Guys, I can't, for the life of me, get the always-on screen feature to work. I've tried with the built-in watchfaces, and even made my own and tried that. No matter what, the screen turns off after about 5 seconds (regardless of what the timeout option is set to) and the AOD does not come on.
What settings do I need to make this work? I am connected to an iPhone via the leaked beta app. Everything works pretty well except for the AOD.
AOD only works when the watch is being worn.
chiefsalami said:
Guys, I can't, for the life of me, get the always-on screen feature to work. I've tried with the built-in watchfaces, and even made my own and tried that. No matter what, the screen turns off after about 5 seconds (regardless of what the timeout option is set to) and the AOD does not come on.
What settings do I need to make this work? I am connected to an iPhone via the leaked beta app. Everything works pretty well except for the AOD.
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Go into settings under display you will see the "always on" option, check that off.
klau1 said:
AOD only works when the watch is being worn.
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I am wearing the watch.
Gratchf703 said:
Go into settings under display you will see the "always on" option, check that off.
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Did this.
My AOD stopped working and a watch reboot fixed it?
Go in Settings...Style....click Watch always on.
odyseus said:
My AOD stopped working and a watch reboot fixed it?
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Mine has never worked, even with the stock watchfaces, and even after a fresh reset and re-setup. I don't get it.
chiefsalami said:
Mine has never worked, even with the stock watchfaces, and even after a fresh reset and re-setup. I don't get it.
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Did you turn the Always On Feature on in the Styles menu?
Sword Fish said:
Did you turn the Always On Feature on in the Styles menu?
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Of course. I've said I have turned it on.
chiefsalami said:
Of course. I've said I have turned it on.
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Sorry, just trying to help. You actually said you went into Display and turned it on. The actually way to turn it on is in the Styles menu, not Display.
I can't get it to work either, strange. Hopefully they update it soon to fix this bug. Seems to be the only thing not working no matter how much I mess with the songs or reset it.
JuliousJive said:
I can't get it to work either, strange. Hopefully they update it soon to fix this bug. Seems to be the only thing not working no matter how much I mess with the songs or reset it.
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I bet a hard reset would fix it.
AOD is working perfectly on my Gear S3 Classic paired to a GS7E. Can you test out AOD after linking to an Android phone? Maybe it's an iPhone thing.
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OK, I figured it out. I had a NATO strap on it, and it was covering the HR sensor. Switched back to a traditional strap and AOD started working right away. Don't know why that had anything to do with it, but it did.
chiefsalami said:
OK, I figured it out. I had a NATO strap on it, and it was covering the HR sensor. Switched back to a traditional strap and AOD started working right away. Don't know why that had anything to do with it, but it did.
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Probably due to the fact that AOD doesn't need to be on if you're not wearing it, or I guess if it thinks you're not wearing it. That's kind of a neat feature and a good find, who would have thought about that?
I own a Gear S3 classic with the latest firmware and i run the S3 in standalone mode without a mobile phone connected. The S3 has the original strap and ADO is enabled.
The ADO works only, when i wear the clock. The display goes off after approx. 5s as soon as i remove the clock from my arm.
manhart said:
I own a Gear S3 classic with the latest firmware and i run the S3 in standalone mode without a mobile phone connected. The S3 has the original strap and ADO is enabled.
The ADO works only, when i wear the clock. The display goes off after approx. 5s as soon as i remove the clock from my arm.
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That's normal. It knows you aren't wearing it, so it turns AOD off. It detects heart rate to know if it's being worn or not.
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Hey people
Got my smart watch about 4 days ago and it was all good until tonight and now for some reason i can't see the clock anymore unless i press the power button :S i could have sworn it had a low light mode and the clock was visable ok but since tonight i can't see the time unless there's a light pointing straight at the watch. I hooked it upto the service centre thing and updated it through that but hasn't helped.
am I going mad here and just seeing things? :S
EDIT: i also noticed when i turn it off i get some weird colours appearing in the clockface some pinks/purples. i don't understand it was ok a couple of hours ago and it's been on my wrist the whole time :S
Did you try to reset the watch? Also our you have any custom clocks installed, remove them. As after reset, Sony smartwatch app will reinstall them on the watch, once the watch and the phone are connected.
On your watch, go to settings and tap reset watch.
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tried that chap loads of times and nothing tried re-installing firmware and nothing swell. no custom watchfaces installed either just the stock ones
Roxas598 said:
Hey people
Got my smart watch about 4 days ago and it was all good until tonight and now for some reason i can't see the clock anymore unless i press the power button :S i could have sworn it had a low light mode and the clock was visable ok but since tonight i can't see the time unless there's a light pointing straight at the watch. I hooked it upto the service centre thing and updated it through that but hasn't helped.
am I going mad here and just seeing things? :S
EDIT: i also noticed when i turn it off i get some weird colours appearing in the clockface some pinks/purples. i don't understand it was ok a couple of hours ago and it's been on my wrist the whole time :S
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Just to make it clear, you are not talking about the low power mode right? No backlight, but can be still seen by people in ambient light??? Maybe you should take a picture of the watch so we can clearly see what is going on.
At night my sw2 turns of the screen completely. But when I MOVE the watch it turns on the clock on the display. I think it has an accelerometer that turns off the screen when no movement is detected.
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severoprisan said:
At night my sw2 turns of the screen completely. But when I MOVE the watch it turns on the clock on the display. I think it has an accelerometer that turns off the screen when no movement is detected.
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The same for me. I think that isn't a bug, but accelerometer
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It is normal.
It is a feature to save battery when it isn't worn.
I am more curious as to the "watch (display) turns on from moving it". Does the SW2 have an accelerometer? My watch display doesn't kick on when I move it. Or was this a feature of the earlier SmartWatches?
Nomad1600 said:
I am more curious as to the "watch (display) turns on from moving it". Does the SW2 have an accelerometer? My watch display doesn't kick on when I move it. Or was this a feature of the earlier SmartWatches?
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I believe SW2 does have an accelerometer. Put your watch on a table, leave it untouched for while, screen completely turns off. Not even the low power watch mode is displayed. But once you move it, low power watch comes back on (without the backlight). I observed it many times when it was charging and when left at the bed side table.
But it is not utilized for backlight function. That is a missing feature people are asking for. But I don't really need it. Just like a regular watch, I press a button to turn the light on when I can't see it in the dark.
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I believe SW2 does have an accelerometer. Put your watch on a table, leave it untouched for while, screen completely turns off. Not even the low power watch mode is displayed. But once you move it, low power watch comes back on (without the backlight). I observed it many times when it was charging and when left at the bed side table.
But it is not utilized for backlight function. That is a missing feature people are asking for. But I don't really need it. Just like a regular watch, I press a button to turn the light on when I can't see it in the dark.
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Wow... I didn't even notice the screen going completely black after sitting for a while. I am still on watch honeymoon, and either the watch is on my wrist or turned off and on the dresser. But sure enough, it does go into a deeper "sleep" mode and wakes up when I pick it up. Nice!
I do see that having it wake to the backlit mode would be nice but it would seem to kill the battery since when worn it would be in more constant movement. Unless they tuned the accelerometer to only wake when a more significant motion happens.
Nomad1600 said:
Wow... I didn't even notice the screen going completely black after sitting for a while. I am still on watch honeymoon, and either the watch is on my wrist or turned off and on the dresser. But sure enough, it does go into a deeper "sleep" mode and wakes up when I pick it up. Nice!
I do see that having it wake to the backlit mode would be nice but it would seem to kill the battery since when worn it would be in more constant movement. Unless they tuned the accelerometer to only wake when a more significant motion happens.
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Yeah the previous iteration of smartwatch from Sony did not have always on watchface and it was a necessity. And to see the time you had to turn on the display. One way was to double tap on the watch screen to wake it up. Another way was to light up the screen by lifting your arm and turning the watch towards you. But the second way never really worked reliably.
But I don't think SW2 needs that. As we already have always on watch with great readability even in places where there little light.
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thearif said:
Just to make it clear, you are not talking about the low power mode right? No backlight, but can be still seen by people in ambient light??? Maybe you should take a picture of the watch so we can clearly see what is going on.
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Sorry for the delay! yeah seems my watch didn't have the low power mode and now it does it's just near impossible to see unless i have some light directly on the screen
Roxas598 said:
Sorry for the delay! basically sitting here in the dark i can't see the time on the display at all but i could when i first got it now I need to actually press the button to see the time :S dunno if it's just me thinking i could or not is the problem lol
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So there is nothing on the screen not even the low power mode on the watch. I don't know what to tell you boss as you have already done a reset. Maybe one thing to check is to use SUS to reflash the firmware using your pc, if you haven't done it already.
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thearif said:
So there is nothing on the screen not even the low power mode on the watch. I don't know what to tell you boss as you have already done a reset. Maybe one thing to check is to use SUS to reflash the firmware using your pc, if you haven't done it already.
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sorry chap i updated my post there is something on the screen but it's impossible to see without some sort of light source on it makes it kinda annoying to use could have sworn it wasn't when i first got it but figured i'd ask anyway!
Roxas598 said:
sorry chap i updated my post there is something on the screen but it's impossible to see without some sort of light source on it makes it kinda annoying to use could have sworn it wasn't when i first got it but figured i'd ask anyway!
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No problem. I never considered the low power hard to see. But I guess most of the time I am in well lit places
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I hate this. Every time I plug the phone in or place it on the wireless charger, the screen comes on. When it hits 100%, the screen comes on again. This is completely unnecessary.
Does anyone know of a way to disable that?
Exposed could, but we know how that goes...
It's not available for the S6?
Nope
Bummer. It really helped with a lot of things on the S4. Is it in the works?
flu13 said:
Bummer. It really helped with a lot of things on the S4. Is it in the works?
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AFAIK, there's a working version for Lollipop. How compatible it is with the S6, I do not know.
just ignore it? The phone turns itself back off in 5 seconds.
Wow, yeah, you're right. Why would I take some little pet peeve about my phone and expect to find help from a community of people who dedicate their time to such things as removing the name of your carrier from your lock screen? Maybe we'd all be better off if we just sucked it up and lived with everything exactly the way the phone came out of the box.
I've worked around this in the past using Tasker and Screen Filter. Just set tasker to activate a fully black screen filter on top of your screen for a few seconds whenever the phones is sat on a wireless charger. Same thing when it's fully charged. Works great.
Not for everyone
neotekz said:
just ignore it? The phone turns itself back off in 5 seconds.
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I like to have the phone set to "screen always on when charging" so when i have it plugged in and am sort of using it, the screen won't time out on me. However, I don't need the screen on when it's not in "use". So with the phone set to screen always on when charging, it suchs that it awakes once 100% charged or when notifications come across and then stays on. This is exactly why all the customization mods are so beneficial. I don't wan't the screen to ever turn on, unless I initiate. Where can I choose that without a custom rom or mod of some sort, I don't think its possible. Anyone got a good option for me?
Hi,
I just bought my Gear S2 classic yesterday.
I am using the (always on mode) and disabled the wake up gesture.
Even though I am using the (always on mode), some times the screen switchs off and I need to press on any button to wake it up.
Any idea on this? is it a fault?
Thanks,
So.. anyone faced this?
Thanks,
I've had this too. Tried everything to figure out why the clock didn't go in to ambient mode. Gave up trying in the end
Then, it sorted itself out the other day after I had rearranged the order of the apps on the app wheel. I'm sure this was just a coincidence though.
Mubble said:
I've had this too. Tried everything to figure out why the clock didn't go in to ambient mode. Gave up trying in the end
Then, it sorted itself out the other day after I had rearranged the order of the apps on the app wheel. I'm sure this was just a coincidence though.
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Thanks alot... I have just did factory reset to the watch... and let's see... i was using a custom face from Mr. time.. now i am using one of the default faces.
let's see
Yes I was, and still am, using a Mr Time watch face. Think it might be messing up the ambient mode for all watch faces. Although the standard watch faces were doing the same.
Mubble said:
Yes I was, and still am, using a Mr Time watch face. Think it might be messing up the ambient mode for all watch faces. Although the standard watch faces were doing the same.
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after factory reset and using original watch face it happened again./.. just suddenly the ambient mode goes away and the screen turns to black.. had to move the bezel for the watch to wake up
This appears to be a common problem and based on another thread, it doesn't appear to be fixed in the last firmware release to Korea
ColMustard said:
This appears to be a common problem and based on another thread, it doesn't appear to be fixed in the last firmware release to Korea
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thanks alot... can you share the link of the other thread?
Is this only happening with Mr time watchfaces or with other watchfaces too?
sefrcoko said:
Is this only happening with Mr time watchfaces or with other watchfaces too?
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it happens with other watchfaces as well.
my settings:
- always on option is selected (on).
- wake up gesture is not selected (off).
problem: some times the watch hands turns off (like if the "always on" option is not selected.
it works fine for some time and then suddenly i look at the watch.. to find the screen black.
actions taken: using the original watchface, uninstalling Mr. time watchface... factory reset.... non of them helped.
Thanks,
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thanks alot... can you share the link of the other thread?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/gea...rmware-update-november-20-2015-t3252977/page3
a_k_gano said:
Hi,
I just bought my Gear S2 classic yesterday.
I am using the (always on mode) and disabled the wake up gesture.
Even though I am using the (always on mode), some times the screen switchs off and I need to press on any button to wake it up.
Any idea on this? is it a fault?
Thanks,
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I thought I was having the same problem, but then put the watch on my wrist and all of a sudden it went into ambient mode. With wake up gesture on, the screen goes to full mode when I glance at the watch. But if I remove the watch from my wrist and put it on the table, the screen goes off completely.
So I guess it detects when watch is on your wrist and acts accordingly.
Hope that helps.
zoltar99 said:
I thought I was having the same problem, but then put the watch on my wrist and all of a sudden it went into ambient mode. With wake up gesture on, the screen goes to full mode when I glance at the watch. But if I remove the watch from my wrist and put it on the table, the screen goes off completely.
So I guess it detects when watch is on your wrist and acts accordingly.
Hope that helps.
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What you are saying is absolutely right regarding the watch screen turning off when you take it off your wrist for power saving.
but I think what we are talking about is a sort of bug... (when you have always on-on and wake up gesture-off, and the watch will randomly blank the screen while you are wearing it ...) like what is explained in the previous link (another thread).
Thanks alot,
found another thread for same topic as well... looks like a general problem
http://forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-gear-s2/609013-gear-s2-always.html
found another thread for same topic as well... looks like a general problem
http://forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-gear-s2/609013-gear-s2-always.html
a_k_gano said:
found another thread for same topic as well... looks like a general problem
http://forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-gear-s2/609013-gear-s2-always.html
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one more mentioned the problem
http://developer.samsung.com/forum/...boardName=SDK&messageId=285755&startId=zzzzz~
a_k_gano said:
What you are saying is absolutely right regarding the watch screen turning off when you take it off your wrist for power saving.
but I think what we are talking about is a sort of bug... (when you have always on-on and wake up gesture-off, and the watch will randomly blank the screen while you are wearing it ...) like what is explained in the previous link (another thread).
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Let's hope this is a software issue and Samsung might be able to fix it with a patch very soon.
Are you using the standard strap? I got really frustrated after I put the watch on a perlon band because the ambient mode suddenly wasn't working, and then I realized the strap was covering the heart rate sensor, which is how the watch knows whether or not it's on a wrist. I cut a hole in the strap (and heat-sealed the edges) and back to ambient mode.
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Are you using the standard strap? I got really frustrated after I put the watch on a perlon band because the ambient mode suddenly wasn't working, and then I realized the strap was covering the heart rate sensor, which is how the watch knows whether or not it's on a wrist. I cut a hole in the strap (and heat-sealed the edges) and back to ambient mode.
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Hmm.. I am using the standard strap.. but like to make it lose.. do you think it should be tight on hand ? .. and are you sure it is the heart rate sensor is the one that monitors? or it is by movement..
I got the latest firmware yesterday (that was in Korea few days ago).. and the same problem happened again... so i thought it is a bug and not yet fixed...
i will try to make the watch sealed on my hand and will see.. thanks for the advise... will let you know the result
Even after tightening the strap, the display goes black after a while. So annoying... I cant believe Samsung couldn't get something so simple as always on ambient mode correctly. Their software shortcomings are increasingly becoming irritating.
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Seems when in 'do not disturb mode' and I'm sleeping, the bezel turns when it touches the sheets and then the watch wakes up. Wife complains it's like a flashlight on her face. I also seem to have the same issue when the bezel contacts my long sleeve shirt cuffs. We need to have a way to disable the bezel at least when in do not disturb mode. Anyone else notice this.other than this, I'm loving the S3.
Brent
Use the scotch
brentc133 said:
Seems when in 'do not disturb mode' and I'm sleeping, the bezel turns when it touches the sheets and then the watch wakes up. Wife complains it's like a flashlight on her face. I also seem to have the same issue when the bezel contacts my long sleeve shirt cuffs. We need to have a way to disable the bezel at least when in do not disturb mode. Anyone else notice this.other than this, I'm loving the S3.
Brent
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Turn the brightness at 1 before you sleep. Helps a lot.
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Also choose a dark (and simple) watchface. So that if accidently comes on its not bright.
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Use the scotch
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I like that idea, is it use scotch tape, or drink a lot of scotch before bed? :good:
I wouldn't know if mine wakes up while I'm sleep... I'm usually sleep at the time. The wife hasn't mentioned it but she's usually sleep also. I'm trying to picture in what position I'd have to be in to get the dial to turn.... Okay, laying on my left side with my hand up by my head... I could see how that would blind a sleeping person.
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I like that idea, is it use scotch tape, or drink a lot of scotch before bed? :good:
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Both! And good drink for wife
It bothers me and my wife too, hope for solution
Happens to me also. End result is that I can't sleep with it on.
look for an app in the Gear Store called Theatre Mode...
Install, then add it as a widget, it toggles the brightness of the watch down to very low setting and back to normal with a single screen tap (much faster than manually adjusting the brightness)
Just activate it before bed and then toggle it off again in the morning, best of all its free
sleeping is not only the problem, I use it with longs sleeves and it always wake up and send messenges to people, and get into apps, and drain the battery down. I wish there an option to wake it up only by pressing the side buttons instead. its a night mare and Im about to give up on it if samsung dont come up with a solution.
alexbach said:
sleeping is not only the problem, I use it with longs sleeves and it always wake up and send messenges to people, and get into apps, and drain the battery down. I wish there an option to wake it up only by pressing the side buttons instead. its a night mare and Im about to give up on it if samsung dont come up with a solution.
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There a free app called screenlock gear to do just that.
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There a free app called screenlock gear to do just that.
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As I've written in that thread, I use that app to prevent my hiking pole straps and/or bicycle gloves from prematurely terminating my hike/bike trips logs. The straps/gloves accidentally hit the buttons or turn the bezel and terminate logging.
Latest update has this feature
Just updated watch to latest version, there is now an option to disable bezel wake up
settings -> device->bezel wake-up -> off
hoorah!
alexbach said:
sleeping is not only the problem, I use it with longs sleeves and it always wake up and send messenges to people, and get into apps, and drain the battery down. I wish there an option to wake it up only by pressing the side buttons instead. its a night mare and Im about to give up on it if samsung dont come up with a solution.
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There a free app called screenlock gear to do just that.
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/gear-s3/themes/screenlock-gear-gear-app-store-t3600882
The watch has the option to disable the bezel.
TheStinkyHippy said:
Just updated watch to latest version, there is now an option to disable bezel wake up
settings -> device->bezel wake-up -> off
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Which version number is that? My watch updated last week and still doesn't have that option.
irocz8292 said:
Which version number is that? My watch updated last week and still doesn't have that option.
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Tizen version 3.0.0.1.
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Tizen version 3.0.0.1.
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My gear is still only at 2.3.2.3. I wonder if it depends on the carrier? I'm on AT&T, but I thought the updates came directly from Samsung.
Its a magic ?
From what I understand, the watch should be able to be used as a nightstand with the always-on feature. My screen however always goes off and I can't seem to find a way to keep it on. Have I misunderstood something?
That's the way it works I'm afraid. Would be good if there was an option to have it stay on though.
guitareth said:
That's the way it works I'm afraid. Would be good if there was an option to have it stay on though.
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Have you tried the AOD?
The AOD (always on display) setting does not work when the watch is placed in the charging dock. This appears to be by design.