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[Other SmartWatches] dragon_76:
Not to brag but I was the one who first suggested using DropBox instead of adb push to transfer/install APKs...

Mac OS has the Android Developer Kit (including adb)...I have a Mac and I have never needed parallels to do anything with an android device.

Notifications /semi-work/ if you also have an android phone. There is a hacked APK to get bluetooth working on any android device but it only sends the Weather and you only get them through the default launcher's notifications.

I mainly use mine as a watch and for Google Music through the cloud along with a few games (angry birds!) however I love the pre-cache maps option and how I can just look at my wrist instead of grabbing for my phone when I am driving.

Cheers!

-M

Xda member since 2007
[Other SmartWatches] bakalesko:
Hello everyone, I`m new here and i have motoactv from a week and I wanted to root my motoactv and after several hours I success, but I was erased all origin files by my mistake and for my luck i had made a backup I with several hours I managed to give back me motoactv to default. When I was root the motoactv i put 2 launchers, but the both were crashed frequent.

I have a question: Can i put 1 (or 2) Launcher and in the same time to save the stock Launcher and Moto apps?

And another one: From where i should download the apps, because i didn`t see any android market after rooting? And how should i install them?

Thanks for your help and sorry for me bad english, but I`m from Bulgaria and still practice it!
[Other SmartWatches] Jay4255:
Yes, you may have been the first one to suggest it in this thread, but using DropBox/Box.net or any other could-based sync app is not a new idea by any means. It's been awhile since I've seen you post, people don't usually check the first couple pages. They probably just see my name more often than yours.
[Other SmartWatches] x999x:
Thanks!

Tracking says my MotoACTV is on the truck for shipment today, really looking forward to tinkering with it. Regarding the Play Market, I'm really crossing my fingers it works for me out of the starting gates. I don't have another android device to transfer apps from, this is my first, and I doubt I can find the APKs I'm after without stepping on a few toes. I like to support app developers wherever possible, so hopefully all goes well.

--

Can anyone offer a bit of advice on updating the MotoACTV to the latest software version Motorola is offering? I've read in some old articles that some updates have given the watch +1 hour of runtime, but I'm not too sure how that applies to the watch once I'm rooted and living inside of a different launcher. I intend to use the watch as a full fledged android device and ditch the motoACTV software entirely.

Thanks again!
[Other SmartWatches] speedyink:
With a custom rom that has market enabled you should be able to do all that on the device. Problem is, a lot of apps on the market I find report than they are incompatible and wont let you download, even though they work when you side load them on. Not sure how else you could get those apps..

To update it you just plug it into your computer before rooting, let motocast do install the update, then root your motoactv. I haven't noticed a huge difference in battery life between the updates, but it is nice to have the latest anyways. As a strictly android device I get anywhere from 1 to 3 days out of it, depending on what I do. Usually end up with about 30 mins screen on time (3 days) to an hour and a half screen time (one day).
[Other SmartWatches] x999x:
Thanks again for the responses.

I think I may be in for trouble with the apps and not being able to side load them from another android device. I guess I'll have to give it a go with the various markets out there, like Amazon, and see how that fares. Are there any device identifiers that can be modified and then reverted to remedy this problem? On iOS, there are some plist files that store system flags for apps to check on install such as firmware version, device type, language, etc. Its fairly simple to modify them on the device with a text editor and root access before an install, and then revert back after you've installed fussy software with strict requirements.
[Other SmartWatches] Ji(n)X:
I'm considering buying one of these, quick question:

Do apps like GPS Status work on this device? Full compass/GPS support?
[Other SmartWatches] ClearD:
Yes it does. I used it.

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[Other SmartWatches] ClearD:
Possibly the build.prop in /system

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[Other SmartWatches] Boom6:
Will the 16gb version ever get any love?
[Other SmartWatches] camaro1173:
Hi is there any other settings besides the 228 makes it a little too loud like a in between number or does it have to be that number only?
[Other SmartWatches] x999x:
I've successfully rooted my motoACTV using VMware on mac :)

The only problem that I had run in to was a permissions issue with Lion OSX and VMware. I could not get the Host USB to grant VMware guest access. What ended up happening was MotoACTV continually mounting itself in Lion and then mounting the Motocast DMG installer. This was resolved by following the simple terminal instructions here:

After that, VMware was able to get guest access to MotoACTV, and at that point, you go into the VMware settings for devices and set the MotoACTV to always mount under windows whenever it is plugged in.

Everything has worked well, in terms of rooting. The only hangups I have had are that related to being new to Android, and for that - the SEARCH function here on the boards have answered all of my questions so far.

I'm honestly surprised how easy this root was, especially through a virtual machine.

Hats off to everyone that contributed to making this possible :)
[Other SmartWatches] Sqwaller:
Speedyink,, that is what I have been trying to tell the tech 2 guys at motorola, today they told me to send it in, I hope I do not get a unknown 2gb motoactv LOL. The case has a stamp on the back that says 16gb but it has the internals of an 8gb.

Thanks for the reply though.
[Other SmartWatches] speedyink:
That's what I was thinking, have you tried that at all? I'm going to give it a go methinks, change it to an xperia play or something :p

You need to access the original android "manage applications" setting. In there you can move apps to the sd card. To search the market place browse it on your computer then push it to your motactv.

They must have put an 8gb unit in a 16gb case by mistake. No problem, its just the only logical answer.
[Other SmartWatches] ClearD:
It works with phones! :D that's how some people access other things in the market lol

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[Other SmartWatches] x999x:
Interesting, I hope changing the device id works, you may have to dump your marketplace data and relogin maybe?

Thanks for the heads up on the storage, I deleted that query once I realized there was a search feature here on the boards :p

Had to dump Temple Run, didn't realize the motoActv doesn't have an accelerometer, lol. I did get pacman, and I have to say I was extremely disappointed for a second. I've noticed some (not all) games just take a huge hit in performance when it handles input related to generating a sound. In pacman's case, it was eating pellets when moving. No pellets = smooth play, eat a pellet = pause. Same outcome in Age of Zombies and Fruit Ninja. Fortunately, Pacman has an option to turn off sound which brought the game's speed back to normal :) Unfortunately, the same can't be said for fruit ninja or age of zombies, which has me wondering why fruit ninja is listed on the wiki with (no lag) in parenthesis as its been the exact opposite in my recent experience.

Speaking of Lag, I'm about to dig through the search pages here on improving youtube performance. Oddly, some videos play full speed in their final seconds before ending lol.

Oh, and don't ask me why I bothered trying, but Dead Trigger is actually playable, lol!

Edit - Update

I'm learning the google marketplace may not always be the best place to get apps from. I've tried fruit ninja lite through another store as a direct download from firefox, and this one runs smoothly. I reckon it may be an older version, or better suited to this device. Not sure which, just glad it works :)

No luck on smoother video playback, I've been having a go with Tube Mate and downloading the videos to play them locally, and its still the same story. I may have a go at encoding a sample to see what an acceptable bandwidth might be for smoother playback.

Had my first lock up trying to play GTA3. A reboot through adb worked, but nothing else would do it. I think next time I'll let the watch sit there to see if it timesout to a reboot. I think I need to adjust the lcd density for that one to work, I've seen it working in a youtube video which originally piqued my interest in buying a motoactv (aside from pacman of course).
[Other SmartWatches] chot1:
European Rom

Hello, good evening, would someone who shared his European rom?
[Other SmartWatches] blewis87:
I'm not sure if this has been covered....but I was kinda annoyed with trying to toggle between usb debugging on and off modes in cleardroid's rom.

I pushed abd toggle widget to /system/apps as shown here and now i can toggle back and forth as easy as pie.

As shown here.

http://android.stackexchange.com/qu...-good-usb-debugging-toggle-widget-for-android

Hope this helps someone or maybe there is already a fine solution that I missed.
[Other SmartWatches] speedyink:
Well I just tried the build.prop and it caused bootloops. Maybe I didn't change it properly..never really done it before.

There is an accelerometer, it's just disabled for android to use. There is a rom out there with it enabled though. I hear ya about the sound lag, I've gotten that too. Not sure whats up with that, but it's definitely only with certain games.

I had youtube working fine for me in one of cleard's rom releases. But it's definitely not consistent as it's not smooth on my current rom.

I can't get gta3 to download it's data. Just tells me something about making sure my clock is set right :confused:
[Other SmartWatches] x999x:
Awesome, I am trying this later tonight, thanks!

Well, I'm just stoked pacman plays smoothly and so does fruit ninja. NES and SNES are a definite plus, and while I'm at it, I have to recommend Blood & Glory as another game that works well on the MotoActv - its basically played the same way as Infinity Blade which only requires taps and swipes to enjoy. Shadowgun works, and works well (surprisingly), I've played through about half of the first mission while on the throne earlier today :D

I have to say, I am extremely shocked at how well some of these games work. Still having an issue with GTA3, apparently I need a task switcher to flip in and out of the game at one of the points it hangs to actually get into the game. Still can't figure that bit out with the HCLauncher that comes with the easy mod tool.

Any recommendations on a lock screen? I've ditched the motoactv software entirely and just realized I have no way of using this as a watch even though its on my wrist. I just want something with a nice clock and maybe one of those lock sliders to prevent the device from firing up when a button is accidentally pressed and burning my precious battery waiting on a timeout.
[Other SmartWatches] speedyink:
Widget locker.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXwtH8_FTI4&list=UUzTGBsYJZ6d9sZY5mFChSvA&index=2&feature=plcp

Go to 10:00, shows you how to set it up and what it looks like.
[Other SmartWatches] telcodave:
a bunch of roms out there, what one are you using and why?
[Other SmartWatches] stoudamire:
I was just wondering how the process is going on.

The MotoACTV portal has been continously annoying me over the last couple of weeks (no elevation data, map is not displaying, unable to process failure). At the moment, I would donate (or kill) for such a tool. ;)
[Other SmartWatches] a.mcdear:
Anybody know how to create an A2DP profile so I can stream music from my Android phone to my headphones connected to the motoactv? Works fine for phonecalls, but I believe media requires the A2DP profile, not just the handsfree one..
[Other SmartWatches] FreeFly:
Why not just root it directly from your mac? Much easier than mucking with all that vm nonsense.
[Other SmartWatches] x999x:
blargh. stuck in a boot loop. Basically stuck at the Red M, without the ripple animation.

Let the battery die out and no matter what I try, it turns back on when I plug it into a usb wall charger. I'm not sure if thats fine, but the led doesn't come on. Its getting pretty hot so I wedged it into my ac port and set it to 60. I'll leave it there for a spell and see what happens when I try to get into fast boot again. Hopefully it won't give me the low battery warning and actually let me dump some imgs on there.

Update -

No luck getting a charge to get beyond a certain point. Time to open it up :[
[Other SmartWatches] sockaplaya22:
Rooted Motoactv Serial number error

So I ended up losing my motoactv at a concert to only have it repeatedly stepped on... now the screen is cracked and i have to send it off to repair. I called customer service but they are having trouble finding my serial number ... im assuming that this is becasue it was rooted. The screen lights up but i cant tell what it is doing . I am trying to get into fastboot to flash to stock but i do not see it in my adb devices list ..

will i be able to send it in still? bc its not coming up on my computer at all sooo maybe its too broken for them to see that it was rooted ... or maybe thats just wishful thinking.

orrr would it not matter because i think physical damage isnt covered in the limited warranty anyway. So it shouldnt matter ...right?
[Other SmartWatches] Boom6:
Hey guys I have a frustrating problem. I successfully paired my motoactv with my bluetooth laptop and was able to play music out my laptop speakers which was awesome because I have my laptop hooked up to my 5.1 sound system via hdmi. My problem is I accidentally hit 'forget' on my motoactv and then I just went to re-pair so I removed 'motoactv' from my bluetooth on my computer but now I cant seem to get the two to acknowledge one another. Both computer and motoactv will pair with other blue tooth devices just not with one another like I did before.

Did everything from flash to stock, go through the updates, re-install my bluetooth drivers and everything I could possibly think of. Any ideas?
[Other SmartWatches] stoudamire:
If you are in fastboot, you have to use the command "fastboot devices" to check if your watch is recognised. ADB IS NOT FASTBOOT.

Are you actually hoping that Motorola will repair it for free? Then you should be prepared to get disappointed. ;) Probably, buying a new watch will be cheaper than a screen replacement.

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Did you read the WIKI? (http://motoactv.wikispaces.com/home#Apps)

It seems that you did not as there are multiple recommendations for the boot loop and died battery case.

If this does not help, you probably need a factory cable to resolve your situation. Just search the thread for it.

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Did you perform a FULL WIPE?
[Other SmartWatches] Boom6:
I flashed back to stock via root tool. I dont believe it was a 'full wipe' as I most definitly still had information like songs and what not on it but it did go back to asking me my age, weight, location etc. What would constitute a full wipe? rebooting in recovery and resetting everything in there like cache and date?

I did what i believe to be a full wipe. Rebooted in recovery, wiped data and cach, davick cach etc. Still the problem persist. I can connect bluetooth devices to my laptop and motoactv i just cant seem to pair them together like I did before to stream music from my motoactv to my laptop via bluetooth. I also just did a factory reset.
[Other SmartWatches] atsic:
Hey guys. is there any chance to download workouts directly from the device and not passing through the motoactv portal?

It would be really nice if possible considering the malfunctioning of the portal and no support from motorola.
[Other SmartWatches] FreeFly:
I am halfway done with this. I have a python script now running on one of my Linux servers which polls the MotoACTV website every 10 mins and when it sees a new workout it automatically downloads it and converts it to GPX for my use.

The Runkeeper portion is being a little tricky, even though they have an open API. They are using Open Auth for access to 3rd party accounts and I'm just having a little difficulty working through it. Mostly because I have taken a week off to fly to Oshkosh with my son!!

If I can't get work through the OpenAuth stuff I may just use the same techniques I use to get the data from the MotoACTV website to push the gpx file up to Runkeeper.

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This should be entirely possible. I've been trying to find where the MotoACTV keeps the in-progress workout data, but haven't been successful yet.

But, there is another entirely interesting approach which should be possible.

It turns out when you connect the USB to the MotoACTV it creates a mini network connection through the USB and actually connects to the MotoACTV site via a web interface. I would bet that it uses the same exact web interface to upload workouts from the device over wifi. So you could use a tool like WireShark to sniff out the packets it's sending and see how it's actually connecting.

I can see several ways this could be exploited:

You could write a tool using the libpcap to capture the packets when the device syncs via USB and create a workout file for you.

You could make an etc/hosts entry to 127.0.0.1 for the appropriate website (based on the packet capture) and spoof the site for the device

On rooted devices you could use libpcap to do the same things but have it happen on the device and just create a gpx file on the sd card.
[Other SmartWatches] CEnnis91:
Stock ROM Update

Hey guys, I know I've been sitting on this European stock rom for a while, but I wanted sufficient testing before I actually released, as I plan to post this type of format for other (mostly Motorola) developers to use. I will have them uploaded today, there will be a few changes you should know about ahead of time:

1) I will be REMOVING those rooted roms. AnyRoot is a far better solution anyway, and I want everyone to be using it.

2) I will be updating the 1.6.6 ROMs to 1.7.10 (kind of my gift for taking so long).

3) I've added a fix in recovery to help automatically remove anything done by the reboot-recovery.zip; now you won't get stuck in recovery =).

4) As I promised months ago, the new zips will include a flash-all.bat (and the files required to flash it).

Just keep an eye out for the links (and md5sums) in the other thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1534073

CEnnis91
[Other SmartWatches] x999x:
Yeah, I read the wiki, no such luck on getting out of the static "M" boot loop in my case. Factory cable is on the way, should have it in a week, until then my replacement MotoACTV will be here on the 31st ;)

This somewhat broken one (for now) will be my test subject, and the factory cable will just be on standby incase I happen to commit another error when in fastboot mode and trying to google a resolution. Last time I try that :\

Regarding full wipes, is that done in CWR and deleting all the caches? I the 2 mentioned in the wiki, but I believe there was a 3rd I didn't try. I'd like to avoid zombie files coming back on fresh starts. I keep going back and forth between ClearD's rom and the other one with all the extra bits enabled (like accelerometer.)
[Other SmartWatches] CEnnis91:
Well, they're finally released! They have a few bug fixes (that no one seemed to encounter anyway) in addition to being updated. If you can, please don't download them right away if you don't NEED to. I'd really like these to be mirrored somewhere if possible as well.

In addition to this, I've also began work on HyprActv (finally), the boot animation is done (and there's a gif of it, if you can find it).
[Other SmartWatches] lownox:
Mirror

Preparing Mirror at http://www.androtransfer.com/?developer=lownox

Uploading files now.
[Other SmartWatches] GHII:
Ok after thumbing through most all these pages I just want to be sure. I have the 8gb motoactv and I want to use it for golf. If I understand right, I can root it using http://motoactv.wikispaces.com then flash a stock rom (where do I get?) then I can update like normal through Moto to latest firmware with golf? Please let me know if that is the right process, really appreciate it!
[Other SmartWatches] camaro1173:
The stock roms are on the same site just click http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=23338342&postcount=1

Hope this helps you
[Other SmartWatches] GHII:
Thank you, So do I flash the latest stock 1.7.10 or the 1.6.6 then upgrade through Moto?
[Other SmartWatches] CEnnis91:
There is no reason to be concerned with the 1.6.6 stock images; flash the 1.7.10 stock and root it with AnyRoot.
[Other SmartWatches] x999x:
I don't want to muddle this thread with basic android->motoACTV questions. Is there another thread y'all use for android specific questions pertaining to the motoACTV?
[Other SmartWatches] camaro1173:
Nope not really there is only about 3-4 threads we do not have our on motoactv section if you searched and did not find a answer then just ask and some one will try and help.
[Other SmartWatches] r4dik4l:
what will hyperActv entail? Love this watch!
[Other SmartWatches] x999x:
Having fun now that I'm back in action, but I've got a bit of a silly question. How do I set the time now that I've removed all the system apps via Jay4255's easy modification tool?

Currently, pressing Set Date and Time in settings causes the app to force quit. Its not a big deal, but I'm headed to the west coast in a few days and I'd like to set it to the correct time. lol

I'm browsing the system app backup in astro browser and am not sure which app to install to bring that functionality back, G2Settings? Also, I'd like to "uninstall" it once I've set the time again, is it possible to do that on the watch itself or will I need to clean out the system app folder with Jay4255's mod tool again?

Thanks!
[Other SmartWatches] faisalsiddiqui:
Total Noob Here

Hi, I am a total noob here and need some help. I don't really understand the need to root my device, my only requirement is to be somehow able to transfer mp3 files from my phone to my motoactv without connecting it to the computer. (I use tubemate on my phone to download mp3 files of some documentaries & then listen to them while I work out). Is there anyway I can do that without rooting.

If it can't be done without rooting & I root to use es file manager to transfer files over bluetooth, would I still be able to use all the functionality of the device as a workout tool?

Thanks in advance for guiding & helping me.

Regards
[Other SmartWatches] dproldan:
Try reinstalling launcher2, that's where the clock es.
[Other SmartWatches] x999x:
Thank you!

Also, if I may ask, how did you reenable the accelerometer in your rom?

-EDIT-

Okay, installed Launcher2 and had no luck being able to set the time. The settings screen still force closes when I select "set date and time" and launching launcher2 just shows me the animation of how to swipe the original motoactv launcher :p

-EDIT 2-

After a little fooling around, I realized that I still have access to changing the time zone. This alleviates any problems with updating my clock when I travel. If I *really* need to change the time, I can just install an NTP sync app and let that do the dirty work for me.
[Other SmartWatches] Falkieri:
help

How did you get it back to stock? I am stuck in CWM recovery and can't do anything, what should I do?