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HTC Car (Vehicle Dock App)

Am I missing something or does the car dock app not integrate with Google music or Pandora? I don't use tunein or store music on my phone directly so this app loses appeal for me. Any ideas?
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I think there was a thread earlier today about this to. Im in the same boat but I use spotify. As far as I can tell theres no way to change the icons.

It's a shame that it cant be customized. I'd like to add Spotify and an app that detects speed cameras. I guess i will need to switch to the old car app that was abandoned by google.

This is my favorite car mode app on android https://play.google.com/store/apps/...51bGwsMSwyLDEsInNwaW5uaW5naGVhZC5jYXJob21lIl0.
Car Home Ultra

gunnyman said:
This is my favorite car mode app on android https://play.google.com/store/apps/...51bGwsMSwyLDEsInNwaW5uaW5naGVhZC5jYXJob21lIl0.
Car Home Ultra
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Its functional, but doesnt look that nice imo. Too bad there are no skins.

It's ugly for sure but very customizable.
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Notnilc said:
Am I missing something or does the car dock app not integrate with Google music or Pandora? I don't use tunein or store music on my phone directly so this app loses appeal for me. Any ideas?
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Anyone figure out how to use Pandora for the car dock app?

since i'm on CM i'm using the original google car home. it can be customized fairly well. not sure if you can disable the htc version and use that one or not.

venelar said:
since i'm on CM i'm using the original google car home. it can be customized fairly well. not sure if you can disable the htc version and use that one or not.
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the original car home doesn't have ICS support, has CM taken it and run with it?

I've been using Car Home Ultra for the last few days and while it works and you can add custom app shortcuts, it's really ugly. It's the equivalent of a Geocities website with blinking text and animated GIFs.
If I knew anything about creating an Android app and I had the time I could make some decent spare cash building a beautiful car app.

I found the Google one on XDA http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1569027
Install both APK's works fine. Why HTC didn't allow there's to be customizable is beyond me.

gunnyman said:
the original car home doesn't have ICS support, has CM taken it and run with it?
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(i see you found it) I just install the apk and have tasker (best app ever) launch it when it docks.

Does anyone know how to make the dialer go into landscape like it does in htc car mode?

You can use Rotation Locker from the play store, Gunny. Long press the Auto option to get the home screen and dialer to rotate.
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Perfect. Thanks.

car mode modify
vjr021 said:
Anyone figure out how to use Pandora for the car dock app?
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Bit of a late reply but I've only started using the car app and encountered the same problem.
The solution is to go into the music app that comes with the phone. Here you'll see a couple of music related apps like tunein radio and soundhound. Click on the options icon up the top right and select 'add shortcut'. Add all the apps you want (pandora, spotify, music players).
Now when you enter the car mode the last app you added will appear on the bottom right. You can access all the media shortcuts you added by scrolling to the right twice.
Pressing the home button from any screen will take you back into the original screen so you can alter your music even when in navigation.
Hope this helps anyone using the car mode app.

No luck with that, either. TuneIn is always there.
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Maybe it doesn't recognise the app your using as a music app?? I did it with playerpro and it does appear as the bottom right icon automatically.
What happens if you scroll to the right twice from the car mode homescreen.
One scroll to the right takes me to the default music player and the second scroll takes me into all the shortcuts I added using the music app.
I tested this with a random, non-music related app and it didn't appear on the car mode homescreen but did still appear as an icon when I scrolled right twice.

You should be able to swipe to the right twice off of the main Car Home screen, and that should give you all of the shortcuts that are in the HTC Music app. The bottom right icon on the main screen should then reflect the last app you used.

eriqjaffe said:
You should be able to swipe to the right twice off of the main Car Home screen, and that should give you all of the shortcuts that are in the HTC Music app. The bottom right icon on the main screen should then reflect the last app you used.
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Yeah just to confirm, even if its not a music app it will still appear in the bottom right if that was the last of you shortcuts to be opened.

Best alternative app for S Calendar ?

Hi,
I'm looking for the best app that could replace S Calendar. If someone could help me, it would be very nice

Personally I use Business Calendar, its free and very powerful, check it out

cchr said:
Personally I use Business Calendar, its free and very powerful, check it out
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Best alternative for S Calendar Great widget, easy to change everything.
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niczob said:
Hi,
I'm looking for the best app that could replace S Calendar. If someone could help me, it would be very nice
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Try ACalender+

If its because you like the S Planner widgets, Jorte is another excellent alternative. I've only just moved to CM10 because I found this.
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ACalender seems nice, I'll try it.
Thanks !

Using paranoid Rom, with the Google calendar set to 213dpi, you get a superb view of all your accounts, month and weekly time planner, a great widget and you can black it all out with inverted gapps, it's quick and simple for me works better than all the others I've tried.
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THUDUK said:
Using paranoid Rom, with the Google calendar set to 213dpi, you get a superb view of all your accounts, month and weekly time planner, a great widget and you can black it all out with inverted gapps, it's quick and simple for me works better than all the others I've tried.
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Tell me if I'm wrong, but the google calendar doesn't display the title of events. And I want this feature.
I've just tried ACalendar (free version), and it is really good. The views are perfect !

Jorte also not bad

niczob said:
Tell me if I'm wrong, but the google calendar doesn't display the title of events. And I want this feature.
I've just tried ACalendar (free version), and it is really good. The views are perfect !
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Thats why I said set to 213, in month view you get text titles and week you get a small month box etc...if you set dpi larger then you loose this

I can recommend Pocket Informant. It comes with lots of.features and different views. And it's very convenient to use.
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Google just release Original Google Calender. Try it.

acalender da best from Tapir, seriously you wont regret
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WatchIt vs Augmented Smartwatch Pro

Both these two applications can push notifications from all apps on the phone. WatchIt is free, ASP is not, but it is more powerful, since it has Tasker integration, and can do more.
Which one are use using, and what are the pros/cons over the other?
Are there other alternatives?
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I don't want to get eye cancer so I'm using WatchIt. (Augmented SmartWatch really looks awful to me.) For Tasker, there's the Tasker Smart Extension and WatchIt! will also display notifications from Tasker.
If you want to do more complex stuff, you can always use Remote Widget and Zoom for Tasker do use interactive widgets from the SW2.

Yes, the look and feel of Augmented Smartwatch is ugly...
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For some reason Augmented Smartwatch causes my S4 to lock up. I've worked some with the developer, and I even reset my phone. My s$ locks up for about 20 seconds when a notification comes in, and my watch goes blank. Eventually the notification pops up on the watch. From what little I have been able to use it, it actually is too much IMHO. Watchit! is simple and generally what I need.

I'm very want to use ASP because of ASP's powerful function and full screen show notification when running app on watch.
But it can't show Full-width characters well. (like "ｃｈａｒ")
While showing long string of Full-width, it will only show one line and beyond the watch, but not word wrap.
May ASP author can fix this error, certainly i will purchase this app and using as well.

Watchit seems to be ok, but I did have a problem with that. My Note 10.1 (touchwiz?) / A4.1.2 started talking back to me when the easy accessibility was on for Watchit (and talkback was off). I think I managed to fix it by the way i found it from another discussion: need to clear data from google text to speech app. (When the easy access is still on for Watchit - otherwise it will keep talking back). Seems to work great!
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Watchit
I bought the ASP application, but I do not use .... Why?:
1.- Text is infamous
2.- I have not gotten to see pictures of Whatsapp
3.- Notices of whatsapp can not be selected for viewing (Watchit can)
4.- Weather is bad
5.- Watchit.... Free
6.- ASP....4,99 €
Undoubtedly watchit
Galaxy note 1, With J. B. 4.1.2 and SmartWatch 1

Have to agree with the majority here, i tried ASP but its sooo ugly and takes a bit of configuration, watchit works well, quickly and does what you want.
Both apps arnt perfect but free vs £3 is a no brainer
tbh alot of things are workarounds for what sony could develop and implement but havnt
If the galaxy gear wasnt so damn expensive, i'd have one instead

Seems like I need to clear data from Google text-to-speech everytime I restart the phone - otherwise my phone is talking back to me when scrolling screens. Well, a minor bug... I rarely shutdown/restart the phone anyway. Some other thing I notice that WatchIt (or sw2? not sure) interacts with developer sections choices somehow, mixing the settings so that phone doesnt know if they are turned on or off and you need to restart your phone. (Note 10.1 / A4.1.2)
When compairing SW2 and Gear, Im so lucky that Samsung didn't update my N8000 before Xmas (Gear needs A4.3 to run), I would have bought Gear aswell. BUT... SW2 looks much better than Gear, and it feels great on your wrist (a metal band) and I couldnt even wear Gear at work (water/chemicals/not wearable with a suit or better clothes either). I don't need functions like "talk to the hand!" or similar.. Just plain, classy-looks watch to notify me: phones, sms, etc... because I keep my phone (N8000) all the time in a bag, and i rarely even hear when it rings or get messages. And if I heard it rings, i didnt know who's calling.
SW2 and Gear were almost the same price: 199 euros (metal band) / 249 euros, so it wasn't the "money issue". The quality and style of SW2 is impressive and I feel lucky that I didnt bought Gear. Thank you Samsung you didn't update my device! :victory:

Wristin is another alternative.
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Two things with Watchit! and every other sw2 notification app I've tried. 1st, you can't mark the notification as viewed on the phone, when checked on the watch. And secondly, text grouping. Would be nice to have each contacts in their own thread. If anyone knows of solutions to these or another app which has these features it would be much appreciated
Cheers
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cas239 said:
Two things with Watchit! and every other sw2 notification app I've tried. 1st, you can't mark the notification as viewed on the phone, when checked on the watch.
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Is there any SW2 notification app that does this? I'm thinking about replacing my Pebble with the Sony but if this functon is missing, I probably wouldn't.
On the Pebble, there's an app called Notification Center that allows you dismiss the phone notification with one button and keep the phone notification with a press of the other button.

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Is there any SW2 notification app that does this? I'm thinking about replacing my Pebble with the Sony but if this functon is missing, I probably wouldn't.
On the Pebble, there's an app called Notification Center that allows you dismiss the phone notification with one button and keep the phone notification with a press of the other button.
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Not that I've found
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clankfu said:
Is there any SW2 notification app that does this? I'm thinking about replacing my Pebble with the Sony but if this functon is missing, I probably wouldn't.
On the Pebble, there's an app called Notification Center that allows you dismiss the phone notification with one button and keep the phone notification with a press of the other button.
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I've heard the ap watch notifier can do that. But I haven't tried it.
I think it's in Google play
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yomiguy said:
I've heard the ap watch notifier can do that. But I haven't tried it.
I think it's in Google play
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In the description for that app, it only mentions that your watch notifications will be marked as read when you turn on your phone display. Doesn't work the other way around I don't think.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.elfsoft.watchnotifier

I am using "WatchNotifier" as well. Great App.

If you only need whatsapp notification on your smartwatch then you can try WhatsApp Smart Notification. It also displays the contact picture and UI is good.

I am using Notification Pro for Smartwatch and I love it. The support is fantastic as the developer updates it very often.

I haven't been able to find this Notification pro on the Play Store. Can you give us any pointers?
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stopa10 said:
I haven't been able to find this Notification pro on the Play Store. Can you give us any pointers?
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pacosal.sw2.accnew
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pacosal.sw2.accnew2
greetings
MJFox

What extensions and apps do you find most useful for the SSW2?

I'm hardly a noob at Android, but am a noob to the Sony Smartwatch 2. I've downloaded some extensions that are absolutely useless, then I've found a few that have been pretty good. My main notification that I need to be consistent on the watch is my hangouts notifications. That's not the only extension or app I'm looking for. What have you guys found to be the most consistent and useful app and extensions? I have an international HTC One Max for the record.
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Remote widget. You can use and control any widget on your watches like on homescreen. Total musthave for me. I have in there yatse xbmc control, local rain map, another weather widget, Google music native widget, music volume widget, settings control via power toggle.
I can imagine that everyone can find it useful.
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GMKcz said:
Remote widget. You can use and control any widget on your watches like on homescreen. Total musthave for me. I have in there yatse xbmc control, local rain map, another weather widget, Google music native widget, music volume widget, settings control via power toggle.
I can imagine that everyone can find it useful.
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Good suggestion! Thanks so much! Downloading now!
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OK, if you like my suggestions I have couple more of them.
For example smartsquare - foursquare on watches.
Watchify - notification from every app
Smart note - I am using this like grocery list - food shopping has never been so easy
Smartreader - open any txt file - usable for longer texts, various settings
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GMKcz said:
OK, if you like my suggestions I have couple more of them.
For example smartsquare - foursquare on watches.
Watchify - notification from every app
Smart note - I am using this like grocery list - food shopping has never been so easy
Smartreader - open any txt file - usable for longer texts, various settings
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Awesome! Keep em coming folks. Trying all of the above.
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ModeChanger - Set your phone's sound profile on your SmartWatch. (Normal, Vibrate, Silent).

Tikerz said:
ModeChanger - Set your phone's sound profile on your SmartWatch. (Normal, Vibrate, Silent).
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Yeah but graphics is not optimized for sw2 resolution so it looks crappy. But it works like charm i have to say
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Smart reader is pure win BTW.
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Not sure if there is a topic like this somewhere, but this may be a good topic to be stuck. Just a thought.
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I use Toggles. Similar to Modechanger but optimized for sony watch 2. Been very handy.
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ILuvRice said:
I use Toggles. Similar to Modechanger but optimized for sony watch 2. Been very handy.
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Great app. Use it all the time!
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ILuvRice said:
I use Toggles. Similar to Modechanger but optimized for sony watch 2. Been very handy.
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Most useful extension I've got. I tether my tablet a fair bit at work and I can enable mobile data and tethering without even taking my phone out. Very handy.
Auto Lock is quite handy for if you lose your phone or if it gets stolen. Automatically locks your phone with a pin as soon as it becomes disconnected from the watch.
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Commander another options for remote sw
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sms writer is a good one. I carry my phone n8000 in a bag all the time and it is nowadays much easier to reply for sms =)
Remote widget is nice too, but... I dont know, it is more like a toy for me, just for fun. Well, I use it to control spotify play/stop because the spotify app I found is terrible...
Calender app. I would be lost without it. I need to check my calender events to see where I should be on everytime, lol.
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SqueezeWatch.
I have a Squeezebox Classic streaming music wirelessly to my stereo, using Logitech Media Server on my Windows PC.
SqueezeWatch connects to the server on the PC via Bluetooth/Wifi and lets me control the server (Start, Stop, Volume, Track) from my Smartwatch 2.

Some of my apps that haven't been mentioned:
- Advanced Sample Control: a very nice Tasker app, I use it particularly for time logging, can check in and check out of Time Recorder with Tasker tasks. Also I use it for things like turning on the phone torch.
- Find Phone
- GPS Map2: for directions when walking somewhere
- K-9 Mail: I use this on the watch rather with gmail as it is significantly more powerful than the Sony Gmail app.
- Music Control: Works much better than the Sony one
- Smart Calculator: perfect AND free
- Smart Camera: a great remote shutter app for group photos, as long as you set it to delay for a few seconds while you take your hand off your watch!
- Smart Note: perfect for keeping notes on my wrist, like the times of train connections.
- Smartwatch Shopping List: works nicely with the shopping list on my phone. Much easier than using the phone while shopping.

I just wanna chime in and say the runtastic app is really good. Only thing it's missing is low power mode (this means the app will stay open after the screen dims, correct?) You can start the phone app up from your watch and start, stop your tracking-- all with out even looking at your phone. Might sound obvious, but the runtastic app on pebble can't really do this. Pebble can't start the runtastic app if it's not already open. Also, it's not a runtastic app; it's using pebble's sport tracker API thing, which means it's supposed to add a stock "sport" app to the top of your pebble list when you open runtastic on your phone, but It didn't even ever work properly for me. Buggy as hell, most of the time the sport app would just never even appear, but when it would it would freeze, and if I ever left the app to say, change my music volume, I would have no way to return to the sport tracker cause the app's menu listing would disappear.
I keep seeing people who review SW2 complain that sony's app selection is lame, compared to Pebble, but I completely disagree. Pebble doesn't really have much more apps than sony; Pebble has a crap load of watch faces.
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The only app I'm really -- REALLY missing from pebble is Tiny Birds.

Yer another watchface widgets...

Check it out.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.nefastudio.android.smartwatch2.nfwfwidgets
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thearif said:
Check it out.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.nefastudio.android.smartwatch2.nfwfwidgets
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it is pretty good. better than the other widget, which does not work in offline mode. ( because of SDK's bug.... )

It does not show the Widgets on my Smartwatch (using Xperia Z2)

you have to check the items you want to use, but you can select only a few items with the free app, you have to buy the unlocked to use all items

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you have to check the items you want to use, but you can select only a few items with the free app, you have to buy the unlocked to use all items
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Ya i know, but if I put the widgets on the watchface, it does not show them on it

Shawtyq said:
Ya i know, but if I put the widgets on the watchface, it does not show them on it
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look in the clock-section (not in the widget-section)

I know the widgets are in the clock section, but they dont appear on the Watch if I put them on the watchface in the Watchface editor.

works fine for me?

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I know the widgets are in the clock section, but they don't appear on the Watch if I put them on the watchface in the Watchface editor.
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Maybe there are too many of them enabled in the WatchFace app itself. You're only allowed to enable three in the free version. Check all subsections in the WatchFace app and make sure only three in total are enabled.

Tight.
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Does display calendar and notifications?
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calendar and status widgets are "under development", you can't choose options in those sections yet
so far you can activate widgets from:
-clock/date
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