not always wake the watch when you want to, it often wakes it when you don't mean to. I see it on a lot when I'm driving, or at the gym. Seems like a waste of battery power. Ideally, they'd have a variety of different motions and methods you could choose from to wake it, and even a allow a combination of them to reduce false positives (like a quick jerk then rotate).
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It would be great if Samsung would implement some kind of learning algorithm. Shouldn't be that difficult.
mhoepfin said:
It's got to be the rolling motion when the watch is oriented like you are holding a steering wheel. Look how much the watch turns on when driving.
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In the log they call the movement WRIST_MOVEMENT_UP. I believe it actually tries to simulate the movement of turning the watch to your eyes.
The question is very good.. For me 75% times work other part no
The movement to wake up gear i think is up-turn... But not always ok.... This must improve.. Because not is more ridiculous look your black watch....and than stay trainyng on the display....and sony has already took this... In the pub of her sw2...
If you raise your arm and turn it works every time
it's painful. sometimes it works, sometimes not.
i wish they enabled tap twice to wake though. pressing the button on the side is not always convenient.

[Q] Wrist flick to turn on

Hi, I'm about to go for a Neo (don't need a camera), but the reason i returned my original gear was the "turn your wrist to turn the screen on" motin was either
- Too unreliable - meaning i'd be twisting my wrist like a fool just to see the time
- Annoying when i was playing the piano (screen went on/off like crazy)
I'm wondering if this is improved at all? Also, is it possible to actually turn it off completely?
Shame this watch doesn't have an always-on clock....
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eurorauser said:
Hi, I'm about to go for a Neo (don't need a camera), but the reason i returned my original gear was the "turn your wrist to turn the screen on" motin was either
- Too unreliable - meaning i'd be twisting my wrist like a fool just to see the time
- Annoying when i was playing the piano (screen went on/off like crazy)
I'm wondering if this is improved at all? Also, is it possible to actually turn it off completely?
Shame this watch doesn't have an always-on clock....
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hi sir, you could actually go to setting, display, then wake up gesture and turn it off. hope this helps.
- Too unreliable - meaning i'd be twisting my wrist like a fool just to see the time
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this is my first gear I don't know how good/bad the first one was
as far as I can tell: works really great
had no problems so far
- Annoying when i was playing the piano (screen went on/off like crazy)
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that will never change
you move your arm --> motion sensor activates the screen
what you can do: lower the screen timeout to 10sec or deactivate the motion completely
settings -> display -> wake-up gesture -> off
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Mine is very flaky. Funny thing is I was missing the way my Pebble worked 95% of the time and meant to ask about this until I ran across this thread. With this, wrist flick is maybe 50%, OR I have to do an exaggerated arm raise motion - I can't just look down and flick my wrist like I would on my Pebble to see anything. Also when it does work, it's slow - there's like a half second where I'm waiting in suspense for the display to wake. Maybe you people that came from the older Gears are used to that and it's ok for you, but with my Pebble I was never waiting - maybe it's due to the fact that Pebble is only turning on the backlight from the sensor, as the display is on all the time.
Which brings me to my biggest frustration. I had hoped that somehow an AMOLED screen could be set up to be always on with just the basic info while still saving battery (like active notifications on the Moto devices). I hope that somehow there's a way to work around this and have a simple info display that could be always on (no colors/animations, just white text on the black background to save power). If i needed to charge every night, that's fine. I'd rather have that than look like/feel like an idiot shaking my wrist around and still not getting it to wake up. That's one of the reasons I returned the Sony smartwatch last year.
I just received my NEO yesterday.
The motion sensor *is* rather sensitive and ANY vertical arm motion with even the slightest twisting kicks the phone screen on. At first it's interesting . . . after a while it's a bit annoying.
I would like to have a self-defined motion, or perhaps a bit more control over exactly when it turns on.
At least it would be better if we could reduce the screen time to 3 or 5 seconds that would lessen the distraction.
I turned the motion sensor off and that's actually pretty good -just got a text message and it displayed correctyl, and for now a quick press to see the time is not bad.
Solution for loss of gesture control on Samsung Gear2 Neo.
eurorauser said:
Hi, I'm about to go for a Neo (don't need a camera), but the reason i returned my original gear was the "turn your wrist to turn the screen on" motin was either
- Too unreliable - meaning i'd be twisting my wrist like a fool just to see the time
- Annoying when i was playing the piano (screen went on/off like crazy)
I'm wondering if this is improved at all? Also, is it possible to actually turn it off completely?
Shame this watch doesn't have an always-on clock....
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Over time my neo appeared to become more and more unresponsive to my wrist movements until it stopped completely and only pressing the button allowed me to see the clock. After reading this post and the replies I decided to press the 're-set Gear' switch in 'Settings' on the Neo. This removes all the stored data from the device and restores the factory defaults.
After restoring the Bluetooth link using the gear manager app on my Galaxy S5 gesture control was restored and worked perfectly. Also I switched off the gesture control using the button in 'Settings' under 'Display' and that worked too.
What I can't tell you is why what I did worked. However as the onset of the problem was gradual it might suggest that it might be related to a gradual build-up of data in the Neo's memory that might be a factor affecting the device's performance. I suspect more time deleting alerts and notifications might help, or if you're not using your neo to play music or store photos and videos you could just do what I did as and when the need arises while we wait for Samsung to supply a system upgrade to solve the problem.
I hope this reaches you in time to stop you sending your Neo watch back as I have become very fond of mine. I too play pianos and synths but I've always taken off any watches before playing out of personal preference, but we can always switch our Neos' gesture control off while playing, but beware of any mics nearby picking up it's chimes!
My Neo is no longer responding to the wrist motion. I've tried resetting it to stock numerous times, and reloading (never restoring) all the software.
Could it be that the motion sensor has failed?
I got this in Dec 2014, and I'm really disappointed that this has happened already. It was easily my favorite feature.
Is there any test, or diagnostic I can run to confirm my suspicions?
Samsung Gear S2 Smartwatch Wakeup Gesture Doesn't Work
I had the same problem with my Gear S2. Tried everything, including disabling "Do not disturb", but wakeup gesture still didn't work. Reported problem to seller who sent another S2, but it also did not work.

[Q] How do you guys feel about Moto Display?

I honestly think it is far too sensitive. I just got my X today and I set it in my passenger seat to drive. The active display turned on about every 4 seconds because of the tiny bumps from driving. With the IR sensors turned on the display is turned on every time I set down my phone. I emailed Moto about making some kind of sensitivity setting. What do you guys think?
jdubya42 said:
I honestly think it is far too sensitive. I just got my X today and I set it in my passenger seat to drive. The active display turned on about every 4 seconds because of the tiny bumps from driving. With the IR sensors turned on the display is turned on every time I set down my phone. I emailed Moto about making some kind of sensitivity setting. What do you guys think?
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I wouldn't worry about it. It barely uses any power when it turns on because amoled. If it was an LCD screen, you bet I would be complaining
sent from my Moto X (2014)
0.0 said:
I wouldn't worry about it. It barely uses any power when it turns on because amoled. If it was an LCD screen, you bet I would be complaining
sent from my Moto X (2014)
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I'm not really worried about battery life so much as it just annoys me to see my screen constantly turn on. Well, partly.
I made it like the 2013 version. Shut off the hand motion sensors so now it only responds to movement of the device. MUCH better on battery
Active Display turns on as long as you have notifications, it's not road bumps setting it off.
chrisrozon said:
Active Display turns on as long as you have notifications, it's not road bumps setting it off.
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I think you may be wrong on this, if you wave at the phone or move it a little bit the display will show you the time, even if there is no notifications, i too have this issue, i leave my phone on the dash and since the back of the phone is curved , it will tilt a little , enough to activate the display. No biggie, but just saying it happens .
If it had the option, my setup would be OFF Movement sensor, and ON (ir) gesture sensor . i see myself frequently waving at the screen to check the time, and now i do this thing where i dont use the wake button to unlock the phone while it sits on my desk, i make the display wake with my hand and unlock it..
Galinha1 said:
I think you may be wrong on this, if you wave at the phone or move it a little bit the display will show you the time, even if there is no notifications, i too have this issue, i leave my phone on the dash and since the back of the phone is curved , it will tilt a little , enough to activate the display. No biggie, but just saying it happens .
If it had the option, my setup would be OFF Movement sensor, and ON (ir) gesture sensor . i see myself frequently waving at the screen to check the time, and now i do this thing where i dont use the wake button to unlock the phone while it sits on my desk, i make the display wake with my hand and unlock it..
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2nd that, if I could turn off the movement sensor I would also. The gesture sensor works pretty great, the movement sensor is too sensitive.
Yeah, mine blinks on and off all the time regardless of notifications or not. Received an update the other day for the sensors and it didn't change anything.
Galinha1 said:
I think you may be wrong on this, if you wave at the phone or move it a little bit the display will show you the time, even if there is no notifications, i too have this issue, i leave my phone on the dash and since the back of the phone is curved , it will tilt a little , enough to activate the display. No biggie, but just saying it happens .
If it had the option, my setup would be OFF Movement sensor, and ON (ir) gesture sensor . i see myself frequently waving at the screen to check the time, and now i do this thing where i dont use the wake button to unlock the phone while it sits on my desk, i make the display wake with my hand and unlock it..
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I totally agree. IR only and no movement would be great. I have IR turned off right now and I wish it didn't annoy me to have both on. I paid for these fancy new IR sensors and I'm not even using them.
chrisrozon said:
Active Display turns on as long as you have notifications, it's not road bumps setting it off.
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I know what you're talking about, the screen does flash if you have a notification. I can obviously tell I don't have one, just take your phone and tap the corner of it or set it on your couch and then sit down, your active display will turn on.
jdubya42 said:
I know what you're talking about, the screen does flash if you have a notification. I can obviously tell I don't have one, just take your phone and tap the corner of it or set it on your couch and then sit down, your active display will turn on.
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If you are worried about the phone activating the screen too frequently - I think having it upside down will prevent that. The active screen doesn't turn on when in a pocket, and I think that could also be said for being upside down on the car seat next to you.
jasoraso said:
If you are worried about the phone activating the screen too frequently - I think having it upside down will prevent that. The active screen doesn't turn on when in a pocket, and I think that could also be said for being upside down on the car seat next to you.
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I didn't think about that. Thanks for the suggestion.

[Q]Anyone having delay issues with twisting your wrist?

Sometime I twist my wrist to view the watch and the screen doesn't turn on..so I have to twist my wrist a second time for the watch to react.
yes twisting isn t very good. sometime yes sometimes no
daigoro76 said:
yes twisting isn t very good. sometime yes sometimes no
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Damn and I love this watch.
I had same problem with my ex galaxy gear. I thinks it concern all smartwatch
daigoro76 said:
I had same problem with my ex galaxy gear. I thinks it concern all smartwatch
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My G watch doesn't have those issues. LG G watch R problems: http://youtu.be/24USeBUjlVk
Mine is worst :crying: waiting a lg Update or asking a new watch ?
I want to turn it off completely, dont see the point of it if im running screen always on. Damn thing turns on every time i move.
jrvenge said:
I want to turn it off completely, dont see the point of it if im running screen always on. Damn thing turns on every time i move.
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same here, it keeps turning on everytime i move my hand, and then sometimes when i want it to turn on it doesn't. I wish i could just deactivate this and use the power button / tap the screen
The answer to this problem is simple. When turning your wrist, simply flick it down with a quick rotation toward yourself and the screen will activate every time. There is nothing wrong with the accelerometer. It is just set to not turn on from random movement.
The wrist flick toward you and down is the key.
Funny mine turns on every time I even move my arm
I returned my first one and the second one is MUCH better.
i would prefer an option to calibrate this behaviour or even disable it^^
It's okay to me to tap on the screen for activating

Watch Face not centered?

Am I the only one that notices that the Watch face isn't centered %99 of the time? It flickers and resets itself upon waking the device. But in ambient mode it's off kilt. Is this a Android Wear bug? and is it to be addressed? Or the watch face?
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Am I the only one that notices that the Watch face isn't centered %99 of the time? It flickers and resets itself upon waking the device. But in ambient mode it's off kilt. Is this a Android Wear bug? and is it to be addressed? Or the watch face?
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What watch face are you using?
thegrim11 said:
Am I the only one that notices that the Watch face isn't centered %99 of the time? It flickers and resets itself upon waking the device. But in ambient mode it's off kilt. Is this a Android Wear bug? and is it to be addressed? Or the watch face?
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"It's not a bug, it's a feature" (cit.)
Jokes aside, it's really a feature: while the screen is dimmed, the watch face is slightly uncentered and it shifts of a few pixel in random directions every minute. This is on purpose, to avoid screen burn in (typical oled display problem).
Speedin07si said:
What watch face are you using?
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I'm using Pujie Black.
thegrim11 said:
I'm using Pujie Black.
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using the same. it not a bug or anything wrong. it's actually a feature, to help prevent screen burn. the watch face keeps moving around once a few minutes.
Like it's been said, it's a preventive feature against screen burns.
At least if it's somethinbg like this it is... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDl_GW6VV24
You can "fix" that "bug" in the Pujie settings app.
But be prepared to buy a new watch after a not that long time.

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