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Sony Smartwatch doesn't work on Galaxy S4 i9505

My Sony Smartwatch doesn't work on my GALAXY S4, what can I do to connect the Smartwatch with the smartphone? My Galaxy S4 is a GT-i9505
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Did you download the SmartConnect software? What step of the process is the problem occuring?

Yes, I downloaded everything but when I go to activate the Bluetooth and to connect the devices the galaxy don't read my watch. In practice the smartphone don't detect it
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When starting the device have you held down the power button to activate pairing?
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Of course.. Thanks problem is when I activate Bluetooth and I try to connect the watch..
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Misterskulls said:
Of course.. Thanks problem is when I activate Bluetooth and I try to connect the watch..
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Im using omega v6 rom on my i9505 and my smart watch connected first time and hasnt disconnected once yet so im stumped for u....
Have u set ur s4 to discoverable?
Oh an dont try to connect through settings... go through the smart app and add device from there.
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I do everything, I'm using a parting of Galaxy s4 google Edition rom, but I tried also when I used omega roms or foxholes roms.. So I don't know what i can do to connect my watch
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Misterskulls said:
I do everything, I'm using a parting of Galaxy s4 google Edition rom, but I tried also when I used omega roms or foxholes roms.. So I don't know what i can do to connect my watch
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Here's some steps you can take especially if your watch is new and not very customized yet. Try hooking up the watch to your PC and run the sony applicaton on your PC that does the updating. Have it connect to your watch and flash the latest firmware from Sony. After it's all done, let the watch sit on the cable until it has a full charge. When it is fully charged, reboot your phone and disconnect the watch from the cable. After the reboot, make sure no other BT devices are connected. Put the phone in BT discovery mode. Hold the watch's power button down for about 30 seconds or so. This will reset the watch. From there, the pairing should work.

Napalm, your advice (press 30s) works fine 4 me. Thanks a lot!!
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bitstorm1978 said:
Napalm, your advice (press 30s) works fine 4 me. Thanks a lot!!
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Glad I could help. When I snagged mine off Ebay, it was stuck on a 3 bars screen. I had to do some searching around to get it fixed. That's where I came across a lot of the troubleshooting steps for the watch.

I see an new issue... The LiveView app closes itself after some time... Someone experiencing this issue too?
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bitstorm1978 said:
I see an new issue... The LiveView app closes itself after some time... Someone experiencing this issue too?
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If I cut BT off , yes the app will disappear. However if BT is fine and my phone has been within range of the watch, I never see the app go away. Double check any app killers you have to make sure it's whitelisted. Also, people at least with a Nexus 4 have been complaining that the BT stack for 4.2.2 has been kind of trashy. M y rooted Rezound with a 4.2.2 rom has been fine though.

Hey guys I solved the problem, I had only to update the clock. Thanks to everyone
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Misterskulls said:
Hey guys I solved the problem, I had only to update the clock. Thanks to everyone
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That's an odd fix

can't connect smartwatch with S4
I try to reset the watch and pairing again with my S4, it paired up, when connecting for data, my phone just won't find my watch. I don't know how to update my watch with pc. But I connect it with my galaxy tab and update it. Is there any other way that can make my watch works with S4?
Thanks a lot

NapalmDawn said:
Glad I could help. When I snagged mine off Ebay, it was stuck on a 3 bars screen. I had to do some searching around to get it fixed. That's where I came across a lot of the troubleshooting steps for the watch.
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Same situation here, and to echo the above comments, your advice sorted it brilliantly!! [sp?]
Cheers!

halflite said:
Same situation here, and to echo the above comments, your advice sorted it brilliantly!! [sp?]
Cheers!
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Awesome It takes a bit of googling to find the right info on that. I initially told my seller-thanks for a defective watch LOL. It's been working great since I fixed that thing being stuck on the 3 bars.

Misterskulls said:
Hey guys I solved the problem, I had only to update the clock. Thanks to everyone
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Its cool ! Edit your post name.
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Note 3
Misterskulls said:
My Sony Smartwatch doesn't work on my GALAXY S4, what can I do to connect the Smartwatch with the smartphone? My Galaxy S4 is a GT-i9505
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Do sb know that will it work with Note 3?? i couldnt try it but i ordered one today!

Try the "OpenLiveView" app... I conected with my Galaxy S5 with it!

Help with new SW2?

Hey, I just got my SW2 after eyeballing it for a while. Well, the problem is, after connecting to my phone, I install apps on my phone using SmartConnect, but they never appear on the watch. Or, they do, but are greyed out. Help?! Please?
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You would need this as well. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sonymobile.smartconnect.smartwatch2
But make sure you've paired the watch to the phone also.
So what you need is pairing, smart connect app, smart watch 2 app

Okay, I got it setup. Somehow it stopped installing apps along the way.. But now here's my next problem...
It doesn't sync with my phone? When I go to the slideshow app, it never loads my photos, it just shows loading bars and then closes. Same with the camera. Same with music. All of it just does the bar thing and then shuts..
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It'd be great if someone could help me with this, I seem to have narrowed it down.
It doesn't sync to my device. It will for like, five seconds of being connected, but then it'll stop. Am I doing something wrong?
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I had same problem with htc one v and stock based roms (sense). On pure android aosp it works like charm
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Ilxaot said:
It doesn't sync to my device. It will for like, five seconds of being connected, but then it'll stop. Am I doing something wrong?
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You probably have bluetooth issues between SW2 and your LG.
Take a look at:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2489149
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2564360
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2469475

GMKcz said:
I had same problem with htc one v and stock based roms (sense). On pure android aosp it works like charm
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I cant flash ROMs because my phone model has a locked bootloader...
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You probably have bluetooth issues between SW2 and your LG.
Take a look at:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2489149
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2564360
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2469475
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I already saw all of those.. I'm going to try and reset the watch, unpair from Bluetooth, delete all pairing apps, reboot phone, then try from scratch..
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Nexus 5 and galaxy gear

Hey guys. I've recently picked up one of these watches since I've read that it will somewhat work with the n5. The main issue that I have is the fact that when paired the watch shows up as a headset instead of a watch which my zwatch showed up as. Because it pairs this way I cannot use a Bluetooth headset cause all audio is filtered to the watch. Is it possible to edit Bluetooth profiles of devices or something? Thanks for any help.
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It only works with Galaxy devices natively. It is possible there is a hack out there to make it work with the N5, but I haven't seen one.

Hi,
Found this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2596455...?
Maybe ask here...
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j_mullet said:
Hey guys. I've recently picked up one of these watches since I've read that it will somewhat work with the n5. The main issue that I have is the fact that when paired the watch shows up as a headset instead of a watch which my zwatch showed up as. Because it pairs this way I cannot use a Bluetooth headset cause all audio is filtered to the watch. Is it possible to edit Bluetooth profiles of devices or something? Thanks for any help.
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Did you download Gear Manager? Secondly, I believe it may pair as a Bluetooth headset because you can make and receive calls directly from the watch.
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viking37 said:
Hi,
Found this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2596455...?
Maybe ask here...
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Yep audio gets directed to the watch. I've managed to root w/custom ROM on the gear. But the biggest thing I've got to get working is notifications on the watch and audio on the BT earpiece. No luck so far.
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OuncE718 said:
Did you download Gear Manager? Secondly, I believe it may pair as a Bluetooth headset because you can make and receive calls directly from the watch.
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Yep I've had gear manager followed all tutorials and got notifications working, its just the fact that I can't use a BT earpiece. I wonder if there is a Bluetooth file somewhere that determines what kind of device is paired to the n5, and if so can it be edited so the galaxy gear is showing up as a watch instead of another earpiece.

j_mullet said:
Yep I've had gear manager followed all tutorials and got notifications working, its just the fact that I can't use a BT earpiece. I wonder if there is a Bluetooth file somewhere that determines what kind of device is paired to the n5, and if so can it be edited so the galaxy gear is showing up as a watch instead of another earpiece.
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I'll have to ask my dad but as far as I can remember whenever he used the Galaxy Gear with his phone he never used his Bluetooth headset and I'm wondering if its because the watch is now considered a Bluetooth headset.
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You nexus 5 as Bluetooth mic for PS3?

A friend of mine told me he downloaded a app called megaphone and used his phone (not a nexus 5) as a Bluetooth mic for his ps3. Well I downloaded the app and couldn't get it to work. Has anyone ever tried or done this?
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redalertlb said:
A friend of mine told me he downloaded a app called megaphone and used his phone (not a nexus 5) as a Bluetooth mic for his ps3. Well I downloaded the app and couldn't get it to work. Has anyone ever tried or done this?
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That would be a pretty damn cool feature.

When should the watch log onto WiFi

I cannot seem to get the search to work and cannot find any threads searching manually.
My watch has started logging into local WiFi every time I wake it up even when it has a Bluetooth connection to my phone.
I was expecting it to only use WiFi when no Bluetooth was available. It seems to have started doing this recently and I seem to remember an update not too long ago.
Anyone else with this issue.

Yes it should as you have described. With my S7 it behaves like this. May be it's your phone losing or power saving Bluetooth signal. Which phone are you using?
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I'm on an S6 edge
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It should work fine then . The only solution i can think of is to factory reset the watch and try again.
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Factory reset rather than a restart
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Seems to have worked cheers
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