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[Samsung Gear 2] annson08:
I haen't got any miscalleneous drain since the first time I used biktor's wear. You think that has something to do with your watchface?

Here will be my last post regarding my watch's battery life. All in all, superb build (7.13).
[Samsung Gear 2] biktor_gj:
Tick, tick tick, another one off the list ;)

Here comes MTP! I had some issues with drivers using Windows 7, Windows 8 worked flawlessly, and then on disconnect and reconnect windows 7 ended up working too. Anyway, access to internal memory works, and read write too.

I will post a new image with MTP, the low depth amoled ambient mode removed, and latest [MENTION=2981094]bitstra[/MENTION] IR app bundled when I finish some cleaning ;)

Did anyone find a Wear compatible gallery app or standalone music player? I've tried a few from standard android, but none of them work.

[MENTION=2981094]bitstra[/MENTION], how difficult would it be to mod Apollo / AOSP music player to run with Wear's gestures?
[Samsung Gear 2] bitstra:
Will have a look into both, apollo- & aosp-player...

As Wear Gallery I use Anytime Gallery.

For the known Windows 7 - adb/MTP driver problems you could try this:

Android. Universal ADB drivers
[Samsung Gear 2] martreintje:
try the wear media , it has them both including a file browser to see the files on your watch.(from your phone you can sync files)

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=qubin.de.wearmedia

it looks nice, and works well according to me. (you can even "scratch" with it if you try hard :P)
[Samsung Gear 2] biktor_gj:
Well, it sort of works. It has proven to be useful to find some missing libs and some fixes to the audio paths, but no idea why, it counts seconds too fast! Does it sound good with a bluetooth headset?
[Samsung Gear 2] martreintje:
Correct. Didn't notice that. Did a comparisson the pitch is higher to. Don't know with bleutooth headset can't try.
[Samsung Gear 2] Duck4Cover:
Turning off WiFi sync in the android wear app has done wonders to my battery life.
[Samsung Gear 2] Duck4Cover:
Screen shot of battery stat since this morning.
[Samsung Gear 2] stephane.papin:
Installed no problem

Installed on my Gear 2 neo. easy and small. Navigation on screen seem bit distrubing: fast to slow shift, not easy for some tasks.
[Samsung Gear 2] andrew.mackew:
I really wonder.. if wifi is totally useless in our devices, how it could drain battery? Is there any workaround (maybe into the hardware) to make wifi work?
[Samsung Gear 2] menissalt:
This has been discussed a few times over. We have Wi-Fi on our chip but no antenna. Short of hardware AND software mods, no there is no workaround to make it work.
[Samsung Gear 2] biktor_gj:
Probably because the service is still running and attempting to do stuff ;)

I never tried to disable it though, and ended up having 24 hours of battery with the watch idle in ambient mode, I wonder how much more it can give with a bit more tunning!
[Samsung Gear 2] tihimasmo:
Maybe you'd get this much with Wi-Fi off.
[Samsung Gear 2] Duck4Cover:
I think because watch idle sees a WiFi connection has not been made it stays awake. As this seems to be more prominent on this battery list when WiFi is switched off.
[Samsung Gear 2] tooandrew:
Yeah I'll just leave this here
[Samsung Gear 2] llsh:
Phone calls

Guys!

I'm asking again about phone calls on gear. I think it's more important that camera or IR.

Maybe we could "сrowdfund" money and hire Android developer for writting call app for Samsung Gear on Wear? I of cource mean making calls like on tizen, when you can takl to watch mic and hear voice from watch speaker
[Samsung Gear 2] diamantericos:
I'm loving android wear more than Tizen right now Google voice recognition is way more advanced than samsungs. And being able to reply to any message app is so cool especially without having to type. So I'm keeping my gear 2 will go back to Tizen once I get a moto 360 but that's for going out the gear will be for work due to phone calls and camera which come in handy at work
[Samsung Gear 2] titusxperia10:
Screenshot of my watch battery usage. Not bad but at the end of the day the watch will have less than 15%. Google now off as well as location services and everything else off.
[Samsung Gear 2] biktor_gj:
Ok guys, new build posted on the first page. Link available at Mega, still uploading at Mediafire (comeoooon).

New in this version:

MTP support

Low Power Mode for always screen on (reduced color depth has been disabled to improve picture quality with battery hog watchfaces ;))

Latest IR app by [MENTION=2981094]bitstra[/MENTION]

Few changes here and there with sound config

Edit: Links are up!

Mega: https://mega.co.nz/#!0ZxgQYZA!7m986voG9NLYUUx7Nxzx8EiYbdgXxwFi56otuxQFZbM

Mediafire: http://www.mediafire.com/download/k71o1m16g32x65y/Wear__5_1_1__07_19_2015.zip

MD5: deffb5160968d81a4e560416315791eb Wear__5_1_1__07_19_2015.zip
[Samsung Gear 2] stephane.papin:
Battery usage : 33 % in 3.5 hours, look like strange (screen always on).

I've just turn off always on screen option and wifi off too.
[Samsung Gear 2] blweldon2:
VLC 1.4.1 works as a media player. Audio sounds slightly distorted, though.

EDIT: Distortion can be avoided by using the apps built in equalizer as a volume control. Audio also sounds a little jerky. I will see if there is any way this can be avoided.
[Samsung Gear 2] McGuigew:
In ambient mode, the screen luminosity is not always the same, it changes every 5-6 seconds.

I'm still experiencing connection issues with the phone but I guess it's CM12 on my note II.... not the watch :)

+ "OK google" has connectivity issues since 2 or 3 flashes I made
[Samsung Gear 2] jeffc83:
I'm getting the screen flickering too with always on in dim/ambient mode...the screen gets dark then darker then dark, etc. Battery dropped 5% in 30 minutes and I was getting low so I decided to put her back on the charger. On the plus side, my cable box is working along with the last TV...thanks [MENTION=2981094]bitstra[/MENTION], now every device works!

[MENTION=5622621]McGuigew[/MENTION] - It has to be the ROM since no one else is running into Bluetooth issues. (OK Google has worked for me since biktor fixed the mic) I stopped flashing custom ROMs because there was always something broken. (some ROMs are better than others but they all have their quarks) I stay rooted and mod my own OS;)
[Samsung Gear 2] andrew.mackew:
First of all, thanks for the ir app you made, it's cool. :good:

I wonder if can you port/create an app to fix burned screen. I just realized that my screen burned while I was using tinzen...

I saw many app to do that but for phones.. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.codefortravel.amoled_screen_burn_in&hl=pt_BR

Any thought?
[Samsung Gear 2] blweldon2:
Volume control seems to be a little bugged. The volume up and down keyevents will pull up the current volume onscreen, but are unable to actually change the volume. Muting works fine. Not sure if this is a problem with Wear or this rom, since I don't have another Wear device to test with.
[Samsung Gear 2] McGuigew:
Well, actually after a reboot, a cache wipe, everything seems to be alright with bluetooth :)
[Samsung Gear 2] jeffc83:
^^ Awesome! You still have the screen flickering, right?
[Samsung Gear 2] McGuigew:
I do ahaha :D
[Samsung Gear 2] biktor_gj:
Android already has it bundled in, I disabled tearing effect on LCD to fix the color depth thing. You can enable it software side though, do this:

Go to settings

About

Tap multple times on Build number until it says Developer options have been enabled

Then go back and enter Developer settings

Wear developer settings

Enable 'Force burn in protection'

I have it enabled and has corrected the issues I was having!

I think I forgot one line of code on the brightness settings that is making it flicker a bit

What you see is actually when the watch exits suspended state, and enters back again after handshaking bluetooth and recovering latest sensor data. You really get an idea of how many things these watches do while you're not looking at it ;)
[Samsung Gear 2] jeffc83:
There's that line of code again, LOL. Looking forward to the next update;)
[Samsung Gear 2] andrew.mackew:
Thanks biktor, as wear uses mostly a with background I could see the shadow of the watch I was using in tinzen..

I enabled the feature you mentioned but seems that it did not work too much..

Do you believe that, that app I mentioned would work in our devices if ported?

Thanks

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Thanks biktor, as wear uses mostly a with background I could see the shadow of the watch I was using in tinzen..

I enabled the feature you mentioned but seems that it did not work too much..

Do you believe that, that app I mentioned would work in our devices if ported?

Thanks
[Samsung Gear 2] blweldon2:
Finally found an application capable of video playback without crashing! Not sure of the practical usage of this but QQ Player gets the job done.

[IMG="QQ Player on Wear"]http://i.imgur.com/LMMSDPq.png[/IMG]
[Samsung Gear 2] bitstra:
I' made such an app long ago and it's available in playstore...

but for the gear2 users here I've uploaded it to AFH and you can download and use it for free!

(Yes it's really my own app! - for sure - Apps by "Reinhard Strauch" in Play Store - all them are mine!)

deBurn.apk

install it via adb:

./adb install -r deburn.apk

(it works without porting :), even I did not know that smartwatches could be affected, when wrote it :) - tested it here on my gear2/neo)

1st goto Developer Settings on gear2.

Activate "Diplay ON When Charging".

Connect gear2 2 charger.

After starting 'deBurn' on gear2, wait the short desciption screen and tap on "OK" - a white screen will be visible - tap on that and it will flash(trying to deburn your dsiplay-artefacts with stroboscope effect 1x/minute ) you can do that x times and see if it helps...

Let stay gear2 'ON' and connected to charger and let do 'dBurn' do his job for a amount of time(s)...

If you try it - please, report back if it helped!
[Samsung Gear 2] spityu85hun:
Very nice work! It is great! Much better than the Tizen OS! Keep it up! A great help if I can help the camera application testing, I have gear2. Send only and i install my gear2 via adb...Oh, one more, please create recovery update package... :)

Tapatalk-kal küldve az én SM-N910F-el
[Samsung Gear 2] gled:
Sorry to bother you, but do you think it would be possible to keep that as an option for those of us who don't care about picture quality and prefer trying to maximize battery life with every option possible ? Even just a setting file to edit with adb...

Thank you for this awesome work anyway, gear 2 neo here and it's working almost at perfection !!
[Samsung Gear 2] tooandrew:
Has anybody popped this thing open? I opened the gear 1 and it was pretty tight in there. I wouldn't mind a VERY small antenna running along the outside of the watch.

I have a tiny 2.4ghz dongle designed for the raspberry pi to cannibalize the antenna from, I could probably solder it to the board, but is the software side of it there at all? Just on the off chance you decided to bundle it in there, might be a fun project. Then I could truly say I have a one of a kind watch. :p
[Samsung Gear 2] emuandco:
Off topic, I know, but.... nice video selected ^^
[Samsung Gear 2] emuandco:
Installed yesterday's build. MTP works like a charm, IR, too. WearTube does not wanna connect right now, so I could not test sound. Anyways... MTP will be real fun for the Camera :D I was able to tidy up my internal memory from tested apps stuff, too. Nice one :D
[Samsung Gear 2] tihimasmo:
In this version always on will hold for a full workday (with overtime at that) problem is I barely see the watch in sunlight.

Seems I can't answer the phone from watch though. I'll try wipe later.
[Samsung Gear 2] jeffc83:
A wipe isn't going to fix your problems....regarding the brightness, there is a brightness boost option. Swipe down from the top of the screen and scroll over until you see brightness boost. Quick tip: Hit the power button three times in a row...this will activate the screen boost. (it's only temporary) None of us can take calls on Wear and there is no solution for it yet unless you go back to Tizen.

TIP FOR ALL:

Hit power button two times in a row to toggle theater mode and hit it three times in a row to toggle brightness boost.
[Samsung Gear 2] emuandco:
Maybe this should be added in BIG RED LETTERS in the op... Just tellin them that this great system ist way better everywhere, EXCEPT the calling feature.
[Samsung Gear 2] biktor_gj:
It's mentioned in Known Issues since yesterday, even if nonody reads it ;)
[Samsung Gear 2] a4t:
Should change at first page;

Media; video or mp3 can be played directly from the watch using WearMedia..
[Samsung Gear 2] llsh:
About calls

Guys, we have working mic and speaker. All we need is to find a developer, who can write a call functionality, collect money and hire him!

What do you think, guys?
[Samsung Gear 2] tihimasmo:
I'm sorry to have been unclear. I didn't say I can't speak through the watch. I know that won't happen. I'll describe again.

I can't engage an incoming phone call by pulling the green phone call prompt on watch screen. The prompt goes away but phone keeps ringing.

This was a feature I liked very much on the try2 version and the two previous versions respectively.

Finally... Yes, I tried brightness boost (naturally). It didn't seem to effect the brightness of ambient mode. At least not enough to make a difference. I'll try that tonight in darkness. Maybe brightness adjustment is needed for ambient mode and watch mode separately? Just an idea.
[Samsung Gear 2] biktor_gj:
That should be working correctly, at least it's working for me... If you try it from Android wear app on the phone it works? Is it correctly syncing?
[Samsung Gear 2] tihimasmo:
Yes. But I'll try wipe and resync when I get home.
[Samsung Gear 2] andrew.mackew:
Thank you very much! :)

I wonder, for how long is safety to leave deburn running?
[Samsung Gear 2] fernandogdl:
Hello Biktor,

I tried you latest build and have very good battery life in watch, ,but i have a bug that i think no one has put attention to, my phone haves a major battery drain after your latest kernel, i have a 3000mah battery that lasted at least 24 hours, and now my phone won't last more than 10 hours, has this something to do with the new kernel?
[Samsung Gear 2] Scapin84:
Thank you for mtp. And rom.
[Samsung Gear 2] bitstra:
check your display after at least 10 stroboscope cycles...

I've done here about 40 manual cycles without damage something!

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I don't think, you will find a dev to make this happen.

The route audio (for calls) is a job that can't be done easily via some APIs, the dev has to create his own device on mobile part and to bypass Google's regular sound data routing (involved by special permissions)...

This is is big challenge - and to hart, at least for me, to develop it for this ROM.

This does not mean, that it is impossible! - But...

I use BlueTooth ear pice headset (paired to my N4 ) to make my calls with this ROM/Gear2 - it's easy, cheap and gives me more privacy in the public...
[Samsung Gear 2] spityu85hun:
Hy. The ir remote app not working 100% .i have a lg smart tv, base buttom is work in app, the smart,back,source,mute,navigate,exit and etc. button is wrong function...please fix it... the new released os is very good, battery time is this day: 7:30 is 100%,16:30 is 22% avarge usage with very many notification and outdoor 35 celsius! (wrist gest. and always on screen is off!) "Sorry my bad english, i live in hungary!"

Tapatalk-kal küldve az én SM-N910F-el
[Samsung Gear 2] bitstra:
Please post 'IR remote' - related stuff in this thread!
[Samsung Gear 2] llsh:
We should try. I suggest to write a PRD (software specs) and place it to some freelance website. Maybe some dev or dev group accept this challenge and will develop such functionality for Gear..
[Samsung Gear 2] bitstra:
Maybe, it's easier to make a kernel/module for the gear2, to act AS Bluetooth headset?
[Samsung Gear 2] emuandco:
Wheeee, HAXX :D
[Samsung Gear 2] llsh:
Maybe, but who can make it?
[Samsung Gear 2] tihimasmo:
Wiped, resynced. Still nothing happens on my phone when I pull the green handle to answer call. Does it work for everyone else?

If someone come up with a way to use watch button as play button for media player on phone I'd be glad. Maybe use taker
[Samsung Gear 2] bounddyy:
mine got stuck on flashing D:< now it says to connect to samsung kies wont go into download mode or recovery. Trying to reflash an old image.
[Samsung Gear 2] biktor_gj:
If you try the incoming call notification from wear does it work?

When you 'accept' the call it only disappears and does nothing?

Can you post a logcat of your watch when you get an incoming call?
[Samsung Gear 2] AntwonJenkins:
Totally possible with AutoWear plugin for Tasker. Hell honestly I don't even think Tasker is required. AutoWear may be all you need but it's completely possible and easy to do.

AutoWear was one of my main reasons for wanting to ditch Tizen. The shake gesture wasn't working a build or two ago but that may have been fixed now, I'm not sure as I'm waiting for a replacement charger and haven't been able to use my watch for a week now. :(
[Samsung Gear 2] bounddyy:
[MENTION=803006]biktor_gj[/MENTION] anyway to recover from "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue." can't get into recovery/ or flash through odin it freezes at ROOTFS.

EDIT ---

Never mind, I got it had to change USB ports on my Windows dumb ass Windows..
[Samsung Gear 2] DAGr8:
Guys the problem with calls on the watch is the Bluetooth protocol, we NEED a2dp, I first thaught this was just a module tobe handled via kernel but no. Android wear doesn't support a2dp its a fearure that has been announce by Google.for a long time but they went another way in order to be able to stream music from the watxh to a bt headset. My understanding is if it was just a module we d have it already, biktor already mentioned its out of scope for him I personally researched ways of handling a2dp on android wear but I found zip Nada. If you find anything link me ill try it. I also suspect google is delaying that feature on purpose to let manufacturers like Sammy have their own thing
[Samsung Gear 2] Hassaan Shahid:
First thankyou all of you and specially [MENTION=803006]biktor_gj[/MENTION] for this awesome work .

Want to report some battery bug which made battery nose dive .

( i flashed latest from flash package on top of last one and didnt wipe data . )

Last night i had 64% battery , i turned bluetooth off on phone (note 3LTE) and put watch (gear 2 neo) in theatre mode

After 6 hours , my watch was off . turned it on ,battery was 2% . connected to phone . checked battery stats.

Android wear took 40% battery .

Uptill last night it took 5-8%:)
[Samsung Gear 2] kavinzhao:
We can emulate a A2DP on the watch and make calls in that way.
[Samsung Gear 2] alvaromartinezb:
Hello guys!!

The video on the latest update is finally out:

https://youtu.be/RAMiTgxJ5_s

I hope you find it helpful!

BTW: I hope you like the intro hahaha...
[Samsung Gear 2] DAGr8:
How?
[Samsung Gear 2] unbwogable:
Running LDZ22J, have no sound whatsoever, even if I answer a phone call. Callers can hear me but I hear nothing. The speaker did work previously before I flashed the update, is there a volume control I'm missing?
[Samsung Gear 2] alvaromartinezb:
Hi, please use the Q&A thread and I'll be glad to reply...
[Samsung Gear 2] stephane.papin:
First test of battery usage

- Lightning at 3

- Motion sensor on

- Screen not alway on

Result : around 30 hours. FYI 50 % less than Tizen. But I'm ready to load 1 time per day to have better OS than useless tizen.

But I'm left handerd an my gear on left too, then screen turn on many time around day. next full charge I will try with motion sensor off. Not a problem for me because soft touch on screen turn it on.
[Samsung Gear 2] Demo Guo:
Is there any possibility / solution to enable the gear2 (w android wear) to support bluetooth PAN client (or any other technique to support native internet access through bluetooth), so that we can use native Android programs in gear2 which requires the native internet access (e.g the alipay software)?
[Samsung Gear 2] leojab:
[MENTION=803006]biktor_gj[/MENTION] thanks for your great work. Now I have Android wear 5.1.1 on gear 2 and more useful.

The only issue is that the previous wear ROM (13/07/2015) had supported Audio out via gear 2 speaker and I was using Wear Media app to play music and Video Tube to watch youtube. However, on the new ROM (17/07/2015), the audio out stopped working. Any way you can add that feature back. Thanks in advance
[Samsung Gear 2] drakulinho:
Can i try this on gear s?? Thx
[Samsung Gear 2] Darth Ziggurat:
It is clearly written in non-technical English in the first post if you can. Also this is a development thread and not a Questions and Answer thread, there is a separate thread for this also linked to on the third line of the first post.
[Samsung Gear 2] jeffc83:
I can has updated??? Cmon helps me! LOL, sorry couldn't hold back;)
[Samsung Gear 2] bitstra:
We all can has learn! ;)

Google translate made it for me( :laugh: ):

(I can has updated??? Cmon helps me! LOL, sorry couldn't hold back)

(-> french: Je peux a mis à jour ??? Cmon me aide! LOL, désolé ne pouvais pas retenir)

(-> german: Ich wurde aktualisiert ??? Cmon hilft mir! LOL, sorry konnte nicht zurückhalten)

(-> spain: Puedo ha actualizado ??? Cmon me ayuda! LOL, lo siento no pudo contener)

(-> tadshik: Ман нав дорад ??? Cmon ба ман кӯмак мекунад! Хандоханд, пушаймон нест, метавонад доред)
[Samsung Gear 2] biktor_gj:
Yeah sorry about that, I was trying some things with that and I left it a bit...hmm unstable;)

Next build will be a bug fix release, I will rebuild the image from scratch and see if I can tidy it all up a bit!

About the camera, good news and bad news:

Good news: I think I know why it doesn't work: the exynos scaler device makes it crash

The bad: if I put it to work video crashes

Work in progress!!
[Samsung Gear 2] McGuigew:
:laugh:
[Samsung Gear 2] McGuigew:
I have a question regarding the vibration. Ifind it way too strong, it's not very convenient for me as I'm often attending meetings with people next to me. Hearing BRRRR BRRRR from my watch is not very nice... biktor, would it be possible to implement an option to set the strength of the vibration? :D just asking as I don't really know anything about it, and I see it's quiet here tonight...
[Samsung Gear 2] biktor_gj:
I will look into it, along with the option to make alpm mode switchable (I don't remember who asked for it, but I read it and took notice ;))
[Samsung Gear 2] McGuigew:
OK thank you! Good night :good:
[Samsung Gear 2] Darth Ziggurat:
In the meantime you can use cinema mode in meetings. Workaround
[Samsung Gear 2] McGuigew:
That's exactly what I do, but you know, as an XDA member, I couldn't really hold myself up from imagining a new option for this ;)
[Samsung Gear 2] dsecareanu:
Nevermind :)
[Samsung Gear 2] gled:
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I did, battery life first before picture quality, etc... :) Thank you so much !!
[Samsung Gear 2] ZoZo-:
First of all, immensly good work! Really nice!

Second, with Tizen removed and you are running Google Wear. You're not able to connect to Samsung apps like S Health and such, or am I wrong?

Thanks in advance

Kind regards

ZoZo-
[Samsung Gear 2] stephane.papin:
Hi, Battery life It's main drawback of AW. I'm hope you can found some tweaks to upgrade current battery live. Currently I'm at less than 24 hours.