yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Other SmartWatches] giol:
Use the scatter from the backup you have from your device, it should be the same as the one posted here. But there is always the possibility that a newer device may have a different partition table, so use yours.

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Use Swapplink if the watch helper installed in the watch doesnt meet your needs,

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Your best bet is to use usbdview tool and uninstall any device that resembles a phone or usb composite device and specially any samsung devices. Check Kies is not running (stop it in task manager). Then install the drivers as per the post in the FAQ i made (see post#2).

Also check with another cable or another pc (a "virgin " pc that you havent plugged other phones).
[Other SmartWatches] shaismit:
Dear friend thank you very much :)

Do I need to install the swaplinks on my two device ? (Samsung S4 and Smartwatch k18 ? )
[Other SmartWatches] pablo11:
Thankyou so much for doing that and having the Mod add the post up front on the thread.

I think you just saved my sanity :)

Great stuff :good:
[Other SmartWatches] soriano007:
Anything about this??

So anyone knows anything about this??
[Other SmartWatches] giol:
[MENTION=3616886]shaismit[/MENTION] ,

Yes you nees to install swapp link in both devices and configure through the app as master and companion.
[Other SmartWatches] interiorvoice:
help please help...

Please someone

My watch has stop working

I was trying to update to new ota

The watch has stop working

I have tried the sp flash tool

And now the watch not responding

When I'm try to turn it on

It make sounds like it boot up

But screen is still off...

I have tried to pull off battery but still

Watch is dead

Please guys help me

Can someone post a revrt manual or something

Please!

Thank you
[Other SmartWatches] Euclidex:
My watch died two weeks ago. I'm trying Gearbest give me another one that works

Enviado desde mi SM-N910F mediante Tapatalk
[Other SmartWatches] darkangel69dz:
try to install S hEALT on Google play store
[Other SmartWatches] giol:
If you tried to take off the battery then maybe you unplugged a ribon cable or a pcb connection. Open the back cover, remove the black plastic film that hides the pcb and check that the connectors are seating properly. Especially the one that is stuck on the plastic film. It is in the top left corner of the photo I attach.
[Other SmartWatches] hystrix65:
S-Health installed, but it doesn't give data on heart rate monitoring, is it right?
[Other SmartWatches] Paul16:
As many other users... my smartwatch is dead ... after update .. give me message "no command" ... after that ... i wont to flash redback on this ... but ... the screen is black ... and it doesn't want to work ... Is there a user can have a redback ... a other redback .... ? Please .. sorry for my english .
[Other SmartWatches] Myplayerxd:
hey after update the new ota update my watch has only two screen the recovery screen that doesnt seems to work at all the

no common screen i try to plug it to the computer after install all the drivers but the computer doesnt seem to find it (computer see it as a unknown deivce ) does anyone alreade had this problem and he mind find a solusion for this annyoing problem because i cant really flash it if my computer doesnt recognize it as a vcom usb device

thanks a head
[Other SmartWatches] tomtacho:
K8 microphone not working (newbie to forum)

Hello everybody and thanks to all of you for keeping this thread alive!

My K8 round watch arrived five weeks after order from an AliExpress seller. It appears to have a technical problem as all microphone related functions do not work: the telephone partner doesn't hear any voice during a phone call; the voice recorder software is basically working, pretending to register but delivering only "silvery" noise in playback; Google voice search is not reacting to voice input.

I did already perform a factory reset. Furthermore I had a closer look at the microphone environment: the microphone hole on the lower left edge measures ca. 1 mm in diameter. It seems to house nothing but a fine metal grid (light passes through it). On the opposite side of the microphone hole, inside the case, there is a relatively large black cavity with nothing in it. So I conclude that the microphone might be somewhat recessed in the inner volume, under the circuit board, right?

At the moment I am wondering whether to send back the watch and to be patient for a more-than-four couple of weeks again :rolleyes:

There are two comparatively large solder heaps on the circuit board marked "+" and "-" and "MIC". So, do you think that I might try to backback another miniature microphone there, possibly from another watch? I have some experience in soldering but I am not sure about the chances of this approach and whether those tiny mics might have different specifications to take into consideration. I am well aware of the fact that any soldering might affect guarantee.
[Other SmartWatches] vinceg77:
Hi everyone,

I received my watch a few days ago and until now I was quite happy with it even if I should have probably chosen a Android Wear cheaper model.

But after the 01-04 OTA, I have the exact same problem regarding recovery. I cannot access anymore to recovery mode nor to the system menu (it was in chinese anyway) when pressing buttons at startup. I've reinstalled the stock ROM + OTA, flashed TWRP recovery, but nothing works. I am wondering if it is a physical button problem (they nearly work under Android but sometime not respond very well) but maybe it is a ROM related as at the very beginning I was not successful to flash it (but never bricked it) and maybe tried wrong methods.

Despite this issue, mine is recognized by Windows (if I do not forget to uncheck debugging mode + plug / unplug it + sometimes reboot watch or PC)

I am very concerned as I cannot root it anymore. If never the gurus of this thread may give an advice...

Many thanks
[Other SmartWatches] cosmospho:
It has been said and verified, after new OTA the TWRP recovery given in this site does not work. Use KingRoot to root if you need it. Hopefully someone can fix this, and provide us a new core image with the OTA already installed and the latest updates which can then be flashed and a working TWRP recovery.

Button is fine, it just ignores it. After getting root you can use mobileuncle boot into TWRP recovery from sdinternal card if you need a backup.

Thanks.
[Other SmartWatches] giol:
Cosmospho , you can help in this department by uploading a copy of your system folder. The ota mainly patches files in the system folder (it also patches the uboot and recovery) which means that if you upload the patched files, we can make an updater script to be flashed in twrp and get 99% of the new functionality.
[Other SmartWatches] shaismit:
Cheers mate :)

:good:
[Other SmartWatches] pablo11:
Just putting it out there because I don't have access to my pc while I'm on holiday:

Has anyone actually taken the time to compare the scatter files from before and after the last OTA?

I am interested to see if there are any differences between the two.....

Partition details are extremely important.
[Other SmartWatches] cosmospho:
Yes guys, I did say that I would upload it when I got home, so a little patience :)

Here it is, I installed KingRoot, so just incase you find some modifications.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_PYAuVU8sj2ZWk2NjVOYU1UUmc/view?usp=sharing

Thanks.
[Other SmartWatches] vinceg77:
Thanks for your answer

1/ It means that as long as you've done any OTA you can't get access anymore to TWRP / Service menu from boot ??? Only from an app if rooted ?

2/ I have installed KingRoot (thought I wrote it was not easy / not possible ? to unroot) and it doesn't work. I got undocumented error code 0x1B1BA5. Tried 3 times.

I think I have a bigger issue. Could it be related to the scatter file I downloaded from this thread and that I used while flashing TWRP or it has nothing to do with it ? Is there a way to recover partition exactly like they were when I first received the watch ?

Thks for your help
[Other SmartWatches] giol:
The scatter file in the update zip references the same positions for the partitions except for the last (partition_index: SYS19, partition_name: BMTPOOL) that isnt referenced at all.
[Other SmartWatches] n3tz:
hi, support watchfaces from googleplay?
[Other SmartWatches] pablo11:
Thanks, I'll have to have a think about this.
[Other SmartWatches] cosmospho:
I used Windows version of KingRoot and it worked ok, did not try the android version, try the latest windows kingroot.
[Other SmartWatches] tomtacho:
K8 microphone not working (partially resolved)

Well, I am answering to my own post now as I did take intellectual profit from reading in this forum previously :).

In the meantime I provisorily sticky-taped - not soldered, because of reversibility - the red and black wires from an electret microphone (taken from an other device) to the "+" and "-" MIC contacts of the K8. Now the recording function is working again!

The only remaining issue is curiosity: could it be that the microphone as a hole was simply forgotten during the assembly of this particular instrument? I have seen that virtually all of those electret microphones are basically cylindrical, so one of them might perfectly fit into the black cavity reported as empty above.

I made photographs of the microphone window grid and of the black cavity but the forum rules seem to forbid picture uploads by newbies (?). In any case I would be highly interested to hear if one of you should perceive a cylindrical, probably silvery item in the cavity opposite to the tiny microphone hole.
[Other SmartWatches] daviur81:
Ok, thank you. And what about the flash option? Download only or Firmware upgrade? It seems that in the second case you must select also the UBOOT file... which is?

Thank you in advance.
[Other SmartWatches] Myplayerxd:
i have the same problem and sp flash tool doesnt seems to work anyone know what ele can i do
[Other SmartWatches] n3tz:
Please, is possible to install android wear faces ?

Enviado desde mi SM-G920I
[Other SmartWatches] pablo11:
Not yet and it may be some time before that happens.

Most importantly we need to discover why TWRP no longer works. The answer is in the last OTA. I just haven't got access to my toolsets at the moment..
[Other SmartWatches] maddionmax:
Possible to add custom watch faces? I tried several apps, but without real success.

A software offered here earlier, but those watch faces are really crappy.
[Other SmartWatches] giol:
The last ota besides patching and flashing the recovery, it also patches the uboot. Maybe the issue is there. We could try flashing the old uboot with the twrp in spflash tool.
[Other SmartWatches] pablo11:
Ahh, ok. You could be onto something there.

Be very careful though.
[Other SmartWatches] jas000:
Support iOs notifications?

Hi, Apparently iOs notifications are not possible, but with apps like MEDIATEK SMART DEVICE it should not be too difficult, right?

Any idea how to trigger this?

Thanks.
[Other SmartWatches] maddionmax:
Also is there any IM app, which works perfectly?

Examples: FB not good, on Viber, I can't send messages because the button is not shown.

Any third party software what can manage FB, Skype, Viber?
[Other SmartWatches] cosmospho:
I use FB Messenger in One Hand mode just fine, can send voice, and even call the person if I want. You can also try WhatsApp but have not tried, basically any app works, its android, just dont see the use of trying to type with the keyboard, better just use the voice call option.
[Other SmartWatches] maitrot:
Yes, for apps that don´t work for the round screen, use one handed mode together with appsettings for dpi/rotation adjustment.

I am so happy, I didn´t flash the latest ota, since I was too lazy to remove root again before flash. you guys know that removing root is important before flashing, right?

Would the following procedure work?:

1. remove everything root related (flash back to cyrux75´s clean backup)

2. apply latest ota update

3. create new scatter file from the current conditions

4. according to this file´s conditions, flash twrp. (it would be good to check file size and calculate if it fits in the partition)

5. install superSU

done.

@ tomtacho

so, when I understand you right, the internal microphone is missing on your device?

Returning it to aliexpress senders is quite a hassle from germany, and usually you have to pay the parcel cost. I would try to get a good rebate from the sender and

chuck in a microphone myself (If it is like you say and those microphones are all the same)

Still a strange issue tough... usually a missing part would be unacceptable.
[Other SmartWatches] vinceg77:
It is now rooted thanks to you and KingRoot for Windows.

I tried to replace KingUser with SuperUser but didn't managed to get is as Su command doesn't seem to be recognized

Rebooting into recovery with Mobileuncle leads me to same state as Myplayerxd on post #764

At least I can start to carefully tweak it a little bit
[Other SmartWatches] Lokifish Marz:
I gave pablo the most likely cause of the TWRP issues after I examined the OTA. Hopefully it works for you guys because the K8/Mini/D5 looks like it's a decent device.
[Other SmartWatches] cosmospho:
Important FACTS:

After latest OTA the TWRP recovery DOES NOT WORK.

After using KingRoot (latest windows version), the SuperSU can be installed via MobileUncle recovery into TWRP - BUT IT WILL NOT WORK.

The best is to keep KingRoot with the latest OTA, I just needed latest OTA as I want my WIFI to be always on, otherwise there are no gains in updating to latest OTA.

Thanks
[Other SmartWatches] giol:
To clarify the situation. I downloaded the stock read back without selecting the Recovery tick box. I then had the stock rom with TWRP. Then I entered TWRP and performed a restore with the backup that cosmopho uploaded. TWRP works and I have the latest OTA. The problem is that kingroot does not allow installation of other supersu package. Every reboot, kingroot, reestablishes itself. When we find a way to get rid of kingroot permanently and then flash supersu through twrp , we will be ok.

The second option of upgrading to latest OTA with stock recovery and then flashing twrp is not working ( according to other users, I have not tried it) and the reason probably is that the uboot patch explicitly denies to start the recovery. Uboot after all is the partition responsible for starting Linux.

I am certain that someone from the manufacturer side is monitoring the forum and I hope he reverses this in the next OTA.
[Other SmartWatches] cosmospho:
Can you not remove kingroot with their application from windows and since you have TWRP in boot, then install SuperSU and then create a backup for all of us ?

Thanks
[Other SmartWatches] pablo11:
After discussing with [MENTION=3795702]Lokifish Marz[/MENTION]

The update could be dismantled and the install recovery.sh edited to accommodate our TWRP recovery. A new MD5 would need to be generated within the first zip.

An updater script would/may be needed depending on how far we go.

Quoted from Loki :

If the shared update.zip (with MD5 and another zip inside) is exactly how you received the OTA, this is a way in. You can edit the zip that's inside the zip and gen a new MD5. This would also be a good time to tune the build.prop, add init.d and tuning scripts, fix security issues, as well as remove unneeded junk. As long as the stock install-recovery.sh is present it will forever overwrite any custom recovery you try to install when the device boots.

I can link the full ota https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3xyOuab2f-OT1lXQ19IWUw5ZTQ/view?usp=sharing but I am away from home at the moment.

This would need to be done by someone with the skills and patience to complete the job.

Please don't bombard me with questions bout this as I am on holiday at the moment.

I would be extremely happy if someone can get this together though :)

It will pave the way for future updates and similar watches currently appearing on the market - we have a chance to do some good work here.

Cheers
[Other SmartWatches] maitrot:
Yes, this seems to be the case. And they noticed how many people post here having trouble with the watch after they installed twrp and rooted their device. But instead of making life easier for them, they made it worse.

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Yes, this seems to be the case. And they noticed how many people post here having trouble with the watch after they installed twrp and rooted their device. But instead of making life easier for them, they made it worse.

Ok, regarding the patch, I have never looked into an android update file, but after checking how "applypatch" works, the bad file is this:

#!/system/bin/sh
echo 1 > /sys/module/sec/parameters/recovery_done	#tony
if ! applypatch -c EMMC:recovery:4507648:479d04070f5787da2991d5ec838b91af81bdc180; then
log -t recovery "Installing new recovery image"
applypatch -b /system/etc/recovery-resource.dat EMMC:boot:4130816:dbaf5962ff8fc76313197a098389e0fec07c5e80 EMMC:recovery 479d04070f5787da2991d5ec838b91af81bdc180 4507648 dbaf5962ff8fc76313197a098389e0fec07c5e80:/system/recovery-from-boot.p
if applypatch -c EMMC:recovery:4507648:479d04070f5787da2991d5ec838b91af81bdc180; then	#tony
echo 0 > /sys/module/sec/parameters/recovery_done	#tony
log -t recovery "Install new recovery image completed"
else
echo 2 > /sys/module/sec/parameters/recovery_done	#tony
log -t recovery "Install new recovery image not completed"
fi
else
echo 0 > /sys/module/sec/parameters/recovery_done #tony
log -t recovery "Recovery image already installed"
fi

So, as a dirty trick, negating the first if ! will do and then the patch will never be applied?

All to do is generating new checksums and then it´s all good?
[Other SmartWatches] giol:
I was unable to uninstall kingroot though twrp but the apk Super sume, did and now I have root with normal su.

Second thing is I manipulated the updater script as Pablo suggests and tried to install it ( to be exact, I deleted all references to recovery and uboot patching) but twrp could not use the binary in the package and the OTA would not start. It maybe the case that the binary is tailored to the stock recovery.

Then I tried to use a binary from other twrp update and it flashed but after that, a lot of functions were not working as expected.

So I gave up after 10 hours of trying different updater scripts and binaries. By all means don't get discouraged because I am noob in Edify and someone with experience can probably do it.
[Other SmartWatches] daha80:
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not live wallpaper.

No Play Store.

install apk directly available.

Watch face can use the Widget locker.

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The charger should not be better.

The screen is difficult to use truncated.

There are many disadvantages.

The only advantage is the design.
[Other SmartWatches] speculatrix:
I posted about this watch in the Android Wear forum, to see if anyone would be interested in getting Wear running on it

http://xdaforums.com/android-wear/help/porting-android-wear-to-k8-3g-android-t3223363

Lots of views, no replies
[Other SmartWatches] dr.mazen:
can you make a video review for the watch.. please ?
[Other SmartWatches] pablo11:
I finally bit the bullet and ordered one today from Gear Best.

Probably take a while to arrive tho ................
[Other SmartWatches] dr.mazen:
hope you will get it soon and make a full review for us
[Other SmartWatches] pablo11:
I hope so too :)
[Other SmartWatches] BWLand:
Got my email from DHL that the watch was en route and should arrive to me on October 28. I purchased from Gearbest.
[Other SmartWatches] pablo11:
No more pics or details from the guy with the watch.

It does make me wonder if it was another supplier posting images of the watch.
[Other SmartWatches] The_Baguette:
Agreed, I'm kind of looking forward to seeing this watch in action even though I just received my moto 360 :)
[Other SmartWatches] BWLand:
I got a confirmation from DHL this morning that my watch cleared customs and left Hong Kong last night. Still scheduled to be delivered tomorrow October 28. I will post information on the watch as soon as possible.
[Other SmartWatches] pablo11:
Oh dear. I wish I had waited to see this http://www.phonesreview.co.uk/2015/09/27/details-and-photos-emerge-of-the-zeaplus-watch-k18/
[Other SmartWatches] The_Baguette:
Damn, and the review I just read on that website was worse :/ what a pity
[Other SmartWatches] ericsch:
I received this watch (regular puchase) form GearB..t yesterday. Screen is indeed very nice and bright - full-round and high resolution. Build quality is nice, too. It goes downhill from there. The OS is a REALLY stripped-out version of Android 4.4.2 and not really recognizable. A number of operational shortcomings have led me to request an RMA to return it: 1) despite claims on the GB website, this watch does not have Google Play Store. It does have a rudimentary browser and I could call up the play store, but could not download Google maps to the watch. 2) It does have WiFi, but will only accept a 21-character password and my router requires 30, so no WiFi from the house. Had to go to McDonalds to play with it; 3) The companion software (app2open) has a web portal in Chinese only. After fumbling around for a while, I was able to get a link to download it to my phone, although Lookout warned me that there were multiple signs of malware in the download. I did download it anyway for a brief period, and it is pretty poor. Only the most basic notification control and pedometer that you would see in a $25 Chinese smartwatch.Even though I was able to get the watch to pair with my Note4 phone, no notifications came through, despite dogged troubleshooting; 3) The SIM slot is apparently for a different SIM than the standard micro-SIM we have in the US. I believe I read somewhere that this has a "nano-SIM" slot, so another PITA I was unwilling to go through. 4) Although the descriptions of this watch says it has 3.8 Gigs of ROM available, the watch (out of the box) showed only 1.3 Gigs available. The settings list mentions a GPS, but there is zero software in the watch to utilize it, and I couldn't make any mapping apps download, so GPS is useless. The User "manual" is 6 pages of 2-point type which was obviously translated from Chinese by Google translator, as there was not one sentence in the whole thing that made any sense whatsoever. Useless.

So, In summary, the hardware and specs look pretty good, but the extremely poor OS makes this nice-looking watch a drawer-dweller. I've seen the K8 (square) watch from AiWatch (and others) which has a 320x320 screen and an OS that is almost identical to any Android smartphone. A much better choice, I think (and considerably cheaper!)
[Other SmartWatches] pablo11:
So, did you RMA the watch?

I'm still waiting for mine. I would be happy to have a crack at the ROM if anyone has it.

It will be a challenge (thinking about the round screen) but if you think the hardware is as good as you say it is - it might be worth it.
[Other SmartWatches] daha80:
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k8 (320x320) Watch also has its drawbacks.

1. The battery running time.

2. Not a Bluetooth 4.0.

3. Charging time is long, sometimes system error.

4. The harsh noise during a call.