yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Wear OS General] sycamore22:
I have also come back to aerlink because of watchmaker...I also experienced little delayed notifications with ios android wear though not too bad. Will come back to this once someone could help figure out how to get watchmaker's faces on android wear.
[Wear OS General] briwil:
I did this too, got the same flappybirds apk to install and run- but just the one time. It doesn't show up under the apps list, and when I try to use voice command to open, its a no-go.

Is there another name to this apk that works to get it to launch? Have you figured out how to get the apps to show up?
[Wear OS General] firehawk:
That's weird... It shows up on my apps list even after several reboots. Did you use "adb install flappybird.apk"?

And Watchmaker and Facer show up as selectable watch faces on the face selection screen both on the watch and in the Android Wear iOS app.

I'll try Pujie Black and Skymaster tonight.
[Wear OS General] briwil:
Yeah, that's the line I used.

That is weird- maybe the watch? I've been testing out several different watches over the past few days, today its the Zenwatch. I'll try the Moto tonight, see if theres any difference.

I noticed, with the Moto I can select a watch face from the iOS app, as well as download new ones- with the Zenwatch, nothing. There's no option at all for watchfaces in the iOS app.

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Actually, edit- the watch said it was already on 5.1.1, but still there was an update available; updating brought the watch face selection back, and Flappy birds shows up on the list now as well.
[Wear OS General] tochill:
iOS and Watchfaces

Has anyone figured out how to load watchfaces yet? thanks!
[Wear OS General] oohsam:
I have the 360, ios 9 beta, and i have about a 2 second delay, I have music control and imessage alerts, whats app alerts, instagram, all my other apps (had to disable a few cuase i get alot of emails and it was getting annoying). I dont know what you guys are on about. are you on the latest firmware on the watch?

Wow. Cant believe the complaints.

First it was "please google give us something to work with IOS"

and now people are complaining cause its not totally polished.

Personally, it does a damn good job." OK google" works great, I can reply to sms's and emails using voice, and its super accurate, turn by turn notifications are great, i get weather and traffic updates, phone call notifications are awesome. If you ask me, its awesome. More watch faces would be great, but i can live with what i have on offer. Atleast now i can use my watch with my IOS properly. It's much better than AErlink. by a mile.

if you ask me there's too many people whinging about what they didnt get when before it was about just getting anything. The watch faces will come, more features will come...
[Wear OS General] Simc13:
I think we should wait a bit. Because this is just first version of an official android wear app for iOS. Google will do some updates.
[Wear OS General] firehawk:
I agree with all of this. Aerlink was a good program at the time, and I really appreciate all the hard work people have put into it. But I'm never going back to it. Aerlink would occasionally have a missed notification or need a bluetooth pairing PIN. Android Wear has been 100% reliable for me so far.

And I feel we are so close in getting watchmaker/facer working. I managed to get more apps installed last night. Like Mickey Mouse watchface, and WatchMaster. But still, any app that isn't standalone won't have a phone interface to control it.
[Wear OS General] firehawk:
Getting close! I was able to decode the watchmaster APK file, put my own files in the assets folder, unsign it, re-sign it, and get it installed. Now I'll try either looking inside decoded xml files for fields to change, or trying to retrofit my faces onto the existing ones.
[Wear OS General] firehawk:
Sweet success! I was able to replace one of the existing faces for my own! It's not for the faint of heart, but if you're like me there's only 1 or 2 custom Watchmaker faces you need and you're set for life.

I'll post instructions later. I can't get the scripts to work though... But custom face, and switching between two faces works.
[Wear OS General] sycamore22:
Would love to know the steps you took to change watchmaker's faces. I only have 2-3 faces that I commonly use. Thanks sir in advance!!
[Wear OS General] angelusone:
Sad it does not work with moto 360 :(
[Wear OS General] briwil:
That is awesome Firehawk, thanks for taking the time to write all this out. Gonna try it now!
[Wear OS General] firehawk:
[MENTION=1132029]steve_bk[/MENTION] made some progress on the 360 at post #1101 http://xdaforums.com/android-wear/development/android-wear-ios-connectivity-t3052524/page111

I don't know how much further he got on it.

Further investigation for others:

I did try to use apktool (http://ibotpeaches.github.io/Apktool/install/) to decode the xml files to try to find where the watches were enumerated, but stopped trying after finding out that replacing the defaults worked.
[Wear OS General] sycamore22:
Thankx firehawk for your detailed instructions. I followed every step OK until the Java, jarsigner and keystore stuffs... Wow this is complicated. I however was able to get my PC to see my watch via adb devices. I probably will wait for a more simpler approach to get watchmaker onto the watch. Thkx again!
[Wear OS General] Simc13:
+1

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Same for me!

P.s. Thx firehawk for your hard work!
[Wear OS General] rcm_rx7:
So it was a little confusing for me too, but I just needed to read up a bit to get it working. I ended up using a few tools I found instead of using command line for everything. I used apksigner to sign my apk after changing out the default watch faces, and then used Android Wear APK Tools to install it.

My two watch faces showed up no problem, but same as firehawk the scripts don't work. Either way, my G Watch looks much better now, and is more functional for my purposes. Big thanks for your work firehawk.
[Wear OS General] angelusone:
Maybe a stupid idea, but ok Google works great and by saying the webpage to the watch we have the possibility to open it into the browser in the iOS android app. Would there be a way to download a tweaked watch face directly into the iOS app? Like we do with the ones authorized by Google for the moment?
[Wear OS General] bedburg:
I think the idea is good....
[Wear OS General] sycamore22:
Does anyone know how to change back from .zip file back to .apk? Is it as simple as renaming the file?
[Wear OS General] briwil:
Yes it is.

In OS X, you may need to 'Get Info' and do the renaming within that box, doing it in the finder doesn't always replace the .zip extension correctly.
[Wear OS General] firehawk:
I've found something mildly annoying: The default preferences for Watchmaker is that it turns on "Vibrate on Disconnect" and "Vibrate on Connect". During a processor-intensive game on the iPhone, it would lose Bluetooth connection to the watch for 1 second or so, which causes a couple of watch vibrates.

It's only annoying because you think you got a notification during playing the game (because of the vibration), but obviously you did not. You see the slash-cloud icon appear and disappear for a second.
[Wear OS General] sycamore22:
I tried to use apksigner as well though after dragging the file into the box, it doesn't seem to save the file under a new folder I created, therefore I'm not sure if my apk is signed properly. Could u shed some light? Thx!
[Wear OS General] Razor29:
My finding so far...

I have extracted the Wear app from multiple Wear apps and install them via adb.

I have install Wear Mini Launcher extracted apk, it works great and allows me to see all apps installed.

I have installed all sorts of Watch faces and all work great (no host side dependant apps ofcorse)

i have install ES File Manager and UC Browser and Dolphin Browser.

Now for the issue i have been playing around with, getting Networking to work and Web Browser to work subsequently.

Anyone think there is a way to get full networking from the iphone via the BT connection ?
[Wear OS General] x5ox1:
Please can you tell me how install new watchfaces? I have wear mini launcher and es file explorer on my urbane connected to iphone
[Wear OS General] rcm_rx7:
The signed apk is put into the same folder/location as the apksigner.exe. It will have a "test-signed" or something similar put in front of the filename. I'm not at home right now, but I think that should get you going. Just install that newly created apk (the old file you drag into apksigner is not the signed apk, it's a new file).
[Wear OS General] Simc13:
Is it possible to install something like this? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.magicwatchface.ticker&hl=en
[Wear OS General] steve_bk:
As long as you have a USB cable to your watch you should be able to load any Android Wear apk on the watch while connected to an iPhone.

I tried with my Moto 360 while linked to an iPhone to Bluetooth debug and was only able to get a connection and load apk's one time over bluetooth. I was not able to reconnect to my iPhone after trying this. I have not been able to get Bluetooth debug connected again after this. I have rolled back to aerlink for now.
[Wear OS General] Simc13:
I sucessfuly installed via usb/adb. I got message on the watch: the app installed. But app/watch face did not showed up on watch?
[Wear OS General] mitchjackson94:
How did you do this with the Moro 360?
[Wear OS General] steve_bk:
How did I do what ?

It is in one of my previous posts the steps I took. Like I said I have been unsuccessful in trying to reproduce the Bluetooth debug link after paired to an iPhone. I was also never able to repair to the iPhone after the bluetooth debug the one time I did get it to work.
[Wear OS General] firehawk:
Check out post #1133 (http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=62674882&postcount=1133). It's likely you installed the phone apk instead of the watch apk (res/raw/android_wear_micro_apk.apk)

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I wonder if anyone has tried with the Moto 360 and a custom USB cable http://xdaforums.com/moto-360/general/how-to-make-interface-usb-cable-moto-t2888882
[Wear OS General] angelusone:
Breaking News: BLE utility does not work anymore with iOS9!?!!? Looking at the change log of the app it has not been updated since 2013... I really hope the app creator will fix this or we cannot use aerlink anymore and I cannot switch to Android Wear for iOS... I don't want to lose the nice faces I use on my moto...
[Wear OS General] bedburg:
You can use LightBlue from the AppStore. It's better than BLE...
[Wear OS General] angelusone:
Hi Bedburg, I tried but I cannot connect my watch...
[Wear OS General] Simc13:
I really hope that creator of Watchmaker app will meke it compatible with iOS!
[Wear OS General] angelusone:
I hope so too... Btw lightblue is working, we need to add a blank service and then start to pair with aerlink ;)
[Wear OS General] angelusone:
Hey guys, I have just seen today in iTunes that the Android Wear App is open to share files between the computer and the app, meaning we can load stuff into the app... I hope this is the first step for the next app update... I tried to load the Mickey Mouse apk but it didn't work, I also tried the wear apk into the main apk but without success... maybe there is someone here who could investigate this way, as if we can load android apps directly into the iphone using this clean way it would be just great ;)
[Wear OS General] Simc13:
Any progress?
[Wear OS General] angelusone:
Nope :( obviously the files are loading into the iPhone app but nothing is happening... I also tried by factory resetting the watch after I loaded the apk just in case the "update" loading during the first setup would push the apk but nothing happened... But after seeing that today, there is hope that Google might use this functionality to allow 3rd party app to be pushed to the watch. Or I really don't get why they have that sharing functionality with iTunes...
[Wear OS General] davpel:
I think it's much more likely that the sharing function would be to support future onboard storage of music., but I hope you are right.
[Wear OS General] angelusone:
There is already an app for google music so I hope they won't use android wear for iOS sharing function just for that... Fingers crossed

UPDATE: BLE Utility is back and running on iOS9 and without update of the app, not sure how it was fixed. after using LightBlue, I think BLE utility is more stable, Lightlue got disconnected more often...
[Wear OS General] deividmb:
Could i install this mickey watchface via Adb in my Smartwatch3 sincronized with Iphone 6 plus? i install the apk via adb but the smartwatch dont show it. if i sincronize the clock with and android phone and install the apk throught the phone, the clock displays the watchface.

could you help me please?? its possible?

http://xdaforums.com/andr...hface-t2908854

Thanks!!
[Wear OS General] Simc13:
i send you Private Message
[Wear OS General] Megan Rutix:
I thought it just a mistake with my words. Sorry for that.
[Wear OS General] ylb6098:
Is there any way for installing apps from a jailbroken iphone itself, if google can send through watch face we maybe able to install apk's. or a developer could port adb to the iphone opening endless possibles to the watches.

please dont rip me a new one, its just a thought
[Wear OS General] odyseus:
Any updates on this??

I tried to load a modified watchface.apk on my LG Urbane (http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=62674882&postcount=1133)

but when I try to select any face in the app - I just get a screen of errors ?? (suggesting restarts etc, etc).

I don't know whether you can adb *.watch files to the LG urbane and select through watchface app??

I guess we'll have to wait for an IOS version of watchface????
[Wear OS General] angelusone:
I switched to Apple Watch - no comparison even with an android watch paired with an android phone. They are ALL behind by FAR. So if you have an iPhone, better use an Apple Watch - stop wasting your time trying to have all the functionalities you want on Android, you won't be disappointed, believe me....
[Wear OS General] Japius:
I agree with you but until apple release a design i don't find hideous I have to use my android wear. I just do not like square watches. Now it took android a few generations to start getting designs I liked so maybe in a year or two Apple will follow suit.
[Wear OS General] firehawk:
Five reasons I chose Android Wear

1) 75% of when I look at my watch, it's to see the time. Always-on screen is a must

2) If you walk into a "dumb" watch store, 90% of the watches are round. I want my smartwatch to be round too. Square may be good for UI display, but it doesn't make me think of a "watch"

3) I only need notifications and meetings for now. My phone can do the rest. That may change in the future.

4) I can make my own watchfaces

5) The battery lasts longer than a day

The day Apple makes a round OLED watch, I'm pretty sure my LGWR is going in the trash and I'll be first in the Apple Store lineup with a sleeping bag.
[Wear OS General] angelusone:
True Japius, that's also why I picked the moto 360 at first but I am getting used to a squared one.... The wonderful UI uses all the screen and I forget I prefer round ones ;)
[Wear OS General] angelusone:
Firehawk, yeah I was a bit like you before I used the Apple Watch, and only your second point is valid! The battery last longer than my moto 360 and the reserve mode can add 72 hours, I charged it on wed evening, we are Friday 8:00 am and I have 28%... You can filter any notification and the wrist movement recognition is just awesome. I used a Pebble, Alcatel one touch, the moto 360 and even a sportband from Garmin. The Apple Watch is as I said BY FAR the best. I also like the customization of watch faces, hence why I wanted the moto 360, but I have to admit the ones in the Apple Watch are complete and can be personalized A LOT, they are also very beautiful. I am just sharing my observations after trying all brands... So I don't say that it's the best for the sake of just saying it. I loved the moto, but now my heart beats for another one hehe - If you have the occasion, go into an Apple store and try one watch, just the UI is gorgious... I am an Apple fan for some years now, that's why I wanted to connect my moto with my iphone, but having what I love in my phone also in the watch (ok with a squared shape ) is a great experience. Again, the battery thing is actually the same with most the smartwatches, I have been disappointed by my moto 360 as I had 1 day + autonomy, now I can at least use it 2 days with all its functionalities and it's not bad considering what it does. I wanted somehting even nicer (so more expensive), I looked at other Android watches and to have something maybe faster (as I find the moto a bit slow) and with better quality, I had to pay min 349€ so I just added 100€ and had the watch fully compatible with my phone.

The funny thing is that, I always observe a competition between Android/Google Vs Apple users, and usually when the Android users sees something on an Apple device, they immediately try to reproduce it (ie the Mickey Mouse watchface) - I am also part of them lol, when I had my moto, I immediately tried that face then we always try to force the available functionalities to have more. I have to admit this is something I dont even try with Apple devices (some will say because it's LOCKED lol) but i would say that it brings what i need in a beautiful way. watchOS 2 now brings custom pictures on watch faces, and more things, I would say now it's the best time to buy an Apple Watch as OS 1 was just OK and still a bit buggy based on what I read...
[Wear OS General] davpel:
I have to disagree. I have been a smartwatch user since the first Pebble. Have had all varieties of Pebble, the first Moto 360, the ZenWatch and have had a SS Apple Watch since day one. now that I have moved back to iPhone permanently, my choice was the Huwaei Watch vs Apple Watch. I've decided to go with the former.

There is no question Apple Watch has much more functionality with iPhone. But is it functionality I need or want? I've decided no. In three years of using smartwatches, I rarely, if ever, use apps. I want the watch for two reasons: notifications and to quickly glance at the time. Android Wear on iOS is fine for notifications and, with ambient display, wins on time.

The main reason for choosing the H watch, however, is simply looks. Unlike any other gadget, a smartwatch is a piece of fashion. I have just never been able to warm up to the looks of the Apple Watch. As a gadget geek, I normally get excited when a new piece of tech arrives and I get to play with it. I had none of that when I first started using the Apple Watch. It just doesn't do it for me -- it doesn't get my heart racing. Round watches like the 360 and the H watch, however, are just beautiful, and with custom faces (which I can adb over for the time being), the difference is just night and day.

The Apple Watch is a great product and you can't go wrong buying one as an iPhone user. But it just isn't for me.
[Wear OS General] angelusone:
and I agree with you ;) , if you needed a smartwatch for notifications and ambient display only, you have made the right choice indeed.

I need more than that, I was looking for a watch where my phone could stay in my pocket, so I could answer calls, replying to messages, controlling music, even passing boarding checks at the airport :) and more... the UI is so complete and intuitive that I actually dont need my phone to do all these simple tasks....
[Wear OS General] bloodwow:
When receving a call, does it show the photo of the contact on the watch? (I am talking about an android watch, moto 360 for example)
[Wear OS General] orekasep:
I am now using Aerlink on my Moto 360 and it's seem does not have that feature. I would like to see if anyone have experience to have photo of contact on the watch too.
[Wear OS General] bloodwow:
I am curious if Android Wear has that feature.
[Wear OS General] timnwyatebe:
:)Hello all, ohh today i search this thread and its amazing, so i have questions.

1.Want buy moto 360 and connect to iphone 6

2.Can i activated without android phone?

3.In future we have official app or privat app for used?

4.Mohammed its amazing video +-music

5.Sorry about my ENG:)

upd)

Later have fix about reply message?) now dont have notification email?
[Wear OS General] svdemon:
since my last post I wiped the 360 and installed the .21 apk. I was able to install it with no issue and pair the devices again with no issues. the only thing now is same as before where i get the error wear for ios has ended and it tells me to turn on and off airplane mode. what can be causing this?
[Wear OS General] iAppleDev:
Just use adb install -r com.apk with the -r option to replace the existing apk ;)
[Wear OS General] svdemon:
[MENTION=4426344]iAppleDev[/MENTION] just so I'm clear by running the reinstall command line it should fix the wear for ios app but stopping unexpectedly? because it crashes almost instantly and thats with installing it fresh from a clear on the 360
[Wear OS General] timnwyatebe:
?!

ohh , maybe have manual?)
[Wear OS General] iAppleDev:
Google adb commands that's how I find stuff

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2141817

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Just go to settings iphone and forget the watch in bluetooth settings same for watch forget blank bluetooth profile from settings then reboot watch, open light blue turn off the blank profile and close and clear from iPhone multitasking cycle airplane mode on iphone then open ios wear app on watch then reopen light blue app and enable the blank profile! Then wait for pairing code and enter code on iphone to finish. If that don't work try the app beeLink https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&sour...m8-7hufvkMhOFTOnw&sig2=irggrtE4jOK7Urbx9JpZeQ

It work good too
[Wear OS General] faremoney:
did it, it will always reinstall the same version that is on the watch, i don't know why :(
[Wear OS General] timnwyatebe:
.

in morning i go to shop and buy moto and dance:D
[Wear OS General] iAppleDev:
So use adb unisntall shiitakeo.ios.wear.flashlight or what ever he called it
[Wear OS General] faremoney:
tried it with com.example.android.wearable.flashlight so he called it but didn't work
[Wear OS General] gidi:
Just noticed that even while the Moto 360 is charging it may disconnect. I am really starting to think of getting rid of the Moto 360 and getting another Android Wear device.
[Wear OS General] iAppleDev:
What was the error
[Wear OS General] svdemon:
[MENTION=310234]gidi[/MENTION] agreed i just went out and bought a zen watch from best buy hopefully I have better luck than the 360
[Wear OS General] swyner:
All, here's some clarifications. As [MENTION=4426344]iAppleDev[/MENTION] said, all should get familiar with adb commands if they are wanting to play around with this tweak. It will become invaluable and help this thread from being clogged up with questions.

1) The very first alpha release apk that was NOT on github but rather through [MENTION=6499164]shiitakeo[/MENTION] twitter was wearable-release.apk. The common name was com.example.android.wearable.flashlight If you installed this originally then to uninstall, simply type the command adb -s localhost:4444 uninstall com.example.android.wearable.flashlight

2) The next versions starting with 0.1 and then 0.2 and now 0.2.1 the apk name is wear-release.apk (notice it's wear not wearable as in the first alpha version). The common name is com.shiitakeo.android_wear_for_ios. To make things easier I use the same command as above but with this name (adb -s localhost:4444 uninstall com.shiitakeo.android_wear_for_ios) first then install the new apk with the adb -e install wear-release.apk.

3) you MUST remember to remove the previous version from the ADB folder you are in and starting the command prompt for adb in. Replace it with the newer version so the install works.