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Hey all,
I was wondering if any of you have seen the heart rate and pedometer stop working all together. I have not rooted, rom'ed or done anything to this watch yet.
I have also tried reseting the device, powering it down and attempting the reading with both the google fit app and samsung heart rate app. Neither work and neither will turn on the green light that indicates the heart rate monitor is working.
Any ideas? I also have been having problems, like others, with random disconnecting and ok google commands failing to work.
Thanks.
Same problem with pedometer. Not rooted or ROM.
Help?
Rachael
Went out for a jog after 30mins said I did 149Steps
Guess I need to pick up the pace?
I restarted the Fit app, and it looks like it started counted again.
AstroDigital said:
Went out for a jog after 30mins said I did 149Steps
Guess I need to pick up the pace?
I restarted the Fit app, and it looks like it started counted again.
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How did you restart the fit app?
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How did you restart the fit app?
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You can say "start fit", or navigate to the start menu select the fit icon manually
Yes, yesterday I realised that despite running around after people at work all day I had actually managed 0 steps. Today has had a similar work load and once again I seem to have been floating serenely around the department.
I get two sets of data for step count the Note 3 says 10k
Run "Fit" it tells me 7000 steps?
The step count on the Gear Live just started acting up.
For those having issues with the step counter did you guys use facer or something similar and add the step count? I noticed mine acted up after I added it to face. Nothing short of reseting the watch would fix it either
hungmung said:
For those having issues with the step counter did you guys use facer or something similar and add the step count? I noticed mine acted up after I added it to face. Nothing short of reseting the watch would fix it either
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I'm using facer, but not to display the step count, only the time & date.
Having the same issue, where steps count stays at 0, and heart rate monitor doesnt even light up. I tried resetting the device, then tried to use HRM before any apps are installed, but still no luck.
I think it started after installing a watchface (devops time). But the problem is still there after factory reset, so I dont think its the app's problem.
Still looking for solution..
Answer for those who are looking at this issue..
Just turn off your watch and wait a few seconds, then turn it back on. (restart doesn't work)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gear-live/help/heart-rate-sensor-stopped-t2818335
All the sensors are alive now. Pedometer, accelerometer, HRM, compass.
I feel both stupid and relieved now.
heh I had this issue today was about to return the watch.. reset it, restarted it nothing worked then saw this and realized I never fully powered it off. Thanks!
GPe HTC One M8
With a GPe HTC One M8 (KitKat, stock) and a Samsung Gear Live, I found that my step counter stopped working when I installed Google Fit. Lots of tricks (including uninstalling 3rd party watch faces and powering off) didn't work. Uninstalling the Google Fit app fixed my problem.
Was very annoyed to find this on the Google Fit Help - Fit isn't tracking activities correctly: If you have an HTC One M8, your phone may be incompatible with Fit.
Can't tell from the help page if this is referring to the step counting built in to the M8 or something more fundamental to the Google Fit app.
For those experiencing lost steps with Google fit, there is an issue if you ate taking steps with the watch while the phone isn't moving. In any instance where the watch and phone step counts disagree the phone takes precedence.
Cysec said:
For those experiencing lost steps with Google fit, there is an issue if you ate taking steps with the watch while the phone isn't moving. In any instance where the watch and phone step counts disagree the phone takes precedence.
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Do you know if they are going to fix this? This has not always been the case. It used to sync with my watch and grab those steps. Why the other way around?
Hey guys,
For some reason my Gear dies in half a day and I can't work out why. I'm using Skin's modded Tizen ROM but have been doing so for months and this has just started to happen.
- I have no apps installed;
- I don't have auto on when I raise my wrist, although I've tried it with this on and makes no difference;
- I've reset the phone to factory settings. It was actually fine during the day. Put it in my drawer over night, woke up 7 hours later and it had gone from 75% to dead!
- Reset it AGAIN and it's still muffed!;
- Uninstalled the Gear s/w and reinstalled to no avail.
I may be barking up the wrong tree here, but it seemed to coincide with the orange coloured version of the Gear manager. Does anyone have the apk for the previous version where it was all white with a colourful top border please? Or failing that, have any idea what the hell my watch thinks it's up to?
Thanks!
EDIT
Solution
1. Deleted the Gear software (and checked for any remainders in the file manager...although personally I found none);
2. Hard reset the watch, just in case;
3. Installed Gear Manager 2.1.14071502 (courtesy of Brendo);
4. Paired and got it all working well. This alone sorted the battery life which was nice.
5. I let the software update automatically; (obviously bypassing the dodgy version)!
6. Boom! It works fine with the latest app!
Did you try resetting watch? Check link in my sig for older versions of gm
Brendo said:
Did you try resetting watch? Check link in my sig for older versions of gm
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Yep I've also reset the watch on two occasions. Still dying within 9 hours Cheers for the apk's though, I'll see if that makes any difference. Otherwise I may have to ditch Skin's ROM and try the official - see if that helps.
I am getting almost the same thing over the last few days. My Gear Manager updated to a newer version and I have had the issue ever since. Idk what about updating that on my phone would have to do with the Gears battery life but I have changed a few settings on my notifications to see if that is going to help. I also keep getting "saproviders has stopped" CONSTANTLY. Was popping up every 3 seconds and I could not do anything with my phone. Finally got into Titanium and froze that app and I have had no more issues with that on my phone but I don't think that is cause my Gear to have poor battery life would it? I may have to go back to a older version of Gear Manager.
Similar thing for me with saproviders although it was happening because I had disabled Unified Daemon (EUR) process. Reenabled it and that went....although sometimes the UD(EUR) drains my phone battery and is really only used for weather updates.
As for the draining issue, I'm having a go with Gear Manager 2.1.14071502 and seeing if it makes any difference. So far it is, but I will report my findings back in 24hrs!
jonboyuk said:
Similar thing for me with saproviders although it was happening because I had disabled Unified Daemon (EUR) process. Reenabled it and that went....although sometimes the UD(EUR) drains my phone battery and is really only used for weather updates.
As for the draining issue, I'm having a go with Gear Manager 2.1.14071502 and seeing if it makes any difference. So far it is, but I will report my findings back in 24hrs!
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That is exactly the version I downloaded also. Gonna have to figure out how to get it to stop wanting to auto update to the newer versions. Just gonna set my settings and not go back to gear manager for awhile. See if it makes a difference for my Gears battery life before I go looking at anything else.
Okay that has fixed it, going back to Gear Manager 2.1.14071502! The watch has been on for 3.5 hours and is still at 100% rather than 55% as it was yesterday!!!
WTF Samsung?!?!
What the hell have they done with their latest Gear app? It must be causing some sort of wakelock on the watch itself.
Guess I'll wait for a month for newer releases.
jonboyuk said:
Okay that has fixed it, going back to Gear Manager 2.1.14071502! The watch has been on for 3.5 hours and is still at 100% rather than 55% as it was yesterday!!!
WTF Samsung?!?!
What the hell have they done with their latest Gear app? It must be causing some sort of wakelock on the watch itself.
Guess I'll wait for a month for newer releases.
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Good to know about the Gear Manager, I was gonna suggest a reset , but doing the reset via "recovery" , instead of selecting "download" like when using Odin, you select "recovery" and it resets also. I've done the reset that way in the past and it fixed my issues. I had looked all over the Tizen OS for battery stats with no luck. Maybe the Gear somehow stash's the stats or something on the phone instead...? Hmm, I'm gonna dig around in gear manager..
Chris
noellenchris said:
Good to know about the Gear Manager, I was gonna suggest a reset , but doing the reset via "recovery" , instead of selecting "download" like when using Odin, you select "recovery" and it resets also. I've done the reset that way in the past and it fixed my issues. I had looked all over the Tizen OS for battery stats with no luck. Maybe the Gear somehow stash's the stats or something on the phone instead...? Hmm, I'm gonna dig around in gear manager..
Chris
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Yea have a look Chris. Actually I did reset via the GM first time, the second time I did it via the hardware...as in hold power, keep tapping it and reset that way. Both ways made little unfortunately.
My watch was still on 97% after 8 hours of none use over night so I'm pretty sure it's GM. However, now it wants to update and I literally cannot stop it If I say no, it exits the app, if I say yes the obvious happens. How can I block it?
Also, just for fun I've let it run the update. I know the first version of the 'orange GM' had issues and Samsung updated that immediately. I'm speculating over whether that first cocked up version brought over an issue into the latest one. Thereby if I go from an even older version to the latest, the issue may disappear... as always, I'll keep posting results.
after downgrading GM to previous version, my battery life also improved, after 9 hours of having it at work, taking some pics, sync to internet i had 70% left. gorgeous!
i will never ever press update again. each update only brings more bugs and no new functionality.
Well now I want to potentially throw a curve ball...although we'll see by tomorrow. After downgrading to 2.1.14071502 then upgrading to the latest my gear has been sat idle for 2 hours and sits at 100% battery life.
If this works, it means the previous version of the latest software created some kind of bug and carried itself through to the latest revision. So - this *may* have sorted it. I'll have to keep an eye on it for now but it's looking promising.
i did downgrade but it force app to upgrade or it will stop
Well I've never double posted before in my life! Not sure how that happened - apologies
Right it appears to be fixed (finally).
24 hours - 8% battery use - using the latest Gear software...GREAT!
Theory
The first version of the new batch of gear software had some weird bug causing a wakelock on the watch. Upgrading the app didn't remove it.
What I did
1. Deleted the Gear software (and checked for any remainders in the file manager...although personally I found none);
2. Hard reset the watch, just in case;
3. Installed Gear Manager 2.1.14071502 (courtesy of Brendo);
4. Paired and got it all working well. This alone sorted the battery life which was nice.
5. I let the software update automatically; (obviously bypassing the dodgy version)!
6. Boom! It works fine with the latest app!
All of that said, you may be able to skip steps 3-5 and directly install the latest version....but I tried that and for some reason I still has horrendous battery life.
I'm not sure why the steps above fixed it, but they did. So have a go if this is pi**ing you off as it may just work.
Cheers!
@jonboyuk I've done what you did ,didnt work , even downloaded latest version 2.2.14092299 from @Brendo but still keeps the going to 2.2.14090599 and saprovider FC , i did clean data saprovider and uninstall it worked , but after restarting gear and re-connect it back as it was even uninstalling saprovider wont help anymore.
so now its draining battery so quick. and media control not working.
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Yea have a look Chris. Actually I did reset via the GM first time, the second time I did it via the hardware...as in hold power, keep tapping it and reset that way. Both ways made little unfortunately.
My watch was still on 97% after 8 hours of none use over night so I'm pretty sure it's GM. However, now it wants to update and I literally cannot stop it If I say no, it exits the app, if I say yes the obvious happens. How can I block it?
Also, just for fun I've let it run the update. I know the first version of the 'orange GM' had issues and Samsung updated that immediately. I'm speculating over whether that first cocked up version brought over an issue into the latest one. Thereby if I go from an even older version to the latest, the issue may disappear... as always, I'll keep posting results.
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I ran the same previous version of GM you did. I got GREAT battery life with it. Completely fixed my problem. Now I do have that stubborn update that keeps popping. This is what I do. I click GM app. Update popup comes up and says Cancel or Update. I click the update and when the DL starts, I hit the home button on my GS4 to minimize the app and then i hold the Home button to clear all apps which shuts down the GM app and kills the update. Then I go back to GM app and it does not ask me to update any more. It stays away until I reboot the phone normally. Temp fix i guess but Ill look into it more and see if there is a way to completely stop it.
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@jonboyuk I've done what you did ,didnt work , even downloaded latest version 2.2.14092299 from @Brendo but still keeps the going to 2.2.14090599 and saprovider FC , i did clean data saprovider and uninstall it worked , but after restarting gear and re-connect it back as it was even uninstalling saprovider wont help anymore.
so now its draining battery so quick. and media control not working.
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I had this issue. I went into Titanium Backup and froze the SAProviders app. Stopped the popup because it was constantly popping up and was very annoying and could not use my phone at all. Frezzing the app solved the pop up but the bad battery life still stayed until i reverted back to a older version of the GM app like I said in the comment above this one. Still looking for a way to perm stop the update from popping up.
Downgrde to previous GM
jonboyuk said:
Hey guys,
For some reason my Gear dies in half a day and I can't work out why. I'm using Skin's modded Tizen ROM but have been doing so for months and this has just started to happen.
- I have no apps installed;
- I don't have auto on when I raise my wrist, although I've tried it with this on and makes no difference;
- I've reset the phone to factory settings. It was actually fine during the day. Put it in my drawer over night, woke up 7 hours later and it had gone from 75% to dead!
- Reset it AGAIN and it's still muffed!;
- Uninstalled the Gear s/w and reinstalled to no avail.
I may be barking up the wrong tree here, but it seemed to coincide with the orange coloured version of the Gear manager. Does anyone have the apk for the previous version where it was all white with a colourful top border please? Or failing that, have any idea what the hell my watch thinks it's up to?
Thanks!
EDIT
Solution
1. Deleted the Gear software (and checked for any remainders in the file manager...although personally I found none);
2. Hard reset the watch, just in case;
3. Installed Gear Manager 2.1.14071502 (courtesy of Brendo);
4. Paired and got it all working well. This alone sorted the battery life which was nice.
5. I let the software update automatically; (obviously bypassing the dodgy version)!
6. Boom! It works fine with the latest app!
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Every time I try to go back it re-installs 599. Even if I stop it by holding down the home button and close all apps. I re-open GM and it goes right back to downloading additional software. Has anyone figured a way around this? My watch is dead in 6 hours the way it is now so it's basically useless...
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Every time I try to go back it re-installs 599. Even if I stop it by holding down the home button and close all apps. I re-open GM and it goes right back to downloading additional software. Has anyone figured a way around this? My watch is dead in 6 hours the way it is now so it's basically useless...
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first you need to uninstall new Gear Manager, then disable Samsung Apps (Settings->Apps), and then install older GM, you choose. That helped me to disable auto GM update from Samsung, what was very nervous...
Guys, I removed with Titanium all the Gear stuff and installed the 14071502 version without a problem. Freezing SAProviders stopped the update notification from showing up. But my Gear still uses around 10%/hour of battery Anything else I can try?
Sent from my SM-N9005
Daved+ said:
Guys, I removed with Titanium all the Gear stuff and installed the 14071502 version without a problem. Freezing SAProviders stopped the update notification from showing up. But my Gear still uses around 10%/hour of battery Anything else I can try?
Sent from my SM-N9005
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I have also installed the 2.1.14071502 version. To prevent forcing to upgrade to 2.2, I just disabled Wifi and 3G.. so, it only installs the software of this version. When I got paired, I go to Gear Manager Setup and uncheck the Automatic Update .. so, I only have that version. For goprovider FC, I installed the version from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2758364 (goprovider-signed-20140529.apk )
And that's all! I have a working goprovider, with 2.1 Manager.... BUT, this version doesn't allow the notification from any app! So, I don't get notifications from WhatsApp, FB, skype.. none! So, do you have another later version (not 2.2)? or any other way to get Whatsapp,etc notifications?
hi!
I bought my Zewatch 3 for wife.. its quite ok.. but very slow an touch need some improvement..
Is ther a bug and will be fixed in new updates,.. or is zenwatch chipset / processor so slow compared to 2 years old Lg watch r ??
oTeMpLo said:
hi!
I bought my Zewatch 3 for wife.. its quite ok.. but very slow an touch need some improvement..
Is ther a bug and will be fixed in new updates,.. or is zenwatch chipset / processor so slow compared to 2 years old Lg watch r ??
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"Watch too slow" is a pretty generic statement. It's like "my computer doesn't work".
I've found the ZW3 to be pretty zippy, much faster than the Moto 360. What exactly are you doing that is "slow?"
maybe it was still in the first time synchronization process?
sometimes, especially if you use custom complex watch face, it can be slow.
but most of the time, it's zippy.
Mine was snappy...ever since it updated to the new firmware last week it's been really laggy. I factory reset with no changes...kinda disappointed
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Mine was snappy...ever since it updated to the new firmware last week it's been really laggy. I factory reset with no changes...kinda disappointed
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How was Your battery life --> before update (when it was snappy) ?
I think Lagg also kills battery.. as mine lasts only 7h..
oTeMpLo said:
How was Your battery life --> before update (when it was snappy) ?
I think Lagg also kills battery.. as mine lasts only 7h..
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Was about the same thing...I made my battery last longer by setting the "Tilt to wake" option off tho
Battery is much better now
Find it in the Android Wear app > top corner gear > device settings
Same for my Zenwatch 2. Some Watchmaker face are unusable because too slow ?
I wonder if Asus do not use only 1 core of the processor to save the batterie ?
850T5m said:
Mine was snappy...ever since it updated to the new firmware last week it's been really laggy. I factory reset with no changes...kinda disappointed
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I've been having a similar issue. Randomly, the watch will suddenly start to lag and will remain horribly laggy until I reboot. Then it will be fast for maybe a couple of hours, or even a couple of days, and then without warning it gets laggy again. Originally I thought it was happening only with Watchmaker faces but I've since uninstalled it (along with all third party watch faces), and I'm finding the exact same thing happens with Asus watch faces as well. I've factory reset and it made no difference. I did not experience this prior to the latest firmware update, but it's hard to say definitively that it was the cause.
oTeMpLo said:
hi!
I bought my Zewatch 3 for wife.. its quite ok.. but very slow an touch need some improvement..
Is ther a bug and will be fixed in new updates,.. or is zenwatch chipset / processor so slow compared to 2 years old Lg watch r ??
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Mine only gets laggy if I have "always-on screen" turned on. I don't know why it does that...
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Mine only gets laggy if I have "always-on screen" turned on. I don't know why it does that...
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Exactly the same for me. That seems to be the one setting that makes a difference for the lag I'm experiencing. For me, even toggling Theatre Mode on and off will speed up the watch immediately after. But if Always On is on, it will proceed to eventually lag again.
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I've been having a similar issue. Randomly, the watch will suddenly start to lag and will remain horribly laggy until I reboot. Then it will be fast for maybe a couple of hours, or even a couple of days, and then without warning it gets laggy again. Originally I thought it was happening only with Watchmaker faces but I've since uninstalled it (along with all third party watch faces), and I'm finding the exact same thing happens with Asus watch faces as well. I've factory reset and it made no difference. I did not experience this prior to the latest firmware update, but it's hard to say definitively that it was the cause.
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Same thing, never used watchmaker faces.
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Same thing, never used watchmaker faces.
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Since posting that, I've determined that it's somehow tied to Screen Always On mode. Once the watch begins to lag, if I toggle Theatre Mode on and off (effectively turning off and on the screen), suddenly the watch becomes extremely fast and smooth again. This lasts a short while before the lag eventually returns. If I turn Screen Always On to off, then the issue doesn't occur at all. It's as though turning off the screen somehow clears whatever it is that's causing the lag.
For me all lags are gone by removing ZenFit app from system.. UI is now snappy and fast...!
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For me all lags are gone by removing ZenFit app from system.. UI is now snappy and fast...!
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How were you able to remove ZenFit from the watch? I presume you had to root or use a modified ROM?
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How were you able to remove ZenFit from the watch? I presume you had to root or use a modified ROM?
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No need to remove or uninstall zenfit from the watch only the phone.
By default zenfit is turned off, you can easily tell if zenfit is turned off or not.
If you are not getting any notifications from zenfit it means it's not enabled.
Once zenfit is uninstalled from your phone you should not get any notifications
from zenfit and it should not appear in your app list where all your other apps
are located.
Good luck, have a great day! .
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No need to remove or uninstall zenfit from the watch only the phone.
By default zenfit is turned off, you can easily tell if zenfit is turned off or not.
If you are not getting any notifications from zenfit it means it's not enabled.
Once zenfit is uninstalled from your phone you should not get any notifications
from zenfit and it should not appear in your app list where all your other apps
are located.
Good luck, have a great day! .
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Unfortunately that's not my experience. Zenfit was never installed on my phone but came pre-installed on the watch. It seemed to be enabled by default and there was no way to disable it. The only option was to block notifications. I did try to install Zenfit on the phone and then remove it, but it doesn't remove it from the watch.
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How were you able to remove ZenFit from the watch? I presume you had to root or use a modified ROM?
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Unlocked bootloader, Installed TWRP, disabled dm-verify and via TWRP file manager removed the app.. no ROOT needed!
I dont need ZenFit as I am using Google Fit..
more info https://forum.xda-developers.com/zenwatch-3/how-to/guide-reboot-recovery-fastboot-unlock-t3546743
I have also translated ZenWatch 3 to my Slovak language as Google didn't do that...
ingbrzy said:
Unlocked bootloader, Installed TWRP, disabled dm-verify and via TWRP file manager removed the app.. no ROOT needed!
I dont need ZenFit as I am using Google Fit..
more info https://forum.xda-developers.com/zenwatch-3/how-to/guide-reboot-recovery-fastboot-unlock-t3546743
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Sorry to bother, I followed your steps, unlocked bootloader, flashed the ROM that's floating around the forum. Everything works well, but I still have some lag, so I wanted to remove ZenFit as well. I booted into TWRP, mounted system, but can't find the app...do you happen to remember where it is exactly? And the name lol
Thanks!
Edit: After a few minutes the watch seems to have stopped lagging, was probably still loading stuff. I can't find ZenFit anywhere, so maybe it's removed in the custom ROM. I'll keep you posted. Thanks
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Sorry to bother, I followed your steps, unlocked bootloader, flashed the ROM that's floating around the forum. Everything works well, but I still have some lag, so I wanted to remove ZenFit as well. I booted into TWRP, mounted system, but can't find the app...do you happen to remember where it is exactly? And the name lol
Thanks!
Edit: After a few minutes the watch seems to have stopped lagging, was probably still loading stuff. I can't find ZenFit anywhere, so maybe it's removed in the custom ROM. I'll keep you posted. Thanks
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remove whole folder /system/app/AsusWellness
remember to set anything else for upper button as its set for open Zenfit by default...
PS: I am not using that custom ROM... just stock...
My watch was a bit laggy sometimes, like after first start, or when syncing, but otherwise comparable in speed with Watch Urbane or G Watch and after SW update it got a bit better. However, only after ingbrzy's magic the watch flies now. It is impressive just how fast the watch became after removing Zenfit app. It also boots fast as hell! No need for custom roms and other bs.
FYI, I was having troubles connecting the watch storage to computer (win8) for flash files to be put on watch. So I had to use alternative methods. Wear File Transfer app worked for me. It creates FTP server on watch.
Just manually flashed the Android Wear 2.0 on my LG watch urbane at first it was slow and laggy and but then a day or two later it straightened​ itself out and it was like butter.
And the purpose of this topic is?
Mine is still really laggy after about 4 days.
Mind is unusabley lethargic.
Same here. A great smartwatch has become effectively useless since 2.0. Can't even answer calls on it anymore for cryin' out loud!
My watch was incredibly laggy and had terrible battery drain too. Today I did nothing different besides turning WiFi off and the lag is gone and the battery is similar to 1.5. (Which sucks since I used WiFi quite a bit, but at least the watch is usable.) I'm going to reenable WiFi tomorrow to see if the lag returns.
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My watch was incredibly laggy and had terrible battery drain too. Today I did nothing different besides turning WiFi off and the lag is gone and the battery is similar to 1.5. (Which sucks since I used WiFi quite a bit, but at least the watch is usable.) I'm going to reenable WiFi tomorrow to see if the lag returns.
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I just turned wifi off and the difference is night and day. Thanks, because I thought I was going to have to find a way to get 1.x back.
The UI is fluid most of the time, notifications come without delay but functionality seems to be down. I think Google has messed up Android Wear. Needs another major update imo.
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The UI is fluid most of the time, notifications come without delay but functionality seems to be down. I think Google has messed up Android Wear. Needs another major update imo.
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Weird that it's seemingly such a randomly different experience for each user. My UI is laggy as hell, and the notifications only seem to show when they want to! It does vibrate when receiving them but either shows nothing (leaving me to swipe up to see what it is) or auto-pops up and takes up my whole​ watch face! Yet if I receive a phonecall, I'm lucky if my watch acknowledges it at all! Maybe, in 2 out of 10 tries?!
... Which leads me into completely agreeing with the downturn in functionality. On the couple of occasions my watch had picked up that I'm receiving a call, it only gives me the option to hang up! (Making my paid for Wear Speaker app effectively useless.) No way to answer from the watch at all. Same goes for notifications. Email for example, I can delete, archive or reply (all on the watch only) but I can't just tap to open it on my phone like I used to be able to! YouTube video subscription notifications are just that... Notifications! As the only option is to add to the watch later list. No option to open on the phone. Nothing!
Basically, it's great that they've added functionality that enables you to use the watch without the phone... But not at the expense of cutting out the phone completely! It still needs the phone to function fully, and is STILL only a companion product to go with a phone! I seriously don't understand how they've managed to screw this up so badly even after all the delays??! ?
It is weird because enough people report your experience for it to be just in your head. My was slow for a few hours but then sped up and is nice and at least as fluid as 1.5.
I did reboot and that didn't help. Factory reset made a huge difference.
Any ideas how to downgrade? My watch is practically usless... I hate the new update they've removed every single thing that made this watch remotely usefull
Yeah this update sucks on the urbane, everything takes much longer and isn't smooth... Good timing for me since I'm getting back into shape I bought a Fitbit charge 2 and will sell the urbane if it's worth anything.. I would like the Movado Wear watch but I'll make sure it's also not underpowered before purchase..
Thanks Google!
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How can I install an apk in the watch? Untill now installing it on the phone was enough, but with 2.0 release it seems that you can only install programs with the play store installed on the watch. I suppose with adb I will able to install apks but does anyone know an easier method?
Thanks
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chomi7 said:
How can I install an apk in the watch? Untill now installing it on the phone was enough, but with 2.0 release it seems that you can only install programs with the play store installed on the watch. I suppose with adb I will able to install apks but does anyone know an easier method?
Thanks
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In the settings on the watch there is an option for something like 'apps on phone' where you can select which apps you want to be installed from the phone instead of automatically like in 1.5. It may be an option in the Play store on the watch. I don't have 2.0 yet, waiting for my Urbane 2nd Edition update, but I've read about it.
mward1995 said:
In the settings on the watch there is an option for something like 'apps on phone' where you can select which apps you want to be installed from the phone instead of automatically like in 1.5. It may be an option in the Play store on the watch. I don't have 2.0 yet, waiting for my Urbane 2nd Edition update, but I've read about it.
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Exactly!!! You can find an option in the watch Play Store called apps on phone where you can download into the watch the apps you need.
Thank you very much!!
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Used to be able to press the button twice and turn the screen off too
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Used to be able to press the button twice and turn the screen off too
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Yeah, that option is missing now. Currently swiping down, tapping the sun symbol and then the watch-sysbol in the middle below seems to be the only way.
But at least after I did a factory reset of the watch yesterday and paired it again with my LG V10 the watch runs much smoother than before. Truth be told I have not installed all applications yet I was running on the Urbane before (like Watchmaker for example) but I will install one after another and check if the lags I had before reappear.
Mine had AW 1.1 out of the box. Upgraded to 2.0 and it was unusably laggy. Even tilt-to-wake was very delayed. "OK Google" would take over 10 seconds for assistant to come up.
My watch too has become barely useable. Google assistant can sometimes take upwards of 20 seconds to load. And there is a huge delay on my notifications, I don't even receive notifications for calls. Android wear 2.0 has definitely ruined my watch, which is sad because I love using assistant on my phone to control my Philips hue lights.
Did anyone contact LG or Google about this problem? Android Wear 2 made my device useless after just 1,5 years. That's unacceptable!
EDIT: Doing a factory reset will solve many of the issues mentioned, specially the battery drain, I suggest you to do a factory reset and do the initial setup, then leave the watch on charge overnight, the next day restart both your phone and your watch (don't take the watch of the charger yet), wait 20 minutes and then unplug the watch from the wall and just use it as usual, you should see a huge battery improvement. I did.
Bugs I noticed so far, please check if you can reproduce these yourself and let us know yours so we make a list. This is a thread I started on Asus forums and it might help ppl here to to iron some of these out.
1- After a call (accepted or not) the blue MIC image stays on the watch even after the call has ended (this happened on AW 1.5 already) - Multiple reports
2 - Watch vibrates non-stop during a call, even if you picked the call allready on the phone, the watch will start vibrating with no reason. - Multiple reports - SUPER ANNOYING!!!
3 - Battery drains much faster, with same usage I end a day with 30% on AW 2.0 instead of 65 to 70% on AW 1.5 - Multiple reports
4 - When not trough Wifi the "ok Google" command gives an error saying Google is out of reach, restarting phone fixes it, but if connection of phone and watch is broken, the "OK Google" voice command (or long-pressing the main button) won't work again, nor will other apps like the App store - Multiple reports
5 - if I pick one phone number with the "text message' icon, the watch does not go into listening mode to get the text content. Instead it keep on loading with the loading icon and no message can be sent out. However if I use "OK Google" command instead of go thru the Contact app I can send text messages - One report
6 - Turning theater mode on seems to break the alarm. Thankfully the alarm will still go off, but the screen becomes unresponsive. Clicking dismiss or snooze won't work. Restart of watch is needed. Only happens when the watch is in theater mode. - One report
7 - Huge delay when phone receives a call to when watch shoes that call. - Multiple reports.
8 - Dowload speed on watch is most of the times terrible slow - Multiple reports
9 - "Ok Google" actions takes much longer to activate than on previous version - Multiple reports
10 - WhatsApp-ing someone is impossible it keeps asking "to whom?" indefinitely. - One report
11 - Pairing seems to be having problems - One report
12 - UI losing frames - One report
13 - Keyboard missing some symbols - Multiple reports
1. This occurred to me on 1.5 but hasn't reproduced it for me on 2.0
3. Battery draining around 4% per hour. Seems very similar to 1.5
9. Seems about the same to me.
Clean cache!
None of them, except for keyboard symbols.
All the same issues until I clean the cache.
1. Turn off the watch
2. Press the main and bottom button about 15 seconds "asus logo and reboot bootloader message apears" then a green android with a "!" symbol appears.
3. swipe on the screen
4. a bootloader menu appears, then swipe up or down until "Clear cache" is selected, then swipe right.
5. after is done swipe to select "reboot to sytem" swipe right and you're done.
Many problems fixed even the google assistant lag.
1. Works good, no issue
2. Works good, no issue
3. Battery almost same as 1.5
The rest i do not use or no problems with.
Annoying : swipe left change to change watchface. I do not like it this way
I received my watch off of Amazon two days ago, let it go through it's initial updates and then took the 2.0 update. It seemed to be working okay, but I did an FDR as I often do after major updates and it completely screwed the watch up. It reboots every five minutes now.
I unlocked the bootloader, downgraded back to 1.5 and tried the process over again to no avail. Not sure if it was the upgrade or just a dud watch, but I'm glad I'm still within my return policy deadline.
mkengel said:
None of them, except for keyboard symbols.
All the same issues until I clean the cache.
1. Turn off the watch
2. Press the main and bottom button about 15 seconds "asus logo and reboot bootloader message apears" then a green android with a "!" symbol appears.
3. swipe on the screen
4. a bootloader menu appears, then swipe up or down until "Clear cache" is selected, then swipe right.
5. after is done swipe to select "reboot to sytem" swipe right and you're done.
Many problems fixed even the google assistant lag.
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I did this now, if it fixes the bugs listed, well, fantastic.
mkengel said:
None of them, except for keyboard symbols.
All the same issues until I clean the cache.
1. Turn off the watch
2. Press the main and bottom button about 15 seconds "asus logo and reboot bootloader message apears" then a green android with a "!" symbol appears.
3. swipe on the screen
4. a bootloader menu appears, then swipe up or down until "Clear cache" is selected, then swipe right.
5. after is done swipe to select "reboot to sytem" swipe right and you're done.
Many problems fixed even the google assistant lag.
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I did this too. Helped with a lot of the lag issues
I've tried this and still having terrible battery after wear 2.0 upgrade. I can barely make it through a day.
c_86 said:
I did this too. Helped with a lot of the lag issues
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I recommend doing what @artur777 explains bellow, it fixed some of the issues for me, to the point where I'll no longer go back to AW1.5, even so, some bugs persist and won't be solved by the factory reset.
Hi Everyone,
I highly recommend doing a factory reset (see my post from 2017/07/24). It solved many problems for me and the watch OS works now like brand new! Give it a try and maybe it will do the trick for some of you too. It will definitely not make things worse, I think.
You can restore your watch OS to the factory settings either on your watch or on your phone through the Android Wear app:
On the watch:
Settings -> System -> Disconnect & reset
On the Android Wear app (phone):
Settings -> tap ASUS ZenWatch 3 under Device settings -> UNPAIR WATCH (at the bottom of the screen)
The process of resetting your watch will take a while until your watch is ready to be paired with your phone again. In my case it took about 15 minutes, so don't panic if it takes too long.
Mind that unpairing your watch from your phone will reset it to the factory settings and delete all the apps and settings you had configured on your watch. The fatory reset will NOT roll your watch OS back to AW1.5 though, but it will flash the AW2.0 to it's original state as if it were freshly installed on a brand new device.
Once the watch OS has been successfully restored (you should see this on the screen) you will need to pair your watch with your phone again through the Android Wear app and re-install all the apps and set the settings up to your liking and preference.
Good luck to everyone!
When i press the do not disturb option the phone does not turn silent where in 1.5 it used to make it silent...any suggestion?
One more Bug
Reminders notification, marked as complet, causing not to be seen in watch or phone. In some exceptions when there is a bad comunication with phone the reminder stay a few seconds.
Google is aware of this bug, and they are working on it with a promise to fix it soon with an update to their google app. (Working right in wear 1.5).
By the way many bugs listed, happen to me, but were fixed with a factory reset in watch, unpair and erase (forget any bluetooth reference) and clear dalvik cache in phone.
Some things doesnt improve immediately like google now or battery.
But I have to say that I own a zenwatch 2 too. Recently updated to wear 2.0 and it works better maybe in every task by example google now, speed downloading apps and battery so far (today from 8:15 to 22:05 65 % available, screen always on brightness level 3, 21 notifications and 1 hour monitoring google fit activities, 3 apps updated (13 MB))
So I think Asus need to put attention on whats going on.
I will make a comparison video in 2 days. Zenwatch 2 vs. Zenwatch 3 both android wear 2.0
Have a good time
My watch is not updating the day and date on the watchface unless I change watchfaces or reset the watch. I.E: It's saturday and it shows Friday. It will keep showing Friday for days unless I change watchfaces or reset.
Does anyone else have this problem as well?
battery drain formost!
my battery drains very fast. Faster than aw 1.5
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battery drain totally unacceptable in AW 2.0
MK24ever said:
Bugs I noticed so far, please check if you can reproduce these yourself and let us know yours so we make a list. This is a thread I started on Asus forums and it might help ppl here to to iron some of these out.
1- After a call (accepted or not) the blue MIC image stays on the watch even after the call has ended (this happened on AW 1.5 already) - Multiple reports
2 - Watch vibrates non-stop during a call, even if you picked the call allready on the phone, the watch will start vibrating with no reason. - Multiple reports - SUPER ANNOYING!!!
3 - Battery drains much faster, with same usage I end a day with 30% on AW 2.0 instead of 65 to 70% on AW 1.5 - Multiple reports
4 - When not trough Wifi the "ok Google" command gives an error saying Google is out of reach, restarting phone fixes it, but if connection of phone and watch is broken, the "OK Google" voice command (or long-pressing the main button) won't work again, nor will other apps like the App store - Multiple reports
5 - if I pick one phone number with the "text message' icon, the watch does not go into listening mode to get the text content. Instead it keep on loading with the loading icon and no message can be sent out. However if I use "OK Google" command instead of go thru the Contact app I can send text messages - One report
6 - Turning theater mode on seems to break the alarm. Thankfully the alarm will still go off, but the screen becomes unresponsive. Clicking dismiss or snooze won't work. Restart of watch is needed. Only happens when the watch is in theater mode. - One report
7 - Huge delay when phone receives a call to when watch shoes that call. - Multiple reports.
8 - Dowload speed on watch is most of the times terrible slow - Multiple reports
9 - "Ok Google" actions takes much longer to activate than on previous version - Multiple reports
10 - WhatsApp-ing someone is impossible it keeps asking "to whom?" indefinitely. - One report
11 - Pairing seems to be having problems - One report
12 - UI losing frames - One report
13 - Keyboard missing some symbols - Multiple reports
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Doing a factory reset will solve many of the issues mentioned, specially the battery drain, I suggest you to do a factory reset and do the initial setup, then leave the watch on charge overnight, the next day restart both your phone and your watch (don't take the watch of the charger yet), wait 20 minutes and then unplug the watch from the wall and just use it as usual, you should see a huge battery improvement. I did.
I have seen some of these issues on my watch running AW 2.0.
The delay with the calls is the most annoying one. Also if u have wrist gestures on and u turn your wrist when the Call Ui is up, the gestures removes the notifcation and u have to answer call on phone.
I experience another bug. I have a pattern password set on my watch and I placed watch in Eco mode. After the watch is locked in Eco mode, the screen is unresponsive to enter the pattern and none of the buttons work. A restart is neccesary.
Also. I have disabled Smart replies, yet whenever i go in whatsapp chats there are atleast 5 smart reply otions.
hi all, just got this watch, so far so good. only problem is that my watch does NOT notify me when I have an incoming call - except if I set the watch to play voice on incoming call. I'd rather not do this, just the straight up notification. does anyone know how I can adjust this? thanks!
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jco23 said:
hi all, just got this watch, so far so good. only problem is that my watch does NOT notify me when I have an incoming call - except if I set the watch to play voice on incoming call. I'd rather not do this, just the straight up notification. does anyone know how I can adjust this? thanks!
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Disregard, it works now.
I had to give full permission to Android Wear.
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Hello friends!!
Someone has been able to resolve incoming call delay
MK24ever said:
Doing a factory reset will solve many of the issues mentioned, specially the battery drain, I suggest you to do a factory reset and do the initial setup, then leave the watch on charge overnight, the next day restart both your phone and your watch (don't take the watch of the charger yet), wait 20 minutes and then unplug the watch from the wall and just use it as usual, you should see a huge battery improvement. I did.
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What do you recommend to do factory restoration ?; only "clear data" or "Factory reset", help me pls
Davis26 said:
What do you recommend to do factory restoration ?; only "clear data" or "Factory reset", help me pls
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You can restore your watch OS to the factory settings either on your watch or on your phone through the Android Wear app:
On the watch:
Settings -> System -> Disconnect & reset
On the Android Wear app (phone):
Settings -> tap ASUS ZenWatch 3 under Device settings -> UNPAIR WATCH (at the bottom of the screen)
The process of resetting your watch will take a while until your watch is ready to be paired with your phone again. In my case it took about 15 minutes, so don't panic if it takes too long.
Mind that unpairing your watch from your phone will reset it to the factory settings and delete all the apps and settings you had configured on your watch. The fatory reset will NOT roll your watch OS back to AW1.5 though, but it will flash the AW2.0 to it's original state as if it were freshly installed on a brand new device.
Once the watch OS has been successfully restored (you should see this on the screen) you will need to pair your watch with your phone again through the Android Wear app and re-install all the apps and set the settings up to your liking and preference.
MK24ever said:
You can restore your watch OS to the factory settings either on your watch or on your phone through the Android Wear app:
On the watch:
Settings -> System -> Disconnect & reset
On the Android Wear app (phone):
Settings -> tap ASUS ZenWatch 3 under Device settings -> UNPAIR WATCH (at the bottom of the screen)
The process of resetting your watch will take a while until your watch is ready to be paired with your phone again. In my case it took about 15 minutes, so don't panic if it takes too long.
Mind that unpairing your watch from your phone will reset it to the factory settings and delete all the apps and settings you had configured on your watch. The fatory reset will NOT roll your watch OS back to AW1.5 though, but it will flash the AW2.0 to it's original state as if it were freshly installed on a brand new device.
Once the watch OS has been successfully restored (you should see this on the screen) you will need to pair your watch with your phone again through the Android Wear app and re-install all the apps and set the settings up to your liking and preference.
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I appreciate your help, do not recommend doing it from the boot loader?
Again thank you