yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Gear 2] BenGman:
Camera suggestions

Hello op, thank you for the effort in developing this port!

The original Galaxy Gear that ran both Android and Tizen has the same camera as the Gear 2 right? If so was the Android ROM for the Galaxy Gear used to check camera operation under Android to get ideas for the Gear 2 Camera?

Are there any additional commands for kernel messages we could try under Tizen on the Gear 2 that can be beneficial?

There is a Tizen mod ROM out there that modified the camera app to allow longer record times and other camera apps for Tizen. Would kernel messages from any of those help in the Android Wear port?

I purchased the Gear 2 brand new 6 weeks ago over the Gear S or any other smart watch because I wanted the camera and that is what I use most often followed by the IR. I accept Tizen may be the only OS that will work but it would be really nice to use Android Wear.

Thanks in advance.
[Samsung Gear 2] mikaeldalc:
Just some bugs I've noticed.. Screen tearing while going through watchfaces and the device seems to lag while waking up the device.
[Samsung Gear 2] Scapin84:
Thank you [MENTION=803006]biktor_gj[/MENTION].
[Samsung Gear 2] iSpammer:
what about gear1 port [MENTION=803006]biktor_gj[/MENTION]
[Samsung Gear 2] biktor_gj:
Sorry, but I don't have that watch and I have zero interest in getting one... Gear 2 is better on every way and I already have a Neo :)

About camera,

Been playing more with both the libraries and kernel, now at least I know a couple if facts:

3aa means Auto Exposure, Auto Focus & Auto white balance.

The 3aa.0 replaces the ISP kernel module on tizen. It acts the same with some little tweaks for what I've seen

The 3aa.0c device is the capture device for the 3aa module.

From the two sensors that show up on the kernel, the functional one is sensor 0 (/dev/video100)

The reason why the kernel crashes and reboots, is because while the 3aa.0 device is correctly initialized, the 0c device doesn't seem to receive some required instruction. As the 0c doesn't start, it doesn't load the setfile_8b1 data for the camera and doesn't turn on the gpios, and the kernel init function for that device isn't loaded, causing a kernel panic.

How to fix it? Still not sure...

Step by step getting closer :)
[Samsung Gear 2] iSpammer:
We can test the rom for u for the gear1 if u made a port
[Samsung Gear 2] Henkl:
uhm.. I thought I could flash the 22 july package in one go with Odin (wear_511__07_22_2015.tar). But it did not. Odin recognized my watch gear 2 neo (with tizen), but that was it. Output of Odin:

And just waiting...

Should I install kernel first? And if so.. where should I find it (tar)? TIA! SOrry for the noob question....
[Samsung Gear 2] andrew.mackew:
Thanks biktor_gj!

It's getting even better and better! :D

Oh, I'll pick a Gear S maybe next week. ;)
[Samsung Gear 2] Henkl:
ok.... forgot to run odin as administrator... thought so it would be something simple.... haha
[Samsung Gear 2] Chattersking:
I have tried the latest build which I believe is July 31 and its running flaw less so far. Noticable battery improvements noted. Its also no longer giving "Google play has stopped" error. Also played around with the kernel app settings and seems to be working great. Only thing I didnt understood was Biktor said to root the device in TWRP after installing this rom? I couldnt figure out how to do that but my device is running great without doing that.

Also now that it seems that Biktor has decided to pursue other avenues and challlenges now is the time to show him my gratitude and thank him for all he has done for XDA and this device which seemed like an almost impossible project possible. God Speed Biktor and hope you go on and conqurer many achievements.
[Samsung Gear 2] alvaromartinezb:
Hello world!!

I'm sorry I was away for a super long time... (I'm in vacations :D) and I don't have access to a computer... So I hadn't paid much attention to the YouTube coments nor the thread... But today I missed you guys so I decided to catch up on everything :D

I have some feedback from the over 450 comments I read:

-a bunch of people are having the "Google Play services have stopped" issue

-I had a few people with issues syncing (most likely they were just impatient because it does take a while)

-and also a lot of people has had issues downloading the files... I'm not sure why

I hope this feedback is helpful! Keep up the good job!

P.S: [MENTION=803006]biktor_gj[/MENTION] if you leave us for the Gear S, I'll be glad to help you if you need any sort of video explaining or anything (although I don't have one, but you could send me footage if you want. Or I could use just photos) BUUT you have to promise you will keep updating us with future Android updates (Android M coming soon!) XD
[Samsung Gear 2] tihimasmo:
Seems like watch goes in some hibernation after long inactivity. I fall asleep with always on. Wake up and watch screen is black.

Also, after long periods of inactivity (thanks to biktor's efficient ambient mode I don't need to touch the watch for hours) watch loses notifications from phone and has to be restarted. Sometimes phone also needs a restart or two to get notifications going again, so every time I get notification issues I restart watch and phone. Sometimes twice.
[Samsung Gear 2] jeffc83:
Regarding the hibernation/black screen, I ran into this twice over the weekend but haven't had the chance to pull the log when it happens. The watch is of course at home today too:(
[Samsung Gear 2] biktor_gj:
Yes it does,

While you're in ambient mode, if you leave it unattended for more than 4 hours, the watch goes to "sleep". That's normal Android Wear behaviour. If you wake up the watch, go to the menu, for example, and then put it on ambient mode again, and send a notification to the watch, does it still not get it? Never run into that issue myself...
[Samsung Gear 2] jeffc83:
It was much less than four hours when it happened to me. (this hasn't occurred on my Urbane, G Watch or dead Moto, lol) I'll wear it tomorrow all day, will report back:)
[Samsung Gear 2] tihimasmo:
I put my kid to bed and went out cold yesterday. Three hours later woke up with black screen watch on my arm.

I'm positive I went longer than that without pressing button to wake watch at work though but during daytime watch hasn't yet gone black, only lost notifications.
[Samsung Gear 2] jasonm253:
Just installed this. Do u guys get vibrations when I receive a text. I don't feel the watch vibrating.

Update nvm found out
[Samsung Gear 2] tihimasmo:
Ahh...finally progress. I'm closer to pinning down the issue with watch accept call function. I recently lost the ability to answer calls (phone didn't react to watch accept an incoming call but kept ringing) and uninstalled the last app installed. It was media player router that reroutes any play button to a music player of choice. Now another thing came to mind. A week ago I was trying to answer calls with watch and every time I did the music player also started after I hung up.

So I've narrowed it down to: watch answer call is interwoven with music player. Mess with music player permissions and get trouble with watch incoming call notification.
[Samsung Gear 2] KingP1n:
Anyone know the difference between the 31 Jul vs 22 Jul released? I had the 22 Jul working with no issues and tried the latest and getting some odd artifacts on my phone...even after full wipe...
[Samsung Gear 2] Crewchief521:
I can't seem to get deep sleep. I unplugged it last night to charge my phone and woke up to a watch at 13%. Miscellaneous using 33%, android os using 15% and android system using 14%. What settings are you guys using to get good battery life?
[Samsung Gear 2] tihimasmo:
Ambient on, partial on, touch to wake off.

Screen always on.

Sleep with watch on? You probably touch wake it a hundred times during night mate.
[Samsung Gear 2] IkeaKast:
I did a full wipe for the 31 july version, and only turned on "Screen always on" , and put on a different (downloaded) watch face, with black background so most of the pixels are actually off.

It updates weather too

Kernel settings :

Everything on, Vibration at 9, and ambient mode brightness at "High" (What does it even mean..)

Battery : Unplug at 7am, make it until 6PM the next day. Average usage
[Samsung Gear 2] Crewchief521:
I don't sleep with it on. I keep it in the night stand with the screen off. The first night it was at 85% which I can handle. I have a weather watch face so I know it's updating through the night
[Samsung Gear 2] IkeaKast:
Sorry, to the Q&A.
[Samsung Gear 2] andrew.mackew:
My Gear S gonna arrive here on Friday :) About yours [MENTION=803006]biktor_gj[/MENTION]?
[Samsung Gear 2] bugaboo90:
Not sure if this is mentioned or not, but you don't need to reboot when connection is lost, all you need to do is put the phone into airplane mode then turn off airplane mode. Also if you don't use wifi you may not have connection issues.. (at least that's the case with a note 4.)
[Samsung Gear 2] biktor_gj:
Still waiting for it, it's amazing how bad eBay's global shippint cr*p works. The seller sent it from US on july 22nd, and it reached Spain yesterday... According to ebay it should arrive today but not keeping my hopes up :(
[Samsung Gear 2] gidi:
[MENTION=803006]biktor_gj[/MENTION] we are all waiting for your shipment and are equally or possibly more anxious than you are.

You are the only person who can transform the Gear S to a truly awesome smart watch. Hardware wise it is a killing machine, but Tizen cripples it bad. They have achieved great battery life, though.
[Samsung Gear 2] KingP1n:
[MENTION=803006]biktor_gj[/MENTION]...wld u know if the paid android wear apps (mail...wear browser...Web video tube) wld work for the neo 2? I tried using the browser and it just loads and never gathers any info...thanks for any feedback...

Posted in Q&A section...
[Samsung Gear 2] banishedmonk:
Is the code for WiFi in the ROM, in case someone one decides to hardwire an antenna on the gear 2?
[Samsung Gear 2] Arry87:
Edit: Oops, disregard this post. I thought it was Q&A thread
[Samsung Gear 2] andrew.mackew:
Yes I know it. :rolleyes:

But hopefully it'll arrive before the weekend too. :good:

I'm kind of eager to get mine in hands :)
[Samsung Gear 2] andrew.mackew:
[MENTION=803006]biktor_gj[/MENTION]

Just going back to our beloved Gear 2, I just found that, sometimes, when I touch or wrist shaking to wake, the screen colors become really weird.. like 16 bits color.
[Samsung Gear 2] KingP1n:
Yes...had this same issue...I reflashed and keep getting them....
[Samsung Gear 2] biktor_gj:
It finally arrived today :)

Unlocked and rooted, we'll se what can it give!

Sometimes the low color depth mode doesn't get disabled when you recieve a notification in ambient mode, if you suspend and wake up it will go away until next time. Easiest approach until I find a fix is disable Idle Mode from kernel settings
[Samsung Gear 2] andrew.mackew:
Coool! :good:

Looking forward to follow you in one more awesome project!
[Samsung Gear 2] KingP1n:
Thanks tried to disable but no luck... but notice when I disable 'always on' it no longer appears....
[Samsung Gear 2] IkeaKast:
Disable the Low color depth mode, in the "Kernel settings" app of July 31 version, thats what is causing it
[Samsung Gear 2] adrock74:
gear s
[Samsung Gear 2] mholdik:
Please, can you make the final build for gear 2? Latest two builds are like a puzzle ... And your tunning app KERNEL SETTINGS is great (31.7.)

THANKS A LOT
[Samsung Gear 2] IkeaKast:
Biktor, I would like to report a bug.

Shazam is still not working, I tried holding it close to the source but it will not detect.

I had my phone screen on, and shazam running on the foreground, then tried to detect a song with the watch.
[Samsung Gear 2] fernandogdl:
[MENTION=803006]biktor_gj[/MENTION]

Hey Biktor, i suggest to update the first page of the post with the 31/07 build and new instructions
[Samsung Gear 2] Gabri98:
[MENTION=803006]biktor_gj[/MENTION] Android Wear 1.1.1.2113877

IMAGE PICKED FROM KOREAN WEBSITE:

What's New

Updated Google Play services to 7.8.95.

Link download : https://mega.co.nz/#!UxcD0DpI!oKHQkooY6fRD7tFdB8PzjhaHFH_1zftxR6kDFeLpoYM
[Samsung Gear 2] fernandogdl:
Hello

I tried shazam, and worked pretty well, it took a little longer to detect music than the phone, but worked every single time
[Samsung Gear 2] IkeaKast:
I have ALOT of problems with the 31/07 build. Shazam not working, Stopwatch is still 2 apps, random crashes of Shazam or whole android wear. Today it even hard reboot itself, kept vibrating until i hold the button to shutdown. Its also staying in that low color mode sometimes..

Factory reset doesnt help either, reset my whole phone and the watch. In the beginning I sometimes have "Google Play services stopped"

This is on a HUAWEI P8... Wish there would was Cyanogenmod for it... (anyone wanna help me make that true..? *im a newb though*)
[Samsung Gear 2] fernandogdl:
i'm having random crashes of google play services and android wear in the watch, not always but i did had a few, and i just swiped then away, i mean, it really did not affect the performance of the watch i guess cyanogen mod has notthing to do.

What i did, was that i really never wiped the watch since earlier releases of this port, i had only wiped 1 time, and that was from the 17/07 to the 22/07 version, but from the 22/07 to the current, i did not wiped, just flashed directly and i did not installed the root zip and it works great
[Samsung Gear 2] Jnioms:
Only if you want to brick you watch... that is the original androidwear, it needs to be edited in order to work. That's why they mention biktor in the post.
[Samsung Gear 2] IkeaKast:
Iknow cyanogenmod wont have any difference, but HUAWEI made so many customizations to android on the P8 that it might cause an issue. I also never wiped, since June version or so, i flashed all official versions, and some beta versions, but then i installed 31/07 and the problems began.. so i wiped it and then more errors appeared, "Android wear has stopped" etc. Not always but once per 1.5 days or so.
[Samsung Gear 2] biktor_gj:
The july 31st build isn't a "stable" build, I have to redo some things and then I will post a new build... More... Stable ;)

If you find the new version, for the Gear Live, it would be amazing. I rather not mix firmware parts from different watches... It's already hard enough as it is ;)

As I said, you're better off using the 07/22 build until the issues with the color depth not getting out of suspend are resolved... The android wear has stopped issues come from one of the camera libraries, that shouldn't happen in the 07/22 build
[Samsung Gear 2] IkeaKast:
Thank you, will do. Will you keep updating this rom, when you are busy with Gear S? Like if new android wear version comes, will you make it available for Gear 2?

Really really hope you can get Camera to work (any news?) as its a cool feature. Love your work though!!

What about my Shazam problem on all roms? It never worked :/ (Microphone does work, "Ok google" works)
[Samsung Gear 2] Crewchief521:
Is there a mirror to the 7/22 build? The link in the OP doesn't want to download for me
[Samsung Gear 2] andrew.mackew:
biktor_gj will probably release a new version soon.. so if you can hold a bit more, may be worth to wait.
[Samsung Gear 2] bugaboo90:
I have been using the 7/31 release for several days now and haven't had any issues. Maybe it's rebooting and I haven't noticed, but everything seems to be fine. thank you for all the hard work
[Samsung Gear 2] Brava27:
what 31 release? I thought it was 22
[Samsung Gear 2] emuandco:
...

http://www.mediafire.com/download/yw8laj4jkdg5we2/Wear_511__07_31_2015_KernApp.tar
[Samsung Gear 2] IkeaKast:
newest stable is 22/07, 31/07 is a beta (unstable) release, that did not get posted on page 1. It has kernel settings and battery improvements.
[Samsung Gear 2] annson08:
7.31 is pretty stable to me, and the battery life?

Still can't believe it myself either. But this is just the 2nd cycle since my flash of that build.
[Samsung Gear 2] IkeaKast:
Sweet! Its kind of Stable-ish for me, sometimes it crashes. Shazam doesnt work for me :/

I really hope he can get camera to work.
[Samsung Gear 2] Arry87:
I agree. I had this on my neo and loved it. Upgraded to a Gear 2 but can't live without the camera. I love showing it off too much.
[Samsung Gear 2] tihimasmo:
I stole a watchface and remodeled it
[Samsung Gear 2] IkeaKast:
Looks nice! You should look at the watchface "Watch face - modern classics" it looks a bit like yours
[Samsung Gear 2] bugaboo90:
Sorry if this has been answered, but I when I put a new rom on my phone and want to relink to the watch, I end up going to recovery and do a factory reset and then relink. There must be a faster/better way to relink to a phone without having to do a wipe on the watch.
[Samsung Gear 2] IkeaKast:
I dont know any other way to do this without a factory reset
[Samsung Gear 2] tihimasmo:
Funny. I'm just about to find out if I can use titanium backup to avoid resync watch after reflash phone. I'll be back with info
[Samsung Gear 2] hadobac:
Really hope Titanium Backup to work. I tried personally before, by side-loading the apk. It FCs right at the start.

According to an XDA thread, Titanium does not work with Android Wear.

No need to factory reset. Refer to Reset Wear Client for your use case mate. It work perfectly for me ;)

http://xdaforums.com/android-wear/development/app-reset-wear-client-switch-phones-t3058962
[Samsung Gear 2] tihimasmo:
No luck there. A backup won't circumvent pairing.

I recently discovered watchmaker. The possibility to run tasks off any layer on a watch face together with the touch to wake off function eliminated my need for third party apps. Syncing isn't very painful with only one app.
[Samsung Gear 2] biktor_gj:
Android wear isn't supposed to be paired again without a factory reset. Although you could probably delete the pairing data and force a repair with another watch, the moment it attempts to connect to google services it will probably fail, and it will surely uninstall any app that is not installed on the new phone, thus focing an app resync, which is exactly what I think you're trying to avoid.

I don't like it either, but they designed it like that...

Oh and before I forget: any app that uses android notification bar or has some dependency on it probably will force close on Android Wear, since it doesn't have that framework resource. That's why cm's gallery app doesn't work, and some full screen apps work
[Samsung Gear 2] Ranomez:
Actually that's not true, to connect the watch to a new phone you need to clear data for the gms package, reboot and then enable bluetooth discoverable (both things can be done using a few terminal commands/a script or some app) and once you connect the new phone all the apps already installed will stay there, even if they are not on that phone, no data for any app will be cleared also, just new apps will be installed but on the phone the android wear app might get stuck at the "syncing apps" screen in which case you just have to open the recents/overview screen and swipe away android wear and re-open it, then everything will just work normally.

I have done this to my "old" G Watch many times just so I didn't have to sync and sideload all my apps after flashing a new ROM on my device (also as I have a multi-ROM/multi-boot setup this allowed me to use the app in any ROM needing just a reboot).
[Samsung Gear 2] 32dave:
Worked like a charm for me Thanks for the tip
[Samsung Gear 2] Gabri98:
Latest development image:

July 22nd, 2015: Android Wear Lollipop - 5.1.1 (build LDZ22J)** Bugfix release

Full flash Package:

Mediafire: http://www.mediafire.com/download/pr3vljpdecep0dd/wear_511__07_22_2015.tar

md5: def249f18214c7ca00a5bc65391d0c0f wear_511__07_22_2015.tar

After flashing the big file, flash one of these, depending on what you need:

ADB only boot image: http://www.mediafire.com/download/cuo5fa95d5tgmv5/bootimage_ADB_ONLY.tar

ADB+MTP boot image: http://www.mediafire.com/download/bs6rwapqcc35sc6/bootimage_MTP_AND_ADB.tar

.....................

Please sir.. update the latest build kernel app here.
[Samsung Gear 2] fernandogdl:
i flashed back to the July 22nd build becasue of notification issues, in 31st build y loved the kernel settings apps, and battery life, and i didn't mind the android wear stopped working issue, but i had a constant issue where notifications just stopped pushing to the watch and i had to restart it, that's my main use of the watch, so just to report, after 1 week of use, that's the only bug i find in the rom
[Samsung Gear 2] biktor_gj:
I'm trying to solve the color-depth-power-save-not-going-back-in-time issue on the kernel. When it wakes up from ambient/suspend, the command is sent but the screen isn't ready yet so the command gets lost. But I don't know where to put it to make it correctly run again... When I find a way to make it behave, I will post the new build. The "Android has stopped" issues come from the camera libraries that went onto the last build... They will not be there on the next, at least get a stable build ;)
[Samsung Gear 2] kociubin:
Biktor,

I'm running the 7/31 beta build. I have it configured with always-on screen and Tilt-to-wake enabled. The battery life is absolutely unbelievable. After 7.5 hours of use, I'm still at 77% of battery left. Also, the screen is now much more readable in ambient mode.

I also occasionally notice the issue with (1) notifications not getting sent to the phone and (2) colors getting all messed up for a few minutes. But I'm sticking with this build despite these issues. Screen readability and battery life are much more important to me.
[Samsung Gear 2] andrew.mackew:
Do you still have hope to have the camera functional? Thanks biktor_gj!
[Samsung Gear 2] fernandogdl:
well tried to go back to jul 22nd build but same issues with notifications happened, so i wiped the watch from TWRP and reinstalled the 31st build, now i can't pair, i have an error saying that i have a wrong PIN, but the watch does not even show me the pin or anything, wiped again, tried jul 22nd build same issue, now i have a useless watch, i've tried to pair with the phone over an hour now, no success, wiped, factory reset, reinstall android wear app, nothing works, only thing left is to factory reset the phone, but i don't wan0t to do that, i have over 30gb worh of data and apps and games and i really do not want to reset the phone, any idea how to solve this issue?

No se pudo sincronizar con Gear 2 Debido a que el PIN o la clave de accceso son incorrectos
[Samsung Gear 2] haha5039:
Working Fine on Gear2! Thanks a lot!

Touch screen is not working as I expeceted (Working on TWRP).

Home button is working.

I can feel very weak vibration when I press home button for a second.

Plus, I succeeded to turn on/off the screen. (It took 30 sec for screen to turned off automatically.) I uploaded a video about it.

https://vimeo.com/126047855

(You can use these pictures if you write my nickname 'haha5039' if you want.)

Ps. Force close has showed up. But unable to touch OK.

Ps2. What's this???
[Samsung Gear 2] kavinzhao:
I know this may still be far, but I still want to ask if it is possible for Wakeup Gesture or even S Voice to run on Android Wear? And anything I can help?