I use the "informative basic dashboard watchface and one of the selected complications is the weather outside temperature. It does not automatically update as the day goes on. It always shows the temp when I take the watch off the charger and put it on my wrist. If I select the weather app from the bezel it will sometimes update.
Have you checked the weather app settings (need to set from the phone app)? Mine is set for hourly updates and it's working
Thanks for that. I looked and mine was set to 6 hr. I switched it to 1 he. I never saw that option before!
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I have upgraded to 4.3 and now the Desk Clock is a mess. I have the digital version showing on the home page, when I open it, all the clocks then, (timer etc) are analogue, cannot find a way to change to digital, but my main problem is the Desk Clock mode.
When in operation it will go to a blank screen when sleep mode is activated and I can find no way of overiding it. Also the figures are now of a boulder construction meaning more light emitted, not good as a night clock.
The previous version would stay on all night, with the time moving around (screensaver) and also was a lot less bright, especially if a soft swipe was used to dim it.
Am I missing something here or as this App taken a massive backward step ??
mmrb said:
I have upgraded to 4.3 and now the Desk Clock is a mess. I have the digital version showing on the home page, when I open it, all the clocks then, (timer etc) are analogue, cannot find a way to change to digital, but my main problem is the Desk Clock mode.
When in operation it will go to a blank screen when sleep mode is activated and I can find no way of overiding it. Also the figures are now of a boulder construction meaning more light emitted, not good as a night clock.
The previous version would stay on all night, with the time moving around (screensaver) and also was a lot less bright, especially if a soft swipe was used to dim it.
Am I missing something here or as this App taken a massive backward step ??
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Just me then, no one else have this issue ??
I'd like a clock Face that combines the digital time, current temperature and the days events.
What clock are you looking for?
If you check out Canvas for Pebble, you can do this and more. I've sent an email to the developer to suggest getting it developed on this platform, but haven't received a response yet.
I want a watchface for my workdays that has on one single screen:
time & date
temperature & weather
next appointment (I was able to get next 2 appointments (start time and short description) on Canvas
audio mute/sound state
connected WiFI SSID
phone signal level
phone battery level
watch battery level
There's an abundance of fun "toy" watchfaces that exist for this platform, but even on the old gear I didn't see anything that came close to this level of info you could see on one default watchscreen.
Hi Guys,
Is there a way to automatically turn off the screen at night (during a specific time).
Is there any app to do this ? Or tasker/IFTTT/Tockle profile to do the same ?
I would like a swipe-from-the-right switch similar to the mute switch (swipe from top) which puts the watch into airplane mode and deactivates the always on mode, too. (=night mode)
WatchMaker app just got (after the last update) tasker plugin. You can switch different faces based on different parameters. If you build a face with dim mode - off and you will activate-it after midnight (as an example), then you will get exactly what you want.
Any example for this.. I am unable to figure this out
You need to install "tasker" also, in parallel with "watchmaker".'Go to watchmaker app and create the watch face you desire (or download one from the internet - there are plenty to choose from).
Take the watchface of your choice and create a duplicate.
On the duplicate add a BLACK png file on top of everything and activate-it only in dim mode.
Then, set-u tasker to switch on the duplicate face while it's night and to the original face in the rest of the day.
Now, you will basically have the same watchface in all circumstances, but at night, the dim mode will just be black (which, in the amoled world, means, screen off).
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You need to install "tasker" also, in parallel with "watchmaker".'Go to watchmaker app and create the watch face you desire (or download one from the internet - there are plenty to choose from).
Take the watchface of your choice and create a duplicate.
On the duplicate add a BLACK png file on top of everything and activate-it only in dim mode.
Then, set-u tasker to switch on the duplicate face while it's night and to the original face in the rest of the day.
Now, you will basically have the same watchface in all circumstances, but at night, the dim mode will just be black (which, in the amoled world, means, screen off).
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you can do the same thing without Tasker:
add a BLACK png file- or even better: a shape with the color black and size of 512x512px - on top of everything and activate-it only in dim mode
then use the following formula in the opacity field:
{dh23} > 18 and 100 or {dh23} < 7 and 100 or 0
red indicates the time in which to apply the filter (in my case between 19:00 and 07:00)
praddz said:
Hi Guys,
Is there a way to automatically turn off the screen at night (during a specific time).
Is there any app to do this ? Or tasker/IFTTT/Tockle profile to do the same ?
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I'm just using "Slumber for Android Wear"
It makes the screen black when you put the watch on his cradle.
No airplane mode though
2k4ever said:
you can do the same thing without Tasker:....
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Oh .. you are sooo right ... I missed that possibility ... it was a situation of not seeing the forest because of the trees
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Oh .. you are sooo right ... I missed that possibility ... it was a situation of not seeing the forest because of the trees
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yes, WatchMaker is great on its own - but I really love the tasker integration!
I'm using the above formula to set a 50% opacity shade during the night hours in order to dim the screen
btw: the same thing should be possible with Facer
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yes, WatchMaker is great on its own - but I really love the tasker integration!
I'm using the above formula to set a 50% opacity shade during the night hours in order to dim the screen
btw: the same thing should be possible with Facer
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i have used tasker to set the black watch face in the night. but 1 problem, watchmaker works only when one of the faces from watchmaker is selected. If i select any of stock watchface, the tasker thing does not work as it is mentioned in watchmaker app description that to change the face one of the watchmaker faces should be selected on the watch..
Of course it's working like that, seriously, what have you expected?
If/when the main wear app will allow changing faces remotely via tasker (or it will offer an API for that) then we will be able to do that.
Anyway, my watch is turning off by itself while it's placed in the charger. It will not turn off immediately but after few minutes.
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i have used tasker to set the black watch face in the night. but 1 problem, watchmaker works only when one of the faces from watchmaker is selected. If i select any of stock watchface, the tasker thing does not work as it is mentioned in watchmaker app description that to change the face one of the watchmaker faces should be selected on the watch..
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I haven't tried it myself, but FaceLift could be what you are looking for
it should allow you to switch to watchmaker (which you have to pre-set with a black image) and back to the stock face at certain times
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Anyway, my watch is turning off by itself while it's placed in the charger. It will not turn off immediately but after few minutes.
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As I understand it, praddz wants the watch to turn off during a certain time frame, not when charging
If you want the watch to turn off immediately when charging and are willing to enable developer options, for me it works to set the keep screen on option to enabled
At night I just deactivate Screen Alway ON to have screen off while charging. So easy that changing face or other workaround no ? Long press button and just click on screen parameter.
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Of course it's working like that, seriously, what have you expected?
If/when the main wear app will allow changing faces remotely via tasker (or it will offer an API for that) then we will be able to do that.
Anyway, my watch is turning off by itself while it's placed in the charger. It will not turn off immediately but after few minutes.
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Figured I'd chime in that changing faces from the app is confirmed for the Lollipop/Wear 2.0 update rolling out this week. On another note, it would be cool to have the 5.0 notification system integrated into Wear, so things like Quiet Hours, Priority interruptions, etc. Maybe someday.
Am i missing something? My watch automatically turns the screen off when it's on the cradle, after about 10 minutes.
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Am i missing something? My watch automatically turns the screen off when it's on the cradle, after about 10 minutes.
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I am there with you bud...
I said the same thing...
BUYER BEWARE: I don't know how Samsung handles burn-in. I created an overlay for WatchMaker that effectively turns off every pixel for a minute or two each hour (similar to what pixel shift does).
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I lucked into exploiting a bug/glitch that somehow tricks or circumvents the 15% OPR limitation in dim mode. What I end-up with is considerably brighter, and much more useable/readable.
Using WatchMaker and Tasker, create a task to run every 5 minutes throughout the day. Every 5 minutes (or 10 or whatever you choose, just needs to be higher than watch's screen off time), re-send the currently selected WatchMaker face to your Watch. It might take a cycle or two to sync, but you'll end-up with the default WatchMaker brightness (which doesn't appear to be adjustable) in dim mode.
My blue/orange/red watchfaces (some with @ 45% OPR) are now readable in dim mode. Uses maybe 1-1.5% extra battery per hour (I have brightness set to 4 out of 10). App "I'm Alive" works great to keep your watch always on (and active), but is a huge battery drain in the 8-10% per hour range in my tests. The Tasker trick above actually allows your watch to go into inactive/dim mode.
NOT A GUARANTEE AGAINST BURN-IN!!!
Here are the overlays I use in WatchMaker. It would be the top/last two layers in your design. The first I set the X coordinate to {dm}, which shifts the image 1 pixel right each minute. The second I set the Y coordinate to {dm}, which shifts the image 1 pixel down each minute.
I really can't see these pixels, although they may show on large white parts of your watch.
The images are a 630x630 square at 364 DPI (for the 1.4" 45mm Galaxy Watch 3). Each row has 1 pure black pixel every 60 pixels, and I alternated so to maximize the space between pixels to not be noticeable. The second image is rotated 180 degrees so you can use both in order to "turn-off" each pixel for 2 minutes each hour.
One more layer of protection would be to lengthen your minute hand all the way to the edge and it will then, presumably, change the color of every pixel for a few minutes each hour as it rotates around.
The images are below (they're just mostly transparent!). Hover around with the cursor to find GWBurnIn1.png and GWBurnIn2.png
More tips:
Rotate watch faces at least every 12 hours to reduce chance of burn-in (GW3 WatchMaker max is 3 hours, FYI, but you need to control this from Tasker, anyway, to select different watches at different times on different days)
Alternate between light/colored faces and dark/black faces. Even better, use paint.net (free download for PC) to create the inverted color version of the watch face. But in most cases the inverted face will probably be ugly as sin.
A couple battery drain tips: Don't use WatchMaker default rotation commands for the minute-hand, use {dm}*6. In dim mode, the hand only moves every minute, anyway, but the default rotation is adjusted for seconds which could cause it to constantly engage cpu to calculate. Similarly, you might not want to use the continuous second-hand {drss} rotation.
Note: The second-hand does not disappear in dim mode even if set to bright only. Use the below code for the Opacity of the second-hand. This makes the second hand invisible after the watch has been active for 15 seconds. It will come back, for 15 seconds (or whatever you choose) when you interact with your watch again.
{c_elapsed} >=15 and 0 or 100
How do you write the Tasker task to change the watch face in watchmaker? Thanks for help
Would like to know this as well...
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How do you write the Tasker task to change the watch face in watchmaker? Thanks for help
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There are two steps. First, a "sub-task" to set a Tasker variable. In the below scenario, I'm rotating 25 watchfaces for the week. It's iterating the variable +1 every 8 hours, until 25 then back to 0.
with trigger/event set from 12AM every 8 hours
1) Variable set.....Name "%WMwatch" and To 0 and "If %WMwatch" eq 25
2) Variable add....Name "%WMwatch" and Value 1 and Wrap Around 0
Second step. Set the watchface. You need to use the Tasker Watchmaker plugin. The action is "WM Change Watch". The trigger event you want to set to every 5 minutes (or 2, or 10 minutes or whatever). I use 5 minutes and the battery drain is completely negligible.
1) Configuration: choose your watchface...and use the IF function %WMwatch EQ 1 (and then a different watchface for 2, and 3, and so on).
That's it. Kind of hard to explain, but if you guys are familiar with Tasker you should be able to figure it out. This hack is still working for me, and I love it.
Hi,
I'm having some heart issues and would like to keep the heart rate monitor open. However, when I go to the widget it times out after a minute showing just a large clock, then goes back to default watchface after a period of inactivity. The watchfaces (even those with h/r monitor) do not update as frequently as the heart rate monitor "page" does, so I'd like to keep that page open without it timing out. I can't find any setting to prevent this, however. Any ideas?
No reply? Am I wrong asking this question here and expecting a reply (I really wouldn't know)
Samsung are Smartwatch with Health features, YOU, you need a tracker with Smart features not same device
(Garmin/Fitbit are Health tracker with smart features)
pbogdanovic said:
Hi,
I'm having some heart issues and would like to keep the heart rate monitor open. However, when I go to the widget it times out after a minute showing just a large clock, then goes back to default watchface after a period of inactivity. The watchfaces (even those with h/r monitor) do not update as frequently as the heart rate monitor "page" does, so I'd like to keep that page open without it timing out. I can't find any setting to prevent this, however. Any ideas?
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Well, I did find a reply in another forum:
Galaxy Wearable app on the phone - Home Tab - Display - Show last app - Within 1 hour
This keeps the last used app on the watch open for 1 hour. My watch does switch to the "temp watchface", but as soon as you make the wakeup gesture the screen shows the last used app.
I'm not sure, but maybe you can find any theme that displays the details of your heart rate on the main screen? For example, there are some that show steps and pulse rate.
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I'm not sure, but maybe you can find any theme that displays the details of your heart rate on the main screen? For example, there are some that show steps and pulse rate.
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It doesn't update as often as I'd like when you have a heart procedure and need to monitor it all the time. Anyway, I found the right answer - one above yours.