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[Q] Renaming Files and Folders

Hi all,
Loving my Optimus 3D but can't seem to work out how to rename files and folders. I know once you have taken a photo it gives you the option to Rename, but I was wondering how I could go back and rename photos and video files, and folders from before (without connecting to my computer). Anyone know?
Also can you create folders within the phone for content? And can you organize content in the Applications section, e.g. sorting Downloads in order or placing them in different categories.
Any help would be much appreciated
Cheers

karlgent said:
Hi all,
Loving my Optimus 3D but can't seem to work out how to rename files and folders. I know once you have taken a photo it gives you the option to Rename, but I was wondering how I could go back and rename photos and video files, and folders from before (without connecting to my computer). Anyone know?
Also can you create folders within the phone for content? And can you organize content in the Applications section, e.g. sorting Downloads in order or placing them in different categories.
Any help would be much appreciated
Cheers
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To rename files and folders and create folders on your phone you'd have to have an explorer app that allows you to browse your filesystem. I'm not aware of any browser apps that don't require root (ie. Astro or Root Explorer) but then again, I've never had the need for one and always had my phones rooted.
You might wanna be carefull when renaming folders and files though.
I don't think the standard launcher allows changing the contents of the applications drawer.

Thanks for the response, appreciate it. At the risk of sounding like a total noob, what do you mean when you say having your phone rooted? I'm total new to smart phones and always just had an old simple mobile.
Also, is the Optimus 3D like the iPhone in that you need to hack it to install apps downloaded from your PC for free or can you install any apps via PC

get "estrongs file explorer". it's free and does many many many more amazing things than just letting you rename files without root requirement.

karlgent said:
Thanks for the response, appreciate it. At the risk of sounding like a total noob, what do you mean when you say having your phone rooted? I'm total new to smart phones and always just had an old simple mobile.
Also, is the Optimus 3D like the iPhone in that you need to hack it to install apps downloaded from your PC for free or can you install any apps via PC
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Rooting a phone basically gets you super access, kind of like having an administrator account on Windows. It comes in handy for example when you want to use custom roms, get complete file access, use screenshot tools etc.
And an Android phone is in no way an iPhone when it comes to installing apps. There's an option that when turned on allows the installation of apps you didn't get from the Market (it's in the Application section of your options menu). Presuming you only use free programs you downloaded you can just put the .apk file on your internal or external sd card and install it, either by using a file browser (such as the mentioned Estrong) to find the apk or using a separate app installer which you can download from the Market.

Awesome, thanks for the reply really appreciate it, and I actually understand it now.
So if I downloaded and installed an app or game from the internet for free, that usually had to be bought on the Android market or from Gameloft for example, could you get in trouble or banned/blocked in any way?
Sorry if this is a noob/inappropriate question
Cheers

no. google actiually lets you do what you want with your device.

Awesome, good to know. I'm really wanting the Gangstar games from gameloft but they aren't available to purchase via Gameloft yet. I can download the pirated versions and install them, but would Gameloft cause any problems when I did so or would I always have to play in airplane mode?

Most pirated software works just like the original version, just check if there's any installation instructions. The biggest disadvantage in my opinion is not being able to update pirated software through the Market.

You can use Polaris Office included in the phone as file explorer for all the naming, copying etc.. The name is a bit misleading

Nice, I didn't know that Polaris was a glorified file browser. Works great for viewing, editing and removing files and folders.
So, to the topicstarter, this is all you need to do the things you want. You can edit your filesystem and browse to your downloaded apps to install them (for example create a map called DownloadedApps, connect your phone to your pc, copy any downloaded apps to the map you created, disconnect, use Polaris to browse to the DownloadedApps map and click on any app you want to install).
If you want to rename a file or folder just long press on it and you'll be presented with all the options you need.

Yeah, I just had a play around with it, looks and works really good. Thanks for all the help folks much appreciated.
PS - If anyone could provide instructions and a link on how to install the Gangstar games (hereby showing me how to install ripped games at the same time) I would very much appreciate it. Been having no luck getting it to work

Create, Edit & Install A Custom Watch Face for the Gear 2

This is not a full blown, how to program tutorial. It's a simple "Getting started with Tizen SDK for Wearables"
First, you will need to Download and Install the Tizen SDK for Wearables.
Once installed, Start the Tizen IDE.
We need to make a quick emulator to emulate our Gear 2.
On the lower left panel, the Connection Explorer, click on the first icon to start the Emulator Manager.
Click "Add New".
Choose a Name in the Detail panel, ie 'Gear2'
Change the 'Density' to 278. Leave the rest of the settings default.
Click [Confirm]
Give it a moment to create your emulator.
Now your Gear 2 emulator has been created.
Start your emulator by clicking the blue 'Play/Run' button at the bottom of your newly created emulator.
You can minimize the Connection Explorer now.
Once the emulator starts, you can choose to right click on it, and click "Always on top"
Next, Maximize the Tizen IDE.
Let's start playing with a sample project.
Click File > New > Tizen Wearable Web Project.
In the new window, click Sample > Web App > ClockWidget > and choose a Project name (ie. MyWatchFace)
You will now be back to the Tizen IDE and you will have a project (MyWatchFace?) in the Project Explorer.
Double click on the name of the project and you will see the project files.
You can edit these with custom images and code or you can just test the stock project.
At the top of the Tizen IDE, click on the green Play/Run button. This will install and start the project on the emulator. It will also build a file in your Project Explorer named the same as your project, but ending with a .wgt extention. In this case, MyWatchFace.wgt. This file can be pushed directly to your Gear 2 via USB using SDB.
At this point you should have a pretty plain and simple black watchface on your emulator thanks to the sample we just built, but let's add a custom background.
Make a custom 320x320 pixel image to use as a background with photoshop, gimp, etc. I'll name mine 'mywatchface.jpg'. Now paste it into your Project Explorer.
While you are in the Project Explorer, double click on the css folder.
Next, double click on the style.css to open that style file.
Locate the background: #000 line and replace it with this line.. background: url(../mywatchface.jpg);
Click the Save icon to save the style.css.
Click the green Play/Run button to install and build the new version.
If you don't see the new watch face load immediately on the emulator, you may need to go into settings on the emulator and select the new watch face.
Now that we have played with the ClockWidget sample and edited the css to add a custom background, we can play around with java coding and more down the road, but let's put this watch face onto our Gear 2.
You will need to copy the MyWatchFace.wgt file that was built in the Project Explorer into the same directory that your SDB.exe is located... (ie. C:\Tizen\tizen-wearable-sdk\tools)
It's easier if you make sure that the emulator is no longer running.
Turn on USB Debugging (Settings/Gear Info) and then plug your watch into your PC/Laptop via USB.
If you have issues with your computer detecting your watch, you may need to install the Samsung USB drivers for your watch.
Start a CMD Prompt
Switch to the directory with the SDB.exe and MyWatchFace.wgt
Run a simple test to see if the watch is being seen..
Type: sdb devices
If you get an error, something is wrong. You should see "List of devices attached" and one should be a series of numbers and letters and display as "SM-R380"
Now that you know the device can be seen, you can push your watch face to the Gear 2.
Type: sdb install MyWatchFace.wgt
You will see text scroll by and then it will indicate that it is done. You should now have a new watch face on your watch!!
To manually uninstall the watch face, you will need to look at in your Project Explorer, Open the config.xml and click the Source tab at the bottom to locate the package id for this app.. In my case, it's package="rlfNgozRkA"
Type: sdb uninstall rlfNgozRkA
Now have fun. Share your experiences, ask questions.. and most of all.. Share your custom watch faces here for everyone. As a community we can all help each other learn how to program for our Tizen wearables.
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This needs to be sticky'd somewhere. Great contribution. Thank you!!

BigDanInTX said:
This needs to be sticky'd somewhere. Great contribution. Thank you!!
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My pleasure.. Let's all learn together and share what we learn.

Installs as App and not clock face.
Breach said:
This is not a full blown, how to program tutorial. It's a simple "Getting started with Tizen SDK for Wearables"
First, you will need to Download and Install the Tizen SDK for Wearables.
Once installed, Start the Tizen IDE.
We need to make a quick emulator to emulate our Gear 2.
On the lower left panel, the Connection Explorer, click on the first icon to start the Emulator Manager.
Click "Add New".
Choose a Name in the Detail panel, ie 'Gear2'
Leave the defaults as they are for now.
Click [Confirm]
Give it a moment to create your emulator.
Now your Gear 2 emulator has been created.
Start your emulator by clicking the blue 'Play/Run' button at the bottom of your newly created emulator.
You can minimize the Connection Explorer now.
Once the emulator starts, you can choose to right click on it, and click "Always on top"
Next, Maximize the Tizen IDE.
Let's start playing with a sample project.
Click File > New > Tizen Wearable Web Project.
In the new window, click Sample > Web App > ClockWidget > and choose a Project name (ie. MyWatchFace)
You will now be back to the Tizen IDE and you will have a project (MyWatchFace?) in the Project Explorer.
Double click on the name of the project and you will see the project files.
You can edit these with custom images and code or you can just test the stock project.
At the top of the Tizen IDE, click on the green Play/Run button. This will install and start the project on the emulator. It will also build a file in your Project Explorer named the same as your project, but ending with a .wgt extention. In this case, MyWatchFace.wgt. This file can be pushed directly to your Gear 2 via USB using SDB.
At this point you should have a pretty plain and simple black watchface on your emulator thanks to the sample we just built, but let's add a custom background.
Make a custom 320x320 pixel image to use as a background with photoshop, gimp, etc. I'll name mine 'mywatchface.jpg'. Now paste it into your Project Explorer.
While you are in the Project Explorer, double click on the css folder.
Next, double click on the style.css to open that style file.
Locate the background: #000 line and replace it with this line.. background: url(../mywatchface.jpg);
Click the Save icon to save the style.css.
Click the green Play/Run button to install and build the new version.
Now that we have played with the ClockWidget sample and edited the css to add a custom background, we can play around with java coding and more down the road, but let's put this watch face onto our Gear 2.
You will need to copy the MyWatchFace.wgt file that was built in the Project Explorer into the same directory that your SDB.exe is located... (ie. C:\Tizen\tizen-wearable-sdk\tools)
It's easier if you make sure that the emulator is no longer running.
Turn on USB Debugging (Settings/Gear Info) and then plug your watch into your PC/Laptop via USB.
If you have issues with your computer detecting your watch, you may need to install the Samsung USB drivers for your watch.
Start a CMD Prompt
Switch to the directory with the SDB.exe and MyWatchFace.wgt
Run a simple test to see if the watch is being seen..
Type: sdb devices
If you get an error, something is wrong. You should see "List of devices attached" and one should be a series of numbers and letters and display as "SM-R380"
Now that you know the device can be seen, you can push your watch face to the Gear 2.
Type: sdb install MyWatchFace.wgt
You will see text scroll by and then it will indicate that it is done. You should now have a new watch face on your watch!!
To manually uninstall the watch face, you will need to look at in your Project Explorer, Open the config.xml and click the Source tab at the bottom to locate the package id for this app.. In my case, it's package="rlfNgozRkA"
Type: sdb uninstall rlfNgozRkA
Now have fun. Share your experiences, ask questions.. and most of all.. Share your custom watch faces here for everyone. As a community we can all help each other learn how to program for our Tizen wearables.
<- Please click Thank You!
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This was very helpful, thank you so much for taking the time to create a walk-through.
My really dumb question of the day, followed everything to a 'T' and my clock-face was installed as an app and not an available Clock face. (most other peeps that made a clockface shows up in Gear Manager.
Thoughts?
Thanks again
Zeek

waywardzeek said:
This was very helpful, thank you so much for taking the time to create a walk-through.
My really dumb question of the day, followed everything to a 'T' and my clock-face was installed as an app and not an available Clock face. (most other peeps that made a clockface shows up in Gear Manager.
Thoughts?
Thanks again
Zeek
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I had the exact same problem. You need to add one line to your config.xml (source tab)...
Code:
<tizen:category name="com.samsung.wmanager.WATCH_CLOCK"/>
Add this after the "<tizen:application" line

I'm on mac os x and not need to do in command line or terminal, if I have my gear 2 connected , it appeares in the connection explorer windows, so I selected and hit run and this automatically run on my gear 2.
The same with the emulator, if the emulator is running, it show in the connection explorer windows and the same procedure.

Very nice walk through. Quick question. I am having trouble with the emulator. No matter what I do, it comes up with the same digital clock face and not the wgt file or project that I was working on. I know I must be missing a simple step here.
Edit-nevermind. Working now.

The tutorial is great. Thanks @Breach
Could you also let us know how to load a second image on a screen touch event ?
That would be wonderful.

More info you can find also here (with some WatchFaces!!!):
Any way to sideload .wgt files to Gear 2

mrmrmrmr said:
The tutorial is great. Thanks @Breach
Could you also let us know how to load a second image on a screen touch event ?
That would be wonderful.
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You just make another another one with a different name, "MyWatchFace2" etc.
It will automatically get another Application ID and will install as a separate app.

Post your created faces!!!!!

Restless-rooster said:
Very nice walk through. Quick question. I am having trouble with the emulator. No matter what I do, it comes up with the same digital clock face and not the wgt file or project that I was working on. I know I must be missing a simple step here.
Edit-nevermind. Working now.
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Im having the same issue, how did you get past this?
I was able to change the color of the background but when I use the url of the .jpg that I pasted into my project explorer it does not work.

taygutta said:
Im having the same issue, how did you get past this?
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If you don't see the new watch face load immediately on the emulator, you may need to go into settings on the emulator and select the new watch face.

Breach said:
You just make another another one with a different name, "MyWatchFace2" etc.
It will automatically get another Application ID and will install as a separate app.
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no.I didn't mean that.
what I want to achieve is a simple animation. (let's say every 10 minutes)
to do that , I have to load a new image on top of the screen.
how can I do that ?
thanks.

Breach said:
If you don't see the new watch face load immediately on the emulator, you may need to go into settings on the emulator and select the new watch face.
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I did that, that's how I was able to see the color changes I made but I am unable to get custome image to load.

EVOme said:
Post your created faces!!!!!
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AnonMonkey:98162376 said:
Can you make animated backgrounds?
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Yes, here are a couple basic animated analog watch faces as samples..

taygutta said:
I did that, that's how I was able to see the color changes I made but I am unable to get custome image to load.
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Check for typographical errors and make sure the image is the right resolution, also make sure the image is in the root of the project and not in the js or css folders. See if that helps.
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As soon as I open the app I get "Cannot find repository. Please check your repository".
Using Mac w/ Mavericks
Did I need the 555mb SDK file as well?

Breach said:
Check for typographical errors and make sure the image is the right resolution, also make sure the image is in the root of the project and not in the js or css folders. See if that helps.
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I copied the path to prevent spelling errors and it looks like background: url(C:\Users\myusername\workspace\test\320x3206-1.jpg);
When I hit play it does add a watchface to the emulator but it does not display the image. The image is 320*320 and its a .jpg
In the problems tab I have 1 warning:
Description Resource Path Location Type
Expected '===' and instead saw '=='. main.js /test/js line 135 JavaScript Problem
Im sure this is messing me up.

taygutta said:
I copied the path to prevent spelling errors and it looks like background: url(C:\Users\myusername\workspace\test\320x3206-1.jpg);
Im sure this is messing me up.
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Change it to background: url(../320x3206-1.jpg);
I think your full path is broken once the files are loaded onto the emulator (since it moves the code into a virtual watch)
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FTP sever on watch lol

I managed to get an FTP sever running on my gwatch r using ES file explorer (yes it does work on wear and with root access as well if you are rooted)
I found it useful for transferring files to and from the watch to my phone LG G 3 obviously it's much faster than the other methods of Bluetooth file transfer I came accross. I also managed to do all this without touching a p.c just my phone, watch and a wifi connection.
If anyone is interested in how I did this then leave a reply and if enough people are interested I'll make a guide laugh
Sorry about the delay in getting this up lots going at work and home lately
Please read carefully as you can brick your device while playing in TWRP and I will not be held responsible for any damage caused by using this Guide.
Pre-requisites
Android device/phone (I’ll be using An LG G3 D855) or Tablet Rooted with ES file explorer and Wear media installed (play store)
Android wear device (I’ll be using a G-watch R) with root/unlocked bootloader? and TWRP installed
Wifi access point/router (your home wifi)
First of all we need to get ES file explorer on to the watch.
There are a few ways to do this (ADB ect) but I am trying to do these instruction without using a PC.
Using ES file explorer on you android device ensure root access mode is enabled (Slide from the left of the screen and scroll down to ‘Root Explorer’ and switch on) Then go to Local--- /Device/data/app Locate the ES file Explorer .APK and copy the file to another folder that doesn’t require root access ie Downloads folder
Ensure your Wear device is connected to your Android device and open Wear media on your Phone/Tablet.
Click on the picture of the Watch at the top and choose a non root destination folder for the .APK
Then click on the picture of the Phone at the top and locate the ES file Explorer .APK and click transfer/copy this will the put the .APK on your watch but not install it.
Now to install ES on your watch
Now go to your watch and reboot into recovery (TWRP)
Click mount and ensure System has an X next to it by clicking on it
Click advanced and File explorer Locate the ES .APK (mine is called something like com. Estrongs.android.pop) in the wear media destination folder you chose earlier
Click the file and click copy
Navigate to System/app and paste the .APK into this folder
Go to Wipe Advanced wipe and select Davlik Cache and Cache then swipe to wipe and reboot your device
Es should then be installed on your watch
Open the app on your watch open the menu and scroll to near the bottom and turn on root explorer and turn off gestures (there really annoying on a watch)
Then find Network and click Net manager to turn on the wifi on your watch and let it connect to your wifi access point
Just above should be Remote manager click on this and then ‘Turn on’ (this should then enable FTP access to your watch. If your go back to the watch face you should see a notification that an FTP server is running and it will give the IP address ie 192.168.xxx
Now open ES on your Phone (ensure connected to same network as the watch) open the menu and scroll to network and choose FTP
Click new at the bottom then FTP
For Server enter the address your watch is showing (192.168.xxx) tick Anonymous box
Choose a name for the device in ‘display as’ field and click ok. (please note the default port is 21 and should work in most cases but if the notification on your watch has a different port number ie 192.168.0.2:3721 use the numbers after the : so in this case I would enter 3721 into the port box under the Server part 8n ES and not leave the default of 21.
This should test the connection when you click ok
If all has worked you should now be able to click on the FTP you just created and it will show the files and folders on the watch. You can now use this to transfer files between your Phone and watch at a decent speed? ( I do backups on the watch using TWRP and transfer these to my phone or home server which also has an FTP service setup in ES)
Done
This was thrown together in about 10mins So I know it’s a bit rough. I would like to add screen shots at some point and if there are any errors you spot please let me know and I will correct ASAP (I’m sure there are loads lol)
Please also let me know if this worked for you

I would say most people would be interested so it'd would be good if you shared.
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FTP on a watch? lol that sounds amazing. I am interested in hearing out how you did this.

We are waiting for u

waitting

nice idea.

Sorry guys thanks for the positive response been really busy of late will try to get some basic instructions up this weekend

awesome.
gotta try it tomorrow

You can also run Airdroid app on your watch over wifi. You can upload/download files and install apks using webinterface. The tricky part is to read the port number and ip address that it displays when the app is launched. On the phone this app can do much more than that.

Swimming Apps for Samsung Gear S3

Hello,
Probably because of the official position of Samsung that Gear S3 could not be used for swimming, there are no apps for tracking your activity in the swimming pool.
But other Samsung watches such as Samsung Fit 2 and Samsung Gear Sport do have such applications (at least in Russia):
1) Speedo On
2) Swim.com
So I tried to get wgt files of these apps from above-mentioned models of watches to install them on my Gear S3.
I easily got Speedo On wgt file from users of Samsung Fit 2 and installed it on my watches, and it works correctly and even connect with the app from Speedo on my smartphone and share the log of training. But because of the difference in the sizes of screens of Fit 2 and S3 the app does not displays correctly and you cannot use some functions and see your results directly on watches.
Unfortunately, Samsung Gear Sport watches are not so popular in Russia and I cannot get the wgt file of the app(s) (Speedo On and Swim.com) from them. I believe that it would work perfectly, because the Gear Sport and S3 are quite similar. Maybe somebody could help? I will give the insructions if you need how to extract wgt files (but you need a rooted smartphone and Samsung Gear Sport watches).
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If you find this app that fit to our gear s3 it will be phenomenal

I do have Gear sport and installed the swim app. Enlight me how to get the file.
Vice versa, I am interested in the Here we Go companion app for the gear. But I can't install it because it is restricted for Samsung phones.

halloarno said:
I do have Gear sport and installed the swim app. Enlight me how to get the file.
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Oh, thank you for your reply. The instruction how to get the wgt file is:
1) You need to root your smartphone (it is not standardised procedure, so please find the instruction for your model of smartphone in the internet)
2) Open Gear Manager -> Settings -> Information about Gear -> Archiving and recovery (sorry, I do not really know how exactly these sections are named, because I am from another country)
Than choose "Archive data" (Do not worry - all your data will remain on your watches)
3) Download root file manager (for example, ES Explorer) and open the directory: data\data\com.samsung.android.gearoplugin\files\PM_backup\wgt\SM-R720 (or your version of watches)
4) In this folder you will see the list of files with names like "tizenapp_123456_temp_file_to_install.wgt" - they are your applications. To understand which one is Speedo On (or Swim.com), you will need to open them with any archiver and to check the config.xml file. There you will see the name and the version of application.
halloarno said:
Vice versa, I am interested in the Here we Go companion app for the gear. But I can't install it because it is restricted for Samsung phones.
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To make the situation clearer: you do not have the Here we Go app in the Galaxy Store for your watches? Then I could help, I think.

Chainsaw Enduro said:
Oh, thank you for your reply. The instruction how to get the wgt file is:
1) You need to root your smartphone (it is not standardised procedure, so please find the instruction for your model of smartphone in the internet)
2) Open Gear Manager -> Settings -> Information about Gear -> Archiving and recovery (sorry, I do not really know how exactly these sections are named, because I am from another country)
Than choose "Archive data" (Do not worry - all your data will remain on your watches)
3) Download root file manager (for example, ES Explorer) and open the directory: data\data\com.samsung.android.gearoplugin\files\PM_backup\wgt\SM-R720 (or your version of watches)
4) In this folder you will see the list of files with names like "tizenapp_123456_temp_file_to_install.wgt" - they are your applications. To understand which one is Speedo On (or Swim.com), you will need to open them with any archiver and to check the config.xml file. There you will see the name and the version of application.
To make the situation clearer: you do not have the Here we Go app in the Galaxy Store for your watches? Then I could help, I think.
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I found the files. But neither solid Explorer or zarchiver can explore the wgt files. Any suggestion for an app to unpack the files? Or I just can send them all
You understand me right. My galaxy store has no here we go, because my phone isn't a samsung (restriction by Samsung).

halloarno said:
I found the files. But neither solid Explorer or zarchiver can explore the wgt files. Any suggestion for an app to unpack the files? Or I just can send them all .
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Oh, sorry, I have missed that in instruction: usually I send those files to my computer and then work with them with Winrar for example. If you will fail to do this - please send me all those files) P.S.: One more question: have you installed Speedo On and Swim.com from GalaxyApps or these apps were preinstalled in your watches?
halloarno said:
You understand me right. My galaxy store has no here we go, because my phone isn't a samsung (restriction by Samsung).
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Here it is, but I am afraid it could be in another langauge (but I am not sure) goo.gl/75axzA (P.S. I do not know how to attach files here...)

Chainsaw Enduro said:
Oh, sorry, I have missed that in instruction: usually I send those files to my computer and then work with them with Winrar for example. If you will fail to do this - please send me all those files) P.S.: One more question: have you installed Speedo On and Swim.com from GalaxyApps or these apps were preinstalled in your watches?
Here it is, but I am afraid it could be in another langauge (but I am not sure) goo.gl/75axzA (P.S. I do not know how to attach files here...)
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I send you a pm

adiyoyo said:
If you find this app that fit to our gear s3 it will be phenomenal
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So, finally, I have found them
Swimming applications for Samsung Gear S3, Sport (and maybe S2):
- Speedo On
- Swim.com
Change .zip to .wgt (simply rename it by means of Windows)!
P.S. Special thanks to @halloarno
halloarno said:
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Instruction how to install .wgt files (for example smimming apps from this theme):
0) Turn off the bluetooth on your watches. Also turn off the WI-FI on your smartphone to break all the connections between watches and the smarthone.
1) Download this file: goo.gl/GMuoWj
2) Create a folder on your computer in the root of disk C: with name "tools" and unpack the downloaded file.
3) Download the .wgt file with application (or with a clock face) and place it in the folder c:\tools\
4) Turn off and switch them on again, switch on the Wi-Fi on watches and connect to the same Wi-Fi which your PC is connected to. Then go to the Wi-Fi info on watches and remember the IP-adress of the net. After that activate the mode for debugging on your watches.
5) Now on your computer press Win+R buttons, in the opened window paste this "cmd" and press Enter.
6) You will see a black window. Paste this "cd c:\tools" and press Enter. Then paste this "sdb.exe" and press Enter again and wait a little bit.
7) Then copy this "sdb connect 192.168.1.6", where 192.168.1.6 is the IP, that you have rememberes from the point 4. Do not hurry to press Enter! First of all you need to keep the screen of your watches to be switched on! Then press Enter and you will see the debugging request on your watches, that you need to accept.
8) If everything is all right in the black window you will see
"соnnecting to 192.168.1.4:26101 ...
connected to 192.168.1.4:26101"
If not, than switch off the firewall.
9) Paste this "C:\tools\sdb install xxx.wgt", where xxx is the name of file with wgt extention that you have put into c:\tools\ directory in the point 3. Press Enter, wait a little bit...
10) Success!

thank you! it works! i finally installed here wego with this method!!!! In Italy it is not longer available with samsung apps

giobbe71 said:
thank you! it works! i finally installed here wego with this method!!!! In Italy it is not longer available with samsung apps
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You are welcome!

Is there a chance, that you also have the Komoot .wgt?
Chainsaw Enduro said:
So, finally, I have found them
Swimming applications for Samsung Gear S3, Sport (and maybe S2):
- Speedo On
- Swim.com
Change .zip to .wgt (simply rename it by means of Windows)!
P.S. Special thanks to @halloarno
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q135 said:
Is there a chance, that you also have the Komoot .wgt?
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Sorry, I have read that due to Samsung's system layout, Komoot app is currently available only for users of Samsung smartphones. And I am not one of them. You need to find a person with Samsung smartphone and give him this instruction)
Good luck!

Chainsaw Enduro said:
Instruction how to install .wgt files (for example smimming apps from this theme):
0) Turn off the bluetooth on your watches. Also turn off the WI-FI on your smartphone to break all the connections between watches and the smarthone.
1) Download this file: goo.gl/GMuoWj
2) Create a folder on your computer in the root of disk C: with name "tools" and unpack the downloaded file.
3) Download the .wgt file with application (or with a clock face) and place it in the folder c:\tools\
4) Turn off and switch them on again, switch on the Wi-Fi on watches and connect to the same Wi-Fi which your PC is connected to. Then go to the Wi-Fi info on watches and remember the IP-adress of the net. After that activate the mode for debugging on your watches.
5) Now on your computer press Win+R buttons, in the opened window paste this "cmd" and press Enter.
6) You will see a black window. Paste this "cd c:\tools" and press Enter. Then paste this "sdb.exe" and press Enter again and wait a little bit.
7) Then copy this "sdb connect 192.168.1.6", where 192.168.1.6 is the IP, that you have rememberes from the point 4. Do not hurry to press Enter! First of all you need to keep the screen of your watches to be switched on! Then press Enter and you will see the debugging request on your watches, that you need to accept.
8) If everything is all right in the black window you will see
"соnnecting to 192.168.1.4:26101 ...
connected to 192.168.1.4:26101"
If not, than switch off the firewall.
9) Paste this "C:\tools\sdb install xxx.wgt", where xxx is the name of file with wgt extention that you have put into c:\tools\ directory in the point 3. Press Enter, wait a little bit...
10) Success!
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Awesome, thanks!!! I used this method to install Here Wego.
It's a little confusing as it takes awhile before anything happens, after step 9), but eventually it installs.

Someone have the uber.wgt?

BernBraga said:
Someone have the uber.wgt?
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In this zip you will find wgt file of uber and an apk for your smartphone

Thank you for this thread!
What is your experience using it for swimming? I do swimming up to 2x or 3x times a week, each time 3km (1 hour). I would love to use my gear s3 classic for swimming, but I am afraid that using freestyle the impact of entering and leaving the water ongoing for one hour might lead into water getting in....what do you think?

moskito99 said:
Thank you for this thread
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moskito99 said:
What is your experience using it for swimming?
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I swim twice a week, at least 45 minutes each time (approximately 2,25-2,5 km). Maximum was 2 hours (with my Gear S3 of course)
moskito99 said:
using freestyle the impact of entering and leaving the water ongoing for one hour might lead into water getting in....what do you think?
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First of all, I should say that before I started to want smimming apps in my watches, there was a stress test for them:
- Firstly, I decided not to take them off from my wrist when I was in a steam sauna (Russian Bath, you know?) approximately for 1 hour (maximum tempreture was 103°C)
- Moreover, I jumped with them into an ice hole twice during the breaks between sessions of sauna.
After all of that I understood that military standard of this watches is not a marketing bull**** and started to search for swimming apps to swim with my Gear S3 regularly.
So, I swim with my Gear S3 every week (butterfly, front crawl, bras). Moreover, I jump with them from starting blocks (0,75 metres). No problems at all.
P.S. I have a problem with them only once: after swimming in a hot salty spring. After that I have a problem with a speaker, but after having been washed with flowing water and dried, the speaker started to work normally.

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..................h them from starting blocks (0,75 metres). No problems at all.
P.S. I have a problem with them only once: after swimming in a hot salty spring. After that I have a problem with a speaker, but after having been washed with flowing water and dried, the speaker started to work normally.
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Great!!! And I thought I swim a lot. I guess I give it a try Especially since I have my stainless steel wristband Better than leather I suppose.
Last question...What S3 are you sing? S3 Classic? You think there is any difference?

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What S3 are you sing? S3 Classic? You think there is any difference?
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Gear S3 Frontier with silicone strap) No difference with S3 Classic)

Where are the WhatsApp files on Android 11?

I can no longer find the media files that used to be in /storage/emulated/0/WhatsApp until Android 10. I've searched the following locations with no luck:
/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.whatsapp
/storage/0BD9-A981/Android/data/com.whatsapp
/data/data/com.whatsapp
/data/user/0/com.whatsapp
/data/user_de/0/com.whatsapp
Any help is welcome. Thank you!

KaMyKaSii said:
I can no longer find the media files that used to be in /storage/emulated/0/WhatsApp until Android 10. I've searched the following locations with no luck:
/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.whatsapp
/storage/0BD9-A981/Android/data/com.whatsapp
/data/data/com.whatsapp
/data/user/0/com.whatsapp
/data/user_de/0/com.whatsapp
Any help is welcome. Thank you!
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Try to locate the folder using the command:
Code:
ls /data/data/com.whatsapp*

VD171 said:
Try to locate the folder using the command:
Code:
ls /data/data/com.whatsapp*
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I just found the folder. But thanks anyway. Here's the location for those who also need it:
/storage/emulated/0/Android/media/com.whatsapp/WhatsApp

Hi.. In Android 10, Whatsapp folder used to be in root folder (emulated/0), but in Android 11, it has moved to Android/media folder. The big problem it has is - everytime you wipe data to install a ROM, Whatsapp along with media needs to be backed up. Does someone know a workaround here so that WhatsApp has its folder in the root directory? Thanks.

I wouldn't call /sdcard (/storage/emulated/0) the root directory, but ok. Whether the whatsapp folder is placed directly in /sdcard or in /sdcard/Android/media doesn't make a difference as to whether you have to back it up, as it will be on the userdata partition in both cases.

how about my case, im using samsung android 11, and i clone whatsapp with the built-in app = dualapp, but the problem is i can't received a media file from other people like document, images, videos, etc. and cannot sending any files too from my device, i've checked the dualapp\android\media and there is no com.whatsapp folder inside. anyone can help me with this case?
thanks before.

maleforwork said:
how about my case, im using samsung android 11, and i clone whatsapp with the built-in app = dualapp, but the problem is i can't received a media file from other people like document, images, videos, etc. and cannot sending any files too from my device, i've checked the dualapp\android\media and there is no com.whatsapp folder inside. anyone can help me with this case?
thanks before.
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I am in the same boat. I can no longer find the dual WhatsApp files, and that version is like a redhead stepchild, cannot add stickers, doesn't recognize file types, etc. All since Android 11 moved the dual app files "somewhere".

maleforwork said:
how about my case, im using samsung android 11, and i clone whatsapp with the built-in app = dualapp, but the problem is i can't received a media file from other people like document, images, videos, etc. and cannot sending any files too from my device, i've checked the dualapp\android\media and there is no com.whatsapp folder inside. anyone can help me with this case?
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Same here, it happened this morning. I am having my exams and because of this I can't access my pdf notes anymore. All of this is so frustrating :/

Someone also got trouble with loading the "WhatsApp Images" Folder over a File Explorer?
When i wanna access it from several Apps like File Explorer or Backup Apps, it will load like endless, some minutes at least.
Have mor than 10 000 Pictures in it but before it loaded always immediately.
If i am in TWRP i can access the Folder but don't scroll down with the bar, just around 1/3 of the Page. Only if i scroll over the Display every File it will show me someting, otherwise it shows just Empty over some Files, like there would be a File Limitation?

Chrypsisilon said:
Someone also got trouble with loading the "WhatsApp Images" Folder over a File Explorer?
When i wanna access it from several Apps like File Explorer or Backup Apps, it will load like endless, some minutes at least.
Have mor than 10 000 Pictures in it but before it loaded always immediately.
If i am in TWRP i can access the Folder but don't scroll down with the bar, just around 1/3 of the Page. Only if i scroll over the Display every File it will show me someting, otherwise it shows just Empty over some Files, like there would be a File Limitation?
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Exactly the same here. Switched to Samsung android 11 3 weeks ago and since a few days Whatapp app backup (80mb) took an hour instead of less than 2 minutes. Quickly found out that WA folder had been moved and that it now takes 10-60 seconds to open WA images folder (9400 pics) instead of < 1sec at previous location. Yesterday I reinstalled WA and everything was placed back in the original folder (0/WhatsApp) and everything was fast again. But tonight (00:00) everything has been moved to Android/media/com.whatsapp and the backup of whatapp is already running for 50 minutes now. The status for a very long time is: "Prepairing google drive backup".
This is very frustrating and I don't understand how they can ruin this for so many people (see google store reviews).
I don't understand why one location is so much slower than another directory. Is exactly the same storage. Does it have to do with indexes? Who is going to offer a solution for this, Samsung or Whatsapp?

Google or WhatsApp have had to get a solution, but if the wan't?
Because i am using OnePlus, so we know that it shouldn't be a Mobile Phone Manufacturer issue.
Crazy that even the built in Backup won't work because i just use other ways like "FolderSync" or "Synology DS Cloud" Backup.
Even Built in File Explorer or such as "X-Plore" and whatever, won't load the Folder until there are gone some Minutes.
Can also just guess why, but Indexing should be done if it is.
Did also some other trys with a Folder which has just 5130 Pictures (copy of some Pictures).
Used "X-plore" to easy Move the Folder around.
- Move Picture Folder in "Android" Folder will work well but every of the 3 subfolder "data", "media", "obb" will get in trouble.
- Move Picture Folder into "data", it will take a longer Time, also "obb" Folder which is a kind faster.
- Move Picture into "media", it will moved immeaditly like usual at the Phone.
Access Picture Folder just under "Android" Folder it will work fine, but if you wanna Access this Folder under "data", "media" or "obb" you have to wait and enjoy the running circle symbol.
So is the question, what is different with all the subfolder under "Android", like they would have a Speed limit or additional encryption?

First you need to do a whole backup of your chat so that you can migrate the chat information from respectable whatsapp to Fouad Whatsapp.

I am also facing this problem yesterday when I upgrade my smartphone from android 10 to android 11. But after some research, I found the solution. Here are the complete details:
Whatsapp folder in android 11

For images
Android\media\com.whatsapp\WhatsApp\Media\WhatsApp Images

Guys, I'm using Samsung phone too and my WhatsApp media files is in a mess too since the location change a couple of months ago. Now I have media stores in these 2 folders, just like you guys:
1) Whatsapp/Media
2) Android/media/com.whatsapp/Whatsapp/Media (new location)
Now my issue is, I have photos back from year 2016. I can view it in Whatsapp chat (some of them can't locate anymore) but i can't find it in both the directories mentioned above. When I select 'view in gallery', and then i use MiXplorer to check the image location, it says: (refer to attached screenshots)
Path: content://com.whatsapp.provider.media/item (which i guess it is in obb folder)
How is this even possible? The image is not lost but it is not accessible by me anymore and I cant back it up. Due to this mess, I really want to tidy up my media files and move them into single location, presumably the new location but the missing files stop me from doing it. It's bugging me for a few months now

maleforwork said:
how about my case, im using samsung android 11, and i clone whatsapp with the built-in app = dualapp, but the problem is i can't received a media file from other people like document, images, videos, etc. and cannot sending any files too from my device, i've checked the dualapp\android\media and there is no com.whatsapp folder inside. anyone can help me with this case?
thanks before.
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I had installed beta APK and it has some bugs. Today I've decided tou reinstall the sable APK when i uninstalled the beta App the whole folder form android/media also deletd and I've lost everything thing. I had backed up to google drive a few days ago now i could not found the backup. The backup i got is of Dec 2020.

Guys, try this path: <SD-CARD>/Android/media/com.whatsapp/WhatsApp
I found all my whatsapp media there since android 11 upgrade (Samsung M31)

All my files keep on /sdcard/WhatsApp/Media even on Android 11.

Some solution here about the Access Time from the Images Folder?
When i Access (does not matter which File Explorer or Backup Tool) then i have to wait over 10 Minutes and most of them still won't show any pictures. Of Coursee i have over 10'000 Files in it but at the old Location it took me just a few seconds.

Chrypsisilon said:
Some solution here about the Access Time from the Images Folder?
When i Access (does not matter which File Explorer or Backup Tool) then i have to wait over 10 Minutes and most of them still won't show any pictures. Of Coursee i have over 10'000 Files in it but at the old Location it took me just a few seconds.
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Any OS has problems to deal with folders that contains millions of files.
Certainly, you need to clean the folder.