yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sony Smartwatch] OstrichSak:
Which worries me about extra drain on battery. Unless you're sitting still all day your watch face will likely 'shake' on several times and that's just additional battery drain. The double tap to view time thing is sketchy at best as it's currently implemented so while I'm glad they gave us the option I'm especially thankful we've got the option to disable it because I think I'll do just that. It's not difficult to tap the button once on the side in the dark and will save the dozens of times it lights up from motion otherwise. If it truly was a touch interface that would be cool but I understand why they don't as it would likely drain the battery even more to have the touch active 24/7 to sense a double tap. Much like my smart phone I'll just stick with a physical button tap to glance at the screen.
[Sony Smartwatch] naheel azawy:
another video:

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great :good:

how did you know that???

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[Sony Smartwatch] JarlSX:
what exactly is the use of the bluetooth 'widget'?

it just shows a bluetooth icon, that doesn't change, even if the watch is disconnected?

sure, you can disable bluetooth on the watch, but that defeats the purpose of the watch
[Sony Smartwatch] Tonio78370:
Don't worry about the battery, before the update the phone woke up also by shaking it. I guess battery usage will be quite the same.
[Sony Smartwatch] OstrichSak:
I do seem to recall reading about that so perhaps now we can increase our battery life by disabling this now that it's an option? I know it wouldn't be a dramatic difference but if you don't utilize this feature it's free battery life even if it's only a minimal amount.
[Sony Smartwatch] dabizstan:
But now also the light is being turned on, which will kill battery...
[Sony Smartwatch] princemarcus19:
Ugh watch keeps restarting after update. Lets see if reinstall of update hellpz.

Bo whooo

Edit: it was one lf the apps making it resart..
[Sony Smartwatch] Nomad1600:
Like the update. A lot. One of my gripes was the lack of watch faces and ability to customize, trailing both Pebble and Galaxy (by a lot). This at least closes ground. And it seems that the Sony blog posted earlier seemed to suggest they opened up to developers... so hopefully more watchfaces and customization will follow. I have mine with the digital clock (with the large hour) in the middle, with the weather widget at the bottom left, the battery widget at the bottom right, and the latest notification line on top. While I wish I could have squeezed the day/date in there somewhere... I am good with the free space left on the face.

The rest of the new stuff... I like the ability to pull the notifications down from the main screen. I like having more wallpapers though bit more variety between the choices would have been really nice... and did I see something wrong in the Sony blog that showed the gray one have what looked like water drops? Would have went well with my LiquidSmooth phone Rom theme. Still, getting the ability to choose from even a short list is appreciated. But like the watch face designs, hopefully more wallpapers in the future and the ability to create your own (eg, use a photo) will really be nice.

This update keeps me happy with my SW2... and seeing that Pebble is starting to slow down, Galaxy is going away from Android, and HOT watch continues to be more vapor than wear... makes my purchase decision seem better.
[Sony Smartwatch] doclloyd:
Which one of your apps was causing the restart? Might be good for the rest of us to know to be on the lookout for it.
[Sony Smartwatch] princemarcus19:
Scrolling up unlocks watch make sure u wake up scren first.
[Sony Smartwatch] princemarcus19:
Black jack and 8 games but i just reinstall them they work fine now. So anyone with rebooting issues might be uninstalling then reinstalling apps.

Hope this helps out.
[Sony Smartwatch] francis820:
Good, I'm not the only one who has that problem. I disabled that feature for now to prevent any excessive battery drain.

Sent from my Galaxy Note 2, paired with SW2 Sony Smartwatch 2

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[Sony Smartwatch] guygenius:
Pedometer on watchface

Is there a pedometer app whose widget can be displayed on watch face?
[Sony Smartwatch] mx007:
connects disconnects issue

Still facing terrible connect and disconnect issue every 30 sec. And music app still not working properly, so as camera apps. Using it with my xperia z1 android 4.4...
[Sony Smartwatch] Canadian DJ:
Nice! How did you find out about this? Any other tips or tricks?
[Sony Smartwatch] saadkhan230:
The update smoothens the experience, thou I am slightly disappointed with the watch faces and wallpaper selection. Also.I cant seem to get AM/PM to show on custom clock faces, and from the pictures posted here, no one noticed either. Finally, can someone tell me where I can get the metallic strap for the watch?
[Sony Smartwatch] Smoothface:
If you have the weather widget added in it appears that stopping your swipe at whatever height it is at will open to weather.
[Sony Smartwatch] princemarcus19:
It does it for every widget you have, its a short cut to the apps.

And anybody notice the weather app is not showing the new
[Sony Smartwatch] princemarcus19:
look what i found
[Sony Smartwatch] aseeme555076:
From there?

Micro • 11 hours ago

I just found out something - this intrigued me on Sony's site:

Oh, and maybe key in a certain number and see what happens? Let us know if you know…

I figured it out! if you type in the calculator a number: 1035 (the sony's time on all watches :D) and the "=" sign, you unlock the hidden game "WatchWorm" haha!!! It's snake game we all know :D and once you type it, the game appears next to the other apps..

OK Sony, now you got me :D

SmartWatch 2 – 400 apps, new styles and *new* features

Calculator

For those of us who aren’t ‘numbers’ people, a calculator has been included in the update. It features as a native app that’s not dependent on your phone, meaning you can use your calculator when your phone is in your bag or pocket.

Oh, and maybe key in a certain number and see what happens? Let us know if you know…
[Sony Smartwatch] OstrichSak:
I installed it but it won't launch on my watch. Did you any luck running it?
[Sony Smartwatch] ro_explorer:
Yep, working as advertised. You need to start navigon on the phone an you need to have a route in pedestrian mode.

// sent from my tablet //
[Sony Smartwatch] mx007:
I want to do that too

I want to do that too, but unfortunately i need to solve the connect disconnect issue that i am facing with my smartwatch 2 and my Xperia Z1 C6903...

At the moment, no apps seems to be working properly.
[Sony Smartwatch] OstrichSak:
Ohh.. you actually have to have Garmin installed on your smartphone.. which I don't. Makes sense now. I thought this was a lite version for the smartwatch or something.
[Sony Smartwatch] noobandroid:
im from Malaysia and my sw2 just got updated, love the new watch face editing
[Sony Smartwatch] TimelightNL:
This is a great update. Good job sony! :good:

I noticed in the blog post from sony that in the part where they tell about the backgrounds that they show a picture with a background that has raindrops on it. And I am not able to find that one on my watch.
[Sony Smartwatch] Shawtyq:
delete
[Sony Smartwatch] aseeme555076:
Maybe there are another secret in calculator?
[Sony Smartwatch] yomiguy:
I love this update! I love my smartwatch! ??

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[Sony Smartwatch] twin snakes:
are there any weather app beside the Sony's one that support SW2 widget, the default one doesn't support my city (HoChiminh city) so i can't use it!

/oops, nevermind, i've figured it out!
[Sony Smartwatch] amarinos:
Anyone else having problems with the interaction between SW2 and the phone (mine's a G2) ? After the update I cannot make or reject any calls using the SW2 (either from the pad, favorites or history). It worked flawlessly right before the update. It appears as though the SW2 is doing what it should, but the phone never actually registers anything, as though the command was never given by the SW2.

Also the Tap feature isn't working on my SW2 in any sensitivity setting :confused:
[Sony Smartwatch] MJFox78:
I noticed that too (I have a HTC ONE m8)

that tap feature isn't really a tap feature, it's more of a shake-feature... try to double-knock on the casing of the watch to wake it up

greetings

MJFox
[Sony Smartwatch] amarinos:
The tap on the casing worked for me! :good:

Also found the culprit for the call problems. Before the update the G2 could pair with both the SW2 and my BT set, and managing calls could be done through the SW2, with voice/audio going to the BT set. Now if the BT set is connected, the SW2 was useless. I went on and did a clear cache/data and stop process on all SW2-phone related apps, reconnected the SW2, and now works again perfectly.

Something else that's weird: the Instagram app is nowhere to be found (it says "Object not found" from within SW2 App), although the actual app is installed in the phone, and the Xperia Lounge stays in the "Install" status although I have already installed it (and it never does anything to the watch itself, only installs in G2)
[Sony Smartwatch] ro_explorer:
If you look it up after "saigon" it will find it (as Saigon/Vietnam (Hi Chi Minh)
[Sony Smartwatch] davidof:
Alter update widget notification dont display missed calls. SMS is display.
[Sony Smartwatch] mhyke13ph:
My SW2 interferes with my WIFI connection, i had this problem when i have updated yesterday, i have tried fixing it after i have uninstall everything and installed again and resetting my watch, it works fine but after a while using it for several minutes, the bug returns, as long as sw2 is connected on my phone, my wifi will not receive any data, unless i turn off the bluetooth on the watch or on my phone.

Xperia TX android 4.3, all stock non root lock boot loader
[Sony Smartwatch] GuiPoM:
This must be a device specific issue. No issue with my Xperia Z. But there was an issue on initial 4.3 software, so maybe your TX is one version back compared to XZ and suffers from this bug ?
[Sony Smartwatch] joshoon:
Does anyone have the Instagram app for Smartwatch 2?

It seems like it has been removed from the Play Store, im looking for the apk now :P

And what about the weather app? The Google Play Store shows a really nice different screenshot, but it's still looking as the old one.
[Sony Smartwatch] ash31t:
I've got the same problem with Android 4.3 on Xperia SP.

:(

I Hope Sony will corret this problem.
[Sony Smartwatch] kiran1901:
if the calculator that comes standard on the clock, you write 1035 and then you will have me as a surprise, try it 1035=

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[Sony Smartwatch] porio:
I'm ABSOLUTELY dissapointed by the custom watchfaces feature... why? because I hate the black background, I find it difficult for me to see it. Therefore, until there is an option for white background, custom watchfaces are useless for me, like they didn't exist at all. :'(
[Sony Smartwatch] f-rouz:
Hello!

Unfortunately my SmartWatch 2 didn't survive the update. The update was successfully installed on my phone but my watch went black after some loading bars and was not able to be powered on again. The battery was fully charged. After a while I tried holding down the power button for 10-20 seconds several times without any success. After that I tried connecting it to my PC which stated it didn't recognize my USB device and every few seconds the "USB connected" and "USB disconnected" sound appeared alternating. The watch was still black. About 20 minutes after disconnecting it from my PC it suddenly turned on again and seemed to be usable but it turned itself back off again after some seconds. That's when it all starts again but the time the watch is staying usable varies up to about 2 minutes. Sometimes it powers itself down und immediately back on again.

I have tried restoring and resetting the old pre-update version of the SmartWatch software with Titanium Backup several times and uninstalled any additional SmartWatch apps. It tells me to update the software on the phone to be used with my updated watch. After updating it again it also starts showing the loading bars on the watch. This also happens after doing a factory reset from the SmartWatch menu. But it still doesn't want to stay on for a longer period of time and can't be powered back on again with the power button. instead it still powers itself on and off whenever it wants to...

Things I've also tried in between: removing the screen protector, removing the watch from the metal case (but didn't open it further because of warranty), hitting it with my fist, fully charge it, disabling bluetooth on phone and watch and resetting everything after that, drinking some beer

Any ideas what i could additionally try before sending it back to Amazon?

greetings

f-rouz
[Sony Smartwatch] joshoon:
LOL!
[Sony Smartwatch] Supercheese:
Smartwatch app is very unstable after update. When Im trying launch some app on watch, smartwatch app is stop working.

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[Sony Smartwatch] OstrichSak:
Anyone else notice an extreme amount of lag between the weather app and actual conditions? I have the update interval set to 30min (shortest possible... should be shorter options but that's another topic) and yet the temperature and current conditions are hours behind actual. It was 74deg a little bit ago and it was still showing 55deg from a couple hours before. I even launched the app in hopes that it would refresh automatically but no such luck. I've been drifting between home (WiFi) and mobile data so it doesn't seem to be connection related and my phone is getting all updates, messages & notifications on time as compared to my latptop that's on right next to me getting IMs emails & such.
[Sony Smartwatch] Claus72:
Yes, I have the same lag with weather app.

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[Sony Smartwatch] princemarcus19:
The instagram app not up yet believe there gona release that later on and xperia lounge app.too, as they said look out for more 3 party user apps coming.

Most likely another update coming this is like battle field 4 they get the game ready With the dlc names then relase dlc later.

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Wait who has the new weather style ?
[Sony Smartwatch] OstrichSak:
Bummer. Hopefully they address that because with hours of lag the weather does me no good in Colorado. That few hours can mean the difference between 70's and sunny or 30's and snowing this time of year.

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Nobody that we know of. That picture was posted but I'm not sure where it was found or the legitimacy of it because the newest update available looks NOTHING like that and basically still looks the same other than a different logo & the ability to have a widget on the clock face.
[Sony Smartwatch] The Basilisk:
Try plugging the watch into a power source then press and hold the power button. Now while still holding the power button unplug the usb power cord from the watch. This should reset the watch and maybe help?
[Sony Smartwatch] Thisrobot:
Does anyone know if this fixes the moto x kitkat battery issue? (where if you have that specific phone the watch only lasts about 8-10 hours).
[Sony Smartwatch] princemarcus19:
O ok Though some ppl had it some don't. Most likely another update of many; )
[Sony Smartwatch] Cossack101:
I had poor battery when using my moto g. I would take the phone off charge at 7am and by 10pm it would be really low on charge. After the upgrade at 10pm I still have 82% watch battery. It is much improved!
[Sony Smartwatch] f-rouz:
Thanks but this also didn't fix it :(
[Sony Smartwatch] lexman098:
Ditto. Xperia T running 4.3. It was always fine with 4.1.
[Sony Smartwatch] corrado85:
boo hoo hoo
[Sony Smartwatch] freebase101:
For all the user's having problems with the update I am pretty sure I found the solution. I had the exact same issues I see being described today. It installs the update then restarts over and over again.. Disconnects.. Reconnects restarts and so on.

Basically what I found is either some of my previous update apps were not compatible.. Or there were too many apps installed via connect.. And when it tried to update them all at once it caused the chain reboots and failures.

I unistalled about 95% of the installed apps I had via connect.. Then tried to sync it. And it did update.. It would connect and I just slowly reinstalled the apps and they all function again.

I did just try uninstalling smart connect and that didn't do anything.. It just can't resync all the apps from what I can tell. I had close to 50 apps.. Am at closer to 35 now.. Haven't found one that doesn't work after the update now. It was pretty frustrating and I thought it wasn't going to be corrected but it makes sense in retrospect.

My Android phone is a GS3 on 4.3 btw
[Sony Smartwatch] f-rouz:
So, I have absolutely no idea why but my watch suddenly works again. It was just lying on the table all day because I decided it to be pretty useless being in the state I described. After coming back in the evening, everything was just working fine. I didn't have much apps installed before (about 10) and already deleted all the apps earlier as described above. Whatever THAT was... :eek:
[Sony Smartwatch] ox_eye:
Just five minutes ago my SW2 was resetting on its own. I dont know why. Yesterday it was working fine with the new update. But now, after resetting itself it lost Bluetooth signal every 3 minutes.

What happens?

Edit:// I cant believe it. Also after deleting all Apps and reset SM2 again its not working anymore. Connection will be lost every 20 seconds. Thank you Sony
[Sony Smartwatch] princemarcus19:
Thats what i talked about few post back ,ppl might have to uninstall some or all apps then reinstall them before or after updating watch. It has to do with app data/cache issues.
[Sony Smartwatch] Character Zero:
Getting a used watch tomorrow. Since I don't care about installed apps at this point, what is the cleanest way to install the update. Factory Reset then update?
[Sony Smartwatch] ox_eye:
Yes. And after this install the Apps on it.
[Sony Smartwatch] Supercheese:
Lots apps are not working after update.

Phone show "unfortunately smartwatch 2 has stopped".

How can I do downgrade?

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[Sony Smartwatch] sblock:
AFAIK No. But you can display all Smartphone Widgets on the SmartWatch with the App 'Remote Widget'.

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[Sony Smartwatch] steliosk:
I installed the weather smart extension for smartwatch 2 but I have only the dark theme of weather. Do you know how can I setup the one below.
[Sony Smartwatch] Tonio78370:
As you could see a bit further up the thread: everyone wants this but it's vapor ware for the moment :(
[Sony Smartwatch] princemarcus19:
New update brings music widgets n fixes
[Sony Smartwatch] OstrichSak:
Nice but I'd prefer more controls (skip forward/backward, play/pause, volume up/down) to having that much landscape devoted to artist name & track name. I'm listening to it so I think I have an idea who's singing it or what it is. What I'd like is more control of what it is I'm listening to. This is a step in the right direction and if we see these updates more regularly they'll get to it eventually I'm sure. :good:
[Sony Smartwatch] dersie:
Yes but you have yet all this feature in the original Music Player Smart extension ;)
[Sony Smartwatch] OstrichSak:
Wut? :confused:
[Sony Smartwatch] princemarcus19:
So do I lol, they had to srt somewere there heading right way I can agree on that.
[Sony Smartwatch] dersie:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sonyericsson.extras.liveware.extension.music
[Sony Smartwatch] OstrichSak:
I realize that the app claims to do those things I mentioned (not very well however) but it's not what I'm talking about by having them on the clock face as a widget so I can quickly control my music... which is the whole point.
[Sony Smartwatch] princemarcus19:
Didn't realize there's also calendar Widgets
[Sony Smartwatch] ash31t:
You never listen new albums ?
[Sony Smartwatch] OstrichSak:
That's not the point. In fact, it seems I'm not alone since most seem to prefer the 3rd party media controller to the stock one because it has more control than the stock one but no album art or artist/title info. Me personally, I'd rather have controls than info when it comes to the media widget. There's no sense arguing though since with this format they can include both options (and they do) but have one with more controls than simply play & skip forward.
[Sony Smartwatch] dersie:
If you launch the full player app and after you press twice the power button you comme back to the watchface (with your limited player widget).

To access on widget control you must press one time the power button to activate touch screen before to press watchface widget. If you press twice the power button and not just one time, you access at your last app, so your full player. So there are only one keypress more to have full player or limited widget (and only if you would other control that those on watchface). Not very annoying no ?

I use this player :

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.azya.swp

for full control and info (and choose album, track or artist from the watch)
[Sony Smartwatch] ash31t:
yes, but if you're wanna use another application on you're watch and listen to music too, you come back to the same problem.

(For Example, I run with Runtastic and poweramp activated, i need to verify my performance on the watch and it would be better if i get a full music change option on the watchface).
[Sony Smartwatch] OstrichSak:
Which one is this? The one that has an icon that is a white/purple music note? I try the way you stated and I don't get it to show up on my clock screen. On the SW2 pics I see a clock face with media controls on the lower half even before the update that allows you to manually add them so I thought there was a way to have them but I never figured it out.
[Sony Smartwatch] dersie:
You are right, I have 2 different player, SWP player is an independent player with possibility to choose album, track or artist directly on SW2

The one that has an icon that is a white/purple music note, is the original player provided by Sony wich work with your android player on phone. Widget are for this Sony App player. As I said the full app and the widget works on this player and you can play with widget on watchface or full control by launching full player on watch.

Launch Sony Player app :

Full control, volume, next, prev (swipe right, left), play/pause.

You press twice power button and you return to watchface

Limited control but press twice power button and you return on previous screen with full player.

Even if you change app to display runtastic or other you have just to click on player icon to relaunch it if you want full control. But when you walk or run the most used command are play/pause and maybe volume wich are on watchface. So from runtastic app, press twice power buton to alternate app and watchface.
[Sony Smartwatch] OstrichSak:
I guess I still don't understand what you're trying to tell me and how any of this is better than having more controls in a lockscreen widget like we were discussing. I thought you were trying to explain something I didn't already know but if you're telling me that pressing a whole bunch of times to start the song I'm currently listening to over again is as convenient as having it right on my lockscreen... its not.
[Sony Smartwatch] ash31t:
Not if you use the Poweramp extension app, the play/pause doesn't work on this...

Is it working for other apps thantWalkman/Google music ?
[Sony Smartwatch] naheel azawy:
Walkmate updated with new widgets :good:
[Sony Smartwatch] AlexOB1:
So, who has figured out what unticking 'Show notifications' does? It's within settings - apps on the watch.