yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Other SmartWatches] vinokirk:
I use Go Backup, its a lot more user friendly than titanium backup. You do have to change to 90 dpi to get a button to show though, but its not a big deal
[Other SmartWatches] sargist:
Hi, sorry, I´m a little bit lost here, how do I install the bluetooth profiles, do I use a command line, or with an specific program?

Thank you.
[Other SmartWatches] mclife:
Atarii,I tried out your test build, and it is a major improvement! Listing below what I've tried so far. Will keep trying stuff.

What works (that I've tried)

Browsers

Browsing the Play Store

Gmail

Google Maps

News and Weather

Dropbox

Youtube

Tasks (sync with Google Tasks)

What doesn't work (that I've tried)

Downloading apps from Play Store

Google Talk

Reddit Sync Pro
[Other SmartWatches] mclife:
You do it using command line and fastboot. Follow the steps in the OP to put the watch into fastboot mode, and then issue the commands Atarii posted to push his test boot.img.

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It appears as if data is not pushing to the watch. For example, gmail works, but you never know you have a new email unless you open gmail and hit refresh. Similar case for other apps that use push notifications or background syncing.

The battery life with bluetooth tethering on and wifi off is leaps and bounds better than with wifi on. Not sure if that's purely the power of having the wifi radio on, or the fact that more data transfer and syncing is happening when wifi is on. Either way, for me, leaving wifi on causes the battery to drain in a few hours, making the watch not very usable. I'm pushing notifications to the watch from my phone using Augmented Smartwatch Pro and Notify My Android requiring a constant data connection.
[Other SmartWatches] porkandbeans:
Thank you so much for the update! I installed, following the instructions coming from a previous rom! All my apps and settings stayed! Thanks! I am using the Sixaxis pairing tool and using my PS3 controller to play emulation on my device! Awesome! I am trying to pair my MOGA controller, but am having difficulty. Thanks for everything though! I appreciate all your hard work!
[Other SmartWatches] BalorNG:
Great, got Endomondo to install by pasting com.google.android.maps.jar&xml files into their appropriate places, instruction from this link:

http://www.callum-macdonald.com/2011/02/06/missing-com-google-android-maps/

Indeed not terribly ergonomic due to small screen in wrong orientation, but I guess it would work for me.

Now, can anyone suggest how to remap single, double, triple tap and long press on the motoactv headset, so I can use it with a different music player? Or at least with stock player, because they stopped working :P, except for the 'fit song' on long press.

Shouldn't it be in the options somewhere?
[Other SmartWatches] mclife:
I use Ultimate Rotation Control to force certain orientations. You can even set it up per app.
[Other SmartWatches] porkandbeans:
I reinstalled, wiping the data and things are working pretty cool! Thanks!
[Other SmartWatches] BalorNG:
Excellent, it worked. So, for a PERFECT setup I only need to be able to remotely control the music, and more reliable bluetooth tethering and it working with ant+ cadence/speed and heart rate sensors.

Well, there seems to be separate ANT+ service for runkeeper - would it work for motoactv? ANT+ sensor are expencive, and I don't wanna buy something I end up not using.
[Other SmartWatches] sargist:
Thank you! Now it works excellent, just one more question, I'm having problems to turn of the wifi, from widget (energy control), wireless and wireless config. None of them would turn it off, any advice?
[Other SmartWatches] mclife:
Its a known issue. Rebooting is the only way around that one that I know of. Maybe a wifi killer app might work, but haven't tried.
[Other SmartWatches] BalorNG:
Yea, and since the wifi autooff was disabled, the device does not always turns of wifi after autosync when my home wifi is in range - resulting in dead battery in a couple of hourse after leaving it unattended. Really annoying.

Can we at least have an option to set auto off time? Or there is such an option, only I've missed it?
[Other SmartWatches] GreenBot:
Thanks for the superb rom!
[Other SmartWatches] funnycreature:
I installed JuiceDefender Ultimate and the battery life is close to acceptable. It's a bit of a pain to configure but you can save a lot of battery that way!
[Other SmartWatches] sargist:
What parameters did you configure to make the battery last longer, I'm downloading the program right now.

Thanks
[Other SmartWatches] GreenBot:
I am having an issue. Everything seem to go well. I find GO Launcher still the most configurable launcher for my MOTOACTV.

Question is is it possible to add a shortcut to go to the MOTOACTV original launcher so I can permanently bind the double power button to my launcher :)

Thanks!
[Other SmartWatches] mclife:
Atarii had posted it a few pages back. Here's a link to his post:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=36545697
[Other SmartWatches] GreenBot:
You are the man! it works! Thanks!

Now the last issue is if setting the DPI to 100 will alter the MotoActv launcher graphics and the status bar text which doesn't shrink accordingly. I guess this cannot be fixed right!
[Other SmartWatches] mclife:
The problem is Motorola appears to have used actual size (non scaling) assets in their layouts for the launcher. Only way around this that I can think of is if a dev ported paranoid android to the Motoactv allowing per app DPI.
[Other SmartWatches] GreenBot:
Does anyone know how to add a "Settings" shortcut on the launcher to take you to the main settings page? Not the sub pages. Thanks!
[Other SmartWatches] dragonfly1113:
whenever i try to use that go backup even after changing the dpi settings it starts to load the app and than just crashes back to my homescreen, any thoughts.
[Other SmartWatches] arthurlage:
I installed the beats Libs. using the beats app on play store. It works very well! The audio quallity improved significantly.
[Other SmartWatches] funnycreature:
Oh man, there are too many to list. But what seems to be most important is the WiFi management. I set it to enabled so whenever there's no WiFi in range it will try reconnecting only every 15 min. There are tons of other options that I haven't really explored since I don't use my MotoACTV at home. Just dig around and you'll see which of the options tickle your fancy :) Sorry I can't be more specific but it needs to be tailored to your needs.
[Other SmartWatches] vinokirk:
I use Go Backup 1.12.

Notice that its Go Backup not Go Backup Pro
[Other SmartWatches] porkandbeans:
Great Rom! I'm trying to get my MOGA controller to work, but the watch isn't recognizing my MOGA, so I can't pair it. Can anyone assist? That would be sweet! Thanks.
[Other SmartWatches] sashapont:
Is it possible to add same space for applications?
[Other SmartWatches] ClearD:
Not as of yet, that I'm aware of.

I wonder if links2ext or links2sd from the market would work?
[Other SmartWatches] Boogerwooger:
Hey guys.

For some reason, the app Dropsync is not loading w/ my dropbox profile now. it's working as it should on the other devices, but whenever I try to add back my account, it shows it as "Null" in the settings. Any idea why this may be?
[Other SmartWatches] vinokirk:
Try this procedure:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1459445

I haven't had the need for it.....yet, but a few peoples on here have done this mod
[Other SmartWatches] sashapont:
It wil be veru useful ;)
[Other SmartWatches] thr07:
Great ROM much appreciated! In OP it is mentioned that WiFi stays on and sometimes might not go off when we deselect it, but unfortunately for me it happens every time, ie i can never deselect it and i have to always restart Motoactv. Does anyone else face the same issue? Any way to resolve it?

EDIT: It appears to be a known issue hopefully it will be fixed with next ROM. Trying to get the BT tether to work now...
[Other SmartWatches] sexsymbol:
With Polar H7 Bluetooh strap, when I try to start training the App forces close always. If I remove the strap it works correctly.

The official rom supports this strap, any ideas??
[Other SmartWatches] Margino:
Yes, this happens with me as well. Although this is a known issue and will be addressed in the next ROM are there any system config files that can be edited to change the timeout period?

Is it possible to set the timeout period using JuiceDefender Ultimate?

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On a side note, I've been looking for a way to display the time in the status bar when not on the homescreen, so, unless an app is fullscreen, the time is always displayed. I've been using SuperStatusbar but the WIFI indicator doesn't always work properly. A few days ago I started using Statusbar+ and so far it has been working fairly well. Wifi, bluetooth, battery and time are displayed accurately. I've had a few instances when the app gets killed (by the system I assume) but I'm looking into that and it hasn't happened enough to be a problem.

Oh, one more thing. I've had my screen DPI at 90 and noticed quite a bit of slowdown. At 100 DPI everything is much quicker.
[Other SmartWatches] vinokirk:
Sounds good, ill try it out. Id still like a proper solution, so the time displays on the status bar like a regular android device.

Not heard much from the devs in a while :(
[Other SmartWatches] Margino:
I agree, having the time display built into the ROM would be much more desirable. I'd do it myself if someone can explain how to do it. Anyone? I'm keen and eager to learn.
[Other SmartWatches] thr07:
When changing DPI in Android indeed everything there looks much better BUT it messes up the stock apps, ie stock clock screen looks awful with digits outside the boxes etc. Is there any way we can make the change applicable only to the Android screens via the relevant launcher or LCD Density makes universal changes across everything?
[Other SmartWatches] Margino:
I came across this link. I haven't tried it myself and it does say 'Should work on any device / ROM above ICS' but thought it might be a place to start.
[Other SmartWatches] thr07:
Different question on OC, have followed the process described by Dproldan here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1649839&page=2 but i can't get it to work? I have the latest ROM and i'm not sure on the instructions, do i extract the new loadpreinstalls.sh file and copy it in the folder where i have extracted the overclock.ko one? It appears that the script runs in an endless loop on Windows keep opening up occurences of the loadpreinstalls.sh file? Anyone that has managed to do it properly and can advise pls?
[Other SmartWatches] Margino:
Are these the instructions you're not sure about?
[Other SmartWatches] thr07:
Yup these are the ones: is it meant 'extract the overclock.ko file and in that folder then replace the .sh file with the new one that was provided'? I extracted both and kept them in one directory but then when i executed the adb commands i got an endless loop on windows? Sorry checking this to be 100% certain as i know if i messed up the OC i could brick my Motoactv...also while on OC how's the battery life on 1GHz?
[Other SmartWatches] Margino:
I'm using DPRomBeta9 ROM . I downloaded the overclock.ko file and extracted it to a folder. Then I downloaded loadpreinstall.sh and extracted it into the same folder. I copied and pasted each adb command to a CMD prompt. The last command rebooted my MotoACTV and it booted to the laucher without issue.

Which ROM are you using?

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I installed SetCPU and configured the clockspeed to 1GHz (300, 600 & 1000MHz available). My MotoACTV seemed well whizzy. I opened a few documents in OfficeSuite6, surfed a bit in Boat Browser and other general apps and it seemed to be one speedy mother. At least, it seemed that way but let's not forget the effect could be minimal and my wishing it to be effective could be colouring my conclusions... Time to look into benchmarking apps. Or a stopwatch.

I really haven't had enough time to know the effect on the battery and, to be honest, I'm a little scared that I'll BBQ my MotoACTV with continuous use, but nonetheless, positive results so far!
[Other SmartWatches] Margino:
I did some benchmarking this morning. I used Benchmark & Tuning Free on a 8GB Motoactv running DPRomBeta9.

I had to run the full suite of tests as individual test were disabled in the free version but overall here are the scores.

At stock speed (600MHz) I got a score of: 601

At 1GHz I got a score of: 1201
[Other SmartWatches] thr07:
OK i've succesffully done the OC and did also benchmarking with Quadrant Standard where i didn't see much difference: 1893 OC @ 1Ghz vs. 1833 @ 600MHz (notable difference was on I/O 1953vs 1460, surprising on 2D 1923 vs 2145 (!!) and 3D 2143 vs 2134). Similar case on cf bench 2411 vs 2406, ie almost identical? Strange... Btw on Benchmark & Tuning i got 1593 @ 1GHz. Having said that ofcourse if compared with other devices with OC it's almost at the level of HTC Desire or HTC HD2 which is my all time favourite phone and i still have it for tweaks (it used to be my phone 2 yrs ago, so Motoactv is really coming out almost at the same level in terms of processing power, not bad!!). In any case have left it at 1GHz as it's much smoother in the interface, it doesn't seem to consume more battery and it's waking up faster with the wrist shake motion.
[Other SmartWatches] Margino:
Quadrant Standard wouldn't run the benchmarks on my MotoACTV. I had to use Titanium Backup to get the app on the watch as GPlay reported it as incompatible and when I pressed to run the tests all I got was a blank screen. thr07, did you have this issue as well?
[Other SmartWatches] thr07:
No it worked OK on mine and i installed directly from GPlay (searching ofcourse with the MarketSearch app). Different question: I can't seem to be able to add widgets on ADW Launcher EX, it doesn't even give me the option when i install it? I'm trying to have access to more 'real estate'on the screen to add a flip clock (yeah good old HTC days again!) and unfortunately i can't find anyway to hide the App Dock on LauncherPro that's why i tried ADW instead since there u can do it...but alas no widgets...Anyone faced this issue b4?
[Other SmartWatches] ClearD:
Let me guess, you're using the latest and greatest ADW EX?

I faced this issue last night when updating my rom too. I *THINK* it's the DPI, and the button to add widgets is off the screen. Also, make sure that ADW is stored on the phone as opposed to the SD card. I finally uninstalled it (refuse to change my dpi) and installed the latest zeam, moved it to phone storage, and it works fine with widgets.

Also, same issue with extended controls, beautiful widgets, and wifi manager. The widgets wouldn't work (or even show up) until I moved them to phone.

Trying now to figure out how to automatically set the install location to 1 (internal) instead of 2 (external) as the standard. Having difficulties.
[Other SmartWatches] vinokirk:
Any update from the Devs with regards to another release?

I would love if you could get the time to appear in the status bar along with the battery meter and wifi symbol!
[Other SmartWatches] yreham:
I think this the launcher you need "GYF side launcher"
[Other SmartWatches] thr07:
Any tips to bring battery life to at least 24hrs? This is by far THE major flaw of this incredible eitherwise device.

Any widget that can allow Wifi to be turned off as it is annoying to have to reboot the MotoActv in order to kill it? Have tried Power mgr, wifi kill, wifi mgr nothing works...

@ClearD: you were right by lowering DPI 'magically' add widgets appears in ADW EX...still though not acceptable option as it messes badly the stock launcher that I use for all workouts, so I'm sticking with Launcher Pro for now.
[Other SmartWatches] fernandoavc:
May I ask a dumb question?

Since I applied the dprom the notification led keep blinking and I have no idea why and where should I go ( since the stock notification isn't showing any notification).

The dumb question is: why is it blinking?
[Other SmartWatches] Margino:
I had a similar problem but my widgets would refuse to resize and then would disappear between restarts. I eventually installed Zeam and haven't had a issue since.

On Zeam Launcher go to Menu->Preferences->Action Bindings and set an action to open the notifications (other launchers have similar functions). I have mine set to swipe down, so on my homescreen I swipe down and the notifications open. I can then press the red circle to clear notifications. This usually stops the flashing.
[Other SmartWatches] thr07:
I just had quite a scare..: all of a sudden my Motoactv switched off despite the fact that it still had battery left and no matter what i did it wouldn't switch on, it wouldn't charge even on the wall socket (ie not the PC) and the official charger, changed numerous cables, left it on the charger for very long time, tried to put it in bootloader mode (Power + Vol Dn) nothing...Then by searching the Motoactv forum i saw that it has the 'hard start' functionality apparently of all Motorola phones by pressing for a while simultanesouly Power + Start + Music. Tried it and finally it did the trick for me, boot logo came on and booted normally, started charging again etc...Btw it showed remaining battery 19%...Very strange, clearly a SW 'glitch'? Don't know if anyone else experienced the same but wanted to leave the tip just in case, esp. as i heard stories that they won't support them anymore, u can't send them back to them if they're borken, they don't cover warranty etc.? When i tried to registered mine (i pruchased it online abt 1 month ago) on the Motorola site i got the msg 'warranty expired'...??!!
[Other SmartWatches] ClearD:
Wow. 24 hours? That's all? Mine lasts around a week. I don't keep wifi on though, I use the power control widget to turn it off when not needed.

And yeah, I ditched the latest ADW EX because of that. If I'm forced to change my DPI to use something, I just don't use it. Just personal preference. I'd rather have one thing broken than everything broken lol.
[Other SmartWatches] thr07:
Wow one week? How do u manage that? I never use Wifi as i know it drains badly power, but i do notice from time to time that the Motoactv will attempt to connect itself (??!!) when within range of known/stored networks...like my home wifi...Strange. Even when i keep an eye on it and it doesn't do that, still i can't squeeze more than 24hrs from the device...btw when i check the battery stats i see that display is getting most of it, followed by BT?
[Other SmartWatches] ClearD:
I keep wifi and BT both turned off unless needed, by way of the power control strip widget. Also, I turned off the whole shake-to-turn-on thing, because I found my screen coming on by itself when I was just walking around. It drained a huge amount of battery!
[Other SmartWatches] torrentlord:
hi guys i just bought a motoactv 8gb can one please redirect me the link of the latest and proper way to root the device so i can install apk apps from google market, i was thinking before buying the imwatch but i heard the battery does not last long and the apps are so limited thats why i decided to go for motoactv , i deeply apreciate it thank you
[Other SmartWatches] fernandoavc:
Basically you can Google your question that Google will answer it but try these links and you will be good to go:

http://motoactv.wikispaces.com

Once you get your device rooted and unlocked you back to this thread and download the DPRom that have all the Google stuff already installed ( gmail, gtalk, maps, play store and others)

From there it's up to you to install more apps and check their compatibility.

Good luck!
[Other SmartWatches] thr07:
OK then this must be the main difference, the deactivation of the gesture wake-up feature. I will try it and report. Still if it's deactivated then mine only comes on once i push the power button, the screen won't come on just by walking around?
[Other SmartWatches] fernandoavc:
That's a difference from mine too and I'll be waiting your report since mine won't last 24hs also.
[Other SmartWatches] ClearD:
That's correct indeed.
[Other SmartWatches] Margino:
Something weird just happened to my MA. Thought I'd test to see how much battery gets used with Wifi, bluetooth and the screen off and the shake-to-wake deactivated. After two hours I pressed the power button to turn the screen on, to check on the battery level, and nothing happened. After a few minutes of random holding buttons I managed to get it into the bootloader by holding the buttons that thr07's mentioned a few posted back, and after a minute more of holding buttons my MA finally booted to the homescreen. I'm unsure if any combination of button holding did the trick, or if it came on in it's own good time. The battery level was now at 44%!

There's something not right there at all. Two hours and 56% drain, plus switching off and refusing to turn on. I'm beginning to think about downgrading to the previous version of DPRom to see if the issue remains.
[Other SmartWatches] fernandoavc:
Unfortunately I am not with mine right now but will check if it happens to me too... But I use it basically for workout and I was able to see how it acts using with streaming audio to a wired phone and it drained 50% of my battery in 1:20hs..

Never used mine as a normal watch as u guys did but I am sure it will not last a day...
[Other SmartWatches] ClearD:
Mine's been on for several hours now and drained about 4%... I have no idea what the issue is at this point.
[Other SmartWatches] TheBigJ:
Hey dproldan,

I was wondering if the SleepAnalysis will also work on a nonrooted MotoACTV or do I need root + custom ROM?

Was trying to find any information relating this feature but google showed up with nothing. Do you know if the sleep information is send to the Motorola website or does it just stay on the watch?

Cheers
[Other SmartWatches] thr07:
I think you will need to port Android to it with an additional launcher (like Zeam/Launcher Pro) in order to be able to add to it this app. I did have to root mine to do it and btw it works great, have tested the app already. It doesn't send any info from the sleep test, it only keeps it on the Motoactv as far as i can tell. As dproldan says no idea why Motorola didn't have it preinstalled and activated on the device?

Concerning the battery test: i am now at 35hrs with 19% left but have left the gesture wake-up function (as i use my Motoactv also as my main wrist watch), BT is on, but connected it only for a 90min workout for my BT headset (which btw drained 30% in one go), wifi is off, i only turned it on very briefly after the workout to sync data with my motoactv.com account. I think b4 i had an app installed with a flip sense clock (HTC style) and that was turning on wifi every 1hr to get weather updates, which then i couldn't switch off even with wifi manager from Android, so I deleted it. Will let it run till it drains to see how long it will last.
[Other SmartWatches] ClearD:
Still haven't charged mine from yesterday. 84% remaining now lol.
[Other SmartWatches] thr07:
OK finished my test, so it lasted exactly 40hrs with one 90min workout and a BT headset connected to it which took almost 30% 'in one go'. Wifi on very briefly (max 5mins) and had the wrist shake wake-up functionality always on as i use it as my main wrist watch. I think this is what makes the difference and possibly without it, maybe 3 full days are possible but will keep the wake-up on and charge it every other day i guess as longas it lasts...i have to charge my Samsung Note with ICS almost every day after 1.5 yr of usage...they make these bloody devices good for 1-2 yrs and then they push u for the next big thing...consumermania...
[Other SmartWatches] ClearD:
Update... today's the 15th, still no charging, still 45% remaining. :)
[Other SmartWatches] fernandoavc:
I'm not an expert but by the instructions and the "chmod" command it must be root... The functionality is cool I was testing it out yesterday.. See some screenshots below