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[Other SmartWatches] jac921:
modest help & info on your 2.1.0 rom

hi ClearD,

I would first like to thank and applaud you for all the contribution you made to the Motoactv community. What a good job! I did try to search for all the relevant topics on this thread and online but i can't really seem to find the information and there is no video of the newest rom so i don't know if i did everything correctly. I recently got my hands on two 8G motoactv and i did the rooting and flashed your 2.1.0 rom into it but i don't see all the apps and keyboard as shown in the youtube video "MotoACTV Rooting & ROM Flashing Guide by Margino Onigram" but i don't see all the apps and keyboard as found in the earlier rom as shown in the "Motoactv Android Watch Rooted and Demoed

by speedyink". I am just wondering if i haven't exactly followed the steps as shown or is there some cache that i haven't erased properly. I can't get my GPS to work and i can't access the accessibility setting required for augmented smartphone to work. Would you be able to shine some light into my situation? I would very much appreciate your help and donation will follow. Your custom rom still makes this motoactv better than the galaxy gear that i have. Eventually i would like to install the app for my BMW i3 that is coming soon to replace what BMW x Samsung is doing.

Many thanks.

best regards,

Jeffrey
[Other SmartWatches] Sozzeled:
Just bought this on Amazon, pretty excited to find the development being done on ROMs for a device like this. Having offline google music with my bluetooth headphones and GPS capabilities for my runs have me pretty pumped.
[Other SmartWatches] strangelovee:
Hi,

dunno if its the right thread, but ive got some problems with root and flash

Updated it to the latest version, download the root tool and hit the "flash boot image and root" button and it looks fine until the watch reboots, after that all commands fail, and it seems to fail to contact the watch when i try root only

Returning to stock works fine thou

Appriciate all help
[Other SmartWatches] ClearD:
You're not trying to root while in fastboot mode, are you? Once rooted, it turns on adb mode instead of USB mode when the watch is turned on and plugged in. Make sure you read the command prompts carefully. :)

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[Other SmartWatches] strangelovee:
No, im in normal booted mode, ill try again tonight and if it fail i will post some screens of it, and see if anyone could help me, im guessing that somethings wrong with me ADB on the computer
[Other SmartWatches] ClearD:
Adb drivers are included in the root tool, that's most likely not the problem. But do post screenshots if able, and we'll get it figured out here.

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[Other SmartWatches] strangelovee:
Now i managed to flash the ROM, but now i cant reach the stock workout app, double press power dont let me choose launcher, just gets me to zeam, havent checked use as custom. i wiped data/factory in CWM, how to get the motoactv workout back?
[Other SmartWatches] ClearD:
Which rom and which version?

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[Other SmartWatches] strangelovee:
A new flash of the rom solved the problem, now I just need to find some nice apps. Do you know if it's possible to force-rotate apps? My golfshot gps app is in portrait when I want it to be in landscape. Can someone recommend a keyboard also?
[Other SmartWatches] ClearD:
Flit keyboard seemed to work well for most. I think there's also a root app that can force-orientation of some apps. Can't remember the name of that one though lol.

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[Other SmartWatches] Smurgledorfcc:
There is an Xposed Framework that can force specific apps orientation on my Evo V, that might work if you can get Xposed on the Actv.
[Other SmartWatches] Artimis:
The App Settings Xposed Module for Gingerbread will do this (make sure you get the module specifically for gingerbread). I have it set to force orientation on a number of apps that try to default to portrait mode. Works pretty well.

As far as keyboards, I really like multiling O Keyboard. It is extremely lightweight and flexible....a lot of configuration options available, has very good prediction/autocorrection, and consumes very little resources compared to a lot of other keyboards. There is a bit of a learning curve with some of the swipe options but once you get past those, it works well.
[Other SmartWatches] mtvdeo:
I still don't understand how the best selling smartwatch of 2011/2012 doesn't have a forum on its own.
[Other SmartWatches] fourpointsix:
Anyone think there's a chance we'll see a rom with the Google Wear APK? Is the MotoActv's SOC up to the task of Wear?

I still haven't seen a smartwatch for 2014 that does what the Motoactv does. GPS, Fitness tracking, built in flash storage, BT, Wifi, etc, etc, etc. Just get Google Now and updated notifications (Hangouts anyone?) built in to the Motoactv, and I'll be a happy camper!
[Other SmartWatches] ClearD:
I don't think Wear is a simple apk, but if it is, I'll work on it for sure. Hangouts should work on my rom as well as dproldan's rom. Notifications are a little odd though, that's true. But the pulldown menu should show notifications

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[Other SmartWatches] ronaldheld:
How much of Google Now works on this watch?
[Other SmartWatches] Artimis:
I don't think Google Now works at all. It requires Android 4.x and we are stuck on 2.3.
[Other SmartWatches] ronaldheld:
Isn't Google wear based on Google now?
[Other SmartWatches] Artimis:
Potentially. But it will most likely also be based on a 4.x framework. And unfortunately, I don't think we will see any Android Wear ROMs ported to the moto actv. I would love to be proven wrong but I think we will see the same challenges we currently do with trying to port android 4.x.
[Other SmartWatches] chromecarz00:
Awesome thread!

So I've got my MotoActv rooted and running both Zeam and Honeycomb launcher. However, a lot of the icons (wifi and battery) on honeycomb aren't working, and the wifi keeps disabling on the device. Also, video playback on netflix and youtube is not smooth - I've seen videos of people running these apps on youtube (hd off) and it was perfectly smooth playlist. Also, how can I uninstall a launcher? and is there any way of getting a lock screen? and lastly, I wanted to use a different program to manage wifi - any suggestions?

Thanks!
[Other SmartWatches] Artimis:
Wifi will disable automatically after a period of inactivity. This is a change Moto made for battery savings.

If you are running ClearD's rom or DPRom 8, the timeout was extended to 10minutes. If you are running DPRom 9, there was a change to disable the timeout but it causes other issues (like wifi not turning off manually either).

I can't speak to video playback or why the honeycomb launcher may not work right. Regarding launchers, I prefer Launcher Pro but don't mind Zeam either. As far as removing a launcher, this can be done in the "Running Services" or "Manage Applications" area of settings. The easiest way to get here is to create a desktop shortcut (long press on desktop -> Shortcuts -> Settings -> Running Services or Manage Applications).

As far as managing wifi, Wifi Manager is a good one. This comes preloaded on ClearD's ROM. As far as lockscreen, I'm not sure as I don't use one.....you probably can create a settings shortcut for Location and Security settings and change your lockscreen options there.
[Other SmartWatches] Sqwaller:
GPS question for rooted motoactv

Sorry if this has been asked and I did not find it or if this is the wrong place. Be kind Im a DS.

I have a rooted Motoactv with cleardroid. I deleted all the software from Motorola trying to clean up my laptop before I thought I should wipe and reinstall OS for performance issues. I now notice that my Motoactv takes a very long time (30+min) to get a GPS signal. Could this be because it is not getting updated GPS info, did the Motorola software on my laptop do this? For instance today, clear day no clouds 2:00pm GPS took 20 min to find a signal, my phone on the other hand had a good signal in about 8 seconds. I did enable GPS in cleardroid as I realize I have to do this every time I want to find a GPS, WiFi, and BT connection. It seems like this is a rather new thing I remember last week going for a bike ride and my Motoactv GPS was good to go in about 30 seconds or so.

I also notice that when I plug my Motoactv in to the laptop it no longer prompts me to install the software. After looking around for it I could not find anything except the Motorola Device Manager, which after install searches for an update but apparently the server is being worked on, at least that was the message from the DM program after failed attempt to update.

Any insight into this would be greatly appreciated. :cyclops:
[Other SmartWatches] ronaldheld:
Have you searched this thread for any help for your Gps problem?
[Other SmartWatches] Sqwaller:
Yea, I don't know if I am just unable to correctly use the search bar but when I do I get one reply which is the beginning of this thread and I do not see any mention of the GPS. :eek:
[Other SmartWatches] hackerse7en:
95% chances of being a maps problem, Re download the maps from motorola website, copy them to Mapsdb folder on /sdcard and your good to go,

it works always for me
[Other SmartWatches] Sqwaller:
Thanks for the reply but since then I reset to stock, re-rooted, realized I rooted a 8gig image to my 16gig ACTV, tried to set it back and ran into a bootloop, fixed that (luckily it was not hard) found an old factory image of the 16gb ACTV and without too much understanding of what was going on I managed to use the root tool to flash my 16gig image. So at the moment I am back to stock ACTV with correct image, all working, GPS is quick again.

I get the feeling I should stop here but am driven to find a way to root this stock-updated image, I have a rooted image for the 16gb but no real idea how to do that or if it will work. I saw in the root tool it unpacks a 8gig root folder with just a 7.2_boot.img, I was going to try to replace that with the boot.img from the 16gb rooted image and rename it to mach the (7.2_boot.img) and flash that. So you can see why I am hesitant, I like the ACTV, and I know I got lucky not wrecking my device with all my tinkering. I know there has to be a way to root successfully and have been to the motoactv wiki and searched here quite a bit but have not seen a process that lays out the root procedure for rooting updated 16gb ACTVs.

I am probably overthinking this.

Thanks for the post though.:good:
[Other SmartWatches] ClearD:
8gb and 16gb images are identical. Or they were in the past. The image you use shouldn't matter. :)

But if you're dead set, make the new rooted boot image, use the image flasher (on CleardDroid website) to flash it, then use "root only" function on root tool, which won't flash the boot image afaik. :)

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[Other SmartWatches] Sqwaller:
I know I am showing up late in the game but was no hoping someone could point me in the right direction. After 3 days of searching the web and largely coming back to XDA or the Motoactv wiki, I am pretty confused.

MY ACTV is rooted, at least I think it is because I can boot into CWM recovery. I have a factory 16gb zip that has the original OS on it for the ACTV and pilfered those images and put them in the folder the root tool uses to bring a device back to stock.

I ran the root tool to root and flash boot.img to ACTV. this is where I am at now.

I have a ClearDroid ROM that I would like to put on the ACTV reboot to CWM recover and get that ROM working. Problem is my computer does not see the ACTV anymore. Or I should say it does not show up when I look in the Computer from start. I hear it connect and disconnect but can not see it.

So I come here with three questons, am I rooted how can I know or if I can get into CWM recover is that indication enough?

How can I get the ROM zip on the ACTV if my computer will not show it?

I have a rooted 16gb image I got long ago with the factory 16gb image that has all the goodies in them such as "bin, META-INF, boot.img, flash-all.sh, flash-fxz.xml,preinstal.img, and system.img in them. How do I flash these successfully and if I do, and I flahs the rooted version will by devcie be rooted? I do not think I have ever been able to flash these as I can not seem to get my CMD to take any adb commands. Which is strange because the "MiniADB.zip allowed me to access CWM recovery.

My goal is to have the moste up-to-date software rooted with ClearDroid as my ROM and being able to plug it into my laptop and update music and GPS (if it does that).

Again any help would be greatly appreciated.

Yes I have searched the forums here but have not seen what I would consider a really clear (from start to finish) version of this entire procedure. I have seen the Motoactv wiki but have not seen how to get a factory image on to the ACTV, I have seen the ROM install guides but have not seen how to get my darn computer to see my device if it is not showing up.
[Other SmartWatches] ClearD:
You're trying to do two things that contradict each other. That's your first problem lol. You can have either a rooted 16gb image or CleardDroid Rom, but not both. They cancel each other out.

Once you root, your device goes from USB mode to adb mode. Use the root tool to turn USB mode back on when you need to transfer files to the actv. Rebooting the actv will turn adb mode back on again when you're done transferring.

If it's got a meta inf folder, I'd say the 16gb zip you've got can be flashed in recovery.

If you need more, I can reply more in depth tomorrow at work when I have my laptop out.

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[Other SmartWatches] Sqwaller:
Hay, just saw this today, thank you for the reply! I am there now getting the flashing tool. Just to be certain this tool is to flash the 16gb images to the ACTV? or is it only for the ClearDroid ROM? My lame understanding is that I should put the ROM on the ACTV reboot into recovery then install ROM from that, and the flash is to install 16gb image. Please correct if I am wrong.

Thanks for the help it is greatly appreciated, as a student I do not have much money but when I can I will make a donation, my apologies if you hear that too much.

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OH, man, that figures, I thought the 16gb image was the os and the ROM was a secondary thing you put on there after root to access Google play and smart phone like features. I have been chasing my tail for 4 days LOL. Thank You very much!!

I have used your tool to get back to stock and following you instructions on your site. That is what I have been looking for all along. :good:

I had all this set up originally, rooted, and working fine the only problem I had was my GPS was not getting a signal and I could not get my computer to see the ACTV to update the GPS on it (if it does this at all I don't know). I do know that my GPS was not connecting for up to 30 min, by that time I did not need it any more. I since then have read that I should re install the maps but I did not see that until I started this whole process.

But now I see that between your tool and the image flasher I should be able to do what I need without any more problems. Hopefully, but if there is one thing I know about myself it is that I am good a screwing things up. :eek:
[Other SmartWatches] markyboy81:
Apologies if this has been answered already in this thread but it is quite a long thread :)

I'm looking at getting one of these watches to replace the garmin forerunner watch I have, mainly for the music functionality.

So I'm wondering if it's possible to use music services such as Deezer and stream the music to Bluetooth headphones?

This would be great as there are few watches that can do that - omate (cancelled my pledge a while ago) and Neptune pine (still waiting).

The advantage I can see with the actv is that its more geared towards sport and will hopefully pair with my ant+ heart rate monitor.

I read somewhere that endomondo will work although it won't recognise ant+ devices.

So if I were to use the stock fitness app, how difficult will it be to export this data to endomondo? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
[Other SmartWatches] ClearD:
Isn't deezer streaming? Unless you pair your phone to the device, it won't work, but it may in that case. Wifi would time out after a certain time. I don't know if Bluetooth PAN would work with deezer or not though.

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[Other SmartWatches] markyboy81:
Sorry, I meant being able to sync playlists for playing offline via WiFi, so when I go out I won't need a connection. I can't seem to find anywhere whether this is possible.
[Other SmartWatches] ClearD:
Yeah, I don't use it, so I have no idea either... Sorry :(

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[Other SmartWatches] kvswim:
I posted this in the "main thread", but I figured I'd post it here as well, since I don't know which thread is the most appropriate/most active.

Woot.com has a sale today on the 8GB MotoACTV Golf Edition for $80. I pulled the trigger on this, just because I don't see that many differences between this and the Galaxy Gear. Expect some people to wander over here in the next few days.

My initial question is: Are there multiple versions of this device beyond the 8GB/16GB models? If so, will my flashaholicism be affected?
[Other SmartWatches] mcgarrah:
Woot and Watch Band

I jumped on the Woot as well and got it yesterday. They didn't have the watch band in my package but I found one at BestBuy discounted. If you are looking, some stores still have them in the fitness section. Check local availability.

I wanted a fitness device and this looked interesting. Extra points for it being an android that can run extra applications. I was concerned about the screen size but it is very usable. Not rooted it yet, but planning to do so soon.
[Other SmartWatches] onestinkyfish:
Not sure why it isn't working

I root. It says everything worked.

I flash. It says everything worked.

I try to open Zeam (dbl tap pwr) nothing happens.

Nothing has been wiped except the general set up (time, personal info).

I have tried the built in factory refresh. That doesn't even wipe all data (ie music)

I tried Return To Stock using root tool and re running entire process. No change.

The instructions seem clear enough and the only errors I see are the expected image errors during flash for the images it expects but aren't there.

Any thoughts?
[Other SmartWatches] ClearD:
You're flashing with recovery right? Not the flash tool?

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[Other SmartWatches] onestinkyfish:
No Sir.

I used the Root Tool from your page to root then the Flash Tool from your site to flash the latest stable image from your site.

Did I not do it correctly?
[Other SmartWatches] ClearD:
Nope, this rom flashes through recovery, not through images. Load the zip onto your watch, reboot it into recovery, then flash like a normal rom. :)

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[Other SmartWatches] m.klinge:
Now I might be a bit dense here but bear with me :)

If I flash either of the roms all the stock functionality will still work (notification sync, workout etc.) and on top I'm able to load other apps (Like a second launcher and using widgets)?

I'm getting myself a Motoactv tomorrow as I would like to replace my old (yet still fully functional) Garmin 305. The fact that this watch should be able to double both as a smartwatch and running watch is somewhat very appealing to me :)

//M
[Other SmartWatches] ClearD:
Yes.

Lol

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[Other SmartWatches] m.klinge:
Fantastic simple and clean answer :D

I guess it's time to flash yet again then :)

//M
[Other SmartWatches] haro138:
Hey I'm sorry to bother with what I think might be a silly question but I am unable to boot into clockwork. I've made sure that it is just booted up normally. I've stopped ADB and enabled USB. I've tried the automated way. I've tried it with the command in the first post. I simply get stuck at device not found (or if done manually, the equivalent error message) I'm on an 8.1 computer and have tried it on windows 7 as well. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance!!
[Other SmartWatches] Artimis:
If you've stopped adb on the device in order to mount usb storage then there is your problem. It must be enabled to issue the command from a computer.

You can boot directly into recovery from the device itself using one of two methods:

1) Use the ADB manager apk. It can be found on one of the threads here but is also packaged with ClearD's ROM so you can always download and extract the apk from there is needed.

2) install Terminal Emulator on the device from the market and type the following:

su

reboot recovery
[Other SmartWatches] haro138:
THANK YOU! I used Terminal Emulator and finally booted into my ACTV's recovery and was able to flash ClearD's rom. I'm still annoyed that I couldn't do it using the root utility. I still don't know what was wrong as my computer initially picked up the ACTV in ADB; regardless, THANK YOU!
[Other SmartWatches] eddierab:
Wasn't really sure where to post this but my motoactv fell off my bike yesterday and exploded when it met the pedal of another cyclist. I put the pieces back together but took these pictures before I snapped the screen back on. Fell off the bike going about 20 and got kicked by another cyclist but it still kept working.

Looks like there are only 4 clips holding the Screen in place. I was scared to take anything else apart and was really just relieved that I managed to get everything back together.
[Other SmartWatches] jav418:
16gb Motoactv

Hey Guys I was trying to root my 16gb Motoactv with the MotoACTV root tool, and its stuck. it will turn on normally and work, but when I boot it into fast boot mode the root tool can't see it. I've tried the stop ABD and enable USB, then reboot into fast boot but that isn't working as well. Any help would be awesome. Sry if I'm posting this in the wrong post.

Also when it's in fast boot mode I looked on devices and it says the SE Flash OMAP3630MI can't find driver, needs to be updated? Is this why I can't go back to stock or try and flash or re-root onto this device?

thank you,

Josh
[Other SmartWatches] ClearD:
What version of Windows are you using? And what do you mean reboot into fastboot... There's no button for that I don't think, and issuing that command through adb is a very bad idea.

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[Other SmartWatches] dproldan:
Ne sure to use the volume down button, not the volume up.
[Other SmartWatches] jav418:
8110

I'm using windows 7. When ever i boot into fastboot mode to root the motoactv. by turning the motoactv off, then pressing the volume down button and power at the same time. my computer doesn't see the motoactv. when I look it up under devices it shows at not knowing what the device is, so when I try and flash or root it, it just sits at waiting for device. Any ideas??

Thank you very much.

Josh
[Other SmartWatches] jav418:
I was able to figure it out. Ok so the problem I was having. When I booted the watch into fastboot mode, my PC couldn't see the watch. under device manager it couldn't find the driver. But I had the moto driver program installed. So I had to uninstall everything and then reinstall everything. after I reinstalled everything I put the watch into fastboot mode and pluged it in. It then found the moto adb driver and installed on the PC. Page 58 does a better job explaining it. going to try and root, will update latter today if everything goes well.
[Other SmartWatches] eddierab:
Any one else having trouble logging into motoactv.com? I'm wondering if they finally killed it off.
[Other SmartWatches] thegoofyweirdo:
Quick question, do these ROMs support the Ambient Light Sensor? I've used almost every ROM for this guy and i dont think it's ever worked aside from being stock? :confused: