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Is it worth it?

So I've been looking at the smart watches and just wondering if they are really worth the money. I have an s3 so what features would it really have? Thanks
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well i can talk only with my experience.
first of all i bought it because i need a good tool to pass through tracks in spotify without having to take out of the trausers and open the phone each time.
Then i also bought it coz i can't be all the day looking at my phone. with it i can just see which whatsapp notifications are important enough to answer.
when i had it i noticed that it also have twitter but i dt use it a lot.
the other apps for me are not very important.
hope that this small "review" helped somehow
bests
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aka_sirok said:
well i can talk only with my experience.
first of all i bought it because i need a good tool to pass through tracks in spotify without having to take out of the trausers and open the phone each time.
Then i also bought it coz i can't be all the day looking at my phone. with it i can just see which whatsapp notifications are important enough to answer.
when i had it i noticed that it also have twitter but i dt use it a lot.
the other apps for me are not very important.
hope that this small "review" helped somehow
bests
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Ok thanks man, I was gonna get one for simple, don't need to pull out the phone use. Seems like it's the watch to get, thanks again.
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If you use Instant Messaging and Social apps, these are perfect.
Since you will always wear it(I assume), it will push to you notifications you would need.
There are also apps made for it(GPS Map, Calendar, Sports Trackers, etc.) that makes it better.

Can we have heart rate monitoring with the watch (with or without an ant+ band?)

I won mine at the XDA Devcon in Miami. I love it. I was missing calls from being away from my desk and the phone on silent. Now I don't. It rocks.
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The best Feature is the GPS Map :thumbup:
Actually I would not leave the house without this clock!

So I am new here, however, I have been thinking of the idea of a smart watch or band, " the quotes, or in thought of...
But seems more lately watches are a thing of the past like in the movie apprenticeship, more people use their phones for checking time or setting alarms,
I do like the nfc enable features I.E phone music streaming, media playback, pedometer, so on, is Sony the brand to go with in that aspect?

New SW2 update with missing features

So Sony finally updated the smartwatch today.
Long awaited features:
+ new watchfaces (digital with date)
+ light sensor adjustable back light
+ stop watch app
Maybe even more under the bonnet. It's starting to get better.

A new release of Camera Smart extension is now also available on Play Store:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sonymobile.extras.liveware.extension.camera
Also new update for Music Player Smart extension:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sonyericsson.extras.liveware.extension.music

Nice! But how do you update it?
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Awesome

mortenmb said:
Nice! But how do you update it?
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Well, in my case it was completely automatic - the watch restarted with the default watchface.

jschall said:
Well, in my case it was completely automatic - the watch restarted with the default watchface.
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Same. Saw a big white bar on the screen for about 30 seconds then it rebooted and it's got the new stuff on it.
Interestingly the camera smart extension is now incompatible with all my devices. Wasn't before but used to crash like a woman driver.

H00pyFr00d said:
Same. Saw a big white bar on the screen for about 30 seconds then it rebooted and it's got the new stuff on it.
Interestingly the camera smart extension is now incompatible with all my devices. Wasn't before but used to crash like a woman driver.
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Same here. Incompatible. Cannot install the updated camera app. However it's at least not crashing for me.

IxBUSTERxI said:
Same here. Incompatible. Cannot install the updated camera app. However it's at least not crashing for me.
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Shame the music player is still borked too.

Where did you find the stopwatch? Got the update but don't see it
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Tonio78370 said:
Where did you find the stopwatch? Got the update but don't see it
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You'll have to activate it under preferences -> apps
(on the watch of course)

Tonio78370 said:
Where did you find the stopwatch? Got the update but don't see it
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Go to settings, apps and activate it

I have received the update also, completely automatic. The new watchfaces are ok, i have now the date and digital clock displayed in stand-by.
Trimis de pe Galaxy Note 2

Why did they make the date so small? Could have made it all bigger and used more of the space... Never satisfied!

I have to agree with you. It is just too small. Why is it so difficult to be a bit more thoughtful. Make it bigger and use the screen properly. But at least I have to give them credit. They are at least trying to improve the watch. Good job SONY keep up the good work.
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Ya same here me too ... my only gripe is that they could have at least make the digital clock and the dates bigger. I don't mind if day and month not displayed, as long as there is date. And it never occurred to them to make a retro digital watchface like during the heydays of Casio in the early 90's. That would have made the SW2 more cooler.

everything is great with this update, maybe new watchfaces should be replaceable but...
email extension doesn't work now. It says that app is not supported on this device. any tip how back this app to life?

Tonio78370 said:
Where did you find the stopwatch? Got the update but don't see it
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Got it thanks! Love the new digital face with date.
If you don't expect a quad-core i7 comuter on your wrist, it's a nice gadget
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Made my day
Will do. :good:

Can someone post pics of all the new watch faces? I'm at work and I didn't wear mine today
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The update is automatic only if you have your phone set to allow automatic update of applications as it comes as an updated SW2 app on the phone. Just wanted to make sure people who have the Play Store set for manual app updates aren't waiting for an automatic update of their smartwatch.
Fred

[Q] pedometer app on nexus 5

Does anyone know of any apps taking advantage of the pedometer hardware in the nexus 5 yet? I'm currently using noom walk but it's not massively accurate.
Cheers!
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There's an app called moves that does an EXCELLENT job of this. The interface is fantastic. Highly recommend it.
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DinoSoup said:
There's an app called moves that does an EXCELLENT job of this. The interface is fantastic. Highly recommend it.
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Does Moves use specifically the pedometer hardware?

guilmm said:
Does Moves use specifically the pedometer hardware?
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Yes, it was the first to actually support the Nexus 5's pedometer.
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I'm pretty sure Google Now does but it only gives you an update once a month.
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Cool app Moves
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I just saw this and I really hope they can bring this on the Nexus 5, too. I doubt it, though...

ricostuart said:
Does anyone know of any apps taking advantage of the pedometer hardware in the nexus 5 yet? I'm currently using noom walk but it's not massively accurate.
Cheers!
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have you seen this?
its very simple compared to the "big guys" apps..
http://www.reddit.com/r/Nexus5/comments/1rcd17/need_beta_testers_for_lightweight_pedometer_app/

Here's one that users the hardware step counter on the N5, it has a nice ui and has achievements etc too
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.j4velin.pedometer

Data collected by Moves can be exported to a variety of connected apps to track fitness over time, visualize travels, etc.

The AIRS ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.airs) recording app recently added the pedometer as a dedicated sensor. It's not specifically focussing on step counting only but more generally on lifelogging. Its companion app Storica ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.storica) lets you view your daily step count, among all the other data you collected on your phone.

hope google develop its Now activity card better with pedometer data
I'm currently using moves app as a pedometer. It is nice looking and good app but consumes way too much battery. At the same time it feels stupid that both moves and google now are tracking my path. Hope moves developers gives options for phones with hardware step counters to turn off tracking path when there is no need for their own algorithms to detect steps but I'm not holding my breath because it is clearly big part of that app's user experience what they want to offer.
So my second thought is that now when android 4.4 and hopefully more devices with hardware step counters will come to market google should develop google nows activity card better. I don't see any point in that card currently only showing once a month. Hope they will develop it more in the way like moves is currently. Google now already tracks the path like moves and now with pedometer they should count steps and give chance to user select how often they want to see that activity card. I think they should give a option to show daily activity card with path, steps, distance and walking/cycling/running time like moves do. Maybe even burned calories.

Anyone been able to get the Virgin anywhere app to work

As per title, been trying to get this app and its not in the play store for the z1, although apparently its available for the z1, my mates got it on his note 3 an it works just fine. I've tried xposed play store fixes but it makes no difference.
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dladz said:
As per title, been trying to get this app and its not in the play store for the z1, although apparently its available for the z1, my mates got it on his note 3 an it works just fine. I've tried xposed play store fixes but it makes no difference.
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You are talking about virgin tv anywhere or what?
It's not available in my country but it's available for Z1... If you even meant that app...
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funky0308 said:
You are talking about virgin tv anywhere or what?
It's not available in my country but it's available for Z1... If you even meant that app...
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"As per title, been trying to get this app and its not in the play store for the z1"
Yea i ment the app the actual name is virgin tv anywhere too, thought that would be obvious to anyone who actually has it.
I've also read that it's available for the Z1 but it's not appearing in the play store for me? Not 100% as to why but it's hidden.
Perhaps my device is reported as something else other than the Z1, I do have play store fixes on my phone via xposed but I have turned that off and tried again to no avail.
So anyone who's got it on their z1 and has it working, can you share as to how please?
Cheers.

dladz said:
"As per title, been trying to get this app and its not in the play store for the z1"
Yea i ment the app the actual name is virgin tv anywhere too, thought that would be obvious to anyone who actually has it.
I've also read that it's available for the Z1 but it's not appearing in the play store for me? Not 100% as to why but it's hidden.
Perhaps my device is reported as something else other than the Z1, I do have play store fixes on my phone via xposed but I have turned that off and tried again to no avail.
So anyone who's got it on their z1 and has it working, can you share as to how please?
Cheers.
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That's why I ask what app you meant, because I see that app but can't download (at least not from market)...
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funky0308 said:
That's why I ask what app you meant, because I see that app but can't download (at least not from market)...
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Aye thats the one, think if i made my phone appear as a note 3 then it'd work, my mates got it an it works fine.

dladz said:
Aye thats the one, think if i made my phone appear as a note 3 then it'd work, my mates got it an it works fine.
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Try to Google "virgin tv anywhere market" and open first link.
I'm seeing it that way, can't download but maybe it's available in your country.
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dladz said:
Aye thats the one, think if i made my phone appear as a note 3 then it'd work, my mates got it an it works fine.
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Try this link mate
Virgin TV anywhere
Just hit "generate download link" and download...
Everything should work
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funky0308 said:
Try this link mate
Virgin TV anywhere
Just hit "generate download link" and download...
Everything should work
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Tried an APK the other day and it wouldn't install. Not 100% as to why.
That links dead too m8.
I have a working APK, (by working I mean that it's a valid APK and will try to install), I get a not installed error, do you think pushing to system it may install? Or do you think altering permissions may get it to run? Cheers m8.

dladz said:
Tried an APK the other day and it wouldn't install. Not 100% as to why.
That links dead too m8.
I have a working APK, (by working I mean that it's a valid APK and will try to install), I get a not installed error, do you think pushing to system it may install? Or do you think altering permissions may get it to run? Cheers m8.
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Wait a bit - I'll upload fully working version.
It's 30Mb so it'll take few mins to upload.
That one works without any problems...
Here it is :
Virgin TV anywhere
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funky0308 said:
Wait a bit - I'll upload fully working version.
It's 30Mb so it'll take few mins to upload.
That one works without any problems...
Here it is :
Virgin TV anywhere
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Right? For some strange reason, I tried to install from the play store on the internet rather than the one on the phone and it's found my phone and installed the app?
Weird.
Thanks for trying m8, I appreciate your help

dladz said:
Right? For some strange reason, I tried to install from the play store on the internet rather than the one on the phone and it's found my phone and installed the app?
Weird.
Thanks for trying m8, I appreciate your help
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That's why I said - try via Google (web).
That way market can't read your phone files (prop files) and install apk.without problem.
Great, if all works
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That's why I said - try via Google (web).
That way market can't read your phone files (prop files) and install apk.without problem.
Great, if all works
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I tried that yesterday though and it said I don't have any devices that it's installable on, but today it worked ?

Bloody thing doesn't work on rooted phones Anyone get this working, let me know.
Root cloak didn't work, nor did hide my root.
What a pain in the backside.

Not on a z1 but on my nexus 4 I had to temp disable root from within the supersu app.
Is your z1 on Virgin mobile by the way, I'm hoping to get one soon so interested to see you've managed to root yours.
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furrypotato said:
Not on a z1 but on my nexus 4 I had to temp disable root from within the supersu app.
Is your z1 on Virgin mobile by the way, I'm hoping to get one soon so interested to see you've managed to root yours.
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Nope i'm on EE, but don't buy direct from a carrier as you most likely won't be able to unlock the bootloader, i found that out the hard way, ended up sending it off for repair when i bricked it, but sent it via a third party and got back an unlockable phone.
You don't want to go down that road m8.
So on the Nexus 4 you were able to use the app by doing what exactly? Removing root from within the superuser app itself??
PS: In all fairness the Z1 is a great phone but if you are looking to buy then hold fire and get something else in a few months, theres some pretty beefy phones on the way, the HTC One (2) will be a winner.

Actually now that I think about it, in selected the option to perm unroot the phone so not ideal..... Although with nexus 4 I just had to reflash supersu from recovery to get it back. Not ideal.
As for my next phone, I'm giving up on HTC after 4 previous phone, I got fed up of sense.
Of course the z2 will be announced later this month so I might hold off and see....
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furrypotato said:
Actually now that I think about it, in selected the option to perm unroot the phone so not ideal..... Although with nexus 4 I just had to reflash supersu from recovery to get it back. Not ideal.
As for my next phone, I'm giving up on HTC after 4 previous phone, I got fed up of sense.
Of course the z2 will be announced later this month so I might hold off and see....
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Nah m8, HTC Sense is by far and away the best UI there is, it just works and is functional to perfection.
Only went with the Z1 as on paper it was great, i've had my ups and downs with it and it's been ok as of late.
I do miss some HTC features though.
I'm using the Nexus 5 launcher too so besides the camera and stock apps theres very little left from stock.
As for the Virgin app not working, i could remove root but any time i decide to mess with my phone i always end up having to redo the whole thing. The maker of rootcloak has recognised that the virgin app doesn't work and is most likely working on a fix, so hopefully at some point it'll be functional, more and more people will want to use the app as it's a great thing to have on your phone, being rooted simply shouldn't be an issue and Virgin are a55holes for making it an issue just because the powers that be have told them to.

dladz said:
Nah m8, HTC Sense is by far and away the best UI there is, it just works and is functional to perfection.
Only went with the Z1 as on paper it was great, i've had my ups and downs with it and it's been ok as of late.
I do miss some HTC features though.
I'm using the Nexus 5 launcher too so besides the camera and stock apps theres very little left from stock.
As for the Virgin app not working, i could remove root but any time i decide to mess with my phone i always end up having to redo the whole thing. The maker of rootcloak has recognised that the virgin app doesn't work and is most likely working on a fix, so hopefully at some point it'll be functional, more and more people will want to use the app as it's a great thing to have on your phone, being rooted simply shouldn't be an issue and Virgin are a55holes for making it an issue just because the powers that be have told them to.
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Unfortunately Virgin are no different to Sky etc - the content providers insist on protecting from root, otherwise they won't licence the channels. No point in blaming Virgin really, the industry is the issue. The irony of course is that on PCs/Macs it's much easier to rip streams than a tablet/phone so why the restrictions on mobile devices when laptops etc are a greater risk is beyond me.
However, good news is that the latest version of TV Anywhere (downloaded today from Play store) which is now compatible with 4.4 seems to work with Rootcloak - I just tried it on my Nexus 10 (not tried my Z1 yet but not so bothered about use on phone) and it asks for superuser (which I denied) and even though I get a toast message from SuperUser (saying 'denied') it gets through and streams channels
Not sure if they realise and will fix that in a later version, but will definitely be backing up this version's .apk

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Unfortunately Virgin are no different to Sky etc - the content providers insist on protecting from root, otherwise they won't licence the channels. No point in blaming Virgin really, the industry is the issue. The irony of course is that on PCs/Macs it's much easier to rip streams than a tablet/phone so why the restrictions on mobile devices when laptops etc are a greater risk is beyond me.
However, good news is that the latest version of TV Anywhere (downloaded today from Play store) which is now compatible with 4.4 seems to work with Rootcloak - I just tried it on my Nexus 10 (not tried my Z1 yet but not so bothered about use on phone) and it asks for superuser (which I denied) and even though I get a toast message from SuperUser (saying 'denied') it gets through and streams channels
Not sure if they realise and will fix that in a later version, but will definitely be backing up this version's .apk
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Ah cheers for letting me know m8, that's some good news at least, I only wanted it to work as it's available and i already pay for the XXL package with virgin so may as well get something out of them, i'm putting an AOSP rom on my phone later on today so will check out the app again, i've got root cloak so i'm good to go, just need to reflash my phone, just out of interest do you have the paid or free version of rootcloak?
Cheers m8.

Just the free one, I've only recently started to explore xposed modules

Can Gear S3 show phone state of charge?

I can use the Gear App on my S7 Edge to see the watch battery state. Can I use the watch to see the phone battery state?
After all, the phone is usually on my wrist, where I can see the watch battery level. The phone is in a zipped up pocket, often under a heavy waxed jacket.
I use the Glympse app on the S7 to broadcast my location when walking "off-piste" in forests. If the phone battery gets low, I can switch Glympse into low energy mode, but that means fishing around in my outdoor gear to get to the phone in a zipped up trouser pocket.

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I can use the Gear App on my S7 Edge to see the watch battery state. Can I use the watch to see the phone battery state?
After all, the phone is usually on my wrist, where I can see the watch battery level. The phone is in a zipped up pocket, often under a heavy waxed jacket.
I use the Glympse app on the S7 to broadcast my location when walking "off-piste" in forests. If the phone battery gets low, I can switch Glympse into low energy mode, but that means fishing around in my outdoor gear to get to the phone in a zipped up trouser pocket.
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I think it depends on the watch face if Iv not mistaken...
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There is a glimpse app for the watch you could use.
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Ah... I love the default watch face on the S3, and wouldn't want to change it. I first saw it on an advertisement on the back of the Christmas edition of the New Scientist magazine. I almost bought an S3 on the spot. (but had to wait a few weeks for funds)
Perhaps I need an app on the S7 to send audible warnings as the battery level drops.

There are dozens of watch faces that show the phone's battery state.
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Yeah lots of faces but they dont update very regulary... like my watch is still showing my phone as having 35 percent battery but its at 63 right now... so dont know why it doesny update that well..
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aapanju said:
Yeah lots of faces but they dont update very regulary... like my watch is still showing my phone as having 35 percent battery but its at 63 right now... so dont know why it doesny update that well..
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I've noticed that with the watchmaster faces. I have noticed though that the faces I've tried seem to take a lot more of my battery life.

Tel864 said:
I've noticed that with the watchmaster faces. I have noticed though that the faces I've tried seem to take a lot more of my battery life.
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Iv been using Facer....not tried watchmaster... will give it a shot...i actually charge watch everyday...but my shealth and sleep tracking is also on...though the display is set to motion..
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It's a little self defeating if the watch faces depletes my battery while I'm looking to see if I need to worry about my battery state.
Ah, but perhaps it's the watch battery that gets depleted?
I think I'll just get used to looking at the phone, but in the meantime I've installed Battery Notifier Pro on the phone so I get notifications when the battery is down to 25%
I just need to see if I can get the notifications from Battery Notifier Pro to show/sound on the watch.

Any good apps worth downloading? Since I dont have uber or spotify and everytime I need to download from US market remove sim reset apps etc etc its a pain... so if anyone suggests apps ill just write em all down an do it once...
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aapanju said:
Iv been using Facer....not tried watchmaster... will give it a shot...i actually charge watch everyday...but my shealth and sleep tracking is also on...though the display is set to motion..
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Watchmaster is still under review in Samsung Store so the only way to load it on the phone is by building the Watchmaker app in Tizen Studio and pushing it to the phone, all in all a small pain in the butt. I've noticed that on any of the Watchmaster faces my watch face usage is over 30% of my battery usage. There are many more faces available than with Facer but at a cost. I've found the best all around way to get faces is on Google+ in the Watch Face Pros community. All those are GWD faces easily loaded with Gear Watch Designer.
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aapanju said:
Any good apps worth downloading? Since I dont have uber or spotify and everytime I need to download from US market remove sim reset apps etc etc its a pain... so if anyone suggests apps ill just write em all down an do it once...
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Couldn't you just load up a VPN and log in to Samsung Store with a US IP?

Tel864 said:
Watchmaster is still under review in Samsung Store so the only way to load it on the phone is by building the Watchmaker app in Tizen Studio and pushing it to the phone, all in all a small pain in the butt. I've noticed that on any of the Watchmaster faces my watch face usage is over 30% of my battery usage. There are many more faces available than with Facer but at a cost. I've found the best all around way to get faces is on Google+ in the Watch Face Pros community. All those are GWD faces easily loaded with Gear Watch Designer.
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Actually watchmaster is in appstore.. tried earlier it wasnt but it is..Just downloaded it... but collection of free is too small...
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Tel864 said:
Watchmaster is still under review in Samsung Store so the only way to load it on the phone is by building the Watchmaker app in Tizen Studio and pushing it to the phone, all in all a small pain in the butt. I've noticed that on any of the Watchmaster faces my watch face usage is over 30% of my battery usage. There are many more faces available than with Facer but at a cost. I've found the best all around way to get faces is on Google+ in the Watch Face Pros community. All those are GWD faces easily loaded with Gear Watch Designer.
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Couldn't you just load up a VPN and log in to Samsung Store with a US IP?
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Nope you cant... it checks for simcard and detects using that....
Great recomendation on the google + groups ... is it easy loading gwd? Ill be downloading the app on my pc now...
Please keep giving recommendations on apps also... would be great!!!!
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aapanju said:
Actually watchmaster is in appstore.. tried earlier it wasnt but it is..Just downloaded it... but collection of free is too small...
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Nope you cant... it checks for simcard and detects using that....
Great recomendation on the google + groups ... is it easy loading gwd? Ill be downloading the app on my pc now...
Please keep giving recommendations on apps also... would be great!!!!
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You will need a Samsung Account ID to get an author and distributor certificate before you can build one of the downloaded watch faces. Both certificates can be obtained from with GWD and are free. Make sure you use a password for the certificates you can remember because you need it entered into GWD when you build a project. You can also copy the two certificates into the GWD directory to make it easier for GWD to find them.
After you get those, just download a watch face, change the extension of the downloaded face from .zip to .gwd, load the project in GWD, build it, and run it on the phone, all from within GWD. There are pretty good directions online. Also remember to have your watch wifi set to always on and debugging turned on in the watch. If you don't do that, then GWD can't find the watch.
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LOL, forget everything I said when mentioning Watchmaster, I meant Watchmaker. My auto correct was changing it every time and I didn't notice.

Tel864 said:
You will need a Samsung Account ID to get an author and distributor certificate before you can build one of the downloaded watch faces. Both certificates can be obtained from with GWD and are free. Make sure you use a password for the certificates you can remember because you need it entered into GWD when you build a project. You can also copy the two certificates into the GWD directory to make it easier for GWD to find them.
After you get those, just download a watch face, change the extension of the downloaded face from .zip to .gwd, load the project in GWD, build it, and run it on the phone, all from within GWD. There are pretty good directions online. Also remember to have your watch wifi set to always on and debugging turned on in the watch. If you don't do that, then GWD can't find the watch.
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LOL, forget everything I said when mentioning Watchmaster, I meant Watchmaker. My auto correct was changing it every time and I didn't notice.
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Connecting gear s3 to wifi than from xommand prompt startinf server.. but always fails...[emoji19]
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aapanju said:
Connecting gear s3 to wifi than from xommand prompt startinf server.. but always fails...[emoji19]
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You have debugging on in the watch and using the correct watch ip address plus the port# ex. 192.168.1.243:26011
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Tel864 said:
You have debugging on in the watch and using the correct watch ip address plus the port# ex. 192.168.1.243:26011
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Thanks sooo much... got ny first watch face running.. albeit abit cumbersome but amazing once done.. thanks soooo much.
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aapanju said:
Thanks sooo much... got ny first watch face running.. albeit abit cumbersome but amazing once done.. thanks soooo much.
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You're welcome. You can edit some of the colors on those faces like the digital display color.
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Tel864 said:
You're welcome. You can edit some of the colors on those faces like the digital display color.
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I love the Hublots tagheur and yellow ferrari... damn im addicted to this now... need more watch faces lol
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WatchMaker is coming to Gear in a week or so - there will be many new faces available and developers will create new ones, so options are going to expand.

Redflea said:
WatchMaker is coming to Gear in a week or so - there will be many new faces available and developers will create new ones, so options are going to expand.
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For some reason I love using the .gwd files... seems better than having an app... also ppl complain about battery drain using facer etc.. need more repo for .gwd files...
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