yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toshi95:
must be a local thing, i just tried the same thing and the only one i found was $127 and out of stock. Found one on Newegg though, refurbished (which isnt a big deal for me, as long as it works) for $90 :D
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wetbiker7:
UPDATE

UPDATE:

I just checked on the Walmart site and they've gone up to $127. I guess I got lucky when doing my search and seeing it at $119. The manager at Office Depot did a search on the Walmart site to make sure he was matching their price and saw the $119 price too. They must have changed it right after I bought mine. :(
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AoHeLL:
Oh Yeeahh

MaGeNTa is still the best!
[HTC Wildfire S] ziggydi:
Hi all.

Does anyone know what are the differences among these 3 revisions? And how to recognize what I have got in my mobile?
[HTC Wildfire S] thehacka1:
If you have CM9 then it is rev-5 and I think its the same for CM7
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] halabuloogy:
If any one has any information on Samsung and there progress on fixing the bugs with the low energy bluetooth 4.0 can you plz update us all and post it here.

Thanks!

Ill post everything i know here as well.

1. Samsung Developers thread on the issue

http://developer.samsung.com/forum/...geId=157757&messageNumber=1168&startId=zzzzz~

2. NRF Utility

I know that the app in the andriod market called NRF Utility can scan and find ble devices one your GS3!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nordic.nordicbleapp&hl=en

3. These people seem very educated on the matter and one thinks he know how to solve this.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11311947/how-to-use-broadcom-ble-sdk-smart-4-0-in-android-4-0

4. Info on a development kit.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/...y-development-kit-must-have-proximity-profile

5. Say what? uhh i dont think so.

- John Leehey

http://stackoverflow.com/tags/bluetooth-lowenergy/new

6. The reason im in the to win this!

I want my gb 6900 g-shock watch to pair with my GS3!!! UGH

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1572175&page=2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] KennyG123:
Read forum rules before posting

Questions go in Q&A

Development is for developers to post releases

Thread moved

FNM
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] cantoucthis:
This sucks

"I want my gb 6900 g-shock watch to pair with my GS3!!! UGH"

I am a app developer and I need Bluetooth 4.0 in order to develop hardware for my own phone. As of now i'm using Apples Iphone 5 " Samsung's Competitor" to develop my apps and Hardware. This does not look good on Samsung's part. I really hope this gets figured out. The Galaxy S3 is the top selling phone as of right now. It is also my favorite in terms of use but. The fact that they advertised 4.0 support this sucks!

:(
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sirius_dark:
I am with you on that bro. Got the gb 6900 on my wrist right now but no application to really take advantage of the ble. Just in case you dont know, you can always check that the SGS3 can see the GB 6900 using the "Bluetooth Smart Scanner" application tool found through play.

I also have a Moto Droid 4 which can natively see the watch using the Bluetooth page in settings but I am afriad I have to perhaps look into the developing my own app.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] halabuloogy:
thanks man i didnt know that app existed and im trying its not working for me and consiquently neither is the nrf utility :'( some **** show this ble stuff is.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sirius_dark:
The nRF Utlility from Nordic, i couldnt even download from the Play Store because my phone is marked as "SAMSUNG-SGH-I747" which is at^t's SGS3. I wish there was a way i could download the .apk file from Play Store or even somewhere on the internet.

I am going to check if Nordic has put it on their developer site.

The application i mentioned only just discovers the Bluetooth 4.0 devices and doesnt connect to them. At the moment it is just good enough for proof that Samsung indeed has a Bluetooth Low Energy module in the SGS3.

If you can give me more info on your SGS3 such as network carrier, what rom and kernel you are using, perhaps i might be able to figure out why it is not working for you.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sirius_dark:
I just checked Nordic's website, unfortunately they dont have the .apk listed in the downloads section only the blasted iOS version of nRF

Also, i attached the incompatibility error i am getting when i try to download nRF from the Play store. Don't think you have the .apk for nRF Utility do you? Any way you know we can actually download the .apk from the play store?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] halabuloogy:
N-01D ***and thats a zero not a O***

i have the sprint and my build is "SPH-L710" but sorry no i dont have the apk mabey try switch up ur boot loader to build moder number "N-01D" its one of the phone the gshock watch is acualy compatible with and if you download market enabler and use japan domoco mode u can download the gshock app from play and open the bluetooth setting!!! :eek:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] halabuloogy:
i figured it out! :D

MARKET ENABLER!!!!! and mabey build prop that bad boy. you will be able to download it. but thanks i figured it out after the first time you pair your watch hasto be cleared again!!! to do so you have to go to "set up" click start twice then hold down "split-reset" button!!! GO FIGURE!!! darn japs
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sirius_dark:
Ha ha! Yeah i was about to head to Market Enabler but just didnt want to risk rooting my att SGS3. The phone is my lifeline at the moment and given I am travelling, i am contemplating if i should root it. I just did the root to a Droid 4 but alas i dont know the market code for japan play store. As i understand google gives each country/region a specific "market code" or a "play code"

I am sure someone has figured out and listed all the market codes for each country... in Xda just going to do that soon after i finish replying.

But hey, thanks for the tip! I really appreciate it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nalahia@gmail.com:
S3 and G-shock Gb-6900 bluetooth

pls is there anybody out there who tried to connect the gb-6900 bluetooth g-shock with a Samsung S3 !!!!! My G-shock bluetooth will be deliverd soon !
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sirius_dark:
Hi! yes. You would first need to make sure you have the JB official ROM upgrade from at&t through Kies or rooted and unlocked bootloader SGS3 running JB. Unfortunately, there is no official app from Casio for SGS3 as G-Shock+ exists for iOS yet, but you can download nRF Utility from market and then use the watch as a proximity device.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nalahia@gmail.com:
gb600 and s3

the nordic nRF utility connected my s3 and the casio gb6900 only once ! After that it doesn't connected anymore, the other app such as Bluetooth smart scanner or other android apps doesn't scan the bluetooth watch at all.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nalahia@gmail.com:
japanese apk

The nordic nRF utility does connected to my s3 and the casio gb6900.

It even was connecting better than the official G-shock app ( from the apple store) and my partners iphone 5

I'm not a developer but does it mean i have to wait until casio, android, or samsung work on that ?

Does it work with the japanes g-shock app from their store ? (this app supports a gb-6900 bt reports the description)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sirius_dark:
have you tried to clear the bond between the casio gb6900 and nRF utility and Bluetooth smart scanner or other android apps? I believe you can do that by going to the setup screen on the watch and then keep the split.reset button pressed on the watch. What other apps other than Bluetooth Smart Scanner and nRF Utility have you found on android/for sgs3 that use BLE to connect?

---------- Post added at 02:39 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:32 PM ----------

I have yet to try the official G-Shock+ app for iOS. I try to stay away(physically and mentally) from any iOS device. You may be right on the on the "better connectivity " as i know Apple did screw up the Dual Mode Bluetooth chipset on the iPhone 4S...which they might have carried on with iPhone 5.

Yes, you would have to wait untill casio develops something or untill there is a API from Samsung for BLE development for Android. I think the latter one is more important as once there is a API, not only Casio can develop a full fledged app but also many individual developers. Samsung is the real sucker in this.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] halabuloogy:
You hafto go into setup in watch menu then hit "start stop" twice then hold in reset. Then search for the watch again.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sirius_dark:
That is exactly what i said in my reply. Maybe you overlooked it. Oh and there is a newer version of nRF Utility. Now you can have the watch beep or find the watch as you press "Find My Tag"..and the watch beeps in case you misplace the watch. It didnt work earlier. :good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nalahia@gmail.com:
wait en see

I've mailed casio and didn't get a satisfied answer , they only mentioned the support information on their website !

Samsungs didn't respond at all, and their developsite doesn't show any activity on that matter.

l'll just have to wait and see ....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sirius_dark:
Well thanks for the effort. Many people before you have done that and got the same response. I dont know why Samsung is not at the top of the matter on this..especially if they really want to seal the deal for SGS3.

It could be that android/google is really pushing for NFC and not so much on BLE because iOS is pushing more on BLE and not so much on NFC.

I tell you these corporate battles just are hindrances to potential opportunity to many technologies and developers. Shame on them!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sirius_dark:
Update on Android App from Casio

I have some good news to share. We should be getting an Android based app from Casio. See this link

http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/49231/casio-g-shock-gb-5600a-iphone-pictures-hands-on

"It will work only with iPhone at present - because of the app support - but an Android app is in the pipeline for release later in the year."

:):)

Another site i found reporting says around end of summer.

http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/8/38...-bluetooth-watch-coming-to-the-us-this-summer
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] loonytunes:
It appears that Samsung provided the makers of the fitbit fitness tracker the means of connecting a fitbit to the s3 and note 2 using ble. They have an app in beta testing and it should be released the end of January/beginning of February. This is a good sign.. http://www.fitbit.com/forums/topic/828PQWL3697PN

From their admin in regards to other devices, specifically the Nexus 7:

"@Daniel - My limited understanding of BTLE and Androids is that there is not a general standard on how it's implemented. There's no generic driver that will work across different manufacturers (and possibly even different phones from the same manufacturer, though I doubt any would do that). So the code to make BTLE work will be different for different phones. If the Nexus 7 has drivers available, it may be the next in line to get implemented. Or I may be completely wrong :) I have no inside knowledge from the Droid team, so I don't know for sure what roadblocks there are or what is next on the roadmap."
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] XIPRELAY2010:
jeepus how long has this issue been going on ? It looks like the first post in that thread on the samsung development forum was from 2010!?

And these issues still are not fixed ?

Is samsung for real ?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] doromax:
hi, anyone have try to use the Polar H7 Hart rate sensor with Galaxy S3 ? It pair with S3 ?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sirius_dark:
Hi!,

Have you tried using the app NRf Utility from Nordic? I remember seeing a option for Heart Rate there.

Cheers,

Sirius
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] doromax:
No, I haven't. Now I search for it. But new JB 4.1.2 or 4.2.x are now compatible with bluetooth 4.0 smart ? I heard that the problem was with the driver in Android ...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] branitelj91:
Greetings there !!!

As I figured out, (for now), if one hase ICS with SG III, there is no BLE and HIgh Speed protocols implemented in. So There is no actual compatibility among SG III and Polar H7, (what is something that I'm highly interested in).

As I've googled litle bit I found these specs on wikipedia : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth , and that these specs would refere as Bluetooth V 4.0, but what gave me big confusion was info published in gsmarena : http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_i9300_galaxy_s_iii-4238.php , where explicitly says it is 4.0 compatible.

Afther all, I beileve that is just api related, as chip in hardware level has to be able to.

Right ?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] -EViL-KoNCEPTz-:
You're looking at specs for the i9300 when you need to be looking at specs for the L710 if you're on sprint. If you're not on sprint you're in the wrong forum.

☆SoA: Son's of Android™☆

I like to break stuff! :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] branitelj91:
Correct me if I'm wrong.

I just, (as You'd noticed), saw that there is more of those like GT i 9300 and sph L710, both looking the same and more or less have same specs.

So ifi that is true, does this mean that one supports ble and the other does not even if upgraded to newest android?

If does, what would be one that supports and the one that does not?

Thanks for the reply and even more thanks for reply on ths post.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] -EViL-KoNCEPTz-:
I'm not sure what you're asking here. If you're asking if upgrading your Android version will give you BT4.0 the answer is, not if the hardware doesn't support it. This is why you need to make sure you look at the proper device specs. Even tho they are all called the Samsung Galaxy SIII there are some major differences in hardware between all of the various models. Some use GSM/sim cards, some don't, some are quard core with 1 gb ram, some quad core 2gb ram, some dual core 2gb ram, some have lte others don't. Those are just a few of the differences between the various models. The processor and radio differences can impact which BT chipset they chose to use in which model which will determine whether BT4.0 is compatible or not. Without the BT4.0 compatible chipset there's nothing software can do to magically make the chipset start supporting BT4.0.

☆SoA: Son's of Android™☆

I like to break stuff! :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jimdough:
Samsung released their BLE SDK publicly, check out the news on androidpolice.com/2013/04/18/for-developers-samsung-bluetooth-low-energy-sdk-opens-to-the-public.

The SDK itself is available on Samsung's website: developer.samsung.com/ble. Let's hope there's some apps coming out shortly, although the SDK requires Android 4.2 which isn't officially release yet...

(sorry, can't post URLs being a new member)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] solution57innovations:
BLE with Galaxy S3

Hi,

Our demo of Nordic BLE module working with the Galaxy S3:

youtube. com/watch?v=POIb3dxHd_E
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sirius_dark:
Hi, we are well aware that Nordic has a demo put out. But we are just waiting for Casio to work with major Android Phone manufacturers to have the profiles such as Alert/Time/Proximity to be implemented for their respective devices.

Thank you anyways. It's good to see that BLE is still being developed. For some reason this Spec is taking longer to be picked up by the market i feel.

---------- Post added at 02:12 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:08 AM ----------

I am beginning to believe that Google and major Android phone manufacturers see BLE as an auxiliary feature which is not reallly given prime development time. I also dont understand why Casio is not being proactive and coaxing these big companies to develop a solution. This should have been done even before the GB6900 was launched to the public.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] solution57innovations:
ftssav fecond

Hi,

this is not the Nordic demo app. We did this from scratch, having our own app on the top of the Samsung BLE module.

//S
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] MikeZ:
Do you plan to use the samsung bluetooth ble sdk , which was just released, any time soon ?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] MetalG:
What is the status about this?

i just bought a 200 euro hr watch --__--
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] klutch:
wao i didnt noticed they had this post here i am on another post with mix phones n still wondering whats up with this since i am using N4 but i have S3 and note 2 n still nothing
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rsaavedra:
Same situation here bro...seems like an eternal wait
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dragon_rckr:
Polar H7 Smart HRM

I'm about to buy the Polar H7 HRM that is BT 4.0 and in their site it says that its uncompatible with SG3, well currently only compatible with iPhones.

But there was a review on Amazon that said they got it to work with an app in the Play Store called GOW (linked). I installed it to see how it was and its a fitness app like runkeeper that has HRM, distance, etc. There's a slight drawback, the app is currently in Spanish although the pics in the Play Store are in English. I'm a Spanish speaker and did go through the settings of the app and didn't find a way to switch languages. I guess there will be an update for it to be multilingual in the near future.

Seems that they used the Samsung BTE SDK for their app since its only compatible with SG3, GN2 and SGmini.

I'm waiting to see if my application for the Amazon card clears out so I can get this along with other stuff in my wishlist and then try it out. This HRM would be perfect since its BT 4.0 and compatible with Polar exercise ready equipment, just got a Nordictrack e7.5 and using the handle bars is a bit of a hassle. Will test it out once I'm to get it and report back.

In the meantime, someone else can give this a shot and see if it works. Sign up is simple and Google Translate should help with the language barrier, if any.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] baseballplaya:
Polar H7

In response to the GOW app, I've discovered that English is possible if you go to the settings of the app when in Spanish. Click on Control de Voz and change espanol to English. This will enable the app to display English. I have yet to get the H7 heartrate monitor to work with the app.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dragon_rckr:
Kool it worked! Didn't try cause I thought it was for the speech txt of the app...

I'll look for the post on Amazon that says how they got to work and link it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dragon_rckr:
Just ordered the Polar H7 HRM.

I'll post back results and if I managed to connect with SG3 and how. Worst case scenario, I'll just use it with the Norditrac elliptical :/
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] cjhuo:
Hi,

Just want to share what I've accomplished if anybody is looking for a way to develop android apps for Galaxy S3 to communicate with Smart-Ready(Bluetooth Low energy) featured sensors.

Here is my repo on github: github.com/cjhuo/Android-Samsung-Ble-APIs-Bluez (Copy&Paste please. No enough reputation for posting link, sorry...) Source code of sample app is include there.

To be clarified, the BLE API Samsung released recently is not compatible with S3 since they are switching the BLE stack underneath. For the same reason the apps worked for S3 such as 'nRF utility' won't be working on S4 anymore. See my repo for details and ask me there if you have questions.

I also posted the solution on develop's forum from samsung to inform the people desperate for waiting there. Moderator, please delete the post if this is considered as a re-post.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] drjohn61:
I can confirm that the Polar H7 will connect using GOW!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] oxman504:
Can you share how you did it? Had a H7 in my hand with gow and couldn't get it to connect.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dragon_rckr:
+1 that would help a lot

I tried to connect with GOW and failed every time... nRF Utility does pick it up but that's just for testing purposes and not exercise recording.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Aaron_M:
+1 , I cannot seem to make it work with a H6 either (even though NRF Utility works) so would like to see how it was done.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] majikfox:
Pebble works OK with Galaxy SIII.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sirius_dark:
Yes but we are not sure if Pebble is actually using the LE Bluetooth connection or Classical Bluetooth connection as Pebble's radio is Dual Mode capable. Is there anywhere we can validate this? I will try to check Pebble's FAQ and User forum.

My guesses are that Pebble is simply making a classical Bluetooth 2.1 radio link for now as i think i remember reading somewhere that they are still trying to develop the API Bluetooth 4.0 LE Stack back in Jan
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] funcionando:
Same here, not able to connect h7 to gow on my sgs3.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] cataplof:
Well, I have a Polar H7 , and Galaxy S3, international ver, and I'm going crazy , It works very well with runtastic, BLE, GOW an others in 4.2.2 ONLY

I upgrade to 4.3 and the phone can´t recognize the H7 never again, I else tried 4.1.2, and nothing.

I installed again 4.2.2 and it works again.

Is there some way to put the 4.2.2 BLE libraries or whatever to 4.3 or 4.1.2 ??
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] vegeta340:
I have the same issue with BLE. :/ I have Sigma HRM with bluetooth smart and my temporary solution is using Android 4.3.1 + . CM versions and Omniroms have BLE support. I use BLE heart rate monitor (app) and it is really nice, i love maps and charts from this app. Unfortunatelly Endomondo doesn't have support for BLE on Android yet. I hope this is only matter of time. What I want is stock rom compatible with BLE and endomondo support for it. If anyone could help it will be very appreciated.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] OscarAlpha:
GS6900B with GalaxyS3 / Galaxy Star

I'll give some guidelines on how to make an app that will work for the Galaxy S3 that carries the Samsung BLE SDK v. 1.0 or 1.2.

The steps to follow are these:

1. Get the Samsung v 1.0 SDK from here: https://github.com/cjhuo/Android-Samsung-Ble-APIs-Bluez. Look at the sample apps to see how to use the sdk as there is no documentation.

2. Reverse-engineer the casio app to get the UUIDS that you need.

3. That is an important step: you have to remove the pairing with Galaxy S4 from your watch. Go to settings (press the MODE button until you get there) and then press START/STOP button once (a big "1" shall appear). Now keep pressing split/reset until this is cleared.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] uscpsycho:
I just got an H7 and it works with iCardio and the Polar Beat app on my S3 with 4.3.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Morignus:
Solution

Hi I've found a solotion somewhere in Customer Reviews on Amazon - the key is to factory reset the H7. So take out the battery and take a paperclip to short the two battery tabs on the unit for 1-2 seconds. One tab is the copper colored center one and one is a very small silver one on the side. Replace your battery and it should pair with your phone.