The PCB on my Zenwatch 3 has malfunctioned, and the watch is out of warranty.
I couldn't setup Wear OS 2.0 after I factory resetted my watch, as it requires Bluetooth pairing.
What I did was, I flashed AsteroidOS instead. Now I could just view time on my smartwatch, which really sucks. AsteroidOS supports my watch minimally.
Is there a way to revert back to Wear OS and bypass Bluetooth device pairing? That way I would have many smartwatch functionalities like alarms, watch faces, activity tracking, etc. I can live without always staying connected to my phone.
Any help would be highly appreciated. I love my zenwatch, and to be honest, I don't want the replacement at full cost..it's quiet expensive and now is nearly dead.
Please help out!!
P.S.: ADB works no more
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Hi people,
I am facing a problem that is driving me crazy and i need all the help i can get.
I have flashed my Gear 1 with TizenMod v2.0, but what i am saying also applies to stock Tizen versions NF1 and 700XXUCNE9.
I have set up the watch by connecting it with an HTC One running the GearManagerStub as we all as the Gear Manager according to the following thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2780493
Everything (that can work on an unrooted HTC One) is indeed working.
However, i want to use the Tizen Gear 1 with my iPhone 5S.
So i go to BT settings on the Gear, turn BT off (so that it disconnects from the HTC One) and then make it visible.
I then search (and find) the Gear from my 5S settings and when i try to pair the two the Gear pops up a message saying that it need to reset to factory defaults before it connects to another device. If i let that happen and then try to connect the iPhone, it does indeed connect as a Handsfree device but other than that i am locked in the video splash screen with directions on how to connect. That means that i cannot use the watch at all, apart from the basic handsfree functionality.
The odd thing is that i have been using the watch (stock Tizen 700XXUCNE9 ROM) with my iPhone 5 and a 5S in the past (meanwhile i downgraded to Android for some tests) and i cannot remember having that problem.
I also tried to connect the Gear (after being set up with the HTC One) with an iPhone 4 (no BLE support) and it DOES CONNECT without presenting that God damned "reset to factory defaults" message!!!
I know that the Gear (Tizen OS) does indeed work with the iPhone 5S. I have done it myself (see this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2789095) and there is a thread on the Gear 2 forum where member @skeamznz claims the same http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2722069), therefore i am not (completely) crazy and imagining things.
Can someone help regarding my issue? Could someone with a Tizen running Gear try to connect to an iPhone > 4S and get back?
All help will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you very much in advance!!
Anyone?
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Found it at last! I had installed the Air Blue Sharing Cydia tweak which is apparently somehow messing with the BT stack. After I uninstalled the tweak, I was immediately able to connect to the watch.
Just in case anyone is interested.
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I'm trying to take advantage of the new Lollipop SmartLock feature and have my Nexus 5 and my Nexus 9 connected via BT to the LG watch so they can both stay unlocked when close to me.
Android Wear is installed on the N5 and everything works (more or less) fine with the phone. But when I try to pair the LG watch with the N9 tablet it keeps saying "Connecting..." and then "Not connected" in an endless loop.
The N9 is able to pair, add the watch as a Trusted Device and SmartLock will work for a while but then stops and I need to repeat the whole pairing process for it to work again.
Anyone tried to use the LG Watch as a Trusted Device on both a phone and tablet at the same time?
Thanks,
---Mirco.
Mircolino said:
I'm trying to take advantage of the new Lollipop SmartLock feature and have my Nexus 5 and my Nexus 9 connected via BT to the LG watch so they can both stay unlocked when close to me.
Android Wear is installed on the N5 and everything works (more or less) fine with the phone. But when I try to pair the LG watch with the N9 tablet it keeps saying "Connecting..." and then "Not connected" in an endless loop.
The N9 is able to pair, add the watch as a Trusted Device and SmartLock will work for a while but then stops and I need to repeat the whole pairing process for it to work again.
Anyone tried to use the LG Watch as a Trusted Device on both a phone and tablet at the same time?
Thanks,
---Mirco.
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I don't own any of these devices, but If I'm right, by reading the manual that came with the watch to you, you'll find out that you can pair watch only to one device at a time. To pair it to another device, you have to do factory reset for watch.
Some info HERE
Spere said:
I don't own any of these devices, but If I'm right, by reading the manual that came with the watch to you, you'll find out that you can pair watch only to one device at a time. To pair it to another device, you have to do factory reset for watch.
Some info HERE
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Spere, thanks for the info.
Android Wear I understand; it can be paired with only one device <--> watch. But this is just bluetooth.
Otherwise, why would the LG G Watch R have a Settings --> Bluetooth Devices option where you can pair additional devices?
Mircolino said:
Spere, thanks for the info.
Android Wear I understand; it can be paired with only one device <--> watch. But this is just bluetooth.
Otherwise, why would the LG G Watch R have a Settings --> Bluetooth Devices option where you can pair additional devices?
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I just don't know. And like I said, I don't have this watch yet, but I'm going to buy it someday near.
I thought the same myself. If I remember right, Google made Android Wear devices able to connect to BT headphones to play music from watch itself. Now, if you can pair only one device to watch, does this mean that to connect to headphones you need to do factory reset and to pair back to phone do it again? This would be total idiotism, who really would do that? And I myself would also like to connect my watch (which I don't own, yet) to my Note 3 and Note Pro 12.2, this just won't seem to be possible right now, what I've read.
Mircolino said:
Spere, thanks for the info.
Android Wear I understand; it can be paired with only one device <--> watch. But this is just bluetooth.
Otherwise, why would the LG G Watch R have a Settings --> Bluetooth Devices option where you can pair additional devices?
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Spere said:
I just don't know. And like I said, I don't have this watch yet, but I'm going to buy it someday near.
I thought the same myself. If I remember right, Google made Android Wear devices able to connect to BT headphones to play music from watch itself. Now, if you can pair only one device to watch, does this mean that to connect to headphones you need to do factory reset and to pair back to phone do it again? This would be total idiotism, who really would do that? And I myself would also like to connect my watch (which I don't own, yet) to my Note 3 and Note Pro 12.2, this just won't seem to be possible right now, what I've read.
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You already said it, but here it goes:
You can only pair one device <-> watch, the bluetooth settings on the watch are for bluetooth headphones / speakers, so it looks like this device --> watch --> bt headset and not device 1 --> watch <-- device 2
Mircolino said:
I'm trying to take advantage of the new Lollipop SmartLock feature and have my Nexus 5 and my Nexus 9 connected via BT to the LG watch so they can both stay unlocked when close to me.
Android Wear is installed on the N5 and everything works (more or less) fine with the phone. But when I try to pair the LG watch with the N9 tablet it keeps saying "Connecting..." and then "Not connected" in an endless loop.
The N9 is able to pair, add the watch as a Trusted Device and SmartLock will work for a while but then stops and I need to repeat the whole pairing process for it to work again.
Anyone tried to use the LG Watch as a Trusted Device on both a phone and tablet at the same time?
Thanks,
---Mirco.
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I have the Nexus 5, 9, and the original G watch, and have the exact same question.
I am using smart lock on my Nexus 5 which is paired to my G Watch through Android Wear. No problem there.
I am able to pair my G Watch to my Nexus 9 by going to Settings > Bluetooth on the watch and pairing with the Nexus 9. Upon pairing, the Nexus 9 displays a notification asking if I would like to add the watch as a trusted devices, just like with the Nexus 5. However, the only problem is that Smart Lock won't work because the watch is not connected to the Nexus 9.
So, in summary, you can pair the watch to Nexus 9, but Smart Lock doesn't work because it's not connected.
The G Watch is able to pair with multiple devices. However, as previously mentioned, it will only connect to devices that has the correct bluetooth services (i.e. speaker). Please correct me if I am wrong.
But it would be nice to be able to use the G Watch as a trusted device for Smart Lock on multiple devices, not just the phone.
Hi All,
Does anybody know if you can pair a smart watch without the use of android wear application? I would like to be able to connect and communicate to a smartphone or a Unix OS over standard Bluetooth (without android wear).
Thanks in advance.
I imagine it's possible, but no idea how it would work. From what I understand all the custom apps use Android Wear as a base anyway.
Back when the android wear fun started, there where an app called BeeLink, but it was pulled from play store, I don't know why.
It was really cool
And there are Wear App to receive notification via BT from an iPhone, so it mean that it can receive data from any device wit BT transmission
I've got an lg urbane smart watch. It connects for a second every once in a while. Won't pair correctly. Please someone help. I hate having wasted money on this phone if the watch wont connect. Had HTC one me before watch worked flawlessly
cndctrdj said:
I've got an lg urbane smart watch. It connects for a second every once in a while. Won't pair correctly. Please someone help. I hate having wasted money on this phone if the watch wont connect. Had HTC one me before watch worked flawlessly
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hi,
Im sure it must be frustrating issue for you. I personally doubt if its just a Note5.. issue ? My reasons are,
I have a old Samsung Gear smart watch and it works 100% with Note5. I also have a Polar M400 hart rate watch with smart notification working 100% with Note5
I had no issues with the pairing of Bluetooth etc.
Long shot but,
Just something to consider....... some devices headsets/ watches still use old Bluetooth version eg Bluetooth v 3.0 and it might cause issues sometimes.? (not always)
I can remember when my Gear watch was still on Bluetooth v 3.0 i had issues connections between my old Note3 ( which was upgraded then to Bluetooth v 4.0 and Gear that was then still on Bluetooth v 3.0) Afterwards my Gear Bluetooth was upgraded to v 4.0 and i had no issues at all.
Bottom line,
If i could pair and use two completely different watches to work with Note5 flawlessly , then I'm sure you have hope?
good luck
How do I fix the issue if that is it
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How do I fix the issue if that is it
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hi,
firstly, you must not assume it's like "it"
you must be sure of your facts.
Have you looked at your specs of your watch or Google specs to see what Bluetooth version it has. I found that it ( different Bluetooth versions eg 3.0 and v 4.0/4.1 did cause issues for me )
Who knows your watch might be / should be, v 4.0 /4.1 and not v 3.0..?
I only listed a possibility, that it could be and what i experience.
If it so...(it's v 3.0)
well then my logic says that its not Note5 fault but old firmware on watch and something that you just can't fix " just like that"
If its not so and watch is v 4.0 /4.1,
we'll then surely it should work, as i gave
2 x examples above.
good luck
cndctrdj said:
I've got an lg urbane smart watch. It connects for a second every once in a while. Won't pair correctly. Please someone help. I hate having wasted money on this phone if the watch wont connect. Had HTC one me before watch worked flawlessly
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Just in case I have to ask this but did you factory reset the watch yet? The only way to connect your smart watch that was previously synced to another phone is to factory reset it and then sync it with the new phone.
I have reset the watch. I'll try again. Thank you. While I'm at it I'll get the versions of everything
cndctrdj said:
I have reset the watch. I'll try again. Thank you. While I'm at it I'll get the versions of everything
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hi ,
i have thought about your issue .
This is what i would try ( trouble shoot )
Firstly ,yes unpair devices and factory reset watch ..good idea
also reboot device (phone ) after unpairing(..just in case .)
then connect and try to pair and see if working correctly ?
If not and issue is the same as before ,i would make sure about watch Bluetooth version .?
If watch is v 3.0 ( Note5 should be v 4.1 ? ) then it seems like this is the likely cause ?
If not and watch is either v 4. 0 or v 4.1 it should pair and pairing should be listed in phone Bluetooth list and "stick".
I can remember with my Gear watch ,when it was on v 3.0 , it would not show up or stick in Bluetooth list of paired devices .As soon as i went to v 4.0 on watch ,only then it show up and stuck in list
If all fails, well i would try to look for other solutions ..search or is there not a forum/setcion here on XDA( for watch) and check that for clues ?
good luck
Reset everything. Factory reset watch. Nothing. Factory reset phone nothing. Factory reset watch again. Paired fine.
Thanks for the help.
So I recently just got my Gear updated to 6.0.1. I had a hell of a time doing it too. The watch came shipped with a developer rom attached. Had to reboot many times to get it working using the Watch Tool. Then updates. Oh lord the updates.
Anyways, I get it to the latest firmware, and now, my phone and watch don't seem to be communicating correctly. There's no cloud or anything to give the idea that it's disconnected, but I can't do searches, can't sync my music or get my watch to connect via wifi since it has to use the phone to do so. Anyone have any idea what might be causing this?
EDIT: The phone and watch are paired. Forgot to mention that. Going into the phone's bluetooth settings, I can easily see the watch paired to it. I'm on a Samsung Galaxy S3.
After getting 6.0.1 you want to forget the watch from the gear app. This will reset everything and start pairing again. Should fix the problem