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it's possible to modify the API ( NFC ) ?
I will copy or clone a MIFAR-TAG, and then store on my NEXUS S, so that I can use my NEXUS S as TAG for access control.
Thanks
Hello there!
I have bought my first "chinese phone", Xiaomi Mi Note 3. So far, I was used to the fact that when I am starting my new phone for the first time, I log in to my Google Account and after that, among others, I have the option to "restore" the apps I had on my previous device. Nothing like this happened on my Note 3. It runs MIUI, so I think this is the reason it works somewhat different. Did I miss something? What is the preferred method I should use to import the apps I had on my previous device (which are at preset stored on my Google Drive I guess). If I use a tool like Mi Mover (not sure if this is the preferred way), will my apps still be synced to Drive, so that if in the future I buy Galaxy S11 Flex, I will be able to restore them from it?
Thanks in advance!
Mike
Mi Mover also moves app data, if the app is supported, so yes that's the preferred way even if it's originally intended for Mi phone migration, which should now work on any Android 4.2 and up phone.
Hello.
Because i did not liked form factors of most mobile phones, i did not owned any for last 15 years. Recently i found out that certain smartwatches allow usage of SIM cards and can be used as a stand-alone phone.
So i gave it a try to use the watches without any phone.
Solutions
a) Old tablet on Wifi.
As watches require an activation via Wear OS app, this was easiest and fastest way how to get them work.
b) Virtual Box, with Android x86 image, and Bluetooth
This solution failed for me for probable reason that USB bluetooth i used was just 2.0, and i dont have newer one available. Anyone has an experience with this?
Virtualization would help me to manage the watches alone, without any other tablet or phone.
Current difficulties.
1. Activation of the watches.
2. New PW protected Wifi.
Can be solved with an app.
3. New contacts.
For each new contact (stored in Recent calls), i have to get to a PC and add the number to Google contacts, which get synced with the watches.
Can me recommend me set of apps to overcome those difficulties without rooting the watches?
Ok, I finally succeeded to pair my Virtual Box from Windows PC with my Huawei Watch 2.
1. You need a Bluetooth 4.0 on your PC.
I used this one Belking USB BT 4.0
2. Download and install Oracle Virtual Box.
I have version 5.2.
3. Download Android x86 7.1 ISO. - android-x86-7.1-r1.iso
4. Setup your virtual machine (CPUs, RAM, Storage)
5. Boot the ISO from virtual CD/DVD drive.
- Install the OS on virtual box
- set it up with your Google account.
- Install Google Wear
- Enable bluetooth in Virtual Box, and then in the Settings inside of Android OS.
To be sure it works, Bluetooth has to disappear from Windows.
Notes:
a) You have to reset watches to factory defaults, else it will be invisible over Bluetooth and you wont be able to pair them.
b) Only Android 7.1 worked with newest Google Wear app.
Older androids got stuck during pairing process.
Hope this helps.
so why do you even bother using a Wear os watch??!
the are many watches in the market with full android os or other usable operating systems on them that they dont necessarily need a phone to pair with because they are basically a phone!
All the models available here (Slovak republic) were:
a) Using eSIM which is not yet supported by the local GSM network providers.or did not used SIM at all.
And i need a phone number (first time over 15 years )
b) Were called "smart watches" but were incapable of more than taking data for "Fit" applications and had GPS.
So they did not had any communication capabilities at all.
c) Were using a proprietary, and thus limited OS
So everything available here was designed to be attached to phone or a tablet, or it it was a standalone device, it did not had phone capabilities.
What is available here is Samsung S3, Garmin watches (various), Apple Watch or Huawei watch 2. Most of the offer is at least 6-9 months old or older.
Also, and oddly... specs on most shops are missing a lot of data. The guy who was selling me the Huawei Watch 2 believed that the slot is for MicroSD card...
Kianush said:
so why do you even bother using a Wear os watch??!
the are many watches in the market with full android os or other usable operating systems on them that they dont necessarily need a phone to pair with because they are basically a phone!
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Huawei Watch 2 after three months as standalone
Features which work on 4G/LTE
There can be a problem for some users, the watch need google account to make features work. The positive side is, that you can manage some of them - like the contact list - on a PC and phone is not mandatory.
Phone calls
SMS
Contact List is syncing with Google
(Watch allow to type in phone number manually even without contact list)
Translate
Google Assistant
System updates
Apps updates
App Store
Additional apps i tested:
Google Maps (Partially. Navigate feature attempt to pop up on a phone)
Video Tube (youtube app. switches between 4g/Wifi depending on available network).
Browser app, yet i dont recommend to use it, as there is no optimized content.
Features which work only on BT (and therefore need phone/tablet)
Those can be managed from google assistant (you can schedule an event), however update in Agenda app will not show up until Watches get connected to Phone/tablet via BT.
Calendar / Agenda
Reminder
Notifications from Google services (Google plus, Youtube).
Huawei fit app (some parts need phone)
There is also some features which allow watches to control apps on phone remotely. In most cases it has little to no added value (such as remote control for youtube viewer, or music player)
Apps which need GPS location, else not working properly
Weather
Certain Watchfaces which report weather forecast via Widgets.
Certain Watchfaces which display map on the background
I understand why Weather apps need location, but exactly same feature over Google Assistant has no problem with telling weather forecasts.
Now for Google Pay.
a) Configuring
You need phone/tablet/virtual machine with android.
You have to add card on the watch, enter the details on phone/virtual machine
Rest of the identity verification may differ, depending on your bank App. Its good to know that the app works on Virtual Machine in the advance.
Virtual machine or android tablet does not need to have NFC, but google pay installed on the device will alway attempt to complete the payment method - and later politely explaining it will not work. Its ok to have NFC just on watch.
b) Once configured, no Phone app is required for using.
The application will work independently on phone.
Therefore its a success, and but the results may wary depending on your banking phone app.
hi, im trying to move over from an Apple iPhone 11 to my new Motorola G9 Play, i’m trying to use the Samsung Smart Switch app but every time I go to use it on my Motorola it automatically thinks that my new Motorola is my old phone and tells me to “plug in a new Galaxy phone”, obviously the Motorola is my new phone but I can’t move my data from my iphone to my new one as it thinks its the old phone, i wouldn’t care if i lost all my photos because i have them on google drive but I really desperately want to transfer over all my messages especially from my parents and boyfriend but it wont allow it, can anyone please please help?
Now that Android 12 added the Google Migrate feature to transfer data from an iPhone using a USB-C to Lightning cable (https://www.android.com/switch-to-android/), Whatsapp data can finally be migrated from an iPhone to Xiaomi for free without relying on 3rd party apps (https://faq.whatsapp.com/625237248445474).
But Google Migrate requires the Android phone to be factory reset, during the New Device Setup. After factory resetting MIUI 13 though, there is no prompt to migrate data. Anyone knows how to run Google Migrate on MIUI 13?
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Now that Android 12 added the Google Migrate feature to transfer data from an iPhone using a USB-C to Lightning cable (https://www.android.com/switch-to-android/), Whatsapp data can finally be migrated from an iPhone to Xiaomi for free without relying on 3rd party apps (https://faq.whatsapp.com/625237248445474).
But Google Migrate requires the Android phone to be factory reset, during the New Device Setup. After factory resetting MIUI 13 though, there is no prompt to migrate data. Anyone knows how to run Google Migrate on MIUI 13?
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Came to see if there's any news. Need to migrate everything from Redmi Note 7 to a new Redmi Note 11