So I've got a new Samsung Gear Live from the Play Store. I'm attempting to pair the device to a Nexus 5 running stock 4.4.4.
When I turn on the Gear Live I'm prompted with selecting a language. I choose English US. Then i'm taken to the "Install Android Wear on your phone" Screen
At first this screen would show me the text "Gear Live 4AFV" (or something along those lines). However 9/10 (after rebooting or resetting the watch) it will simply show me "Gear Live" no 4 digit name.
Without the 4 digits showing the phone will not detect the bluetooth device to connect. On the off chance that it does show up and the phone is able to detect the watch, the pairing process can either work, or stall leaving both devices sitting at a "wait a moment while pairing" screen that never ends.
Lastly, if everything works and i'm able to pair the watch and phone. it will randomly disconnect and nothing I do will make it reconnect to one another.
Other things to note. Bluetooth has no issues on my phone with any other device.
I've reset the watch numerous times,
I've uninstalled the Android Wear app as well as any other watchfaces or launchers.
I've factory reset the phone.
Suffice it to say i'm almost certain there is a problem with the watch, the question is has anyone else experience this or anything similar with a Reset hasn't fixed the problem and is there possibly a solution to this problem that isn't a replacement.
Google has offered to replace the watch but I want to ensure I"m not missing something here.
thanks for any assistance in advance.
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jay slasher said:
So I've got a new Samsung Gear Live from the Play Store. I'm attempting to pair the device to a Nexus 5 running stock 4.4.4.
When I turn on the Gear Live I'm prompted with selecting a language. I choose English US. Then i'm taken to the "Install Android Wear on your phone" Screen
At first this screen would show me the text "Gear Live 4AFV" (or something along those lines). However 9/10 (after rebooting or resetting the watch) it will simply show me "Gear Live" no 4 digit name.
Without the 4 digits showing the phone will not detect the bluetooth device to connect. On the off chance that it does show up and the phone is able to detect the watch, the pairing process can either work, or stall leaving both devices sitting at a "wait a moment while pairing" screen that never ends.
Lastly, if everything works and i'm able to pair the watch and phone. it will randomly disconnect and nothing I do will make it reconnect to one another.
Other things to note. Bluetooth has no issues on my phone with any other device.
I've reset the watch numerous times,
I've uninstalled the Android Wear app as well as any other watchfaces or launchers.
I've factory reset the phone.
Suffice it to say i'm almost certain there is a problem with the watch, the question is has anyone else experience this or anything similar with a Reset hasn't fixed the problem and is there possibly a solution to this problem that isn't a replacement.
Google has offered to replace the watch but I want to ensure I"m not missing something here.
thanks for any assistance in advance.
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I have the same connection issue but not until I updated it to Android version 5.0 that I started to get connection issues and the gear live was constantly doing a sync loop and it would not stay connected or send SMS messages.
Please excuse this post which is not strictly concerning an Optimus Black. There's no forum for an Optimus Zone 2 (VerizonPP) but I hope this is a common enough issue which must have broader application.
I'm using an Optimus Zone 2 as a replacement for my recently deceased and much-loved Insignia Pilot. The rise of the smart phone has meant the demise of really capable mp3 players like the Pilot but I realized that an Android device would allow me to find music, audiobook, and video apps that might come close to replacing my Pilot.
I've got the phone, by-passed the activation, rooted, customized. The battery is not as long-lasting, but there is a lot going on "under the hood", so that's OK.
I have 3G disabled, WiFi off unless used. My only real complaint with my setup is the annoying nag notification that comes up when I power up the phone concerning the lack of a data connection. It wouldn't be so bad if it would just go away by itself, but no, I have to dismiss it with a touch. I've disabled every phone related app I can find, turned off notifications for those it would not let me disable. And still it's there.
Is there a way to get rid of something like this?
[no, I don't use the device as a phone--although I have GrooveLite Ip installed for emergencies when WiFi is available. I don't own a cell phone. Have no use for one. But it's hard to beat a $30 "mp3" player running KitKat!)
All the reviews I've read of the new LG Watch Sport say Android Pay works on it, thanks to the giant NFC chip on the bottom. And, formerly smartphone-only functions like "OK Google" and Google Maps are now supposed to work on this watch, even when the linked phone isn't present.
Not true.
I bought the watch on the first day, Feb. 10th, and set it up. Since then it's been on my wrist but it hasn't been away from the Android smartphone it's linked to. But today I needed a new health card for my work and some groceries. So, as I'm new in town, I found a "Doc-In-A-Box" on Google that's nearby and that advertises that they do the government-form DOT physical that my job requires.
I put the doc's office address into "Maps" on my new watch and I told it to navigate there. Leaving the subdivision, though, I noticed the watch was searching for my location. even though it had been fine in the house before I left.
As the weather's nice, I held my hand out the car window, south side to face the satellites, and I drove in the direction I was pretty sure the business was. At each stop light on the way, I checked the watch, wondering why I hadn't heard it yelling directions. At every stop the watch still showed the neighborhood where I'd started, still searching for my exact location.
When I got to the "Doc-In-A-Box", it was still searching. Inside, waiting, the watch eventually gave up, saying "Smartphone required to complete action" or something like that.
As it turned out, the "Doc" was similarly useless, doesn't do DOT physicals. So I pushed the "OK Google" button on the watch to ask it for another place nearby. But "OK Google" wasn't OK at all. Instead of finding another doctor the watch said "Something went wrong. Can't reach Google at the moment". Plenty of bars of cellular and WiFi, too, but instead of "OK" I got "Oh NO".
At the grocery I was going to use the Android Pay I'd linked my bank account to over the previous weekend. As required, I'd even locked the watch screen, for extra security, in case my arm fell off a public place and I didn't notice. My bank must have been really pleased about me activating Android Pay--day after I did it they sent me a long email saying how great and secure Android Pay would be for us both. As I was checking out of the grocery store, since no one was waiting behind me, I unlocked the watch, selected Android Pay, and saw an image of my bank's debit card briefly. But as quickly as it appeared it went away and the system message: "No cards are linked to this account. You must link an account on your smartphone before you may use this app" appeared.
So "Google Maps" on your wrist? Forget it. At best, it's just a second screen. And "OK Google" doesn't work. And neither does Android Pay.
On the plus side? Battery life is good--still ALL DAY, like the LG Watch Urbane 2nd LTE was, even though LG lopped 20% off the size of it.
Edit: The smart watch was not tested with the AT&T SIM in came with but with an MVNO's and this largely or ENTIRELY explains the problems I had with the device. For some reason, it takes a few days for the watch to get reliable connections with the MVNO's SIM--had the same problem with the Urbane 2-LTE when I bought it, but I'd forgotten.
Without a doubt, the LG Watch Sport does everything the LG Watch Urbane 2nd Ed. LTE does and MORE.
Your sure your watch has an active cellular connection? It sounds as if your watch can't reach the internet.
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Cannot comment on Android Pay as I'm not using it, but Maps and Google Assistant works on AW 2.0 DP4 on Watch Urbane 2. So I expect it had some connectivity issues. As for the wifi, it will not connect to any network unless you connect with your phone to the same network first.
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Your sure your watch has an active cellular connection? It sounds as if your watch can't reach the internet.
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Could be. Made a test call Friday or Saturday on it, np. But this morning (Tuesday), no go..
"Settings" > "Connectivity" > "Cellular" > "SIM status" seemed good:
Network: H2O,
Signal strength: -107 dBm 3 asu
Network type: HSPA
Service State: In service
Roaming: Not roaming
Network state: Disconnected
Not sure what "Service state: In service" and Network state: Disconnected" mean, together, so I restarted phone and then could call, np.
Issues may be the MVNO I'm using (H2O Wireless) or AT&T (towers) or the hardware..
FWIW, I had problems for a couple of days with connectivity with my LG Urbane 2nd Ed LTE, too, I'm remembering. It worked itself out around day 4. Presumably this will too.
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Network: H2O,
Signal strength: -107 dBm 3 asu
Network type: HSPA
Service State: In service
Roaming: Not roaming
Network state: Disconnected
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Do the APN settings in the watch look correct for H2O? When I first got my Urbane 2nd Edition, I tried a couple of MVNO (H2O and Ting) but could not get both calls/texts and/or data working until I switched to Truphone. That was over a year ago so maybe it has been corrected.
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Do the APN settings in the watch look correct for H2O? When I first got my Urbane 2nd Edition, I tried a couple of MVNO (H2O and Ting) but could not get both calls/texts and/or data working until I switched to Truphone. That was over a year ago so maybe it has been corrected.
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After verifying that I could make calls this morning, I Iook a second trip into town with the watch, without it's partnered smartphone, GPS on & navigation on. Again it failed to get a location while the car was moving so no Navigation. But today, when I stopped, it figured out where I was. Could be that asking the tiny antenna in the watch to track the tiny signals from a couple of tiny GPS satellites 22,000 miles away, from inside a rolling steel can (hardtop car) could be asking a little much.
I placed a phone call driving down the road & it worked very well.
Running the GPS for two hours plus driving around & making a phone call and opening a couple of web pages on "Web Browser for Android Wear", I'd expect the battery to be tested. Watch has been on my wrist for 10 1/2 hours and I've still got 25% charge remaining. Nice!
This isn't the first "bleeding edge" tech I've bought, or the 2nd or third or... Maybe it's the 20th, dunno. But the two LG watches I've had--the Urbane 2nd Ed. LTE and this Sport--are the most finished, ready-for-prime-time high tech I can recall. Especially the gorgeous Urbane 2 LTE. Works pretty flawlessly & fit and finish are magnificent. I regret posting this because I didn't try the watch thoroughly with the AT&T SIM card it came with. Not fair to LG or AT&T.
I'll check H2O for the tweaked APNs. Knowing LG, I'll bet the few small issues remaining aren't the hardware's fault.
Just wanted to toss in my 2 cents as far as connection issues go. With a T-Mobile Wearable plan, it's working great. Worked on a data line too, except for calls, which are disabled on data lines (despite what the CSRs in India say).
OP, it seems that you have or had both Watch Urbane 2nd Edition LTE and Watch Sport. What is your opinion comparing the Watch Urbante 2nd Edition LTE and LG Watch Sport ? I am especially interested in battery life differences.
Thanks !
kevinlevrone said:
OP, it seems that you have or had both Watch Urbane 2nd Edition LTE and Watch Sport. What is your opinion comparing the Watch Urbante 2nd Edition LTE and LG Watch Sport ? I am especially interested in battery life differences.
Thanks !
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Battery life's the same. Even though the Watch Sport's battery is smaller, I get all-day use out of it in normal use.
For developers, ADB debugging over wifi, the only kind supported by the new Watch Sport, drains the battery quickly if you don't have it on the charger.
Fortunately, the new watch's wireless charging is awesome. With the included wireless stand there're no problematic, sweat-sensitive physical contacts like on the Watch Urbane 2. And,amazing to me, wireless charging's fast--60 or 70% in just 30 minutes or so.
Both watches have worked flawlessly, I noted no difference in the screens, bezel or bands except for color.
Wireless charging is the new Watch Smart's big selling point to me. It also has NFC for Android Pay and a hardware change to the winder that senses spinning. That's utilized in the OS for scrolling screens vertically but developers can trap it and use it for anything. The downside of the newer watch is that it's much thicker and the back is plastic.
The Watch Urbane 2's back is stainless steel, very finely made, engraved with the watch's serial number. And it's thinner--svelte, by comparison.
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Battery life's the same. Even though the Watch Sport's battery is smaller, I get all-day use out of it in normal use.
For developers, ADB debugging over wifi, the only kind supported by the new Watch Sport, drains the battery quickly if you don't have it on the charger.
Fortunately, the new watch's wireless charging is awesome. With the included wireless stand there're no problematic, sweat-sensitive physical contacts like on the Watch Urbane 2. And,amazing to me, wireless charging's fast--60 or 70% in just 30 minutes or so.
Both watches have worked flawlessly, I noted no difference in the screens, bezel or bands except for color.
Wireless charging is the new Watch Smart's big selling point to me. It also has NFC for Android Pay and a hardware change to the winder that senses spinning. That's utilized in the OS for scrolling screens vertically but developers can trap it and use it for anything. The downside of the newer watch is that it's much thicker and the back is plastic.
The Watch Urbane 2's back is stainless steel, very finely made, engraved with the watch's serial number. And it's thinner--svelte, by comparison.
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Thanks for the comparison. I do own a Watch Urbane 2nd Edition LTE, and the wrist band cracked once and needed replacement (under warranty). I now try to wear it more loose on the wrist so as to avoit it happening again.
I was thinking of an "upgrade", but I can't upgrade to a thicker watch with smaller battery. The "new" Snapdragon 2100 wearable processor is built on the same battery-consuming 28nm process as the Snapdragon 400 from the Watch Urbane 2nd Edition LTE, which is a really stupid move from Qualcomm (should have been built on 14nm given the small watch batteries). Also, I already have an issue with the center button which kind of sticks out, at the gym the workout gloves and wrist supports push the button sometimes, on the Watch Sport this could be an even bigger issue (Motorola moved their center button off-center for that reason, I believe).
My battery lasts at least 3 days (72 hours) with screen off (with only notifications and touch waking up the screen) and 3G on but no credit on the prepaid watch SIM (so it can only receive calls forwarded from my phone, it doesn't have Internet access or ability to make calls).
I actually like the wired charging: I had a Motorola Moto 360 first gen (still have it...bricked), which had wireless charging, and suddenly the watch was bricked by Motorola with an update. Since no USB-to-watch adapter was provided in the box, I attempted making one (after removing some seals to reveal the debug pins) and, although it briefly worked, I managed to fry an USB port from my laptop before loading the firmware. Having an USB-to-watch connection brings me a lot of peace of mind
Tag discovery?
Has anyone tried the nfc tag discovery function? Can it read read tags for non-payment purposes? Would buy one if it does
Connectivity issue
I know this is an old thread but I arrived here twice trying to resolve my connectivity issues so others may as well.
My watch could call but seemed to have no Internet connectivity. I've had the watch for several months so I am not sure what caused this problem. I reset it several times and then noticed that I had access to Google Play--so, clearly, I had data - - but Google assistant did not work and I kept getting an error message about the account.
I went to an AT&T store after calling customer service, and they said I needed to warranty exchange the watch. The store personnel just looked at the watch and said they could not change the sim or do any diagnostic.
I called LG and started the warranty process.
Then I used an old email address to set it up, and it worked. So it was definitely a problem with my Google Apps domain and the device policy.
Ultimately, I deleted multiple instances of the watch in Google Apps Domain management - mobile devices and the next reset and setup succeeded.
Hoping that helps someone.
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Battery life's the same. Even though the Watch Sport's battery is smaller, I get all-day use out of it in normal use.
For developers, ADB debugging over wifi, the only kind supported by the new Watch Sport, drains the battery quickly if you don't have it on the charger.
Fortunately, the new watch's wireless charging is awesome. With the included wireless stand there're no problematic, sweat-sensitive physical contacts like on the Watch Urbane 2. And,amazing to me, wireless charging's fast--60 or 70% in just 30 minutes or so.
Both watches have worked flawlessly, I noted no difference in the screens, bezel or bands except for color.
Wireless charging is the new Watch Smart's big selling point to me. It also has NFC for Android Pay and a hardware change to the winder that senses spinning. That's utilized in the OS for scrolling screens vertically but developers can trap it and use it for anything. The downside of the newer watch is that it's much thicker and the back is plastic.
The Watch Urbane 2's back is stainless steel, very finely made, engraved with the watch's serial number. And it's thinner--svelte, by comparison.
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Hi friend, do you know if the bands of both watches are interchangeable?
I'm thinking in buy a new band for my watch sport but it's harder to find a new one than for a urbane 2nd edition.
jairbj said:
Hi friend, do you know if the bands of both watches are interchangeable?
I'm thinking in buy a new band for my watch sport but it's harder to find a new one than for a urbane 2nd edition.
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no they are different or at least one of them is, the sport has one long connector on each strap the Ur 2 has 2x connectors on one of the straps
You Can use an Apple Watch Series 3 (probably a Series 2 and earlier models as well) standalone with a Note 8 (S8/S8+ and maybe any Android Device?)!
[ Thanks to @spinedoc on Android Central for this idea!]
**Please, no flaming! I live in both Android and Apple World (as many do). Been loving Android off and on for years. Bored with iOS/iPhone for a couple years now. I do have a Gear S2 (and I wear that too, total geek, I know...) but I have yet to find a decent <= 40mm Android Capable SmartWatch. They are just too large on my wrist and Apple Watch 38mm is perfect so I bought a new Series 3. Apple Watch is behind in tech to me compared to some Android Watches but AW is very slick and really nice looking to me. Some people cannot afford both an Android Wear watch and an Apple Watch even though I believe Android Wear works on iPhone. I kept my iPhone to work on theming as it was jailbroken but isn't any longer due to upgrading to iOS 11. Also I help a lot of friends and family with their iPhone setups and problems so it's good for me to have an iPhone on hand as I follow along when helping them.
Of course not all of the features of the Apple Watch will work but many will! I haven't tried out all of them yet. Phone calls won't work.
You MUST Own an iPhone [for Apple Watch Series 3 (GPS) or earlier models of Apple Watch, you need an iPhone 5s or later with probably the latest iOS] in addition to your Android device and have Hotspot functionality on your cellular plan.
Here are the steps that I used (it is NOT necessary to initially have a SIM in your iPhone when setting up. I am using a Series 3 GPS Only Apple Watch with an older iPhone 6+ on iOS 11).
1) Turn on the Hotspot on your Android device (I'm using a Note 8).
2) Connect your iPhone’s wifi to the Android phone's Hotspot.
3) Your Apple Watch will access the internet using the wifi hotspot connection on your iPhone.
4) Now that you have “established” an authorized/known (can’t think of the word Apple uses) wifi connection you can leave the iPhone at home and either leave the hotspot running or turn it on when you need updates to certain apps on your watch!
5) Go into messages on your iPhone (especially when the SIM is NOT in it) and be sure you have an email address that is checked off to use with iMessage. I used iMessage seamlessly - with voice text entry…too small to type (of course there is no trail of the SMSs on your Android phone).
My weather updates, my mail comes in and I can respond. Haven’t tried anything else except Siri who told me the time but couldn’t answer a couple of questions about Apple Watch (just referred me to open the web on the iPhone). Remember that the functionality available on an Apple Watch is dependent upon what exists on your iPhone, not what's on your Android device.
Surprisingly, I didn't get much of a hit on the battery either in my Note 8 or on the Apple Watch when I left the Hotspot on. Not sure how much data was used but I get a 10GB/month hotspot on my AT&T plan so doubt I'll eat that up before the next bill comes out.
If you have an LTE version Apple Watch on AT&T then using NumberSync might not be that good of an idea. Check out this article on Android Central:
https://www.androidcentral.com/how-u...oid-smartphone
FYI this worked for me with a series 2, than means no cellular connection, I'll bet it works better with a series 3. Battery draw was higher on both the AW and the Note 8 (hotspot continuously on), but I still made it through a full day. Most of my stuff is on Google Voice, so all that worked perfectly and I got notifications on the AW and was able to respond. All the apps I tried which involved the phone seemed to work fine, for example the Ecobee app on the AW worked fine to adjust my Tstat at home. Apple pay worked perfectly as well. Siri didn't work when I tested, it said couldn't find my iPhone. iMessages can be tricky as mentioned above. The only thing that truly didn't work at all was making and receiving phone calls.
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FYI this worked for me with a series 2, than means no cellular connection, I'll bet it works better with a series 3. Battery draw was higher on both the AW and the Note 8 (hotspot continuously on), but I still made it through a full day. Most of my stuff is on Google Voice, so all that worked perfectly and I got notifications on the AW and was able to respond. All the apps I tried which involved the phone seemed to work fine, for example the Ecobee app on the AW worked fine to adjust my Tstat at home. Apple pay worked perfectly as well. Siri didn't work when I tested, it said couldn't find my iPhone. iMessages can be tricky as mentioned above. The only thing that truly didn't work at all was making and receiving phone calls.
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Thanks again @spinedoc for your initial information on that NumberSync article on Android Central. I posted this guide on the ATT forum and someone stated that even trying this was a hot mess! No way! Once you set it up that's it. It works really well with the series 3. You used ecobee, it works with liftmaster too.
I love the watch but I love my Note 8! So I do want to live in Both worlds.
If Android Wear comes out with a smaller watch I'll end up buying that too. Lol!
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Say u turn your hotspot on , tether the iPhone to note 8 , leave the house but your iPhone loses connection to your note 8 because your out of range so it hooks onto your home router. Now you won’t get messages?? Think that’s the problem I had. It Did work when I left the iPhone in the vehicle, lost tethering so iPhone went to cellular data. Can anyone confirm?
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Say u turn your hotspot on , tether the iPhone to note 8 , leave the house but your iPhone loses connection to your note 8 because your out of range so it hooks onto your home router. Now you won’t get messages?? Think that’s the problem I had. It Did work when I left the iPhone in the vehicle, lost tethering so iPhone went to cellular data. Can anyone confirm?
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I had my iPhone (no SIM in it) tethered to my Note 8 hotspot. At the same time the Apple Watch is automatically connected to the iPhone (which is still using the hotspot for internet connectivity).
Once the Apple Watch was connected it "established " a know WiFi connection so you can actually shut the iPhone down and the Apple Watch will connect to your Note 8 (or any previously connected hotspot which your iPhone was connected to).
So when I leave my house and my Apple Watch is out of range even with my home WiFi (you'll know when your watch has no connection as it will display a tiny red phone or something like that, at the top of the screen) I turn on my Hotspot right in the notification shade (which also turns off your N8 normal WiFi connection) and the Apple Watch connects automatically. That "not connected" icon disappears.
Now you will not receive any cell-related content. You'll get text messages Only from those using iMessage (but you can respond on your AW, I use voice dictation, so easy) your Note 8 texts will not appear on AW. You'll get email updates (if the email accounts existed on your iPhone), you'll get weather updates and can use wifi-connected light bulbs and garage doors etc. if they were all originally set up on your iPhone and if there is a corresponding AW app. Still lots of functionality!
I'm such a geeky goober that I have an Apple Watch on one wrist and a Gear S2 LTE on the other! Like jewelry to me.
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Say u turn your hotspot on , tether the iPhone to note 8 , leave the house but your iPhone loses connection to your note 8 because your out of range so it hooks onto your home router. Now you won’t get messages?? Think that’s the problem I had. It Did work when I left the iPhone in the vehicle, lost tethering so iPhone went to cellular data. Can anyone confirm?
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I forgot to mention that this is the GPS Only Apple Watch.
Also, @vincey, are you trying to just tether your iPhone to your N8 hotspot (& not use an AW at all)?
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Series 1
I tried it with my Series 1 Apple watch and I am not receiving messages.
Thanks for the great info everyone,
Have anyone had the chance to check the method with the series 4 ?
In terms of battery, will the watch last for a day using the hotspot ? Have anyone tried checking WhatsApp notifications ?
my son wants apple watch he does not have phone yet. he does have ipad. if i find an old beater iphone5 to set up the apple watch, he could do similar as you with note?
the apple watch would record exercise, would that sync back to apple health on wifi? i don’t see apple health app for ipad though.
could he use ipad to copy music to apple watch?
can he install games from ipad to watch?
plan b is fitbit versa
Is this still working? How long does your Apple Watch Series 3 last before it needs to be charged again when doing this?
I'm assuming WhatsApp messages sent to the iPhone will be received on the watch?
itesla said:
my son wants apple watch he does not have phone yet. he does have ipad. if i find an old beater iphone5 to set up the apple watch, he could do similar as you with note?
the apple watch would record exercise, would that sync back to apple health on wifi? i don’t see apple health app for ipad though.
could he use ipad to copy music to apple watch?
can he install games from ipad to watch?
plan b is fitbit versa
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An Apple Watch can only be directly paired with an iPhone, not an iPad, and if it has watchOS 4 or later, then it can't be paired to an iPhone 5 or 5C, because they won't run anything newer than iOS 10, but as long as the watch has watchOS 3 or earlier, you can still pair it to a 5 or 5C. Otherwise, just get a 5S. If it's a cellular iPad and there's a SIM card in it, then he can do what the OP did with his Note 8, but he won't be able to sync or install anything on the watch using the iPad. On the other hand, I'm pretty sure a Fitbit can be paired to any phone, tablet or computer
This has bothered me since long time, on several wear os watches. Problem is the following:
I have currently a samsung fold 4 and a samsung watch 5 pro LTE (but i've had the problem on other devices too in the past, al wear os devices).
When the watch is connected through bluetooth there is not a single issue. If i have my phone on the table for several hours, while not touching it, all notifications are instantly pushed to the watch, no delays.
However, when i leave my phone at home and going out with my watch only, it will correctly switch over to LTE connection and there the problems start. When my phone is recently used (few minutes ago) the watch can establish a remote connection. At that moment al notifications are pushed to the watch, almost no delays. However, after a while, usually within 30 a 60 minutes the notifications start to be delayed, and even the remote connection just stops (seeing the disconnected symbol on the watch). also sending messages or replying them on the watch is instantly and correct at first, but starts to fail after a while.
It seems like the google cloud sync service is killed after a while on the phone, preventing the forwarding of phone notifications to the watch over LTE (cloud sync). I tried everyting on my samsung phone, changing the battery optimizations of all samsung wearable apps and plugins, google apps, play service etc... I turned of as many battery saving features i could find on my phone, but no luck. If i leave the phone on the charger, the cloud sync keeps working for a longer time, but agian, ofter some time it will slow down, starting with unablity to reply or send messages from the watch, to complete disconnection... Al this while the internet connections on the phone and watch are rock stable...
Has anybody any clue why this happens?? Is there some trick or setting i overlooked? Does anybody know which app or service on the phone (samsung) is responsible for this google cloud sync?
again, this is not only on this phone-watch combo, i had several wear os watches from different brands in the past, but mostly samsung flagship phones. I cant believe that two samsung devices are not software optimized so these issues cant happen... I always bought LTE watches so i could go for a run or go to the gym phone free, is brilliant when it works, but VERY annoying when it usualy is not reliable.... I'm thinking even to switch to the apple camp, hoping those issues are not present on apple watch cellular... But i like samsung devices more then iphone ....