yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Other SmartWatches] kyone2000:
Keep in mind the way that you talk is a little confusing.. what do you mean by watch.. I assume you mean the S8.. the S8 is also a phone. It is just like any other phone. Not sure why you would want to connect from one android phone to another android phone. BT is a master slave ie the phone (S8) connects to a slave device ie BT headset or maybe a BT GPS device.

I was not really aware of trying to use one androids phone GPS to wif/BT to another android phones map software for navigation. The S8 fully supports GPS so it should work without having to tether.. You said you got the phone really cheap, maybe you got a clone or something.
[Other SmartWatches] cbmfreak:
Kyone2000: it might be a clone yes... It does not have gps but teather from My BlackBerry priv or note 4 works

I know the zgpax s8 is a phone in it's own Right but I prefer My BlackBerry for phone stuff

The zgpax s8 Will be for fun mostly

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I found an app somewhere that claims to be able to install and use android wear apps on a regular android phone ie. The zgpax s8

I Will see if I can find it again... Anyone tried this?

I have been trying out

Swapp link

The Best feature so far seems to be the support for clockfaces and lockscreen

To be Fair i have not yet Seen how it handles notifications

Im thinking zgpax s8 + BlackBerry priv android phone + heartrate belt + bt headphones + endomondo + spotify would make a great fitness combo... If it is not raining
[Other SmartWatches] cbmfreak:
Android wear on android

http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/0...uncher-on-your-device-now-heres-whats-inside/

Anyone knows if the emulator exists for android wear2?

Found a swapp link.. is this the latest version? Its dated a year ago?

https://www.dropbox.com/s/9xec0p4wekxf1af/SWApp Link99o beta9.apk?dl=0
[Other SmartWatches] kyone2000:
The new generations of watch phones have heart rate monitors on them. I think they would be better suited to you. They are also rain resistant.
[Other SmartWatches] cbmfreak:
perhaps but those cost around 5 times more and their hearthrate monitors are inprecise

I have a bt hearthrate monitor instead

About the rain, well I will just need to be carefull

But i think that a full android watch like zgpax s8 et.al. have much more to offer than a limited google wear watch

Zgpax s8 really rocks with swapp link and gps tether apps (i use it with my BlackBerry priv which also rocks)

:)

I guess my particular zgpax s8 could have had its gps antenna damaged before I got it, since i need to tether my phones GPS to the zgpax s8 in order to use location service on the zgpax s8, but again it was cheap so no matter (did the actual calculation and I got the watch for only 88 us dollars)

the battery indicator is accurate on my zgpax s8, it has a cover for the usb port and it has a high build nr in settings

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Edit..

It seems the zgpax s8 own gps is working after all... I just need to give it around a minute or so to get a position lock

Compass seems stuck / not working on my zgpax s8
[Other SmartWatches] kyone2000:
The watch I was talking about is a zgpax watch.. cost around $150 or so.. They have round faces on them. Not the google wear watch.

You didn't know about the time it takes to lock onto a GPS signal ?

Report back soon on the battery usage ? I have never knows the s8 to keep accurate battery indication.
[Other SmartWatches] Tom2017:
My compass dont work too... When i install compass apps all are use acceleration sensor but not magnetic field sensor.

My build number:

1426144584

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Compass dont work, but its great gadget. I bought ZGPAX S8 gold version for a sale for $36 at a gearbest store.

Normal prise is $60 so it is better to buy NO.1 D6 or Z80 in this prise. They have MTK6580, 4-cores, 1GB ram, 8gb rom, 320x320 screen and android 5.1.1.

The disadvantage is the small battery
[Other SmartWatches] cbmfreak:
I didn't consider it, I guess I'm used to very fast GPS locking :)

Do you have a link to the watch you mentioned?

Yesterday the watch only lasted half a day, so I am considering if I should get a battery bracelet to wear with the watch so that I can have the watch powered on for a longer time.

But I guess it might look kind of dumb to have a bulky battery baracelet with a wire to a somewhat bulky watch :)

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Damn 36 us dollars, thats a bargin.

I went to a DK store to avoid import tax (and support DK stores), but even with DK import tax it seems the gearbest offer is still a better deal.

I guess with price difference I ended up paying the DK store between 10 and 20 us dollars just to import the watch :)

I did consider the NO.1 D6, but I ended up with the zgpax s8 because it has a dual core cpu instead of a quad core cpu

(I was expecting this to have a positive impact on battery life),

lower res screen (was expecting this to have a positive impact on battery life),

camera (was expecting more from this camera, but it is nice to be able to snap a picture or two in situations where you dont have your regular phone on you)

& micro usb connector for charging. I don't like that the NO.1 D6 uses its own connector.

The NO.1 D6 does seem like a better watch though, higher specs, newer android, more memory, more storage.

I am however deeply worrid about the battery life of the NO.1. D6. Why can't they just make android watches with longer lasting batteries?

I might end up getting the No.1 D6 anyway at some point though, maybe I could mount the ZGPAX s8 in my car to use it as a car computer :)

My build number:

1481806658

My Android version:

4.4.2

My kernel version:

3.4.67

My watch is black.

I wouldn't trust the watch as my actual phone because android 4.4.2 is waaaay to old for it to be safe for use as a phone.

Android 5.x+ smartwatch devices maybe, if they had a sensible battery life.
[Other SmartWatches] kyone2000:
If you want to save on batter you have to turn off the wifi and data and BT.. I have an app that turns on my BT when a call comes in and turns it off again after the call.. With this I get 2 days of use. Not having data is a bit of a pain but i turn it on and off throughout the day if i need to see if I have any emails etc.

What is your concern with 4.4.2 as a phone ? What do you mean unsafe ?

The next watch phone I get I want it to support the new Google Assistant.. no watch has that level of android on it yet.
[Other SmartWatches] cbmfreak:
With unsafe, I am thinking about how trumph gets a lot of heat for using an old android phone like the S3.

http://www.pandasecurity.com/mediacenter/security/dangers-old-android/

I use mine with swapplink and that requires that I have bluetooth enabled. I have turned location/gps off so I am intrigued to see how long it will last today.

Swapplink makes this watch much better than the nucleus powered watches I have seen. I have another smartwatch called ksix, thats basically a newer version of the U8.

the ksix watch runs nucleus and works fine but it acts like a bt headset for calls while swapplink on the zgpax s8 lets me

place and answer calls from on my main android phone (I usually use a BT headset on my main android phone, so it can keep sitting in my pocket).

when I use the ksix watch I place many restrictions on the connection (only bt com port, I don't want to use the speaker or mic on that thing) to the watch and its companion app (ie. no background data and minimum set of permissions)

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it seems haier made a watch last year that runs a full version of android 6, its just very pricy...

https://www.wareable.com/smartwatches/haier-watch-review

and I have yet to find european resellers of the haier watch
[Other SmartWatches] kyone2000:
It does not have its own SIM.. and it does not have wifi.. so not in the game for me.
[Other SmartWatches] cbmfreak:
It that case it seems your best options atm are 5.1 powered watches. As I have yet to see other watches that use a full android 6 or newer.

I wonder why it seems that full android on a watch is a pure chinese thing? Is it because of the mediatek SoC?

People seem to think its a waste to use a zgpax s8 as a companion, but I think the real waste is found in android wear watches... they are expensive, actually run android with android wear on top but you get none of the benefits of the full android that powers android wear... sure they can be hacked to sideload SOME android apps, but they dont have maps, the full play store etc

and why is it they don't just release a wear 2.0 runtime for pure android devices? it must be because they want to have tight control of android wear (also why there are no chinese android wear watches it seems.... lenovo do seem to be making deals with google though)

I guess if I could do without the notifications from my phone when bt is off, I could turn bt on or off as needed on the zgpax s8 to extend its battery life.

Its been around 3 hours with only BT enabled and thus far my zgpax s8 currently reports 97% battery left, it seems to have been steadily declining.

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If I decide to get the NO.1. D6 I might find a different reseller, since the DK shop wants around 112 us dollars for it, thats around double its price anywhere else...

the zgpax s8 from that DK shop was also grossly overpriced it seems (88$ vs 36$, even when adding dk import tax to the 36$ the DK shop is still charges about 20$ extra than what I would end up paying in total from places like gearbest including DK import taxes )

luckily it seems aliexpress it trying to entre the DK market
[Other SmartWatches] Tom2017:
Gearbest have free shipping too ;)

It is not easy to determine the battery life.

The screen size is the same (the same power of illumination in the LCD), but the higher resolution - the more power the graphics processor.

CPU cores have a dynamic frequency shift, so a big difference would not be.

More RAM is more energy consumption. Similarly SD card.

WiFi, BT, GPS is the main power devourer.

I was looking for a cheap smart watch that can be programmed and found. :)

All versions of android are dangerous if we install everything.

I only use official applications and I think there is nothing to be afraid of.

I tested my camera. I dont have any settings to change quality. I got picture 1600x1200 24bits JPG and video 640x480 13fps 3GP. Video is nice (this is just a watch), but photo is interpolated to 3MP
[Other SmartWatches] cbmfreak:
nice :) well the build in apps are also very good actually... hmm.. almost 9 hours and now it reports 95% ? I am beginning to wonder about its battery reporting accuracy now :) no way it can have 95% left after 9 hours

only bt is activated on the watch in the last 9 hours since I turned it on

but yes, I think you are correct in that it is JUST a watch. Yet people tend to expect it to do everything the newest premium smartphones can do :)

I use mine for various things including to run the fallout 4 pip boy app.. it works perfectly and it is extremely cool to have a "pipboy" watch like that to use while gamig fallout 4 on the pc :)
[Other SmartWatches] Tom2017:
I found some option.

When we connect a watch to a PC we have a choice of virtual CD.

Somebody use this option? Can I copy a live linux image, or live anti-virus and use it from my smartwatch?

It would be a great option :)

[Edited]

Some info :) http://www.trishtech.com/2016/02/change-built-in-virtual-cd-rom-image-in-android-phones/

The second option is DriveDroid app (need root). We can use ISO/IMG files with no limit of size.

Awesome!!
[Other SmartWatches] Jemmauk:
Have recently got one of these, a late model running the latest firmware and so far no real problems until now. rooted the device and installed caching software and various other bits (improved card data rate from 32mb/s to 40mb/s!). All is well other than the thing won't lock. it doesn't go to watch screen, it's just straight into the homescreen. GPS works well, Wi-Fi too, and have clocked down the processor to 806mhz. It's just slightly frustrating that it won't lock properly, any ideas would be helpful... thanks.
[Other SmartWatches] KrautHolg:
Hi!

Spent several days now reading through http://bit.ly/2tCVX11 trying to get the GPS on the ZGPAX S8 to work - all to no avail. Watch is rooted with KingoROOT, can't seem to replace that with SuperSU. How would I *manually* put a gps.conf file for Germany?

Build number: 1481806658

- Have not been able to put the watch in recovery mode.

- Can't install Xposed framework as I am asked to do this via recovery.

- Can't use Super SUME as I can't hit the start button.

I sure would appreciate any pointers on how to tackle any one of those problems. : - )

Cheers!

KrautHolg
[Other SmartWatches] KrautHolg:
It worked for me, too.

Successfully installed TeamWin Recovery TWRP v2.7.1.0! Thank you very much!!!

But I get the error message: "--- ACHTUNG! das Recovery passt nicht zum Handy!" which sounds more than a bit ominous. Also, I cannot do a backup via TWRP. It keeps telling me that it is unable to mount the partitions. Any ideas?

TIA,

KrautHolg
[Other SmartWatches] KrautHolg:
Successfully installed TeamWin Recovery TWRP v2.7.1.0! Thank you very much!!!

But I get the error message: "--- ACHTUNG! das Recovery passt nicht zum Handy!" which sounds more than a bit ominous. Also, I cannot do a backup via TWRP. It keeps telling me that it is unable to mount the partitions. Any ideas?
[Other SmartWatches] mhemart:
Looks like a problem of TWRP install. Did you try to flash it again ?

For my own, I replace kingoroot SU by SuperSu using a script. I can't remember exactly how I proceeded because it was a long time ago but you can try using this link if you want to use a non chinese rooting system : https://xdaforums.com/canvas-knight/themes/trick-switch-kingroot-to-supersu-easily-t3426965

Be careful if you use the link, don't forget to modify kingroot by kingoroot inside the root.sh script. I know it's not related to TWRP but it might help.
[Other SmartWatches] KrautHolg:
Thank you very much! Got the files OK and opened the root.sh with Notepad++. Am I correct in assuming that I simply have to add an "o" in "kingroot" everywhere or is that just too simple and seriously asking for trouble? You see, my Linux days were really a very long time ago. Decades.....

Best from the cold & rainy part of northern Germany.

KrautHolg
[Other SmartWatches] mhemart:
Hello my friend.

As far as I remember, I listed all files containing kingo using adb commands and I added them to the script with notepad ++. I'll try to find the modified script which is probably in my computer at work tomorrow. Otherwise you're right, you have to add o to king(o) root inside the script.

Sorry for the rain in Germany coming from my side of Belgium... ?
[Other SmartWatches] Finki:
Hi,

is there any other setting or xposed module which allows to show the status bar in all apps (or in all which are selected) without sliding down from top?
[Other SmartWatches] KrautHolg:
Hi there in Belgium,

Have you by any chance found that script?

Cheers from Flensburg!

KrautHolg
[Other SmartWatches] mhemart:
Hello my friend from Germany,

Unfortunately, no...

But it's not too difficult to find the files. If you have adb installed on your computer, just connect your watch with the usb cable and type this in a cmd box :

adb shell
find $PWD -type f -name "*Kingo*.*"

(I don't remember if there is a capital letter so check also with "*kingo*.*"). The result will be the complete path and the name of every file containing Kingo.

Then, check your root.sh file and add the additional command for every file you found:

rm -r /data/data/[I]<name of the file you found>[/I]

for files found in /data/app or /data/data-lib, you must add

>/dev/null 2>&1

.

Please check that you found every kingo files in these 3 directories before using the script.

In my case, it worked but I don't know if kingoroot modified its files implementation that why you have to check if you included all the files in your script.

Good luck.
[Other SmartWatches] Finki:
After about 18h laying around with doing nothing (watch has mobile data activated) the watch had 90% battery status, suddenly it turned off. When connection to power and starting up it showed 0% battery.

Battery calibration is completely off. I measured with the build-in battery-monitor:

~3.9V -> 0%

~4.2V -> 50%

~4.13V -> 100%

Who did this job? That's ridiculous.
[Other SmartWatches] mhemart:
Did you recalibrate your battery ? Maybe it's the part of the problem ?

https://xdaforums.com/android/general/guide-how-to-callibrate-battery-device-t3308554.

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Sorry, I don't know so I can't answer.
[Other SmartWatches] Finki:
I did, several times. Nothing changed.
[Other SmartWatches] mhemart:
Including the forcing charge method as described in the link I gave you, not only by using battery calibration ?
[Other SmartWatches] Finki:
What forcing method? There is none.
[Other SmartWatches] mhemart:
Extract from the link I sent you :
[Other SmartWatches] Finki:
I did not do this explicitly, but after the watch was empty, I fully charged it and after that it was left on until it went out with an empty battery and I recharged it again. So I did this scenario already without any success. As my watch is rooted I also tried calibration, with no success.

Did you get your battery display to show correctly with this method?

I think this method cannot work, as the voltage measuring within the watch is totally off.
[Other SmartWatches] mhemart:
I can't tell you about the precision of the battery measuring because I only use my watch for running once a week and I turn it off after each session. If you really want to be sure about your voltage sensor, you have to unscrew your watch and use a voltmeter to check your battery at the same time. But I think you should try the calibration again using the previous method... because apparently, there is a problem with the last % of charge.
[Other SmartWatches] Finki:
As I mentioned I already tried it several times before I posted here. And as the internal voltage measurement is totally off (50% -> 4.2V, 100% -> 4.13V) none of the calibration methods can work obviously. So I have to live with this scale:

100% -> 100% real

90% -> 0% real

95% means 50% real battery charge. Sad, but it is a cheap watch.
[Other SmartWatches] mhemart:
Sorry, I can't help you more. And you're right... We bought a cheap watch but you know, even a cheap voltage sensor does normally the job. I find this a little bit weird and I'm sure you can find a solution. And what about a hard factory reset ???
[Other SmartWatches] Finki:
Thank you. I already did a reset when my first rooting failed. It's strange with this battery, but a friend of mine has a 150 € Elephone smartphone and he has similar issues 50% battery means in reality 0%. So I will search for a voltage-widget or a floating app to show the real battery voltage as replacement for percentage.
[Other SmartWatches] aerdogan85:
Hard bricked

hi guys . i flashed firmware with preloader . My watch was a hard brick. The watch does not open at all. While installing the software, the Sp Flash Tool has the following error.

"s_ft_enable_dram_fail".

what should I do? I'm glad you helped me. Thank you.
[Other SmartWatches] KrautHolg:
Unfortunately I was simply too busy to pursue the project right away and then my main PC had to be completely set up again and all that stuff......

[IMG="AllThe Kings"]http://mail.im.tku.edu.tw/~jacobsen/Documents/AllThe%20Kings.jpg[/IMG]

So, does it matter where exactly I add the

rm -r /data/data/

and so on? I was thinking of putting it after

pm uninstall com.kingoroot.master >/dev/null

I am being a bit careful here, because I once hard-bricked an Amazon kindle fire tablet and don't really want to do anything like that with my watch.

[IMG="RunScript"]http://mail.im.tku.edu.tw/~jacobsen/Documents/RunScript.jpg[/IMG]

I uploaded "root.sh" onto the SCcard into the directory "mrw". What am I doing wrong?

[IMG="RunScript2"]http://mail.im.tku.edu.tw/~jacobsen/Documents/RunScript2.jpg[/IMG]

Best from rainy Flensburg,

KrautHolg
[Other SmartWatches] pedrops5:
how mutch time it takes to load the firmware

it shows download firmware now but dont pass the 0% almost 15 minutes conectet!!!!
[Other SmartWatches] pedrops5:
change usb port or cable, worked for me in same issue
[Other SmartWatches] yurypo:
unbrick help

I have bricked Mtk6572 watch after official update but it is another model (H1) that doesn't have Volume buttons. It boots to recovery menu with "adb update" option but i can't select it as there is no Volume buttons. Usb is also not active at all. I guess i have 2 options for recovery:

1. Add volume buttons somehow. Can anyone tell me how volume buttons are wired to Mtk6572? I couldn't find them in Mtk6572 datasheet.

2. Use JTAG. I checked Mtk6572 datasheet but i couldn't find JTAG there. Did anyone find JTAG on watch?

Thank you
[Other SmartWatches] LaBurr:
Hi. I am hving a problem with my zgpax s8's motion sensor. Can you help me on this? Thanks
[Other SmartWatches] aerdogan85:
I solved the problem. I first flashed Castillo 100 firmware with the preloader option checked. Then I flashed the original firmware without preloader. And worked smartwatch.
[Other SmartWatches] Amazingpeter:
Disable talkback

I enabled talkback and I don t know how to turn it off. I can t to the settings. Please help!!
[Other SmartWatches] stratosb:
I got the zgpax s8 smart watch but it is stuck in boot loop.

Does anyone know which usb drivers I need so that the pc can see it as a device?

I have been searching the internet but no success.

Thank you for your help.
[Other SmartWatches] st0n3daga1n:
Hi I know this is a long shot, but it's worth a try...

Does anyone have a broken one of these watches with a working usb port?

Mine has failed badly and I would like to get this watch working just to use as an mp3 while at work.

Thanks in advance
[Other SmartWatches] asim.sidz:
I have an s8 in boot loop. Any fix?
[Other SmartWatches] xtoronto:
I didn't receive headset either. But more frustrating is that the wifi doesn't connect with anything. I can tethermy tablet to the phone and use data, but I cannot connect to any routers.
[Other SmartWatches] janek69:
You cannot see the routers SSID or you can see,but not connect?
[Other SmartWatches] xtoronto:
It can see and remember the SSID but cannot hold a connection. It is like the chip signal is too weak to hold a connection to any SSID. Is there anyway to boost the signal from the watch, or in some way enhance its ability to connect. I have an S5 which never gave me this issue. Could this be a weakness of the newer chipset?
[Other SmartWatches] Luiggidj:
This file is corrupt.

Enviado desde mi GT-I9100 mediante Tapatalk
[Other SmartWatches] janek69:
Install the wifianalyser and you can see the signal strenght in dB. Please tell me hov many dB your signal level.

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Not corrupt, download again. I downloaded it 3 times.
[Other SmartWatches] Luiggidj:
The zgpax s8 firmware I've downloaded 3 times and gives me unzip corrupt.

Sorry for my bad english.

Enviado desde mi GT-I9100 mediante Tapatalk
[Other SmartWatches] xtoronto:
I ran wifianalyser and it showed an error NVRAM warning err=0x10

what does this mean?

I read the warnings about Kingo, what should I use instead?
[Other SmartWatches] lirona:
Hi,

Did any one connect the headset to this watch and can hear the music?

I connected it to the watch and no signal from the headset!!!

Please Help,

Thanks and have a nice day,

Arie.
[Other SmartWatches] janek69:
Can you make call with phone? Have you got IMEI and MAC address for WIFI?
[Other SmartWatches] ninettodavoli:
Hi guys!!

someone was able to sync contacts google? I put in my account but contacts anything ... any of you know how to do?

Thanksss
[Other SmartWatches] xtoronto:
My phone does not have the IMEI stored on it. I have the IMEI number, I just have to load it on to the phone.

What rooting software is best/safest? I was going to use Kingo but saw the warning about it. Is framaroot good to use?